Best Wishes

I wanted to make a flattish card. With hindsight this would have looked nicer if I'd done a square mat and layer under the gold circles.

Dies are all Sizzix

 

Best Wishes

Stamp set and dies by Stampin' Up! (Jar of Love)
Sentiment stamp is by Papermania

Card is 7 x 7 inches

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Flower stamp is by Woodware, painted with Aqua markers and Colour Cloud inks.
Card is 7 x 7 inches.

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More playing with spritzing inks.
Sentiment is by Hero Arts

Butterfly dies are by Memory Box and I've used Glitter Kiss (Creative Expressions) on the die-cuts.

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Last week's project at card club, peacock paper is Bo Bunny and the scallop die is by Tattered Lace.

The sentiment stamp is Hero Arts and we used a combination of ink and a Whisper brush marker to get a two-tone effect.

One of my ladies has been making up some kits for the class to use; patterned paper plus co-ordinating card-stock, ribbons, buttons etc.

I buy the products from her and then think up the project. It is a novelty for me because at the old card club everyone made what they liked, since we've been at Tesco (November) we do a class project every week instead.

I'm still trying to get used to having a more structured club. I have to be aware that everyone needs to use the same equipment so it can't be anything too time-consuming in that respect, plus we need to have enough of identical materials so everyone can make the same card (which isn't always as easy at is sounds).

What doesn't take so long at home, when there's just me using the rubber stamp or the die, turns into something else entirely when there's twelve people sharing. Fortunately the ladies have been very patient and forgiving of my slap-dash style!

All in all I am so pleased we had the opportunity to move from the old venue. I do miss my old regulars who felt unable to make the move, luckily some of the ladies did stick with me, plus I have gained lovely new members. I'm very pleased to say our club is now full, I just need to think of enough projects to keep us going...

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Originally I was going to make a card featuring butterflies, for a challenge.
Somehow the card evolved into not featuring any butterflies at all, it either looked too plain or too cluttered.

Sentiment is by Hero Arts
Seam binding, C/S, and embossing powder are all Stampin Up

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Another dull old day which means my colours are out of whack.

Image is Lili Of The Valley, I've added some glitter.
Sentiment stamp is 'Jane's Script' and I've mounted it using SU punches

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My stamping is poor on this one but never mind!
The french text stamp is SU
Shell/ fossil stamps and the sentiment stamp are all Hero Arts

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Some simple colour-blocking with Tilda papers.
Best Wishes stamp is by HOTP and was a magazine freebie.

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Paper and die-cut are Tilda
Stamp is HOTP and is free with this month's Papercraft Essentials

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Papers are Echo Park
Stickers are very old and I think from a QVC kit.

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Made at SU class

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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)

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Everything is Stampin' Up except for the sentiment stamp which is HOTP

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The colours here are not as in real life.

The image is by The Greeting Farm and is coloured with Copics - in real life her skin is one colour not half and half as in the photo! The card that looks red here is actually bright pink.

Flowers are by Prima, sentiment by Craftwork Cards mounted using SU punches.

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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.

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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.

Deco Lady

I've been too busy to make cards lately so quick ones are the order of the day.

This is a very simple card using an image from Clinton Cards (my friend Gill gave me the idea, basically it's a pack of notecards cut up and re-mounted on larger cards.)

Mounted on DCWV textured cardstock, layered with some shiny silver card, and then added a sentiment from Lakeland and an oddment of ribbon.

Pirate

Sugar Nellie stamped image coloured with Whispers markers and softened with an Aquabrush.

Sentiment from Lakeland.

Paper is, I think, by Sandylion.

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Hero Arts stamp.

I used Whispers markers applied direct to the rubber stamp to give a coloured image.

Sentiment from Lakeland.