Pretty In Pink

You can't blame a girl for putting her new kits through their paces!  I entered the Kaboodle Doodle challenge to make a birthday card.

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

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

All Things Bright And Beautiful

Went a bit mad with the vibrant colours I think!  Well that must have been my mood, though there was some thought to the taste and age of the recipient.  The background paper was from a digikit, sorry I can't remember which one and since I made this card my PC crashed and I had to re-install Windows (sob, sob,sob) consequently, despite having an automatic backup service on my PC, I lost nearly all my digikits and some of my digistamps. I wont be recommending the backup service to anyone!

Digistamp: Birdie by Pink Petticoat (free)

Truly Scrumptious Milly

I thought I'd have a go at the Truly Scrumptious sketch (Challenge 23).  A lot more elements than I usually use.  Not sure I like the end result much but hey I gave it a go.  Sorry if I sound miserable, blame it on the weather.  I am missing my rambling in the country fix as all the walks have been cancelled for the last two weeks, yes you've guessed because of the snow.

Digikit: Sweet Springtime by Summertime Designs (free)

Digistamp: Frilly Milly by Pink Petticoat

Welcome Spring

Just before Christmas some tulips were pushing through the soil in a pot on my south-east facing balcony.  They seem to have done an about turn and lowered themselves back under the soil!  I guess it's the equivalent of us humans staying under the duvet, very understandable in this very deep mid-winter! 

I'm not wishing my life away but I thought I'd have a go at a design to say a big welcome to spring, when it decides to arrive - I reckon many will think it can't be a moment too soon but I actually like walking in the country in winter.  Though I have to admit the weather this week was so bad that we had to miss our rambling, though I heard some people madder than us did actually go.

Digistamp: Frilly Milly by Pink Petticoat

Digikit: Full Of Joy by Jamie Dell (free)

Skinny Trees

I was determined to use some of these Dovecraft Christmas papers left over from last year (not one of my best buys - I just haven't found them very inspiring) on at least one card.  I found a sketch on Friday Sketchers (sketch #83) and this is the result.  While I think it is OK it's not, in my opinion, the really special card I wanted it to be. 

Digistamps: Tall N Skinny Pom-Pom Trees by Pink Petticoat

OK, So It's Not Got To Be Red & Green!

Ok, so I did try and experiment with some non traditional colours.  But they just don't feel 'Christmassy' to me.  I used this card to enter the Dare U To Digistamp Challenge #28.

Digistamp: Tall 'N' Skinny Pom-Pom Christmas Trees from Pink Petticoat

It's Got To Be Red & Green!

Now this isn't usually my style at all but I just love the Pink Petticoat Skinny Tall Christmas Tree digistamps.  So I slaved away at forty cards in red & green. Yum.  Had to send out for red gitter glue supplies and I also ran out of ribbon.  I decided to try and make some from a digikit.  I printed loads of these red check 'ribbons' onto some 120 gsm coated paper.  It turned out brilliantly.  The heavy density of the paper made them so easy to work with, much better than actual ribbon.  I entered this card in the Shirley's Two Girls Challenge.

Digistamp: Tall 'N' Skinny Pom-Pom Christmas Trees from Pink Petticoat

Digikit: Red Check Ribbon from the free kit called Believe by Summer Designs

Babies Galore

This autumn has seen a lot of new additions to families of our friends and I've been busy rustling up celebratory cards.  Here are a couple of them.

The yellow and blue one is my favourite.  The nappy pin is a decorative button that I'd forgotten I had.  It's amazing what you find when you delve to the bottom of your craft supplies!

Digi Stamps: Digistamp Boutique

More Doodledallions

What great weather for card making & blogging (in the UK it is foul weather today).  I love this new digistamp set and had to give it another go.  There will be plenty more goes too I'm sure!  I was hoping for a swirly and glittery card but masculine.  Probably a bit of a mad combination but this is what I came up with.

The design is based on a sketch from the Card Patterns blog.  The competition was already over before I found it but it just inspired me anyway.  I have only just discovered this blog and am rather taken with this weeks sketch as well. 

Digi Stamp: Flowering Hearts Doddledallions by Fred, She Said
Digikit: Flora & Fauna by Millstream Cottage (free kit)