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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.....

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....

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....

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...

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....