Anita's Belated Surprise Birthday Party

Today we are holding a belated Birthday Surprise Party for the very talented Anita who was a little bit sneaky and let her Birthday pass us by with out a little wink! But we have our spies! Darnell and Bev or Mrs Bonds of blogland, sent a super secretive document to us and alerted us to the fact that Anita was in need of a celebration. So a few of us have got together to have a crafty blog hop in honour of the Anita.

I have for a long time followed Anita's blog because she is a super creative but also because her posts are always amusing and every time I read her post's I smile. This, I feel, is her gift to me. What better gift is there than the gift of happiness?

So today I have channeled my inner Anita and made a card that I hope makes her and you smile. I also think Anita is unique so this is for her:

I have used the sketch at Fusion plus the colours from the photo. 

The black glasses have been fussy cut and paper pieced with silver mirri card, popped up on foam pads to be unique!

All Anita's cards are being linked up on Darnell's blog. Check them out and a very Happy Belated Birthday Anita!

I love Purple!

Happy Friday my friends,

When I saw this weeks challenge at CASology I knew I had to enter. Purple is my favourite colour and I don't think I have used it for a while in my card making. I have actually made 2 cards for this challenge but will show you the next one on Sunday. They both use purple in a different way.

This card I have used purple as the main colour. I love purple and silver together so decided to do some embossing. This was going to be a one layer card but once I started creating I decided I wanted some dimension and I am happy with how it turned out. The sentiment is also heat embossed.

After making this I remembered how much I loved purple and made another card but with a lot less purple-come back on Sunday to see that one!

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

Dream it UP-CAS

Inky Impressions-monochromatic

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday-purple

Happy Stamping x

Time Out Sneak Peek 4 and DT Call and a card!

Happy Friday Eve,

Today is a big day at Time Out Challenges as Shery has a fab card for you as we introduce our 4th Sneak Peek. Plus it is time for our DT call. Check the details here.

Today I have a card I made for a family member who has been having a hard time and I just wanted to let them know that I was thinking of them. And this what I created:

I knew I wanted to use these light bulb stamps from Lawn Fawn but was unsure what layout to use until I saw the sketch at Less is More. My card is a very skimmed upside down version of the sketch but my layout is based on it with the sentiment taking the place of the strip. I did start off with just the one bulb but felt that the other 2 were just needed! I love how this came out and as it is travelling across the Atlantic the one layer is perfect for mailing.

Before you go head on over to Time Out Challenges for all the latest news and our DT Call

I will also enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Card Challenges-less is more

Tuesday Throwdown-one layer

Enjoy your day x