Whiff of Joy Challenge 31

This week's Whiff of Joy challenge is a pretty sketch from Heather. I've used it with an image sent to me by my blogging "Sistah" Leslie. Thanks Leslie (waving!), I know you have a lot going on just now, hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend :).

I've coloured with my new Koh-i-Noor pencils, I'm quite pleased with the effect I'm getting using them on clothes, the background needs some practice though...

I've used Stickles on her wings, belt buckle and jewellery with Glossy Accents on the hearts. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts cupcake set of clear stamps. Papers are from the Stamp Attic, aqua and chocolate are one of my favourite combinations. The embellishments came from Hobbycraft's sale.

Corrosive Challenges #13 - black, red and Kraft

It's Sunday and time for another Corrosive Challenge - this week Janet has picked her favourite colour combination: black, red and Kraft. I wasn't too sure what colour Kraft was, but when Janet enlightened me I had to buy a couple of sheets of Kraft paper from the Stamp Attic - what a hardship ;).

I used Stitch from my new Leanne Ellis stamps, isn't she great? As a lapsed quilter I have plenty of friends who will be getting Stitch on their cards for a while to come... The paper piecing on her coat, the cotton reels and the wool use a Basic Grey red which is also the background for the card. I've pierced her coat at the hem and the neckline, it adds more texture to the image. She's coloured with Inktense pencils, the flourish at top right of the card is by Elusive Images.

The flower is cut from Kraft paper, the button is from my stash and the ribbon is also from the Stamp Attic. I look forward to seeing everyone's Corrosive Challenge in my bloghopping this week :)

Twisted Thursday #11

I've used one of my new Shirleys2Girls stamps to make this fairly simple card. This week's Twisted Thursday Challenge is to make a card using the sketch by Joy Stagg. The twist is the the card must be 4" square.

Well that didn't seem to be a problem - until I saw how small 4" is :). I stamped my image a couple of times, coloured them with my new Koh-i-Noor pencils and used the blending stick on them. I'm quite pleased with the effect I got, using the pencils for the first time. I trimmed down my image with a Nestie as small as possible and cut a hightlight from the second image. I used a piece of DP from Kaiser that toned with the image and that was it - no room to tinker about with the design any more!

It's a lovely stamp with a very useful sentiment, next week we're going to a 7oth birthday party and I plan to use this with my Dimension Fourth numbers to come up with something special.

I Love Shirleys2Girls - and my postie :)

A couple of weeks back I was lucky enough to win two challenges on the Shirleys2Girls challenge blog; I won a stamp in one challenge and $22 of stamps in their 222 challenge. Now that was lucky, but Kristine & Deidre (the two sisters) went one better. I had emailed them and said how much I love their stamps but find the shipping expensive and they generously paid the shipping costs on my prize! The stamps arrived today and they are just as delicious as I expected. Do you like the felt flowers? They're a bonus that was included with my order. THANK YOU!

I have an embarrassment of riches to play with this weekend: I placed an order with Dimension Fourth which came yesterday, as well as my Stamp of the Month from Clarity. The motobike is an AJS Matchless, complete with badge. My DH has two Matchless bikes (as well as his Triumph) but this is for a friend's 80th birthday card. Mr B will not disclose how many vintage bikes he owns, but it's well into double figures :). He's all but given up sprinting with them but still stays very involved - not bad for 80! Also in today's post are some Koh-i-nor pencils from Elzybells. Elizabeth has provided some brilliant, detailed tutorials on how to use these on her blog and I decided to give them a try. I've won a voucher from Elzybells for my folded card, so the postman will be bringing more goodies soon - not yet though, I need to play with all the lovely new stash first...

The weather has been beautiful today and I've not done any crafting yet, it hasn't been a day to be inside. But now the sun's going down I'm going heading for the craft room... bye.

Poise - Dutch Dare Challenge #49 & Stamp Something, Emily's sketch

Here's another of my GORGEOUS Leanne Ellis new images, this one is called Poise and I think she's one of the best of the set ... but I keep saying that each time I ink one up :).

I've used Emily's sketch from Stamp Something's Challenge, which is an ideal shape to use with these stamps, and very usable for lots of ideas. I decided to use some black, white and silver papers that I bought from Craftwork Cards at Ally Pally and haven't really put to use yet. These look quite blingy, so I'm also including Dutch Dare's challenge of Bling-bling/Glitter as I think Poise is a blingy sort of gal.

