Basic Grey Challenge Week 21 - Martine's Sketch....

Ooooops! Sorry for being so late posting my card for this week's Basic Grey Challenge! I never got around to scheduling it last night and today has gone by in a bit of a whirr.... never mind, better late than never!

We have one of Martine's yummy sketches for you this week and my teamies have created some amazing examples for you, each one very different but equally as beautiful!

For my card I used one of my new Greetings Farm 'Wild Sprouts' available from Elaine's store here. Isn't she a cutie? This is such an amazing set and such good value too! My papers are from Basic Grey's Porcelain range and the swirly leaf is a Sizzix Bigz die which I've used time and time again, love it! The flowers are Prima and the butterfly is one of my new purchases from the Papirloftet Store which I love!!!

So I hope you'll join in with us again at Basic Grey and don't forget that there's a chance you'll win another amazing voucher courtesy of the very generous Simon Says Stamp.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend........ toodle pip!

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

Basic Grey Week 19 - Photo Inspiration......

Good morning folks!
It's that time again...... another Basic Grey Challenge and we have a gorgeous picture for you to use as inspiration this week..... isn't it sweet? There's so much to draw from...... colours, shapes, accessories, patterns..... I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with!


I was drawn to that fab bunting in the picture and so that became a major feature of my card. Now it isn't very often I struggle to use Basic Grey papers but I have to admit I haven't felt inclined to dip into the Boxer collection very much.... until now that is..... the papers were perfect for my bunting! The background papers are from the Recess collection which just goes to show once again how easy it is to mix and match the ranges.


The sweet image I used is a Peachy Keen stamp and you can get hold of them here. I thought it was the perfect image to tie in with the theme of a child's room and in fact this card is being sent to my friend's little girl who has just gone into hospital to have her tonsils removed..... not nice at the age of 4!!!

Well I do hope you can join in with the challenge this week as Simon Says are very generously sponsoring us once again...... and whatever you're up to over the Bank Holiday weekend, hope you have lots of fun ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

Basic Grey Week 12 - Animals........

Afternoon peeps!

Welcome to another Basic Grey Challenge where the theme this week is animals..... as always there are some amazing cards for you to take inspiration from and a scrummy prize kindly donated by our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp.

Well I took a step right out of my comfort zone for this card..... my inspiration comes from our lovely teamie Chris.... she creates some lovely shaped cards and I always admire the way she uses ribbons and ties bows..... so I thought I'd have a try and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I cut the heart shape out myself!!! I'll let you into a little secret..... shhhhhh..... this is the card I'm giving to my hubster for Valentine's Day! I used paper from the Blush range (spotty) and the Tweetie letters are from a sheet which came with Wassail papers. And do you see the fabric brad? Well it's by Laura Ashley and our lovely boss lady Martine sent it to me recently(thanks hun)......

The little birdie (my contribution to the animal theme) is an Autumn Leaves stamp and I picked up the gorgeous ribbon from my local market.

So go on, join us this week at Basic Grey...... I'm sure you all have some gorgeous animal stamps lurking around just waiting to be inked! I look forward to seeing what you create and hope you have lots of fun!!!

Have a super duper weekend ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx