creating cards

First of all a very warm welcome to my new followers (and thanks to Di at Pixie's Crafty Workshop for the shout out) Marit, Viv, Liz, ...

Today, I have been 'caseing' the lovely card by Donna Mikasa over at Casplorations and this is my attempt. I used a stamp set by ...

My card today follows the sketch from Stamplorations. I scored 2 diagonal lines and stamped the message between them, filling in the space...

Have been quite busy since we got home from holidays, and now I am catching up with a few challenges. First of all I would like to welcom...

Sorry I have been missing for such a long time, but now I am back and getting into card making again. A friend is turning 65 in a few wee...

I was inspired by the fabulous card by Cornelia. It is my dil's birthday today, so I made this card for her. I used a 6x6 black ca...

Today's card features a beautiful Art Deco image that I have recycled from another card. I have layered it on a red mat, and then a ...

I had to make a baby card, and found inspiration while doing some internet searching. Sorry I did not take note of the web address for the...

Today's card features a stamp that I have had a number of years, and I go back to it every so often. I stamped and embossed with detai...

Today's card features this lovely poppy stamp from Crafty Individuals. I chose to only colour the flower, as I wanted it to really sta...

I found the background piece in my experiments box, but can't remember exactly how I made it! The stamps are by Tim Holtz, including ...

Today's card features my Leafy Vines stamp from Hero Arts, embossed with detail white EP on black card, and layered onto an orange car...

I totally cased the example from the back of the stamp package for this card, but reversing the card colour, and the first layer. The stam...

Check this out! http://couturecreationsaus.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/ulitmate-crafts-background-2-cha-sneak.html

I made three of these elf pocket cards for my grandsons Christmas money to hang on their tree. The 'collar' lifts up to see where...

I had a few bits and pieces lying on my desk, so used them up with this card. The green stripe is a piece of bazil card, pink spot is a dp...

Today's card uses a piece from my blue masterboard. I have trimmed it to fit a white card, just leaving a litle margin. Istamped the 2...

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...