My Birthday

My Birthday came and went and I have the pictures to prove it.  I was blessed with some lovely cards from forum friends

The virtual cakes you all sent me were stunning and would not put on an ounce but as you can see I did get a real "full of calories" one too.   My hubby gave me a gift voucher for Papercrafts Boutique and look what I bought ah bliss more spellbinders.   Maybe being a year older is worth it!!!!

MSE challenge "things with wings"

This time its "things with wings" on MSE   Dragonllew has set this challenge and its only as I am writing this that I have realized that it would have been more apt to have used a dragon not a butterfly sorry Sarah!!!!!!

Anyway I blatantly borrowed the idea for this box from Karen  here it was sooooo easy to do

The butterfly is a Marrianne die and the "nesties are Go Create number 160025 "frilly frame 5"

the o so pretty paper is from a freebie pack of  Diary of a Country Lady

I should like to enter this into the MSE challenge "Wings and things"

ABC challenge Yesterday the colour violet here

Paperplay challenges  here

Anything Goes challenge "More than one fold" here

Thanks for looking :)

Sugarbowl challenge

This card is made following the sketch by Erica for SugarNellie challenge the optional theme was make some flowers.

I chose the paper from a new pad from Prima called "Fairy Flora" which I just could not resist, even though I need more paperpads like I need a hole in the head!!! There are 4 of the same pattern so I could use a whole page for the base and  stamped my image so I could paperpiece her dress, cut out the flowers  for her to hold and punch the 3 flower embellies from a second sheet.

The image is "Demure" from Sugarnellie I think she is so sweet, she has been neglected for a while now so it was time she came out to play.  I inked the edges of the flowers and added pearls for the centres.

I built a (mark one) camera light box (thanks Pep pop) out of a cardboard box and white paper, but still have not got the lighting correct.  Note to self  see if there is a basic camera/photography class at night school this autumn.

I should like to enter this card into the Sugarbowl challenge here

Flourgirls MSE challege "Pearls and swirls"