Challenge Time - phew just made it this week!

Still trying hard to keep up with a least one challenge each week although my last project missed out - I finished the shadow box on Monday but didn't get round to uploading :(

Anyway, I made this card for a friend this week too - I forgot her Birthday at Christmas.  I made it as she was coming to school this Wednesday then I forgot to take it so it will have to wait until next week now.  Does anyone else forget as much as me!!  It's mainly layers of Bazzill card cut using circle nesties.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye, a friend gave me some of hers) and the sentiment is from a new set of postmark stamps from LOTV.  I've added loads of glitter glue and crystals.  The butterfly is a little Kanban stamp on acetate which I've glittered.

I'd like to enter it for this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge

and

Sweet Stampin' - all that glitters!

Well, still keeping my resolution intact - just, lol!!

Simple Sympathy

A simple card for a colleague who lost her father recently.  I made the topper using a selection of clear Meadow Breeze stamps from Inkylicious and Tim Holtz distress inks.  I coloured the background using a mask for the sun and hills and Inkylicious ink dusters (brushes and distress inks - a lot easier than using a brayer)  The mounted sentiment is from Kanban and the top one is printed directly onto the cardstock.  I love these stamps, they are so easy to use.

Time for Some Cards!

About time I posted a few of the things I've made during the beautifully sunny month of April!  I'm just going to add some short descriptions otherwise I'll be doing this for ages.  Hope you don't mind.

 This is a birthday card for a retired friend. The pyramage image and backing paper is from my 'You're Never Too Old!' CD.  The sentiments are from Craftwork Cards.

 This  A5 one is a Jolly Nation decoupage sheet and backing paper for a friend's husband who was starting a new job in the City.  I used my Cricut for the letters.

This is the 8 x 8 square card I made for my Brother last month.  I scanned a page from my one of my Rupert annuals (we're both big fans and have had annuals since we were children - we buy each other one for Xmas every year now!)  I decoupaged the characters and used a font like Rupert to make the greeting and my Cricut to make Brother.  The sentiment is from a  Kanban set I got from QVC.  I used glossy accents on the balloons.

Kanban Birthday

This is a birthday card for a work colleague - I got this set of Kanban stamps from QVC - I think she is so elegant. I coloured her with Promarkers and matted her onto gold mirri card on which I stamped the oval. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I found some peeloffs for the corners which matched the Art Deco feel.