LPoCF #170 All Dressed Up

 Hello again, 

Well on the local weather front we have had another drenching and gone from warm spring weather back to freezing cold winter weather, current outside temperature is 6.6C but with wind chill included feels like -2.6C. We are seeing less cases of the virus, although follow up appointments for Mum after her stroke have been swapped from in person to over the phone due to local cases within the hospital.

Today brings us to another all new Anything Goes Challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by All Dressed Up who kindly gave the design team two images to work with. I have used Oriental Girl and created a fancy card which will go to a family friend as a birthday card. 

All Dressed Up

Prize- 2 images

Shop- All Dressed Up

Challenge Blog- All Dressed Up

Facebook- All Dressed Up

Instagram- All Dressed Up

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
13cm square card blank
Oriental Girl Digi Stamp
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils
Black Gel ink pen
Rice papers
Gold paper (Daiso store)
Circle Die
4 pale pink brads
Crossover Point Card instructions found here

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes optional Thankful

Allsorts Challenge Blog week 651 One for the Girls

Bizzy Becs Store Blog Anything Goes November

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything Goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #148 Lemon Shortbread

 Hello again, 

Time for another Anything Goes challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Lemon Shortbread

Lemon Shortbread

Prize 3 Images 

The Design Team were given two images to use and I have used Lemon Shortbread - Jazz Flapper Girl to create a page for a January Calendar, I don't think with Coronavirus there will be as much New Years crowds, in Sydney all areas are by invitation only, although people can have up to 50 people in their homes, so maybe there will be a lot of smaller parties. 

I have used an ancient DCWV All Dressed Up paper pad (11.5 x 16.5cm) which has areas already with glitter on the pages, I coloured then layered on some 'Tickled Pink' Stickles over the dress before fussy cutting her out and sticking down onto the prepared square. 

Here is my Calendar page:- 

What I used:-
Lemon Shortbread Jazz Flapper Girl
DCWV All Dressed Up Glittered paper stack

Magazine freebie paper, pink glittered cardstock
Calendar tab 'January'
Tickled Pink Stickles
Aqua Glitzee glitter glue
Diamond Glaze

Memory Box imagine die

Silver metal glasses embellishment
Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils
Sparkly flowers (mystery)
Clear self-adhesive strip of rhinestones
Deckled edge Twist Trimmer (We R Memory Keepers)
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue, stick glue, Diamond Glaze, Double sided adhesive paper

I now have a second new budgie, after losing my little bird who had a stroke in April, the baby has been joined by another baby and I'm now trying to train two birds, the newest member has no name yet, while we get to know his personality.

I would like to enter this calendar page in:-

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes optional Vintage
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore #82 Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog #53 Anything goes

Many Thanks for dropping in,
I appreciate all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment! 
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year

Megan

LPoCF #132 Bugaboo Stamps

Hello again,

Well my mojo is still missing, although our garden is looking decidedly tidier for our efforts, in a few weeks time the local council will be stopping by to chip some of  our piles of pruned branches, Winter is already on the way here, freezing mornings mostly followed by pleasant days, we even have a few confused jonquils out in the garden, a little early for spring.

This week brings us to an all new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and we were each able to select an image to work with, I have used Dottie Yoga to create a card, which will most likely end up with my physio as some of what she has me doing is modified yoga. The sentiment on the card is one from Paulette of Create with TLC she is very kind and offers many of her word art for free, she also sells some online at her store TLC Creates- Vintage. We love to see all kind of crafts so come along and share your makes with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends...

Bugaboo Stamps

Prize: 4 Digi Images of Choice

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm (5x7) card blank
Bugaboo Stamps Dottie Yoga image
Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Create with TLC word art
Kaisercraft 'Wandering Ivy' paper pad
Kaisercraft Nesting bracket Squares
Bella! Droplets
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Creations Challenge #409 Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create challenge #233 Anything goes optional Diamonds and Lace
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #75 Anything Goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog #46 Anything Goes
Catch the Bug Challenge blog May bingo challenge Die/Punch (sentiment), Bugaboo Image and players choice Paper Piecing

Thank you for looking in...
I hope every one is coping with the current lockdowns we are all experiencing,
Have a wonderful week....
Megan

LPoCF Fifth Birthday Bash

Hello again,

It is Five years this month since Lil Patch of Crafty Friends was first launched and to Celebrate we are having a Challenge each week for the whole month, each with a different sponsor offering some wonderful prizes. This week we have Sheepski Designs offering the lucky winner their choice of three images from the store. Sheepski Designs have generously given the DT some lovely images to work with and I have used Bumble Bee Blossom to make two projects, the first a Birthday card (of course it is a Birthday Bash after all) and the second to make a desktop calendar which has already found a home with one of my Family History Friends.

