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Monday, 31 August 2015

Fabulous Blue

Hi there

In between keeping up with my DT cards I wanted to just have a play and make a card for some challenges so this is what I created last night.



I've only used this stamp from Honey Doo Crafts once before and I love it so I wanted to use it again.  I cut down a piece of blue cardstock slightly smaller than my card base, dusted the surface with my EK Success Powder Tool to remove any static and then stamped the image off the edge, and the sentiment, in VersaMark ink.  I then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Next I added some depth to the flower images using using three blue FlexMarkers.  I popped the panel up on 3D foam strips and added two blue gems at the base of the flower heads to finish.

Materials used:
  • Cardstock: White - Anna Marie Designs; Blue - Papermania
  • Stamps: Honey Doo Crafts - Fancy Flowers; Hero Arts - sentiment (unknown set)
  • Ink: VersaMark
  • Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
  • Coloured with FlexMarkers
  • Accents: Blue gems from stash

Challenge entries:

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #71 - Blue













AAA Cards - Challenge #47 - Spectacular Embossing













My Time to Craft - Challenge #303 - Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #388 - Monochrome


Thanks so much for visiting as always.  I so appreciate you taking the time to pop by and for your lovely comments.  In the UK it's a Bank Holiday Monday, it was forecast to be the best day of the weekend but looking out of my window it looks more like January!  I hope it's better where you are, have a lovely day whatever you are up to.





Saturday, 29 August 2015

It's Spray Time!

Morning lovelies

I'm back to introduce this week's new challenge just starting at Less is More.  As usual, when we have a five week month we have a Lucky Dip challenge, and this time we have a great one for you.  We want to see you use...


Sprays / Mists
And please remember to keep your creations clean and simple.


Also this week we have a Guest Designer joining us, the fabulous Elaine of Craft-E-Place.  Elaine participates every week at Less is More, often with more than one entry and she creates beautiful cards, often with a genius twist.  So we'd love for you to visit her and leave some love.  If you have the time why not browse her blog, you certainly won't be disappointed.


Ok, back to the challenge.  Apart from a water spray I only have one spray product in my stash.  So I was a bit limited with products but there are so many techniques where spraying/misting can be incorporated.  Here's what I came up with...





I started with a scrap of bright pink cardstock and laid a die cut heart over the cardstock before spraying with Cosmic Shimmer Mist. Once dry I die cut it using a pierced square die.  To make the heart stand out a little more I dotted around it using a silver pen to match the pierced edge and popped it up on 3D foam.  The sentiment was stamped in a matching pink and a single gem added to the heart.

Materials used:
  • Dies: Clearly Besotted - Love Hearts; MFT Die-namics - Pierced Square Stax
  • Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Love Blossoms
  • Ink: Versa Color - Opera Pink
  • Accents: Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Pearl Mist; Sakura Gelly Roll pen - Silver; Gem from stash

Challenge entries:

Simply Create Too - Challenge #93 - It's a Special Occasion
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #388 - Monochrome








I couldn't let spray/mists week pass by without using the ghosting technique again.  I masked three edges on a white cardstock panel and blended three Distress Inks and faded the colours out across the unmasked side.  With the masks still in place I laid down the harlequin stencil, spritzed with water, removed the stencil and left for a few moments before blotting with a paper towel to remove the colour.  Once dry I stamped the stem and sentiment in black and popped the panel up on 3D foam.

Materials used:
  • Ink: Distress Ink - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral; Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Stencil: Tim Holtz - Harlequin
  • Stamps: MFT - Grand Peaceful Wildflowers


Challenge entries:

Creative Inspirations - Challenge #324 - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #146 - No Patterned Papers
AAA Cards - Challenge #46 - Maskerade/Masking





Happy Little Stampers - August CAS Challenge - Masking (playing along for fun - DT)







I find it impossible to get a great photo of a black card, when will I ever learn?!  I laid down the Fir Trees stencil by Imagination Crafts on some black cardstock and then sprayed through it with some Cosmic Shimmer Mist in Pearl Mist. Some of the mist landed in blobs but I think this looks like snow so quite happy with it!  The sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Little Pudding set was heat embossed in Wow Metallic Silver embossing powder and the panel was matted onto some silver shimmer card before being adhered to the card base.  The star is a silver glitter Doodlebug Sprinkle.

