Blog Challenges

Challenge 1. Sarah Hurley's - Sketch Theme.

This card is made from an 8" square blank from stock and free papers from various magazines over the years. The ribbon came free with a mag too.

I liked the tones on the butterfly toppers and used tones of pink and lilac to compliment the small toppers. Hope you like it.

Happy Birthday To Ya

This is for the Sarah Hurley Challenge 26.

The backing paper is from a joanna sheen fashion through the ages A5 pack, the stamp is a Michelle Marsden one, I used my new xyron design runner for part of the sentiment and a free from a mag stamp set for the happy birthday.

I wanted to do a card around a party frock theme, but with a choice of frocks. I used promarkers for the mannequin and distress inks on the matt, and the label. All was finished off with a girlie pink bow.

Hope you all like it.

Blog Challenge

Some crafty creations for some blog challenges. 

Wish for a friend 1 : the inspiration was the sentiment rub on. I put the velvet paper in the centre of a red card blank, and positioned the rub on half top half bottom to flow along the card.

Wish for a friend 2: the sentiment was the inspiration for this one and I felt it was pretty enough to stand alone, I just mounted it onto a foiled card blank and let it speak for itself. Sentiment panel from KanBan and card blank from Hunky Dory.

New Beginnings 1: the quote says it all, this is foiled already onto the card blank, I added a hand made paper square in a diamond shape and added co-ordinating hand made paper butterfly.

New Beginnings 2: the inspiration for this was emigrating, a number of friends over the years have emigrated all over the world, I wouls want to emigrate in 30's luxury style on a liner (1st class of course) and that's what I aimed for. Topper and border from KanBan and backing paper is cut down from a 12X12 nautical themed sheet.

This was put together to celebrate what is "iconically" British! Red phone boxes (where did they go?) Royal family, and of course tea! A corner of hand made red and blue papers were mounted onto a white card blank, an oval aperture from a hunkydory card and stickers from a creative imaginations 12X12 sheet were used for the Brit Icons.

I started by using graphic 45 papers and chose the elements I wanted to use. I then spritzed with tattered angels juniper, placed a butterfly stencil (to represent the catterpillar/butterfly in the book) and over spritzed in cosmic shimmer golden mint.

I then layered on the elements from graphic 45 papers and some stickers to represent the hare's pocket watch and the drink me potion. Finished off with gothic lettering for Alice.

There's a Mouse In My Cupcake!

This card was designed for a friends birthday which just happened to be the same week as this challenge!

I used a white card blank and backed it with pearlescent card. I used a Kanban rose card sheet for the matt for the stamped image.  The image is from Joanna Sheens house mouse range and was coloured in using promarkers.

The border is a self adhesive velvet ribbon laid on top of a self adhesive glitter strip. I used holographic borders and some paper roses to complete the card, along with some jewelled flower stickers I have had for ever!

The birthday sentiment peel off was the finishing touch.

Old & New

This is my entry for the Letraset Blog challenge. The theme is Old and New. Using things from you stash which you have had for sometime, and using something that you have just bought or received!

So here is my card!

 Paper is a teabag folding sheet from a searchpress book I've had about 3 years.


 The Stamp is from Hunkydory and was a birthday present last week from my man! 

Busy Bee

Here are some more of my cards. I've been a busy little bee!

*Flower seller*

This card again inspired because of my obsession with Audrey Hepburn and the fact that I wanted to play with some new stamps and glimmer mists to see if the end result would be any good or just a blobby mess. I think it doesn’t look too bad.

*Halloween*

This was an entry for a competition, at this stage I have no idea if I even got into the judging pile of 20 designers, but fingers crossed. I like it anyway.

*Hunky 1, Hunky 2 and Xmas Angel*

A selection of cards I used to try and get on hunky-dory design team, as you can probably tell by the way I have typed this, I was unsuccessful this time, but hey ho, try again next time.

*Marilyn*

This one was made for a lady at work, her friends mum was having a big birthday and is a huge Marilyn fan, I just love the red carpet effect on this one (which, I have to be honest, the OH helped with the placement to make it look like she was walking on it).

*Flower cart*

Again this one was a much about with new stamps (Sheena Douglass) with the Audrey theme, it was also a play with promarkers.

*Fairy*

This one was a twitter card hop attempt using a polkadoodles fairy but without the wings! The butterfly was my take on movement as it is on a dangly bit of card.

*Ford Anglia*

This one was done for my father in law for his birthday, my OH asked me do it as it was his dad’s first car.

*Penguin*

I just love these penguin toppers, to make it a bit different for me I added them an acetate backdrop that is foil printed with snowflakes.

*Saucy Xmas*

This one I just like because she is a cheeky Christmas elf, the stamp is from Debbi Moore and was part of my play with stamps day.

*Stall*

Sorry about the self promotion here, but this is a pic of my stall from Crook Carnival in July, I will post one of my stall from the Christmas Fair in a couple of weeks.

*Xmas Selection*

A few of the cards to go on sale at the fair.

*Senility Prayer*

Just a fun stamp, the sentiment I think says what we all would like to happen.

*Wish*

Just a very nice image of an angel, or for those of you who are in to Manga it could well be a character from the genre.

*Toppers and Toppers 2*

Some toppers I had a play with ready to go on cards, and yes they are still waiting for the right card to go on.

*Retirement, 2, 3 and Mothers day*

Some cards I was commissioned to make earlier this year for people at work.

The retirement cards are A3 and were done this size on purpose as about 70 people had to sign each one!

Welcome

Welcome to my blog, I want to share my projects and love for craft with you. Time to show you some of my cards.....! 

*Betty Boop*

This one was made for a lady at work’s Mum.  She has been into Betty Boop for a number of years, and had a large birthday earlier this year.  The image is decoupaged with the addition of diamond sparkles to the chocolate box, shoe and bow.  This card is now in a frame in the recipients house.

*Comp entry 1*

Just a card I cobbled from some paper I was unlikely to use, with an image from a calendar bought for my new year present two years ago (we always buy each other a calendar for new years eve in our house).  I added in a page of sheet music and used a Clarity stamp Violin as a complimentary image as the lady from the calendar also has a violin.

*Comp entry 2*

This image is a twisted pyramage from Nancy Watt.  Just mounted onto a contrasting background.  I like the image because it reminds me of Audrey Hepburn at the Ascot races in “My Fair Lady”, so this was purely self indulgent.

*Baby Boy*

Self explanatory, lady my OH works with asked for this for a neighbour who had just had her first baby.  The image is from Kanban and I think is really evocative of the newborn baby having it’s first cuddle.

Next post I will show you some more. Hope you enjoy!