Here is the Birthday card:-

and the Desktop calendar

What I used:- 

13cm square card blank

Sheepski Designs Bumble Bee Blossom

Derwent Coloured Pencils (regular and watercolour)

Pink Cardstock

Kaisercraft 'Finders Keepers' patterned paper

Pink paper flowers

Enamel look adhesive dots

MFT Label maker Sentiment stamps

Distress Oxide Ink Peacock Feathers

Kaisercraft nesting Hexagons

17.4x12.4cm card blank (fold on short side)

Scrap White cardstock (to make the internal prop for the calendar)

Rub-on numbers

Mini Calendar 

Honeycomb look patterned paper 

Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter the Birthday card in:-
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog January Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore #71 Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge January 2020 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes

and the calendar in:-
Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes January
Creative Craft Cottage #125 Anything goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #405 Anything goes
The Happy Craft Challenge- January

Many thanks for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. Many thanks for the prayers and comments on our ongoing bushfires and concern for the safety of all Aussie's- we currently have a fire about 6km south of here which jumped the Warragamba Dam. (Sydney's main water supply), this is the first time in close to 40 years since the area has had such a severe burn, whilst the bush walks around us remain closed (doesn't stop some crossing the warning tape) the powers that be are concerned that allowing a back burn to be put in to protect houses will cause significant damage to the infrastructure of the hiking trails, so the bushfire brigade/Army/National Parks workers are attempting to use hand tools to clear the fuel load, we have also had a reprieve from the hot weather, today has seen a combination of smoke and mountain mist with more rain predicted for later in the week... 

CBD December Anything Goes

Hello all,

Today brings us to the final challenge of 2019 with the lovely ladies at Crafting By Designs, it is also our final challenge for now. We have Four wonderfully generous sponsors this month offering a prize to one of four lucky winners. I would love to see your creations in our challenge all family friendly crafts are welcome...

A Day for Daisies

Prize:- $8 Gift Certificate

We Are 3

Prize $15 Gift Certificate to shop

Di's Digi Stamp

Prize:- TBC

Oddball Art

Prize:- $10 Gift Certificate

I have used two images from our sponsors, the first kindly given by our Sponsor, A Day for Daisies, called Walking Bonnet which I coloured with water colour pencils from Derwent and painted with water. I have used First Edition papers from 'Rose Garden' paper pad, some lace, pearls, seam binding die-cut butterflies and a sentiment from Wild Rose Studio.

My second card is another of my use my Christmas scraps up strips I made earlier this year with an image from our sponsor Di's Digi Stamp , called Santa's Long List, which I haven't been able to find in store, which probably tells you how old it is. Coloured with regular Derwent pencils and printed in a larger size than I usually use.

What I used:-
2x White 12.7x17.8cm card blanks
Derwent Pencils and Watercolour Pencils (water and brush)
A Day for Daisies 'Walking Bonnet' Digi stamp
First Edition 'Rose Garden' papers
Lace, sage green seam binding
Self Adhesive half pearls
Wild Rose Studio birthday circles sentiment
Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink
Clear embossing powder
MFT Stitched rectangle die
Circle and scalloped circle dies
Marianne Design Butterfly punch die
Di's Digi Stamps 'Santa's Long List'
Various scrap Christmas papers
Red and green cardstock scraps
Impression Obsession Sentiment Die
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Glue pen

I would like to enter the birthday card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional challenge doodling or zentangle
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes with team Trace
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes Challenge #70
Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes December
Crafty Creations Challenges Anything goes #403
I would like to enter the Christmas card in:-
Artsy Stamper Digitals Challenge- Winter Holidays
12 Months of Christmas Link-up- Optional Challenge Layer it up
Christmas with the Cuties- Show us your Santa Hats
Merry Little Christmas Challenge- Anything Christmas goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge optional Things with Wings
Sparkles Monthly Challenge- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment I truly appreciate them all!

CBD November Anything Goes

Hello again,

Well Spring is well and truly here now, more warmer days, longer days thanks to daylight savings and we have even had a few early cicada's out and about, I have even snagged a few cherries from our tree. Today brings us to another new Anything Goes Challenge with my teammates over at Crafting By Designs, we have a trio of sponsors offering one of 3 winners a prize from their stores.

