creating cards

I am challenging myself to use some of the different stamp pads that I have. This one is Kaleidacolor Riviera, and I applied it over the d...

An experiment for me today - I am using my favourite mauve/purple colours, but have added rose into the mix for the flowers. This is a lo...

Here we are - rushing over to the playground on our scooter! I have layered a snippet of pale blue across the bottom, and added some was...

I was trimming some edges from a piece for another card, when I realized that they were a perfect match for this one. The original had sev...

I am very disappointed at the way this card has scanned - the Winter Illusion EP is much more shimmery IRL.  I have used 2 stamps from a ...

A lovely Autumn thank you card today for the challenge at Cuttlebugmania. I started with yellow card and spritzed it with lemon and oran...

A very simple card from me today, I am not sure who the DP is by, as it is from my scrap box. I stamped the Penny Black image onto some s...

I now have the Rod Stewart song running through my head!! This is the second card with the LOTV toppers. I had a little piece of blue sp...

I was lucky enough recently to win a voucher from LOTV and I chose a pad of boy images. This is the first one I have used - I was going t...

Today's card has been cut out with my CB, the base card with scalloped circles (nesties), and the green with circles (nesties)I stampe...

The challenge this week at Charmed Cards and Crafts is for Autumn colours. I think my mail art that I made for a swap at Cardmaking ...

Another card for the 'C' box! I have used a lovely holly stamp from Penny Black, and stamped onto pearlescent card. The message i...

This is my second entry for the Paper Artsy challenge this week. I had to compromise on a stamp to use as I do not have the star one that...

Joanne Wardle is again the inspiration at Paper Artsy. I just love her CAS approach to cardmaking. Here is my attempt for the Christmas l...

Darcy at Art and Sole has challenged us to make a number of cards using one main stamp. This is my first one, I first stamped the border ...

I did not realize how difficult gold stars are to scan! - believe me - these are gold! This card started out being cut on my Cameo, but i...

This beautiful image is a stamp by Indigo Blu. I have stamped onto a pearlescent card, and coloured lightly with my promarkers. The edges ...

The challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts this week is to use music. I have used my CI stamp to pop some portions of music on to the background a...

A very simple card from me today. I have stamped the message and embossed with white detail EP I used my cuttlebug to die cut the corner ...

Another card following the very talented Joanne Wardle on the Paper Artsy blog. I have had to substitute as I did not have some of the co...

I am following the challenge this week at Paper Artsy . The guest is Joanne Wardle, and I find her ideas very inspiring. I have tried to...

There has not been much happening in my craft room this week, as we have had a visitor. This card idea was taken from a cardmaking magazi...

Today's card features a gorgeous stamp from Indigo Blu called Elizabeth Bennet, which I bought when I was in the UK earlier this year....

This card (CASed from Beccy, Scrappin and Stampin in GJ)  has been stamped with bundled sage DI and a stamp from my JoFy set. I overlapped...

I have been following the posts at PaperArtsy and have been inspired by Liz Borer and her amazing projects. I have followed her suggestion...

Today's card features a lovely stamp from TH, stamped with walnut stain DI onto a piece of kraft card. I have layered it with a deeper...

This is my second entry for the challenge at   Paper Artsy . I love the splash of colour with the paint swipe!

This week at Paper Artsy we have been inspired by Joanne Wardle. I was very impressed with her CAS style, and actually made 2 cards for t...

Today's card for the challenge at Pixie's Playground has a layer of pretty paper stuck onto a white card. I stamped the sentiment...

This is a very quick card that I made for a wee boy who loves engines, so I hope he likes it! I layered the spotty paper onto white card,...

The current challenge at CuttlebugMania is for nature. I have embossed the green background in my 'bug, and also diecut 2 spellbinde...

.......Alison Bomber at Paper Artsy! I have tried to follow the style and colours of some of the examples. The background was sprayed w...

This sweet wee girl is Maggie from Cuddlebug Cuties, and I have coloured her with my limited supply of Promarkers. R346, R327, Y417, O727...

Today's card has been made by stamping with Emboss it 'clear' and then using clear embossing powder on white card. I then used...

.....and I was too. I recently won two sets of Marianne Collectables from The Southern Girls Challenge. I made this card using the cup d...

Another one for the Christmas box! This image is from CD Gingerbread Twist by Studio 12. I have coloured it with a mix of copics and pro...

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...