Egg Craft !

Hi,

Had a super time on Saturday meeting up with Sandra, Kay, Kelly, Sue, doing a couple of short Copic classes, with the super talented Faye, once they've been made into cards, I will post them.

In the meantime I'm posting an Easter card, I've made for Alan's mum from Harrison :

Image :  Penny Black - 'Egg Crafts ! / 2872J / 2004'

Papers and Easter sentiment : First Edition - 'Spring Drop'

Happy Sentiment : Lawn Fawn - 'Father's Day Border' 

Card Shape : Tattered Lace - 'Circle Stepper'

The Challenges I Would Like To Enter Are :

As You Like It - where the Challenge is : 'Favourite Easter Animal And Why' - mine will always be a rabbit, as it reminds me when I was younger and we always had rabbits as pets 

Penny Black Saturday  - where the Challenge is 'Anything Goes with the option of Easter / or Chocolate Brown'

Simon Say's Stamp / Wednesday Challenge - where the Challenge is 'Easter Inspirational'

Thanks for looking and for any comments, you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Man's Best Friend

Hi,

I hope you all survived the snow, our's arrived on the Friday afternoon at 1pm and by Saturday lunchtime, it had all gone !!

A lovely friend of mine recently lost her golden labrador, 'Buff' and I have known my friend and her dog for 12 years.

Image - LOTV (such a shame they are now only going to sell Digi's, well I won't be buying from them again, as I don't use them) - 'Man's Best Friend'

Papers - LOTV - 'Country Gent'

Embossing Folder - Crafts-Too - 'Bone And Paw Print'

Sentiment - Stampin' Up - 'Hot Diggity Dog'

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Welcome Bunnies

Hi,

I so can't believe I've made a 'Spring Card' - well it was the first day of Spring, here in the UK yesterday, although I'm not sure most of the UK would think it was a joke, as some of them are experiencing really bad snow, we had one bad day on Tuesday, but today is now not looking too good either.

The image is : Penny Black - 'Welcome Bunnies / 284H / 1995'

Papers are : My Minds Eye - 'Blink Of An Eye'

Shape: Go Kreate - 'Frilly #10'

Flowers : Penny Black Die - 'Layered Flowers'

Lace from stash 

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Reindeer And Dog

Hi,

I was asked by the lovely Maureen to be on Rudolph Days Challenge design team for another year and I jumped at the chance, as Maureen is such a lovely lady and I love making Christmas cards too.

The new Rudolph Days Challenge starts today and continues until the 28th, so only a very short one this month, to get all your makes in :

The first card is using a Christmas present, Maureen so kindly sent me :

The Reindeer is : Memory Box - 'Reindeer Scalloped Circle Frame' 

The shape of the card is : Elizabeth Craft Designs - '771 - Accordion Fancy Label'

Designer Paper - LOTV - 'Krafty Christmas'

Sentiment - Joanna Sheen, Signature Dies - 'Bravo Set Small'

Trees - Impression Obsession - 'Die217-E'

The Reindeer and Sentiment were cut with pearlised brown card 

And the second one is using the same card shape die but a different image : 

Image : Penny Black - 'Wishing ..... / 2004 / 2998H'

Designer Paper - K & Co - 'Peppermint Twist'

Ribbon - From Hobby Lobby, on a recent trip to Florida, USA

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Tongue - Tied

Hi,

I hope you are all warm, Alan had to scrap my car this morning and whilst walking Clio, I had no gloves or hat, as we got absolutely soaked yesterday and I left them to dry on the radiator, I usually put them on the one by the front door, but H had put his there - hence why i forgot them.

Today's card was made for Alan for Valentines Day :

Image - Penny Black - 'Tongue - Tied / 2001 / 2287K'

Papers - Bo Bunny - 'Crush'

Heart Die - Sizzix

Ribbon and Pearls from stash

The Challenge I Would Like To Enter Is :

Penny Black Saturday - where February's Challenge is 'Anything Goes / Use Your Scraps'

Thanks for looking and for any comments, you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Asking The Flowers

I hope you are all ok ?. In the UK Mother's Day is 11th March, so I'm being super organised today with a card for Alan's mum, plus the lovely Faye was doing a 'Copic Spring Challenge' on Facebook and I just had to enter :

As the image is small I have made a 5x5 card :

Image - Penny Black - 'Asking The Flowers / 2296K / 2001'

Embossed frame round image - free from Quick Cards Magazine

Sentiment - Woodware - 'Tiny Phrases'

Frame for Sentiment - Cheery Lynn Designs - 'Horizon Fishtail Banners'

Papers - LOTV - 'One Birdie Lane'

Flower die - Penny Black - 'Layered Flower'

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x