Christmas Card Crisis

This card was especially made for my friend Sharon (www.cardsbyrequest.blogspot.com). We are both so alike when it comes to getting cards made for an occasion. Always leaving it to the last minute when we know we're not going to have enough time to finish.
This image is a digi image from 'sketching stampers', coloured with copics, pattern paper from kaisercraft, purple dew drops, flower from MM and cuttlebug fancy corners.

Belated Christmas Wishes

A belated Merry Christmas to all and wishing you a safe and happy new year.

Our new puppy Buddy

December has flown by keeping me very busy with Christmas shopping and preparations for the big day.
We had a fabulous day with our family and friends. Santa was very kind to us all especially Cameron & Sophie and he even found time to leave a gift for our newest member Buddy.

Cameron Buddy & Sophie

Here's a selection of the cards I managed to make this year. I must admit it was a bit of a struggle to get them done this year and I only made a small amount.
The ideas have come from many talented people out there in blogland. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and making the job so much easier.

This card was made for Sophie's teacher Ms Page.

Recipe: Handsome Hunter card, white card cuttlebugged with 'Christmas Ornaments' folder, green ribbon, Cuttleby swirly corners, Stamped image 'Kaisercraft'

This was for Cameron's teacher Mrs Melink

Recipe: White cardstock, Gold foil card, Nestable Ovals, Cuttlebug 'snow dots', Stamped imaged from Kaisercraft embossed in gold, Ribbon, Gold sticker greeting. Idea: thank you www.heartprint.net.

Recipe: Handsome Hunter cardstock, Kaisercraft belle collection, Gold ricrac, flowers, Sticker greeting.

Recipe: Real red cardstock, pattern paper from kaisercraft & my stock, nestable scallop circle, flower and background dowloaded images from 'Fred She Said', red ribbon. 

Recipe: White cardstock, gold foil cardstock, cuttlebug 'snowdots &  lace tree', stamped greeting embossed in gold, red stickles. Idea: Thank you www.heartprints.net

 

Recipe: White cardstock, gold foil card, gold print vellum from Papermania, stamped image from  'Inkadinkado - Christmas Silhouettes' embossed with gold, gold greeting stickers, nestable scallop circle, organza ribbon, gold brads, ek success corner punch.

Recipe: Handsome hunter cardstock, real red cardstock, pattern paper Kaisercraft, Nestable scallop circle, gold foil cardstock, gold brads, black greeting stickers, red ribbon, image from 'Stampavie' coloured with copics.

Thank you must go to Lisa Kind for this fabulous card I found on her blogsite.

Recipe: Real Red cardstock, white cardstock, cuttlebug 'holly ribbons' folder, image from 'Inkadinkado' &  embossed in red, nestable labels, flower from MM, red dew drops & striped ribbon.

Unfortunately this one does not photograph real well. Looks much better in real life.

Recipe: Red foil card, white cardstock, Holly Ribbons cuttlebug folder, Lace tree cuttlebug folder, organza ribbon.

Glamour Girls

This card was for my friend Sue who celebrated her birthday earlier this month. The image is from 'I Brake for Stamps' coloured with copics, mounted on SU cardstock. The pattern paper is from DCWV matstack & the stripe is from my stash. Used decorative punches, added flowers and organza ribbon to finish.

Another Glam Girl

This is another 'I Brake for Stamps' card I made for my sister-in-law. I've used SU pattern paper, certainly celery and white cardstock. I used the SU swirl wheel on white to add just another pattern. Image is coloured with copics and stickles added to highlight. Flowers, organza ribbon and pearl embellishments added to finish.

Brady's Birthday

Today is my nephew Brady's 13th birthday. He has developed a great love of fishing so I thought this was very appropriate for him. Hope you had a great day Brady.
Image is a RAK from my friend Sharon coloured with copics. Cards stock is SU chocolate chip & old olive. Pattern paper is from the Basic Grey 'Cupcake' range. Used the 'Argyle' cuttlebug folder to emboss background and 3 large choc brown brads from HOTP. The sentiment is from Stamp It mounted onto SU old olive circle cut with Nestable 'pinking circles'. Finished off with some chocolate brown ribbon. Hope you like.

