Zouave Cards

Another Henny Penny

2012-01-19T14:38:00.000Z

Just love this stamp! So here's another Henny Penny card.

Less is More Challenge - Week 50

2012-01-15T16:14:00.001Z

Well Christmas and New Year are over - do hope you all had enjoyable ones.

The challenge at Less is More this week is for a "One Layer Card" featuring "Birds". My first thought was that I didn't think I had any bird stamps but guess what I had some I'd forgotten all about! Then after all that searching used the one that was on my table already. A recent purchase from Little Claire Designs called Henny Penny which has really appealed to me. So here is my card:

Hope you like it. No sentiment yet as I haven't decided whether to use it as aValentine (heart-shaped wing) or a birthday card.

New Home Card

2011-12-22T15:33:00.000Z

Yesterday I was asked for a "new home" card at short notice ie to be posted today! Fortunately I had still got this month's club stamp kit from Little Claire sitting on my desk which was absolutely perfect. So here it is - exactly as the kit said! I love getting my monthly envelope from them!

Pennant Punch Trees

2011-11-23T15:48:00.000Z

I've been on a mission to use up some of the stash left over from last Christmas. These card blanks have been ideal for making quick and easy cards - perfect when you need a lot!! As a greeting is pre-stamped round the edge there is no need to find a suitable sentiment. I made a whole batch of these using up different scraps of paper. The trees are made using Stampin Up's Pennant Punch and the pots were stamped with the matching stamp set - Pennant Parade. I've posted on here and not on my SU blog as the papers and card were not SU.

First Christmas Cards.

2011-11-20T15:27:00.000Z

I have delayed as long as possible posting Christmas cards but the time has come! I made these for my two grandsons. Very easy cards - some backing papers from my stash - no idea what make and some decoupage from sheets I have had for a long time. again I don't know what make they were. Some Polar White Flowersoft was added to them both for a bit of interest. I had to take them downstairs to photograph ( I craft in the tiny bedroom) and some of the flowersoft had obviously fallen off on the cupboard un-noticed. I was very perplexed a few days later when I noticed it and wondered what on earth the cat had been doing while I was out. Until the light suddenly dawned on me!!!

Pirate!!

2011-11-02T15:47:00.001Z

It will soon be my grandson's 4th birthday so have made this card for him as he had so much fun earlier in the year when he had to dress up as a pirate for his pre-school!

Another Tent Card

2011-10-06T17:50:00.000+01:00

Here is another tent card. This time for my son's birthday and as he has suddenly developed a passion for golf thought this decoupage was perfect! It's been in my stash for some time but I think it was from La Pashe.

Get Well Card

2011-10-05T14:22:00.000+01:00

A get well card for my grandson when he had his grommets put in. The tent card came from QVC and the image and papers are from Joanna Sheen's Messy Rabbit CD Rom.

Exciting News

2011-10-04T15:25:00.000+01:00

And here is the exciting news. I have taken the plunge and become a Stampin'Up! demo. I love their products and the fact that it is all co-ordinated so have decided to have a go at selling and demonstrating. You can find my Stampin'Up! blog HERE

Watch this Space..........

2011-10-01T11:00:00.001+01:00

for some exciting news coming soon!!!

Look what came today!

2011-09-22T14:56:00.002+01:00

A gorgeous bouquet for our 11th anniversary (not wedding!) from OH

Two Quick Birthday Cards

2011-09-16T20:04:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I had to make two very quick cards for posting in the afternoon. I was only asked to make them the night before! The first was for a 40th birthday so I used some decoupage that I had bought back at the Make it Show in Farnborough for just such an occasion! The lettering was made using my Cricut.

The second was for a 1st birthday so as I had some Tatty Teddy things on my table used those.

Meerkats!

2011-09-15T20:54:00.000+01:00

Well I'm back from holiday now and all the washing done! So thought I'd upload a card I made before I went away.. I made it for my BIL's birthday and as he is very fond of meerkats I thought this image from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew cd was just perfect. The backing paper was from there as well. The border /ribbon is a Martha Stewart punch.