QKR Stampede

Prize 3 Digi Images

All Dressed Up Stamps

Prize 2 Digi Images

Twinkle Lane Designs

Prize 2 single digi Images

I have used two images from two of our sponsors, the first from QKR Stampede called Viking Digital Stamp to make a page in my journal, the background cardstock is actually from a Christmas pack that is probably 20years old... I have used a digital sentiment from Create with TLC
Here are my creations:-

I made a card is using a Digital image from our Sponsor Twinkle Lane Designs, Gerbera Daisy.

What I used:-
Christmas background cardstock
Clear embossing Pen
Fine Gold embossing powder
QKR Stampede Viking Digital Stamp
Create with TLC sentiment
Faber-Castell and Prisma colour Watercolour pencils
Water and fine brush
Bic Mark-it Silver marker
Gold gel ink pen
Brown paper
Circle and MFT Cross-Stitched rectangle die
Twinkle Lane Designs Gerbera Daisies image
Thanks sentiment die
Brown cardstock
Mystery Autumnal striped cardstock
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam dots, PVA glue

I would like to enter these in:-
Viking
QKR Stampede challenge #370 Anything goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #401 Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge blog #40 Anything goes

Gerbera Daisies
Aud Sentiments Challenge Anything goes + a Sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Optional theme Animals (watercolour Pencils)
Mix It Up Challenge blog Anything goes +Water colouring
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything Goes

Many Thanks for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. Many Thanks to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all....

Butterfly Birthday

Hello again,

I'm back to share another of the cards I finally sent to one of my friends who requested four female birthday cards, it was completely up to me what I put on the cards and this is one of them which I will admit to case-ing from my Pinterest boards, here is the link to the card I found addINKtive designs (Bronwyn), my slightly different version below... I was still trying to make the most of my large quantity of scrap paper and card, the pile of which never seems to shrink. As with most of the other cards I have tried to keep them as flat as possible to cut down on postage, rather than adding bling to this card I used single hole punched silver circles (they are metallic not that you can tell in the pic)

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 10.5x14.8cm card blank
CCD half doily die
CCD butterfly die
Scrap Kaisercraft paper (Blue Bay)
Scrap white, silver and glittered green paper
Hole punch (tiny/flat embellishments)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Darkroom Door Sentiment (Full Bloom Vol.1)

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore #61 Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers March challenge Anything goes with dies
Love to Craft Challenge blog Anything goes March
The Happy Craft Challenge March Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. Many thanks to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to comment on my cards and creations, I appreciate them all!

P.P.S. Apologies for not being around, too many medical appointments and then the usual high pain days to keep up with all my blogging friends, fingers crossed the rehab doctor I see this week will have some answers, nine months with dominant hand in a sling is not much fun.

LPoCF Champagne Celebration

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge at  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have a lovely sponsor this fortnight Polkadoodles will be giving the lucky winner a £ 6.75 gift voucher.

Polkadoodles

PRIZE £ 6.75 voucher

I have used an image from our sponsor called Champagne Celebration to make an inner cover for my attempt at a Bullet journal for 2019, I have coloured and paper pieced the image using some scrap papers from my table top (read messy table top). I used an embossing folder with a clock design to mount Winnie onto and added a die cut Cheers from MFT that was floating around my table and die cut out some wine glasses from silver paper scraps. I finished it off with die cut numbers which I remembered to add some adhesive to the back before cutting…. 

Here is my journal cover:-

 

What I used:-

White cardstock 

Polkadoodles Champagne Celebration

Derwent Pencils

Red, black and silver gel ink pen

MFT Cheers die

MFT sentiment stamp

MFT wine glasses dies

Scrap papers red, silver, black, glitter

Washi tape to make tab

Clock embossing folder

Magazine freebie numerals die

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue, adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this in:-

Daisy Chain Challenges Add some sparkle

Love to Craft Challenge Blog

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog- Anything goes

Digi Choosday Anything goes Challenge
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Layered Sentiment

Hello again,

I’m back to share another distress oxide card made for my sister-in-law who had her birthday during the week, like me her favourite colour is purple so I used Picked raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock feathers inks to create the background, rubbing more ink on here and there and splashing water on it between drying it out with my heat gun. I stamped the three flowers from a set of clear stamps from China onto the card in clear ink adding black embossing powder. I tried to colour the flowers a little darker than the background using some more ink and a paint brush, it didn’t really turn out how I had wanted it to but it still looked okay. 

