Two new cards.

This first card is for the current Hero Arts Challenge, I have used one of the sketches for this design and made a grid card using up lots of scraps from my basket.

My second card was for this weeks Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab but I couldn't get a decent photo last night as it was dark once I had finished it and of course I was too late to submit it for the challenge but I shall add it to the Moxie texture challenge and as the flower is handmade so I shall enter it in the Shabby Tea room challenge "Fall Flowers" .

I have a day off tomorrow so I am hoping the weather will stay bright.  Have a good week.

Two posts in a day!!

I think this is a first for me and I have two posts in a day!!

I found some fabulous digital images at The Pink Petticoat and they are all such good prices that I had to have this Flirty Tree image and make another card for The Lily Pad Bling challenge and The Simon Says Challenge.

This was a really simple card to make the image is coloured with copics and then I have added lots of glitter and some snow.  The background paper is from My Minds Eye . I have just added a white scalloped border and the twine and ribbon, finishing off with some small bells to compliment the bells on the tree.

October CCC

For the first time in a few months I have found time to join in the Lily Pads Card Chain Challenge.  This is such a fun challenge as you have to make a card following either a sketch, colour palette or theme and then send it to someone else in the list of entrants.  I have received cards from crafters all over the world , its so good to be in contact with like minded crafters and share our love of all things handmade.

This is my card for this month, it loosely follows the colour palette and also the sketch.  Can't wait to see where I will be sending it!!

Yipee its the weekend and my DD is visiting, lets hope the weather stays fine. Hope you have a fun weekend.

CAS-ual Friday Challenge #22

The CAS-ual Friday challenge is becoming one of my favourites because, once you have thought of a design the cards are usually quite quick to make.  The challenge this week is to include some loops of ribbon on your card.  A great way to use up ribbon scraps that are too short for bows. (I am so bad I can never throw scraps of ribbon away).

This is my CAS card and its also a mini card only 4 x 4, the loopy background is made using my lacy circles spellbinders die. 

Just a quick post tonight as I have lots to do.

Have a fun week.



Supplies. Spellbinders die.  Hero Arts stamps.CL364, CL459.  Gold embossing powder. Burgandy ribbon scraps.

Inspired by Mel!!

 What I love about being part of the blogging community is that everyone is so friendly and also happy to share different techniques they have discovered with other crafters.  Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day and I was visiting my DD in Taunton, (we had so much fun catching up and doing a bit of shopping together.) so unable to make a card.
Well this morning I have been busy trying to catch up with peoples blogs from yesterday and came across this stunning card by the very talented Mel ( I have been watching her blog for a while now).
I love the background effect she has created to look like its snowing so of course had to give it a try.

I love this effect, it looks so pretty in real life. 

Thanks Mel!

Well  its another beautiful day here so I am off to the garden to relax.  Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.



Supplies : Hero Arts Stamp E5245 small snowman.  Clear and white embossing powder.

World Card Making Day

Hi everyone, Happy World Card Making Day, unfortunately I can't make a card today as I am visiting my Daughter in Taunton. ( So excited about this as I haven't seen her for a month)  I have set this post to come live on Saturday as I still want to be part of this great event.
I have made this card for all you lovely ladies who visit my blog regularly, I really appreciate all your comments THANK YOU !!!!!

This is a digital image from Tiffany Doodles called "Daisy", it is printed onto water colour paper and I have coloured it with distress inks.  I have then brushed on some perfect pearls to give the flower a shimmer.  Unfortunately the photograph doesn't do it justice.

Hope you are all having fun making your cards today.

Tiffany Doodles Release Day.

Its new digi release day over at Tiffany Doodles today and there are two fabulous new images to buy. I have used the "Snow Couple" image to make this Christmas card and it was really easy to make.   With digital images you just re size them to suit your card design.

The background is made using the Magical Background stamp from Hero Arts which I have embossed with white powder.  I then used  Broken China Distress Stain to colour.  This is my first pot of stain and I bought it just to see what it was like.  I loved using it and am sure I will be adding more colours to my collection.

The Challenge over at Simon Says this week is "Anything goes" so I am going to enter this card!

I am really looking forward to the weekend as I am off to Taunton to visit Francesca, its been a month since she moved and I have really missed her!

A quick post today with my card for this weeks CAS-ual Friday challenge, "Mostly Monochromatic".  I found the quite hard this week.  First I couldn't decide which colour to use and then I wasn't really sure how to go about it.  I much prefer to add lots of colour to my card and found it hard to stick to one!

Anyway heres my finished card, I feel it looks a little plain but have resisted the temptation to add more to it, after all it is a CAS challenge!

Another card set!!

 After making this card and this one I thought it would be nice to make another boxed set, for a small Christmas gift.

Here are the last to cards to finish the set using the same "Basic Tree" digital image from Hero Arts.
The top one is a window card made by cutting layers with the spellbinders labels die and some BasicGrey patterned paper.  I have coloured the tree using some fine liner pens and a glaze pen for the berries. 
This card is just layers with the background Kraft card stamped with the Hero Arts Old Letter stamp.

 Here is the finished set with the box, which I have made using the digital paper design supplied with the digital tree image,  I printed it onto card and then made into a small pizza box with window.

 I am entering this in the current Simon Says challenge to use "Die Cuts or Punches".

Another Bling Card!!!

I have made another Christmas card and its perfect for the Lily Pad Bling challenge,  The backing paper is from a pad I found in a sale bin in the local supermarket, its from Paper Cellar and has some lovely vintage looking papers. With this as my base I have just added the scalloped edges, ribbon and bling frame.  I made the scalloped border by stamping the Hero Arts fabric backgound onto some white paper and cutting with my EK success border punch.  Its layered with a plain border in the middle and stitched together.