Materials used:

  • Stencil: Imagination Crafts - Fir Trees
  • Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Little Pudding
  • Ink: VersaMark
  • Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver
  • Accents: Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Pearl Mist; Doodlebug Sprinkle - Red, White and Blue star assortment



There's lots of ways sprays can be used so we can't wait to see what you create this week.  Have fun!





Saturday, 22 August 2015

40th Berry Balloons

Hi guys

I completely forgot to share this card with you earlier.  It's a card I made for my brother to give to a mutual friend.

It may look familiar as I stamped and die cut these balloons when I made this card but ended up not using them.




The balloons were stamped in Versa Color inks and die cut using their co-ordinating dies.  I positioned them on a panel of white cardstock and marked with a pencil where I wanted them to sit before I drew the strings with a black fine liner pen.  The balloons were then secured with glue dots.  I die cut the 'happy' twice, once in white and once in a berry shade and adhered these together, slightly off centre, before adhering to the panel.  The '40th' was then stamped directly on the panel before it was popped up on 3D foam strips.

Materials used:

  • Stamps: Wplus9 - Whole Lotta Happy; Uniko - Classic Numbers
  • Ink: Versa Color - Cardinal, Raspberry, Boysenberry, Grape
  • Dies: Wplus9 - Whole Lotta Happy; Clearly Besotted - Happy Word Die


Challenge entries:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - To Die For
CASology - Week 160 - Number
Seize the Birthday - Anything that Flies
Stamping Sensations - August Challenge - Anything Goes with a stamp and a die
Crazy for Challenges - Challenge #297 - Include the word Happy


Thanks for popping by.  That's all for now, back to stash sorting mode :)


Sketchy Time at Less is More

Hi guys

It's time for new challenge at Less is More and today we have a sketch for you.  It's super simple but can be interpreted in so many ways.  Here it is...



As always, please remember to keep your creations clean and simple.



I have two cards for you today using the sketch as my starting point.  Here's my first...



I cut a white panel of cardstock at an angle before embossing with a stripe embossing folder.  I adhered this to the card base and also adhered a thin strip of grey cardstock along the top edge.  I stamped the flowers and punched them out with the co-ordinating punch before adhering them along the grey strip with glue dots.  The sentiment was embossed in white onto some grey cardstock before cutting down and popping up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

  • Embossing Folder: Darice - Stripe
  • Stamps: Stampin' Up - Petite Petals (and co-ordinating punch); Clearly Besotted - A Little Sentimental
  • Ink: Versa Color - Magenta, Marigold; VersaMark
  • Embossing Powder: Wow - Opaque Bright White


Challenge entries:

Crafty Catz - Challenge #289 - Flowers
Creative Inspirations - Challenge #323 - Flowers
Colour Me...! - Challenge #85
















My second card was made for a friend who is turning 40, we all like to think we are still 29, right? :)



I covered the card base with some patterned paper.  I then cut a panel of white cardstock at an angle and stamped the sentiment in black.  I die cut the panel using a flower die and a dash line die along the top edge and then adhered this flat to the card base and added a white Doodlebug Sprinkle to the centre of the flower.

Materials used:

  • Patterned Paper: Simple Stories - Enchanted
  • Stamp: Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler
  • Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Dies: Clearly Besotted - Flower Arrangement; Paper Smooches - Dots and Dashes
  • Accents: Doodlebug Sprinkles - White Lily


Challenge entries:

CASology - Week 160 - Number



Please pop by my teamies' blogs linked up over at Less is More and give them some love, and we would love to see you in our gallery this week.  

