The Flower Challenge #81 Use Your Favourite Flower

Hi there crafty friends, I hope all is well in your world! We just spent a lovely relaxing week away in the Lake District with family. Lots of walking and laughing and glad to say good weather also.
It was recently my BIL's 80th birthday and so we surprised him with a 'This is Your Life' tribute. (Several bottles of his favourite red wine in a wooden holder made by my OH for a birthday treat also.) I digitally altered some photo's of him making him a WW2 pilot, an 18th century alchemist and a spy ...lots of others too in his supposed 'other life'. My OH wrote a funny story about each of the photos and I did the photo altering.
Pleased to say it went down very well with everyone (there were 8 of us and 10 next day), we were told to repeat it all next evening after dinner as his son and girlfriend were with us then also. Very relieved it went down very well and we were asked who was the next 'victim' !It was so much work though I won't be doing it again...alas I daren't tell them that ;)
Anyway sorry about the waffling... I am now back to share another card for The Flower Challenge again. Our theme for June is 'Use Your Favourite Flower', such an easy one I think.
Our talented Guest Designer this month is a crafty friend of mine Christine L from cardsbychristine, check out her amazing card in our gallery!
I am using my new favourite flower which is an Altenew one, (it was also one of my mother's favourite flowers too and we planted a tree in her memory in our garden) all card details below.
Come and see my card and enjoy your week whatever you have planned ;)

Watercolour cardAltenew water coloursAltenew Magnolia Ballerina stamps and sentimentWow silver embossing powderPink Fresh Studio silver metallic pearls

You have until the 25th June to enter, please add our cue card below when entering.We are back on the 15th June with a Reminder card.

The Flower Challenge #56 Use Your Favourite Flower

Hi again, I hope you are all well and having a good week? It's May and so we have a new challenge for you over at 'The Flower Challenge' and it's 'Use your Favourite Flower' this month.
Such an easy one I think, I have so many flower stamps and dies now I am spoiled for choice as I love them all of course. However I did manage to narrow down my choices and in the end I picked some of my latest flower stamps, all details below.
Our Guest Designer this month is Bozena  our November winner, see her beautiful card in our gallery.
All details below, thanks for the visit and I hope you will come back again soon ;)

I made this card by using the Lavinia stencil called 'Pebble'. The stamp is by Pink Fresh Studio and is called 'Infinite Blooms', isn't it fabulous! I used Wow silver E/P and TH distress inks, the sentiment was inked using Gina K Obsidian ink.

ahem......and yes you can see my sentiment didn't ink properly at first so I added another on top...as you do lol ;)

The Flower Challenge #35 Reminder

Hi there friends, I am back with another reminder card for 'The Flower Challenge' again. I am using another favourite stamp of mine by Clearly Besotted again. I just love these pretty rosebuds.

As it's the 15th August when this posts our new kitchen will have been started now...at least I hope it will ! No doubt I will be awash with loads of cardboard boxes packed with all my old kitchen stuff. I hope the two weeks go quickly now. Update!...yes our kitchen has been started and now being plastered too yipee ;)

Anyway enjoy your week whatever you have planned and come and see my card below ;)

Smooth White card

Clearly Besotted stamp Thanks a Bunch

Neat and Tangled stencil Rice Paddies

Versafine Onyx Black ink

TH Distress inks

MFT Die-namics stitched die

First I made my A6 card base then added another top panel. I coloured my topper using my stencil and blended several colours of ink through it.

I stamped the flowers direct to my card topper and used a stitched edge die. I attached it all to my card base then stamped a sentiment and attached that also leaving it slightly curved.

 Please add our cue card below when entering our challenge.

Also remember to read our rules also to be in with a chance

 of a prize this time too.

You have until the 25th August to enter.

The Flower Challenge #35 'Use Your Favourite Flower'.

Hi there friends, wow it's August already.....the months are flying by aren't they! I am here with more DT cards for 'The Flower Challenge'.

This month our theme is 'Use Your Favourite Flower', couldn't be any easier now could it. We also would like to welcome back a previous Guest Designer this month and it's the lovely Therese Calvird from Lostinpaper! I am sure you all know what fabulous cards she makes but if not please pay her a visit, you certainly won't regret it.

We have another PRIZE for our lucky winner again this month and our very generous sponsor is ........Clearly Besotted. They will win an e-gift card for £20.

So get making your cards to be in with a chance to win a prize ;) Anyway come and see my cards below and enjoy your week whatever you have planned ;)

ps. Our new kitchen  demolition /make- over gets started on the 12th August...yikes..wish me luck!

Smooth White card
Altenew Beautiful Day stamps
Altenew Remember This stamps (rosebuds
Altenew sentiment stamp Floral Art
Altenew Watercolor Stripes stencil
TH Distress inks
Versafine Onyx Black ink
N&T sequins
Glamour dust

These are my favourite stamps so far , I just love these pretty flowers! I used a stencil and softly coloured my background then stamped and coloured my flowers and leaves in these two pretty colours.

I fussy cut them all  then attached them to my topper and then my A6 card base. I raised some of the flowers up using 3d pads for interest. Then I added my stamped sentiment colouring the edge of the card to match my pink flowers.

A touch of glamour dust and a sprinkling of sequins and my card was complete.

Smooth White card
Clearly Besotted Just For You stamp
Altenew Watercolor Stripes stencil
TH Distress inks
Hero Arts Shadow ink Navy
Little things sequins

This is another favourite stamp of mine and also a Clearly Besotted one too. Seeing as they are sponsoring us this month I thought I would include a card using it also.

I made the card the same way as the last one, except that I stamped direct to my card topper and didn't fussy cut my flowers this time. I quite like the blue and peachy colour combo too, not one I have used before I think either.

Here is our cue card below, please include it if you enter our challenge.

You have until the 25th August to enter, more details on our blog if wanted.

The Flower Challenge #13 'Use Your Favourite Flower'

Hi there friends, I am super excited today to announce  it's our 1st Birthday over at 'The Flower Challenge',  can't believe we have been going for a whole year  already!   Anyway we have lots of surprises for you there, I am sure you will want to join in. We have Prizes,  Guest Designers and great cards of course.   This month we would like you to  'Use Your Favourite Flower', how easy is that ;) Here is the cue card below for you to add when entering  our challenge. Please make sure Flowers are the MAIN image on your cards too.    Please also read all our terms and conditions there as we are giving away prizes this time we have a few rules.   We would hate for you to miss out by not complying!  

We also have a new look to our blog there, hope you like our changes. Anyway here is my card, do try and join in or at least visit our blog and see all the inspirational cards  there.    For my first card this month I decided to use this amazing flower stamp. I have used it a few times now as I really love it. Definately one of my 'favourite flower' stamps  at the moment.   

  White Linen card TH Water colour card  Concord & 9th Hello Lovely stamps (from SevenHillsCrafts) My Favorite Things sentiment stamp (small hello) Zig Clean Color pens Versafine Black Onyx ink Glamour dust Clear gems  

  I stamped my flower stamp on to my water colour card. Then I coloured it  using my Zig pens and a water brush. Then I stamped my large sentiment onto the card.    I took a very small scrap of card and stamped my  small 'Hello' stamp on that leaving a space at the  top. I coloured the space using a matching  Zig pen.    I stuck that to my card using 3d pads to add a bit  of height and interest. Once finished I added my  panel to an A6 top fold card base. A touch of  glamour dust and a sprinkling of clear gems  completed my card.  

  Our challenge closes on the 25th October and we are   back on the 15th with a Reminder card to share. Good luck everyone !