Easel card - spring theme

I started this card playing around with cut n dry foam and Vibrant Primary Big n Juicy ink pad on a square of watercolour card. I then used a Touch of mica mask - Tulip and sprayed with Cosmic shimmer mist - Plum over the inked background. I than stamped over with a swirl stamp and embossed with a purple cosmic shimmer embossing powder and then swipped a versamark ink pad along the edges of the watercolour card and embossed with blue cosmic shimmer embossing powder. This then became the background to my card, which has been layed onto a square of paper punched with Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' flower punch.

The flower images is a stamp from Joanna Sheen - Jayne Netley Meyhew Rabbit stamp plate, embossed with cosmic shimmer again and coloured with ProMarkers. The base of the easel card was created the same way as the background but I inked through the mask with Hydrangea Big n Juicy rather than using the spray. The flowers on the base edge were the left over bits from when I punch out my page border and I just added some stickles to the centre of the flowers.

Challenges Entered:
Crafts 4 eternity: Make an Easel card
The stampman challenges: Curls and Swirls
One stop craft challenge: Spring Flowers
Crafty sentiments: Spring
Sweet stampin challenge : Oh so Girly

Beatrix Potter

Here's a card I've made using the Robin image from the Crafter's Companion Peter Rabbit CD-Rom, this is in the framed decoupage section. The front backing paper was made using a background stamp, distress inks and cosmic shimmer mist, the other paper is from the CD-Rom. I've followed the sketch on crafter's companion monthly challenge blog and they also have an extra competition running in which the card has to be made from Beatrix Potter products, so I'm entering this card in both challenges.

Tiger

The challenges over at cd sunday challenge and Pear tree designs this week are both based on the theme 'animals'. For my card I've used a tiger image from Joanna Sheen CD -  Jayne Netley Meyhew part 2. The background paper was created by brayering a piece of glossy card with a Big and Juicy ink pad (Vibrant Primary) and then I spirtized it with Cosmic Shimmer copper mist. I then stamped over it using an animal print background stamp. The cosmic shimmer can still be seen through the ink, so I think it gives a really great effect.

Best Wishes

The challenge this week at Pear tree designs is to use the sentiment 'Best Wishes'.
I've stamped and embossed this Giraffe image and colored it in with watercolor pencils. The background has been created using cosmic shimmer mist and edged with distress ink.