Sailor hAnglar

So the challenge this week on EveryBody Art Challenge is Maritime and another chance to ink up my hAnglar Sailor girl.
I did wonder whether that would be enough and when I started to use the papers from My Minds Eye, I didn't think it looked enough Maritime. So I used the Cuttlebug Divine Swirls for the oval mat behind her. Then I decided to use the EK success border punch three times so it looked like waves quite like the effect of them.
Of course there had to be a bit of ribbon and I saw punched flowers overlapping each other on someone's blog and thought how cute it was so I gave it a bit of try using some old Do-crafts punches, the centres are punched out using the 1/4inch stampin up punch and the waste from the cropadile.
I do hope you can join and if you need some inspiration pop over to the challenge blog to check out the team.

Just a Sketch

Trying to get back to cardmaking and since I love sketches, theres a fab sketch on Just Magnolia etc and since I had this hAnglar for while it was about time I coloured her up.
The papers are First Edition not sure which pack possibly Love Letters, the doily is Marianne die which I stuck onto white card stock and then draw round the die to make the pink border.
The lace is from an e-bay seller and is already gathered to make it frill and the ribbon hides the stitching. Flowers are from various places, Leone- em punch for the leaves and job done.
I have several LA scrap-pages needing finishing so that may be my job today.

Sketch hAnglar

I do love how you can now buy hAnglar stamps now and they have a fab delivery, well this little sweetheart was coloured and waiting for the ideal challenge and I decided the sketch on Papertake Weekly would be perfect for her.
I used the First Edition papers I think its Hideaway but again I'm not sure on the names.  Used my square nestabitlities they don't get used enough so it was nice to use them. Ek success flower punch and Leone-em punched centres.
Had to sneak in a bit of ribbon didn't feel right without one, faux brads and craftwork cards sentiments. Not my best but still cute.
So pleased this morning that Mr Blogger let me post this morning, I had to use IE not sure which version is on my PC cos I don't use it. Found that IE had a life of its own in blogger but managed in the end.
Well the weekend approaches and I've sort of overbooked myself, tomorrow I'm at MJ All Day Crop and Sunday I'm at Artstamps at Newbury. Now that would mean a few rest days but on Monday we're off to Spain to bring back our suitcases and we come back on Wednesday so a real flying visit. I'm going to suffer for such bad organizing skills.

Sailor hAnglars

I'm totally amazed how quickly orders from hAnglar arrive and these guys were no exception and they simply had to be used together.
The papers are First Edition, I think its Hideway but I've got quite a few of  this make and I get a bit confused in my old age.
I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday this week and I had to keep the embellies quite simple because my theSailor couple are quite big.

hAnglar Baby Boy

There's a fabulous sketch over on Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar challenge and seeing as this little hAnglar chap was coloured and waiting to be used how could I not. The papers are Kaiser Lullaby, a collection of pink and blue papers perfect for baby cards.
I had to put the flowers opposite because I forgot them and I had already stuck the boy down and his wings would of got in the way.
The embossing folder is a cuttlebug but came with cutting die for sentiments which I never use. I confess that the sentiment is a peel off. Flowers are my favourite retro punch and the sentiment is punched out with stampin up punches.

hAnglar Baby

I'm amazed how clever the camera is, how its changes colours that matched the papers so it sticks out like a sore thumb. Also how photoshop is somehow in cahoots with it and refuses to acknowlegdg that the colour is wrong.
Hey Ho nothing I can do about it now. The sketch I've used to make the card is Sketch Saturday and the papers are Echo Park Springtime. I've gone slightly overboard with the Martha Stewart deep edge doily punch but I reckon this would count as lace so I can enter my card in Just Magnolia.
Retro flower punch with stamens from Leone-em and Woodware, finished with Stampin up circle punches.
Sentiment is computer generated.
My Sis is taking me shopping always a bit scary, she makes me spend my money and doesn't spend hers.

Sitting Pretty

I should of saved my MIL birthday card till today cos in different parts of the world its Mother's Day, so all those Mums out there Happy Mother 's Day.

I brought myself the cute hAnglar stamps, WOW they are super efficient over there at hAnglar factory cos it arrived in 3 days, I don't get post, posted here in the UK that quick. I love this one of the sailing set  and I used a Sketch and Stash sketch number 11. I used the Prima papers again and I just had to use roses with them. I faux stitched everything in sight so I could enter Just Magnolia and hAnglar sTanglar challenge.
I have this set (see pic below) and I know I won't use it again. So they have been ez mounted and I've used them once so if anyone would like them, just add your name to Mr Linky and I will randomly draw out someones name.

I had a fab time at MJ I didn't do as much as I wanted but its always nice being with like minded people. Today I'm back over with my Sis the boys are working, no scrapbooking today I need to catch up with some colouring of images.

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Sunny Friday

You know when you start something and things go wrong that just maybe you should put down the punch and go outside and catch some sunshine instead. First I really made this hAnglar girl to go with the bloom and grow download papers but there's a colour challenge on Cute Card Thursday for Blue, Black and Orange so I thought the forget me knot download would work instead.
I then cut her out and I cut out her legs so the little bit of white lace over her shoes would be more obvious, well I lost them and either though I have tidy my room since Wednesday they're no were in sight. I'm not convince I like the black even though there are some greyish black flowers!
I am pleased how ever with my envelope, which i paper piece but I stamped an extra envelope so I could cut out a flap and sort of managed to give it a frill edge but then I plonked a flower on it, now I wished I hadn't but it did need something to finish.
Of course I don't think the photographer is helping cos that ribbon is so bright and it isn't in real life.
Don't forget out to check out the new stamp on Secret Crafter, I didn't get time to use him but I've an idea if I can find out what I done with some thin bamboo!