Dandelion meadow

I'm running a little late with this post, I usually schedule well ahead but it didn't happen with this one, so a lot packed in again, explanation further down. 

Becca from Heartsquest shaped cards and tags invited me to be a Guest Designer this months and above is what I sent her, I made it a few weeks ago and take no credit for the design, it's Pinky who came up with the idea and I'm not alone in casing the design as I've seen one or two popping up.

It's two tags same size, glued together with a gap left to hold the small tag. All stamps are Lavinia stamped with Versafine Clair ink and some coordinating threads. There's another photo further down with the second  tag concealed. Entering at A Place to Start who want No Squares and it's all about making backgrounds at Simon Say's Monday.

I managed one new make for the Snippets Playground, fairly simple die cut flowers with just a hint of ink brushed onto the centres, stamens coloured with Versamark and Mica. The quilted panel a Lisa Horton EF which took ages to track down after seeing a team mate use it. The edges are brushed with the same ink to carry the colour and my snippet photo one I warned would be popping up again, these flowers are made in two parts, the quilted panel was the cut out aperture from another card. Also linking to Die Cut Divas Spring theme and the same at .

The second photo of my tag at the top of the post.

There's a new Christmas Kicksrart challenge with the theme In the Woods and I had the perfect card sitting in a folder from late last year, Lavinia stamps again, seems I do use them rather a lot! The Fairy Catkin stamp is a real favourite, stamped twice to create a semi wreath, pine and Stag and some simple shading to ground it all and of course glitter snow. The letters of the new Christmas Crafts are E&F, I've got Evergreen Trees and Foliage in the form of catkins and the theme is Green at Colourful Options and it's the same at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie and also Fab and Funky.

I'm also rather late sharing my Card Chain Challenge card below which I sent to Daja in Germany, Lavinia stamps, I followed the colour palette and stamping options set this month. I received one from Joanne which I absolutely loved with the fun Cow which you can see on her blog here. My three are Fantasy, Flowers and Bright Colours for Pick 3 challenge.

Explanation of late post and lack of crafting, I'm on pretty strong morphine patches and other meds which help, but still have period of severe pain rendering me useless as it affects both sides thanks to MS, right back/leg, left shoulder/arm. Different hospitals isn't ideal, specialist pain clinic at Stamford and Neurology Cambridge. Spinal procedure early January cancelled last minute (after I arrived for 8am admission, it's an hour and a half away so wasn't impressed) as they had no theatre nurses, now re-scheduled later this month and hopefully having neck and head injections tomorrow in Cambridge for migraine and Brachial Neuralgia.

I'll leave you with some photos of last nights full moon, I have a fascination for them and can never resist if the sky is clear enough, it' called the Worm Moon, not the most romantic of names.

Spring Bunnies, Birds and Blooms

Several challenges today and did consider separate posts but seems most unfair expecting people to visit more than one on the same day, plus as I'm still functioning pretty much one armed one post's a bit kinder on the eyes and fingers. 

At Stamping Sensations and Tag-Along (and ATC's) it's Spring, at We Love Stamping it's Wildlife to reflect World Wildlife Day on 3rd March, Birds and/or Bees at Moving Along With The Times and as usual AG at Love to Craft.

My Wildlife share above a rare new make as stamping's difficult still, several older AALL and Create stamps, In the Wild 529 and Seeds of Hope 368, both still available from some stockists. Coloured with Zig Clean Colour pens. The colours match the palette at Colour Dare 692 and Sunday Stamps Wide Open theme and it's a forest animals at Farmquest.

For SS an oldie which was an early play with the Spin Tool back in the Autumn, a central panel using a really old wood mounted PB stamp 3096F Host of Daffodils, surrounded by various Spring blooms from A&C's 623 Elegant Spring all stamped onto a Gelli Plate background.

As with yesterday's post I've utilised ready cut images from my TRR/Reflections drawers and A&C tag base cut from Kraft, a lightly inked and stencilled background and threads at the top to finish. Just Add Ink add ink would like to see stencils and dies

My ATC is another Gelli Plate offcut, the stamp is Penny Black Daffodil Dance 378 inked direct to stamp with Ecoline pens, the same PB quote as above and little envie to match.

This one for Love to Craft also made a few weeks ago uses a good number of Lavinia stamps, in my mind a peaceful Spring meadow. After creating a background I simply stamped the flowers using Versafine Clair inks (if you use them First Stop Stationers are the cheapest around by far, I've recently re-stocked fading colours after several years of use). I'm popping to Ellies Garden Party and Lavinia with my Spring flowers which also fit nicely with the inspiration at Four Seasons.

Last but by no means least for MAWTT, another pretty old but un-blogged make, it's times like these I'm so grateful for my 'just in case' back up folders, Lavinia stamps again, Hummingbird and Flower Divine onto a stencilled panel which I carried through to the second panel and matching envie. Just us Girls have the them Stencils and Cards4Galz Birds, Butterflies and Things with Wings at 613 Avenue.

If you are still with me, my thanks for your perseverance.