creating cards

The Q and L challenge at the Craft Barn is to use  Art and/or Road. I have chosen to use Art for mine. This is the first time I have man...

This beautiful stamp is the one I chose as my prize at Crafty Individuals. I have used it as a very CAS style for the challenge at Inspir...

I was inspired this week by the post on the Paper Artsy blog, by Joanne Wardle. I love her quirky one-layer cards, and this is my take on ...

This is the start of my Christmas card box - I hope to do some every month so that it is not such a rush in December. I have stamped my 2...

I thought I had posted this last week, but it was still waiting! The background is 'tied together' embossing folder, and I trimme...

This is one of my favourite Crafty Individuals stamps. I used Memento Tuxedo black to stamp with, and stamped the hearts again in red, whi...

Second post for me tonight! I recently won this digi image, so thought it was quite appropriate for February! I have coloured it with my...

Another delightful baby card using the template from Cardmaking Paradise (link on my sidebar) I have embossed the bottom half with a scro...

I have two birthdays coming up in February, so have made a start as they have to go overseas. This one is cased from the one we made at c...

I have been following with interest Ellen Vargo's posts on the Paper Artsy blog, and loosely followed her instructions to make an A4 a...

Today's card was inspired by Clare Lloyd at Paper Artsy. I had to improvise, as I did not have the same stamps etc, but I quite like t...

There are several challenges in blogland with a 'new' theme, and as I needed some baby cards, I am able to enter with these. I ha...

Debbie, over at A Scrapjourney is asking to see our 5 favourites of 2013. Here are my choices - for no particular reason. ...

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,...