Birthday card

It's my friends birthday on Friday - here is her card

I used my friend stamp & my Martha Stewart butterfly punch. there is a butterfly on the stamp & I popped the punched butterfly on top.

Some stripey ribbon & co-ordinating blooms......

And a punched scalloped circle with the circular happy birthday sentiment mounted on sticky fixers to raise it slightly ...................

Love these Papermania papers that I bought on a recent crafty shopping expedition with my mate Maddy .............

Must get this in the post! ............ 

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.

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 :-)

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.