Friendship Card

This is a card I made for the March Do Craft Friendship card swap. It was the first swap I'd taken part in. It was nice to get a card in return and a very nice card it was too.

My card was a bit of the old and a bit of the new. The old being my usual stamping and colouring-in and the new being the technique I used for background design .



I chose to use one of my favourite Tilda stamp, Tilda picking lilacs. She was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added highlights in the lilacs with a Sakura pen. Once I'd finished the colouring I cut her out. I added a strip of light green card to the card base for the grass. I cut two slits in the card and thread lilac gingham ribbon through. I tied a bow and added it with PVA glue. The greeting is a stamp by Hero Arts.



The new technique I tried on the background was for the flowers and butterflies in the blue sky background. I drew the flower design lightly in pencil on the blue card. I then used a Screw Punch tool to punch the holes out. I regularly use this tool but not to create patterns. I used a variety of hole sizes to create interest. I used the same technique for the butterflies.

On the back of the blue card I attached coloured paper so it would show through the holes. I used Sakura pens for the centre of the flowers and butterflies. To finish I added my Tilda with foam pads.

In pieces

This is my card I'm entering into Do Crafts Sunday Stamping Challenge.

The theme was to use a stamp in a different way but cutting the image into at least three pieces. The stamp I used was Hearts and Flowers by Hero Arts. I stamped the image with Memento ink pad and coloured it in with ProMarkers. I drew around Nestabilities to create the squares. I cut my image into 11 pieces.



I mounted the image on white and gold backgrounds panels as these complimented the stamped image. I added gold Pearl Dimensions to the centre of the flowers and highlight with Sakura pens. I stamped the image in gold on the edge of the card. I added a cut out stamped flowers on the top corner and a greeting to finish.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 42 challenge

This my card I'm entering in this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge.
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

The colours for this weeks challenge was Bright Green and Mango. The stamp is Rose's Garden by Sarah Kay. It was stamped with a Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added gold stickles to the centre of the flowers. I mounted the girl onto bright orange card.



I used a range of orange and green shades for the card to compliment the pen colour choice. I layered up a a selection of orange pattern papers. These were from DCWV, Forever Friends, Bloom & Grow and Whitewash Core'dinations. The white lace edge was punched with the large Martha Stewart flower punch. I chose a bright green ribbon go compliment the Bright Green ProMarker. I added two paper flowers. I also added Card Candy by Craftwork Cards to the centre of the flower centres and on the Whitewash card. The circle greeting is also by Craftwork Cards.

Driving by with a birthday 'Hi'

This is a card I've just finishing making for a friend to give to her Husband for his birthday. I got inspiration for this card from my Stampin' Up workshop last week
http://card-delights.blogspot.com/2010/03/perfect-pairs.html
Cards for men can be a bit tricky but I though the Stampin'Up Loads of Love and Accessories stamp sets were ideal. I've been looking forward to using these stamps.



I stamped the truck once on the cream card and once on white. I coloured the one stamped on white, the little lady and the pile of gifts with ProMarkers. I cut these out and stuck them on top of the cream truck. I added with truck with 1mm foam pads. I used nestabilities to cut of the truck and the frame. The greeting was stamped from the Loads of Love set. I made a small tag with it and attached it with ribbon.

The card is A6 landscape. The brown card is Chocolate Chip by Stampin'Up. For the edge of the cream background I punched a scalloped edge and embossed Swiss Dots with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I also cut a scalloped edge strip and attached ribbon with a brad. I added it to the left hand edge of the card with foam pads.



To finish the card I made a box from the Chocolate Chip card. I added a ribbon and a greeting oval by Craftwork Cards.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 41 challenge

This is my card I'm entering into this weeks Passion for ProMarkers challenge.
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

The theme of the challenge is 'back to nature'. I've used Hobby Art 'Butterflies' stamp. I stamped it with Memento ink pad and it was, of course, coloured in with ProMakers. I stamped the image twice and cut out the butterflies and flowers. They were added outside the boarder and on the flower area with foam pads.



The centre of the flowers were finished with gold Dimension Pearls. I also used Sakura pens to add highlight. The centre of the butterfly I added Glossy Accent.

I chose gold and pink card to mound the stamped image on as it complimented the colours I used to colour in the image.

Stamping on a Sunday

This is a card I've just finished making. I'm entering it into the Sunday Stamping Challenge on www.docrafts.co.uk

The theme of this weeks challenge is punches. As you can see I've used Martha Stewart's flower edge punches in just a few places. The edge of the purple background panel for the stamped image was created with Martha's flower edge and corner punch. I've also used with corner punch in the corners of the top left hand corners of the purple stripped background paper. The right hand side edge is also punches but this time with the larger flower punch from the same set.



The stamp is Rose's Garden by Sarah Kay. This is the first time I've used this stamp and I'm very pleased with it. The design stamped very well and there is so much fine detail. It was a joy to colour in. It was stamped with Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I added some gold sparkle to the flowers centres with a Sakura Pen.

The patterned background paper is from Daisy & Dandelion Picnic Patch range of papers. The card was finished off with cream ribbon and a bow and a greeting by Craftwork Cards.

Wedding Day Congratulations

This is a card I made using two stamps I bought on a recent trip to Edinburgh. The hearts were stamped with a clear VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The hearts were coloured in with three different red shades of ProMarkers. I stamped some additional hearts and added them to the corners with foam pads. I finished them with Glossy Accents.I also added sparkle with a Sakura pen.



The heart panels were mounted on gold cards. The background card is embossed with swirls. The gold card is an 8x8 card. These are both from Craftwork Cards. The greeting was also stamped and mounted on gold card. This was attached to the card with burgundy ribbon.



This is a card I've entering into the Sunday Stamping Challenge on www.docrafts.co.uk

The heart and flower design is a Hero Arts stamp `Hearts and Flowers`. It was coloured in with ProMarkers and a gold Sakura pen. I then restamped the design and coloured in the larger flowers which I cut out and decoupaged. The centres were finished with gold Dimensional Pearls.The greeting is stamped with Memento ink pad. Two tone ribbon was added. The white backing card is by Craftwork Cards and is embossed with small flowers. I used the same greeting stamp as I did the above card.