Baby Congratulations

A baby congratulations card for my boss and his wife. Their first baby is due in January so I wanted to give them a little congratulations gift and card. Don't know if it's a boy or girl but just had the need to use blue on this one.
Image is from Charmed Crafts digital images coloured with copics. Mounted on baby blue SU card stock cut with Nestabilities scallop rectangle. Pattern lemon paper is from my paper stock and is embossed with cuttlebug swirls folder. Added organza ribbon and some jewells. Congratulations sentiment stamp is from Stamp It.
Hope you like.

Masculine 40th birthday

Made this really simple 40th birthday card for a friend on the weekend. I always find it so hard to make male cards so I was really happy to find this idea. Unfortunately I don't know who to thank for this idea but I love it for men's cards. It's made using white card for base card, black card cut into two strips and printed stripe from DCWV stack. The '40' is painted chipboard numbers and the 'happy birthday' cirlce is from 'The Cutting Cafe' digi stamp.
Hope you like.

CD's Pond Pals

Another birthday card for August. This one I made for my sister-in-law Dulcie. She loves frogs so I always try to give a card with frogs on it. This image is stamped from 'Pond Pals' Clear Dollars Stamps and coloured with copics. Layered frog & balloons onto foam dots and used dimensional magic on them. Mounted on SU gable green scallop oval from Nestables. Then added to DCWV Sweet Stack pattern paper on base card of SU gable green. Added rubon greeting, ribbon and brads.
Hope you like.

Bronte's Birthday

I made this card for our goddaughter Bronte's 15th birthday. The image is from Penny Black. Coloured with copics and added dimensional magic to balloons & gifts and stickles to ribbon.
Mounted on SU elegant eggplant that I had put through the cuttlebug spotted folder and used Fiskars border punch. Patterned paper is from DCWV mat stack. Added rubon greeting, organza ribbon and flowers edged with stickles. Base card is SU orchid opulance.
Hope you like.

Penny Black Birthday

August/September are huge birthday months for me. This card was made for our niece Trish. We always send her a card with a cat on it so this time I have used the Penny Black image. Coloured image with copics and then added dimensional magic to lift the image. Hard to see in this picture. Cut the shape using Nestables. The base card is 'SU Summer Sun', the pattern paper is DCWV Pocket full of Posies stack mounted on black card. Used SU eyelet border punch, greeting from Deja Views rubons and ribbon, flowers & brad from my supplies. The corners are punched with SU ticket punch and rhinestones added from Kaszazz.
Hope you like.

Pretty Pixie

I made this card for our very special friend Kasey who has just turned 9. I used the Charmed Crafts digital images from the 'Pixie' range. I coloured the image using copics and added stickles to wings, flowers and dimensional magic to flowers. Mounted the image on SU 'pacific point' cut with nestabilities scallop circle. The pattern blue & pale blue is from my stash and punched with SU eyelet border. The base card is white then SU 'pacific point' cuttlebugged with 'spots' folder. Added ribbon, flowers and MM greeting to finish off.
Hope you like.

Quick Digi Cards

Made these two cards in very short amount of time. The images are from Charmed cards and craft digital stamps and are available in both coloured and uncoloured images. I chose the pre-coloured images for these cards due to time issues.
The first card is called 'chillin Mikey' using SU Real Red and Black card stock. DCWV mat stack for pattern paper, SU star punch and MM Birthday greeting. Image shape from nestables.
The second is called 'Girl about Town' using black card stock and sentiment is also from the same range. Pattern paper is from DCWV mat stack 'All Dressed Up' and flower with brad added to pretty it up.
As I mentioned, very easy cards.
Hope you like.

