creating cards

Friday, 27 May 2016

birthday wishes

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It has been a rather dull day today, so I have been busy playing in my craftroom. Stamplorations have a challenge to use magenta, and I s...
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Paperbabe

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Today's card is for the challenge at Paperbabe I stamped the image on white card with Memento tuxedo black,  trimmed it, and layered...
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Monday, 23 May 2016

Caseing Shery

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Here is my entry for the May challenge at Caseplorations . I stamped the background with a variety of leaves, and then used a stamp from ...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

a little bit vintage

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Today's card features this lovely bird stamp from Crafty Individuals. I stamped it on a piece of textured card, and coloured with copi...
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Thursday, 12 May 2016

Birthday

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I made this card for one of my grandsons who is a very keen snowboarder. I found a suitable image on the internet, and printed it and the...
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Butterflys

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Today's card uses an embossing folder from my 'nbus' pile, and I must admit I rather like it. I embossed the piece of teal car...
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Thursday, 28 April 2016

CAS or White Space

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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, ...
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Thursday, 21 April 2016

Feathers!

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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 ...
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Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Thank you

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My card today follows the sketch from Stamplorations. I scored 2 diagonal lines and stamped the message between them, filling in the space...
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Monday, 18 April 2016

Catching up!

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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...
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Saturday, 2 April 2016

I'm back!

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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...
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Thursday, 18 February 2016

age is just a number!!

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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...
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Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Best wishes

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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 ...
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016

New Baby

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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...
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Thursday, 28 January 2016

flowers!

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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...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Bits and Bobs!

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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...
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Sunday, 24 January 2016

Masculine

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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 ...
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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

butterflies

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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...
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Sunday, 10 January 2016

Je t'aime

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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...
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Friday, 8 January 2016

Couture Creations

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Check this out! http://couturecreationsaus.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/ulitmate-crafts-background-2-cha-sneak.html
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Elfie!

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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...
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Sunday, 27 December 2015

It's not Christmas

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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...
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Sunday, 6 December 2015

nbus!

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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...
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Sunday, 29 November 2015

Masterboard #2

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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...
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Saturday, 28 November 2015

Masterboards #1

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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...
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Monday, 16 November 2015

Christmas is coming

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Christmas is getting close so it is time to enter some Christmas challenges. The background was created by smooching some distress ink on...
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Saturday, 14 November 2015

Thanks

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I sprayed a piece of card with dylusions and then embossed with the swiss dots folder in my cuttlebug. I added the diecut 'thanks'...
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Friday, 13 November 2015

Birthday

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This weeks card uses a few snippets from my scrap box, some stitching, a button, and a stamp by Hero Arts. Challenges - Pixies Playgrou...
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Monday, 2 November 2015

Vintage!

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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...
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Friday, 30 October 2015

Bold and Beautiful

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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...
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Friday, 16 October 2015

I'm back!!

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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...
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Thursday, 20 August 2015

Lace!

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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 ...
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Sunday, 16 August 2015

Ellie the elephant

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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 ...
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Monday, 3 August 2015

Summer Colours

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I had some spare time this morning, so made this card which qualifies for several challenges. The background is randomly stamped with ass...
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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Red, White and Blue

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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...
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Friday, 24 July 2015

Face Value!

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This month's challenge for Crafty Individuals is 'Face Value' I have stamped the image on to a separate card, and coloured l...
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Thursday, 16 July 2015

Time

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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, ...
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Thursday, 9 July 2015

Tweet Tweet!

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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...
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and another ....

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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...
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Saturday, 4 July 2015

CAS

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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...
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Sunday, 28 June 2015

wildflowers

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