New Beginnings

It is lovely to come back to blogland after a long absence especially when you have such a friendly follower like Scrappyjacky. She is always there with words of praise and encouragement. Thank you so much. You are appreciated. Do visit her blog for some brilliant inspiration.

A family member asked my to create a card for her friend for a special occasion.  It seemed like a perfect excuse to buy some new digistamps and invest in a digikit (all now safely backed up on separate media!).  I am so getting hooked on Pink Petticoat so I did a bit of buying in her boutique instead of my normal window shopping.  And here is the first of my creations with my new kits.  I entered the Pollycraft Monday Challenge for sparkly things.  The stardust pens are very sparkly, though not in a photo!

Digikit: Wild Blossoms by Pink Petticoat
Digistamp: With {Flowers} by Pink Petticoat
Colouring: Sakura Stardust pens, Lyra Aquacolours

Oval frame: Majestic Keepsake Board by the Glitter Girls

More Monsters

Hi, it's so long since I've blogged but I'm back and on a bit of an economy drive. So out comes my box of scraps of paper and I made another couple of monster cards. I put the monster on a bit of a diet so he would fit in this lovely oval frame on my Majestic score board.

It takes so long to find a couple of scraps that go together! It's so much easier to just print some new papers out!

Digistamp: Fred-She-Said
Colouring: Sakura Stardust pens, Lyra Aquacolours, Colour Box chalk ink pads

Oval frames: Majestic Keepsake Board by the Glitter Girls

Going Green

No, not a new environmental initiative on my part, just time for some green colour crafting. This beautiful digistamp from Sandra Dry keeps calling to me. I tried a bright colour combination previously and now thought I would try a green/lime green/black combination as I was inspired by the striped paper.

But I had a complete disaster, I smudged the base card because I tried to stick on the paper lace before it had dried (I coloured it with a black ink pad). OK, it wasn't a complete disaster but the small smudge kept glaring out at me so I decided to remake the card. I reprinted the green striped digi paper with a startling improvement in the results. This was all due to the new gentle gloss paper I bought from Joanna Sheen. The greens were so much brighter and the black was actually black instead of dark blue. The ink was also dry instantly.

I am entering the card in the Lace Challenge (#53) at A Spoon Full Of Sugar.

Lace Adhesive Borders: Lakeland (no longer available)

Digistamp: Sandra Dry

Colouring: Lyra Aquacolours

Digikit (striped paper): Two Peas In A Bucket (Rhonna Farrer)

Digikit (swirly paper): Funky Fairy Paper Crafts