Birthday Card

2011-08-26T12:09:00.001+01:00

At last I can show you this card which I made for a friend's birthday . I had to wait till quite some time afterwards as she didn't open any of her cards on the day. Instead she had an "official" birthday a week later after her son got back from holiday! I used the very pretty stamp set "Butterfly Tree" from Little Claire Designs and coloured it with the new Letraset Flexmarkers. The paper is from Docrafts Me to You range. I hope you like it.

The End Result!!

2011-08-19T14:50:00.000+01:00

Thought I should show you the end result of the previous card. As you know I had trouble putting a sentiment on and eventually redid the image and left the sentiment off. Well the first attempt was on the back of the finished one! now obviously i could not use it like that so cut it down and matted and layered it onto gold paper and aclean white card and here is the finished result. Well I couldn't waste it - could I?

Less is More Week 28 - One layer Card

2011-08-17T20:48:00.000+01:00

I can't believe it's over a month since I last blogged and nearly as long since I made a card!! Not sure what else I was doing apart from one weekend when family was here and I was busy with two young grandchildren! Anyway this week I have managed to make a card for the Less is More Challenge - which this week is a one layer card using inks. Sounds easy doesn't it? decided what to do and all went well till I added a sentiment and then it just lookes a mess. None of my stamps seemed to have the right message or were small and neat enough. So started again and left the sentiment off!

I cut a rectangle out of a piece of copy paper then sponged through the hole with distress inks- added the image stamped with black then drew a freehand border in gold.

Another with Legs!

2011-07-13T11:16:00.000+01:00

After doing the cats I decided to use another stamp that has never been inked! This time I chose a cream DL card as it seemed to suit the image! The stamp is from a Creative Expressions set and again I coloured it with Aquamarkers.

Less is More Week 23 - One layer Card

2011-07-12T21:03:00.001+01:00

The challenge at Less is More this week is another one layer card but it has to be something with legs! I decided to go with this Woodware stamp that I have had for ages and only used once before. I stamped him across the bottom of the card and continuing round to the back.

Then I coloured him with Aquamarkers so that the colours wouldn't bleed through. And finally added a sentiment from the same stamp set.

Less is More Week 22 - Shades of Blue

2011-07-06T14:38:00.000+01:00

When I saw that the challenge this week was Shades of Blue I thought it would be quite easy. Wrong !! I tried all sorts of stamped images and none of them seemed quite right so in the end I went for three shades of blue card and punched them using a Martha Stewart punch then layered them up. Stamped Best wishes in blue and added a dark blue butterfly. That should have been the finished card but somehow I'd managed to smudge some blue ink in the bottom corner so covered that with another butterfly, then had to add another at the top to balance it! So not quite as much "white space" as I'd intended!

Little Claire' s Designs Challenge 10 Pink and Brown

2011-07-05T20:30:00.000+01:00

Litle Claire's Designs challenge is to use pink and brown. I covered a card blank with a pearlised textured brown card. On top of this I layered a patterned paper from K & Co and punched the top and bottom edge with a Martha Stewart punch. I added a strip of the brown card, which was also punched on the edges, across the centre and another narrow strip of the paper down the middle. I used the Little Claire's gerbera stamp from the June monthly kit and added it to a circle of brown cut with nestabilities. The image was coloured with Copics.

Lemon and Lavender

2011-07-03T17:34:00.000+01:00

The Crafty Cow forum has a monthly challenge which I set and this year we have decided to have a sketch each month. This is the card I have made for the July challenge .

The paper is from some old Elusive Images paper I had, the stamp is from Kanban,coloured with Copics and the flowers were punched from the paper. am aslo entering it in the Simon Says challenge which this week has a theme of lemon and lavender.

Less is More - Week 21 Sketch

2011-06-30T20:56:00.000+01:00

I'm afraid I chickened out of last week's challenge but this week's is much more to my looking. having said that though I must have a touch of "crafter's block" as it has taken me three days to come up with something quite simple! Part of the problem was that I decide I should use some of the bits that were sitting on my table! Anyway this is the sketch

and this is my card

I used some papers that were on my desk, the plain one is from HOTP and the spotty one is making memories. I originally wanted to use the other side which has pink flowers on but it was much too busy. The butterflies are from Stampin Up's Sale-a-bration Bliss set.

