creating cards

This piece is actually darker IRL but doesn't show in the scan, I think because it is a shiny surface. I started with 2 colours of Bru...

I have been reading with interest the subject of masterboards on the paper artsy blog, and I am not sure who inspires me the most. I thin...

Christmas is getting close so it is time to enter some Christmas challenges. The background was created by smooching some distress ink on...

I sprayed a piece of card with dylusions and then embossed with the swiss dots folder in my cuttlebug. I added the diecut 'thanks'...

This weeks card uses a few snippets from my scrap box, some stitching, a button, and a stamp by Hero Arts. Challenges - Pixies Playgrou...

Today's card has a vintage feel to it. I have used 2 pieces of a DP for the background, and made a tag piece by stamping French Script...

This is one of a series of notepads I have been making. I have layered the top with a square of cream card from my snippet box, which I e...

I can't believe it is almost 2 months since I have posted on my blog. We have been away on a fantastic cruise, which went through the...

I have used a piece of Kaisercraft dp for the backing of this card and sponged the edges with a green ink. I have used a scrap of crochet ...

I printed a gorgeous doodle pattern from the web, sorry I have lost the designer's name to give credit to. I have coloured in with a ...

I had some spare time this morning, so made this card which qualifies for several challenges. The background is randomly stamped with ass...

The challenge for Memory Box this month is 'use red, white, and blue' I layered a piece of textured blue card onto my white card...

This month's challenge for Crafty Individuals is 'Face Value' I have stamped the image on to a separate card, and coloured l...

I was so inspired by Keren Baker's post on the Paper Artsy blog, that I dug into my stamps and found this one by The NZ Stamp Art Co, ...

I was very taken with a post by Becky Fleck on Scrapbook and Cards Today, so this is my attempt following her instructions. 2 pieces of D...

Another very CAS card that I will be sending to a friend who recently lost her Mother. I coloured the background with a mixture of DI...

This is the third Sympathy card I have had to make in the last few weeks. The bird is from a stampin up set, while the words are from a c...

Today's card features a beautiful stamp from Crafty Individuals. I stamped and embossed with white detail ep. I first tried colouring ...

This was not the easiest card to get a good picture of. Photographing did not turn out well so I scanned it instead. It really does not sh...

This was an experiment using a few different things. I used a stencil and distress ink to colour the background, and die cut the leafy flo...

I have been following with interest the Paper Artsy blog, the present theme is bottles. I decided to follow Anneke De Clerks inspirati...

I bought these stamps recently in a sale as I thought they would be great for men's cards. They did not have a label, so I don't k...

I have made a start on my Christmas cards as I was given this lovely holly flourish die for my birthday. I die cut the front of the card, an...

Today's card features the lovely music stamp from Crafty Individuals. I have placed it into a decorative card blank which I coloured w...

Today's card is for a new baby boy. I have added the piece of dp to the top section, and used my 'tied together' embossing fol...

Today's card uses an interesting technique that I came across somewhere on 'blogland' I swiped my ink pad (Brilliance pearlesc...

I have made a little wall hanging from a coaster. The background is painted with Fresco Nougat and the dabbed with picket fence stain. I s...

Today's card features a cute golfer from one of the Sullivan's sets. I have coloured him with a mixture of Promarkers and Copics. ...

....after a long absence - life got in the way of my crafting time. This card uses up some scraps from my 'snippets' box. The str...

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...