Not a Christmas Card!!

I have combined the Secret Crafter sketch with the Papertake Weekly recipe and the Spoonfull of Sugar challenge to make a thank you card. And its PINK!!!
I have made this to go with the box of chocs my very close friend earned looking after Beth and the cat when Ellie went into hospital.

I used a pad of paper I haven't touched for ages, Papermania's Retro Floral, and a lovely FF bear which I have finally had the courage to colour in. I added a green ribbon, some brads from my stash and the sentiment is a Penny Black.

I have started doing less fussy cards again as I noticed at a recent craft fair it was my less fussy ones, and dare I say it, those without stamped images (EEK!!) that sold the best. Also my freind is about as fussy as a pair of doc martens!!

Hamish and his tractor

The Spoonfull of Sugar challenge this week is One for the Boys.


I find making cards for boys and men quite difficult - I never know what papers to use and how to embellish them - flowers and ribbons don't seem right!LOL So I often think my male cards look at bit plain. Anyway I have made this using Katharina's Papertake Weekly sketch.
Hamish is in brown for a change and I have used the green and brown papers from Papermania's Nostaglia warm pack and cream cardstock. I embossed the cardstock using my Swiss Dots folder, and added a few brads. I have left the text off for the moment and there is space for an age number to be placed in the circle.

baby card

The challenge this week from Cute Card Thursday is to make a card using no commercial backing papers. You have to create your own.

I have used my Cuttlebug embossing folders to pattern these papers, using the Swiss Dots and D'vine Scrolls folders. The cardstock in pastel blue and yellow is from Papermania. The organza yellow ribbon is from stash, as are the three yellow ducks. The image is, of course, Penny Black, which I have watercoloured and matted off centre onto the yellow. I have used a simple silver peel off for the greeting.

Thanks for looking,