creating cards

Playing in the playground again this week, and this is a great way to use up some of those snippets! It does not need much explanation - i...

Another one for the Christmas box, using a cute image from a Penny Black set. I have coloured with copics and promarkers, and mounted the ...

I had a quick play this afternoon and ended up with this card. I swiped an aqua ink pad down the card a couple of times to make the backgr...

This week's challenge at   Cuttlebug Mania is for manly - a good choice as I always need more men's cards. The car stamp is a ve...

Another card for Pixie's Playground, only small snippets used this week to make the 3 silver balloons! I have used my new stamp from S...

For this card, I have used a number of Crafty Individuals stamps. I first coloured the background with distress inks, and also added the d...

This cute stamp from Suzy's Zoo set called Slippery Slope has been stamped twice and the images from the second one cut out and  layer...

This gorguss stamp is one that arrived today as part of my prize at Pixie's Playground. I couldn't wait to try it out, and this is t...

Here is my attempt this week adapting the instructions from the Paper Artsy blog. I made a rough background using texture paste, and spri...

I was so pleased with the effect of this design on a previous card, that I decided to make it again using pieces from my scrap box. I coul...

I should have scanned this card against something dark so that you can see it is a square card. I was inspired by the challenge at Crafty...

Christmas card - that is! I have used 2 images from my Tim Holtz set, stamped in Adirondack Expresso. It goes well with the pale cream ca...

Today I have been busy with cardmaking and this is one of them. The base card is from Craftwork Cards, included in a lovely prize that I ...

The present challenge at Opus Gluei is a beach theme, so I thought this one would be appropriate. I have used an embossing folder, and h...

I have made another card using the sketch from Cardmaking Paradise. This is an ideal way to use up all those little snippets that we mana...

This is the first time I have used this cute wee bear which was in a free set with a magazine. I stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black an...

A quick baby card that I made this afternoon, using some strips of different pink snippets. Popping it into Pixie's Playground

Here is another lovely image from Crafty Individuals, which I have stamped with Shades ink pad from Sweet Stamps - purple majesty. I think...

My lovely new JOFY stamps arrived yesterday (thanks so much PaperArtsy for picking me as a prizewinner) and I couldn't wait to try the...

I had some spare time this afternoon so decided to have a practice at making this tag. The original is on a blog post at Paper Artsy, and...

Here is a quick card that I needed to make for a wee boy. I have embossed the yellow and the blue with an embossing folder, and then diecu...

Thanks to following the Paper Artsy blog, I got out my shrink plastic and had a little play, to make this pendant. I first painted with s...

I had fun making this card with a CI stamp that had not yet seen ink! It is such a pretty image -  clothes from possibly around the 1880...

Just slipping another one into the Playground at Pixies Crafty Workshop Summer garden from CI embossed with pearl EP and some kindy glit...

Today, I searched through the snippets box to see what I could find to make for the playground over at Pixie's place , and I came up wit...

This is way out of my comfort zone, but I had such fun playing with various distress inks, bubble wrap, stencils, smooch, and my new Tim...

It has been so long since I have done any crafting, as I have been on holiday. I have made this card using my new Crafty Individuals stam...

 Every 2 weeks or so Sara at Cardmaking Paradise challenges us with a sketch. This is my version, using a free stamp from Craft Stamper ...

This week's card features this really cute girl in her frilly dress. I have coloured her with Promarkers, and cut out with a scalloped...

This week's challenge at   Cuttlebug Mania is to use cats! I have diecut mine with my CB and also used it to emboss the two orange ...

Today's card follows a sketch from Cardmaking Paradise . I have not been able to join in many of the sketch challenges, as we have bee...

I love how this has turned out. The design is from Cardmaking Paradise and I cut it out on my Cameo. The edges are sponged with Distress...

Here is another card I have made this week. Another digi that I am not sure who it was that designed it. I have coloured with copics, and ...

This is such a cute mermaid digi (I can't remember who from - perhaps someone can help there) I have made this for Poppy's 7th bi...

For this card I have used a CB die for the snippet of dark purple card. My butterflies are cut from some bg paper I made by spraying Dylus...

Doesn't this look so 'irresistible' Black base card layered with some old music, then a cream card embossed with the script fol...

I have had such fun making this bright and cheerful card. Sorry, I can't remember who the digi is by. I have used a yellow card base,...

The challenge for Joanna Sheen this week is for black and white. I have printed this lovely image, and added some white Candi and a whit...

Here is a cute car filled with toys for the boys. The stamp is an old one by PSX, but comes in handy for men's cards. I have coloure...

The latest challenge at Polkadoodles is for lots of layers and pink and red. I have 4 layers on top of the base card - alternating pink ...

The challenge at Craftroom Challenges is for monochrome. I have cut a trellis frame with my Cameo, and layered on to a deeper coloured b...

The challenge this week at Passion For Promarkers is to use your favourite colour combo I have used shades of mauve with a touch of gree...

This is the first proper card that I have made with my new Cameo Silhouette. I have used one of their free weekly files to cut this out, b...

                                                            I have not had much chance to blog my cards during the holidays, but now visit...

I had to make some New Year cards so took the opportunity to enter some challenges. The card is embossed with Sizzix 'texture fade'...

Today's card features a technique that we learned at card class a wee while ago. This is the first time I have tried it at home. I s...

I made these tags to go on two of the presents at Christmas. I ran them through my cuttlebug with a sizzix folder, and then swiped with a...