Floral Vine

Hello, today I have a card I made for the CLP Sketch Challenge #54 which is running until 31st January.  It is only the second challenge I have entered.

I have used Floral Vine by The Stamp Barn which is an old stamp and sadly no longer available but I love it's simplicity. 

I prefer making 6x6 cards but this image is so big it looked silly.  I also love the Spellbinders they bring out to match the plain label dies I have because they frame the images so nicely.

By the River

Hello, today I have a quick card which I made for my Great Nephew.  I have used another die cut from the LOTV sheet 'Take it Easy' which unfortunately has now been discontinued but the rubber stamp "By the River" can still be bought.

I have used 3 dies, Die-namics cloud and Marianne Creatables Tree and Fence.      

I die cut green and brown trees to get green leaves and painted the craftcard fence with Picket Fence crackle paint.

I still don't find boys cards easy but this one was more difficult because I have no idea what his interests are, this image seemed fairly universal though.

Flowers in a Park

Hello, today I have a card which uses five different dies - Doohickey - lamp, Die-Namics - clouds, Memory Box - flowers and stems and lastly, Spellbinders D-Lites - railings.

The flowers are from a pack of Japanese paper sold for origami and the backing paper is Papermania's Beautiful pad.

The sentiment is from LOTV and stamped in Lady Bug from Memento. 

Yellow Butterfly

Hello, I wish you a Happy New Year and I hope it will be good one for you all.

Today I have a very sunny card made with Spellbinders D-lites - Medallion Six and a Memory Box butterfly.  I was so fed up with the rain when I made this.

The backing paper is from Prima's Zephyr pad again.

Butterflies

Hello, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you a very Happy New Year.

This card has an image by Personal Impressions called Butterfly Background and I have coloured it with Promarkers.

The backing paper is from a Prima Zephyr pad.

House of Hearts Christmas Quiz

For a bit of fun I have been looking for the stamps in Jules' Christmas Quiz  which is running across the whole 12 days of Christmas

 .  .  . . starting yesterday (Christmas Day) 

and ending on the 5th January at 12.00 midnight GMT
 (with the winners being announced on the 6th January).

YOU'LL BEE MISSED

Hello, this is my last post until after Christmas so I wish everybody a Merry Christmas.

I am looking forward to Spring - I have never liked Winter it is either too cold or too wet.   This is a digi from Pink Petticoat and there is a series of "bee" images which will appear on here at intervals as I think they are cute.  I used Promarkers for a little colour and stickled the wings.

I used one of the outlines from the new D'lites Spellbinders to cut out the image.  The embossing folder is called Flowering Spring and as I used Core'dinations card, I lightly sanded the embossing and went over the raised surface with colour to make it stand out.

Cyclamen

Hello, today's card features the cyclamen stamp from the same Cyclamen stamp set by Chocolate Baroque as Wednesday's post.  I have also coloured this with Copics.

I have used Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight and Labels Eight to create mats for the image, a Martha Stewart Frond punch for the leaves and Memory Box's Valencia Border die.

The backing paper is from Prima's Fairy Flora 6x6 paper pad.

Orchid

Hello, the image on this card is from a set of stamps by Chocolate Baroque called Cyclamen and it looks like a Cymbidium orchid to me.  I have coloured it with Copics for a change.

The paper is from a Papermania Summer Bloom 8x8 pad. 

Clematis Tower

Hello, the image on my card today is called Clematis Tower and is an old stamp by Oak House Studio.  It has been coloured with Promarkers.

The background card is Core'dinations Vintage Collection and embossed using the Floral Frenzy Embossalicious folder by Darice and sanded.

The ribbons are from stash and the sentiment is by LOTV from Set 39 Everyday Grungy Messages. 

Frolic

Hello, today I have one of my favourite PB stamps - Frolic.  I was clearing out some of my very old stamps and this was amongst them, I did wonder where I had put it!!

I have used Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut out all the elements to make a change from squares and the MFT flower die from the Flower and Leaf trio.  The flourish is from a Cheery Lynn die.

If you are going Christmas shopping, I hope you have a successful trip.

Christmas Candle

Hello, it is really cold here today and there is thick frost on all the cars and houses,  brrrrr!

Today I have my last Christmas card make of 2012.  The image is from LOTVs Mini Masterpieces 10 and these have been invaluable for my cards this year.

The holly die is Cheery Lynn's Mega Holly Flourish and the snowflake is the largest of the dies in Spellbinders Shapeabilities 2012 Snowflake Pendant.

Pauline

Destination

Hello, today I have a birthday card using one of my favourite stamps by Sheena Douglass.  

I stamped and embossed the image with Stormy Sky Distress Ink and Embossing powder as I like the rough texture these embossing powders give to the image when making cards for boys.

The background paper is by Maja Designs and the card and sentiment are by Kanban.

Christmas Bauble

I can show this Christmas card as it is safely in the hands of the recipients.

The holly spray is stamped using a Clarity stamp holly stamp inspired by a workshop I did with Paul Church who designs for Clarity.  The images are coloured with Promarkers and Stickles added here and there.

The bauble is a die by Memory Box and it took me several goes before I was happy with the placement of the letters.

Milton with Lily

Hello, today I have a very bright card seeing as it is a very dull day here in Kent and absolutely pouring down.  I am thankful however, that it is not snowing and causing the problems other people are having.

This is from a pack of printed panels by Wild Rose Studios and is extremely useful for quick cards as they are very close to hand-coloured.

The greenery is a Cheery Lynn die and the flowers are an MFT die.  Looking at it now I think it needs pearls in the middles of the flowers so I shall away and add them.

Present Kitty

Hello, today I have a birthday card using one of the new releases by LOTV called Present Kitty.  I have used Promarkers to colour the image.

The flowers and greenery have been die cut using Memory Box dies and the papers used are by Bo Bunny.

It is lovely not having to make any more Christmas cards for this year but it seems to be taking forever to write them!

Hedge-word

Hello, today I have the card I made for my Dad's Birthday.  He doesn't do fussy so I have kept it quite simple.  He likes playing music so I used the Memory Box die and the Penny Black image which suits the kraft colour.

This card made a change from over 50 Christmas cards I have made.

Holly & Berries Spray

Hello, today I have a Christmas card using the Christmas Holly & Berries Spray stamp by Jayne Nestorenko and I coloured the image with Promarkers.  

The wreath is cut from green card using a Dees Distinctively Die.  

Looking at it now, I think I used too much glitter on the berries!  Oh well it cannot be removed now without scratching the card so I will have to live with it.

Posy Bouquet

Hello, today I have another card I designed for J&C Creations using the Heartfelt Creations Lilacs/Posy Bouquet stamp set (HCPC3495) and Posy Patch Clusters (HCPC3305) from the Posy Patch collection.

I used Copic Ciao's to colour the image on coconut card and the separately cut out flowers which were stamped onto paper and shaped before attaching to the image. 

The coconut card was die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight (S5-019) before stamping.  The background mat was die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements Labels Eight (S5-148) from holographic silver card.

The black card is Core'dinations Black Magic Potion No 9 and lightly sanded after embossing with a floral folder.

Destinationsz

Hello, today I have a quick birthday card I made on the spur of the moment using Tim Holtz idea-ology Destinations.  

I have used the postage stamp nestabilities to die cut sections from the paper.