Stampin' Royalty 8: Bright Colour Challenge

Daring Cardmakers Winter Birthdays

Sew Many Cards Challenge 5: Sketch Challenge

Stampin' Royalty Challenge 7: Masculine Cards

First Card

Just thought id share with everyone the first card I ever sent to anyone! All pieces used were purchased from hobbycraft.

Dual Slider 18th Birthday Card

To create this card i folded a piece of A4 into 3 leaving a tab at 1 end, then wrapped a strip of plastic around the 1/3 of the card at the end without the tab and folded it so this 3rd of the card was in the centre. Then I attached the 2 pull out pieces to the plastic and sealed the card at the back using the tab.

Valentine's Card

To create this card I stamped a swirl onto a plain pink card for decoration and then layered a backing paper over it. Then I die cut the love embellishment and embossed the bird heart before layering it onto another backing paper.

Digital Challenge

To create this card i took the wheelbarrow pictures and backing paper from the Joanna Sheen's Cottage Garden CD Rom, and the vegetable frame from ClipArt. I then recoloured the backing paper in Microsoft Publisher and merged the frame with the picture. I then created a ribbon and added text to it before printing off all pieces. I then layered the picture frame and added Diamond Glaze to the vegetables so they would stand out then sprayed the entire frame with a clear varnish. To finish I added the sewn sunflower on top.

February Birthstone Challenge - Amethyst

Most appropriate as this is my birth stone so this is a birthday card for me as well! I used the free craftstamper stamp designed by Art Journey, and script stamp from Crafter's Campanion 'Love'. I stamped onto patterned cardstock with Colourbox Challenge 'Eggplant' and layered top left image. I inked up the cuttlebug 'Dots and Spots' folder and run Bazzil cardstock through to give a more 3D look. The base card was a very dark purple silk board.

Valentines Box

I brought a plain heart box from hobbycraft and then covered it white with acrylic paint then stencilled over the top with an ink pad before adding a coat of clear varnish to protect the underneath. Finally i added an embossed bird and flowers as embellishments on the top.

Card Toppers Using Distress Ink Tutorial

Following the tutorial on Crafty Cardmakers I coloured a black and white patterned paper with broken china and tattered rose distress inks. I spritzed with water with angel dust mica in, but the lustre does not show on the photo. I wanted to break up the large design and so I overstamped with antique plum and antique gold dewdrop chalk pads and a sunray and medallion rubber stamp which I tend to use for backgrounds. I then die cut them into tags to create these card toppers!

Birthday Card

Another birthday i created by simply stamping onto a piece of white card which I coloured blue using a sponge to get a mottled effect.

Challenge 13: Hearts and Romance

I created this card using embossing to create the hearts and then created a piece of faux metal for the rectangle backing card by embossing a piece of mirri card in an embossing folder. Then rubbed in a small amount of white acrylic paint, rubbed off the surplus with kitchen towel and applied a chalk based ink for the colour before sealing with clear varnish. Take from the Craft Stamper Magazine December 09!

Hanging Birthday Card

To create this card I stamped and embossed the frames for the cross-stitch boats, and then mounted them on to the ribbon with a verse on the back of each square.

Feather ATC

An ATC i've created using stamping for the Joanna Sheen - Something With Feathers January challenge!

Challenge 12 - Something New

For my something new I chose a technique new to me, watercolour and brushmarkers!

Messy Rabbit cards

These are some of the first cards I made using my new Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit CD and stamps. More to come. Hope you like!

Recycled Card

I produced this card from old straws, left over cottons, jean buttons and a chamois leather that i then inked.

Challenge 11 - Something New 2009

For my challenge cards I have used my 'Spell Binder Wizard' die cut machine to create the textured backgrounds and matting cards!