A couple of commissions...

I was asked to make a couple of cards recently...

 This card is made using a Debbie Mumm image which I bought from

PC Crafter yonks and yonks ago. I must use them more often!

I simply decoupaged some of the flowers, 

glossy accented other flowers, added a punched butterfly,

matted onto cream pearlised card, then embossed a simple box around the image.

It's hard to see on this card, I embossed the bottom (white part) with a lovely

flower and leaves pattern. I added a swirl, some flowers with a butterfly,

and a small piece of "subway art", with the recipients name.

(It looks better irl than in this pic)  

Oops... gotta go.... the cat's just brought "something" in ... I can tell by his meow!!!.....

My first EVER challenge!!! ( Less is more )

I have never joined in any kind of "challenge" before, and thought while it's

summer hols, now would be the perfect time,...

than I saw the L I M  challenge and loved the sketch....

So.. I had a play and came up with this...

I used Pink Petticoat paper, a HOTP stamp for the sentiment,

and some punched, silver butterflies, with a little silver gem on each wing.

The border is a Martha Stewart punch.

Hopefully, "Less is more" enough!!!

I have also just discovered another blog, which I haven;t seen before and their challenge this week is for a "monochrome" card, so I'm entering in that one, too!   ; )

(Totally papercrafts challenge blog)

Thanks for any comments you might leave!!

I love the bottoms....

...of these cards. I saw them a while ago on qvc (from

craftwork cards, I think!) and thought..."I can do those myself!" 

...So I did!! ....

I made this card for my mother-in-law as her birthday is coming up. 

I made the embossed background myself, with my helix board. (dead cheap from the works!)

I cut the label shape on my big shot, with my newish x-cut dies, and chalked

just inside the edges. The cat and cushion are decoupaged. 

Punched flowers, leaves and butterflies finished this card. 

I didn't make this for anyone in particular...

I bought some lovely stampin up stamps at a car boot sale a while ago and finally got round

to stampin and colourin a few...and this is one of those stamps!

I added a martha stewart punched border and embossed the background myself.

Thanks for looking!

I've made some cards at last!

Long time, no blog!

I haven't had a lot of mojo recently, 

but I think I'm having a come-back now...

 I was asked to make this card...

for a 14 yr old boy who  loves footie and almost any sport. 

You can't tell, but I have used glossy accents over his name and age, so they stand out a bit.

I'm told he loves the cards I make, so lets hope this is no different!

I also made this for a colleagues mum...

" I need it to say Mam, and have shoes and handbags on please!"

I used one of my first kraft cards for this one as I love pink and brown together.

The wide, gold ribbon is organza.

I printed the words on the image, from my pc and added

some gems and a fancy edge to finish the card.

Thanks for looking and any comments you might leave. xx

Stacks of presents!

Recently, I have found myself making a lot of baby cards...

...and have found myself running out of baby cards in my card box.

So this afternoon, I have made this little selection...

All using the nitwits bears, my own home-made little labels 

(some left blank so I can add on a name, if needed),

and of course, some baby type papers, 

along with some punched borders I bought at the boot sale.

..One in pink.. 

 ...One in blue....

... and one in yellow! 

Just one today....

I made this recently for someone whose birthday was a couple of days ago...

...and I know she love poppies...

So, I thought this trinitage image was be very useful! 

I decoupaged it and added a bit of glossy accents and some

 black gems into the centre of each poppy. 

xx

Male cards inc Fathers day

I've had a busy week, and have been making some much needed male cards...

 I was wrapping a friends birthday pressie the other day and had some left over wrapping paper.

I thought it would be spot on for a simple card I had in mind,

using the kraft cards I bought at Samuel Taylors in Leeds this week. 

Buttons from stash, Digi sentiment, and wrapping paper!

 This is a lovely Trinitage image that I bought a while ago. I made it for Hubbys Dad 

as he likes this type of holiday...in little picturesque fishing villages.

I decoupaged some of the scene.

 This is an image I love, from S.J.Musings   and I have used it a number 

of times for different cards.