Cards for men

2011-06-17T16:49:00.000+01:00

This is the card I have made for the current Little Claire's challenge which is "Cards for men". I have used a Little Claire's Designs stamp from the "RWAV- Tree" set, coloured with Copics and cut out with nesties. I edged the white nestie with a touch of DI in Antique Linen just to take away some of the whiteness.Some card candy provided the finishing touches.I am alos entering it into Papertake Weekly's challenge which is Dads and Lads.

Stampin Up's Breast Cancer Event

2011-06-15T18:17:00.000+01:00

Way back in May Stampin Up held a Breast Cancer event. Kits were available from them to make 6 projects which they gave instructions for on a special website. I got my kit from the lovely Monica and have just finished making them all. The sharp- eyed amongst you will see that I have made seven not six. That's because there was a bit of confusion over the kits which resulted in me having two of set one. That was fortunate as the first one I made I went wrong and I punched the wrong corner! All the other projects have been slightly altered as I didn't have all the right supplies. So instead of Crumb Cake ink I used Soft Suede but stamped off first so it wasn't too dark. On the project that used the square lattice embossing folder I used a swiss dots one and inked it in pink instead of crumb cake. Soft suede was too dark for this and I didn't have anything else remotely the same. However, I still think they look rather nice!

Less is More- One layer and a frame!

2011-06-14T20:50:00.001+01:00

The challenge at Less is More this week is to make a one layer card that has to include a frame! After much thought I came up with this. I used another of the Kanban stamps from the recent QVC TSV stamped it with Memento black then coloured it with copics. I used YG23, R85,R20,R46 and R59. I enhanced the frame with a fine black liner. The sentiment was another Kanban stamp and I drew the frame round it by marking with dots where I wanted the corners then joined them with a wiggly line! I also added a bit of colour to the background of the image by dabbing DI Tattered Rose on with a make up sponge.

Little Claire's Monthly Kit

2011-06-10T15:01:00.000+01:00

This is the June Little Claire's monthly kit. A gorgeous gerbera stamp set. This is the actual kit made to their instructions with the exception of the ribbon. I replaced that with some raffia which I thought went well with the stamp and colours. (Also because I couldn't tie a decent bow with the ribbon supplied! Nothing wrong with the ribbon - just me!)

I've also just realised that I never posted last month's so here it is as well.

And Another!

2011-06-08T17:31:00.000+01:00

This time stamped with DI Dusty Concord. I'm off to put that stamp away now!

Another rose card

2011-06-08T14:44:00.001+01:00

Just as I had finished the red rose card below I heard that a friend was over from France for his son's funeral and was going to call in. So using the same stamp I quickly made another one to use as a sympathy card but this time stamped it in Adirondack Slate and used a HOTP sentiment.

Less is More - Monochrome

2011-06-06T21:29:00.001+01:00

As many of you have commented that a photo might look better I have added one above so you can compare.

This is my entry for this week's Less is More Challenge- which is to use only one colour. I have used a Kanban stamp which was part of last week's QVC TSV. I stamped in Adirondack Cranberry and used a water brush to blend the colours.
Thank you to everyone who commented on last week's card - I do appreciate them and I think you were all right - I should have left the mount off or put it in the middle.

Less is More Challenge

2011-06-01T12:06:00.001+01:00

Well this week's challenge is "Pick a Square". After much thought I came up with this.

I'm still not that happy with it - it seems a bit naked to me! I used Clarity Stamps Wired Heart and stamped it in red then clear embossed it. Mounted it onto red mirri board and eventually decided on the lower left hand corner but I think it might have looked better in the cemtre! Still it will come in handy next Valentine's day LOL- would just have to add a sentiment!

Wedding Card

2011-05-18T13:42:00.001+01:00

I haven't blogged for a while or made any cards as we have just spent a lovely week in Jersey. Even the weather was kind - one thunderstorm the night we arrived then the rest of the week was mostly sunny and reasonably warm. Back to reality again and I had to make a wedding card for next week but inspiration was lacking . Eventually decided to stick to something simple and this is what I made.

I embossed some white card with a Cuttlebug folder added white satin ribbon and pearls and matted it onto silver card then a white card blank. The tag was a nestie edged with a silver Krylon pen and the sentiment is a peel off.

