Magnolia

Magnolia image coloured with Copic markers.

Patterned paper is an old one by K&Co.

Punched strips made with a Martha Stewart border punch.

Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards mounted using SU punches.

Tilda

The colour here is wacked, in real life it's not so harsh, where this looks green it isn't really.

Another Tilda image, punch used is by Martha Stewart.

Tilda

A quick card.
Image is 'Tilda' (not Magnolia, a different Tilda).
Punch is by Martha Stewart and patterened paper is Forever Friends by Docrafts.

Golden Wedding

I made this card for one of my lovely craft club ladies, Sandra, who is celebrating her golden wedding anniversary.
Not sure of the make of card, I just found it in a local craft shop, but it has wedding symbols etched on to it. I made the '50' using my Cricut and added some ribbon to finish.


I wanted to give Sandra and husband Norman a little gift. Nothing too expensive and it needed to be something golden.

Hope they like it!!

Well it was either that or some Golden Shred marmalade. They probably think I am crackers :)

Waltzingmouse

Two similar Christmas cards.

Both made using Nestabilities dies and Waltzingmouse stamps.

The top one is SU cardstock and ribbon, the bottom is some very old K & Company paper.

Green strip on top card was made using Cuttlebug embossing die and some gems for interest.

Craig

This was the card I made for my brother's recent birthday.

Wording is all Sizzix.

Stampin' Up

Four of four from the recent SU class, all materials SU.

Stampin' Up

Number three of four made at local SU class, all materials SU.
This should have a white stripe also but I think I misjudged the stamped sentiment so there wasn't any room for the white, never mind.

Stampin' Up

This was the second of four cards we made at the recent SU class so all materials are SU.
It is the first easel card I have made and I shall explain why. I like looking at easel cards on other people's blogs etc, some of them are very clever. What has always bothered me though is if you are not sending the card to another crafter how will they know how to stand it up?
I did not think it would be immediately obvious IYKWIM.
When I brought this one home I gave it to Graham straight from the envelope. His first thought was I had made it wrong....I told him it was meant to be like that and told him it was an easel card to see if that gave him a clue.
Eventually he figured it out but said without the clue it would have taken him longer or he would have gone with his first thought that it was an error and just laid the whole thing flat!
So, I don't think I will be making many more of them, unless sending to crafters.

Stampin' Up

Our new local SU rep is holding regular classes at her house.

This was the first of four cards we made at a recent session. Good fun because I went with my mum and another lady from my card club and we have already signed up for the next one.

All materials are SU.

Best Wishes

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.

hanglar stanglar

Image is Hanglar Stanglar coloured with Copics.

Patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket, sentiment by Craftwork Cards mounted using SU punch.

Glossy Accents used on shoes and buttons for shine.

Tilda

Image is Tilda, mounted on patterned paper by Nitwits.

Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards, mounted using SU punch, scrap of ribbon to finish.

Celebrate

Kraft card by Woodware, sticker by Making Memories, patterned paper by American Crafts.

I used a punch to make the circles and added white gel pen for a faux stitched effect, the circles have been raised up on foam squares for dimension.

Blog Candy

Some blog candy to be won on Rach's lovely blog here.

Well Done

Patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket, teal card is by American Crafts.

Fabric sticker is Making Memories, Kraft card by Woodware

Special Day

Patterned paper is by American Crafts, rub-on sentiment by K & Co.

Flower was made using a Stampin' Up scallop circle punch and a HOTP brad.

Brown card is Bazzill Bling.

Universal

Tag is by 7 Gypsies, patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket - the paper is double sided so I have used both sides, mounted on black card.

Finished with an eyelet and a couple of brads.

Birthday

Another simple one :)

Cosmo Cricket paper distressed at the edges and layered on grey Bazzill. Definition sticker is by Making Memories.

Tilda

Main image is Tilda (not the Magnolia Tilda!). I bought a pack of four sheets of assorted Scandinavian style images from Samuel Taylors near Skipton - haven't seen them anywhere else and can't find them online.

I struggled to match the main colour of the horse, it's not beige and it's not green and it's not brown....

Sitting at craft club wondering how to match the colour up and then Sandra walked in with a pile of card she got at a car boot sale for 50p. She had the exact shade I needed!

I kept the rest of the card simple because anything extra looked fussy and I wanted a clean style.

Stripy paper is Forever Friends by Docrafts.

Refresh

A sticker from Making Memories mounted on kraft. Layered on Cosmo Cricket patterned paper and finished with a couple of eyelets and some string.

Friendship

A lady local to me has just signed up to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator.

This was the make & take we did at her house yesterday (the card, she gave us the sweetie bag).

I can see my bank balance suffering....

Romance

I think this would be nice for an engagement, wedding or an anniversary.

Not sure what the patterned paper is but it has a nice sheen, I layered it on grey Bazzill cardstock.

The definition sticker is an old Making Memories one and I taped some wide satin ribbon behind it.

I added some Martha Stewart butterflies and finished them with some self-adhesive gems for sparkle.

Happy Birthday

Simple happy birthday card.

The paper is by American Crafts and the sentiment is by Creative Stamping. I've stamped with Brilliance ink and embossed with clear powder.

Cardstock is Bazzill and the kraft blank is by Woodware.

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.

hanglar stanglar

Another Hanglar & Stanglar image, the paper is from my scrap bag so not sure of the make.

Flower is a Martha Stewart punch and pink card (paler in real life) is DCWV.

This card needs something else but not sure what? Made it in a hurry and should have planned it better!

hanglar stanglar

Someone sent me this image of a Hanglar & Stanglar stamp. I like the stamp but the paper she used is awful! The ink looks really pale and my Copics came out all streaky.

I think the patterned paper is SEI and the sentiment is Craftwork Cards.