I decoupaged it and popped on two cats....  

as they look very similar to the two cats my Mum and Dad have.

I found the website that lets you print off your own keep calm poster.

So I made this one and then embossed lines as though they were a continuation 

of the union jack. 

Just poppin by...

....to show you one I made recently for a chocoholic friend.

I used loads of digi images to make this card....and made some images

twice so I could decoupage them.

Jayne likes anything and everything chocolate...

so that's what she got! 

I used purple paper behind the image to give a "Cadbury's" impression. 

Also, my fab Hubby managed to find and download the "Willy Wonka" font!!

Newspaper card

I was inspired to make some "newspaper cards" from Its all Fiddle Fart

and this is my second one. 

I have made more that I will show soon.

I made it a couple of weeks ago, for a colleague who was due to go on maternity last friday...

but she went and had her baby the week before!

So, I haven't seen her yet and she still hasn't seen this card! 

Hahahaha... nevermind,...I will give it to her as soon as I see her. 

Fingers crossed she likes it... I thought a maternity card was just a cute idea! 

(she was supossed to be having a baby shower later this week... bit late now!:)  )

More baby cards

I've made another 2 cards for the new baby...

 I used a Nitwits baby collection for this card...

I generated the wording directly onto the card and added the frame,

a teddy and star (decoupaged) with some glossy accents here and there. 

Finished off with some simple embossing around the frame.

I thought this paper was perfect for a baby girl card...

I had used this poem once before and I think it is lovely, so used it again.

The bear is another from the Nitwits collection. 

I bought the martha stewart punched borders on a bootsale last weekend, and of course,

I made use of the fanciful flourish!

x

Thanks for any comments....

I'm back!!

I've been ill recently, and then really really busy, 

but I have been making a few cards for a friends new baby girl!

This card was a commission...

"Can I have the babys name, weight , d.o.b, time , and name meaning?"

Hmmm.... Took a bit of thinking, but I gave her this today...

 and she loved it!!!

xx

(Will show more cards I made for this baby, soon!)

Wellington Bear

Introducing Wellington...

He's from the new Docrafts range of goodies and he's goooorgeous!

I made this on bank holiday when I had done the gardening and the housework.

My friend called me up and gave me this "challenge".

To have made a Wellington card by 6pm.5

As it was already 4pm, I thought it was too big a challenge, but by

5:30pm it was finished.

And, I am very pleased with it, if I do say so myself!

x 

Just the two....

Just a quick post today... 

this housework lark is taking longer than I hoped it would,. today!   ;)

 First up...

my friend's birthday was this week....

and I thought I would make her something a little different. 

It's a card in the style of a newspaper...I have

made a few of these recently, for friends and family, but I don't want to "blog them"

too early, incase they see them!

Image is PP, coloured with promarkers. 

Decoupaged cupcake border, with a bit of G.A. 

I was commissioned to make this birthday card...

"For a girl who loves Everton, but can be quite girly!"

Hmmm... 

I think this fit the bill, and the buyer was pleased with it! x

Thanks for looking and for any comments.. xx

Fanciful flourish mad!

I've gone mad for the new flourish die I bought last week!

 I used a paper from a HOTP kit I've had for yonks, 

that flourish and some punched flowers and butterflies with 

the odd pearl here and there.

"Celebrate" stamped in gold.

P.C sentiment with craftwork cards embossed frame,  flourishes,

paper flowers and punched silver butterflies. 

Also, a bit of liquid pearls here and there. 

As above....

Made with neutral colours, so suitable for anyone.

New Dies...

I bought some new dies on Thursday - and they were here on Friday morning! 

Thank-you Oyster Stamps!

I made this one with my new "fanciful flourish" die...

which I luuurve!

I mixed and matched it a bit on this card... 

cutting off a bit here and there and sticking it close next to another

part of the fanciful flourish. 

I think it works!

I layered two purple flowers, with a pearl, some diecut butterflies in silver

and a craftwork cards frame which I thought

I would never be able to use...its a bit of a funny size!

