Rosette card

We had great fun making rosette flowers at my card group last week - it was great to get away from the building works - and this week we'll be making cards with them. This is one of my samples using some papers I found during my clearout. They were part of a Papermania pad called The Big One - Clare Curd's Signature range and had 200 sheets. There must be at least half of it left and I love how there are 10 different designs in each colourway. I've used the minty green to fit in with the theme at the Butterfly Challenge which is M is for Margins/Mint. I've followed this layout from Freshly Made Sketches

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Snippets (green and white card)

Less Is More - Polka Dots

Get Creative Challenges - Use Green

1-2-3D Punch

I found these 1-2-3D Punch sheets in my craft stash and thought they would be great for the Technique Twist challenge which is 3D flowers. I had to search for the matching punches but soon found them under my desk so I sat punching them out and sticking them last night. I wasn't quite sure how to place it on the card then came upon this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches although I've rotated it

I've embossed the base card with a free embossing folder from Cardmaking & Papercarft. The green snippets card was a little plain so I've stamped and clear embossed a flower vine. A simple sentiment and the card is finished. I'm also taking this over to Pixie's Snippets Playground

This is another panel I did from the same sheet

Marbelling At Technique Twist

I've not been able to play along with the Technique Twist for a few weeks but at the weekend I had a go at the Shaving Foam Marbelling technique. Instead of reinkers I've used some Glimmer Mists to colour my foam and the sheen it gives is lovely. This is the two sheets I ended up with

I wasn't sure how to use them and then I saw this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

And this is what I came up with

Sunlight Mist & Lava Red Cosmic Shimmer Mists

Indigo Blu Poppy Meadow stamp set

Little Red Robbin

The challenge this week at DoCrafts is to make a Christmas card. For my card I've used this layout from Freshly Made Sketches

I had promised myself I wouldn't buy any more Christmas craft stash but when I saw the Little Red Robin range by Lucy Cromwell for Papermania, I had to have some of it. The papers are so fresh yet still Christmassy and I've used two of them on this card. The topper is from the Postage Stamps set from the same range. A few gems and the card is finished. I'm sure I'm going to be using this sketch a lot

What's In A Name at Cuttlebug Mania

The challenge at Cuttlebug Mania this week is to use something that starts with the first letter of your name. I've chosen Kitchen and used a glittered backing paper from DCWV Nana's Kitchen stack. This piece is actually a scrap that I had kept with the pad. There was a prettier paper but I didn't want the card too girly because of the image. I've based my design on this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches

I've turned the sketch on it's side (not because I wanted to but that's how the baking paper fitted). The right hand side is white card embossed in the Cuttlebug with a folder from the Retro Kitchen set and the image is from the Wine Buffs CD. I didn't want to add ribbon so I've embossed a scrap of green card with another folder from the set and some handmade candy in the top corner. Another card for Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground too