A whopper of a birthday

Dropping  a line to say...

Stamp: Crafty secrets Fishing buds
Paper: Making Memories and glitter card
Embellishments: heated white organza ribbon, Prima flowers, dewdrops

Colours: Derwent pastel pencils, Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents, Glimmer Mists.

Sparkle all the way

Here is card #2, made with the free pack of paper.
I stamped Tilda in her Christmas stocking and coloured her with Copics.

 I have put Tilda on a bauble background covered with Doodlebug glitter and mica paper. The sentiment is made with the Dymo label maker and three dewdrops finish off the card.

A close up of the glitter and the fluffy wool border on the stocking. The glitter is quite big and consists of tiny circles. Nice and bright for Christmas.

Season Greetings

Two more Christmas cards made with free papers from a magazine.
The first card is with a die cut from the Cricut from the Christmas cartridge. I have covered the bauble in red glitter from Doodlebug.

The flowers are made from the same paper collection with a Spellbinders die. After rolling the roses, I added a cluster of beads in the middle. The sentiment is made with the Dymo labeler.

U R MAGNIFICENT

A break from all the Christmas card making...
What else to change the mood than a little Penny Black. My happy party goers have taken it in their stride, happy you will be.

More Tiffany papers and a simple little card design. The flower is made with Spellbinder dies and held together with a jewel brad.

The colouring is all done with Caran d'Ache Supracolor on watercolour cardstock. I have combined 3 stamps to create this scene.

I love the little footprints ...

Christmas cards with freebies

I bought some Glimmer Mist from Charmed Cards and Crafts and received a little bag with Christmas acetates. At first I thought: "What am I going to do with this?", but then I decided that as I needed so many cards that I may just as well use something different.
I grabbed my box with leftover cardstock from DCWV, My Minds Eye and Making Memories papers, and put these Christmas cards together.

 A Spellbinders die for the focal point and Glimmer Glaze in pearls and green for the ribbon. Some Anita's half pearls to embellish the diecut and some red/white twine finish the card.

Inside is another acetate and the sentiment is from Me & My Big Ideas and has been embossed.

This card has some diecut letters by Tim Holz for the sentiment and I have coloured them with Distress Stain.

The background has also been stained with Picket Fence stain. Unusual colours for Christmas, but I think it still works. Not everyone likes red and green all the time.

 The journalling circle is from Me &My Big Ideas and is embossed in gold as is the sentiment.

I am making an effort to always decorate the inside of my cards as well. Here I left a large white space to write. I am busy making a lot more Christmas cards and those are completely different to the ones shown here. So if you don't like them, just stay tuned and understand the frugality of the idea.

Hugs and kisses

Marianne Designs brings out lovely papercrafting goodies several times a year. As I am always tempted by a good bargain, I found two lovely stamps from this designer at Emerald Crafts in Lyndhurst.
One of these stamps is the focal point of my next card:

All papers and cardstock, metallic, glittered and textured, are from DCWV Mariposa collection. I used 3 different Spellbinder dies to create the frames. The sentiment is from Cuttlebug. The flowers were originally white and are from Hero Arts. They have been altered with Glimmer Mist to add colour and shine. The little white roses have been glammed up with some Stickles. Some lace and 2 butterfly punches from Martha Stewart finish off my project.

Make a wish on your birthday

I love Penny Black stamps. They are so whimsical and funny at the same time.
The little images lend themselves perfectly for a little card making. I have a made a birthday card with a simple design.

The image is stamped on watercolour card and coloured with aquarelle pencils. I am really into good quality pencils. I have always loved them ever since I was a child. Colouring relaxes me, if only I could draw as well then my pencils would get better use.

A little rosette made with elasticated ribbon that I found while on vacation in the Lakes, sits on a Spellbinders die. The paper is from the We R Memory Keepers Tiffany stack.

Three yellow brads from Basic Grey create an extension of the image by repeating the colour and the number of mice. Aren't they cute these 3 little friends? You got to love the napkins tied under their chin...