But I have now found the perfect way to use it.

xx

40th Birthday Card

Just a quickie, I have a friend coming over shortly...

I made this for a friends recent birthday -

this card is sooo much "her", you wouldn't believe!

the papers, image and sentiment are all from Pink Petticoat - 

I am rediscovering all their stuff, as I have a lot of it! 

I paper pieced the rose on her top, and the drink.... 

and decoupaged the handbag. 

A touch of sparkle here and there (although you can't tell in this pic)

and....done! 

xxx

Butterflies...

..They really seems to be "my thing" at the minute...

 I got some new paper, filled with butterflies, 

and fell in love with it as soon as i saw it! 

I inked the paper and a martha stewart border punch 

(I bought 12, 12 x 12 borders from the car boot last week for £1 !)

and decoupaged one of the butterflies from the paper. 

 Same paper, 

another MS punched border,

and sentiment is yet to go on... I have left a little space

in that little label I handcut, 

between the butterflies. I might just put

a name in there. 

as above....

and again, with a craftwork cards sentiment.

Again, I used a craftwork cards sentiment,

MS border, and I also bought the gold butterfly at the car boot..

I assume its an MS punched butterfly.

Here's a quick pic of the whole collection I made from this paper, on Friday evening....

I love this photograph...so spring-like!

Thanks for looking   xxxx

Oohhh, I'm not enjoying this new blogger lark....

It won't let me put text under the middle of each pic,

and I can't see my buttons properly on the top bar...so I just have to guess where

the "add pics" button is, to get my pictures on.

Grrr.....

This is made from Pink Petticoat papers and image...
inked, paper pieced, glittered and butterflies added.
Sentiment computer generated.

I made this for a crafty friends little girl.
I have had this tilda(?) image for a while, and thought it would suit perfectly.
The pissie didn't come out too well.. I think I took it in a bad light.
It looked so much better in real life..honest!
I used duck egg blue pretty doddles paper from Pink Petticoat for the background
plenty of paper flowers (I inked up the blue ones cos they started off white!)
and a craftwork cards sentiment.

I was asked to make this card ... I made a similar one a few months ago

which was very well recieved! So, another was needed for another neice!

Embossed background, die-cut name and age, handcut butterflies

and lots of sparkle here and there!  

Yeah! It's half term...

I was looking through my Pink Petticaot stuff recently,

 as I know I have loads of it that I haven't used for a long time.

I printed off some of the papers and a handbag image, paper pieced the handbag

and added a bit of sparkle, with a computer generated sentiment.

 I made this for my friends Mum,...

Pink petticoat paper, handcut round the pc generated sentiment.

Embossed, then I drew and cut my own butterflies as I didn't have any the size I wanted.

Parer flowers, pearls and gems added.

A Mothers day card...

I handcut the shaped bottom, inked, embossed, added pp paper 

(pretty doodles), a sentiment I made on the PC

a diecut butterfly, a paper flower and some buttons!

Thanks for looking...

Tonights offerings....

I have been making some cards recently for a fair I was selling at.....

This first card is one of my favourites.

I can't remember where I got the image as I've had since I don't know when.

But I simply decoupaged the front flowers,

added some G.A to to middles of each flower

and finally embossed the edge of the card to make the image stand out a little more.

 I shaped the bottom of this card - freehand, and I REALLY like the effect.

I got this idea from QVC  a couple of weeks ago, when it was craft day.

They were showing a set of cards with this fancy-shaped, embossed bottom part.

I thought,"I can do that!"

so got out my Big Shot, some embossing folders

and cut myself a template for the shape along the bottom.

And "HEY PRESTO!"

I think there will be more of this shape to come......

I was asked to make this card.

"Baking stuff for Grandma, please!"

OK!

These are digi-images, which I cut out and decoupaged some of

wih a bit of G,A for dimension.

Teeny little faux stitching drawn round the edge

of the gingham, for extra effect.

The reciever was very happy with this card...which makes me happy too!  xx