A sad and a happy card

My first personal card this week, was a condolences card.  My friend's Nan passed and I made this for her.  (This is the first hand made card she had received - so I will be making her a more happy one next time !)

Recipe

Papermania papers in black and white.
Black cardstock
Pearls
Sentiment
embossing folder
and sizzix swirls and flower dies.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cardmakin Mamas - Cut it out challenge
Wags'n'whiskers - black plus ribbons or pearls
crafty ribbons challenge - Bingo board
For your inspiration challenges - challenge 17
papercraft star - flourish





NOW for the happy card.  It is my best friend's birthday and since I moved away we meet up once a month.  This is the card I made for her birthday. My mate lives in North Cornwall.  The gorgeous teal/turquoise colours in this card remind me of the fabulous coastal scenery in a place that will always be dear to my hear.   The gorgeous Sarah Kay image was of course coloured with promarkers.

This is the front of the complete card

This is the back of the complete card

This is the front of the card without it's wrap

This is the inside of the open card

Recipe

Martha Stewart around the edge punches

Magnolia papers

Spellbinder Nestabilities

Sarah Kay stamp

Some ribbon from stashd

Promarkers

Dovecraft chalks

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Cardmakin Mamas - Cut it out challenge

Craftycatz weekly challenge:  Anything goes

Charismacardz - cutesy challenge (44)

CES Challenges - Entertain us song or film - Mama's Little baby loves Shortnin Bread

Colour create challenge - 83  Turquoise, deep pink and ivory

Southern Girls - Can you hear music   My song is Shortnin Bread- Mama's little baby loves

DYSU - 44 Teal

I hope you like these two very different cards.

docrafts abc christmas challenge p - t

Hi,

What a week I've had, a couple of wins, and two fantastic craft days, one at my home last Friday, and then one in Yeovil with some of the docraft gals.  Really brilliant.  Had a great day.

Anyway, here are my cards for the christmas challenge - letters p throught to t.

P = presents and penny black

q = queing for the shops

s = snowflakes

r = reindeer

and lastly t = trees

I hope you like these.    I am not entering these into any challenges.

Hugs

Feeling lucky

Just a quickie to say thanks to Carol and the team at By the Cute and Girly Challenge for picking me as one of their lucky winners on their blog hop last month.  I had a great time.

Also to say that my beautiful Gorjuss card won over at the Scrap Affair blog last month.  Thanks guys.  (This is the first win - random or otherwise) that I have had with one of my cards.

Am busy colouring lots of fab images at the moment so will be back to post a few more cards later.

Hugs  Lisa