creating cards

Thursday, 29 August 2013

All in Blue!

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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...
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Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Cute Christmas

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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 ...
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Monday, 26 August 2013

CAS Fridays

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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...
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Sunday, 25 August 2013

masculine

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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...
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Friday, 23 August 2013

Celebrations

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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...
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Tea Time!

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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...
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Embossing

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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...
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Sunshine colours!

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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...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Imagine!

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

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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...
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Christmas again

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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...
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Monday, 12 August 2013

My first for this year!

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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...
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CAS birthday card

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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 ...
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Nautical

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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...
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Monday, 5 August 2013

Another one for the playground

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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...
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Saturday, 3 August 2013

with love

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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...
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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Pixie's Playground

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A quick baby card that I made this afternoon, using some strips of different pink snippets. Popping it into Pixie's Playground
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Monday, 29 July 2013

Pretty in Purple

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Here is another lovely image from Crafty Individuals, which I have stamped with Shades ink pad from Sweet Stamps - purple majesty. I think...
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Sunday, 28 July 2013

Tag #2

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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...
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Thursday, 25 July 2013

Tag!

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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...
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Summertime!

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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...
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Wednesday, 17 July 2013

pretty pendant

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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...
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Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Vintage

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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...
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Friday, 12 July 2013

Summer garden

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Just slipping another one into the Playground at Pixies Crafty Workshop Summer garden from CI embossed with pearl EP and some kindy glit...
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Snippet's Day!

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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...
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Sunday, 7 July 2013

A new style for me!

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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...
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Saturday, 6 July 2013

I'm back!!

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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...
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Monday, 27 May 2013

Sketch challenge at Cardmaking Paradise

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 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 ...
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Friday, 24 May 2013

Girly Birthday

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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...
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Friday, 17 May 2013

Purrring!

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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 ...
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Sunday, 5 May 2013

First card for a while!

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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...
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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Pink and Brown

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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...
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Sunday, 7 April 2013

April Showers

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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 ...
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Saturday, 6 April 2013

Fantasy mermaid

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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...
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Monday, 11 March 2013

Pretty Butterflies

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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...
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Saturday, 2 March 2013

Yummy - Chocolate!!

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Doesn't this look so 'irresistible' Black base card layered with some old music, then a cream card embossed with the script fol...
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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Mr Teddy and his truck!

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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,...
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Black and White

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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...
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Monday, 11 February 2013

Boys and their toys!!

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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...
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Monday, 4 February 2013

Pink and Red

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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 ...
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Thursday, 31 January 2013

Monochrome!

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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...
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Monday, 28 January 2013

Favourite Colours

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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...
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Thursday, 17 January 2013

Hearts!!

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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...
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Saturday, 12 January 2013

Blues!!

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                                                            I have not had much chance to blog my cards during the holidays, but now visit...
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Friday, 4 January 2013

Happy New Year

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I had to make some New Year cards so took the opportunity to enter some challenges. The card is embossed with Sizzix 'texture fade'...
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Saturday, 29 December 2012

Cracked Glass

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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...
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Thursday, 27 December 2012

Christmas tags

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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...
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