Monday 26 April 2010

Thankyou

trying to find a new way to photograph cards when I've made a few of the same design.....came up with these holders.....they are actually for holding place card settings at a wedding....think they work out ok thought......they came from my local Range store.....minimal cost 3.49p for a set of 3.....
while at the range I also bought some lovely paper's called linen closest from die cuts with a view.....really pale creams and a touch of blue and green.....some of the paper's are glittered.....
this is the paper I used on these cards unfortunatly you cannot see it on the photo......this is a closeup of the card holder's......
the flowers where stamped onto white card with tim holts inks......I used scattered straw and antique linen...they where then cut out using my sizzix express and the label 4 spellbinder's die...the edge was then sponged with antique linen....the greeting is from my stash and was stamped with tim holts walnut stain....thanks for looking.....

Saturday 24 April 2010

Mojo Monday #135

over on there blog this week there is a sketch to follow...love following sketches as I get loads of inspiration...and also the design team come up with some amazing cards go and take a look...It's well worth it....
this is the card that I came up with today....the background paper's are from my stash....I'll have to stop buying paper as Im overrun with it can't resist lol....the image is a magnolia and is coloured in with tim holts distressing inks....she was then cut out with labels ten.....the border is a martha stewert punch...it was punched out of bazzil the bow was made on a version of a bow maker (hubby made it)....the buttons where tied with twine and stuck on...the sentiment is from tiny words a woodware stamp set...
I like to add something to the inside of the cards I make to to pull the who;e design together....I punched a fancy edge using a martha stewert punch rubbed it with time holts ditressing ink and mounted it onto the same paper as the front of the card...thanks for looking....

Happy Birthday

the card was made for 4 challenges Creative Card Challenge 48 (happy birthday)....A Spoon Full Of Sugar(happy birthday)...Just Magnolia (anything goes)....Into making large  cards at the moment.....you can get a lot more embelishments onto them....the background paper is from my stash.....
the magnolia image was stamped onto white card and coloured in with tim holts distressing ink....it was then cut out using labels 10....then I used the stampin up mat pack and paper piercer to pierce the edge....it was then mounted onto a larger label that was cut out of bazzil....
the flower was puched out of the same paper as the background and screwed into a ball and flattened out....a hole was piered through and threaded with a brad...thanks for looking....

Tuesday 20 April 2010

1 card 2 challenges

made another card that covers 2 challenges....over at Lord Have Mercy blog the challenge this week is to follow the sketch above...hope the card I came up with is ok...and over at Magnolia Down Under's blog there challenge this week is masking an image....
this is the first time I have done this techique and it took a while to master....finally cracked it lol...the papers used on the card are various designs from my stash....I made the card A4 size to beable to put the image on...didn't realise how big it was....
it is a magnolia image and so is the suger bag sooo cute!!!...it is watercoloured in with tim holts distressing inks....love how it turned out....
and finally had to add something to the inside of the card to finish it off....stamped part of the image and coloured in as before...sponged distressing ink around the edge to finish it off....think this works ok....thanks for looking.....

1 card three challenges

this is the first time I've ever entered a card that fits 3 seperate card challenges......
the first is from the Just Magnolia blog and there's is a sketch to follow with a magnolia image on somewhere...the BBTB blog wanted a magnolia image with a cut from the cricut... and the Creative Belli blog wanted a die cut.......here is what I came up with ....
the card is quite large for a change A4 to beable to get everything on....the background was cut with cricut....using storybook and cut with green bazzil....
the image was water coloured in with tim holts distress ink....it was stamped onto a die cut circle from spellbinders cut on my sizzix express.....
the border punch is a martha stewert....and the pearls just finish the card of nicely with a bit of bling...got to have some bling on cards lol....
always like to add something inside the cards I make just to pull the whole card together and finish it off....a piece of card was edged with some tim holts ditress ink.....some puched out leaves using a martha stewert punch just finish off the card...thanks for looking....

Monday 19 April 2010

New Stash

went to my local craft shop yesturday they have some amazing things....the papers are to die for ...they have loads of samples on the walls for inspiration....the people who run it give loads of advice and are always happy to help with any questions...
it's called the Craft Box at Elsecar Heritage Centre they are also online

go and take a look at there web page...I bought some of the new spellbinders dies some lovely papers.....
some more bazzil card always buy this to add to my stock.....and of course could resist some magnolia stamps
a cute little bee and suger stack to sit her on and a lovely girl with a ribbon in her hair...thanks for looking...

Saturday 17 April 2010

Hip to be "square"

Over on the shabby tea room blog there brief this week was to use squares the more the merrier.....I decided to use some embossed paper that I've had for some time....it came from craftwork cards they have some amazing things on there web page take a look...they also have lots of insiration...
the squares where cut and to add dimention there edges where rubbed with antique linen distress ink from tim holts...the squares where add to a piece of bazzil and this was layered onto the card front...and tied with a piece of white ribbon.....
the image is one from a penny black set which was stamped onto a circle cut with nestabilities....I then used the mat pack and paper piercer from stampin up to add the pierced edge....the image was coloured in with promarkers...then attached to the front of the card with foam pads to give it some dimention....thanks for looking

Pennys Challenge

over on their site this week there challenge is anything goes...I thought long and hard for this challenge....and taking inspiration from them I decided to enter a layout....they don't see many on there site....
this layout was done a while ago love using black and white photo's...I caught my daughter is a rare moment...
these day's seem to spend more time online with her friends lol....
the paper's are from my stash and the main colour is from bazzil....always use this as it holds it shape nice...
It came together very nice not tooo fussy...
the added addition of the pocket finished it off nicely....
I asked questions and got some great answers....they where printed out using various fonts on word...the hip chick just finished off nice I thought...thanks for looking....

