Sweet Tilda

Well lots of birthdays in our family in January and this is one I made for my granddaughter Bethany's 16th birthday. Beth loves Tilda's as much as I do so she was thrilled with her card.

The sweet Magnolia images were coloured with Prismas with lots of Stickles glitter added.
The BP I have no idea sorry, had it in my stash for ages.
The angel charm has 'made for an angel' on it, which adds a special touch.
I made a tag to fit inside a little pocket and made a bow from some left over tulle.
Circles made using Cuttlebug Nesties.
Hand stitched around edge with dark brown embroidery floss

Hope you are all keeping warm in this flippin freezin weather! Had enough of it now, just wish it would go away. This morning I had to lean out of the upstairs windows and knock the icicles off the guttering, they were beginning to thaw and dropping down like daggers! Thought I better do something before someone got 'speared' by one of them, doesnt bear thinking about!

Hope this means we will have a good summer (LOL)!!

Penny Black Joy Fold Anniversary Card

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, hope 2010 is a good one for everyone.

After the frenzy of Christmas card making, I lost my mo-jo, just couldnt get motivated at all but we have a ruck of birthdays and anniversaries in January so I had to shake myself up and get my brain in gear.

My first card for 2010 is this one, made for my brother and SIL wedding anniversary. I really enjoy making joy fold cards so thought I would make one for this occasion. The image is of course Penny Black - T.L.C. coloured with Prismas, the DS paper I have had for a while so don't know the name of, sorry! The sentiment I printed on PC. I had this card on the passeneger seat of my car ready for posting when I passed my Granddaughter Bethany who was struggling to walk through a blizzard. I was concentrating so hard on trying not to skid on the ice and watching traffic behind me, I forgot the card was on the passenger seat ........ she jumped into the car and yes, she sat on my card!! I didnt dare open it to check it as I was heading to the the last post collection of the day. Luckily the card seemed none the worse for being sat upon by her damp rearend and I hope it reached its destination without too much damage!

Birthday Card for Ann

Well it's all over for another year, phew!! I hope you all had a wonderful time at Christmas, we had a very hectic 2 days but it was lovely to have all the family together and for Don to enjoy it this year, he has very little memory of last year as he was so poorly. We all tried to make this Christmas special for him and for us.

It was my very dear friend Ann's birthday on Christmas Day and this is the card I made for her, I hope she liked it! The cute Penny Black image has been coloured with Prismas, the background paper is My Mind's Eye and the sentiment printed on PC.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the holiday week and best wishes for 2010!!

Last Christmas Cards for 2009!

Whoopee, at long last all my christmas cards are finished and posted and these are the last two made. All my christmas stuff is packed away for another year and my craft room is looking nice and tidy (not for long! he he).

The Tilda image I coloured using Distress inks and the cute elf image was coloured with Prisma pencils.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010.

WOJ - Wee & Reindeer

How cute is this Whiff of Joy image!! The gnomes name is WEE, made me chuckle!

Really quick and easy to colour, I used Prismas on this one, the background paper is Eskimo kisses, rooftop.

Christmas Tilda's

Don't know about you but Christmas is not my favourite time of year but I do love making Christmas cards, however, I am all Christmassed out!! Can't wait to pack all my chrissy stuff away and get back to 'ordinary' cardmaking! Every year I vow to make a Chrissy card a week, then it won't creep up on me, but my craft room is awash with sparkly bits and pieces and shelves full of christmas stamps I need to move it all away to make room for all year round stuff!

Here are a couple of Tilda cards using I think is the Christmas Eve Tilda. I have coloured her with Distress inks, my latest 'must haves!' These 2 are my first attempt with the Distress inks, I don't think they look too bad (if you don't look too closely!). Practice makes perfect so they say and I am enjoying practising.

Bear and Robin

These gorgeous images were very kindly stamped for me by Viv, he is such a cute bear!

The top one is a joy fold card using Forever Friends 'Santa's on His Way' paper, coloured with Prismas.

The lovely shapes on the red and green cards were very kindly cut for me on the cricut machine by Andrea, I have some lovely crafting buddies, thanks girls!!

Holly Wreath and Fleur De Lis

Another card made using the beautiful Fleur De Lis Shapeability die. The holly wreath I made by punching holly leaves from 2 shades of green card, punched small red dots from red glitter card and added small punched snowflakes from white glitter card. Added a little bling with tiny rhinestones in the centre of each snowflake and the red bow is a stamped image.

Quick and simple which is just how I like it!

