Tuxedo Card

Bit difficult to get a decent photo with no shadows but anyway.
Tuxedo card blank is by Craftwork Cards as is the sentiment panel.

Flower stamps and die by Heartfelt Creations
Ombre ribbon from China

Butterfly

Card is 7 x 7 inches

Newspaper patterned paper is by SU

Butterfly stamps and die by Crafters Companion, coloured using Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish 

Love

Quatrefoil and stitched rectangle dies are from Craft Stash's Card Making Magic range.
Flowers are by Prima and I've added some smaller ones made with a SU punch, leaves are also SU punch.
Sentiment die by Simon Says Stamp

Thank You

Background stamps are all Stampin' Up!
Sentiment stamp is by Stampendous

Cheers

Poor lighting so the colours are way out, they're much brighter really.

Dies are all Sue Wilson

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.

Cheers

First card of 2018

I've used Sue Wilson dies (and copied her card idea). The cocktail glass has an acetate layer that curves round the glass to give a 3D effect.

Cards I received

Last of the lovely Christmas cards I received recently

Card above is from Sheila

Card from Maria

Card from Jackie

Final one is from Jan

More cards that I received

Lovely cards from Joan, Pat, and Coleen

More cards I received

Beautiful cards from Margaret and Kath

More of the cards I received...

Card above is from the beautiful Tessa, someone I was proud to call my friend, and who will be much missed xx

Card from Phyllis

Card from Val (I knocked the sentiment off while photographing!)

Dorothy

I don't have time for crafting at the moment so thought I'd share some of the lovely Christmas cards I received instead.

This one is from Dorothy, I am envious of her very neat cutting skills.

Happy Birthday

Background die is from China
Sentiment die by Tonic
I've used double-sided adhesive sheet and Glamour Dust
Flowers are Prima
Leaf punch by SU!

Merry Christmas

I made this for the lovely lady who grooms our dog.
I wouldn't say Fletcher enjoys being groomed but it's very necessary as he doesn't shed any hair and can soon get matted. About every two months we drop him off for a couple of hours and he always looks very smart afterwards (until a day or so later when he normally finds something to roll in)

Our vet commented recently on what an excellent job the groomer is doing so I thought I'd make her a special card to show our appreciation.
The doggy stamps were a cheap set from China, dies are by Memory Box.

Peace

I usually make several different designs of Christmas cards to post out but this year decided to keep things simple.
I made this card and then, rare for me, made quite a few more!

The patterned papers are by Stampin' Up!
It's a white background with foiled snowflakes on one and starbursts/ fireworks on the other.
For some of the cards I kept the white as it was, on the other cards I smooshed Colour Cloud Ink over to change it to lilac.

Some of the cards I used a pearlescent purple layer with silver card and the others I used a rich brown with gold card.

The foil snowflakes are also by SU
Sentiment die is by PTI

Believe

Deer die is from China

Sentiment die is Tim Holtz for Sizzix 

Foil snowflakes are Stampin' Up!

Merry Christmas

Deer die is from China, I've added some red chunky glitter to his nose.

Sentiment die is by Memory Box

Card is 7 x 7 inches

Butterfly Birthday

Butterfly stamp is from China, I've embossed with gold and copper embossing powders
Birthday die is by Marianne

Deck Those Halls

Card is 7 x 7 inches
Embossing folder by Creative Expressions
Stamps are Waltzingmouse
Ornament and oval dies by Spellbinders

Believe

I was trying to think up some new ideas for the club and realised we hadn't used gilding flakes for a while (probably because they are so messy!)

Striplet die is by Sue Wilson
Poinsettia dies are Spellbinders
Believe dies ...?

Striped Flowers

Sentiment stamp is a cheap one from The Range (think it's Trimcraft or Dovecraft brand?)
Scalloped square die by Tonic
Flower stamp and matching die is Heartfelt Creations. I've embossed using SU copper powder which is a beautiful colour in real life. I also added heat embossing to some of the edges of the layered card by using a Versamark pen and the copper powder.

Wreath

Stamp set is Holly Berry Happiness by Stampin' Up!

I initially had a bit of difficulty stamping a decent circle. It's not a complete wreath stamp, more like a garland, so to make a wreath as shown here I had to stamp the garland five times.
After a couple of trials I decided I needed help so I die-cut a circle from scrap card and used the negative piece, stamping just inside of the circle all the way round.

If that wasn't bad enough I then had to stamp over each garland because the first stamp is just the outline of the holly leaves...and then another five times to stamp the red berries. You can see by the bottom right corner that I didn't quite get the outline and the solid stamps aligned correctly.

Finished card is 6 x 6 inches.