Birthday girl

Hello, I know I've not been around much. It's been a little hectic here.

Thought I would just share the card I made for my youngests birthday.

Yes, another very girly card. But she is quite a girly girl when she washes the mud of and puts the football away :-)

It's a pretty straight forward design. The lilac panel are embossed with the swirls and birds folder and then sanded gently to pop the pattern. The small pink panel had the same technique but a daisy folder. The butterfly was stamped onto printable acetate and coloured using sakura stardust pens (it does glitter quite nicely but couldn't seem to catch it in photo). Main image was created using the Doodles Enchanted Neighbourhood stamps and promakers.

Best get to bed now, I've got to be up at 4am.
Buffy

What a lovely surprise. Have been rushed of my feet, so this award from DEBS of Deborahs Gems is so wonderful.

Thank you so much.


Now part of accepting the award is to pass it along and follow a few simple procedures:

1. Thank and link back to the person giving the award - Done
2. Share 8 things about myself!
3. Forward the award to 8 crafters recently discovered.
4. Contact the 8 people involved and tell them about the award.

Now I have to tell you eight things about myself - this is fun!!

1. I am very passionate about science.
2. I love swimming
3. I love new gadgets (especially crafting ones).
4. I have 3 whacky but good kids
5. I love going to Wales to stay with my wonderful friend. (just need more time to go)
6. I am looking forward to whatever challenges redundancy brings. (more crafting time)
7. I love photography.  (again need more time)
8. I really miss my little Megane (written off last winter)

Now for the sharing part:

this is going to be hard....so many to choose from......

               Linjan Creation - Linda

              Crafty Ramblings - Dawn

              Handmade Little Things - Kirsty 

              Mawgs Magic - Mawgan

              Once upon a stamp - Gordon and Robert

              Peppermint Patty's Papercraft - Karin

              Smiling while Stamping - Lori

              Work in Progress - Andrea M

Now to tell all these wonderful bloggers.

I have a couple of cards ready, but one of them is for my husband and I honestly can't remember if I told him this blogs name.

Will be back very soon

Buffy xx

Purple flower haze

Here is my attempt at the Card Patterns sketch 102 challenge. 

I have enjoyed making this one as I know the lovely lady I work with is going to adore the colour scheme I chose.

This is the sketch they set:

A lovely simple sketch with a million possibilities

But this was how I envisioned it.

Sue loves all shades of purple, so I decided to limit the use of colour. The stamps are done in Momento Grape Jelly, then using a piece of cut & dry I frist highlighted the edges with Angel Pink. I followed this by dragging  the tips of the sections with Lulu Lavender.

I used a small scalloped circle cutter and pink/purple tissue paper to make the flower, which is fastened in the centre by a pearl brad.

In the top lefthand corner I placed two papermania glitter gems.

Back soon

Buffy xx

Valentine desire

Now that it is all over I can finally display the card I made my husband.
I was too worried he'd find this blog and spoil the surprise.

I've had this rose stamp for several years, but this is the first time I have tried glazing it after colouring with stardust pens. But I'm quite pleased with the outcome.

• Copper mirror board
• Rose script stamp
• Copper pearlescent card
• Dark red card
• Nestabilities Mega Deckled rectangle
• Sakura Stardust pens
• Crafters glaze

Buffy x