Fruit inspiration at As You Like It

This fortnights challenge at As You Like It Challenge

is hosted by the lovely Sarah

The sponsor of this challenge is

Paper Nest Dolls

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Your Favourite Fruit (you can use its colour as inspiration (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

I found this very hard to choose just one fruit as I eat most fruit
so I have cheated a little as I LOVE blue as many of you know so i have chosen blueberries
as my inspiration and used tones of blue in my Mermaid

Here are a few challenges I am playing

Coming soon!

Happy Crafting hugs me xx

Favourite reason to make/send a card (other than a birthday!

This fortnights challenge at As You Like It Challenge

is hosted by the lovely Squirrel

The sponsor of this challenge is

Sweet Stamp Store

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Your Favourite reason to make/send a card (other than a birthday! (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Well this is an easy choice for me I LOVE making christmas cards

so I pick Christmas.... I so love this Stamp and set I think I am going to be making multiple cards with this set.

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes for Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky -Christmas

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampaive and More - Plaid

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

and as always lately I like to share some photos so this week I have some LOVELY
news my duck hatched her ducklings here they are a few days old

 with Mummy and daddy Duck...

Arent they so cute!!!

have a great week hugs me x

This fortnight's challenge at AYLI is Skin or Fur colour combo and why?

This fortnights challenge at As You Like It Challenge

is hosted by the lovely 

Lynne

The sponsor of this challenge is

polkadoodles

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Skin/fur Colour combo (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Its become a regular thing to show you some photos from my garden so this week I have a few more...

This stunning moth was drying its wings on sunday morning

I even managed to pick up the bean cane and turn it gently so I could show the side view
I dont like moths at night when they flap in your face but I could not help to admire how beautiful this one was... 

My alliums that I bought and planted last year are so close to bursting open now a

little rain should do the trick 

So onto my card and the challenge at AYLI

Skin/fur Colour combo?

I don't tend to lean toward making a huge amount of cards with people stamped images but sometimes there is a need for them and on this occasion I needed an 18th Card for a good friends daughter

I always go for pale skin tones I find them the easiest to create so they are my favourites

I work with Spectrum Noir Pens for the skin so I have used:

TN1, FS2, FS4, FS8, CR4 and CR7.

I have also paper pieced this image as I really love the effect this brings and Yes I even Paper pieced the shoes! and I realllllly love sewing on cards so I whizzed it through the sewing machine too! and a tip I would suggest is that you keep a needle separate for your crafty sewing because as we all know but tend to forget is that Paper blunts!
rock paper scissors taught us that :)

Here are a few challenges I am playing

Cutie Pie Challenge - #111 Cute + Ribbon and Rubber.

Challenge Up Your Life Blossoms

Sweet Stampin - include stamping Shabby Chic

Ooh La La Creations - #228 Beginning with B - Brown

Allsorts - Ring around the roses - A creation with a rose

Now I love flowers as you know and I love the open type of roses like this

so that is the type I have used on my card :)

Its also their Birthday Next week the challenge blog will be 8! WOW!!!!

Happy Crafting hugs me xx

My Favourite die is....

This fortnights challenge at As You Like It Challenge

 

The sponsor of this challenge is

Lawn Fawn

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 

Your Favourite Die (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Wow this is a difficult challenge theme but I have to say that my Oliva Alphabet set is my 1st Favourite also this set has been discontinued I am not quite sure why its an AWESOME set..... and the Star is from a New Set Sweet dixie nesting dies and seems to be my 2nd Favourite die at the moment, I have made this card a few times now and this time experimenting with Yellow and turquoise. 

Here are a few challenges I am playing along with:
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Masculine
The Crafty Addicts #36 - Add a Sentiment
Crafty Catz - #369 - Anything Goes + twist: use 5 of something - The Name - 5 letters

Cute Card Thursday #476 Anything Goes

Now I thought I would share a couple of photos from me garden too

Happy Crafting hugs me x