For my mom

Here's my third attempt at a Mothers' Day card. Just don't ask about the first 2.... I totally cased this from a friend on Facebook.

Amazingly for me, the only stamping is For My Mum. 

Bones, bones, bones.

He's a bit skinny this one......needs a good meal.....

I needed a birthday card for a boy, so I thought I'd adapt the sketch from Inkurable Stampers- I love the Inkurable Stampers blog, lots of inspiration and lovely stamping!!! The sketch has a window on it, but I adapted it and ripped the main image into four. There are 3 stamps on there (dinosaur, sentiment and a splodgy texture stamp on the brown crumpled paper), although the splodge one (a last minute addition) is hard to see on the photo.

The stamps and paper are from Basic Grey. The stamps are acrylic and stamp beautifully, it's a fabulous set.  The sticky backed leaf ribbon was free with a magazine ages ago, so it qualifies for the Crafty Cardmakers Use a freebie challenge.

I'm also entering it into Ooh La La Creations challenge which is something scary- well you don't get much scarier than a T-Rex!


Ingredients-


Stamps- Basic Grey Dino
Paper- Basic Grey Dino, Brown card
Inks- Memento- Rich cocoa; Distress Inks- Vintage photo, Old paper, Tea Dye
Stash- Leaf design ribbon

Bookmark obsession......

Did I tell you that I'm a librarian? No? Well guess, what, I'm a librarian, I love books, read loads and yet this is the first bookmark I've ever made. Plus, there's even more of an admission on it's way - I've got a bit of a bookmark collection- I know, what a geek!!!! Most of the books I own have their own bookmark. I've got them from all over the place, pretty much everywhere I've visited, and yet I've never felt the urge to make one before......how odd. Oh wow, that makes me sound soooooo weird- my friends at work already think I'm odd because I can't walk on the white lines of the pedestrian crossing on the carpark, and I have to count things in 2s........right I think I'll stop with the confessions now and show you my creation.....yes, good idea.

The background is my beloved smacking acetate technique with some swirls stamped over in pink. The image is Promarkered as usual, and it's a lovely Lili of the Valley stamp that reminded me of my Little Legs and her best friend. Hold on for the close up.....

Woo, extreme close up. Can't recommend a touch of white gel pen enough to make it pop and to cover up any mistakes (ahem, not that I ever make any....cough, cough). I stamped the quotation onto tissue paper first to get the layout right, as I was a bit tight on space, but it all fit in eventually!

Ingredients

Stamps- Lili of the Valley's Little Girls Story Time
Studio G alphabet
Basic Grey swirls

Promarkers- Apple, Meadow Green, Marsh Green, Amethyst, Pastel Pink, Vintage Pink, Vanilla, Blossom, Cool Grey 1, Cocoa, Canary, Tulip Yellow, Saffron, Orchid, Cinnamon, Spice, Terracotta

Distress Inkpads (background)- Bundled Sage, Lipstick Pink, Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet

Inkpads- Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Other- Sheer pink ribbon, eyelet

I'm entering this into

the One Stitch at a Time challenge where the challenge is to use something new (stamp)
Passion for Promarkers where the challenge is to include a book