Cuppa Tea?

Good afternoon everyone!
I've decided to reward myself with a nice cuppa and a crafty day today (and maybe even tomorrow too!) cos I've worked really hard all week catching up at work and I haven't had a good crafty day in ages!
So I thought I'd start off by blogging a card I had made a while ago.  You may remember I showed the image I was colouring in a WOYWW post a couple of months ago, well this is the card I made with it.  I didn't want to blog it straight away cos it was for a swap on the forum, following a spring theme, and I wanted to make sure everyone had received it first.  Then I forgot all about it!

Here it is:

The image is a digi stamp from Charmed Cards & Crafts called Forget-Me-Not (ironically!) which I coloured with my copics: Skin; E13,21,00,0000,R20,04.  Dress; BG18,15,13. Flowers; YR24,23,21,E37. Hair; E49,44,43,41. Leaves & Wings; YG97,95,93,91,blender.  And I used the following Prisma pencils: Kelp Green, Dark Brown, Black and White.

 I used a Martha Stewart Hydrangea PATP punch, a Spellbinders die for the sentiment and a Sizzix Bigz Vine die.  Also the "Spring" letters are die cute using Sizzix "Tina thinks you're cute" dies.  The papers are from the Alla-Prima collection.

I used a few stamps from the U-Mount "Funky Floral" stamp collection using versamark inkpad on mat card - I love the watermark effect that gives.  I did it again on the inside:

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity; Spring
Crafty Catz Challenge; Anything goes
Creative Inspirations; Anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog; Use punches/dies
Dream Valley Challenges; Earth Tones
Fairy Fun Fridays; Anything with flowers
Fussy and Fancy challenges; Punches & Dies
Moving Along With The Times; Garden or flower challenge
The Poodles Parlour; Anything goes
Simon Says Challenge Blog; Anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge; Loaded with layers
The Crafty Pad Challenge; Live on the edge
Truly Scrumptious; Distressing with die cuts/punches

Thanks for looking!
 

Happy World Card Making Day!

Hope you're all having a good day!

Be warned, there are LOTS of pictures in this post!

We set up a card swap especially for today on the Mad About Cards forum and we were each allocated a partner to swap a card and some goodies with. This is the card that I made...

It's always difficult to photograph an easel card, isn't it?!

Our cards were to fit an autumn theme and I thought this fairy from Charmed Cards and Crafts fitted that theme well. I coloured her with my copics in what I think of as autumnal colours.

The paper is from the Basic Grey Pyrus paper pad which is full of all lovely autumny colours! The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! "Best Yet" set. I thought the new "Crown Circles" nestie shape went well with the stamp and I added flowers and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts. The skeleton leaves are from my stash.

I layered the frilly bit on the inside with ds tape on one side and foam pads on the upper end so the easel bit of the card had somthing to butt up to.

We also had to send each other a wee (suitably crafty) gift. I ended up making this to put it in..

I put some stamped images in with the tab to slide them out and stuck a wee box on the front for putting some ribbon and charms into..

My card fits the following challenges...
Alphabet Challenge Blog; W for wings
Copic Creations; Orange
Craftilicious Challenges; Autumn
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; Easel Cards
Simon Says; Autumn
Stampin for the Weekend; Autumn
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge; Season's Change
The ABC Challenge; E is for Easel

My swap partner for the card was the amazingly talented Andria from Iona Rose Designs. Her card actually arrived through my door on Tuesday and it took all my willpower not to open it until today!

This is her card

She added a pouch to the inside for some goodies!

And she also included this gorgeous tag as October is breast cancer awareness month

Go and have a look on her blog to see some more stunning creations - not just cards either, her decorated candles are fantastic!

Thanks for dropping by! - and have a fabulous day!