Butterflies

2011-05-03T17:13:00.000+01:00

I made this for the Less is More Challenge Congratulations or Thank you. I used Stampin Up's Pocket Silhouettes and the butterfly was from their Sale a Bration Bliss set which I have had sitting on my table just waiting to be used. I coloured them with Marvy le Plume markers and added some crystal glitter to the butterfly wings. As it also fits in with a number of other challenges I am also entering this into:

Stamp Something- Something with Wings
Totally Papercrafts - Glitter
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Less is More

2011-04-28T09:53:00.000+01:00

This week I've decided to have a go at the Less is More Challenge. The theme is Off Centre. I have used Creative Expressions Button Floral stamp set, stamping the flower onto what was left of the yellow spotty paper I used for the last card and highlighted the petals with 3D lacquer. Then I added a button threaded with yellow organza ribbon. I have to say ! am really pleased with the end result.

Yellow Easter Elephant!

2011-04-24T15:29:00.001+01:00

I've been making this card for about 4 days! Something always seems to interrupt! So I was determined to get it finished today and uploaded. The stamp is Little Claires, the papers from Ppaermania Capsule collection, flowers and ribbon from stash. I wanted to put some small yellow buttons in the middle of the flowers but can I find them anywhere? Nooo. So it had to be brads instead.

I'm entering it in the following challenges:

Little Claires - Animals
Papertake Weekly - Spots n' stripes

April Showers

2011-04-21T16:10:00.000+01:00

I don't know where the time has gone this week! Started this off nearly a week ago and only just got around to finishing it. I've got no idea what ths Tilda is called because I haven't kept the packets but she seemed to be perfectly suited to the April Showers challenge at Stamp Something. I've coloured her with Copics but I'm nowhere near as good at it as some of the cards I see. The background paper is from K & Co Sparkly Sweet.
I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Stamp Something - April Showers
Totally Papercrafts - Springtime
Just Magnolia - Happy Birthday

Sweet Spring

2011-04-14T15:47:00.000+01:00

Here is today's effort! I used the sketch from this week's Totally Papercraft, the papers are from Basic Grey, the image from Little Claire's Designs coloured with Copic Ciao pens, the sentiment I think is a Woodware one and the ribbon was from my Mother's Day flowers!! Perfect for cardmaking! I am entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - For a Child

The ABC Challenge - Sugar and Spice

Lili of the Valley - Happy Birthday

Totally Papercrafts- Sketch Challenge

Spring Owl

2011-04-13T15:40:00.000+01:00

The current Little Claire challenge is "Spring Celebrations" so I decided to use their April club stamp (even though that is the prize!) as I think it is a gorgeous stamp! I'm also going to enter it into this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge "Truly Dimensional". Now I have to tell you that despite what the photo looks like it really is dimensional. The front image panel across the gatefold is raised as is the owl and the flower.

Easter cards

2011-04-07T14:18:00.001+01:00

I don't usually make Easter cards but the card swap I participate in has the the Easter for this months and decided to send one to each of my grandsons as well as it's difficult to post Easter eggs. No doubt they'll have "chocolate tokens" in!! No idea what make the decoupage is as it's been in my stash a long time but the dotty paper is from Papermania as are the flowers and bow and the cardstock is from Kanban.

Egyptian card

2011-04-06T14:42:00.000+01:00

This year I had no idea what sort of card to make OH and in the end decided to make one to remind him of our winter sunshine break. The image is off the Joanna Sheen Egyptian Adventures CD and the sentiment is attached on some real papyrus!

Blue and White

2011-04-04T14:29:00.000+01:00

The Crafty Cow forum has a monthly challenge and this year it is a sketch challenge. This is the card I've made for the April sketch. The flower stamp is from Penny Black and was stamped in white and embossed with white detail powder on navy card. The sentiment is also stamped in blue using Adirondack denim. The stamp is from Hobby Art.

Hot Hot Hot

2011-03-29T16:19:00.000+01:00

I've just been tidying up the computer! and realised that I hadn't blogged this card which was made earlier in the year for a card swap. As I had only just taken delivery of a Cricut Expression decided to have a play with it and this was the result. The theme for the swap was "Hot or Cold". I went for hot! Cartridges used were Doodlecharms and George and Basic Shapes.

