Spring Flowers

Hi Crafty Friends

I'm back after a break for my holiday (a Croatian cruise). It was delightful. This was our ship - and a clue as to how we spent some of our time 😉

This is the card I intended doing the week we did 'Time Flies' My replacement dies arrived just before I went away so I had something ready for the first week back (phew!) We just did a bit of stamping and colouring with DIs. The repeat diagonal stamping for the background looked trickier than it was, so no one opted for the more forgiving grungy stamp. It was a quick and easy card and I loved seeing the various colour schemes people went for.

Happy Crafting
jx

A Little Birdie

Hi Crafty Friends

This week's card was inspired by a card sample I saw at a craft show recently. It reminded me we haven't done paper-piecing for ages, so the stamp was straight into my basket! (It's Woodware, 'Special Bird')

It's a quick and easy card to do, once you've found a lot of co-ordinating papers with small patterns. I stamped the texture on the bird panel and the sentiment to tone more with the background, and I coloured and stamped the bird's body paper. I loved to see all the different versions everyone produced - all more colourful than mine, and all delightful.
The sentiment is an old favourite - it was free with a magazine getting on for 10 years ago. I was just starting crafting then and didn't have many supplies, so I used it a lot. I'm amazed it's lasted so well, especially since I lost it just after we'd made this card. I think it's worth the 2 hours I spent hunting for it.

Lose yourself in Happy Crafting
Jx

PS. I've just got back from the charity shop where I got a large haul of stamps a couple of days ago. I was hoping whoever is having a clear out had reached punches and embossing folders. They haven't, but I found this! The very stamp I was angst-ing about when I thought I'd lost it. The peace of mind of having a spare is well worth 50p. Anybody need a tree/fairy house stamp?😀

jx