Layout

This was a layout I did quite a few years ago.
The colours are different in real life - a bright turquoise, bright pink and lime green. My scanner could not cope hence the faded look here.
This was me as a six year old in Liverpool.
The layout was inspired by the cover of the Next Directory, I liked the colours and the flowers and thought it would be nice scrapped. I often pull out pics from magazine adverts etc to inspire cards or layouts. The hard work has already then been done by trained graphic designers!
All the flowers were made using Sizzix dies or small punches.

Cards for men

Two very similar cards.
Just DCWV textured card that has been embossed using Cuttlebug Argyle folder and a couple of mini folders for the sentiments.
The kraft card blanks are by Woodware.

House Mouse

I think this is the third card I've made using this House Mouse image recently. Whilst I like the image I have struggled as to what colours I can use to mount it other than yellow and grey or black. Coloured the image with Copics and added Glamour Dust to the wings.

The yellow card is gorgeous in real life - a rich buttery gold pearlescent that I got at one of the fill-a-wallet places. Scrap of ribbon to finish off.

Sunflowers

I'm not keen on this one but thought I'd post it anyway. I like the sunflowers but don't like the positioning etc.

I made the sunflowers using a Sizzix daisies die, they are a lovely gold shimmery paper. The centres were cut with a Sizzix circles die and then they have been embossed with Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder.

The poem is a stamp by Creative Stamping.

Birthday Wishes

SEI paper mounted on matt silver cardstock, layered on teal blue (it looks a different colour here but IRL it's not so blue more teal).

The flower is a Sizzix die and the gemstone brad is Making Memories. The sentiment is part of a Whispers rubber stamp - it is actually "Best Birthday Wishes" but I didn't have space for the "Best" so didn't ink that part of the stamp!

Apron

This was the card I made to match the BBQ on the previous post.

The spotty paper was free with a magazine and the plain blue card is pearlescent. The tag has a Father's Day message that I printed on the computer. The 'DAD' is a Sizzix alpha (Block Party) and some scraps of ribbon to finish off.

BBQ

Something a bit different for me.
I'm not great at measuring, cutting out, following written instructions....but I saw this on a blog and thought it would be fun for Father's Day.

Can you tell what it is yet?

The instructions cost just under $3, so £2 via Paypal. They are sent as a pdf file for you to print out and include a template to make a matching card in the shape of an apron.

The card fits inside the BBQ itself and is to hold one of those giftcards you can get in the shops. I'm not giving a gift card so I want to make the greeting card a fair bit larger, hopefully get that done for the next blog post.

Here's the completed BBQ. I haven't copied the original exactly in that I haven't put wheels on (don't have the correct size punches) and also a temp gauge missing from the lid.

The instructions were very straightforward although I was concerned at one point that it wasn't going to work due to a printed template not fitting properly, turned out okay though.

My dad has just got a new BBQ so this is a joke for him for Father's Day this weekend.

Magnolia

Image is a Magnolia, coloured with Copics.

Paper is Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird". Ribbon, ink and red cardstock are by Stampin' Up as is the sentiment (Sincere Salutations set), layered using SU punches. Butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.

Celebrate

The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye "Andrea Victoria" collection, I added Glamour Dust to some of the flower heads (are they flowers? well whatever they are, some of the little circles on the tips are glittery now).

Matted and layered on pearlescent ivory and charcoal cardstock. "Celebrate" is a Sizzlit die.

Butterfly

I love this butterfly paper, it's from SEI Bridgeport collection and has a lovely sheen to it.

Because the paper is so nice I didn't want to cover it up too much - just a stamped greeting and some ribbon and then mounted on some teal coloured Bazzill.

The stamp is Sincere Salutations by Stampin' Up and is nearly a perfect fit with the SU oval punches (just misses a little bit off the 'd').

Thinking Of You

Stamped image is by Stampendous, coloured with Copics.

The 'Thinking Of You' is a stamp by My Sentiments Exactly and I have only used part of the stamp (there are nine 'Thinking Of You' in different fonts, I've used the top one).

Mounted on Goochie Script Cuttlebug embossed card and a scrap of ribbon to finish.

Celebrate

Magnolia image coloured with Copics and highlighted with Glamour Dust.
Sentiment is a Sizzlit die and gems have been dotted about on the cardstock. Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

Anniversary

Papers used are from a Forever Friends pad by Docrafts, mounted on plain black card.

The sentiment stamp is by Debbi Moore (I was going to print something on the computer but am out of ink so used this instead).

The image is a Paper Nation stamp, coloured with Copics.

Butterfly + Paper Chains

I spotted these cute paper chains the other day and thought I might be able to use them on cards. They had different ones; birthday, wedding, union flags, congratulations etc.
I only bought one pack to see if they were any good and of course as soon as I got home I wished I had bought more. They were £2.99 and you get quite a few in the pack (too lazy to count but a quick Google tells me 3 metres worth).

Here's a quick card I made using one chain. The butterfly is a Quickutz Revolution die and the spotty paper is by American Crafts. The solid part of the butterfly is DCWV metallic card and the dark grey is a pearly card from one of the fill-a-wallet places.

I've tracked down more paper chains via Google so expect to see them on more cards.

I'm thinking it would be easy enough to chalk them for a different colour too.

Birthday Wishes

Another Magnolia image that I was sent (but don't like!).

Coloured with Copics, some Glamour Dust added to the wings.

Sentiment is a peel-off by Anita's, paper is by Imaginisce.

Robin Hood

I don't actually like this card! Someone sent me a few Magnolia images that I would not normally use but waste not want not.

I think because I did not care for the images I couldn't get motivated with them.

Anyway coloured with Copics, patterned paper is Forever Friends by Docrafts.

Sentiment is Craftwork Cards layered using Stampin Up punches.