I'm not sure I'll have anything more to share with you for a few days as I'm trying to have a bit of craft stash organisation time.  It's a work in progress but it's driving me bonkers not being able to find what I need easily so it will be worth spending some time on it.


Take care and have a lovely weekend whatever you're up to.


Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Addicted to Stamps and More #158

Hi there

I'm back with my fortnightly midnight post which means there's a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More.  And so, following our usual sequence of challenges, this week we are back with our regular challenge which is...


Addicted to Holidays
Please ensure your creation relates to a holiday/vacation theme or a holiday
such as Christmas, Easter, or any other national holiday.


Our sponsor this week is Stamplorations who are offering a fab prize of  a $10 gift certificate.



For my DT card this week I've gone with Christmas and yes, you've guessed it, I've been masking and blending inks again!  I hope I'm not boring you with these very similar cards this last week but I love how this one turned out.  



I masked a vertical panel on my card base and also die cut a small circle to create a mask for the moon.  I hand cut a mask from a post-it to create the snow banks and blended Distress Inks, starting at the top, working my way down just adding a little of the blue to create the snow drifts in the three lower sections.  I put the lower mask back in place to stamp the tree in black.  Once all the masks were removed I stamped the sentiment, also in black.

Materials used:
  • Ink: Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot; Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Stamps: Inkylicious - Simply Trees; Happy Little Stampers - Mixed Christmas Sentiments

Challenge entries

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge - Challenge #16 - Anything Goes
Simply Create too - Challenge #92 - Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Snow in Summertime
One Layer Simplicity - Challenge #19 - Strip Down
AAA Cards - Challenge #46 - Maskerate/Masking













And just for fun (as I'm on the DT) I'm linking up at Happy Little Stampers August CAS Challenge which is Masking.


There's some great inspiration by my teamies over at ATSM so why not play along, if not just to get ahead on your Christmas cards!

Thanks as always for visiting.




Monday, 17 August 2015

Muse #129 - Thanks Touched with Gold

Good afternooon, Crafters

Mondays mark a new challenge over at Muse and I'm happy to be your muse for this week.

The idea at Muse is to use the Designer's card as the inspiration for your creation.  You can interpret it as you wish; using the colours, layout, techniques, etc.  You can find out more about the challenge guidelines here.


So, without further ado, here's my card...




On a white cardstock panel I inked through a stencil with Distress Inks.  I then stamped with a dots stamp in VersaMark and heat embossed in gold.  I stamped the leaf also in VersaMark onto some clear vellum, heat embossed in gold and die cut with the co-ordinating die.  Next I die cut the 'thanks' from black cardstock.  The vellum leaf was adhered with a glue dot and the thanks die cut adhered over it.  The panel was then popped up on 3D foam strips.

Materials used:

  • Stencil: Dutch Doobadoo - Fabric
  • Ink: Distress Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon; VersaMark
  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents; Stampin' Up - Gorgeous Grunge
  • Dies: Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents; Paper Smooches - Thanks
  • Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich

Challenge entries:

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #137 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Challenge #92 - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - Talking Texture
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #37 - 'Friendship is Golden'
Stamping Sensations - August Challenge - Anything Goes with a stamp and a die
House of Cards - August Challenge - Metallics

Phew, I didn't make this card with a challenge in mind so I think I've done pretty well to combine all those! :)


I've combined quite a few techniques on this card to hopefully give you some inspiration - stencilling, stamping, embossing, die cuts, vellum and metallics.  Or you could choose the layout or colours to inspire you.  It's always so great to see how the participants interpret one card to come up with so many wonderful creations.  I can't wait to see the gallery.

Thanks as always for popping by x


Sunday, 16 August 2015

Parisian Sunset

Hi guys

Well, after messing around with some masking yesterday on this card I decided to carry on with that theme and make another card for the challenge over at One Layer Simplicity where their theme is 'Strip Down'.