Fleur De Lis

This is my latest Spellbinders purchase, the Fluer De Lis Shapeability die, which I have to admit when I very first used it in my Cuttlebug I could not release the card from the die, but after a few trials and errors its now working a treat. I love the shape and versatility of this die and I have decided that the border to match is a must, so thats me next planned spend!!

What do you think of my handmade poisettia? I was just playing about with a Woodware leaf punch and this is what I ended up with, I am quite pleased with it and I think it works quite well against the white background of the Fluer De Lis shape.

Christmas Cards

I am trying to finish my Christmas cards for this year and this is a small selection of some I made recently. I love this shape made using the Cricut, unfortunately I don't have one of these machines (yet!). Its on my wish list for Santa as I have been a very good girl so you never know!

Andrea has been a star and cut some shapes for me to be going on with, thanks Andrea!

Willow Christening Card

This card was made for a colleague at work, it was a bit last minute as she asked me to make the card on Thursday for the the following Sunday! Luckily I had the front of the card already made so all I had to do was decorate and personalise the inside and make a box. Because of the flowers on the front being so raised it wouldnt fit into an ordinary envelope but I am pleased with the end result, I think it makes it more of a keepsake.

First Past the Post

Twice in one week, can I cope with all this fame LOL! Opened my Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine this morning to discover that I had won the First Past the Post mystery prize! I sent this photo in ages ago when the Bentley Bear stamps were a giveaway in Issue 70 and had forgotten all about it. Its a lovely stamp set and I have made most of my christmas cards using these stamps.

Form and orderly queue for autographs please!!

I wonder what my mystery prize will be???

(PS received my prize this morning and its a sheet of Cute Companion Christmas Stamps!)

Woo Hoo, fame at last!!

I was thrilled to be invited by Clare Curd to take part in the Talent Spot feature of the November issue of the Do-Crafts 'Creativity' magazine a couple of months ago. I was sent a bag of Papermania goodies with which I had to create 3 cards and this is the result. I feel really honoured to be asked by Clare and I really enjoyed the challenge. It really boosted my confidence after a very bad year and just what I needed to cheer me up.

Magnolia Christmas Cards

Seems ages since I last posted...... well it IS ages since I last posted!! Time seems to run away with me. These are a couple of cards I managed to make ready for Christmas. Love these images they are sooo cute, thanks Andrea!

Christmas Step Card

I am really into these step cards at the moment and this is one I created by just playing around with different sizes of card and folding into different shapes. The cute stamps are Ollyfant and you can't see it on the photo but I have added some glitter chalk to the background. At the moment I am trying to make as many Christmas cards as I can, I will post some more soon, so watch this space!

Diamond Wedding

I followed the very talented Eileens tutorial for this beautiful Diamond Wedding card and I am really pleased at how it turned out and how easy and simple it was to make. If you haven't already done so, hop along to Eileens blog and have a look at her lovely creations. While your there take a peek at Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard, she has some really good ideas and tips using the bug.

Pregnant Willow

Ooh, I have been a bad blogger, just realised how long since my last post!! I have been a busy bee though, had loads of card requests and i have managed to almost finish most of them.

I am trying to make a start on my Christmas cards, I can see it will be a last minute rush - again!!

This is a sweet little card I made for a friend of mine whose son and daughter-in-law are expecting their first baby next Spring. I managed to find a lovely verse to add to the inside of the card:

First in your world,
First in your eyes,
First in your thoughts,
First in your lives,
First in your hearts
As a brand new life starts
Your very first baby
Your joy

Paper - My Minds Eye paper pack, Wild Asparagus
Brown Bazill Card Stock
Pregnant Willow & Rose Swing - Whiff of Joy, coloured with Prisma Pencils
Sentiment - Whiff of Joy, baby words
Fiskars Scalloped Lace Punch
Nesties Ovals - Plain and Scalloped
Ribbon from stash

Sweet Tilda

This sweet Tilda card is for my niece Emma's 16th birthday in September. I love this image and the cone looks good enough to eat!!

Backing papers are Joanna Sheen
Card stock is Bazill Bling
Magnolia stamps - Summer collection, coloured using Prisma Pencils
Nestie Circles
Ribbon and bling from stash

Anniversary Card

This cute card was made at craft club last night and as its my youngest daughter Katie's 1st wedding anniversary this weekend I thought this card was perfect.

Thanks to Andrea for her fab inspiration, have a great time next week Andrea!!

Magnolia Parrot Card

As soon as I saw this scrummy Magnolia parrot image I knew I had to use it to make my daughter Caron's birthday card from her sister Donna. He is coloured with Prismas and Sansador and I tried to match the colours of Caron's parrot Tommy. A different card from the usual and she was thrilled with it. Many thanks to Andrea for the loan of the stamp.