Die Cut Challeng at spoonful of sugar,

This card was a real challenge for me, so I am pleased how its turned out, as its the first time I have used die cuts, as in the focal part of a card,
I had this lovely die cut teddy from susies die cuts, (see link at side bar), so coloured it with water colours, added eyes, nose and mouth, water coloured the paws, then used a die cut banner for him to hold, when I was going to stamp the verse on the banner, I dropped the ink, and decided I wasnt sure what I was going to use the card for, so the banner turned into a tray with flowers on it,
I have entered this for the challenge at http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/

challenge entry for the pink elephant - easter theme, #8

Here I have done a decoupaged Easter card for the challenge over at the pink elephant blog,

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/tpe-challenge-8.html

This is all hand cut decoupage, from a sheet I had on a cd,

its a great blog and great challenges, pop over and have a look, and why not join in?

Pennyblack saturday challenge #42 entry

Today I treated myself to 2 new stamps, both Penny Black ones,
so what better way to start and enter their challenge on http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/challenge-42-think-spring.html
I stamped and embossed in black, then watercoloured with pencils, The cat is grey,
and the little chicks are yellow in a brown basket,
I thought these colours remind me of spring along with the chicks,

My spring stamp challenge entry, gift box ornament,

Using a gorgeous stamp I have had for ages and ages and never used hardly at all, as always been worried about stamping, but thanks to challenges on here and especially for this one on http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/, I adore stamping now, need to get more stamps to play with,

This beautiful gift box/hanging decoration I made by stamping 4 images, cutting them out and cutting the centres out, I embossed it in silver powder, then coloured it in various h2o's, all 4 sides are the same colours,

the card I did all this on is a lovely pale pastel green,

This is approx 6" tall and each side is approx 3" wide,

I glued them all together, and fastened the top with gold ribbon, so it can be used as a opener to the box or a hanger to the decoration,

I thought this might be nice to put chocolates or gifts in, or/and use as a hanging decoration for easter as well,

These are my choice of spring colours,