The sentiment was die cut from the main background piece and I then layered it up three times in white cardstock adding the tiny pieces back into the sentiment where they belonged, I only lost one which I cut out of a scrap with similar colours, so the piece blends in… not bad for a first try of this technique.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 12.5x14.6cm card blank (fold on short side)

White cardstock

Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks (+Water)

Clear embossing ink pad

Wow! Black super fine embossing powder

CCS Floral stamp set

My Favorite Things Happy Birthday sentiment die

Bling from my stash

White card scraps

Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Creative Craft Cottage #110 No Patterned Paper
Daisy Chain Challenge #22 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Stamp your mark on it 
Aud Sentiments Challenge #209 For the girls + Sentiment
Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with Dies
Love to Craft Challenge Blog August Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful weekend...
Megan

P.S. A Huge thank you to all the lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #84 Teen birthday girl

Hello again,

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have a lovely sponsor this fortnight Polkadoodles will be giving the lucky winner £6.75 Gift Certificate. 

Polkadoodles 

PRIZE £6.75 Gift Certificate

I have used an image from our sponsor Polkadoodles Ruby Dog Days Digital stamp, I have a confession… the checkerboard background paper has been in my stash for over 18years, I've never really found a reason to use it, it always seems so busy and looking at it makes my eyes sore, but I think that it works on this card. This card has already been earmarked for my niece’s birthday later in the year.

I have used some more of my many scraps to paper piece her shirt, jeans and the two shopping bags.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Polkadoodles Ruby Dog Days Digital stamp

White cardstock

Faber Castell and Derwent Pencils

White gel ink pen

Black fine fine pen

12.6cm x 17.8cm card blank

Black cardstock

Striped and checked paper from my stash

Scrap papers to paper piece image

Metallic purple paper

Silver glitter paper

WPlus9 scalloped border die

CCD Speech bubble edge die

Poppycrafts nested flower die

Bling from stash

Darkroom Door Brushed Sentiment Stamp

Versamark clear ink pad

White embossing powder

Fiskars Corner rounder Punch

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Anything goes July

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes July

Little Miss Muffet Challenges #193 Anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenge wk27 Anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge blog Anything goes

Alphabet Challenge blog H is for Happy Birthday

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

One for the Boys

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our and show us what you are making, we have lovely sponsor this week Ike’s Art will be giving the lucky winner $20 gift certificate for their store. 

Ike’s Art

  Prize $20 gift certificate for the store

I have made a card for my neighbour’s son, who will be 18y later this year, they have been here since he was two. I used my Distress Oxide Inks to create a background, having a bit of playtime working out which colours I would use, this panel has Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China. Test stamped on my sample piece and heat embossed with some metallic glitter embossing powder to be sure that was the right colour combo to go with, the stamps are from my mixed bag of stamps from Darkroom Door. I added some die cut and hand punched stars to the panel before adding the sentiment which I heat embossed in black and fussy cut, adding die cut numbers for his age. Sentiment is popped up on some double sided foam tape. When it was all finished and put together I wished that I had thought to add some extra texture by way to some cotton or twine, behind the sentiment, but all was stuck down tight. Some bling added randomly to finish the card.

Here is my card:- 

What I used:-

White 5x7” (12.6x17.8cm) card blank

Blue cardstock

Silver embossed paper

Glittered paper

White cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks- Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China (and water)

Wow! Metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter

Wow! Primary Ebony Super Fine Embossing powder

Star die unknown brand about 1cm across

Memory Box Parker Number dies

Darkroom Door Star Stamps (Mixed Bag)

Darkroom Door Brushed Sentiments

Bling from Stash

Hair Spray to set ink

Heat gun

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Diamond Glaze, double sided foam tape, Adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge- Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes

Seize the Birthday Optional topping patterned paper (Anything goes)

Southern Girls Challenge Sparkle and Shine

Thank you for looking in….

Have a wonderful week….

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Mother's Day

Hello again,

I’m back to share the card I made for my Mum for Mother’s Day, I have gone back to a plain fold card as last year I made a fancy ‘Joy Fold’ card which although pretty, collapsed and couldn’t support its self 😞

I have used a pretty hydrangea stamp which arrived with my magazine subscription to Australian Simply cards, Mum loves the blue/mauve hydrangea flowers and until a large storm butchered and killed our bushes, were grown in the back yard, due to our soil type the flowers were always pink and to get the blue flowers she wanted most required buying ‘blueing tonic’.

This has been the first time I have used my Prismacolor pencils, they  were a Christmas Present from my brother and his craft loving wife two Christmases ago... I will admit being a little scared of them...

