Thanks

Sentiment is by Paper Smooches

Everything else is Papermania

A Friend

Papers are by Kaisercraft.

Button, lace and ribbon from stash. 

Just A Note

I spotted a card on Pinterest the other day and knew I wanted to make one very similar. I loved the simplicity of the embossing folder and the printed sentiment.

I've mounted mine very slightly differently and also added some black silk ribbon but it's still almost a direct copy.

I carried the 'just a note' theme one step further and made the card into a money wallet. 

Shot Glass

Not a card, I've either been too busy or not in the mood for paper-crafting lately. Because of the bad weather card club had to be cancelled the last few weeks, I think that affected my mojo a lot.

At a local gift shop I spotted these shot glasses.
The 'Happy Birthday' is lovely and sparkly in real life and if I can figure out how what they used to write on the glass I'll be making some similar ones myself.
I'm wondering if it's a glue gun with a glitter stick but I'll definitely be looking next time I'm at a craft shop, see if I can see something suitable.

Because of certain retail companies folding recently and not honouring gift vouchers it has really put me off giving them as gifts. I don't like giving cash as a rule but sometimes it's hard to know what to give instead.

So I decided to 'jazz-up' a cash gift and put it in the shot glass.

I wrapped the glass in coloured tissue and placed it in a tall cello card bag and tied some curly ribbon round. It looked so nice I forgot to take a photo ;)

Congratulations

Sentiment is Paper Smooches

Spotted lines stamp is Hero Arts - the actual stamp is larger so I just stamped half of it here.

Inspired by a Nichole Heady card.

Friendship

This was a present from my friend Yeeting. I liked it so much I made some myself!

It's air-dry clay that has been rolled out and stamped into with a rubber stamp. It's then been cut with a biscuit/ cookie cutter, a hole made at the top, and left to dry for a day or so.

Everything used (except the clay) is by Stampin' Up!

Glorious

Sentiment is a Woodware stamp
Papers are Kaisercraft
Cuttlebug embossing folder

Get Well Soon

I've just used small scraps for this card.

Stamped sentiment is Woodware and I've added an eyelet.

Friend

This is my entry into "The world's most boring card 2013".

I bought a set in the sales, it seemed like a bargain at the time, but I'm a bit of a loss as to what to do with it.

It's a rubber stamp with matching embossing folder so you get some depth to the image but it's quite large so seems a shame to cover parts of it up...

hmmm think I'll need to trawl Google and see what others have done with it, steal some ideas.

Tag Calendar

This was a Christmas present from my lovely friend Maria.
You can't tell from the pics but it's nice and chunky so should be safe in my bomb-site of a craft room.

Each month has papers and embellishments that match the season/ time of year, very clever.

Thanks again Maria!

Forever Friends

This year's card to my husband, he likes plain and simple which is why he married me
Eight by eight inch blank and some random stash.

Snowman

I couldn't think what to put on this that wouldn't over-power the paper (by Cart-Us) so kept it simple with a heat-embossed sentiment by Woodware

Joy

Paper is My Mind's Eye, I've added some Glamour Dust to liven it up a bit.
Doily is from Tesco.

Gifts

I've been using stash to wrap some small Christmas gifts. I don't have time to do it for every present and probably most people I give to wouldn't notice if it was hand-crafted or bog-standard wrapping. For my crafty friends though I know they will understand :)

(sorry for shocking pics!)

Merry

Image is by Marianne

Sticker is by Making Memories

Die-cut is Sizzix 

Honour Christmas

Front panel is from 'Just Believe' by KaiserCraft.
 (Surely it should be spelt 'honour' though, the English way, seeing as Charles Dickens was English?)

Other papers and doily are by Dovecraft

Tree

I don't have any cards to show, except this one, sorry it's so boring. I try to update every other day but at this time of year often life just gets in the way.

Anyway, it's a Penny Black stamp and I've kept it simple as it's for someone whose partner has recently died, so a 'Thinking of you at Christmas' type card.

Ornaments

 Most of my Christmas cards I can give out personally but there are a pile that are going across country so I've tried to keep them flat to avoid excess postage costs.

It made me realise how much I usually use bulky embellishments and foam pads in my card-making!

So, inspired by Tiffany jewellery boxes, this is 2012's flat card design.

I wasn't meant to be buying new Christmas stash and am pleased that I managed to use peel-offs that have been kicking around forever. The white card has a nice shimmer to it that the photo does not show.
Dies are Memory Box:  Snowflake Ornament, Classic Ornament and Frosty.

Joy

Papers are DCWV, I added the glitter and bow.
I find with sheer ribbon like this I prefer to make a couple of small holes and thread it through before tying, rather than glue which I get in a mess with (plus it won't drop off in the post).

Love, Peace, Joy

Paper is My Mind's Eye
Vellum quote is DCWV
Snowflake is Papermania