Saturday Night - Sunday Morning

Well I did say I was going to make some cards, what I didn't expect was that I would be awake at 7am finishing them off and writing this. I got three finished not as many as last week but I did have more late finishes at work and less time to plan and execute my ideas. Having finished all the housework and dinner by 7.30pm it left lots of crafting time to make my cards... ideal, and, I DID IT... I managed to upload the photos on my own without resorting to calling my daughter at five in the morning... not that she would have answered but given my track record I didn't expect it to go smoothly, a little wobble when I couldn't locate the file ,then bingo found them, and it all went smoothly after that. I even remembered how to crop them, I'm not quite a pro yet but progress indeed. Sorry about the angles and dodgy straight lines I haven't mastered straight yet or the best way to take them - flat or standing, hmm... still not sure what looks best, any thoughts? They do look better in real life in my opinion! So I will keep working on it.

' Butterflies and Flowers '

This is the first time that I have inked the edges of my flowers or card and I'm happy with the results. I used some butterfly paper from a forever friends paper pack, a pretty magnolia stamped image, coloured with pro markers (of course, what else?) pink and lilac card, lilac punched flowers, butterflies and a die cut border strip. I inked all the edges with a light purple ink and layered some of the flowers and butterflies to add some dimension.I added glitter to the butterfly and fairy's wings. And added some pearls and gems to the flowers and pearls to the corners to finish. I really like the result, I think it's pretty and it may be my favourite to date

'Sweet Shop Treat '

Using papers and stamps free from magazine I made this very bright an cheerful card.I used orange and yellow card, yellow satin ribbon and bow,a small orange satin flower and some co-ordinating pearls and buttons to finish it off. I need to get some tweezers(I couldn't find my make-up ones or I would have used them in the meantime!) as I really struggled to put the pearls on as they were tiny and kept turning over on the end of my pokey tool which I was using .

'Giraffe'

Isn't he sweet? I again used a free stamp that I got with a magazine, coloured with my wonderful promarkers, which I obviously love. Pale green card from my stash to back the papers, the striped paper was free from a magazine and the spotty one is from my stash. Another bright and cheerful choice with again an orange theme to make up for such a miserable wet and dull weekend and make me smile. I used orange flower brads, paper flowers with white candi centres, orange pearls, small orange fabric flower and a yellow organza bow to finish. The sentiment also came from a magazine and coordinated well, I thought. 

The challenges I have entering this week

' Butterflies and Flowers '

Fussy and Fancy - Challenge 61: punches and dies 

Prairie Fairy Fridays - Challenge '#77: Anything With Flowers 

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Challenge #17: Things With Wings 

Sassy Studio Designs - Dare to be sassy Thursday #121

Flutter By Wednesdays #199

'Sweet Shop Treat '

Spring Fashion - yellow and orange 

Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes

'Giraffe'

Paper Play Challenges - Week 16: Animal Antics

DigiDesigns Challenge: Let's Meet Your Animal Friends