After heat embossing, colouring and die cutting the main panel, I decided it was a little flimsy and I die cut an extra piece of stiff card board from a cereal box to help stiffen and straighten it out. One of my papers is very old and treasured; you know the ones you like to collect and look at from time to time but rarely bring yourself to use any… I bought a mixed paper pack from Doodlebug designs when I first bought my Cuttlebug…. Probably 10 years ago or so…

I think this must be a first for me, I’m usually madly making my Mother’s Day card the day before, and this must be a record…. Now just need to find a present…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” 12.6x17.8cm card blank

The Hydrangea set (ASC)
Purple card stock
Prismacolor Water-color pencils (H20 and fine brush)
Kaisercraft ‘Finders Keepers’ paper
Doodlebug designs ‘Lilac Filigree’ and ‘Linen’ petite patterned paper
Fine glitter paper
White cardstock
Wow! Metallic Super Fine embossing powder
Kaisercraft Decorative dies nesting square bracket
MFT pierced circle die
MFT stitched scallop circle die
Crafts4U Happy Mother’s/Father’s Day sentiment die
Fiskars border punch ‘Lace’
Buttercup Liquid pearl
Tiny blue brads
White gel ink pen
Black fine line pen
Bling from my stash
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam adhesive, PVA glue, Diamond glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes May
Southern Girls Challenge Punching above your weight (use punches)
Make My Monday challenge #70 Embossing
Colour Crazy Challenge week 18 Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge May Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge
Creative Craft Cottage #107 Dies and/or Punches

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week....

Megan

P.S a Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all...

Easter gift bags

Hello again,

I hope you all have had a wonderful Easter long weekend, indulged in some Hot Cross Buns and some delicious eggs or bunnies.... strangely I didn't miss the eggs but the smell of the hot cross buns was great, still sticking to my AIP and low histamine diet so my treats were coconut butter melted down and made into chick and Easter egg shapes with the help of a silicone mould.

Apologies for not being around much, or commenting often the last few weeks, I've been unwell with my pain issues and spent time digging in the family tree, helping Mum sort some of the families out that I have progressed with at a faster pace than she could keep up.... and Mum helping me with people she has been working on that I haven't done yet.

I made two bags for Mum and Dad who of course can eat both chocolate and hot cross buns. Filled with a few eggs and a bunny for each, the heat started to have an effect of the consistency of the eggs and some ended up in the fridge.

Here are the two bags:-

What I used:-
White and kraft paper bags
Pink and blue card and paper scraps
Checked paper from stash
Pastel Basics paper
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
Bugaboo image Easter egg basket
Freebie Bunny stamp from Magazine website (not sure if still available)
Clearly Besotted sentiment
Hero Arts Happy die
Lawn Fawn Riley's alphabet
Pink bow from stash
Flowers from stash
Mini Apron lace border die from China (a Highly addictive and cheap supplies for craft) 😉
Cross stitched oval die from China
MFT grass die

I would like to enter these gift bags in:-
Aud Sentiments Challenge Easter or Spring sentiment
Crafts Galore Encore #50th challenge Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #185 anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge blog #21 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge-Diecuts

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Distress Oxide Flowers

Hello again,

My Mum asked for a birthday card for a friend she made when my older brother started pre-school, both recognised each other outside the pre-school, my Mum having worked in a bank in the city and her friend at the Coles supermarket nearby the bank, back in the day when supermarkets had staff hand people items from behind the counter, not the modern help yourself style store. Both moving west to the mountains to raise their families, when  steam trains were the mode of public transport in the 70's.

Mum's only real request is that the card was of a purple-y colour scheme, not too fussy as she doesn't keep her cards, I received the flowers dies during the week and decided to give them a try adding some double sided adhesive to the back of the card before I started, using a card I had seen on Pinterest as inspiration, my photo is not all that great, I may try for another one in better light tomorrow. 
No it is not your eyes, the large part of the sentiment is slightly skewed, but it stuck well and fast, no moving it without causing more trouble..., admission although none of you can see it there is a slight issue with the border on the left and I was able to hide it with well placed greenery....

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7" card blank (12.6 x 17.8cm)

Striped paper from stash

White textured cardstock

Green and metallic silver cardstock from scrap box

White cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves

Water mister

MFT Stitched scalloped border die

MFT Layered Leaves Die

MFT Birthday die

MFT Label maker sentiment stamp

CCD Flower dies

Mauve bling from stash

Adhesives:-PVA glue, Double sided tape, adhesive sheet, Foam tape under smallest flower and stamped part of sentiment

I would like to enter this card in:-

Daisy Chain Challenge #17 Spring

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #198 Anything goes with a Sentiment

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything Goes March

The Flower Challenge #19 Anything goes

Southern Girls Challenge Pop it up

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the lovely ladies who pop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!