Basic Grey Challenge

 The theme for this time's Basic Grey Challenge is Easter.
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Another Easter card using my neglected Penny Black duckling!!  I coloured the image using my promarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl, whilst this is discontinued they now do it as a digital set ... I love Basic Grey Digi papers!!! I added gingham ribbon,a layered flower and a pearl, all very simple.

 Challenges:
Creative Card Crew - spring
Oldie but a Goodie - Easter Wishes
Try it on Tuesday - Easter theme
Simon Says Stamp - anything Goes
Divas by Design - stamp something
My Mum's Craft Shop - Stamp it
Charisma Cardz- Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Happy Easter
Moving along with the times - cute and cuddly
PaperPlay - Easter

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

This week's Totally Papercrafts theme is Easter.

I love this cute Penny Black duck ... only ever use him at Easter though!  I coloured the image using my promarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl, and I added gingham ribbon, punched flowers and some flat backed pearls.

 Challenges:
Creative Card Crew - spring
Oldie but a Goodie - Easter Wishes
Try it on Tuesday - Easter theme
Simon Says Stamp - anything Goes
Divas by Design - stamp something
My Mum's Craft Shop - Stamp it
Charisma Cardz- Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Happy Easter
Moving along with the times - cute and cuddly
PaperPlay - Easter

Crafting Time DT - paint

 This week we are featuring paint on our projects. I decided to decorate a couple of stacking wooden tubs.

 I used gesso to prime the wooden tubs and then painted them with a couple of layers of pink acrylic paint. The crackled effect was created using an IndigoBlu crackle stamp and gold acrylic paint.  I added some pretty lace, seam binding and a layered flower to decorate the larger tub, and just a layered flower for the smaller one.

 The smaller one isn't quite finished - needs some lace adding to the inside ... the tubs were for my Gran for Easter, but sadly she died on Thursday night and I haven't been able to finish off the smaller tub.  I will get round to it, just not yet.

Make it Monday

A couple of cuties

I had a lovely time on Thursday catching up with my fantastic, lovely friend Ali and her husband at the NEC.  I bought a bit, including some of the latest LOTV stamps.

My Mum had asked me to make a couple of cards for the girls for Easter and the LOTV stamps were perfect for them, girly, spring like and pretty. 

Isn't this bear just so cute, holding that flower?  I coloured the image in using my promarkers and distressed the edges.  The dp is all Pink Petticoat, and again its distressed.  I added some ribbon, and a couple of layered flwoers with ickle flower brads at their centre.

Challenges:
Divas by design - distressing
Simon Says Stamp - bingo (flowers, glitter, brads)
I love Promarkers - 3 design papers

And this bunny and butterfly is adorable!  Again coloured with promarkers and using Pink Petticoat papers.  I punched butterfleis out and added some flat backed pearls and gingham ribbon. 

Challenges:
Lili's little fairies - sketch
 CES - photo inspiration

Challenges for both cards:
Anything Goes - Easter
Passion for Promarkers - Animals
Crafts and me - light airy spring colours
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Moving along with the times - Easter Wishes
Paperplay - spring colours
Crafty Catz - Spring is in the air
Simply Create too - Its Spring
Stampin for the weekend - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Spring is in the air

Sweet Stampin challenge

Its time for another Sweet Stampin' challenge and the theme this time is Anything Goes.

 I decided to make a clean and simple card.  The image is coloured in using my promarkers and I simply embossed the white cardstock and added some spotty ribbon and layered flowers.
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Challenges:
My Mums Craft Shop - lets get digital
One Stop Craft - clean and simple