Happy fall

While everyone is gone trick or treating, we are enjoying the cozy indoors and are relaxing after work.
The weather is miserable so hopefully not too many knocks on our front door, but we have the candy ready. I have decorated the front window a bit and added candles, so the little ones don't get too scared when they come round. We tend to get quite small children with their parents watching from a safe distance. We don't want to frighten the living daylights out of them...

I have made a fall basket for my DH's sweeties. Not that I will let him go round the houses, haha.
Everything is made from scratch, even the pumpkin. I scrap-lifted the idea from a Magnolia Ink magazine and added my own twist. scroll down if you like to see more.

A sweet little Tilda on one side.

 And Edwin on the other side.

The images are coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Edwin and Tilda are sitting on a CC Designs  bench. The pumpkin is made out of 5 ovals each. I painted the with spiced marmalade and inked the edges, then the ovals are glued together.

The lettering has been die cut with a Tim Holz die and coloured with gold metallic pen. The little flowers and swirls are from Magnolia Doohickey dies. Anita's orange gems in the middle of each flower and on the handle.

The design paper is from K&Co and is an old stack I have lying around, but the colours always come in handy.

 Oops... it seems my big ghoul has already been at the goodies.

To someone special

I made a card with some free gifts that were supplied with a crafting magazine in this past summer issue.
Normally I would struggle to use any free gifts as the style or colour might not suit and quite often the quality is not there. This time I just loved the papers and acetates as all the colours were so lively.

The card has a summery feel to it and can be used for birthdays or just to say hello to that someone special.

I stamped this large Hero Arts flower on watercolour cardstock and coloured it with Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils. I added Ranger pearlescent paints in the middle and edges of the leaves.
I used some Spellbinders dies to cut the images and create border and focal point. The acetate butterflies are decorated with some Melissa Frances half pearls.

The inside of the card is decorated with more of the free papers and another writing area made from American Crafts cardstock.

Happy birthday with Wild Rose studio

I have a sweet little birthday card to share with you today. The card is only 5x5 inch and this is my favourite size of card to make and send.
The highlight is this little girl by Wild Rose Studio holding her cat.

The circle sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and the flowers are made by heat embossing an Autumn Leaves flower on pink cardstock and cutting them out. The image is coloured in Distress inks and the edging on the blue cardstock in done with Distress crackle paint.

 The paper is from Websters Pages and I have also used it to decorate the inside of the card.

I finally found a cheap little Dymo label maker in Cardiff. I like the old fashioned look of these labels and it makes a change of always stamping a sentiment in my cards.

Little wonder baby card

An unusual subject for a card from me; a baby card. I don't often make one of these as there aren't many opportunities in my close circle.
Websters Pages paper lends itself brilliantly for the job, so sweet and soft.

 An 8x8 inch card blank from Papermania with October afternoon papers for the background layers.

Spellbinders dies create such lovely borders and accents on the card. The kraft card is from Tim Holz and the brown printed paper is from a reissued magazine.

 Handmade flowers and butterfly painted with Distress ink, Glimmer Mist and Fairy dust glitter are assembled with a dazzler from Websters pages, a little blue acrylic flower and a gemstone brad. Some foam stickers for extra dimension on the card.

The main image has been decoupaged from 2 layers of paper. The Autumn Leaves sentiment has been heat embossed.

The inside has also been embellished with some designer paper and dies to form a little emblem flower decorated with stick-on pearl halves.

The completed card again with all its embelishments.

Autumn card series with the wizard of Oz (3)

A final card - for the time being at least- in this series of the Wizard of Oz. A card for friends and to celebrate friendship.

A really simple card using a lot of Spellbinder dies. The squares, corners and tag are all cut with dies.
Using Tea Dye Distress ink, I stamped the sentiment on white card and distressed the tag while it was still in the die, so the center plaque is lightly distressed as well as the edges. I applied the same technique on the corner dies.
Hope you like all 3 cards and your fall is wonderful. I am hoping for some dry days with sunshine, so we get a chance to enjoy the changing colours.

