What a ....

.... waste - I've been experimenting for my PaperPlay DT entry this week, and things didn't go well.  I almost never give up on what I'm working on - even if I don't like it at first, I'll usually persist and adapt and keep at it until I eventually have something acceptable!  But I bit off more than I can chew on this one.  The challenge is called "Create your own D.P." (Eeeek!) and we are sponsored by Waltzing Mouse Stamps (absolutely gorgeous company based in Northern Ireland).  My PaperPlay DT  team-mates have made some gorgeous creations, if you have a chance, pop over and see!

I wanted to stock up my "cards for whatever" box, so I decided to make a series of cards, and then I thought I would challenge myself a bit more by not using an image and trying CAS style.  Big mistake, had to chuck out the first attempt, it was yuck, and I finally succumbed to distressing and inking 'cos it looked so completely bloomin' boring without them.  And here's what I ended up with:

I'm entering it into Papertake Weekly ("Grow your Own") and Cute Card Thursday ("Clean and Simple").

I used my Hero Arts Designblock "Floating Leaf" stamp.  I don't think I've used it before - I bought it a long time ago, simply 'cos it reminded me of an Orla Kiely print and it's probably the closest I'll ever get to owning anything Orla Kiely!!!  Hee Hee!!

I stamped straight onto "Hillary" Bazzill with crushed olive distress ink, and then highlighted with colouring pencil.  I stamped the leaves again onto white cardstock and cut out for the stem and leaves of the flower, which is a Prima Innoscence pack I've had for ages, inked the flower and added ribbon and a few gems.  Here's a closer look:

That's enough experimenting for one week, I'm off to make something with proper paper and stitching and all that, will be quite therapeutic, I think!!

Thanks for looking!