Birthday Wishes Darling

Hi folks,

Just popping in today to share a recent birthday card creation for the eldest daughter of dear friends of ours.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6, white card stock base
• patterned papers: CTMH Penelope. Love the happy, spring colours in this paper pack!
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm SSSC #27 "Darling", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E11, E02, E01, E00, E93, E53, E55, E57, E59, V12, V15, R83)
• sentiment: Bitty Birthday (M1144)
• embellishments: Slate grey washi tape, Purple Glitter Gems
• layout: Tuesday Morning Sketches #350

challenges for this card:

• The Greeting Farm: May Farm Fresh Challenge Swing into Spring
• Craft Your Passion #311: Anything Goes
• Seize the birthday: Coloring

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Hope your day is filled with chocolate bunnies, eggs, and marshmallow peeps!

Just thought I would share the Easter card I made for dearly beloved -  he is, after all, my favourite peep!

And this is a pint-sized container I decorated to hold a big bag of Lindt mini eggs for him (just a small portion of his chocolate Easter goodies).

And, yes - the Easter bunny really DID come by for a visit bright and early this morning.

After making all his deliveries overnight, he stopped by for a wee snack!


card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Penelope
• stamped images and die cut: CTMH Spring Critters stamp set and thin cuts. Image coloured with Copic markers (Y00, Y02, Y04, Y06, Y08, B000, B00, V05)
• layout: Mojo Monday 440

challenges for this card:

• Cute Card Thursday #418: To die for

pint container details:

• CTMH pint sized container
• patterned paper: CTMH Penelope
• stamped images and die cut: CTMH Spring Critters stamp set and thin cuts. Image coloured with Copic markers (R000, N0)
• embellishments: CTMH Green Shimmer Trim, Flamingo Dots

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Spring is in the Air

Hi folks,

Today I'm one of the stops on the Close To My Heart Make It Crafty Blog Hop!

If you came here from Julie's Blog then you are on the right track! If you would like to check out the full list of participants, you can find it here!

This month - Spring is in the Air! No matter WHAT Mother Nature is saying outside your front door.

I don't know about you, but when I first saw the Penelope collection from CTMH, I KNEW I would be using it for fun, happy cards at this time of year.

With the launch of the Seasonal Expressions 1 Idea Book, CTMH changed the format of the paper packs so that every type of papercrafter could find something they liked all in one collection. Are you a traditional scrapbooker? A pocket scrapbooker? A journaler? A cardmaker?

Well, I am mostly a cardmaker. So, I decided to challenge myself to use the PML sheet included in the paper pack to make a few simple cards.

I wanted these to be post friendly so I kept the layers and embellishments to a minimum. What do you think? If you are a cardmaker and are feeling vexed about what to do with those PML cards - well, I hope that I have given you an inkling of how to put those cards to use!

Feel free to continue on with the hop at your next stop - I'm sure Lisa has something amazing in store for you!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Penelope"
• stamp sets: CTMH "Share the Love", "Happy to be Friends"
• embellishments: CTMH Playful Puffies

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sealia Merbean & Penelope

Hi folks,


Just sharing a birthday card for one of our nieces who will be celebrating her birthday in February. I had fun with this one as I think it's perfectly okay to give this little merbean from The Greeting Farm hair that is anything but a natural hair colour.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Penelope"
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm "Sealia" Merbean, coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E11, E93, YG05, YG06, YG23, RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, V04)
• layout: Splitcoaststampers Card Sketch 574
• embellishments: CTMH Playful puffies

Challenges for this card:

• The Greeting Farm: January Farm Fresh Challenge: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!