Mothers Day

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I've spent a lovely day today with my family at the Botanical Gardens. We found a beautiful shady spot to have a picnic lunch and good chat with family members we haven't seen in awhile. The kids had a great time too with lots of footpaths to ride their skateboards and feeding the ducks and turtles.

This is the card I made for my Mum. I found the pattern for the teapot at toptiptuesday.blogspot.com.  I've used Kaisercraft pattern paper (Magnolia) and  matching pink bazzil cardstock.  Flowers, pearls and  accessories are from Wild Orchard Crafts. I coloured the pearls with a copic pen to match the pink. Greeting stamp is from LOTV.

Hope you enjoyed your day. Thanks for looking.

Deb

Foxy Card

This card was made for my friend Debbie who celebrated her birthday recently. 

She is a collector of all things Fox so I had to use this vintage image which I sourced from Google images. The scalloped circle is a Marianne's die which I've made into an easel card . The patter paper is digital paper which I've printed. Also used flower from Prima and some pearls.

I also put together this little cutie for her;

I got the kit from Happy Sew Lucky. She loved it.

Thanks for looking.

Deb

Vintage Card

Thought I would try some vintage for my card today.

The image is from Magic Moonlight free images and is called "1925 young sweet" . It is aptly titled as it's a beautiful image. The patter paper is a digi download and is called Vintage Postcard.  I've been unable to find where I sourced this from but will update when I do. I cut out the butterfly and added some foam dots to make it pop up. The little postcard is also digital.

I've added some ribbon, pearls and metal embellishments which are all from Wild Orchard crafts. The flower is from Prima Flowers.

Thanks for looking.

Deb

Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day! Hope your enjoying your day here in Australia.

Will be back later with some new posts.

Deb

Christmas & New Year wishes

My kids and our little Buddy on Christmas day.

 

Hi everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy 2012 to you all.

 I thought I should post some of the christmas cards I made this year. Unfortunately I didn't make as many as I would have liked to. I used a selection of papers from Papermania. I actually bought this paper pack last christmas and didn't really like it so just put it in my stash. I must admit I've really enjoyed using these colours this year.  I also used a selection of LaLa Land digi stamps, a Wild Rose Studio and a little Hanglar Stanglar stamp I had never used before.

Here's a close up of each card:

All the images where coloured with copics.

Hopefully I'll get some time again this year to make more cards and I'm hoping to start some scrapbooking again. It feels like forever ago I was scrapbooking.

Until next time - thanks for looking.

Deb

Chinese Tilda



I recently made these cards using the Chinese Tilda. I've had these pattern papers for years in my stash.

I've coloured the flowers to match with my copic pens. Added metal embellishment, pearls, die cuts and MS butterfly punch.

The inspiration for these cards can be found at My Magnolias.

Thanks for looking.

Deb



Marci in Paris

Just catching up with a few cards I've made over the last month but haven't yet posted.

This lovely stamp is from LaLa Land Stamps. Instead of colouring with copics this time I've paper pieced her clothes and hat from matching paper. The design paper is from Kaisercraft as is the Ifle tower chipboard shape. Stitiched around outer edges and added pearls,flowers and swirl. Die cut shapes are from MFT.

The idea for this card came from Rosie Bridges.

Thanks for looking and hope to show some more over the next few days.



Deb

All That Jazz

Today's card was made using an image download from Printable Heaven. They have lots and lots of digi papers and card fronts to choose from.  I've used some pattern paper from Kaisercraft which fits the theme perfectly. Used metal embellishments from my stash.

Thanks for looking.


Deb

Tilda and Cat

I'm slowly catching up with all my birthday cards. This one went off in the post this week. I've used a different colour combination for me. I'm very partial to pink so doing a blue card this time was quite a challenge.

 The image is coloured with copics. The garden seat is from CC designs and fits perfectly with Tilda. Pattern paper is from Kaisercraft Utopia paper pack.

The weather here is quite ordinary today. Started with sunshine and then quickly developed to a storm. Has been bleak every since. Good crafting weather though, so hopefully will get a few more cards off the list.

Thanks for looking.

Deb





Tilda with frog

Another froggy birthday card for my sister in law who loves frogs. It's become quite a challenge to find froggy images each year. I love this stamp from Magnolia and this is the first time I've coloured it. Used Copics for colouring and some diamond stickles for sparkle. Paper is from Papermania Rose Garden paper pack.

Thanks for looking

Deb

Little Birthday Boy

Our little friend Jett celebrated his 2nd birthday last weekend. This image so reminded me of him as he's always wearing most of his food rather than eating it.

The image is another fabulous digi stamp from Mo's digital pencil too. I've coloured with copics, cut out and mounted onto blue cardstock. Used pattern paper and cardstock from Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking.

Deb

Happy Retirement

My brother-in-law Terry recently retired and I thought this image suited the occassion.

The stamp is from Wild Rose Studios and is coloured with copics. The pattern paper is from Basic Grey. The buttons and string are from my stash and I've punched contrasting circles, scrunched, then distressed with ink.

The train theme is because Terry is a model train enthusiest and now he has retired he will hopefully have some time to work on his train layout.

Thanks for looking.

Deb

Father's Day

Father's Day was a couple of weeks ago in Australia and this is the card I made for my Dad.

The base card was made at a craft show some years ago that I never finished so I've added a stamp from Inkadinkadoo aptly named 'Horses' and a greeting from Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking.

Deb

Butterfly Tilda

Back again with another Magnolia Tilda (Butterfly collection).

This is a tea light candle card decorated inside to include 4 candles. I made this for a friend at work and found a cute light candle holder to go with it. The pattern paper is from Kaisercraft Bubblegum Hills collection and I've used a round doily and some pink cardstock. The flowers are from Wild Orchard crafts. I've used my very last MM metal happy birthday. I've loved using this form of birthday greeting but have been unable to find them in stores anymore. Let me know if anyone knows where to find them.

Thanks for looking

Deb

Back with a Magnolia Card

Hi - back again in blog world.

Have had a really busy couple of months and although I've been making a few cards I just haven't managed to post them. My brother was married in July and I was given the honour of making the invitations. I was quite happy with the result but found I just couldn't face making cards after making 45 card like invitations.


Anyway , this card was made for a friend using Magnolia Tilda stamp. I used a glittered pattern paper from First Edition paper pad. I've coloured using copics but trying to resemble distress inks. There's a great youtube tutorial by Suzanne Dean explaining the process.

Hopefully I will post a bit more regularly unless life gets a bit hectic again.

Until next time.

Deb