Best

A simple thank you card for friends of ours. They invited us round for Sunday lunch recently and asked that we take Fletcher along with us, so nice when people make your dog welcome!

This SU set reminds me of Fletch with his floppy ears :)
Sentiment is by Personal Impressions

In My Thoughts

Simple card made using a piece of Stampbord that I've coloured with inks.
Sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions, other stamps are Nature Walk by Stampin' Up!

Get Well Soon

Everything by Stampin' Up! except for a little embossing enamel (Stampendous) and the sentiment which is by Personal Impressions.

Hello

This one was a bit of a happy accident, I was playing with some spritzing inks on watercolour card.
The bottle of ink hadn't been used for a while and the nozzle was clogged so when I sprayed it I produced a big blob of ink on the card, I put it to one side but because it was such a blob it ran down and made a 'stem'.


From this I thought it looked like a dandelion and so decided I would stamp an actual dandelion over the top.
I used Personal Impressions stamps and instead of using ink and embossing powder I tried using glue direct to the stamp and then copper gilding flakes.

The sentiment die is by Cuttlebug.
I did try recreating the card but with green ink and this time with embossing powder but I prefer the look of the gilding flakes as the shine is much better.

Julie Nutting

 Please excuse the state of this card, it's been passed around at club for the last couple of weeks (I should have photographed it first)

It's a Julie Nutting stamp by Prima that has been 'dressed' in Tilda papers.
The sentiment stamps are by Personal Impressions

Apologies also for the state of this blog, photographs etc recently.
In the warmer months we try to get out walking as much as possible but this means my card making has to take a back seat.

Special

Card club project, cards for men are always popular.

I've had these stamps about ten years but haven't used them in an age so it was time they were inked up again.

Waistcoat stamp is by Personal Impressions and has been paper-pieced.
Sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts.

Birthday Wishes

Playing with some spritzing ink.
I've heat-embossed Personal Impressions stamps, the sentiment is by Waltzingmouse.

Dad

An eight-inch card.
Paper is Jillibean Soup, stamped sentiment by Personal Impressions, die cuts are Sizzix Block Party

Easter Carrots

I don't normally make Easter cards/ gifts but I saw a tutorial here for making these cute carrots and could not resist.
Mine contain micro-mini chocolate eggs.

I used Echo Park paper, the punches are SU.
Because I don't normally do Easter stuff I wasn't sure if I actually had any suitable sentiments but thought that given how many stamp sets I have there must be at least one somewhere.
Surprisingly there was only one, in dozens of sets, and of course it was the last one I looked at. Anyway it's a Personal Impressions design and the 'Happy' is a separate stamp to the 'Easter' so it's easy to do in two different coloured inks.

One carrot looked lonely so I made two. If I make a whole bunch I have a great excuse to buy more chocolate eggs...

Bunny

Image was free with a magazine, coloured with Copics, and the balloon has been glazed with Glossy Accents.
The birthday stamp is by Personal Impressions.
Paper is WRMK, again a mag freebie.

Feel Better Soon

Stamps are all by Personal Impressions.
Fake stitching again!

Make A Wish

This one's a bit of a cheat (very similar to the sympathy card I posted a few days ago) but I was pushed for time. There's no rule that says every card has to be totally different is there?

Stamps are by Personal Impressions, card and ink both Stampin' Up.
I've thrown some Glamour Dust on too.

Sympathy

I had a little break from cardmaking and blogging over the Christmas period and thought I'd get back into it with a nice cheery simple one....

The main image is a Personal Impressions clear stamp and the sentiment is an Anna Griffin stamp.
Card and ink both by Stampin' Up.

Best Wishes

House Mouse stamped image coloured with Copics.

I have added some Glamour Dust to the wings.

The scallop punch is by Stampin' Up and I used some cheap gems from eBay along the edge.

The sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions, layered on punched circles.

Best Wishes

Quite often, when I am making cards, I feel the need to add something extra.
I tend to go for plain and simple stuff so the 'extra' is usually just a couple of gems or a scrap of ribbon.
If I have trouble deciding whether to add or not then I find the best thing is to leave the card and go back to it later - either an hour later or the next day. By then I can see it clearer (otherwise I would sit there for hours trying to decide!).

A good tip I discovered was to cut individual gems from their acetate backing sheet and lay them in position on the card. This way if the card doesn't require them they are not wasted (ie don't lose their sticky) and also they don't get accidentally stuck to the card.

I ended up going back to this card three days running because I couldn't get it right. I had stuck the three birds down but then the bottom half of the card looked very bare. I was going to add some red but it didn't look how I expected....

Anyway I ended up using this 'Best Wishes' stamp from a Personal Impressions set (excellent value and designed by the very talented Paula Pascual, love her blog).

Cardstock is DCWV and bird punch is Stampin' Up.

Cute Cricket

This image is part of a clear stamp set from Personal Impressions. The set is really good value at £5 (you get cricket, golf, football etc).

I've stamped the cricket image three times and coloured with Copics.

The sentiment was donated by Sandra at craft club.