Birthday Wishes

Embossing folder is Sizzix (Sewing and measuring tape set) used with Coredinations card which has then been sanded.
Stamped sentiment is Waltzingmouse
Paper doily is Dovecraft 'Tea Party'

Best Wishes

Pearlescent cardstock is Coredinations. Sentiment an old pack from Lakeland.

Image I suspect is recycled (found it in drawer but looks like an old shop-bought card)

Mum

This was for my mum's recent birthday.
She is a retired nurse and also trained as a midwife so when I saw this Kanban image I thought it would suit.
Alphabet is Sizzix 'Script' and the pink-ish card is Core'dinations Whitewash.

Cherish

I ran some Coredinations card through the Cuttlebug using a Clockworks folder. I then used a sanding block to remove the top colour and finished with a fabric sticker and a scrap of ribbon. Not sure where the sticker is from, it's been in my stash for years.

House Mouse

Another House Mouse coloured with Copics. This one is called "Sweet Success".

I have added some Glossy Accents to the lollipops for a bit of shine and also used a white gel pen for some highlights. I'm not 100% happy with the colours but never mind :)

The 'Celebrate' is a Sizzlits die and I made the background paper spotty just using a small circle punch and then turning the pieces over (the card is textured on one side so turning it over means the spots stand out a bit more).

House Mouse

Please ignore my awful colouring in! I love these House Mouse stamps but there is a lot of fine detail and my Copic nibs are a touch too big to be totally accurate (plus I'm always rushing).

In fact because my colouring in was so bad I ended up having to cut around the image so I could re-mount it on another piece of card. That was a bit of a mistake because all the fiddly bits were a nightmare to trim round, oh well we live and learn!

So I used Copics to colour the image which is House Mouse "Berried Strawberries". A white gel pen was dotted on the berries and then I added some Glossy Accents just as a highlight on each berry (next time I might try covering the whole berry with gloss but I quite like the highlight effect).

The red card is Core'dinations, I ran it through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder and then sanded the tops off the dots so the white core shows through (just used an emery board to do this). I tend to forget I can sand after embossing but love the way it looks especially on this card, kind of matches the berries. I had to add the green band across the middle to hide the join of the red card - too wide to go through the Cuttlebug in one piece. Sentiment is Jane's Script by Woodware.