Another Mother’s Day Card….

I might have said this before, I’m not a cutesy kind of person….so why did I get more Fizzy Moon stamps?  Well…because they make lovely Mother’s day cards when water coloured with distress inks, of course!

This card uses the new Desert Bloom papers.  It’s such a simple but effective design and can be adapted to so many occasions.  I’ll try and make some different occasions….but for inspiration on designs, hop over to CardPatterns.
Let me know what you think….thanks for reading

Blokey Birthday Card…?

Ok….so it has a little glitter on it!  Some men like that…don’t they? 
I was lucky enough to win a recent prize draw at a Blue Jelly Stampin' event so I have my first set of SU stamps….and what better sentiment to use on a blokey card .

I made this card especially for the challenge over on "Less is More", but it fits the bill for the Coffee and Cream challenge on the Simon Says Challenge too.

The images are from Pink Petticoat and I’ve coloured them with my alcohol ink pens.  I’ve topped the cakes of with a bit of glitter…et voila.  I nearly over did it with the bling….but suddenly remember what  a friend’s boyfriend said recently “Blokes don’t really care about the card”.
Well, I’m choosing to believe that some do !!

Let me know what you think.  Thanks for reading…

Spring is on the way...

...and what better way to celebrate then to break out the spring colours from Pink Petticoat!  I couldn't resist the new Creative Cardmaking Special featuring Pink Petticoat! Lovely!

So I've used the daisy backing paper and images from Spring Wishes to make these Mother's Day Cards.  I've created the borders with my Fiskars punch... it is my tool of choice and features heavily through my card making.  Then I've finished the cards of with the obligatory glamour dust and occasion gem, and ribbon from my stash.  The greetings are simply printed using the computer, cut out and edged with distress ink (or anything that you can lay your hands on.

I think they work quite well :-)

Let me know what you think. 

Thanks for reading

I know it’s gone, but….

I wanted to show off the Valentine’s Card I made for my husband.  It’s my first twisted easel card.

I’ve used Pink Petticoat papers (again!) from the Old Fashion Girl range, and one of my new Fizzy Moon stamps!  Now, I’m not a cutesy stamp person…but I kinda like the silly “bear dressed as a bear” range.



I’ve coloured the image with my promarkers (of course) and used my nestabilities for the circle and heart shapes. 


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I finished the card of with a ribbon twist on each side and a bit of bling with the heart gems.







I think he liked it…but then it’s hard to tell at 6am on a Monday morning!!

I've entered this is the "I {heart} you" challenge over on Cupcake Crafts and  "Love"over on Crafty Calendar Challenge.
Hope you like it and thanks for reading

Daisies and Dragon flies…

Now I don’t know if you actually get green daisies but I have a lot of green scraps, several daisy punches and my mum-in-laws birthday coming up soon….and I bet she likes green
I’ve made this card before with blue (check out my gallery) but I wanted to use the so-in-vogue kraft card.  This is a trifold card, but you can make it five-panelled if you have the time.  I think I went a little mad with the dragon flies on this…but it kinda works. 

I’ve just realised I have to put a greeting on this one….but not tonight!!
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