Crafty Cardmakers challenge No 32

The challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is to use a freebie

So I used the freebie visage image that came with Craft Stamper Magazine.

I inked it using timber brown stazon ink.

The bottom edge was cut using my new Tim Holtz die & I used my Martha Stewart edge punches for the strips above, finished off with the strip of heart lace. The with love sentiment I matted using my circle & circle scallop punches & added silver stickles to the edge.

Using the timber brown ink again I stamped the motif  straight onto the background paper & added the blooms over the top.

The butterfly is a Martha Steward punch & I again edged it with silver stickles & popped little dots of silver stickles into the holes at the bottom for added 'bling' when the card is closed.

Think I'm safe ....

.....to post this.
It's the card I've made for my son's birthday on the 27th.
Don't think that he comes in here!

I've layered the image & as it's a big 0 birthday added some sparkle with my gold stickles

The 3 dots are done with stickles & the music notes on the background paper are also emphasised with the sparkle as well as  the numbers.

2 different ribbons - a patterned & a plain & the numbers on the circle then matted onto the scalloped circle (both punches) finished it off.

Crafting in Oz

I managed a little crafting using some of Mum's stash :-)




I used her cute little girl stamp & her butterfly punches to make this birthday card.



This card used some nice dragonfly ribbon & a drogonfly & a leaf punch.



And this one used the dragonfly ribbon again & a flower punch.

Magnolia Challenge 22 - Buttons

The Magnolia challenge this week is to use buttons along with your Magnolia stamps. Here is my card for the challenge.



Buttons :-) The butterflies are a punch layered.



Sitting pretty (using sticky fixers to attach)



The flower is made using 2 different punches with a button in the centre.

50th Birthday Card

Well I can now reveal the 50th birthday card I made for a Craft Club member as we had the birthday meal after Craft Club yesterday & she has the card now :-) Her birthday isn't actually until Saturday so the celebrations began early :-)



I used one of my Big blooms & punches & stamps to create the card.



On the way home later in the day I saw this beautiful double rainbow. I just had to stop & take a photo. By the time I'd stopped the car & got my camera out it had faded a little .......................... but it was a gorgeous sight :-)

Quick make

I've just done a quick acceptance to a 50th birthday party RSVP card this morning. I stamped the background using the Paper Artistry number stamp then used my distress inks on the background. Used punches for the Thank you sentiment which I again distress inked to tie in & stamped the image & tickets onto some bit's of 12 x 12 & cut out. Off to the post box now :-)

Back Crafting!

Sorry for being absent in the blogging world but unfortunately real life took over & I didn't manage to visit my craft room for over a week! I was getting major withdrawal symptoms!!

So today I made a card for the Crafts by Carolyn challenge - it fits in challenge 83 What no red, a Valentines & also 85 Getting Sentimental :-)




The larger hearts were stamped & then cut out & mounted on sticky fixers. The smaller hearts I punched out with my heart punch.



It was great to get back into being creative again :-)

Pink & Green should never be seen!

According to the rhyme :-) But there are some lovely examples for the Crafts by Carolyn challenge. This is mine.




A quick & simple Christmas card. The Santa sleigh was stamped & embossed with white embossing powder, then I used distress ink to bring out the image which I then punched out & inked the edge. The Christmas paper I won in the Sticky Fixers craft club raffle :-) I then stamped the snowflakes using the same distress ink.

Do go & look at the other takes on the same theme over at Crafts by Carolyn forum.

Another card

A birthday card this time. Again using the velum paprer as a background - added some lace & self adhesive ribbon & petals with a pearl brad in the centre. Used one of the elements of the stamp set I got from Creative Treasures which i inked & stamped in different colours.

Valentine Card

Yes I know it's not until next year but Nikki at Dewdrop Craftz has challenged us to make a Valentine card - no red & no flowers - so here is mine :-) all in golds & browns



I backed the card in patterned vellum in white - Ornate floral by Papermania & used double sided 12x12 foil paper Gold border for the rest. The swirl stamp is from the Basic Grey Birds of a feather set & words from the Dovecraft clear stamps & I used punches & inks & of course sticky fixers!

I enjoyed doing this so a big thank you to Nikki for the challenge :-)

Card Holder

A friend of mine in the USA has asked for a few of my cards :-) As they will have to go through the UK & USA postal systems & even though they are individually packaged I thought that they needed a bit more in the way of protection so decided to make a quick holder for them out of a piece of 12x12. It is fastened with ribbons which are tied.


The inside Side view

This one is quite plain but it could be decorated up & given as a very nice present :-)

Winning Card

As I haven't done any crafting in the last few days due to being rushed into hospital for an unexpected op & now recovering I thought that I'd post & show you the card that I won a competition at our local craft shop with. I use part of it for my header image. The images were stamped & chalked then layered & sticky fixers used to adhere. The sentiments are stamped & layered. You can see the real thing at Samuel Taylors shop, Roseville Rd, Leeds :-) It is still pinned up on the board as you walk in.

Altered project

I can now reveal this altered project which I had to keep under wraps until it was given to the recipient :-) It started life as a large tub of herbs :-) I alcohol inked the lid, covered the base in paper which I then stamped. The M is made from a stamp which I cut out & layered & then mounted on a punched scallop circle whith a circle middle punched from the same paper, this was attached using the small pink clip & a brad. I used a jumbo brad & piece of checked ribbon to make the handle.



It is filled with emergency supplies of coffee tea & sugar for my friend Maddy :-)

A couple of cards

I had to make a card for my friends birthday today, so being reminded of the lovely card I made during one of Maddy's classes at Sticky Fixers craft club I decided to do one on the same lines :-) The flower motif was made using ink's & embossing powder. The edge of the card was scalloped & then the holes were made with a cropodile. I used the swiss dots embossing folder & matted it onto the matching paper. The sentiment was stamped onto a circle punch & matted onto a scalloped punched circle. I used some of my new stash from Creative Treasures - the ribbon :-)

Again the photography is rubbish - the colours match much better than portrayed - the motif looks 'orangey' but is red!?

So I then decided to do one of the challenges on Crafts by Carolyn. A really nice challenge using Bingo Calls. I've gone for the 'Key of the door' 21 :-) The key is a mountboard die cut which I have alcohol inked.

More Baby Cards

As promised when I was on holiday a couple more of the baby cards.


The pram is a stencil which I chalked the outline of & then cut it out & mounted it on baby sentiment paper which I matted on plain dark card.



This one is a sentiment stamp which I stamped onto pastel patterned paper which I then matted onto the plain green card. The circle & scalloped circle are punches & the bear was bought with a few other baby bits when I was in Oz.