Two Birthday Cards

2011-03-10T16:24:00.000Z

This is for my son's birthday next month. It is made from some Papermania products from one of their goody bags.

This is for my gorgeous grandson Jack who will be one next week. I've again used some Papermania decoupage from a goody bag. The letters and number were cut using my Cricut.

Pretty in Pink!

2011-03-09T18:14:00.001Z

I've used the lovely stamp from this month's Little Claire kit and I'm entering it into this week's Little Claire Challenge - the theme is flowers.

Tent Card

2011-02-25T16:03:00.000Z

Well I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours this morning at the Make It Show in Farnborough. Spent far too much money of course BUT I didn't get the plastic out!!! Here is a card that I made at card club evening last week. It was a bit experimental as none of us had made one before. They basic card blank is available prescored but we made them from a piece of 12 x 12 card. The decoupage is from Papermania Sumer Blooms collection.

Papernation Cards

2011-02-24T16:55:00.000Z

I've decided I need to use up some my ever increasing stash!!! So I've used some Papernation decoupage for two male cards that I have been asked to make.

Valentine's Day

2011-02-10T15:32:00.000Z

I've been busy decorating since having a week in the sun and suddenly realised it was Valentine's Day next Monday. So in between the coats of paint on the walls did manage to make a quick card. I was quite pleased with it until I smudged red ink on the inside! But covered it up with some extra hearts!

Happy New Year

2011-01-04T11:03:00.000Z

A Happy New Year to you all! I thought I'd show this card made for my partner's daughter. I used the Joanna Sheen Ivory cats CD - I think some of the images on it are gorgeous - very rich colours. Although it doesn't really show up very well it is quite heavily decoupaged.

Last of the Christmas Cards

2010-12-23T11:39:00.000Z

Some more cards using Papermania's Silent Night collection.

Blue and Silver Bauble Tree

2010-12-21T12:31:00.000Z

This was made using the Martha Stewart Bauble punch and stamp. The baubles were stamped in silver on white and the plain ones were cut out of white glitter paper, silver glitter paper, silver mirri board and silver holographic card. layered onto navy and silver mats and finished with a silver ribbon. The card blank was from Craftwork Cards.

Some More Christmas Cards

2010-12-17T15:14:00.000Z

A selection of cards. The top four were all made using various Papermania products and the bottom one was a Creative Expressions stamp which was embossed and glittered.

Silent Night Christmas

2010-12-16T12:57:00.001Z

I've been so busy making, writing and sending cards that I have not been posting on here. Here is a selection of cards made using Papermania's Silent Night collection and inspiration from Docrafts Creativity magazine.

Season of Joy

2010-11-30T15:04:00.000Z

For this card I used the Stampin'Up Season of Joy stamp and embossed it with red sparkle embossing powder then mounted on red holographic card. The snowflake border is the Martha Stewart large snowflake border punch and the small snowflakes are from the Martha Stewart snowflake corner punch.

Black and White Christmas

2010-11-26T11:38:00.000Z

Well my playing session with Friendly Plastic ended up with it going in the bin! Not very successful this time so I've got nothing to show on that front. However I have now got nearly all my Christmas cards made so here is the first few. The card swap on the Crafty Cow forum this month was black and white Christmas so having made one I then made a few more! Most were from the remains of a Kanban kit I bought from QVC a couple of years ago.

Anniversary Card

2010-11-23T14:34:00.000Z

While I was unwell a couple of months ago I had my first play with Friendly Plastic and using the ooze technique made this anniversary card for my son and his wife. I'm just off now to play again - this time I'm hoping to produce a Christmas Card for my OH!

Seaside

2010-11-12T11:01:00.000Z

This was made back in the summer for a card swap on The Crafty Cow forum. I used the lovely Hobby Art stamps.

More Henbury Lane Cards

2010-11-11T12:02:00.000Z

Here are some more cards I made earlier this year using the very pretty Henbury Lane range from Docrafts.

