Easter

Hello, thanks for your visit.

 Today, for the next two weeks we begin a new challenge at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - we have for you

#126 Easter

Please pop over to the blog to see the inspirtion by the DT,

and to check out for the details. 

The basket is from a stamp, cut, scored and folded, 

with a little glue.  

The rabbits and eggs were stamped, sadly the old wooden stamp 

has no mention of the maker.

I coloured them with Promarkers and decoupaged the rabbits.

Happy Easter stamp again is an old wooden one.

Decorated with tissue paper, small eggs a few spring chicks and 

a sprinkle of card candi to complete the scene.

Have fun and Happy Easter to you all.

Teddy Bears

Hello again, another month has flown by and here we are again starting a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Forum. The challenge is Teddy Bears. Doesn't everyone just love Teddy Bears?  I'm sure I do. Please do pop over to the blog to see the lovely cuddly set of Teddy Bears the Design team have for you.  For my card I used the CD ~  Meadow CottageTeddy Bears - Christine Haworth - by Crafter's Companions for all of the papers and image. The flowers and card candi are from my stash.

Our grateful thanks to our two sponsors this month

Bugaboo prize will be 7 Digis

Craftybren prize will be £10 goodies

Things With Wings

Here we are again at Sparkles Forum monthly challenge - our theme this month being Things With Wings. Such a variety available to you, with this theme. I recently made this card for my class, which of course fits in perfectly with the challenge. I used a 5.75 white card. Embossed with large Swiss Dots a panel which  I then used a Spellbinder scalloped die to create the aperture. Pretty LOTV designer paper added below the aperture. Dimensional pads added to raise the panel. Prepared butterlies added to the card. The butterflies were stamped onto vellum using Versamark, white detailed embossing powder then heated. Butterlies then cut out and added to the card with silicone.
Stamps used ;- Tattered Butterflies from Lyndsay Mason, a La blanche foam butterfly, the smallest butterfly from Elusive Images. Here is a close up of the largest of the butterlies.

Many thanks to our sponsors this month

The Winner will receiver Marianne Designs 2 Dies or 1 Die & 1 stamp

Back to School

Here we are into another month at Sparkles Forum, for the next month, our challenge will be Back to School. For this is the time when education kicks off for another term, when the summer will be over. How did that happen so fast? So Back to School, the DT have produced some wonderful inspiration please pop over to check them out. For my card, I am so loving these folded stepper cards, they add a little extra I think, fashions and favourites they come and go, and this is my current favourite. I used red card for the base, matted with a sheet from a paper pad in my stash. Die cut the image with a Go Kreate die. The wonderful little girl is from LOTV - Back to School -Girl. Coloured with Promarkers. I am looking forward to visiting you to see your creations. Have fun.

Our thanks once again to our generous sponsor

The winner will win either 2 dies or 1 die and 1 stamp

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Design Team

I was delighted to be accepted as part of the Sparkles Forum Challenges Design Team, a wonderful monthly challenge blog.  The project for October is either Halloween or a colour challenge - to use Purple, Orange and Black. I have always loved Halloween, though it is now even more enjoyable, I know it's a commercial way of extracting more money from us, but inside I'm still a girl wanting to have fun, I enjoy all the ghouls, ghosts, witches and vampires stuff. Having 6 grandchildren has given me so much fun in so many ways. I made an octagonal easel card. Used Distress inks to colour the front, stamped branches, the house and ghouls. Splattered water for atmosphere. Glitter touches here and there. Spider's webs, no spiders for those who may have a phobia, bats, and a large pumpkin. All of the stamps, except the branch were from Tandastamps, sadly no longer in business. The branch is from Sheena Douglas - Pinescape stamps.  I am so looking forward to visiting you to see your projects during October - November, have fun everyone. For those who do enjoy Halloween I'm hoping you all have a super spooky time.