The Finished Article

Here are the finished envelope and insert now with added words!!! Much better dont you think?
It looks finished now.....well... it is finished because I have already given it to Iffi to be bound into the book lol :O)

CSF Forum Birthday Envelopes Challenge

Craftswap Forum is 2!! and to celebrate members have signed up to take part in a challenge to make birthday envelope books which will be auctioned amongst us for charity. I am in a team with 5 others called Coffee M8tes :O) and the theme that was allocated to us was Nature. My envelope is at the top and the insert (front and back) below, I'm not entirely happy with it yet, it doesnt feel finished but I have no idea what to do to it. All suggestions gratefully received.

All dressed up...

...and nowhere to go. The challenge on My Time to Craft this week is "Quotes and Sayings". I used my new "Maggie" stamp onto white card and watercoloured the image. Sorry the photo isnt very good :(

Little Lady

This is a bad photograph but this ATC is for the Sunday Stampers Challenge which this week is called "I'm a Laydee". The stamp is called "mother nature", the background is inked with a brilliance inkpad in lilac and finished off with a piece fo lacy ribbon.

"In With the Old"

The challenge on the Funky Fairy blog this week is

"In with the OLD

Out with the new

Create an Item

That's just for YOU

Go through your stash

That you've had packed away

And fetch out those Goodies

To have a little play"

It inspired me to have a go, ( I've never got round to joining in any of the various challenges before though I've intended to many times).

I had a little dig around and came across some chipboard shapes. I covered the puzzle piece shape with papers from K&Co then I added some more of the stamped images that I came across the other day and watercoloured them as before( I really enjoy this new technique). The addition of a book ring has turned it into a keyring for the garage key which I am forever losing in the kitchen drawer.