Remember this one ?

this is a card I made a little while back, the paper I used was part of a free gift from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. I sent in this photo to the magazine to show what I had made with the gift and they published it in the Readers Gallery this month!!!! You could have knocked me down with a feather when I opened the letter informing me I had won a prize of a stamp set for my efforts.
Well chuffed :O)

Wishy washy ?

I'm still not sure about this one. It's the same House Mouse image that I used the other day but in pale pink tones this time and I'm not sure that it isn't a little too pale. I matted it with silver mirri, as is my wont, onto a background paper of pale pink candy stripe.

Full to bursting!

Another new House Mouse stamp that I bought at the Farnborough Make It show last weekend. Sooooo cute! Stamped with staz-on ink and watercoloured then matted onto some coordinating blue paper and silver mirri card. Mmm might have to go do another :O)

Mouse afloat!

Here's the first one! Housemouse afloat in his nutshell awww. Stamped in timber brown stazon and watercoloured, matted onto a coordinating paper which has a print of tiny green leaves, but you can't see them very well in this photo. An edging of mirri card for accent and a ribbon sash to finish.

Blue Goose

Remeber that Goose image from a couple of weeks ago ? I used her again today, she reminds me of that range of kitchenware so I used a blue gingham backing paper which also reminds me of that range. The image was stamped with Staz-on and watercoloured as before. Then I backed it with mirri card and an accent of plain clue card. A ribbon sash down the spine to complete.

Cake!

looks yummy doesn't it! I stamped the cupcake with a staz on pad and watercoloured it. I then mounted the image onto mirri card and added three peel off greetings, why I did that I shall never know! it's hard enough to line one up straight let alone three!!!

Many Happy Returns

Apologies for the poor photo, the mirri card has reflected and I couldn't get a better one. Another of those fairy tags today, mounted onto a silver card. I added the peeloff greeting on a piece of mirri card so all in all its very shiny!

Simply Pooh!

There are just a few images left now from that Pooh kit so I thought I would use up another today. This is just Pooh by himself looking a little thoughtful I think. A very simple card, I just matted and layered the image onto coordinating papers and mirri card and centred it onto one of my favourite silver card blanks.

Flower Fairy

In this months Cards and Papercraft magazine the free gift was some beautiful Flower Fairy tags. I just adore the Flower Fairies so I couldn't wait to use them. This one is simply backed with a coordinating paper and highlighted with some mirri card. It's missing something but I'm not quite sure what yet.

Piglet in Pink

Another offering from that Disney kit. Piglet this time layered onto mirri card and backed with pink coordinating papers and a peel off greeting.

Peek a Boo

That's what I think these guys are playing today! Another card from that QVC kit, it's nearly used up now! As before I used a square base card and matted two layers of coordinating papers. The Disney image I matted onto matching blue paper and then onto mirri card. A peel-off greeting completes the card.

Bear Hugs

My last piece of orange spotty paper :O( I teamed it with a cheery teddybear this time and a whole bunch of balloons! Watercolours again, pencils this time and a spot of glitterglue to give those balloons some sparkle.

My Hot Foil Pen!!

Some more cards using images you've seen before, they are my favourites at the moment.
However, on the top two cards I made use of my recent purchase from the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC in November, I used my Hot Foil Pen! It will take a little practise to be perfect but I can't believe how easy it is to use. You can trace any image or message onto your project in foil! I'm lovin' it!

Kit Car

Another new stamp from Lil Claire, this cat looks so smug driving his little car. I stamped the image with a black Staz on inkpad and watercoloured it with my Stampin up crayons. Then I mounted it onto silver mirri card and a background of dotty paper. The final touch was tying some satin ribbon around the spine of the card.

Fairy Cute!

Here we are! The first card from my pre prepared images. I mounted my fairies onto some silver mirri card and then onto some pretty flowery paper. Simple and neat :O)

More Valentines

Here are some moe Valentines. I seem to have gone a bit bear crazy! Cute though huh?

As before the bears images are 3D decoupage. The first card is a bright pick DL size with a holographic mat and stripy paper that was a freebie with a magazine. The other two cards are made from handmade paper, the mats are both mirri card, one silver and one red. Finished off with pink fibres down the spine.

Back to Birthdays

Christmas is over! and I now have some table back and a little bit of time as it is the school holidays so back to birthday cards. I rediscovered this QVC kit when i was clearing the table for Christmas dinner. The hedgehog images are stamps from the Penny Black range which I watercoloured, the shopper is a Jolly Nation image.. They were matted onto holographic card and coordinating papers. The butterfly card is finished off with some matching peel-offs and vellum attached with gem brads.

Christmas Tags

I had originally intended these tags as part of a swap on CSF but events rather overtook me and I only got 4 made instead of the 20 I needed :( They didn't go to waste, I used them and only just remembered to snap them halfway through attaching them to presents !! lol
The Snowman image is from Stampin Up, stamped onto white card and matted onto silver mirri and blue card. I watercoloured the images and added just a tad of glitter !

Christmas tags

Well, I've made a start on Christmas!! I did make a few cards a while back but then a busy summer got in the way. I decided to join in the tag swap on Craftswap Forum in the hope that it would get me going again and here is the result. The snowman image is from Stampin Up, stamped with stazon and watercoloured, I matted it onto silver mirri, backed it with a deep blue paper and added a piece of silver ribbon. Oh and a touch of sparkle with some stickles. Only about 92 days to Christmas now I think so I'd better get cracking with the rest!! :O)

Here's another!

Another image from the same stamp set as before. This time I finished it off with some pink organza ribbon.