Autumn card series with the wizard of Oz (2)

A second card to join the series of the wizard of Oz cards using these lovely papers and images from Graphic 45.

More Bazill Basics cardstock for the background in a peachy orange. I made another background paper using a stamp from the collection stamped all over the paper in Tea dye ink and then distressed the edges.
I made a little frame for the main image with a Spellbinders die. I decoupaged Dorothy's shoes and gave them a bit more sparkle with Fairy Dust glitter.

The inside of the card has also been decorated with more of the designer paper and my own stamped paper. Another Spellbinders frame makes a good centerpiece to write a sentiment on.

Autumn card series with the wizard of Oz (1)

More good use of Graphic 45 papers from the wizard of Oz collection coming up in this post.

 A handmade poppy from tissue paper and sprayed to add colour with Glimmer Mist. The cardstock for the base of the card is from Bazill Basics with Tim Holz kraft card. The images are all from the Graphic 45 collection, even the little postage stamp. The little tag is made with a matching stamp and has been stamped in Tea dye Distress ink covered with Glossy accents.

A close up of the paper tissue poppy in 2 shades of Glimmer Mist. The tag is made with a die from Marianne design.

A little ducky

... is thinking of you.
I love Crafty Secrets stamps, I must have told you this a gazillion of times. These adorable American stamps are always on my wish list.

The card base is made with Bazill cardstock in pink, while the designer paper is from a collection from American Crafts. I love the ditsy flowers on the dark background. The main image is stamped in Adirondack Latte and coloured with pencils. It is then die cut with a Spellbinders die and edged with antique linen crackle paint.

The flowers are made from white tissue paper and I stamped the first few layers with a little love heart stamp from the same set and then sprayed the flowers with Glimmer Mist. I used a copper brad to affix them together. A small dollop of white pearl pen covers the copper brad.

The inside of the card is decorated with a little sentiment too with more paper from American Crafts.

Miss Molly's tea parties

A very small card inspired by the Kitchy Kitchen stickers from Melissa Frances.

Tiny little circle dies from spellbinders are used to make these tissue paper flowers that are sprayed with Glimmer Mist. I used an acetate frame which came as a free gift in a crafting magazine.

The paper is also from Melissa Frances Kitchy Kitchen collection and I stamped the little teacup and saucer on the paper to paper piece the whole image from Crafty Secrets. It is a stamp from the Tea with Alice collection. Some Distress Paint around the sticker that has been mounted on 3D foam.

The flowers look purple in the picture, but are actually more of a deep red and match the red cherries on the paper. Funny what pictures can do. The card is only 4x4 inch and is a perfect size for using small card toppers or stickers.

Another year older?

Dust it off, suck it up, press on.
Sometimes you don't want to hear that your getting a day older, but it just so happens.
Here is an easel card to congratulate you on your birthday. Older or not, you still look fab, so enjoy what is still to come.

The paper is from Papermania Rose Garden on Bazill Basics cardstock folded into an easel card. The little doily is sprayed in 3 shades of Glimmer Mist to match the paper. The stamps are from a collection from Crafty Secrets Domestic Godess. The flower is made of tissue paper with a sparkly We R Memory Keepers brad in the middle. The border is cut with a lattice die from Spellbinders and the corners are made with the same set.

White poinsettia card

Almost the end of September and I have hardly posted any of my cards. I best hurry now.
This is a Christmas card made with the Spellbinders poinsettia die and iridescent gold Glimmer Mist. I used October Afternoon papers and a little bit of Bazill cardstock with a border sticker.

I used Tim Holtz Kraft card pad to make the card. The only negative being that the kraft card quality does not allow neat scoring. It starts to look like material.

The sentiment is from Crafty Secrets held down with Making Memories square brads. At the center of the poinsettia sits a lovely Melissa Frances pearl. All dies used are from Spellbinders.