Simon Says Stamp Challenge - buttons, bows and bling

WOW!! what an amazing amount of entries we had last week, thank you all so much!! This week our challenge at Simon Says Stamp is "buttons, bows and bling" gorgeous combo of embellishments!! This week the DT are showcasing stamps from "The Greetings Farm" so I dusted off this cute Flutter Anya that I've had a year and only used twice! She's so cute isn't she and a joy to colour! If you haven't got a Greetings Farm image you can still enter as long as your stick to the theme! The papers are from the MME Quite Contrary range - soooo gorgeous! I've distressed them with bundled sage distress ink and stickles. I've used the gorgeous sketch at Cute Card Thursday for my card - brilliant sketch, thank you!

I've coloued Anya with copics and added stickles to her wings and skirt.

At last I've got my hands on some of Tim Holtz' gorgeous tickets and how perfect is this one for this image!? I inked the edges with bundled sage distress ink and added some gems from Kaisercraft for some extra sparkle. The ribbon and button are from my stash.

I made the stunning centre flower following Ranita's tutorial on the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog and sprayed it and the small roses with glimmer mist.

Hope you can join us this week at Simon Says Stamp challenge! Thanks for looking! x

My first Anya card!

This is my first Anya card I told you about the other day that I couldn't show you as I wanted the recipient to see it first. I made it for Iris whose blog candy I won and she has now received it!! (glad you liked it Iris x). As it was to say thank you for my gorgeous candy I tried to use something from everything Iris sent me. The papers, ribbon, Anya stamp, swirl stamp on the background paper and the branches around the flower are all from the candy I received.

A close up of Anya, she is so cute isn't she?

Close up of the flower with my first ever branches!!

I silver embossed a swirl from the stamps in my candy behind the image

I don't have a thank you sentiment stamp so my calligraphy pen got another airing!

Image: Flutter Anya from The Greetings Farm coloured with copics and glitter glue on wings

Papers: Basic Grey Euphoria collection and coredinations cardstock

Gems: from stash

Flowers: Prima and punched with EK success retro flower punch

Branches: MS branch punch

Roses on Paper challenge

Here is my entry for the Roses on Paper challenge to make a card using pink, green and yellow. I used my new Flutter Anya stamp that was part of my candy! This is also the rush commission that I only had a days notice on so I think its the quickest card I've ever made! For that reason it is fairly simple, not much layering going on here. I cut the card around Anya into a 2, distressed the edges with pink Qchalk and then mounted onto pink card and cut out again. All the other papers I had seemed to be the wrong shades to go with the paper so I decided to use felt ribbon instead. The butterfly I took off a birthday card but have coloured the green bits as they were blue, and added some glitter glue. I've gone glitter mad on this card, adding it to the letters, wings and flowers and leaves but it is for a little girl so don't think it can be too sparkly LOL! The inside is quite plain with just a sentiment and some flowers.

A close up of Anya isn't she cute!

The inside of the card

Image: Flutter Anya from The Greetings Farm coloured with copics

Papers: Papermania

Felt ribbon: Papermania

Flowers: EKsuccess punch and prima flowers

Embellishments: from stash

Letters: Forever Friends for you set