WILD ABOUT YOU

What a lovely day today has been finished work early,the sun managed just to break through the haze and I got to do some card making.I used the opportunity to finish of a card I made for hubby. Before I started card making I regularly bought him cards mostly for no specific reason other than to say how much I love him...I'm a big softy at heart!...I don't seem to give them quite as often now; so when I saw this cute giraffe stamp in my local craft store last week I couldn't resist it. I knew exactly what I was going to use it for.. I have a thing about giraffes.I love them...they always make me smile...I  have my own collection of them which still grows each year and even share my craft room desk with one(as you do)... this one is ever so sweet and came with some great fun sentiments. 

Giraffe

    close up

The I love you sentiment was in the craft goody bag which was my mothers day gift from my daughter yesterday...it was like christmas...filled with stamps,die cuts, ribbons and numerous other bits and pieces...the perfect mothers day gift...she also bought me some accessories from the Gorjuss range to go with some new stamps sets that I bought a couple of weeks ago...I plan to use them next...watch this space.
I don't usually make larger cards; but as this stamp is quite large it wouldn't work as well I don't think on my usual smaller square card blanks.I see me using this stamp quite often...it will be great for babies,children and anyone young at heart so don't be surprised when he pop up again 

I used the following

A4 craft card for base

brown blue and craft card for layering 

blue and brown gingham card- for layering and covering  flower

blue floral paper-magazine freebie

Giraffe stamp- coloured Copics and Promarkers- triple layered with craft, blue and brown card 

Stamped sentiment- same set- layered brown and blue card 

I love you sentiment - Vintage notes

Stars stamped onto background -Gorguss stamp set 

From stash

Twine                 

Blue and cream buttons

MDF stars 

Chipboard flower- covered gingham card 

Thanks ever so much for visiting it is very much appreciated and I hope you are enjoying some nice weather wherever you are and that you have a great week ahead...lots of crafty hugs...Andrea X

I Would like to take part in the following challenges 

Creative Fingers Challenge #29 -Anything Goes 

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge#88-Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge-#50

Crafty Calender Monthly Challenge-March- Animal Antics

Open-Minded Crafting  fun Challenge #7-Animal Antics

The Craft Place-fortnightly Challenge - Buttons

As You Like It-Favourite Animal and Why 

Delightful Challenges-Out Like a Lamb- (add a critter) 

Paper Crafting Journey- Challenge-Anything Goes 

I'm wild about you 

WOYWW 251

Wednesday again ...doesn't it come around ever so quickly!...time to share what's on my workdesk ...why ? its WOYWW go check out the Stamping Ground where Julia the host explains all and will make you feel welcome... It's the weekly crafty get together of all types of workdesks around the world...where we all  get a good snoop into everyone's crafty goings on. Here is my desk at 8pm last night ( sorry poor quality pics) mid card production... I  used watercolour paints  to colour in my stamp ...not sure how I feel about it ?...I definitely prefer my pens but was good to try something new, I have not mastered the art of delicate water colouring painting yet by any means!...I definitely needs a lot more practice as turned out quite heavy and  dark and you would not recognise it as painted !

work in progress

the long desk shot !

I did try using distress markers to colour that was a bigger disaster and I am definitely not showing them...they where filed in the bin !...think I need to watch quite a few more hours of You Tube videos first and ideally attend some classes!.Go to the stamping ground and see the delights on offer; that's where I'm off to next before work. I will visit fellow WOYWWers after work today as early start again.Thanks for hopping in...crafty hugs Andrea X