Calypso Flower

Just a quick post from me today and it's back to the flowers! This image was coloured with marker pens so that I could get more than one colour on the image. Then the flower was stamped again and 3d mounted to give some dimension.

Sunshine from Tenerife

I can't believe I am still sharing projects from my crafty weekend away!  I achieved so much while I was there. 
I don't know about you but I don't think we have had nearly as much sunshine as we need this year so I dug out some photos of our trip to Tenerife a couple of years ago to scrapbook.
I created the spotty border by making a template, I punched a lot of holes in a scrap piece of card with my cropodile and then sponged the ink through the holes. I was pleased with the effect as it was a little random and gives some lovely texture. Te flowers began as plain white paper flowers but by pressing them into my inkpads I was able to coordinate them to my page. 

Scoring for decoration

Your Simply scoring board is not just for creating boxes and envelopes, here I have used it just to add some decoration to my card. You can't see it very well in the photograph I will have to try and get a close up but I have scored 3 parallel lines both above and below the flowers. The flowers are from the Boho blossoms punch and have rhinestones in the centre. Rich Razzleberry has always been a favourite of mine and I love this combination of razzleberry, Melon Mambo and chocolate chip. 

Pretty Pink Flowers

Monday morning again, they come around quickly don't they. Today's card is definitely one for the ladies I think, pink and floral but very pretty.  The stamps were from a set in the Spring mini, I coloured the flowers with marker pens so that I would get the two colours together and stamped onto whisper white card stock.  The image was matted onto Pretty in Pink and then onto a white layer of card that I had embossed with the textured embossing folder in the Big shot.  The ribbon is Stampin' Up! satin ribbon and is knotted beneath a large antique brad.

Twisted Easel Card

 I'm quite pleased with this one,  my inspiration was a card which we made at Amanda's last workshop, it's called a twisted easel style card because of the way it stands. I have to confess, I pinched the colour combination of whisper white, pretty in pink and rich razzleberry from Amanda too; it was one of the cards that we did as a make and take at the Brighton show. The stamps are from a current Stampin Up hostess set, I stamped the hydrangea in razzleberry ink and used a blender pen to colour it in.  I also used the tiny flower from that set on the back of the card, The background stamp, en francais, is stamped in pretty in pink.  A touch of razzleberry ribbon and a sentiment raised on a dimensional completes the card.

I'm going to use this at a workshop I am doing at the weekend along with a pillow box project.

Workshop makes

I had a great day out at the Hobbycraft show at the NEC at the end of last month and I managed to book myself in to a couple of workshops while I was there. The first one I did was with Stephanie Weightman of Create and Craft TV fame where we made this pink rose stepper card. I love the image and it really is a quick and easy make, just assembling the pieces in the right order. The other workshop was with Lisa B where we made this beautiful tag using masking techniques and distress inks. The stamped image is embossed and painted and then some glitter for added bling. I'm going to mount the tag onto a card I think and add some ribbon.

Goosed!

A miserable grey afternoon and I needed some brightening up. This paper was just perfect for the job that fresh colour just reminds me that spring is on the way. I watercoloured the stamped image as is my want of late and mounted it onto gold card. I also decoupaged some matching flowers onto the background paper just to give the finished card some more dimension and added just a touch of sparkle.

Lilac flowers and Butterflies

I have a bit of a thing about dresses at the moment I think. This was a kit card so all the embellishments came together. The flowers are decoupaged to add some depth and I added some glitter to lift the dress a little. I like the use of paper doily type paper as a background, I think I may exploit that a little more another time.

And yet more!!

Chessington World of Adventures

We did have fun! This photo is of us on the Beano bus, it went round and round quite fast, Alice thought it was hilarious :O) The background paper is from the new DCWV kit as are the letters, the flowers and brads are from Brenda Pinnick :O)

Make a Wish

Charlie's 4th Birthday, what a handsome young man! He was such a cutie then :O) Papers are from We R Memory Keepers as are all the embellishments, the flowers are attached with coordinating brads, the sentiments with foam squares :O)

Another page!! At a funfair I guess !!!!! and I'm not sure we were actually moving!!!!

Little Bridesmaid"

Here I am as a bridesmaid for my godmother. I remember I kept my posy by my bed for ages and ages. I have doublemounted the photgraph to make a statement and added some paper flowers which are attahced with large brads. This page is as yet untitled as I can't think of anything I like. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Mother's Day Cards

These are the cards I have made for Mother's day for my mum and mil. I am all out of inspiration at the moment so I was really pleased when the latest edition of Let's Make Cards landed on the mat this morning. I have more or less copied the designs from the magazine but hopefully it will provoke something more creative from me over the weekend.

Fat page for Buttonbox

This page is my contributions to a book being compiled for a friend of mine on Craftswap who is feeling down at the moment.
The background stamp is the butterflies from Tanda stamps and the flowers are from Pocketful of posies paper.