I grabbed some different Distress Inks and instead of sunshine I went with a purple toned night sky...


I started by masking a vertical panel on my card base and blended from blue to purple then to pink.  I had already planned on stamping the Eiffel Tower but I didn't want it to look like it was floating so I masked and blended the section at the bottom in black to create the horizon.  I then used a french script stamp, stamping off first in order to create just a hint over my panel using grey ink. Don't look too closely though as I did make a faux pas (in keeping with the french theme, do you see what I did there? lol) as I picked up my stamp press the wrong way around and stamped the script upside down!  Oh, the perils of rubber stamps instead of clear ones - whoops! :)  Well, it's impossible to read when it's the right way around so I don't think it's very noticeable!  I then removed the masks and stamped the Eiffel Tower and sentiment in black.

Materials used:

  • Ink: Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Black Soot, Weathered Wood; Versafine - Onyx Back
  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Je T'aime; Stampin' Up - En Francais

I'm also going to pop over and link up at AAA Cards where their current challenge #46 is Maskerade/Masking.
















That's all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow to share the new challenge at Muse where this week I will be your Muse :)


Saturday, 15 August 2015

Sending You Sunshine

Hi there

I managed to fit some crafting in today.  I made a few cards, some of which I can't yet share, but I have a nice sunny one for you this evening.



I masked off a vertical panel and blended three Distress Inks to create an ombre effect.  I then laid a stencil over the panel, spritzed with water and then blotted with a paper towel to remove the colour and produce the flowery pattern, the ghosting technique.  I removed the masks and left it to dry for a short time before stamping the sentiment.

Materials used:

  • Ink: Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber, Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral; Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Stencil: MFT - Funky Florals
  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Sunshine and Smiles

Challenge entries:

One Layer Simplicity - Challenge #19 - Strip Down
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #145 - Warm Summer Colours
CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #142 - Pretty Patterns
Creative Inspirations - Challenge #323 - Flowers

And just for fun I'll link it up to the gallery at Happy Little Stampers August CAS Challenge - Masking.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit today.  I will be back on Monday for the next Muse challenge and perhaps tomorrow, if I find time to get crafty.





Less is More - Week 237

Hi guys

Firstly, apologies that it's been a whole week since my last post.  It's been a hectic week at work, with me returning after a week off and my boss preparing for his two weeks away so I've just been crashing out in the evenings.  I also have my mum staying with me for a week so we've been catching up in the evenings.

Saying that, I did of course manage to make a couple of cards for the new challenge just going live at Less is More this morning.  We are back with our regular Theme challenge and this week our theme is...


Congratulations

So, an easy peasy challenge really but please remember to keep your entries clean and simple with some white space.



As most of you know I love Clearly Besotted products, that's what I have the most of in my stash and both of my cards today use CB stamps and dies.


Here's my first card...



I created an oval mask using a die and gently blended the oval using Distress Ink.  I stamped the stars in different colours of Versa Color ink.  I die cut the 'congrats' from the stamped panel, added a cardstock panel to the reverse with some adhesive added, then stacked the word die up on more white die cuts before adhering the original stamped die cut as the top layer.  I then added some Glossy Accents to highlight.

Materials used:

  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Superstar
  • Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain; Versa Color - Boysenberry, Mountain Lake, Orange and Pinecone
  • Dies: Lil' Inker Designs - Oval Stitched Dies; Clearly Besotted - Congrats Word Die
  • Accents: Glossy Accents

Challenge entries:

ColorQ - Challenge #303













Daring Cardmakers  - Talking Texture
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Simply Create Too - Challenge #92 - Anything Goes





One of my friends brought a lovely little girl into the world this week so my second card is being sent off to her...




I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of pale pink vellum, heat embossed in white and wrapped this around a white cardstock panel.  I then stamped the onesie and the flower logo onto some polka dot paper and again heat embossed in white before fussy cutting out and popping up on 3D foam.  The panel was adhered flat to the card base and a few silver Doodlebug Sprinkles added to accent.

