Yay for good news!

Hello, crafting friends!

 

Isn't it wonderful to have good news?! My daughter has been promoted at work and as if that weren't enough, her partner has been offered a coveted teaching position too. I am so happy for them and since I had a little minute, I made them a card :)

They both wear glasses and I thought these two bespectacled bears from Waffleflower's Books and Coffee would amuse them. First, I cut a rectangle out of white card and die cut  a square from it to make a polaroid frame. The bears were stamped on the square and coloured with alcohol markers and coloured pencils.

The wallpaper was made by masking the bears off and stenciling inks through a floral stencil by Funky Fossil, a gift from my pal Sandie :) When the masks were removed, I glued the polaroid frame to a card base and inserted the 'photo'. I stamped the Yay! from Pinkfresh Studio's Perfect Sentiments and added an MFT 'so proud of you' sentiment to the bottom of the polaroid, using a dark coral to coordinate with the wallpaper.

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up at Happy Little Stampers Stencil challenge where Anything Goes and  Make My Monday where the theme is to Use a Stencil.

 

AND IN OTHER NEWS

I've just finished the last of my mothers day chocolate (I'm SURE I have some elastic waisted trousers somewhere!) What a lovely day I had - lots of crafting with my floofy daughter to keep me company as well as fun video calls from my human daughter and youngest son. I was lucky enough to have the real life company of my eldest son too for pizza and film night. "Pizza!" he said reverently, "One of Man's finest achievements!"

Sending hugs,

Inspired by kindness and cushions

Hello, crafting friends!

I am one of those people that likes my house to reflect the season. My living room is pretty neutral, with cream walls, sofas and curtains and a wooden floor with jute rugs. I change the pictures, cushions and throws according to the season and add little vases and ornaments as and when I'm inspired. In the spring and summer, I have the most gorgeous watercolour effect cushion covers and they have inspired my card today.

This happy little number was made with a floral stencil from Funky Fossil that I was given by my kind and generous friend Sandie. I wondered whether I could use watercolours with it and had SO much fun trying! It's not perfect but that's more my inexperience than anything else, and I'll definitely try this technique again.

I used bright, happy colours and added a sentiment from Stampin' Up's Waterfront and a little heart embellishment.

Would you like to see the cushions that inspired this card?

Aren't they pretty?! 

CHALLENGES

The Allsorts challenge is celebrating its 12th birthday with prizes this week and wants to see bright, happy colours; I think this card fits the bill! I'm also linking up with the Time Out Challenge where the inspiration must be something in your house (I haven't gone for the optional twist of embossing for this one.) Addicted to Stamps and More has a Make Your Mark challenge so I'm joining in there too.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Summer has arrived in the heart of England and everyone is giddy with the pleasure of wandering about outside with half their usual amount of garments on!! I am typing this in the evening and the smell of barbecue is wafting through the open French doors :)

Sending hugs,