Inspired by the 30 day colouring challenge

30 DAY COLORING CHALLENGE

Have you heard or seen this.  Go take a look Kathy has some awesome tips and videos and is very talented.  Its really worth a look, you truly will not be disappointed.

I am so inspired to colour because of this challenge and try new things and let some other things just fly out the window because they don't really matter when colouring.

Heres an image I coloured a few days back and have just turned into a card.

Its yet another Lili of the Valley image (can't get enough of those) this one is called Fabulous Flower

oh and I see he is out of stock and unfortunately will now be discontinued.  Lucky me to have it.....yes its water coloured.  The papers are from Up Up and Away and One Birdie Lane. I love these die cut clouds from Paper Smooches.

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New paper Pads At LOTV

And they are gorgeous, just take a look. HERE.  There are three new paper pads some beautiful Landscape Art Pads and new sentiment stamps.

Before I post my card I would like to welcome my new followers.  Thanks for joining me I love to read your comments.

I have been playing with the Romance and Roses Collection, pretty pinks, soft blues and greens.  Just lovely.

The image is called Blossom she is water coloured and then fussy cut.  She is stuck down in places and popped up with foam dots in others.  I added the little "blossom" chain to her hair with extra stamped blossoms.  The new sentiment stamp along the bottom reads " with lots of love and best wishes".  I kept it pretty simple as its a shame to cover up that pretty paper so I added some ribbon and lace and a little mushroom charm to finish it off.

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Inspired by the 30 DAY COLOURING CHALLENGE

Watercolour Challenge

Yes thats right a watercolour challenge.  Pretty Pink Posh  (fantastic blog - you must visit) are hosting this wonderful challenge where you need to include watercoloring in your project.  I have had watercolour paints and pencils forever and never really used them on cards until last week.

Heres a sneak of a card I made a few days back.   I had tried colouring the image in pencils and then markers and just wasn't happy with it.  As I sat staring at my supplies I saw my watercolour pencils tucked away in a corner, I dusted them off and as they say the rest is history.

Then by absolute chance, luck or some other intervention I came across Kathy's (The Daily Marker) blog (another fantastic blog). Kathy did a post about the watercolour challenge and after watching a couple of her tutorials I was more than curious and in for a real treat. I was so inspired I stamped a little image called Patchwork Butterfly from Lili Of The Valley and proceeded to have another go.  I coloured him with the intention of cutting him out till I realised just how difficult that would be with all his "fluff.

I have to admit, because I was going to cut it out I wasn't overly careful with the rest of the card so had to improvise and cover a couple of splodges.   So I added (water coloured) the background and set to making the card.

I cut and stamped a little tag from a piece of card I had practiced on.  I'm actually really happy with how this turned out.  In fact I look at it and can't quite believe I did it. I think I am pretty much sold on water colouring and think its just what I have been looking for, just need to practice some more.  

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Summer Facebook Challenge at Lili Of the Valley

Yes thats right Lili of the Valley are running their first ever Facebook Challenge.  There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs so make sure you take a look.

Heres the link  https://www.facebook.com/liliofthevalleycrafts

This is my card made to celebrate the Northern Summer because it sure is nothing like summer down here. I double stamped the image and fussy cut the seed packets and flowers for dimension.

Stamp Image and Sentiment: Watering Can

Papers are from the Shabby Shack Collection

Thanks for stopping by..... now go check out the challenge.

Entered into 

Week 253 The Shabby Tea Room

#290 Crafty Creations

#145 Gem of a Challenge

Paper Sweeties are just so sweet.

Today I am super thrilled to be Guest Designer at Paper Sweeties for my little win in the April Challenge.  Thanks so much Paper Sweeties for having me xo

I so enjoyed playing with these great products.  I love the co ordinating stamps and dies and must say what great quality the acrylic stamps are.

Its Party time in the Boutique and here is the inspiration graphic for Challenge #32

 My inspiration came from the colour combination and the pretty banner with clean spaces.

My First happy little card is made using stamps and dies from the Tree of Life add on, Spring, 

with Stitched Tags #1 .  

 The papers and sentiments  are from Lili of the Valley.  

Thanks for popping by today.

Make sure you drop in to the Paper Sweeties Blog for this challenge 

and more wonderful inspiration.

Angel Johns

Annette Witherspoon

Cheryl Lea

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 

Emily Frasier

Jill Norwood

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Kathy Schweinfurth 

Larissa Heskett

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

June Guest Designer:  Karen Oliver  - Thats Me

Playful Kitty - Bon Voyage

The latest clear stamp set at Gerda Steiner Design is called Playful Kitten and playful she is.
This little cutie is trying to smuggle into a suitcase.  I made it an envelope and card all in one. Prrretty Great Friend and the hearts are from the set.

Inside I used a luggage tag stamped with one of the sentiments in the set as the background.  

This is my last project as part of the Gerda Steiner Design Team, I have loved my time with Gerda and have enjoyed watching her little business grow and flourish. 

I am sure her whimsical little images will become firm favourites with many. 

Its been a pleasure and I wish Gerda and her little characters all the very best.

xoxo

# Cheers

I created this little card for the Paper Smooches Sparks May Designer Drafts Challenge. Unfortunately I don't have any Paper Smooches Stamps (haven't come across them down here) fortunately there are some kindly supplied freebie digis to play with.  I do have a few Paper Smooches dies which I use often.  The ones used here are # from the card booking dies and cheers from Birthday Words. Check out the whole range at the Paper Smooches store. I inked clouds onto the background using a hand cut template.

This is the draft.

And here's my card