Tulip Willow in blue

Gosh you can tell my husband is off this week I have managed to finish 3 cards - unheard of normally. We have just got back from a weekend camping with Cathy. The weather was mixed although we did not make the beach due to my wonderful husband not feeling well (I call it a hangover) and so I am making the most of him feeling guilty! I did for once dress up in 17th Century clothes as did the boys (Cathy bribed Ed with an ice-lolly) so we could go rounf Bodnant Gardens which are so beautiful. Unfortunately I had forgotten the camera so no pictures sorry.

Anyway my card! Willow from the spring kit has been coloured in distressed inks and then mounted using the sketch on Whiff of Joy this week which I have flipped and rotated as I wanted to use a long image. The papers are a new pad of K and Co Tim Coffrey Tulips which I used for the first time. The flowers are prima and have been glimmer misted which I think you can see on the photo as I have been able to shock take in the lovely sunlight outside! (Yes I have a load of washing on the line too as it has a lovely breeze too this afternoon). The ribbon and lace are stash. I do hope you like it x

Sketch and Stash

A bit of a dark card even though the picture was taken in daylight. Well what is new on the card - the pearls are new, the image is new as I have brought her even though I have used RAK image sof her before. The eyelets are new too, as is my fern punch. A lovely sketch to work with as so flexable.

recipe -

image - woj willow with basket

paper - basic grey - boxer (?)

ribbon - stash

eyelets - papermania

flowers - prima

punch - L-EM.com

ribbon - stash

medium - watercoloured

WOJ - Green and Karen's Candy

I love green, had to hold myself adding pink with it as that is my favourite colour combination - but will do that for secret crafter if I have time later this week?

I am entering this card into Karen's blog candy too - please see side bar for the permiment link.

I have doubts over this card too - I am really struggling of late to produce anything that I am truely happy with and my favourite card which I did for mothers day for Sugar Bowl nobody seems to like so I am a little lost at the moment.

The card above is for a friends birthday and there are 7 crystal shimmer dots in the corner but they have not come out at all well on the photo. The papers have been faux stitched and layered. They are all basic grey. I have cut and oval out to mount the image on and embossed it. I hope you like it.

recipe -

image - WOJ willow with basket

papers- Basic Grey - Boxer

card - stash

embossing - cuttlebug swirls

oval - nesties

flowers - prima, and stash

shimmer dots - papermania

ribbon - stash otherside has pink flowers on which i did not like

peel off - stash

medium - watercoloured

Dutch Dare - Cathy's sketch

When I first saw the sketch I must admit I panicked, but actually once I got into it, it is a lovely sketch to follow. I have used my new stamp that is my mothers day present of one of the boys (I also got Melinda the helping angel) and I could not resist trying her out. I have watercoloured her in and mounted her using my nesties. I have doodled the edges as I thought faux stitching would not work with using stripped papers. I hope you like and have a go yourself.

recipe -

image - WOJ Willow with basket

papers - basic grey - Eva

flowers - prima

brads - papermania

charm - madcow beads