She's stamped onto a white and silver background, a black/silver swirl and also onto plain cardstock for her face and sleeves. Skin and hair are coloured with watercolour pencils, the bright sleeves and flowers are permant markers, I hoped they would colour over the metallic spots ok. Hmm... they don't. The Art Nouveau style frame and the sentiment are from Elusive Images and are white embossed onto black cardstock. The other DP is from the same Craftwork Cards set, the faux brads also come from them. One last touch of glitter, Poise has a gemstone necklace.

I'm trying to be disciplined and work my way through all the images, but I can see Poise being inked up again - and again :)

Imagine - The Sugar Bowl Challenge 11

The Challenge this week at the Sugar Bowl is to use Kathy's sketch and to add pearls to it. I was glad to see that the sketch is ideal for using with my new Leanne Ellis stamps, and just right for adding pearl buttons to Dreamer's coat.

I used a Basic Grey paper pack called Cupcake and paper pieced quite a few of the elements in the image. The Imagine stamp is part of an Elusive Images stamp that says "Imagine the possibilities". The flowers are from the Stamp Attic and the ribbon was bought when we were on holiday in Florida last year. I like the sentiment, I'm sending it to a Post Pal and I thought it was just right for this.

Detail of coat

Bee Happy - Elzybells Challenge #20

Earlier this week I made a gatefold card for Elizabeth's challenge on the Elzybell's blog, which is to use more than one fold in a card. I liked the images I used but the folding wasn't too exciting, which bugged me a little.

So when I saw a tutorial link on Splitcoast Stampers to a card called a Tri Shutter card, I decided I'd better give it a go :). The tutorial can be found at The Craftiblog and has been made by Bonnie Swalkiewicz. The tutorial is very clear, I've never successfully made a folded card before, but with the help of Bonnie's photos and words I found this straightforward to achieve; I would like to thank Bonnie for her excellent how-to skills. :) The card she made is astonishing, take a look at her blog to see the detail she has put into it.

Having had a try-out with a piece of scrap paper, I cut my card and found a pretty piece of strip paper to use on it. For goodness sake please shoot me before I think of using a non-repeating stripe for something that needs to match across the width of the card again! There's nothing like jumping in at the deep end with a new technique, is there!

Card closed

Once I'd cut and glued the stripes into submission I got out my Elzybells stamps and played. All images are Elzybell's stamps, all are coloured with Inktense pencils. The bear is cut out and attached with silicone glue, his butterflies are highlighted with Glossy Accents. I got so carried away with adding more images to my card that I realised I've only left a 2" square to sign the card! Oh well, there's always the back...

I had so much fun with this, thanks Elizabeth for making me think outside the box, and thanks to Bonnie for her tutorial. Elizabeth I make it NINE folds in the card! :)

Card stretched out flat

A Good Garden Always Has Weeds

Here's another couple of things I've made with my Digi Image from Shirleys2Girls. I coloured the image on the card with watercolour pencils, but used chalks for the background. The flower stamps on the card are Botanicals from Craftwork Cards. The DP is from Stamp Attic, as are the Prima flowers, I think the grosgrain ribbon is from a sewing shop.

The ATC is a failed attempt to strengthen the colours, the background started off with an apricot watercolour pen, which ended up a harsh shade of orange. So... I overcoloured with mauve and rescued it with an earthy brown colour :). The image uses watercolour pens and is cut apart from its sentiment. The background is glimmer misted paper stamped with tapestry stamps. It's quite fun but the colours overall aren't quite right...

Be Happy - Inspirational Card Sketches #17

I fell for the new Leanne Ellis stamps from Sugar Nellie in a big way when I got my first set. At the weekend Sugar Nellie released the third set and I succumbed all over again :). I ordered them on Saturday and they arrived with me yesterday (Tuesday). That's amazingly quick from Sugar Nellie and from the postman - thank you!



When I saw Dawn's sketch for Inspirational Card Sketches this week I thought it was the perfect sketch to use for one of the stamps, my only dilemma was which to pick first! The image is called Patience. I teamed her with some yummy new paper that I got at the Stamp Attic on Monday called On A Whimsy, by Fancy Pants.



Patience's coat and skirt are paper pieced, as is her body on the stripy background, which has torn edges. The colouring is done with watercolour pencils and the apple and flowers are highlighted with Glossy Accents.

