It's a girl

This is my card for this week's Lili of the Valley blog challenge. The theme is anything goes.

The stamp I used for the card is Baby Girl by Lili of the Valley. I begun by stamping the image on smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I mounted this onto panels of silver and pink card. I added faux stitching around the edge with a pink Sakura pen.



I covered a card blank with heart patterned paper. I cut two 5" squares of pink and white card. I punched the edges using Martha Stewart Punch-around-the page punch. I attached these together and also added a strip of ribbon across the top left corner. I added this to the card.



I cut a silver swirl using Memory Box Die Fauntleroy Crest die. I cut this in half and added it to the card. I used my Cricut to cut the working in pink and also a white shadow layer. I tied a bow with pink ribbon and added this to the card. To finish I added gems.

Oh Christmas Tree

The stamp I used for this Christmas Stepper card is Oh Christmas Tree by Red Gingham Designs available from Little Claire. I stamped it using a black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I coloured in the tree image with ProMarkers. For the fine detail I added the Letraset fine nips. I added sparkle with various colours of Stickles and a gold gel pen.



I mounted the image onto panels of gold card, brown and star patterned paper. Across the top corner I added a strip of ribbon. I mounted this onto a Stepper card blank.



I cut panels of gold card, brown and patterned page for the side panels. These were then attached to the card blank. I stamped the circles sentiment with a brown ink pad. The stamp I used is from the Christmas Text sentiments set also by Red Gingham Designs. I mounted this onto a brown and gold circles cut with Lacey Circles Nestabilities. To finish the card I added gold gems and a brown ribbon bow.



I am entering this card into Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #83 The theme is Make it Masculine. So I have used a colour scheme of mostly dark reds and browns.

Good Morning Robin

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is 'anything goes'.

I begun by stamping the birdhouse image. The stamp I used Red Gingham - Good Morning Robin by Red Gingham Designs available from Little Claire. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. For sparkle I added various Stickles.



I stamped a snowflake design all-over a stepper card blank. I mounted the coloured image onto panels of snowflake patterned paper, blue and silver card. This was then attached to the card blank.



I stamped the greeting in dark blue ink. The stamp I used was Red Gingham - Christmas Text circle sentiments. I mounted this onto two circles cut with Lacey Circles Nestabilities.

I added a silver swirl to the image panel. The die I used was to cut this Memory Box Die Fauntleroy Crest. To finish the card I added snowflakes and blue gems.

Festive bird house

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is “swirls & sparkles”.

I begun by stamping the image. The stamp I used is Bird houses - holly by Lili of the Valley. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added sparkle with various colours of Stickles. I cut out the image and gold frame with Lacey Circles Nestabilities.



For the background I cut squares of spotty and gold card. I attached these to a square card blank. From gold card I cut four swirls edges using Memory Box Fauntleroy Crest die. I added these to the card to form a frame. I added the image to the card. To finish I added an oval greeting and gold dots.

Swirly Whirles

These two cards are made using the new Swirly Whirles stamps by Red Gingham Design available from Little Claire. These two cards are also featured in a Little Claire advert on page 26 of the current edition of Cardmaking and Papercraft.



For this card (above) I used Swirly Whirlies Poppies. I stamped the image with a green Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers and a gold gel pen. The border and corners were created with Gingham Peel Offs.



My second card (above) I used Swirly Whirlies Little Tammy stamp. The circle greeting is by Little Claire. I used the Gingham peel off again for the centre strip.

Festive Secret Garden

My craftroom is currently in 'Christmas mode' as I'm working on my Christmas cards. There's glitter and snowflakes everywhere! My card today using Secret Garden Flowers die cuts from Craftwork Cards. I coloured the image in traditional Christmas colours of red and green. I added sparkles with gold Stickles and a gold gel pen.



The coloured image was mounted on a gold scalloped circle diecut. For the background I used Craftwork Cards 'Trim the Tree' patterned paper. I punched the edge with my Stampin' Up Scalloped punch. I added this onto a panel of gold card. Across the panel I added gold ribbon and a bow. I attached this to a square card blank. I added a oval greeting and the coloured image to the card with foam pads. To finish I added gold dots.



My card is also featured on Craftwork Cards blog today.

Igloo for two

This is my card for this week's Lili of the Valley blog challenge. The theme of the challenge is to make a Christmas card for Someone Special.

The stamp I used for the card is Lili of the Valley's 'Igloo for two'. I coloured in the stamped image with ProMarkers. I added sparkle with various Stickles and gel pens. I mounted the finished image onto panels of silver and navy card.



I covered a card blank with pale blue snowflake patterned paper.I distressed the edges using Night Of Navy Stampin' Up ink pad and cut&dry foam. Around the edge I drew faux stitching with a blue fineliner. I cut a panel of navy card to go across the card. I punched one of the edges with my Stampin' Up eyelet punch. Across the panel I added a strip of gathered Baja Blue Stampin' Up seam binding. This was then added to the card blank along with the stamped image.



I cut various sized snowflakes with my Cricut. I coloured some of them in with my Aqua ProMarker. I added diamond Stickles to the snowflakes. Once this they were dry I added them to the card. I used Red Gingham Design Christmas sentiment stamps for the greeting. These are available from Little Claire. I attached the sentiment to two circle diecut with Nestabilities Lacey Circles dies. To finish I added light blue gems.