There She Goes Inspired by Freshly Made...

I had so much FUN making this card.  Inspired by this weeks fab Freshly Made Sketch and the There She Goes Inspiration Challenge - I don't know why but old bikes just remind me of home!  I love the combination of gingham, wood and hand stitched heart (from Laurel's Inspired By Challenge), I think they compliment these cute house and sun stamps and sentiment from There She Goes perfectly.

 

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Have a Heart too!

Hoppy to Announce Paper Smooches Sparks Freshly Made...

I LOVE this inspiration photo from Paper Smooches Sparks and have used it as part of my entry for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT (a girl can dream!!!)  The circular elements and strong lines fitted perfectly with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches.  From the inspiration photo I have used the hot pink spots and green floral patterns, the cute frog, from Paper Smooches A Little Lovin', and the home theme with the sentiment, also from Paper Smooches A little Lovin' - "Hoppy to Announce", inside I stamped the sentiment "...we've hopped to a new pad." using Paper Smooches Alphadots. 

Papers are from Echo Parks Dots and Stripes, and Pink Paisley 365 Degrees, die-cut using a scalloped circle from Spellbinders, with hot pink twine from the Twinery, and Magenta Ink from Versa Colour.

Less Is More... It's Easy Being Green

I saw so many gorgeous creations over at the Less is More Three Shades of Green Challenge this week that I had to join in!  Being an all green theme, I couldn't help but use this gorgeous froggy stamp from Skipping Stones Design (minus his usual crown).  I created my "new pad" lily pad with a few helpful hints from the "How to draw a cartoon frog" lessons I found on the How to Draw and Paint Smart site.  The frog and lily pad are coloured using Copics Yellow Green (YG03), Grass Green (YG17) and Moss (YG67).  All pop-dotted for depth.  The sentiment is created using Paper Smooches Alphadots and Party Posse.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

The Alley Way Herd you're Moovin'

Inspired by this fortnights gorgeous inspiration photo from The Alley Way Stamps.  I love the shutters opening on the verandah, and designed a gatefold opening card.  Love the way the barn turned out stamped on MME On the Bright Side - Two paper.  Stamps are from The Alley Way Get Moovin', Ei-ei-o and Chatterbox (used the "in" from "dream in colour" sentiment and the "Moov" from "Moove").  Grass die cut is from My Favourite Things and the fence die-cut is from Marianne Design.  Sentiment inside reads "Herd you're MOOving". 

Loved it so much I created a second version - this time I added "We are" from The Alley Way Chatterbox and pop-dotted the barn, cow and pig.  The barn was created using Pink Paislee paper, and as much as I loved the old timber look of the first barn, I think I prefer this second barn on the card :)

Hope you have a wonderful day today.

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