I've used a mini alphabet that I was given as a freebie at the Stamp Attic on the jewellery labels at the base of the image and some ribbon I've had in my stash for ages.

I can't wait to play with the rest of the stamps but for now I have to go to work...

Elzybells Challenge #20

Elizabeth's challenge at Elzybells is to use more than one fold in a card. I had great ideas about using some of the folded card tutorials I've cut out of magazines and saved - but I can't find them! So I've made a good old gatefold card, which I really like :).

The image on the outside is "Dog Paper", coloured with Inktense pencils. His nose has Glossy Accents on it, so he's a healthy dog with a wet nose :). I've used my new Nestabilities dies from the Craft Barn (bought with a voucher won from the Ismaki Challenge - thank you!) and he's mounted on octagons of card. Mmm... think I need scalloped octagons too... smile. The paper is free paper from a magazine. Inside I've used "Torn Paper", again coloured with Inktense pencils.

I'm not sure who I'm sending the card to, I see the image as a "Sorry" card. I'm leaving adding the sentiment until I know who the cards's going to, I've saved a little of the tan card and will put it in the envelope to mat a sentiment when it's needed.

It's Only Rock & Roll

It's Corrosive Challenge Time again - here we are at week 12 already! This week Janet's theme is rock music (music if you haven't anything to fit the rock theme). Courtesy of Janet, I have just the stamp set for this theme :). Last autumn Janet posted a card on her blog using a guitar image that I loved. I couldn't find the stamp set over here (it's a clear set from Inkadinkado) and Janet very kindly sent me a set in exchange for Elzybells stamps from the UK. I love barter :). I've seen the set on sale in the UK since then, but I was able to use it for some birthdays earlier this year when I needed it.

The card is very simple; I have teenage sons who do NOT like cards with too many bells and whistles. The DP is not DP at all; it is part of the packaging for Prima flowers. The Painterly Petals have a wonderful piece of blotchy black, grey and white glossy card in their packaging, far too good to throw away! I didn't want to cut it down, so its shape dictated the size of the card, tall and thin.

The guitar is black embossed, as is the Happy Birthday sentiment (Hero Arts clear set). All elements on the card are mounted onto red Bazzil card, then black, on a plain white card.

I look forward to seeing everyone else's rock and roll cards :)

Three birds with one stone...

This card combines three challenges, hence the name, I know there are two birds, not three, sitting on the fence :) To begin, I've used the Dawn's great sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches #16 .

The lilac and lemon colour scheme (plus digi image) is from Dare You to Digistamp's Friday Challenge and the final touch is GLITTER for Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge # 32

The digi image is a free printable from Pollycraft called Lovebirds. The page comes with extra sets of the birds and fence to cut round, very handy. I'm not totally sure about digis, I do like to be able to emboss images when I want, but this freebie is a great way to test them out, thank you Paula for your generosity. I've coloured with Inktense pencils and used Glitter on top of Glossy Accents on wings, tails and hearts, then Stickles as it wasn't glittery enough for me.

The birds and fence are both cut round (ack the fence has a lot of detail!) and are mounted onto foma pads to give dimension. The lilac spots and stripes are free magazine papers, the purple butterfly is an Artylicious paper. The vellum is stamped with a Hero Arts sentiment and is attached with brads. Purple gems at the top are from Kaiser. Nice colourscheme, with hindsight it could have used a little contrast...

Twisted Thursday #10

This week's Twisted Thursday Challenge for Shirleys2Girls is to use the sketch and the twist is to add scallops. Provided you are lucky enough to have scalloped Nestabilities (I do) this is fairly easy. Their DT were also given the brief of using turquoise, marigold, lime and fuschia, which isn't compulsory.

Here's the dilemma: The DP I used for the last Twisted Thursday Challenge has these exact colours in it; it's the owl paper I was given by my friend Anne. Twisted Thursday is an unusual challenge: Shirleys2Girls are very generous because they do NOT require you to use their images to enter their challenge. So I could use the same paper again, which needs something owl-like or at least avian for the image.

But... I wanted to use an S2G image. I have my housework stamp and I've also bought a digi-image. Neither of them go with owl DP.

So the paper went in the reject pile and I've used some free papers from card magazines, that are close to the colours but not perfect :).

The digi image is coloured with Inktense pencils and the sentiment split away from the image. The scalloped circle has paper piercings in each scallop. The marigold paper came from Stamp Addicts, the lime coloured faux brads from Craftwork Cards and I think the ribbon's from Stamp Attic.

