Back to the Birthday Cards

A birthday card for February! Yep, it is for a birthday in February 2009, but don't worry I haven't done the birthday cards for December 2008 yet! Mmm, I better get on with them now.

So how are you all getting on with those Christmas cards?


Materials:
Stamp - Pink Cat Studio; HOTP
Ink - versafine onyx black
Colouring - Letroset promarker
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual suspects - paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - ribbon; nestibilites and cuttlebug

Spring Time in December

So I have finished my Christmas cards and not only that but they are all written and sent - don't hate me! It was so nice to be able to do a 'Spring' Card. I really enjoyed making this card after all those Christmas card.

This one uses Basic Grey papers and the cute Sarah Kay stamp that I've coloured in with Distress inks.



Materials:
Stamp - Sarah Kay
Papers - Basic Grey
Inks - Distress inks
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; silicone glue; Scissors
Other - Buttons; Embroidery thread; seam ripper

O Little Town of Bethlehem

A Basic Grey card today and it has a charm so I shall be entering into this week's Basic Grey Challenge which is all about charms this week. The block colours are Basic Grey papers but the pattern paper is actually from Rusty Pickle and the music is from a mini-carol book a friend gave me one Christmas.

We have our Christmas decorations up now :) The Christmas tree lights sparkle in their multi-coloured glory :)


Fabby Candy note - over at Cake, Cocoa & Gossip Blog Becks has some fab Wednesday Wishes candy this week.

Materials:
Stamp - Inkadinkado; Studio G Alphabet
Papers - BasicGrey; Rusty Pickle
Inks - Versafine Sepia and Onyx black; Glimmer Mist
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; double-sided tape; scissors
Other - Gold wrapped elastic; Sewing machine; thread; Charm

So What Happens When You Really Like A Design?

You make some more. Sorry folks, I just had to make some more Christmas cards based on the Christmas Cupcake design from an earlier post. Is that cheating? Don't worry these will be the last you see of them (well unless I do another similar design of course!).



Materials:
Paper - Basic Grey Cupcake
Ink - VersaFine onyx black
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Craft knife; Double-sided tape; Silicone
Other - Fine marker pen

Christmas Cupcake

Back to the Christmas cards and today's card uses Basic Grey Cupcake papers . Yes, really, I kid you not - I've used the Summery style birthday papers for a Christmas card :)


Materials:
Paper - Basic Grey Cupcake
Ink - VersaFine onyx black
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Craft knife; Double-sided tape; Silicone Glue
Other - Fine marker pen

Friday Sketchers Christmas

A simple card for you today, using the fab sketch from Friday Sketchers. I've used the BasicGrey Wassail (Ah BasicGrey) from Sassy Crafts with a bit of stitching and a bit of distressing. The holly berries are needle felted.

It was fun to get my sewing machine out. I always feel really happy in front of my sewing machine for some reason - weird I know!


Materials:
Papers - Basic Grey Wassail from Sassy Crafts; Dovecraft Victorian Christmas
Stamp - Papermania
Inks - VersaMark
Usual Suspects - Trimmer; Scissors; Double Sided tape; Silicon Glue
Other - Needle; Brads; Wool top; Embroidery thread; Sewing machine; Ribbon; Copper embossing powder

I Apologise...

Yes I am obsessed with my new limitless limbs stamps AND with Christmas cards, I'm sure I warned you in a previous post?...Er this one is for the Basic Grey Challenge blog which has a Christmas theme this week (so that absolves of all responsibility for this Christmas card).

Tee Hee. Off to make some more Christmas cards - Mmmm what stamp should I use....?



EDIT: I've had a suprise comment on this card from Melissa of Pink Cat Studio Fame, I think she must have seen how obsessed I am with her stamps and has asked to put this card into the Pink Cat Studio Gallery :) How exciting is that? Thank You Melissa :)

Materials:
Stamp - Pink Cat Studio Limitless Limbs
Papers - BasicGrey Sultry from Sassy Crafts
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Koh-i-noor watercolours
Usual Suspects - Double-sided Tape; 3D-foam; Trimmer; Scissors; Glue dots
Other - Circle template; Crop-a-dile; Ribbon; Coloured Staples

Holly tree For BasicGrey Challenge

A Christmas card for the BasicGrey challenge this week which is about stitching. So look closely and you will see the stitching on the ribbon :)

The stamp is from Pink Cat Studio which I managed to get from Dies to Dies For. I had been desperately wanting these fabby stamps and the lovely Tracy stocks them :) There is just all sorts of combinations you can make with this plate of stamps I just didn't know where to start!

Do you get obsessed as I do about a crafty want? Just got to have it :) Desperately 'need' some nestibilities and a scor-pal at the moment (just don't tell my boyfriend).



