Stamped Mothering Sunday Card

I'm entering this card into three challenges -
The Paper Players #187 Clean and Simple, Spring
Less is More #163 Masking or Stencilling
Paper Smooches Sparks - Anything Goes

I loved the colours and flowers on the Paper Players theme picture and have tried to echo these in my card

I stamped the sentiment (with Paper Smooches Alphadot letters) and all of the flowers on to some scrap paper, then cut around each of them to make masks.  And then I did something really brave and stamped directly onto my card base (I don't do this very often!)
I quite fancied having the words on a coloured overlay so stamped them onto a piece of pink tissue paper which I then stuck on.
And finally, I had a go at a new technique and made a fork bow

Water Colour Mothers Day Card

I love making this style of card where I don't have complete control of what's going on and have to just wait and see where the colours are going to go and how they mix.
I stamped and clear embossed the letters before putting some very wet water colours over the top.  When these were almost dry I stamped the images in more water colours so that they blurred and spread out a little bit, then stamped over them again in ink for a slightly more defined look. I then added a bit of shading to the edges of the letters to let them stand out a bit. Finished off with a few sequins and a bit of (faux) stitching around the edges.

Am entering this into
Virginia's View Challenge - stamped cards with water colours
Polkadoodles - week 11, Mum's the word
The House that Stamps Built DCC312 - Flower Show
Addicted to Stamps #86 Anything Goes

Hot Chocolate

I wanted to make a special card for my son's birthday.  He loves hot chocolate so I figured I'd make him a card to look like a take-away cup.
I cut the base out of an old cereal box then wrapped red paper around so that there was an opening at the top for a sliding insert which looks like the lid on the drink.

I crimped some brown paper, stamped the label (with Paper Smooches Alphadot letter stamps), added the dotty details (also from the Alphadot set) and added the little bow to finish off the cup.

The insert was cut from some glossy white card, stamped and then layered with red, yellow and blue cellophane overlapped to get the rainbow effect.

Am entering this into
Paper Smooches Sparks - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping - Anything Goes