Ismaki 11/5 - Manue's sketch- papillon

Manue has provided another great sketch this week at Ismaki, the challenge is to include a butterfly in the card. Brilliant, I had a great reason to get out my Elusive Images Daisy Collage butterfly images and play :).

I began by colouring and cutting out a butterfly, the harlequin daisy image and a couple of daisies, all coloured with Inktense pencils. I mounted the layered daisies, the butterfly and the harlequin onto a small patterned square of Artylicious paper, overlapping the sides of the square.

This all went onto a yellow piece of Artylicious paper, onto which I gold embossed a gorgeous scrolly triangle at top right and Happy Birthday across the bottom of the card. All stamps are Elusive Images from Daisy Collage, except the sentiment which is also from Elusive Images.

There are blue gemstones in the corners of both paper squares and on the butterfly's wings. The daisies are highlighted with Glossy Accents. Love the two butterfly collage sets from EI, all the elements work so well together...

Daisy Chain - The Sugar Bowl Challenge 10

This week's challenge at the Sugar Bowl is to use a lovely sketch from Marlene, with the added challenge to include buttons. Yesterday, when I came home from work I found a lovely package in the mail from Annabelle of Split Coast Stampers. Annabelle organised a swap of Sugar Nellie images that I took part in. Daisy grabbed me right away and I dashed off to colour her at once, I think the stamp will be part of my next Sugar Nellie order somehow!

Daisy is coloured with watercolour pencils, the background is shaded with chalks. There's a little bit of Stickles yellow in the flower centres and I've added some to the DP flowers too. The daisy ribbon came from a sewing shop and the lace from my sewing stash. DP is Daisy Bucket, would you believe, from the Stamp Attic. I've used both sides of the same paper, checks on one side and the borders on the other. The border paper has torn and inked edges. The button is sewn with perle thread onto a flower.

Penny Black Challenge 48 - black, white and one other

Week 48 on the Penny Black challenge is to use black, white and one other colour. I've tried to break out of my rut of using red or pink as the other colour and I've gone for gold :). This card is quite simple; the image has a dress paper pieced from My Mind's Eye patterned double sided paper bought from the Stamp Attic; the other side of the paper is used at the side of the card with gold ribbon around it. Gold glitter highlights the chair legs, necklace and earrings, the shoes have Glossy Accents on them, they're meant to look like shiny patent high heels :).

The black scroll, gems and flowers are rub-ons that I bought when I was just beginning with cardmaking and I had no idea how to apply them. Many of them are spoiled, but I found a few that were still whole and I liked the look of them of the plain white card. The card is quite plain and simple, I think this image works well like this.

Corrosive Challenges #11

It's time to take the Corrosive Challenge again! This week Janet's challenged us to use a great sketch, very nice one to work with. I visited my friend Anne, who was kind enough to let me ink up her new Rachel Anne Miller stamp. I've coloured it with watercolour pencils, used some free magazine papers and some Bazzill card behind it and put some gemstones in the corners. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set. I've used a Nestabilities scalloped circle to cut out some flowers from the papers and added them to the card.

Sketch & Stash Challenge #9

Just finished my card in time for the deadline for Sketch & Stash!

I used some Inchies that I bought a while back at the Stamp Attic and haven't used. I got them out to make an ATC a week ago and saw how pretty they all are. This is from the Trees set, not the flower set, I think it's such a pretty image. Of course they're a bit too tiny for a card, I've stamped 4 with pink chalk ink and matted them onto Bazzill card, then a piece of blotchy pink card (no idea where it came from!) and then onto a piece of card called Around the Block, from Stamp Attic again. The final, spotty paper is from a kit by Craftwork Cards, as are the faux brads.

What are they doing in this Stampinbella??

I've no finished cards that I can blog today, but instead I have a question for those of you out there with Stampinbellas :). I coloured this great image today, which I think came from my Sistah Janet. I didn't finish it because I could not work out what they are all holding in their hands! I looked at the website and the image is called Sisterhoodabellas.

Sooo... Large canapes? Axes? Malletts? Square glasses? I was with my friend Anne today stamping and we are both puzzled. Can anyone tell me please, this is really bugging me LOL!

I hope to have some cards to post on here tomorrow instead of questions :)

Whiff of Joy Challenge 39 & Cute Card Thursday Challenge 59 - Happy Mail

I haven't used my Willow with cocoa stamp from Whiff of Joy for a while and I decided to use her for this week's Whiff of Joy Challenge, a lovely sketch by Katharina. She is mostly paper pieced, I decided to use the K & Co pad that I bought at Ally Pally, called Que Sera Sera, which is full of rich, saturated colours. I started off just cutting out her jumper, but then I found just the right shade for her hair and then I had to paper piece the mug as well :). The mug is highlighted with Glossy Accents, jeans are coloured with watercolour pencil and the embroidery is coloured with gel pens and then more Glossy Accents.





Wish Upon a Star is an Elusive Images stamp, it's gold embossed. I've used a decorative cutting blade for the bottom edge of the background, the faux brads are from Craftwork Cards.

The sentiment is appropriate for this card, it's also in response to the Challenge on Cute Card Thursday, which is to make a card for a child at Post Pals. The site says:



"I run Post Pals, we feature seriously ill children (most have cancer or are going through transplants) and their siblings on our website www.postpals.co.uk and invite members of the public to log on from around the world and send a card to a child. The aim is to make the child smile, but we have found it also helps their self esteem and parents often open them with a child during a procedure to distract them.At the moment we are helping 120 children but they aren't getting much post.I was wondering if you would do a challenge, instead of people just scanning in their card for the theme but they actually make one for a Post Pal child and send it off."

I had a look at the website and was very moved by the kindness behind this idea. I plan to make a some more cards for the site; I hope as many people as possible can join in.

Mojo Moday Week 85

Here's the Paris set from Dimension Fourth again, used for Mojo Monday's sketch this time. I've used Basic Grey papers from the Infuse 6x6" pad. The girl's coat and hat are paper pieced from the same pink that I've stamped the Eiffel Tower onto; somehow it looks much browner on the coat...

The lace is from my sewing cupboard and the lovely ribbon with Hotel Chocolat stamped along it comes from their chocolate gemstones; it's a terrible sacrifice to buy (and eat) the chocolate to get the ribbon :), but I manage somehow! The flower is edged with Ciao marker and the little brown flower is coloured with it too. There are little pink gems on her hat and a faux brad from Craftwork Cards at the centre of the flower.

As you can see, this is my favourite stamp to play with at the moment :)

Ooh la la!

I made this card for my "sister" Vanja's birthday, last week. Vanja does wonderful cards, she's a big fan of Sarah Kay and of Elizabeth Bell, check out her blog, she's so creative. The card uses my Dimension Fourth Parisian kit and is mainly coloured with sepia watercolour pencil. There are some Stickles highlighting the table legs, the flowers of her hat and on the cupcakes. The dog is stuck on with a foam pad to make him 3D. I had a lot of fun making this card, the image is one of my favourites at the moment.

My Lucky Day!

Today has been the last day of my week off and I'm due back in for a very busy week tomorrow :(.

So I was really excited to see that I've won this week's Twisted Thursday challenge! It's a random choice of winner, but I'm chuffed to bits! Karolyn said the paper I used was "some of the yummiest design paper I've seen". I agree with her and I need to thank my friend Anne who gave it to me as she thought I'd have a better use for it. Thanks Anne! I only used some, perhaps you'd like a sheet back now ;). There is no Twisted Thursday this week, there is going to be blog candy and all kinds of fun going on at Shirleys2Girls instead. Clik on the link in my sidebar to visit them...

And then I found that I am one of two winners at Ismaki this week as well!!! This is just brilliant and I feel like the sun has come out on this rather cold, grey Bank Holiday :). Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket, or maybe I have had my share of the luck... :)

Thank you to the Ismaki challenge team and to Karolyn and the Shirleys2Girls Team!

To find your Prince... you've got to kiss a lot of frogs :)

My "Sister" Janet got her birthday card in the mail today, so I thought I'd post a picture of it now it's arrived :). I used my April stamps from Dimension Fourth and had a lot of fun with this card. The coach is stamped onto the scalloped circle and a mask used to stamp the princess inside the coach. Just the body of the coach is stamped onto card and coloured with watercolour pencils and Stickles, this is curved and added to the card with silicon glue. "Princess" is repeatedly stamped along the pale pink starry paper and the frog prince is again added with silicon glue to make him 3D. I computer generated the extra wording that I wanted to add.

Janet has blog candy, you can enter until her birthday, 8th May. Have a wonderful birthday Janet!

