Pickwick Papercrafting

......missing in action recently but that doesn't mean I've not been making cards, infact one of them has just been published in issue 91 of Quick Cards Made Easy!!! It was the first time I had written into a magazine and it got published!! I used some Pink Petticoate papers that came free with a previous issue and stamped one of my new LOTV rubber stamps, Milly Just For You and coloured with Promarkers mounted onto a fold back card. Since making this card, I've got a liking for fold back cards and have also made the card below, very similar to the first card but using Milly Flower Power rubber stamp.

After succeeding in my quest to not spend a penny on craft goodies in February, I thought I deserved to reward myself with a few treats! I just had to pay a visit to the Lili of the Valley site and a few new stamps just happened to fall into my shopping basket! Ingredients Shabby Princess Papers - Celebrate LOTV - Big Present coloured with Promarkers Craftwork Cards - sentiment Buttons from stash coloured with Promarkers Peel off number coloured with Promarkers Ingredients LOTV - Rosie with Presents coloured with Promarkers DCWV Nana's Nurserys Papers Marianne Creatables scroll and flower die

I've fallen in love with the Lili of the Valley rubber stamps and treated myself to a few last month, just before imposing a ban on myself buying any craft goodies in February! Not sure how long it will last but I'm going to do my best - after all looking at all my stash, it's not as if I will run out of anything!! These are my first attempts using the "Rosie with Present" stamps:- Ingredients Lili of the Valley stamp "Rosie with Presents" coloured with Promarkers Rangers Ice Stickles (used for Rosie's skirt) DCWV Nana's Nursery - Baby Boy Papers Card stock from stash Marianne Creatables flourish & flower die cuts Craftwork Cards Candy for the flower centres Craftwork Cards Sentiment Martha Stewart punch Flower peels offs coloured with Promarkers (first card)