Eiffel in love in Paris

This week at Paper Playtime, we’d like you to use a pun. I had quite a few puns I was considering, but in the end I settled for ‘Eiffel in love in Paris’. I decided to use this super cute pre-coloured Sylvia Zet image which is available at the Hobby House. As it is a predominately purple and orange image I made the sentiment in these colours. The papers are plain card stock in white and purple, a purple star patterned paper I’ve had since who-knows-when and an orange plaid patterned paper from a First Edition Paper pad.

I have also used spellbinder dies as well as two Martha Stewart punchers to make the leaves and the butterfly. The butterfly punch was purchased only a few days beforehand and I have already made tons of random butterflies just because they are so pretty, heh. The purple ribbon, bow and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the white ribbon might be a papermania one. I will look and update the post when I’m back home from my holiday. It turns out it is not by papermania; it only has the word ‘Celebrate’ on the front. I do, however, recall that I bought it in Range in the UK.

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This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons – Anything goes with a ribbon (2nd entry)
Partytime Tuesdays – Anything goes (2nd entry)
Simon Says Stamp – Anything goes

Home is where my honey bee

Another monday, another challenge at Paper Playtime. This week we’d like you to ‘use a bee’. My bee is from Pink Petticoat. I could not resist it when I saw the sentiment! The image with its black border is raised a bit using sticky pads. The rhinestones have been in my stash for a year and a half or so, the ribbon is from a local shop and floral border is made with a Martha Stewart Puncher. I then drew a black border around the card with my black copic marker.

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Aeroplanes and boats

My dad is 60, today. Happy birthday to him!

This is the card I’ve made him. I cannot remember where the papers are from, but the vintage image is from Pion Designs. It’s a perfect image my dad used to be an airplane mechanic. (Ok, he was working with slightly newer and fancies planes, but hey!) The stamp is by Lili of the Valley and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The branches are made with a Martha Stewart puncher. I have no idea what made me mix in a dash of orange, but I’m pleased with how it turned out!

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This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday – Beat the blues
Cards for Men – Men at work

Party hardy

Today’s card is something different. For once I have ventured into the land of bold colours. My main intention here was to try to colour the stamp in with bold colours, not really planning to use it for anything but practicing colouring and shading. However, I ended up liking it so much that I made it into a card and started colouring two more images with bold colours. It was actually easier than I had anticipated.

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Butterflies and fairies

This card was made entirely for the latest challenge at Lili’s Little Fairies. The main clue here was to use Butterflies and Fairies, which is something I have used a fair bit of, but not really in a combination. I’ve had a massive card making spree this weekend and given something new a go as well as making a card for a co-worker whose birthday is in a few days. These will be added over the next week or two. First we’ll have a look at the card I made for this challenge:

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