Twisted Thursday #9

It's the last day to enter Twisted Thursday's challenge again! Every week I plan to enjoy this challenge before the deadline and every Sunday here I am making my card :). This week there is a great sketch to use, with the twist of adding dimension.

I've done this literally and metaphorically; I've used my owl stamp from Dimension Fourth AND I've popped him out from the card using foam pads :)!

The owl is coloured with Copics, his branch is stamped with Timber Brown Stazon onto yellow pearlescent card, it's leaves are coloured with a Marvy le Plume pen. The fab DP at the bottom was a gift from my crafting friend Anne, who bought a paper pack at Ally Pally and kindly gave me the 3 owl pages in it as she felt I could make good use of them. I could and I have. :) Thank you very much Anne! The little pink scrolls come from the free bird stamp with Craft Stamper magazine, when I'd completed the card the corners looked a bit empty. Oh, and the owl has green gem eyes.

Corrosive Challenges #10 - Happy Birthday to Janet!

It's Sunday and it's time to take the Corrosive Challenge again. It's Janet's birthday on the 8th May and this week her challenge is to make a birthday card. I've opted to make a mostly Digi card. My image of the birthday bird comes from Pink Petticoat - they have some lovely images to choose from. The background paper comes from a blog called Summertime Designs, which belongs to Summer Driggs, who creates free digi-scrap images and papers. This paper is from a set called Sweet Springtime, isn't it pretty? Summer is amazingly talented, check out her site if you get a minute...

I've printed the DP out and then overprinted the image onto it. The bird is cut out and mounted onto a foam pad, as are the speech bubbles. I've used Bazzil card to frame the image and die cut flowers from the DP and the Bazzil card. The ribbon is black grosgrain and the faux brads are from Craftwork Cards.

Elzybell's Challenge #19 & Cute Card Thursday #58 - Mirror Mirror

Isn't this dog image from Elzybells cute? There is a matching image of a dog carrying a rolled up newspaper but I like this one best, he is giving a very feeble tail-wag because he knows he shouldn't tear up the paper but sometimes you just can't resist temptation :).

I've used Rachel's sketch from this week's Elzybell's Challenge and I've included lots of gold shiny card, which means I'm also entering it for Cute Card Thursday's Mirror, Mirror Challenge.


I've coloured the dog with my Copics; I'm a bit underwhelmed with the effect I'm getting, doesn't look all that professional :(. The edge started out with faux stitching drawn in with a Pigma Micron pen. Annoyingly I smudged a corner so went over it with a waterbrush and Distress Ink to blend it in. To my surprise, the "permanent" ink ran into the blend... Hmm...


Flowers are Hero Arts, Design Paper is from a gorgeous Basic Grey pad I bought at Ally Pally. The card blank is left showing in the background, I like the contrast of brown matte with gold shiny.

ATC round up

I've been working on some ATCs for swaps over the last week and since I have no new cards to show, I thought I'd post the ATCs on here:

The first one is for "AWalk in the Woods", for a swap at the Stamp Attic.

I've stamped the lovely tree/water scene onto glossy paper that I've brayered with a Kaleidocolour inkpad.

I've stamped some leaves from an Inkadinkado Inchies set onto the Bazzil card for the ATCbase and added another inchie on foam pads to finish it.

The other ATC is for a UKATC group swap, with the theme yellow and green. It's a sort-of free ATC:). The green paper is a magazine freebie (very lightweight, mounted onto card). The tree is from a set of Paper Artsy stamps that Igot when I renewed my Craft Stamper subscription and the bird is last month's free stamp with Craft Stamper. I love the bird! The bird is stamped onto Glimmer Misted paper and some Stickles jazz up its crown and the tree behind it. The feathers and the bird's legs both came from my husband's fly-tying supplies - shh! Don't tell... :)

Mojo Moday Week 84 & My Time to Craft #59 - Black & White +1

I bought this lovely, large-scale black, white and red paper from Stamp Attic ages ago and have never found the right project to use it - until now! I decided to use it with this week's Mojo Monday challenge sketch.


I coloured my Leanne Ellis Sugar Nellie stamp very simply, with black, red and some Glossy Accents on the flowers and the bubbles. It's mounted onto red Bazzil paper with black brads beside it. The DP is used behine the image in a border and as a centre to the circle. The other DP is also from Stamp Attic, as is the ribbon.

When I'd finished it I realised that it fits in with My Time To Craft's challenge for this week: Black and white +1.