Wishing you sunshine all year through

...and don't we need it!
Welcome to my 3rd post of the day. A boy card, wohooo!

We went to the Make-it  craft fair in Farnborough. We left the sunshine at home and as we drove up the M3 it became wetter and darker and windier.
I had not been to this fair before and it is actually quite good. Don't know why they sell clothing on a craft fair though? I am hoping to see the Cricut machine on a show in the UK. Someone had Pazzles, yet sold some Imagine ad Cricut cartridges? I see the Dutch are taking over the UK craft market, especially Eline Pellinkhof. Well done! After they sold their 3D decoupage to the UK -more than 10 years- late, the Dutch are starting to fashion things up a bit here.
Do I seem frustrated? Yeah! We can't all go on a CHA shopping spree, but the UK crafting ladies (and men) are definitely not oldy worldy! Please update what you sell over here and no,... we don't all want to buy from the TV. I like to go shopping, but have you seen the Hobbycraft store...??? (but a sad face here)
Enough with the grumpy old woman, on to my card.

 DP: Making Memories on craft card.
Stamps: Stampies, Lily of the Valley sentiment coloured with watercolour pencils.
Embellishments: raffia, black marker, fish brad, Prima flower with Glimmer Glaze Icicle, white gel pen.

I masked 2 stamps together so the bear would sit on the bridge. A fitting card for a little boy. Hope you like it.

Happy Wishes from Smookie

A little dragon stamp, its name is Smookie, from Nellie Snellen.
I got this stamp from my mom a while ago and never thought I 'd use it. Now finally I felt inspired to use it, mainly because I was looking for a small image and wanted to color with green. How funny is that?
But I like the way it turned out and it looks rather cute, specially with little mousy keeping company.

Again a lot of punching for this card, 5 different types were used on this card. I like this frame-creating with corner punches. I ran into a bit of bad luck this time as my -more than 10 year old punch- collapsed on me. The plastic frame fell apart and all the metal bits and 2 springs popped out. I put it back together, but even the thoughest Locktite couldn't hold it. A good excuse to buy another one...

A close up of the coloring, used a whole lot of different color Copics. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts and the flower stamp at the back of it is from Making Memories. I used Marianne Design Eline's Vintage paper and flower centers are also MD's. Some Viva pearls to create the pearls and some Stickles for the fireworks.

I love the look of many of the Dutch products and they have won over the British market, so it seems. It is now very easy to find their products in almost every craft shop. Bring it on! I browse everything on the Internet and it's good to see some new stuff come over here.

I got to go now. I have the day off, but I 've got errands to run and need to pick up DH by 12:30 for lunch.

And it is raining today and a bit cooler. Think my flowers and the birdies will be happy.

Hey Gorgeous, Relax

Hello,
It seems to have been a while since I posted. Busy week as usual. I can't believe I'm already dreaming of my next annual leave in June, still 5 more weeks though, sigh...
I did manage to squeeze my card in for the CCC week4. Lovely colors Heather has chosen for this week's challenge.

I used my Stampies Mothers set. They are Dutch and my mom bought them for me. I actually didn't like them at first, but they stamp well and the images are growing on me.
I also got my Gypsy yesterday and Create a Critter cartridge. I started playing with my Gypsy and made the embellishments for the card with it. I must say I am really pleased with this machine. It's gonna take a while before I can work with it effortlessly, but so far... thumbs up! Thanks to my DH or I might not have bought it. He is in to gadgets and has PSP and DS XL, so maybe he thinks this is my PSP now...LOL.

Supplies: We R MemoryKeepers paper Tiffany's, Coordinations brown cardstock, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Storybook for flowers, leaves and flourishes, Gypsy font for the sentiment, Making Memories lace, Stickles stardust, pink pearls.

I welded the letters together with the Gypsy and adjusted width and height of the flourishes. I might be quite expensive, but so far it's worth the money.