Seize the birthday

 At Seize the birthday they want anything with wings.

I've made a card for a new baby girl (Birth day).

I added 2 fussy cut butterflies around the sentiment /poem

I'm also entering this at Word power challenge where words are the focus.

Try a sketch on Tuesday

 This is the sketch for Try a sketch on Tuesday

I've made a card to say Thank you to a friend who helped me out when my sister died recently.

Brenda has a border collie, so I chose that for my picture.

Then at Li'l Red wagon they want us to use leftovers.

I used the other half of the strips making a similar card. This time it features 2 washi tape envelopes and my sentiment says sending you Happy Mail.

Shopping our stash

 At Shopping our stash this week they want gold on a card.

I used corrugated gold cardboard plus a sleigh which I misted with gold..

I trimmed it with gold braid that Mum owned. It slipped in the scanner but is straight now.

Using up my kit

 I'm using up the scraps from my kit now. I had some of the fisherman paper left over so I'm making 2 cards.

Here's the first one for Crafty Animals

My second one is using scraps I had on my desk

That's my kit all done!

The crazy floral layout.

 

I've had this carta bella Bloom paper in my kit and kept avoiding it. Then I saw the new sketch at Sketches in Thyme.

I decided to use these 3 photos of the mexican dress and go for a totally floral look.

I used 6 journal cords on here, including the circle , they became my banners. My title and hearts are from American crafts Thickers let's Dance.

Sketches in Thyme layout

 

This layout is based on a Sketches in Thyme sketch.

I used poetic license on here and put large tickets instead of tags. I also used a large journal card as my photo mat. One of the papers features fishing but I'm not concerned. Probably the ancient Mayans went fishing too. I used thin washi tape and staples to echo the sketch detail top right.

Mexican male layout

 

Today I made this layout using my "secret men's business " kit.

The Mexican man in my photos was wearing a hat and moustache, so I was able to echo that in the picture of the English gentleman. The striped offcut reminded me of Mexico and I found the word handsome which works well as a title.

I also used washi tape in black and white chevron and stitched a herringbone pattern across the middle to match the decoration on his hat.