Yay….a crafternoon!

Hi All

Managed to finally do a bit of crafting today! Has been nice, determined not to spend all weekend working this weekend!

My first card is my fave…this is my very first Mo Manning image and I love it! I used some old Papermania black and white papers in the background and used my Spectrum Noir pens to colour him in. I’d like to enter this into the Papertake Weekly challenge which is ‘Anything Goes’ this month. Hope you like it!

My next card is using a new stamp I couldn’t resist! This is a new Penny Black stamp and I want to use it in my scrapbooking but couldn’t wait to test it out on a card…went perfectly with my ‘Keep calm…’ stamps. I’d like to enter this into the Totally Papercrafts challenge this week which is ‘My Favourite Things’. I am entering this as it is my favourite stamp at the moment and it is also of a place that is probably my favourite place to visit as it means lots to me-Steve proposed at the top of the London Eye!

I am really trying to be good and avoid crafty spends, hoping to go to the NEC at the end of the month, but couldn’t resist buying some more Bella stamps from someone who was selling them on ebay! Here are a few of my makes-the blue one hasn’t yet got a sentiment on (might leave it as a notecard…) and have stamped some other images waiting to go onto cards but what do you think? I love the style of image-I can think of loads of people that would enjoy getting a ‘Bella’ card. I have kept them quite simple but am liking this kind of card at the moment!

My next card is for my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day. I have also made one for my Mum which I really enjoyed making but can’t share it yet….just in case she looks on my blog! This card is using a Lili of the Valley image which is sooo cute! I have also used a little bit of seam binding to finish it off. I’d like to enter this into the I Love Promarkers challenge which is ‘Ribbons and Bows’ (I have used tan, sandstone, blush, blossom, rose pink and buttercup) and the Allsorts challenge which is ‘Say it with flowers’.

There is more…hope you’re not getting bored yet! My next card is using one of the gorgeous Strawberry Kisses stamps-so sweet and this image is particularly mischievous-look at her opening her eye to see if anyone has realised she’s eaten some of the cupcake!! Lol! Not keen on the backing paper I have used…mmm…tis growing on me! I am going to enter this into the Facebook Crafter’s Companion challenge which is ‘Animals’.

Finally just one more Lili of the Valley card! Love this gorgeous image and have made it into a simple card just using some Papermania backing paper and card candi!

Thanks for looking-a marathon day! You should see the state of my dining room table! Will tidy it up in the morning! Off to watch Take Me Out now and have some tea :)

Night all, hope you have all had a lovely Saturday and enjoy Sunday just as much!

Hugs

Arline

xx