Materials used:

  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Baby Love (discontinued) and Little Onesie
  • Ink: VersaMark
  • Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
  • Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Let's Polka Mon Amie
  • Accents: Doodlebug Sprinkles - Silver

Challenge entries:

Crafty Catz - Challenge #288 - New Beginnings
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #386 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - August Challenge - Anything Goes with a Stamp and a Die




Please pop by my teamies' blogs to show them some love, they have some lovely examples to inspire you once again this week.  Lots of occasions call for Congratulations cards so I hope to see your entry in our gallery this week :)



Saturday, 8 August 2015

Eye, Eye!

Hi there

This morning marks a brand new challenge at Less is More and we've whizzed around on our rota and we're back with that challenge that everybody loves......ahem.....it's our wonderful One Layer Challenge!  And our theme is...


The Eyes Have It (something with eyes)
Please have a look at our guidelines here if you're unsure of our One Layer rules


I've got three cards to hopefully give you some inspiration this week and for two of these I've used digi stamps...go me!


Here's my first card...


I printed the monster digi stamp (part of a prize I won a while ago) together with the sentiment using font KB Noodle Monster onto some Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I then coloured him in with FlexMarkers using little flicks and dots to try to get the look of fur (not bad for a first try!).  I then printed him out again onto a piece of paper with a post-it note stuck in the same position and then used this as a mask while I blended the circle of dots through a stencil to create the the background.  Some glossy accents were then added to his big eyes to give a glossy embossed finish.

Materials used:
  • Digi Stamp: A Day for Daisies - Monster Joe
  • Coloured with FlexMarkers
  • Stencil: MFT - Concentric Circles
  • Ink: Distress Ink: Antique Linen
  • Accents: Glossy Accents

Challenge entries:

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #135 - Anything Goes (Happy Birthday)
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes Embossing
Happy Little Stampers - August CAS Challenge - Masking (playing for fun as I'm on the DT!)


My second card...


I only bought this stamp last week and couldn't wait to use it.  I stamped the owls image onto some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock (my fave kraft cardstock as it's quite light).  I then coloured the image in with some Derwent Coloursoft pencils.  I used a sponge dauber to add some white pigment ink through a cloud stencil and then added the sentiments, these from two Paper Smooches sets.  I then added Glossy Accents to all the eyes.

Materials used:
  • Stamps: Stamping Bella - Branching Out Owls; Paper Smooches - Chubby Chums and Sentiment Sampler
  • Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Versafine - Onyx Black; Versa Color - White
  • Coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils
  • Stencil: MFT - Cloudy Day
  • Accents: Glossy Accents

Challenge entries:

A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #150 - Animals or Birds
Crazy 4 Challenges - Challenge #294 - Critters


And a freebie digi for my third card...


I couldn't resist this little kitty when I found him as a freebie over at Opal Manor.  Those eyes just drew me in, it's such a cute image. So I printed him onto some Neenah Solar White cardstock and coloured him in with FlexMarkers.  The sentiment was then stamped alongside and that was it, finished.

Materials used:
  • Digi Stamp: Opal Manor - Hang in There
  • Stamp: Mama Elephant - Up and Away
  • Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Coloured with FlexMarkers

Challenge entry:

CAS(E) this Sketch - Challenge #135 (I flipped the sketch from left to right)














I do generally struggle with digi stamps but on one layer CAS cards they are a good alternative and you're guaranteed to get a good impression (unlike my stamping skills sometimes as I still don't have that MISTI!) 

Please pop by my teamies' blogs as they'll have more samples to share with you.  Can't wait to see lots of eyes in our gallery this week! 

Have a great weekend.




Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Addicted to Stamps and More #156

Hi there

I'm back to introduce the next challenge which is just going live at Addicted to Stamps and More.  We are continuing on with our regular sequence of challenge themes so this week we are back with everyone's favourite...


