First Christmas card this year

Bell-shaped Baubles is a lovely image, in Patties Creations etsy store...

 I decided to use it for a family Christmas card. 

I coloured it with my promarkers, added a bit of inking round the edge,

some  lovely backing papers and finished it with

some die cut Christmas shapes... cut in gold paper.

Halloween

 

This month, I decided to make a halloween card for my niece, 

who has just moved into her first home. ...

I used the October freebie, over at Patties Creations....

Pumpkin with witches hat.

This was a lovely image to colour and came together quite quickly.

I used my alcohol pens

and paired with some Green, purple and orange backing papers

which to me, say - Halloween.

I inked the edge of the image in the halloween colours, too. 

Anniversary card

I played around with Patties Creations image called "Birthday Cake" this week...

 ... and turned it into a piece of anniversary cake, including 2 spoons!

We have just celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary

and we often share cake... 

so I added 2 diecut spoons to the cake, which I coloured 

with my alcohol pens. 

I stamped a ;ittle sign to stand on the piece of cake and added

a diecut 21 in the corner.

I handcut some little bunting pennants and a diecut "husband."

Silly cats

Patties Creations  has some fantastic new images in her shop ..

and have used a fairly recent one here - 'Silly Cats'.

 I coloured the image with my alcohol pens

and fussy-cut around the cats.

I popped the image onto 3d foam.

I used some daubers and distress inks to create the background with 3 colours,

popped on the image and added a stamped sentiment.

An embossed line round the edge, finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Birthday card for my neighbour.

Such a cute image from Patties Creations - Ice Cream Sundae.

This is in the freebies section on her page....

 I made this card for my sweet neighbour, who is turning 13.

I think she still likes pink...and who doesn't like icecream?!?

I used my alcohol markers to colour the image.I dribbled glossy accents all over the "sauces" to make them look glossy and edible...they really do! 

A few different papers, one with a punched edge and a I inked all the edges.

The sentiment is hand written and her name and age are stickers

that I bought an age ago, on holiday in Canada.

Martha Stewart punched butterflies are featured...again!

June - birthday

Another very sweet image from my friend, over at Pattie's Creations...

"Circle of animal friends."

 I coloured Pattie's image with my alcohol pens and made a backing paper craeted

from a few different colours of spotty paper, from Ann Marie Designs, which I inked the edges of and did a little line all around of faux-stitching with my white Sakura pen.

I generated the sentiment on the PC 

and added some punched (Martha Stewart) butterflies...which often feature on my cards!

Fresh and floral

Using "Cup and saucer with flowers" from Pattie's Creations, 

I made my Mother-In-Law

a card for Mothering Sunday. 

 I used my alcohol markers to colour the image.

I fuss-cut round the image and popped it on 3D foam to give dimension. 

I inked and dry embossed around the edges of the spotty paper

 and inked the edges of the cross-hatched paper. 

A stamped sentiment and punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner - ATG/ Spring - 13 May

Digi Choosday - atg - 26 May