Raspberry Ruffles

Hi

Oh dear, it’s another scorching and humid day here in the south.  If anyone would like to prod me I’m sure I’m well and truly cooked!!  Crikey, I don’t do hot weather very well, my craft room is like a sauna.  Sorry, don’t mind me, I could moan for Britain!

Anyway first things first, thank you so much for all the lovely comments I received from the DT members of the challenges I entered with my last two cards.  I had no idea what a moral boost it would be to have someone say something nice about one of your creations (my family are not very forthcoming about that sort of thing).  So once again, thank you for taking the time to do that.  It means a lot to all us challenge entrants I can tell you.

Any road up here is today’s card.  I have named it ‘Bunting Bonanza’.

I have just come into possession (legally of course) of my first Saturated Canary Little Darlings Stamps.  (Well done, Jane; way to go catching up with the times! :D)  What gorgeous images they are and the quality of the stamps themselves (maybe not my stamping) is excellent.

Anyway I used Krafty Kate, she’s having a fine time making her bunting, and coloured her using my Flex & Promarkers. 

Now I saw the current challenge on the Graphit Markers Blog asking to use your favourite candy colours and my favourite sweets of all time are Raspberry Ruffles.  For those of you who have not heard of them they are raspberry flavoured desiccated coconut sweeties covered in dark chocolate.  Deeeeelish!!  I actually haven’t had one for quite a while.  I remember always getting them at Christmas in a Pick ‘n’ Mix bag from Woolies (sniff).  I absolutely love them.  In fact it was a toss-up between them and Jelly Babies but the colour palette for Jelly Babies is rather broad to say the least! 

{Note to self:  I have just discovered that Raspberry Ruffles now come in a BAR!  OMG!  Be still my beating heart (and ever increasing waistline).}

Anyway, I digress.  I sought out my raspberry and dark chocolate colours (sorry, just drooling then) and then picked out my markers.

Shrink plastic cotton reel & scissors.

I decided to extend the bunting theme throughout so that Kate was surrounded by her creation.

The DP’s are Brenda Pinnock’s.  This is a huge 12 x 12” pad I have had for donkey’s years.  It’s proved very useful, and I always seem to find exactly what I’m looking for in it.

 I cardalso used American Crafts, Silky Crush Ribbon and my favourite La-La-Land banner die.  The corners are from Tattered Lace. 

Smiling always (well, thinking of Raspberry Ruffles of course)!

Jane x

Now to the ‘not too sure what I’m doing’ bit; I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Graph’it Markers – Week 3: CANDY COLOURS

I Love Promarkers – Challenge #177: ANYTHING GOES

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - ANYTHING GOES

Avenue 613 – Challenge #28: ANYTHING GOES

Tuesday Throwdown – Challenge #156: ANYTHING GOES

LEJ Designs – Challenge #62: ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Cardmakers – Challenge #96: BIRTHDAY