Stamping on patterned paper

2010-11-10T14:54:00.000Z

These two cards were made using the same idea. Very quick and easy to make. I used some patterned paper that came from the Graphicus Guild and then stamped and embossed the image. All the stamps were from Elusive Images. The bird was stamped with Versamark and gold embossed and the tree stamped with black and clear embossed. Very easy but I think quite effective.

How to use up scraps!

2010-11-09T15:55:00.000Z

I made this after seeing a similar card in a magazine. It is made from circles of scrap paper fastened together with a brad, strips of card for the stalks and finished with a ribbon and bow.

2010-11-08T17:49:00.000Z

This card was made for the Crafty Cow card swap back in September I think! I used the Martha Stewart cupcake stamp and punch set.

I'm Back!

2010-11-07T15:24:00.000Z

I'm back after a long break from blogging but not from crafting which I fitted in between being ill and going on holiday. Now fully in the swing of Christmas cardmaking thought I'd better update with some of the non Christmas cards! So here's some more Art Deco Ladies.

Squashed flowers!

2010-08-31T20:33:00.003+01:00

Finally got round to having a go at the squashed flower technique using a Cuttlebug that Sue Wilson demo'd on Create and Craft little while ago. I used some hardy blue geraniums as the flower. I did take a photo of them before I cuttlebugged them but seem to hve deleted it before I could upload it. Oops!! Any way here is the result with some added stamping and distress inks round the edge. The stamps were some from Elusive Images.

Cupcake Tree!

2010-08-06T17:37:00.000+01:00

This was made with the stamp kit from Little Claire Designs monthly kit. I can see me using this stamp set a lot as it is such fun to use. I used it as a "get well "card for a forum friend

Particraft Blog Candy

2010-07-09T10:08:00.004+01:00

Particraft have got a fantastic blog candy on offer. Go and have a look!
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More Henbury Lane

2010-07-05T17:39:00.000+01:00

Two more cards using The Papermania Henbury Lane papers and stamps. This one has two stamped images and the centre image is the matching sticker.

The pink rose was coloured with pencils and the edges were inked with Tattered Rose distress ink. The lattice strip is a Martha Stewart edge punch.

Just for a change!

2010-07-01T15:26:00.000+01:00

Thought I'd have a change today from pretty cards! I made this for the monthly challenge on the Crafty Cow forum . The theme is "animals". The stamp used is from Penny Black.

More Henbury Lane

2010-06-29T21:00:00.000+01:00

Made with the Papermania Henbury Lane range. The papers are so pretty. Image was also a Papermania Henbury Lane stamp coloured with copics.

Easel Card

2010-06-25T12:31:00.003+01:00

This is the first easel card I have made. The papers and sticker are from the Papermania Henbury Lane Collection.

Another Owl Card

2010-06-23T21:35:00.002+01:00

Another owl card. This time I used the smaller version of the template and cut a branch and moon out of card.

Two New Cards

2010-06-21T19:43:00.004+01:00

I haven't uploaded anything for ages so here are a couple of cards. The owl is a template from Anna Marie Designs.

The ne baby card is made using Martha Stewart punches and Sizzix Cattycorner alphabet dies.

Male Card

2010-05-05T11:27:00.002+01:00

Here is a very quick card made for a male friend. I used some monochrome decoupage bought from the Make It show.

Art Deco

2010-05-03T16:14:00.005+01:00

It's a long time since I posted but here are some cards made using the free papers in Creative Cardmaking.

More Charity Cards

2010-02-24T16:04:00.003Z

Here are some more cards I've made for charity.

Two ladies!

2010-02-19T16:39:00.004Z

Here are two cards made in last few days. The first is using Card Creations Plus Art Deco Cd and the second I made to try out the Martha Stewart punches I succumbed to from QVC's last TSV. The stamps are from Clarity stamps and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Valentine's day

2010-02-14T16:19:00.003Z

Well now it's here I can show the Valentine card I made. The heart was from a Quickutz silhouette download and cut on craftrobo. The word and small hearts were cut out of vinyl on the robo.

Love

2010-02-07T11:19:00.004Z

I made this on the craftrobo using a print and cut download from the Silhouette site for the lovebirds, mounted on a piece of red card embossed with roses on the Cuttlebug. The word "love" I created myself and the hearts are a Quickutz die.

