Papertrey Princesses Challenge - Neutrals Only

Playing catch up with our blogging group's challenges. I am determined to do them all. This challenge was issued by Val. We were only allowed to use neutrals on our project. I love neutral colours so I really enjoyed this challenge.

Got the inspiration for my card from this card on Anya's blog.

WM April Blog Waltz

The theme for this month's blog waltz is Mother's Day. I used stamps from three different sets on this card ie. Very Vintage Labels 5 , the plaid stamp from Off Beat Backgrounds and the sentiment from Say it with Style. Got the tutorial for the flower on Paper Trunk. There on some great flower tutorials on that blog.

Compose a card #8

Love Becky's challenges. This is the first one I have managed to participate in. Just don't know where the time goes!

Home Again

Just got back from spending the Easter weekend in Cape Town. Cape Town is the most beautiful city in South Africa. I ran the Two Oceans Marathon, a 56km race. The photo, above, was taken at Chapman's Peak. The views are breathtaking.

Made this card before we left but did not manage to upload it. Bought a packet of doilies ages ago and have been meaning to use one on a card. Was just playing around and having fun with this card. That's what this hobby is all about isn't it?

Fun with Distress Inks

I just love Tim Holtz' Distress Inks. They are so versatile. Started my collection and hope to add more to it soon. Here are some links to videos showing how to use these inks. This one is on Tim's blog and this one is by Jennifer McGuire over at Two Peas.

Papertrey Princesses Challenge #4

Pam issued us with a challenge to create some kind of background/focal image using scoring in any way, shape or form. I don't have any fancy scoring tools so I just scored a few simple lines on this card front.

Papertrey Princesses Challenge #3

Here is my first attempt at colouring in a stamped image. Think I still prefer paper piecing. Thanks for the challenge Michele. It really got me to try something that's just 'not me'.

After I'd finished this card, I realised it fit the criteria for Lisa's first Poppy Seed Challenge too.