Penny Black - Smile

Hello Blog Friends, I have a bright and cheerful card for you today - as our temperatures drop in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought it would be nice to remember the warm summer days in the garden.

I have used the Penny Black Inc - kisses in the sun image.  This has been stamped onto white card  using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black and cut out using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Machine and the Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders® Nestabilities®.

A second image has been stamped and the butterfly cut out by hand, then coloured using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neons™ in Electric Yellow, Electric Pink and Electric Coral.  The remaining image has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink.

The sentiment is from the edge to edge transparent set by Penny Black Inc and has been popped up on I have used Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L- 3D Foam Squares.  The background paper is from Authentique Paper and the bling from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges: 

 Ladybug Crafts - Spring is here

Eclectic Ellapu -  (Pink Team Challenge): Wings; (Purple Team Challenge): Flowers and Butterflies.

 Bearly Mine  - One For The Girls

Card and Scrap - Use lace and/or Ribbon

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts  - Celebrate Spring 

 Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Lace and Pearls

 My Creative Moments Word Play Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs March Challenge - Favourite Die Cuts

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow - Photo inspiration

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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If the Shoe Fits...

Every woman know that this saying is oh so true!!! Some of us more than others!!

I have made this card for the Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS where this weeks FS is DawnL, her gallery is extensive and such a variety of cards to choose from...after pages and pages I decided on this one and although I used the basic layout I changed the image, DP's and added a flower and paper piercing! All of the edges have been sponged to give an aged look. The fabulous flower centre is one that a friend gave me, amongst the dozens of others - what a find...they are ALL great for flower centers...this one inparticular has the vintaged look that I love! I would love to have added more to the card, but tried to stay true to Dawn's card, without getting carried away!

The shoe is chalked (of course) and Kindy Glitz is added to the heart and the strap - cause a girl's just gotta have BLING!!! This actually looks like our neighbours 17 year old daughters shoes for ballroom dancing....Emily is such a natural and a pleasure to watch...she has shoes to 'die for' (not literally!!!) Oprah defers to her shoes by the amount of time she can wear them - she has 10 minute shoes (probably just like these ones) 30 minutes, 1 hour shoes...so what is it with women and shoes - if you know, then please leave a comment...I would love to know!

Thank you for looking, it means so much to me to know you have been - so please leave a comment....but more importantly....don't forget to come back!!! God bless you!