Sunday 14 July 2013

Swing

Hello everybody. Hope you have had a lovely weekend. 
It's flown by hasn't it?!

I started this card on Friday and have just added the finishing touches (it's just been too nice to be indoors). It's my first Gorjuss stamp and I must admit I wasn't keen when they first appeared but, having had a jolly good look in real life, I took the plunge and actually think they are excellent value for money and stamp beautifully.
The papers are the lovely First Edition New Bloom (these have encouraged me to expand my colour repertoire and include purple!! This also meant shaking the dust from a bundle of antique purple seam binding!!) and I coloured her with Promarkers to compliment them. A couple of pearly flowers, a bow and a sentiment finishes it off!


I would like to enter the following challenges

The squirrel and the fox #48 - Use something spooled (ribbon)
Songbird #24 - Ribbon
Crafty Friends #7 - Inspired by a song (Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits)
One Stop Challenge # 234 - Summer colours (the colour of my petunias - Mauve)
Use it Tuesday #59 - Birthday (very old seam binding)



I snapped this little devil while photographing the card. We've had so much noise in the garden this afternoon. I think all the birds in Dorset have descended on my cherry tree and this little devil looks like he's eyeing up the next one!! They pinch all the low ones so I can't reach what's left!!




That's it from me for now. Have a lovely evening and see you very soon xx

11 comments:

Sue said...

Oh my cherries! I would be under the tree all day Sarah LOL your card is really lovely I have that paper too and I bought a lot of gorjuss stamps in a sale a few weeks ago think I need to get them out and have a play after seeing this huggles hun Sue xx

Laura said...

Such pretty colours
Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons
:)
Laura

Sue said...

Beautiful card Sarah. I love the sweet image and pretty colour scheme
Sue xx

Kim said...

great card and love the image! the birds have robbed my cherry tree of all the fruit - again! ggrrr!
Kim x

Karon said...

Fabulous card - beautiful image and love the papers! TFS

Anke said...

Lovely creation. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons.
hugs Anke

Dewi Lestari said...

It's awesome! Thanks for joining at One Stop Craft Challenge: Summer Colours
Hugs
Dewi

Karen said...

Very pretty card! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Friends.

Karen

Unknown said...

how cute! really lovely image (I'm a big gorjuss girl fan!) Thanks for playing over at Cardcrafterscircle challenge this week. Teresa xx

ScrappyGoodness said...

So cute! You did a great job. Thank you for playing along with us at Use It Tuesday.

Samantha Ball - aka (Craftychick74) said...

Beautiful card, lovely design.

Thanks for playing with The Squirrel and The Fox this challenge.

Happy Crafting
Sam