Anything Goes!

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Sami Stamps.  Although I don't often use digis the images in this range are gorgeous, and even better, the winner of this week's challenge will win a $12 gift certificate!


I've used a Sami Stamps image for my DT card this week called 'Birthday Kitty'.  Being a cat lover I couldn't resist this one but I've used it here to create a baby card...


I printed the digi onto some white printable cardstock and coloured it in with ProMarkers.  I then used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out.  I adhered some green polka dot paper to the cardbase, stamped the 'welcome' sentiment onto the white panel before adhering this over the paper.  The yellow die cut word 'baby' was then added to finish.  It's always handy to have some baby cards which aren't specifically pink or blue, so you have a card ready for those 'unknown until arrival' arrivals!

Materials used:

  • Digi Image: Sami Stamps - Birthday Kitty
  • Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Child's Play
  • Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Dies: MFT Die-namics - In and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangles; Clearly Besotted - Baby Word Die
  • Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Let's Polka Mon Amie
  • Coloured with ProMarkers


Challenge entries:

A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #150 - Animals or Birds
Daring Cardmakers - New Beginnings
Brown Sugar - Challenge #157 - Animals
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #384 - Citrus Colours



There is lots of inspiration over at ATSM created by my wonderful teamies and as it's an Anything Goes week, you can link up anything you create.  Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.




Sunday, 2 August 2015

Happy Little Stampers - August 2015 CAS Challenge

Hi there

I'm here this evening to introduce the next CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers.  Our July challenge had a really good response so we'd love to see you back again for this month's challenge.

So, this month we would like to see you use Masking on your CAS creations.



Here's my DT card...


I used a die to cut curves in a post-it note to use as a mask on a panel of white cardstock.  I then blended two colours of Distress Ink to create the curved shape.  I then stamped foliage in various shades of pigment ink before removing the masks.  I finished by stamping the sentiment in black and adhering the panel with 3D foam strips.

Materials used:
  • Die: MFT Die-namics - Snow Drifts
  • Ink: Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac and Cracked Pistachio; Versa Color - Olive, Laurel Leaf, Sand Beige, Bamboo and Green Tea; Versafine - Onyx Black
  • Stamps: Uniko Studio - Natures Treasures 1; Clearly Besotted - Brushed Poppies (sentiment)

Challenge entries:

Simply Create Too - Challenge #91 - Anything Goes


There are lots of ways to create using masks, for example stamping an image then masking it off so other images appear behind it, or simply masking off an area like I have here.

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you'll join in our challenge which will be running until the end of August.


Happy Birthday, Sarah!

Hi guys

Today I'd like to say Happy Birthday to my lovely blog friend and teamie at Less is More, Sarah of Sazzle Dazzle Crafts!

Sarah is known to lots of us in craft blogland, currently being on the Design Teams at Less is More, AAA Cards, Addicted to CAS and she also designs for Uniko.  Her cards are stunning, beautifully CAS and she uses such vibrant colours every time.  As well as being super talented she's also one of the sweetest people I've had the pleasure of 'meeting'.  We live at opposite ends of the country but hopefully we'll meet for real one day!

So, here's the card I made for Sarah, I know I can share it as she's already thanked me for it :)




A bit of stamping and masking was involved to create the flowers on a white cardstock panel.  I then used my Derwent Inktense pencils with some water to colour them in.  The sentiment was then stamped and the panel was popped up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

  • Stamps: Stampin Up! - Flower Shop; Wplus9 - Strictly Sentiments
  • Ink: Archival - Jet Black
  • Coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils

Challenge entries:

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #135 - Anything goes - optional Happy Birthday
Crazy 4 Challenges - Challenge #297 - Include the word 'Happy'
Creative Inspirations - Challenge #323 - Flowers


So, Happy Birthday, Sarah.  I hope you have a fabulous day! xx