Flowers and Foliage

The April Lavinia Challenge is up and running and this month the theme is

Flowers and Foliage.

There are so many gorgeous stamps to choose from but after much umming and ahhing my

Lavinia stamps of choice were

for my first card:-

Honeysuckle and Background script. 

I used Distress Oxide Inks to add colour to  my background before I stamped and coloured my image.

For my second card I used the following stamps:-

Star Blossom,

Willow Leaf and

Forest Spruce, which I stamped from the bottom, it makes great grass! 

I then stamped one of the Woodland Hares 

using Onyx Black Versafine ink.

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

CC208, Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs,

IWD, Nature's beauty,

D2BA, Pastel Shades,

AYLI, Favourite flowers, Honeysuckle,

 I just love the scent, takes me back to my childhood garden!

If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning a £40 voucher to spend at Lavinia, all you need to do is ink up your Lavinia stamps and join us using this months theme!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

That's Blown It!

Don't know if you've noticed but lately I've been using a light studio that my husband treated me to.Its like a collapsible box that you can Velcro different backings to and has lights that you stand each side to throw the light through the white sides. Well,I've been using it on my kitchen work top,so far so good but when I assembled it the other evening,one light slipped off onto the floor and yes,much to my annoyance,it blew the bulb. DH went off to get me a new bulb but unfortunately didn't realise that the bulb should have been a daylight one :(

So this is what it looks like,not so good as before,need to find another new bulb,it also looks like I need to get my iron out!

This is the card that I made for my Sister-in-Law,I was a bit pleased with this card,it was my first attempt at this repeat stamping even though I showed you a similar one to this earlier in the week.I had to hold on to posting it till after the event.

I'm entering this card for:-

Sweet Stamping Challenge 31, Clean and simple

Thanks for stopping by,

Hope you like my simple little card,

Julie.x

Sunday Quickie

Hi,happy Sunday!!! I had several cards that I needed to make over this weekend but unfortunately most I can't show to you yet as the recipients stop by my blog from time to time. I needed to make a really quick card just in case you think that I've lost interest with this blogging lark and stop dropping by! What an easy card it was too,I used a stamp that I bought simply ages ago and hadn't used,it's by Studio G and came in a pack with a few others,think it was only around 99p. I repeat stamped it roughly measuring so that the flowers were evenly spaced.I coloured it with Copics and highlighted the centre of each flower with a little dob of Stickles. I then just cut strips of 2 shades of yellow card and stuck them to the card blank. added 3 of these lovely Papermania flat baked sticky gems that I purchased yesterday from Scrapbooksisters(they have them in several different colours and each card of gems comes in 4 different shades of the colour) the colour pack that I bought is called Sunshine!,That's not bad is it,sunshine for only £1.99 lol!

Am using this card for the following challenges:-

Paper Play Challenges week 24, Something old,

Stamp Something,Something summer,

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge 108,Summer,

Tuesday Throwdown 4,Celebrate summer,

Hope you all took the time to spoil your Dads this Fathers day,my Dad was my hero,I miss him everyday.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Sunny Sunday

Thought with all this sunshine I'd take an outside photo of my second entry for A Gem Of A Challenge 4 Apple Mimi looks a little overdressed for the sunshine though lol!

I added some clear Dew drop gems over her buttons to give dimension and used some 3d glaze to the apples to make them nice and shiny. I'm sorry that this is such a short post today,this is my second attempt at posting,lost the last in Cyber Space,lol!.
Enjoy the sunshine,
thanks for stopping by,
Julie.