CR84FN58 ....

... Hello All - it's time for CR84FN58; our colours are just lovely - bright, vibrant and very summery - yellow, red and neutral.  I'm trying to build up my card supply so I've made a birthday card for my stash.

Stamps: Hampton Arts - Willowy Sunflower; Waltzingmouse - Say it with Style
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Spellbinders: Rectangles Sm (S4-130) #4, Fleur de Lis Rectangles (S4-317) #3
Promarkers: Pastel Yellow, Canary, Lipstick Red, Moss, Khaki, Warm Grey 1
Accessories:  Gingham Paper - Joanna Sheen, Card from stash

The layout of my card is quite clean and simple; backing paper and some pretty die cuts to frame this gorgeous sunflower.  I stamped the image three times - once onto the white base card and twice more.  I coloured all the images with Promarkers and layered the sunflower for dimension.  I adore sunflowers - they are just so beautiful.  Here's the graphic for this week's challenge - you can see where I got the idea for a sunflower birthday card!!!  The photos are courtesy of Style Me Pretty - and they are just lovely!

Edited:  I took a close up photo of the sunflower to show how pretty the layering is - and I forgot to upload the image - here it is!!

The rest of the Design Team have created some awesome cards, and this month we welcome Monika Davis (M.A.D. Stamper) as our Guest Designer for CR84FN58 & 59, so click on the links below to check out the inspiration cards:

Mona Pendleton

Sue Lelli

Pauline Pollington

Andrea Matthews

Heather Jensen

Shannon White

Monika Davis - Guest Designer

We had a good run to the airport to pick up Mum & Ben - I think the heat came as a bit of a shock!!  It'll take them a couple of days for their body clocks to fall into Eastern time, so we're going to have a few lazy days - probably by the pool!!  But this afternoon I'll be watching the Men's Final from Wimbledon.  Go Andy!!  That's all for now - see you again tomorrow.

CR84FN36 - Sunflower shines ....

... we're on week two of the current CR84FN challenge - CR84FN36 with our lovely sunny colours of yellow, kraft and a neutral.

I've been having fun playing with bows - thanks to a wonderful tutorial by Becca - and I've got one on this card - it worked a treat.  I started off by making my own gingham backing - a perfect match to the sunflower.  I stamped the sunflower three times - using two of the images to make layers.  The images were all coloured with Promarkers.  I cut the base image out using my trusty nesties and also made a mat from the coordinating scalloped set.  Before attaching the image, I tied on some raffia ribbon and did the bow!  So proud of that bow!  You might be seeing few more bows now that I can do them :)  Finally, I added a sweet flower shaped sentiment which I think goes with the flower perfectly!

Stamps: Hampton Art - Willowy Sunflower
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso; Versamark
Promarkers: Gold, Lemon, Canary, Lime Zest, Moss, Pastel Beige, Warm Grey 1
Spellbinders: Standard Rectangles Sm (S4-130) #5, Scalloped Rectangles Sm (S4-131) #5
Accessories:  Card, raffia ribbon, Craftwork cards sentiment from stash

These colours are proving to be really popular and we have lots of lovely cards already entered, but there's still plenty of time to join in.  I hope this has given you some more inspiration.  Do check out the blog for more cards from the team and for full details of the challenge. 

That's all for today.  See you soon.