Hellooooo, and happy ....

.... holidays (to those who are on holidays, that is!).  We've been off school since this day last week, and I've been up to not much - the usual holiday sleepathon for the first few days and catching up on housework and laundry after that.  The weather has been absolutely gorgeous all week, warm and bright with lots of hazy sunshine.  So while the washing was drying in super fast time on the line in the garden, I was "supervising" it on a seat under a tree with a book!!!

I have two Easter cards to show you - the first is my late (only very slightly!) DT entry for this week's PaperPlay - our challenge is "Easter Time":

Recipe:

Paper: October Afternoon "Seaside"

Image: Mami Doodles

Colouring Medium: Prismacolour pencils and Sansodor

Other: Ribbon and flower from stash, MME tiny alphas, needle + thread

I don't usually make Easter cards, but as we're going to stay with friends down in Wicklow this weekend, I thought I'd make an Easter rather than a thank you card.  Quite a quick and simple card for me, using one of our old PaperPlay DT teamie, Elisa's, digis from her online store Mami Doodles.

My second card is my GDT for Basic Grey Challenges - the challenge went up on Saturday, and I was sure I had posted it here too on that day, but I obviously didn't!!  Anyway, the challenge is also "Easter", and this card is for my stepmother's birthday this weekend.  It's only the second time in her life that she can remember Easter coinciding with her birthday, so I thought Easter colours and image would be appropriate.  Here's what I made:

I used yet another of Mo Manning's adorable images, I just love them so much!!!  Here's a close-up (is it my eyes, or are the pics of this card a bit out of focus?):

Recipe:

Papers: BG "Origins"

Image: Mo Manning "Easter Bunny 1"

Colouring Medium: Distress Inks

Punches: Fiskars "Threading Water" and MS "Doily Lace"

Other: Ribbon from stash, needle + thread

I'm entering both these cards into the following challenges: Creative Inspirations "Pets/Animals", Fussy & Fancy Friday "Springtime" - and I'm also adding my second card to A Spoon Full of Sugar "Let's Celebrate", Truly Scrumptious "Vintage" and Cute Card Thursday "No Text".

Thanks for looking - off now to get ready to go to our friends' place - barbecue, yum!!  But I see the sun has gone in - oh well, who cares, doesn't matter what the weather does as long as it's the holidays!

Mmmmmmmmm ....

.... choooccccoolaaaaaaattttte!!!

Yup, Easter is nearly here - so this week's challenge on PaperPlay is exactly that (Easter, not chocolate!!!).

I made a little basket/box thingie, using a tutorial from the Spring Magnolia Magazine, and filled it with chocolate eggs:

I'm also entering it on Stampin for the Weekend (Easter),  Simon Says Stamp (Easter),  Totally Gorjuss (ribbon - my second entry this week), and Fussy and Fancy Friday (Easter).

I used one of Elisa's cute digistamps from her site, Mamidoodles, for my image.  Have discovered that my printer is not digi-stamp friendly, I tried colouring with promarkers, then prismas with sansodor, then finally prismas on their own and this was by far the best way (until I get a laser printer some day!!!).  Here's a not-so-close up!!!

Recipe:

Stamp: Mamidoodles

Colouring Medium: Prismas

Papers: Basic Grey Sultry

Other: MS Border Punch, Distress Ink, Shimmerz, ribbons from stash, chocolate eggs from Sainsburys!

I finished the horse card last night and gave it to the customer today - she loved it, thank goodness.  Will post a pic tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!