I'm done with ....

.... Norah!  Finished the last of three cards ordered for her 60th Birthday at last.  They were collected this morning and my customer is very happy with them.  I had the beginnings of the final one on my desk in my post yesterday. Here's what I made:

'Scuse the dark photos - it was very overcast this morning, and I didn't have a chance to wait for brighter skies before this was collected.

I used the sketch from this week's Basic Grey Challenges, and am also entering this into CES Challenges ("Feeling the Blues"), Crafty Cardmakers ("Flutterbies"), Papertake Weekly ("Anything Goes") and A Spoon Full of Sugar ("Tags").

I had a butterfly punch out to use for this card as well as the stamp, but when it came to it, I didn't use any punched butterflies.  Bit of useless trivia about me - I'm afraid of butterflies and moths - maybe that's why I could only put one on the card!!!

I made rolled up paper roses for this card - haven't tried this technique before and I really liked making them, will definitely be doing this again.  Here's a close-up of the flowers and leaves:

And here's a shot of the card with the tag sticking out.  Wow, those pics are dark, even after adjusting the levels, etc.

Recipe:

Papers: BG "Figgy Pudding"

Stamps: Inca Stamps "Swallowtail", Magnolia "Old Valentine Letter"

Inks: Distress Inks

Other: Hero Arts pearls, clear embossing powder, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks for looking - back to cards with other names on!!

Eeek - No Patterned ....

.... Paper. That's the name of this week's challenge on PaperPlay Challenges, set by Kate:

You are not allowed to use any patterned paper in your project. You may however (if you wish) make your own, out of card stock, for example, using whatever techniques you want ! You can use paint, you can emboss or stamp it's entirely up to you or you can just use different colours of plain cardstock if that's what you want!

Crikey - that one pulled me right out of my comfort zone, as I do lurve patterned paper! So out came the distress inks, Cuttlebug embossing folder, needle + thread and Co-ordinations cardstock and I made this card (thoroughly enjoyed it too!!).

I used a sketch from CraftyCardmakers so I'm going to enter it there.

I've been a bad crafter the last few weeks, have been painting DD's room among other things, and simply haven't got myself organised at all after going back to school. But I'm going to a crop on Saturday - I've got a few ideas in my head that will hopefully become reality and, all going well, will post them after the weekend!

Thanks for looking!