Flowers in a row

I made this card for a friend who has recently had surgery.  I used a beige DL card and made it into an easel card, covering it with Craftwork Cards Kitsch collection papers and bow, with a sentiment from one of the pads in the Mini Mania 4 Day Deal on Create and Craft, together with flowerpots cut from kraft card using the templates supplied in the deal.  I used cocktail sticks for the flower stems, colouring them green with Whisper pens, and the flowers are Prima. I cut the leaves myself and scored a few vein lines in them. I also added a piece of jute string and a card candi to each pot.  I sent the card to the recipient in a Craftwork Cards box from the Potting Shed collection, which I also decorated with kitsch papers.

Sisters of Craft October challenge - "Anything Goes" theme

Can't believe it's the 1st of October already, where does the time go ?  This time I made two projects for the above challenge, using the Ditzie Design digi image "Hello Sweetie".  I saw the idea for the notepad and pencil holder on a Create and Craft show, and I tried to give my card a "Cruella de Vil" theme from the film "101 Dalmations", except this time with kitties instead of puppies !

Here's the link to the challenge http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

 

I cut a piece of white card 10 x 26 cm, then scored at 1 cm and 9 cm in, and folded the card up to make the base.  Then cut another piece of card 10 x 16 cm to form the easel section on which the image is attached.  I coloured her in using Promarkers and added a feather for a bit of fun !  Bakers twine was used to edge the card base and easel section, with a couple of gems to finish.

 

I cut a piece of card large enough to form a tube in which to place the pencil, (including placing a small strip across the bottom of the tube so the pencil didn't fall through) and stuck it to the back of the image, and then stuck this to the easel section of the card.  This section was then attached to the 1 cm scored flap of the white base card.  Once the post-it notepad is in place you have the "stopper" for the easel section.

 

I covered a kraft card with black and white patterned paper, coloured the images using Promarkers, matted and layered on to black and red mirror card and placed onto card.  Then I stuck a peel off of kitties to a piece of card to give it more support, cut around it and placed in the centre of the card.

My Garage, My Rules....

I made this card for my husband's friend, he owns his own garage so the little sign seemed very apt !  I used mostly Kanban products, and the sign was from a Studio Light sheet of various retro signs and posters.

Thank you Flower Pots

I made a couple of "Thank You" cards at the weekend, using the lovely Craftwork Cards Potting Shed collection.  I decorated the backs as well using a selection of flowers, and as you can see I used Prima flowers too as I didn't want to use up all of the Craftwork Cards flowers.  I also used some of the Tattered Lace dies to add a bit of greenery.

Dreaming of Paris

I made this card to enter into a challenge where the theme was "In Your Dreams".  We have been to Paris three times and I would love to visit again sometime.  I used Creata backing paper, Tres Chic topper, Creata mirror card, hessian, gems and a Visible Image stamp which I then cut into sections. 

A dull September day

Well, after going to a coffee morning earlier today to welcome two new neighbours, which was very enjoyable,  I have been getting all my pictures up to date.  It's a very dull, overcast, damp day so an ideal time to sort things out :o)  Here are three cards I made recently using stamps from Little Claire.  I coloured one of them, but decided to leave the other two as just inked images for a change.

My first crafty contribution to the Sisters of Craft Challenge - "Anything Goes" theme

I am very pleased to announce that I have been asked to join the Design Team for the Sisters of Craft, and I became official as from 1st September :o)  Their challenges launch on the 1st of every month and the theme is always "Anything Goes", here is the link to their blog http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Here is my stepper card using one of the digis by Vince who is offering the prize this month.  Check out his blog at
http://craftymomentscardmaking.blogspot.co.uk/

 I coloured the mice in using Promarkers and added a sprinkling of glamour dust and some acetate strips with musical note dies attached to echo their carolling.

 

Items Used

 

Creata metallic card

Digi design

Promarkers

Joy Lamp post die

Christmas Tree die

Green and gold glitter card

Black cat peel off

Gems

Sentiment