Another Mother's Day card

Hello Everyone,

An absolutely gorgeous & sunny day in Dublin today, I'm hoping your Sunday is equally sunny and lovely! 

Today I want to share with you a Mother's Day card that I made for my friend (she actually ordered more than one but they are still "in the making"). I was recently peeking at A Gem of a Challenge and their sketch, and I think this is why the card "accidentally" happens to follow it :) It's a great sketch, and I will definitely follow it some time in the future again!

Here's the card, I hope you like it. I am giving it to my friend tomorrow, so am hopeful that she will like it, too! The inside is still unfinished, but I will need to personalise it with a requested message, hence I took the photos beforehand. 

 The flowers and the little heart are glossy-accented:

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge - Challenge 80-sketch

Totally Gorjuss - Water (watercan)

I love Promarkers - Simply does it

Inky Chicks - Blue and Brown

Love to Create - Flowers, so many flowers

Have a great evening,

M.

Baby Pram card

Hello Everyone,

This is the first post I am setting to appear on a particular schedule, so fingers crossed it worked! 

Today's card was made for the Divas by Design challenge blog, where I am one of the Design Team members. A great challenge this week - Shape it up! When I read the challenge theme, the first thing that came to my mind was a card I saw somewhere ages ago. I always wanted to give it a try, and I finally had the opportunity to do so! 

I believe if I make this card again, I will add more embellishments and cute baby-related stuff, but since this was a "prototype", I decided to keep it relatively simple. The card stands on its own, it's decorated on both sides - which makes it pretty cool!, and even though there isn't an awful amount of space to write in it - I think for many it will be enough :-) Now that I think of it, half of the card would work greatly as a tag attached to a gift! 

All I used to make this card were Spellbinders scalloped circles & circles, and then some papers and a border punch. You could also use lace - I tried it, but it's not really my style, and so I wasn't too happy with it... I personally think the punched edge looks less messy... 

What do you think about the card?

 Here you can see both sides of the card:

I am entering the card into the following challenges:

QKR  - Spring or Pink/Green/Yellow

Creative Creations - For a child
My Mum's Craftshop - Spots or stripes

Happy shaping!

M.

Mother's Day THANK YOU box

Good afternoon Everyone,

I am feeling rather crafty this weekend - just made another creation, and thought I would share it now, seeing  that I have a free moment or two... A few days ago I showed you a Mother's Day card I made... Well, this morning I bought a gift for my Mum (which is a surprise!), and so I thought that I could make a nice box for the pressie... I went for the same LOTV image I used for the card, and I coloured it in a very similar way. No paper piecing this time, though. But even though I used a different shade of purple, I still stayed faithful to her favourite tones :) I also made little bows with a matching ribbon, and then had a lot of fun (not!) trying to stick the fiddly tiny letters... They require a lot of patience, but the end result is quite impressive, I have to say! All in all, I am happy with the result! 

What do you think? 

Since the pressie is a surprise, for photo purposes

I used an empty CD box as a "gift"

 And here are the card and the box together - 

different shades of purple, but still purple! :)

I am entering it into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Things with wings

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything but a card

Inky Impressions - Mother's Day/For a Lady

I love Promarkers - Thank you

Love to create - For Mom or Special Lady
QKR - Spring or Pink/Yellow/Green

Thanks for visiting me,

M.