Cowgirl Mini Album

Hi all. Back creating again. Had a few busy weeks with work/home life. Just made this gorgeous little mini album for my niece who is horse mad. Snapped a few pictures of her and some friends after she had just come back from riding.
As soon as I saw this album in the scrapbook store I had to have it for these photos. I think it was a Bella album. Painted with Kaisercraft 'sea breeze' and covered with Creative Imaginations patterned paper. Added embellishments, bling, chipboard horseshoes/flowers/hearts and stickers from Sandylion. Put together with metal ring and added variety of ribbons to make it all a bit pretty.
Hope you like.

For the New Grandparents

I so love this image from Penny Black Stamps. He's just so cute. I made this card for some special friends Sonja & Col, who have just had their first grandchild.
The image is stamped onto cream cardstock & coloured with watercolour pencils. I've cut the oval shape & scallop oval from nestables and mounted onto cream cardstock which I have run through the cuttlebug with textile texture folder. The blue card is SU Brocade Blue. The brads are actually homemade as I didn't have any to match. I've punched these from hole punch and added SU crystal effects to give them the raised look. This idea came from my friend Sharon. The "Congratulations"is stamped in versafine vintage sepia and a touch of sponging arount the edges. The organza ribbon is from my stash.
Thanks for looking.

CCEE Technique Challenge Trifold

This is my entry for the CCEE challenge. Hopefully it makes it in time.Thank you to Sharon at www.cardsbyrequest.blogspot.com for the idea to make a baby card. I've needed to make a baby boy card for a few weeks now so this will be on its way to Melbourne tomorrow. This wasn't anywhere near as complicated as it looks. I've use SU Baja Breeze as the card base. I didn't have the right p/paper I needed, so I stamped white card with SU Bashful Blue hand and footprints from Kaisercraft and then run through the cuttlebug swiss dots. The other paper paper was from my supplies but I don't know the brand name. The spotted piece on the end is also cuttlebugged with Baby folder. Added blue ricrac, buttons,MM rubon and baby sticker. The image on the front is from Pink Cat Studio Sweet Pea Stamps. I've coloured image with copic markers and cut oval with CM oval cutters. The verse is Inky Antics stamped in SU Bashful Blue on white card.

Thanks for looking.

Penny Black Challenge

Here is my first PB challenge for this week. I made this card for a little six year old, whose birthday party my daughter went to on the weekend. The image is from Penny Black 'Fairydust' stamped onto white cardstock and coloured with mixture of SU & copic pens. Used stickles on wings, stars & crown and added some pink diamonds to tips of crown. Mounted image onto SU So Saffron and then mounted onto SU pink pirouette cuttled bugged with the happy birthday folder. Added some bling, flowers and organzer ribbon to soften.
Thanks for looking.

You & Me House Mouse

This is my very first online challenge card for CCEE Stampers. The challenge was to create a card with flowers. I've used House Mouse image 'Lavender Dreams'. Coloured image with copic markers & SU Markers. Added lavender flower soft on flowers and dimensional magic to mice to give it a 3D effect. Mounted image onto SU 'Lovely Lilac' and then onto SU designer paper 'Tea Party'. Used SU border punch and added ribbon edged organzer ribbon. Circle punched greeting after running through swiss dots cuttlebug and mounted onto Nestable scallop circle. Have mounted image and greeting onto foam dots. Hope you like.

Dad's birthday

This is my Dad's birthday card. The image is from Stampendous stamps 'South Downs Cows'. When I saw this stamp I just had to have it for my Dad. He's a retired dairy farmer who milked only friesian cows, so this was just perfect for him. I've coloured the image with water colour pencils and then mounted it on SU Gable Green & So Saffron. The printed paper is from SU Petals & Paisley designer series paper and I've run through the cuttlebug with 'Argyle' and mounted onto So Saffron & Black Bazzill. Added black brads & string. Added a Making Memories metal 'Happy Birthday' after this photo was taken. Was in a hurry to get to lunch with Dad.
Thanks for looking.