creating cards

I am slowly getting back into cardmaking again, and had a little play this afternoon. I cut a circle card, and applied some DP to the fro...

I have been away on holiday, so my blog has been very neglected! For this card I used a damask style dp on the background, and a piece of...

I was having a tidy up in my stamp drawers and came across this one which I haven't used for some time.  I needed to make a birthday c...

Today's card uses a lovely Kaiser image that I bought recently, and this is the first time I have used it. I stamped with Memento ...

Here is a lovely glass bowl that I have decorated with blue vinyl snowflakes (cut on my cameo),  holly leaves punched from a snippet of gr...

The lovely Sara at Cardmaking Paradise (link on my sidebar) designed this cute reindeer, so I just had to make it for my grandchildren. I ...

I was delighted to be asked by Mrs A to be her guest designer for the month of December. I have chosen to make a 'fairy with wings...

I loved the look of this design by Anneke, so here is my version. I cut some scraps of Christmas papers, and adhered them onto blue card i...

I have used a lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals for this card. I distressed the edges and only coloured the poppy itself with promarkers...

This weeks challenge at Mrs A's Butterflies is for embossed butterflies, so I thought this one fitted in nicely. The DP is from Kaise...

I was inspired by Sara Nauman's post on the Paper Artsy blog, using tinted grunge paste. It was a really cool technique to try. My car...

It seems quite a while since I did a blog post. It has been rather hectic here with extra people for a month or so!!  They are out for the...

I had trouble cropping this so just ignore the dark background. I have been making little notepads as gifts, and thought this one would...

This card was made by my grandson Frank, who is staying with us. He used the cuttlebug to make the background, and cut out the tree from ...

My inspiration this week came from the post by Wanda Hentges on the Paper Artsy blog. I have used a credit card to scrape the 3 shades of...

This is a lovely stamp from LOTV, which I have stamped 3 times so that I could layer the dress and then the flowers.  I used a die to make...

Yeah!! So pleased to see Cuttlebugmania is back with their challenges. I have used a Christmas folder, and a pretty blue Basil card (it s...

This week's card is made with a beautiful image from Chocolate Baroque. Their challenge was to use the colours tan, brown, blue, and w...

With pretty hydrangeas like this one? I stamped the image (Rubber Stampede) directly onto my card with memento ink and coloured with cop...

First of all - welcome to my newest follower Kevmac, thanks for joining This weeks card features a lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals,...

Just sneaking this one in at the last minute at Sweet Stamps . Their challenge this month is parchment or vellum. I stamped my flower 3 ...

I couldn't wait to try out my new stamp set that I won from Paper Artsy . I stamped it onto a slightly linen finished card, and then ...

My card this week is a sweet little decoupaged fairy holding a flower. I have used a snippet of a patterned paper along the left side and ...

I am very 'last minute' with this card before the playground gates close!! I have used a scrap of card which I embossed with the...

I loved this weeks sample from Joanne Wardle, at the Paper Artsy blog and this is my attempt. I printed the sentiment (sorry I don'...

I was inspired by the lovely card by Jan McGregor  on the Paper Artsy blog this week, so decided to try it out. I used Fresco paint - No...

A boring title I know, but it is late, and I have to work tomorrow. The stamps are both from a Creative Expressions set called "Fest...

Allsorts are celebrating there 5th Birthday this month, so I thought I would pop this into the challenge. I stamped the flowers on a scr...

I have had great fun creating this box card. I cut the large stars and balloons on my Cameo, and also used vinyl to cut the 'congrat...

Today's card is inspired by one of the projects at the Paper Artsy blog this week, by Joanne Wardle. I really like her style of cards....

I have been missing from my blog for about six weeks, and this lovely vase of flowers was started before we went away. I have now finished...

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...