Some cards for charity

2010-01-17T15:46:00.005Z

Since Christmas I've been making cards using up lots of scraps of paper and images which I will give to charity.

Last of the Christmas Cards

2010-01-01T15:17:00.007Z

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Unfortunately I was not well just before Christmas so didn't manage to upload the rest of my Christmas Cards. Anyway better late than never - so here they are!

And more....

2009-12-08T11:59:00.003Z

I've been a bit lazy this year as most of the cards I've made have been from kits so didn't require too much effort!! These were again from the QVC TSV.

And More....

2009-11-27T12:26:00.005Z

Another selection of Christmas cards - this time made from a TSV from QVC.

Some More Christmas Cards

2009-11-26T16:43:00.003Z

These cards were made using a sticker sheet from a Docrafts Goody Bag.

2009-11-25T12:08:00.003Z

I'm getting a Craft Robo for Christmas - well I've already got it as I had to check it worked when it arrived!! This is my first card made witha template bought from Tina Fitch. Need to play lots before I manage to design my own template!

First Christmas Cards

2009-11-19T12:55:00.006Z

I've been busy making Christmas cards for last few weeks. Here is the first batch - made at a couple of Stampin Up workshops.

Fabulous Blog Candy

2009-10-09T16:21:00.005+01:00

WOW!! What fabulous blog candy! I would soooo love to win this! Details of how to win are on Jak's blog here

Mickey Mouse

2009-10-06T13:50:00.004+01:00

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. I've made this card for my grandson's 2nd birthday as he loves Mickey! It was going to be a pop up but made the card the wrong way round! So have added a bouncing Mickey on acetate instead. I have also made a start on this year's Christmas cards and will put some on here later.

New Home

2009-09-07T14:44:00.002+01:00

I made this card for my son and daughter -in-law who are moving house. The freebie stamp with the September issue of Craft Stamper was just perfect! I stamped a row of houses in black then coloured and decoupaged just one to make it stand out.

Some Decoupage Cards

2009-09-07T14:38:00.004+01:00

Here are two decoupage cards made recently. The racing car is a Dufex design and the football is from Buzzcrafts

Christmas in August

2009-08-21T15:52:00.003+01:00

The Simon Says Challenge this week is Christmas in August. I'm not geared up to doing Christmas cards yet - all my Christmassy things are packed away as I have limited space except for one or two bits I've bought recently. This stamp "Sleigh Bear" from Hobby Art being one of them and the Penny Black Crystalline stamps another. I stamped the stars in Brilliance Moonlight White on blue pearlescent card, tore some pale blue glitter paper for the snow and stamped and embossed the bears in black. I coloured the sled with a red Glaze pen, then added the tag on a scrap of red ribbon.

First Scrapbook Page

2009-08-17T14:25:00.003+01:00

The Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is for anything but a card. I've been thinking about having a go at scrapbooking so have made my first page for the challenge using the sketch from Papertake Weekly challenge - so 2 in 1! Couldn't get a very good picture though - normally I scan my cards but obviously this is too big for that!

Cool Tortoise!

2009-08-10T14:10:00.006+01:00

The card swap this month on The Crafty Cow forum was to use just one colour. I decided on green and used the brilliant tortoise/turtle stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. Now that it's been received I can show it on here

Distressed Flowers

2009-08-01T14:32:00.005+01:00

It has been quite some time since I've entered a challenge - other things have got in the way! The Simon Says challenge this week is "Distressed" not my favourite thing to do I have to say. I decided to stick to simple and stippled distress inks onto a cream card blank then sponged the edges for the background. I then crumpled some coredinations card and sanded it then punched flowers out. The strip behind the flowers was torn and inked. Not quite my thing but reasonably pleased with the result.

Marvellous Meerkats!

2009-07-22T15:33:00.003+01:00

My OH is very fond of watching Meerkat Manor so when I saw this image on the Jayne Netley Mayhew CD from Joanna Sheen I just knew it would be perfect for him. I printed the sandy backing paper onto pearlescent paper and the meerkat paper onto vellum. It looks a bit washed out on here but the background is really a light greenish colour.

