My mojo is back with a vengeance!!!!!

ANOTHER two challenge cards have been completed today and I'm working on a third! Are you impressed? I am! (modesty personified me y'see!)

Boo Hooo I didn't win the first challenge on Just Magnolia but that doesn't mean I'm giving up so here is my entry for their next challenge which simply asked for a card in Pink and Green colours. I was tempted to go for my usual pastel palette but as you can see I decided to be brave and make a "slap you round the face" combo of lime green and magenta instead.



As well as the Just Magnolia challenge I've also had a go at the Stamp Something challenge which is based on the theme of Flowers or Showers. I used the Lily and Milo "Rainy Days" image coloured with promarkers and added some Papermania paper which reminded me of raindrops on windows. I embellished the top of the card with some iridescent adhesive gems to give the effect of drops of water.



I'm so glad I've found these challenges, even if I don't win anything I am getting loads of inspiration to make cards for my stall at the school fete in the summer.

Trying to add ZING and BLING!

I've sort of got stuck in a rut of only using muted colours in my cards -- I think I'm a bit scared of the really bright stuff so I'm trying to coax myself out of it gently!

I went BRIGHT for the birthday card I made for my friend Anjie's birthday last week and gave Poppy a magenta and cyan makeover with my promarkers. I also dusted down my Craftrobo and used that for cutting the lettering. I know Anjie likes all things bright so I hope she liked my departure from the norm!



As another step in my brights aversion therapy I added some zingy lime green to my entry for this week's SketchSaturday Challenge It's a Lily and Milo image with Dovecraft and Papermania papers, some Cuttlebug embossed "Happy Birthday" bits and it's also got a bit of B*L*I*N*G in the form of some iridescent adhesive jewels from Papermania.

Truly Scrumptious and Creative Inspiration Challenges

One of my friends has just told me that her daughter has been rushed in to hospital to have her appendix out so I took the chance of making a get well soon card for her following the sketch challenge over on Truly Scrumptious I decided to use ribbon for two of the panels and have used my Poorly Poppy image which is available from me at Foxcraft Cards


Here is my entry for the Creative Inspirations recipe challenge. I used four fabric flowers, three pieces of Papermania paper, two buttons for the centres of two of the flowers and the Schoolgirl Poppy stamped image again available from me atFoxcraft Cards


Thanks for popping by, I hope you like what I've done so far this week, I feel like my mojo is on its way back!

In the words of the Pink Ladies ........ "THINK PINK!"

I had such fun yesterday with the challenge cards that I went to sleep thinking about what I could make as the next one! Now THAT'S when you know you're addicted to card-making!

I woke up this morning to a gorgeous sunny day and kids NOT fighting which is enough to put me in a happy mood YAY! And I had a flash of inspiration .... to combine the current sketch challenge from The Penny Black Saturday Challenge with the pink, black and white (and polka dots) colour combination challenge from Colour Create!

The resulting card came together quite quickly in the end using my trusty pro-markers (what on earth did I use before the stash fairy delivered them?), some Papermania pink papers that have been in my stash since the year dot and some black cardstock ...... oh and a couple of self adhesive gems for a bit of B*L*I*N*G!



Now ........ I wonder what I can find to challenge me today ...... hubby says the laundry but where's the fun in that!!!!

Another Challenge Card - 1 card 2 challenges

I've had so much fun today following challenge instructions so I decided to have yet another go with this card




This is for the weekly challenge on Pollycraft Challenge Blog where the challenge was to use a Pollycraft product to make a card with an ORANGE theme. I hope that there's enough orange on mine to count, I used one of the stamps I got for my birthday for the main image, coloured with promarkers and highlighted with Doodlebug jewels.

Hopefully it also counts for the Papertake Weekly Challenge as I followed their sketch albeit turned on its head!

Another blog challenge card - this time Stampavie

Hey hey I'm on a roll ....... I found another challenge over on Stampavie so I decided to join in using the lovely "Hand in Hand" image from Rachelle Anne Miller.

The cardstock is Core'dinations, the patterned strip is from Dovecraft's Amethyst collection and the brad and fabric flowers came from my big box of mixed up stash! I coloured the image using promarkers in shades of pink, brown and green.

Let's try again shall we ..... I'm a naughty blogger

I haven't been on here for soooooooooooooooooooooooo long and I'm hoping to get back on track so if you see me loitering please slap my legs and tell me to get on with it!

Poppy, Paddy and Pipkin are now on general release both as acrylic stamps and as pre-stamped images ready to colour from Foxcraft Cards We've been lucky enough to have features in a number of crafting magazines but word of mouth is equally important so if you have a look and like what you see then please let other people know about them too :o)



Here is a sample of a card that I made using the Schoolboy Paddy and Schoolgirl Poppy stamps.


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I have been inspired by the sketch challenge at Just Magnolia and decided to join in the challenge for the chance to win some GORGEOUS candy!

Here is my entry