Fly A Kite...

It's time to announce April's Ribbon Girl challenge.  The colours for this month are Orange, Pink, and Aqua.

Don't forget your entry doesn't have to be a card, but it has to be a new project using the colour palette.  Check out The Ribbon Girl Blog for details of all the prizes on offer, an inspiration photo, plus lots of wonderful inspiration from all the Ribbon Girls.
For my 'New Baby' card I've used Tiny Ric Rac, Bakers Divine Twine Top Stitching Thread and Pastel Button Mix, all available from The Ribbon Girl Shop.

Fun With Flocking...

I've been having a tidy and come across a set of flocking powder from Studio G.  Never used it before and wasn't really sure what to do with it.  The packet says to use a rubber stamp and glue pad, didn't have a glue pad, so I used a glue pen to flock the spots on this giraffe, the starting point of my card.  I kept the texture theme going by adding glamour dust to the fluffy clouds, crepe paper grass, a lace border and some dew drops. 
I do enjoy finding a use for all those unused products hiding deep down in the crafty stash.  I'm going to delve into another box and see what else I can find!


Pink Petticoat Fluffy Clouds and Baby giraffe
Pink Bakers Twine and Dew Drops - The Ribbon Girl
Flat Cotton lace - Hobbycraft
Glamour Dust
Studio G Flocking - The Range

The Ribbon Girls...

I consider myself very lucky to have been asked to join the Ribbon Girls as Guest Designer for July, they're a very talented team of crafters and I'm a huge fan of The Ribbon Girl products.  The Colour Challenge this month is Shades of Aqua and I was sent a lovely stash of goodies to play with to create my card.

I just had to use this baby buggy charm, isn't it the cutest, and I'd always wanted to make a pair of Mary Jane baby shoes, I got the template from Splitcoast Stampers.

Please check out the Ribbon Girls blog and join in the fun.  You have until July 31st to enter and all you need to do is create a new card/project using shades of aqua.  There's two prizes up for grabs, check out the Ribbon Girls blog for all the details.

Open Weave Ribbon
Polka Dot Buttons
Bakers Twine
Charm  - all from The Ribbon Girl
Papers, Digi Image and Sentiment all from Pink Petticoat

Welcome Little One...

This week is my Guest Designer spot over at Card Patterns.  It's a particularly lovely sketch this week . 

I don't usually make this size/shape card so it was an opportunity to try something different and I had a ball.  So thanks ladies for choosing me as your Guest Designer this week.  Be sure to hop over to the Card Patterns blog to see the Design Team's fabulous work.

Papers, Baby Giraffe Digi Image and Sentiment from Pink Petticoat