Turtle Smiles

2009-07-21T15:28:00.002+01:00

Here is a quick card made with those lovely turtle stamps. I had to place image off centre to hide the bit on the green card which did not emboss !!

Thanks to Heidi!

2009-07-21T12:10:00.004+01:00

Weather here really miserable today - damp and grey but look what the postman brought me to brighten it up. A set of gorgeous stamps from Simon Says Stamp - blog candy I won a while backon the Simon Says Blog together with some beautiful Prima flowers in the most gorgeous blue/green shades.

Thank you so much Heidi.

Too hot to craft!!!

2009-07-06T12:38:00.004+01:00

Well the weather last week was so hot and humid all crafting had to stop. My craft room is small, faces south and was unbearable. Today though the weather is much fresher thank goodness! I like the hot but not the humid! I did eventually finish one card as the temperatures soared but even that took some time.I bought the new Joanna Sheen Eastern Treasures CD and printed off backing sheet on some vellum type paper then some decoupage. I managed to slip when cutting the base layer of decoupage so had to print another sheet. The ink on that one didn't dry properly presunably because of the weather so smudged the ink so had to print a third sheet. I left that one overnight before trying to cut it out! The result is I have lots of spare bits to use up. This is the card I finally completed.

Summer Tilda

2009-06-22T16:00:00.004+01:00

The Just Magnolia challenge this week is "Summer". Here is the card I made for it. The paper and red card is from DCWV, flowers and brad from stash. I coloured the image with copics then water coloured a wash around them to get rid of the whiteness of the card. The wall stamp is from Woodware. I also stippled some red and green ink with a stencil brush on the base card again to disguise the stark whiteness.

Bev's Saturday Blog Candy

2009-06-20T09:34:00.003+01:00

Simon Says Stamp is providing the blog candy that Bev is giving away . Today only!! It's a gorgeous Tilda stamp - why not go and have a look.

Oriental Family

2009-06-18T16:29:00.006+01:00

I made this card for the Simon Says Stamp challenge this week. They are celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Blog's 1st birthday. they are also having a blog hop on Sunday - why not pop over and see what's going on?

I used the Simon Says Stamp My Family set of stamps - stamped in black then heat embossed and coloured with twinkling H2Os. The flowers on the left are stamped and embossed in blue and red pearl lustre embossing powders, ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is from Woodware. Originally I scanned this but the flowers didn't show up.

I do wish Blogger would sort out the ongoing problem with the followers gadget as I have terrible problems getting on the Simon Says blogs. Still getting the message that operation is aborted and when I press the back button the page sometimes reloads but then stops me doing anything else until I close Internet Explorer down. So at the moment I'm having to look at some blogs through Firefox!

Paper Piecing

2009-06-16T20:08:00.004+01:00

The Copic Colour challenge this week is to use Y23 Yellowish Beige, RV11 pink and BV04 blueberry or as close as possible. I coloured Tilda's hair with E35 then added Y23 to highlight it. I also used the yellow on the dress bow and cuffs, I substituted RV10 and used that on dress trim and socks and BV04 for mittens and frills. The dress was paper pieced to fit in with the Just Magnolia challenge. I edged the image with Glimmer Mist sponged on but it came out a lot darker than I intended. Papers were from some that were sent to me as a birthday gift and the bows were out of my box of bits.

Flower Trail

2009-06-14T09:22:00.004+01:00

I've noticed while entering challenges that the majority of cards entered are of the cute variety. So have decided to be different today and made this card in the Tracy Dutton of Lavinia Stamps style! I have stamped the leaves in Versafine vintage sepia and the flowers are stamped in Brilliance pearl orchid and pearl purple and Versacolour Orchid on pale pink pearlised paper. Then I added liquid pearls and pink glitter. I mounted this on brown coredinations cardstock and added to a white DL card. As the theme on SimonSays Stamp challenge is pink and brown I am entering this. Hope you like it!

Pretty in Pink

2009-06-07T16:22:00.004+01:00

Another new Tilda stamp. This time I have followed the sketch on Just Magnolia challenge and also coloured image with copics using colours for the Copic Colour challenge this week. So another 2 in 1! The papers are from Basic Grey Two Scoops, cardstock from Coredinations and ribbon from my stash.