Ps. If you are looking to get these fab stamps too just take a look here (you might recognise the card! - thanks Tracy). She stocks Copic pens as well - Mmmm adding those to my wishlist :)

Materials:
Stamp - Pink Cat Studio Limitless Limbs
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Twinkies H20
Papers - BasicGrey sultry
Other - Ribbon; brown sparkly card; white hammered card; circle template

More Christmas Cards

Another Christmas card, this one is for the Basic Grey challenge blog which this week is all about the Scallops. All the scallops have been hand scalloped (is that a verb? I scallop, you scallop, he scallops, we all scallop) using a circle template, scissors and craft knife and can be found on the long sides of the patterned paper, the circle with the poinsettia mounted upon it and then the bottom of the card itself. Do you think that is enough scalloping for one card?



Materials:
Paper - Basic Grey Dasher
Inks - Distress Ink green
Others - Ribbons; Gems; Stickles Glitter glue
Equipment - Circle template; scissors; craft knife

Back to Challenges

Here is my first challenge for a while. It is for the BasicGrey Challenge which has a fab sketch this week. I've recently discovered needle felting so was desperate to try it out for some card embellishments. The free bobbles are needle felted wool onto brads and then I made some mini-bobbles needle felted directly onto the ribbon. What fun. I think I'm going to like this craft.


Materials:
Paper - Basic Grey Mellow
Ink - Distress ink Walnut stain
Other - Red wool tops; Felting needle; Ribbon; Lace; Brads

New Basic Grey Challenge Blog

A new challenge blog comes our way and this one is for the lovely Basic Grey papers. This week their challenge is buttons. Here is a card that I have made for my amazing Granny, to hopefully cheer her up after an illness.



Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Ink - VersaFine Black
Papers - BasicGrey Mellow
Other - Cuttlebug, leaves die; Buttons; brads; embroidery silk; stickles glitter glue

Another New Challenge For Me

This card is for my first entry for the Tilda and Co challenge which this week is about embossing. Not being a girl of many words we go straight to the card :)


Materials:
Stamp - Magnolia
Colouring - Derwent Inktense pencils
Inks - VersaColor Pink; Versafine black; Distress Ink walnut stain
Papers - Life's Journey; BasicGrey Sultry
Other - Wire; Lakeland material flower; Cuttlebug; Stickles glitter glue

Cupcakes again.

Ok I confess - No not to a cupcake obsession but to not having that many Penny Black stamps at the moment. So for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge I had to be a bit creative as I have now used all the stamps I have, all two of them! So for this week's challenge, which is ribbons, I have only used part of a stamp :)

Can you guess which stamp it is from....




Materials:
Stamp - Penny Black; HOTP
Papers - Basic Grey Recess
Colouring - Watercolour pencils
Inks - VersaFine Black; Rangers Distress Inks Walnut stain
Other - Ribbon

Christmas Brights

I'm dreaming of a bright Christmas and here is a bright tag to go with it :) This one is for Tag You're It which has a Christmas in August theme this week.



Materials:
Stamp - Hero Arts; HOTP
Papers - BasicGrey Sultry
Colouring - Twinkies H2O
Inks - VersaFine black
Others - Ribbons; crop-a-dile; eyelet

Whiff Of Joy Guest Designer Call

Katharina is setting-up a new stamp company, Whiff Of Joy, and is looking for some guest designers to join her really talented design team. She has some fantastic stamps coming out designed by Elizabeth Beth and Alison Acton, you should go take a look at her blog: Katharina's Creative Place. There are some sneak peaks at some of the wonderful stamps they plan to launch. Well I thought I would submit a card for the design call :) It would be fun to be a guest designer wouldn't it?

The flower and the wire swirl paperclip are handmade......



Materials:
Stamps - Sarah Kay; HOTP
Stamp Colouring - Promarkers
Ink Pads - Tim Holtz Distress Ink walnut stain; Versa Color Opera Pink
Papers - Basic Grey Sultry; Papermania Exquisite
Equipment - Cuttlebug; Birds and Swirls embossing folder; Crop-a-dile
Others - Wire; white cardstock and paper; Beads; eyelet;

Nature and Walnut stain

I have just discovered walnut stain distress ink from Tim Holtz and I love IT! Wow it is just fab to use to distress papers. So having a play with the walnut stain I did this card with the fab sketch from Stamp Something (just got it done in time for the challenge - again) using the Nature theme from Arty Girlz. Thanks guys for the great inspiration.


Do you like the inches? Well truth be told they are slightly bigger than inches but just by a touch. The little butterflies and ladybird are stamped and cut from patterned paper and I've used some paper piercing for the butterfly trails. The paper used was from Basic Grey (edged with walnut stain of course!) and the main stamp is a Crafty Individuals stamp.

Thanks for sampling my card Arty Girlz :)

Time's a ticking.....

Friday Sketchers posted a great new sketch from guest designer Heidi and here is my interpretation of it. I went for a brown and green palette with distressing inks to age the paper and print the watch and words background on the cream (colour hasn't come out so well in the photograph) central panel. The prominent time-piece is stamped with stazon onto acetate and held in position with a brad, two more of which hold the sentiments. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Scarlett Letter range and also edged with distress ink.

String and Brown Paper

Some more card designs whilst I'm at it :)