LIM and a small colouring crisis!

Hi everyone, it's amazingly bright and sunny again today!
I've been sitting in our dining room today as it's just too hot in my craft room. This has meant plenty of running up and down stairs to get all my bits and pieces, so hopefully I've burned a few calories along the way.
I needed a few thank you cards following the generosity of my former colleagues and the staff at the school where I have been volunteering.

I tried two different colouring styles: watercolouring using pencils

... and then with Distress inks.

To be honest I'm not totally happy with either effort, so if anyone can recommend a good colouring tutorial for these mediums I'd be very grateful. The flower stamp is from a Hero Arts cling set and the sentiments are from Papertrey Inks Signature Sentiments set.

The essential ingredient for the LIM Challenge is 'sewing' so I've opted for some faux stitching. If you get the chance you really must drop by at the LIM Blog as the entries for this week's challenge are fabulous!


Happy crafting everyone!

Back in black...

I'm not sure why I've not joined in a CAS-ual Friday Challenge before as I always enjoy taking a peek at the DT cards and entries.

This week the challenge was simply too good to miss as it involves creating a card with a black background. I love making cards with a black base as it always seems to add a little dash of drama!

Here's one of my most favourite Hero Arts stamps making yet another appearance. I would certainly include this set in my desert island crafting kit!

Anyhoo, I'm going to link this one up and then settle back and enjoy a lovely, lazy Friday evening.
I got a new job yesterday so feel like rewarding myself with a take-away and something nice to drink.

Have a good one girlies and happy crafting!

Three...

How can it be Wednesday already??? Who stole Monday and Tuesday???

One good thing about it being Wednesday is that it's 'nosey nosey around blogland' day with the lovely Julia over at Stamping Ground for WOYWW. I'll grab a cuppa and join the fun asap.

As you can see today my workdesk seems to be covered by catfood boxes. I'm not on commission for Whiskers, nor has my cat taken total control of my desk! I've simply discovered that these boxes are great for storing stamps etc. When I get the opportunity I'll cover them or paint them, and rearrange my storage. Does anyone else use slightly 'odd' things for storage? I'd be interested to hear your weird but wonderful storage solutions.

You can also see my list of cards that still need to be completed - it never seems to get any shorter! The stamps that are on view are for future projects...

This week the Less is More challenge is:

Three of anything: three colours, three images, three stamps, three words, the number three.... or in my case three bears.

These little sweeties are obviously missing Goldilocks: life is so quiet without her eating their food, using their furniture and sleeping in their beds.

I wanted to try my hand at colouring with pencils on a textured paper, but I'm not that pleased with the result. Usually, I like texture to show through my colouring but I think this is a bit distracting much! Anyhooo, you can still see that these bears are adorable. Because they are digital lovelies from the very talented Torico I could make them larger/smaller and flip them to give each it's own personality. You'll notice that Momma bear is carrying a few extra pounds bless her!

Happy crafting everyone!

You are my sunshine.

 Hi peeps, hope your Saturday is bright and sunny!

Here's a little card that I made last week for my Mom. She's had a rough time with some tummy problems recently, and has been feeling low. Mom loves sunflowers, so I thought I'd surprise her with this little beauty from the super talented Torico at Birdie Brown.

The image is paper pieced from scraps. I used Distress inks and Envelope Pattern Design Block from Hero Arts to create her little straw hat!

I'm linking up with OSAAT - Sun
and The ABC Challenge - Surprise

Have a happy day everyone!