Making a scene

A very intriguing challenge courtesy of Rainbow Lady: create a scene and give it a title.

Well I didn't have the benefit of a CD from Helping Hands but I created a scene with a photo of Harrod's "extended" with the help of a Stampin' Up" wheel. The girl stamp is by Hanna. My scene is called, wait for it, "Going Shopping."

New peacock stamp

I couldn't wait to try a new A4 peacock theme plate from Elusive Images. I've always loved peacocks - they're so colourful - and with the great selection of different stamps, I was dying to try out different techniques with shrink plastic and maybe Stampbord.

Here's my first attempt: I stamped a peacock using Staz On in teal and hyacinth blue, and painted it with Twinkling H2Os. I also created a shrink plastic tile, highlighting one of the feathers.

I think the peacock would also look wonderful on teal, green or yellow cardstock and torn mulberry paper.

I have a few girls' birthdays coming up so I used the trusty Hanna stamp to create these two cards. I added a handbag charm (Craftime)for a bit of extra bling.

Using ribbon

Latest challenge at the Scrummy Stash Cafe Blog is to use ribbon. I love using ribbon though it's sometimes difficult to stick the damned stuff down, particularly if it's thin. This card I made on Sunday uses two types of ribbon. It's my favourite Hanna stamp and I coloured it in with pencils and gelly roll pens. I embossed the "But I need it" title in copper. The blue paper is by Twelveby12.

I also made a couple of Easter cards. Here's one, which is a lily decoupage I highlighted with glitter. I always associate lilies with Easter because of the glorious heady scent of lilies in Buckfast Abbey when we visited one Easter. The decoupage pack (including card blank) came from Lakeland and the ribbon sticker is by Papermania. The Easter greeting was free with a magazine last year.

Cut cut cutting! (remember that from Monty Python?!)

This week's challenge from Daring Cardmakers is to create a card and CUT. "Any theme goes, so for those of you needing a break from Christmas crafting this is the perfect opportunity to have a change. All styles are welcome but there MUST be an element of handcutting somewhere".

Here is my card: I used my new Hanna stamp for the first time. I stamped Hanna three times, cut her out and layered up the handbags. I then painted her using Twinkling H2Os, stamped the title, coloured the background with chalks and applied glitter. Glossy Accents highlighted the layered handbags. I added a lime green ribbon and some pink/green papers from Lakeland.