Friday 16 April 2010

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 108

Over that this blog this week there challenge is to add texture so to make a touchy feely card.....I've kept mine pretty simple......
the texturing comes from the paper which is by Die Cuts With a View and is labelled La Creme....it is flocked and soooo touchable!!!...the stamped image is magnolia and is water coloured using tim halts distressing ink scattered straw a simple sentiment and a piece of ribbon and the outside of the card is finished
as you know I do like to add something to the inside to bring the card together.....a sentiment from hero arts and a piece of the paper from the front and the card is finished...hope it meets the brief ok ...thanks for looking....

Mercy's tuesday's sketch challenge #69

This is the card sketch to follow over on Lord Have Mercy's blog...they have some amazing examples....this is a picture of mine hope it comes upto scratch...the stamp set is from woodware...it was stamped onto contrasting paper and cut out...they where layered onto an oval cut with
the nestabilities...
the sentiment is from stampin up...the image is coloured in with promarkers and the outside is pierced with the mat pack and paper piercer fom stmping up....have also used some distress ink on the edge called
scattered straw
I love to add a bit of something to tie the inside with the front of the card...the sentiment is from a set by hero arts....the paper is punched with a martha stewert punch that is a zigzag and embosses an edge don't know if you can see this in the picture...thanks for looking ....have a great weekend!!!

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Thanks

 Just like to post a big thankyou to my new and old followers the list is getting a bit bigger....got a long way to go some people have thousands....I'll settle for double figures lol.....

Early Christmas

While I am off work for the easter holidays I'm trying to get infront with my crafting.....I'm determined this year all my christmas cards will be ready for the end of november.....had some scalloped cards for a while now and have not used them thought they would make a change from the normal cards...the stamp is from a company called little claire designs they have some amazing stamps check them out on the internet....part of the design was stamped onto paper and cut out(the scarf)....not normally into mass production like to make one off designs....made 11 altogether...thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment....

Magnolia Trio

Over at Bitten By The Bug there challenge this week is to use the rick rack cut from plantin school book......after stamping the magnolia image and colouring her in with promarkers(love these) and mounting her I realised she would not fit on A5 card which I normally use.....I decided to turn the card and place her on top hope this works.....the paper is from my stash and the blue card used is bazzil....this gives an exellent finish to the card.....the sentiments are from stampin up....and my new tool from stampin up paper piercer and template......thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment....

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Over at FCC this week there challenge is anything with water,rain etc.......this scrapbook page is from some time ago when I first started scrapbooking....it's a family holiday to ibiza in 2003 the girls where only 6 and 4 don't they look adorable.....the water effect paper I have had some time so don't know where it came from(if anybody knows where I can buy some more from?my craft buddy is after some for her scrapbook!!)...the tags are from TBAB and peel off's are added....the layout is quite basic...my work as evolved more over time I hope!!!!...thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment.....

Sunday 11 April 2010

Magnolia and Cute Card Thursday challenge

Magnolia's challenge this week was quite hard for me because I love lots of colour on my cards....there challenge was vintage....I've also entered this card in Cute Card Thursdays challenge which is mono(used different shades of grey)..I don't tend to use much grey in my card making so this was a first for me....
the card stock is bazzil love making this style of card think it makes the design more interesting...the image I've used quite a bit especially for my christmas cards....she was coloured in with tim holts distressing pad (black soot) i rubbed some on an acrylic block then used a brush to water colour her in....had to add a bit of bling this was done by adding a small charm from my stash.....and of course couldn't resist by adding a touch of colour with some card candy by craftwork cards....the sentiment is from a set by hero arts(dont remember the name)...this is a first for me I've never entered the same card in for 2 challenges....thanks for stopping by and looking feel free to leave a comment......

Saturday 10 April 2010

Cat Book



As you know from my last post we lost part of our family the other day our belovided cat called ginger....he had been with the family for a long time well before the children came along we miss him dreadfully but look back in fond memory off all the things he did and the laughter he brought to us. ...the  book I made was using the cricut and the animal kingdom cart the colours are as near as I could get and are cut out of bazzil card, this makes quite a sturdy book....I used a black pen to outline certain areas on the cat to make it more realistic.... the papers are a mixture from my stash some are bo bunny and the other are some I've had some time.....I have still got to add photo's to the book which will take some time and the children are going to help me pick some out of the vast collection.....Thanks for taking the time to look......

Wednesday 7 April 2010

memory book

Had a bad day yesturday my cat called ginger(nickname grommits)passed away he's been with the family a long time...he arrived to us from the cats rescue at the start of our live together in our first house....even before the children came along...we think at the time he was about 1 year old....he didnt have a bad life treated very well and well looked after (I will miss him)...anyway I am making a book about his life...I will post the book when it is finished...will be making it with the help of my cricut and my daughters...thanks for looking...