Spring Fresh.

After a quick trip to the Garden Center for a few more boxes to decorate {I'm trying to get my craftroom organized} James departed to the Lake District with his friend to do a spot of climbing. I expect they are enjoying a pint in the Wassdale head at this very moment.

Card 1: Together Forever.

• Basic Grey Challenges ~ Tutti Fruitti.
• Cupcake Challenges ~ Food & Drink.
• Sketch ~ I{HEART}2Stamp.

Card 2: Bella's Bloom.

• Sketch ~ Card Patterns #60.
• Spring ~ Charisma Cardz.
• Fake It ~ Flourishes.

Card 3: Easter Chick.

• Sketch ~ The Sweet Stop #48.
• Scene It! ~ Stamptacular.
• Easter ~ Our Creative Corner, Stamping for the weekend, Stamp with Fun, Everybody Art & Paper Play.

Box.

• Dimensions ~ Cute Card Thursday.
• Spring with Glimmer ~Simon Say's Stamp.
• Let it Shine ~ One Stop Challenges.
• Anything but a card ~ Creative Inspirations.

• PP ~ Papermania & BG.
• Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy.
• CS & Ink ~ SU.
• Blooms ~ Bella's Blooms , May Arts & Prima.
• Brad ~ BG.
• Stickers ~ Making Memories.

Challenge Catch Up.

Today's makes are an attempt to catch up with this weeks challenges, Ive missed so many this week. James is off to the Lakes camping with a friend for a few day's so I'm not in work until Monday, so I have loads of time to play!!

Card 1: Happy Birthday.

• Sketch #94 from Friday Sketchers.
• "Manly"Male cards for My Time To Craft & Stamp with Us.

Card 2: Way 2 Go!

• For Get Sketchy #30.

Card 3: Sweet Wishes.

• Sketch & Spring ~ Fun with Shapes.
• Stamp Something ~ Distress.
• Raise the Bar ~ Fruits of Labour.

Card 4: To My Favourite Sister.

• Sketch & Colour Combo ~ Polka Doodles.
• Creative Card Crew ~ Going Dotty.

• PP ~ Pink paislee, Bo Bunny & Sassafrasslass.
• Stamps ~ Forever Friends, Papermania & Whiff of Joy.
• Stickers ~ Jenni Bowlin & Making Memories.
• Chipboard ~ Bo Bunny.
• Flowers ~ Papermania.
• Brads ~ BG.
• Leaves & Ribbon ~ Prima.
• Doillie ~ Creative Imagination.
• CS ~ Bazzill, Coredinations & SU.
• Ink ~ Ink It Up!, SU & Distress Inks.

Christmas Contrast.

Contrasting crimbo cards.

A Vintage Santa for Bah Humbug using #95 from Sketch Saturday.

Next a Contempary Bauble for Sketch at Penny Black Friends & "Baubles" for Vikki & Susie Christmas Club.

• PP ~ Papermania & Trimcraft.
• CS ~ Coredinations & DCWV.
• Stamps ~ Penny Black & Inkadinkado.
• Holly Punch ~ Fiskars.
• Ink ~ Whispers & Distress "Victorian Velvet".
• Stickles.

Glass Painted Cards.

Natalie & Paul from Trinity Arts have set a challenge to use Glass paints on cards.

My first make is a simple acetate card with a love theme.

next is abstract style owl. The owl is from May Arts. I flipped him over and used relief paint and the glass paints to brighten him up. Prima "Sugar Blooms" & Felt Stems. The Background shape is taken from 2Sketches4You Kazan #48.

• Glass Paints & Relief Paint ~ Decorfin.
• CS ~ Coredinations.
• Acetate ~ Papermania.

Little Boxes.

These funky little boxes were £2.00 for the pair from my local garden center.

They are perfect for Stampin Spots and SU re-inker Storage.

Challenge : Creative Inspirations "Anything but a Card.

• PP ~ SU & Sassafrasslass.
• Brads ~ American Crafts.
• Alphas ~ Sassafrasslass.
• Flowers Imaginesce.
• Eyelets from stash.

Easel Cards.

What a busy weekend that was, today has been the first chance I have had to craft since thursday and the first chance to use my new distress inks.......Boy did I rush round with the hoover and duster this morning!

Card 1: Beauty blooms from the Heart.

• Whiff of Joy ~ Easel Card.
• DCM ~ Tweetie Pie.
• Secret Crafter ~ Spring.

Card 2: Spring is in the Air.

• Just Magnolia ~ Easel Card.
• Allsorts, Crazy4Challenges, Crafty Cardmaker & Incy Wincy. ~ Spring.
• Paper Cutz ~ 1 Ribbon & 3 Buttons.
• Practical Scrappers ~ Old Stash { Raffia & Beads}.

• PP ~ SU.
• CS ~ SU & DCVW
• Stamps ~ Whiff of Joy & Magnolia.
• Ribbon ~ Dovecraft & Prima.
• Flowers ~ Prima "Sugar Blooms"
• Raffia & Beads from stash.

GSP ~ Spring is in the Air!

Now spring is finally here.......we at Glue, Scissors, Paper, challenge you to make some paper flowers.

I have made Roses with tissue paper and Dafodills with "Gemstone" sparkly CS.

For the stalks I have used wooden Barbeque Kebab sticks and covered with tissue paper.

Here is how I made my flowers..........

The Roses:

• First cut a 1in x 12in strip of light pink tissue paper and apply glue to the edge, gently wrap around the end of the kebab stick to make a sort of Conical pyrimid.
• Cut a 4in x 12 in strip of Dark Pink TP. Fold it in half wrap around in the same way but trying to mantain a Rose bud shape.
• Cut 2 leaves with stalks and 2 1in x 12in strips from Green TP.
• Before attaching the leaves starting at the base of your Rose bud wrap the intire kebab stick with DST.
• Now attach the leaves one either side then over these wrap the intire kebab stick with Green strips of TP.

The daffodills:

• Wrap the kebab stick as for the roses in Green TP. Cut a large star in Yellow CS, a small star and 2 slim leaf shapes in Green CS & a 2in x 4in strip of Orange CS.
• Curl the points of the yellow stars inwards.
• Scallop one edge of the Orange strip and score at 1/4in on other edge. Snip between each scallop and a repeat on the other side too. cut a 1in circle and make a tube with the circle as your tube base. Mount this tube onto the Yellow star and flatten down scallops.
• Turn your flower over and attach the kebab stick stem to the back of the yellow star and the the green star over the stem.
• When this is dry. Take your leaves and curl one end. Place one either side of the stem and wrap with DST and the Green TP strip.

The Challenges:

• Allsorts , Lots To Do & Crazy4Challenges ~ "Spring is in the Air"

The Ingredients.

• Card Stock ~ DCWV Gemstones
• Tissue paper ~ All good craft stores.
• Kebab Sticks ~ Tesco.
• Fiskars Shape cutter Star.
• SU Scallop Punch.