Box Frame Card

A chance to use my birdcage die again.  This box frame card gives it a 3D effect

Cards for Men

Always a tricky one. This red, white and blue one with lots of collaged pieces looks masculine enough for Dad.

Window Stamp Card

A free stamp from January Quick Cards. I don't use stamps very often but this window with shutters makes a great little card.

Valentines card

Here is the Valentines card I made for my hubby. I used a digi stamp from
http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/

Zigzag card

I think these are my new favourite card to make. Here are some examples using Simply Floral paper from Docrafts,

Christmas Cards

These bird motifs were on a ack of cards I bought from Aldi. There were 3 birds per card and 8 cards in the pack so I got 24 cards out of the 1 pack. The envelope also had a silver lining so I used that for the silver border.

The images I used for these cards were from a printed sheet by Marianne Designs called Wonderland White. The owl card is a shaker card.

I'm loving my new dies from Marianne designs, the fir trees and the reindeer.

Last years favourite die the window frame

This paper was a free-be out of a magazine. It's very pretty I think

Silver Wedding Anniversary Card

The 'LOVE' in the centre is recycled from a Valentines card I received.

Little Envelope Card

Another Card using a little envelope as the centrepiece

Birthday Card using a photograph

I made this for my hubby's birthday in June, I used a picture we took at Royal Ascot which was a really wonderful day for both of us so I knew it would evoke some happy memories.

Little Envelope Card

Zigzag card and joyfold card

Just been making a few cards with the Papermania spots and stripes paperpack. Lovely summer bright shades, Here are some examples

This is a zigzag card

And a joyfold card

New Marianne design Dies

Just treat myself to some new Marianne design dies. I love them they're so pretty, especially the little birdhouse. I also used Marianne Design paper, which I didn't realise they did. I can see lots of people getting these cards for Birthdays.

Birdcage card

Here is another die from Marianne Designs, the birdcage. I think it would have looked better silver but I'd ran out of silver card so I used an old greetings card to make the birdcage. The paper is from the Riverbank paper back again.

Russian Doll Card

I made this card using the Russian Doll die from Marianne Designs and the Riverbank paper pack which is lovely. I found the doll face on the internet.

Easter Cards

Some fun little Easter cards I've made using an idea I found on the fiskars website. I will be making these and the Easter exploding box at Thorntree library tomorrow at 10.30am and North Ormesby library next Wednesday at 10.30am. Please feel free to join me, I will bring all the materials and of course tea and coffee will be forth coming.

Birdhouse card

Just made this for my lovely Mum. I drew the bird house free-hand and cut it out of a bit of mount board to make it stronger.I used Tilda paper pad- Flower Garden and Summer Blues.My lovely border punch and lots of sparkles.

More owls

A couple of Wedding Acceptance cards made with my paperchase owl stickers.

Mums Birthday Card

A card with a sewing theme. Using Dovecraft family ties paper pad. I stamped the scissors and buttons using Crafty Individuals stamp CI-328. Can someone explain to me how to do stamping properly. I had black ink everywhere. I smudged it I don't know how many times and got black fingerprints on the paper and had to start again so in the end I gave up with the sewing machine and downloaded a digi stamp off the internet. I love these little envelopes on cards. You can find loads of templates on the internet but the one I use is attached.  I used my lovely Martha Stewart border punch for the top and just added some embellishments.

little owls card

Well I saw these little owl stickers in paperchase and couldn't resist them and then I found these tiny buttons and voila!

Little envelope card

It's my friends Birthday next week and I thought I'd have a go at making a card with a little home-made envelope stuck to the front, which was in this months Quick Cards magazine and the papers were to so a good purchase I thought. I think I'll be doing a lot more of these!