The card is from Craftwork Cards, it was originally square but somehow didn't look right, so it had one arch lopped off:). To show off the border I added a strip of Artylicious cardstock inside the card (oops hope this still make it one layer!) and then proceeded to finish off the inside as well, something I'm usually very bad at. Coloured with watercolour pencils on the outside, Distress Ink inside. The inside sentiments are both Joanna Sheen from a different set.
I couldn't resist sitting down last night and playing with some of my lovely new stash; this card is the result. The Faye Whittaker stamp from Joanna Sheen is one I just couldn't resist when I saw the release, there are so many lovely stamps in this series and I managed to hold back and just order one (oh and a decoupage set!). The Basic Grey Curio DP and the MS border punch were both presents from my DH, he's very good at stash shopping:).I added apunched flower and leaves and a butterfly, there is one pearl among the Stickles on her hat and more on the image and the border. She's coloured with Copics and the background uses Distress Inks (Shabby Shutters, Victorian Velvet).
I love tree stamps and think this trio of scenes from Crafty Individuals is gorgeous. I stamped it onto glossy cardstock and made a mask for each rectangle then used Distress Inks to get a winter sunset/sunrise colour. I added some DP from Crafty Individuals, some ribbon and rhinestones and based my card on the Truly Scrumptious sketch.
We've had a hectic weekend, two days at the races and a house full of visitors, so no crafting has been done at all since Thursday! Here's a fairly quick card I've made for Christmas that I finished last week. It uses a Papermania stamp that I bought at the NEC which is much in demand. It's HUGE! I used Distress Inks to make a background then heat embossed it with purple hologram powder called WOW that was another NEC purchase. It's matted onto black then added to a dry embossed background with some ribbon and a lattice punch strip adding.
Here's a card I finished yesterday, having inked the image a week ago, it's a birthday card for an old reprobate friend who at the age of 81 is planning to spend his weekend at a motorbike sprint and has a garage full of vintage bikes.
multiple cards making! I'm entering this for the One Stop Craft Challenge of One for the Boys. This card is based on a great sketch at Truly Scrumptious by Beth and is heavily influenced by Beatrice Neumeister who I saw demonstrating at the Craft Barn. I've used an Elusive Images stamp and sentiment, gold embossed. I overlaid a Nellie Snellen frame and a Nestie to come up with a fairly round shape, the main image is mounted onto silicon glue to give it dimension. Both frames are sponged with Distress Inks and then edged using Brilliance gold reinker on a sponge. The bottom DP is Basic Grey and the swirly wave one says it's from Flair Designs. Candy is from Craftwork Cards and plain navy ribbon from stash. I really enjoyed making this one, will post the birthday card tomorrow:)
This week's Phindy's Friday Challenge is to use either buttons or brads on your project - or both! That's a really easy challenge that fits a multitude of Phindy's lovely images, so let's see lots of lovely entries to the challenge this week. I used a really sweet, vintage style image called Celebrate with Cake, you can buy it here. I followed the sketch from the Truly Scrumptious Challenge and also the recipe at Dutch Dare which is to use 2 patterned papers, 3 colours and 4 buttons. It's a celebration card so it also fits the theme at A Spoonful of Sugar. 
