Wednesday, 9 December 2009

My Boss's Birthday

My boss's birthday is a couple of days before Christmas. I made this card using a topper from Joanna Sheen's Messy Rabbit CD. I printed it off a few times and created my own decoupage. I'm sure he will appreciate this as he has been known to spend an hour or two at the Pub, lol.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Last of the Christmas

Here are the last of the Christmas cards for 2009 that I am going to share with you.

This one is the one I made for my hubby off our 2 boys. It uses an image from one of the MCS CDs. It has been sat on the table since July ish waiting to be cut and stuck. It wasn't til I was cutting it out a couple of weeks ago that I realised that the little bear is holding a a blue teddy. Our youngest son's bit of comfort is a blue ted.


This card is for Lewis from his little brother. However, his little brother likes it more than he does, lol. Kieran is car mad at 22 months old!

Sunday, 6 December 2009

New Swaps

I needed to make an ATC themed 'Taking Care'. I really wasn't sure which way to go with this, so I dug out one of my Bear-i-ation theme plates and used the Nurse's uniform on one of the bears. It was the first time I had used this particular set and was really pleased with the results. I coloured the image with Promarkers.


The theme for November's Inspiration Card Swap group swap was 'Tea For Two'. I REALLY struggled with this one but decided that these two ladies from the Lilac Lemon Designs Art Deco plate were having Iced Tea.......are you convinced..............................?lol.


Sunday, 29 November 2009

Promarker Goodies

There are some fab Promarker goodies available at Debbi's blog.

http://wiccababe.blogspot.com/

Promarker's are THE most amazing pens and a must have in every crafter's stash. Go take a look, what have you got to lose?

Friday, 27 November 2009

And yet more Christmas.....

As promised I am going to bore you with some of my favourite Christmas cards.



This is such a simple card but I love the effect of the gold embossing powder on the mink pearl card. Both the flourish and the greeting are from the Flourish Snowman Inkadinkado set.

Even simpler still......I repeat stamped this tree using a Whispers brush pen (not sure what the colour is meant to be) and used the same pen for the message. I then scribbled over the trees with a Quickie Glue pen and glittered. Such a pretty display.


Last one for tonight. I stamped, coloured and cut a lot of the wee meeces and friends from the Winter Tales collection over several nights. I love this card......clean and crisp.

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Happy Birthday Maria

I've not been on for a while due to Christmas crafting. I'll try and upload a few of the cards I have made shortly. I am glad that most of my Christmas crafting is over and I can start crafting for pleasure.

It's my online Pal, Maria's birthday tomorrow and I made this card for her using one of the Lilac Lemon Designs Art Deco ladies and the new Sophistication board from The Glitter Girls. Not sure if I like the peel off effect, but am pleased with the card in general.

Monday, 9 November 2009

More Christmas Cards

I'm really starting to get into this blogging lark, lol.

Anyway, more Christmas cards. Two are coloured with Promarker pens and thanks to my trip to the NEC I got some Nesties at a steal. Unfortunately 3 sets are being put away for Christmas so you will see loads of cards before then using the same Labels set........sorry!

The first card was a free Daisy and Dandelion stamp with a DoCrafts mag a couple of months ago. I used a backing paper from one of the MCS CDs. The greeting is from a Cute Companions stamp set.


This card is an Elzybells stamp and greeting, the backing paper is from a CD but one I had left over from last year so I have no idea which one.

The final card is my first attempt with Distress Ink pads. I used Faded Jeans and blended it round the edge using Cut n Dry. I then stamped around the edge with an Inkadinkado stamp from the Filigree Snowman set using a Versamark ink pad and dusted the image with Perfect Pearls. I overstamped the corners and the the Filigree Snoman in the middle with Faded Jeans. Not sure if I like this. Comments please..............