21st Birthday

It was my Darling Daughters 21st Birthday last the other day and this is the card I made her to go with her presents.

She is a pink girl so I knew what colour to start with and it took a bit of time to get the end result but am happy how it turned out and she loved it so that was the main thing.

Peace on Earth

This is my first christmas card and it is totally non traditional, I was trying out a technique that I had been shown months ago at techniques class.  I have done the baby wipe swipe using reinkers on a baby wipe and swiping it across a piece of glossy card stock. I then stamped it with a flower from the Mixed Bunch set and a sentiment from the Merry & Type set. It was finished off with some Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon and some  Rhinestones.

Anniversary Card

Today I have made a card for some friends who will be celebrating their anniversary tomorrow.  I had been looking on line for inspiration and have come up with this so if it is similar to yours thank you for the inspiration but I cannot remember where I saw it so am not able to give you credit.

Unfortunately the weather is rather dull and overcast and the photography is rubbish but I am really pleased with the way the card ended up.

3 x 3 birthday card

I made this little card a few weeks back and thought I would share it with you.

Gave it to a friend for her birthday and she was really chuffed that I had made it for her.
I is so nice when you can make someone's day just by giving them a simple card.

I was just mucking around with some scraps and left overs (sounds like tea time lol) and decided to see how it would all turn out.  I must say it isn't to bad, so this is another card ready for a birthday.

Have gone to a favourite stamp set Vintage Vogue and Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush colours.  I have inlaid embossed to add a different look.

Challenge Time

Found some time the other day to make a card for the Just Add Ink challenge for this week which is a colour challenge to use only Red and White.  I also decided to use the sketch from the challenge at Try Stamping on Tuesday.

I used Riding Hood Red, Whisper White and Confetti White card stock but I have also added a touch of Pink Pirouette (that is of course red and white together).  I stamped on the top Whisper White piece and them smudge it with a sponge and on the Whisper White mat I have spritzed it with the colour spritzer tool and a marker.  All the edges have been distressed  and I have painted some of the butterflies with Champagne Mist shimmer paint.  I have used a White Organza ribbon with some basic pearls and rhinestones to finish it off.

Another Birthday Card

Yes this is another birthday card.  This time for one of my Paper Diva Team members Sharlene,  Happy Birthday Sharlene, hope your day was a good one.

I have used a stamp from the Vintage Vogue set stamped in Wisteria Wonder and inlaid embossed some butterflies that I had cut out with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die with the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine and then put in the Square Lattice embossing folder.  Then because I didn't think that the butterflies were showing up very well I decided to put some more on top.  Adding some basic Pearls and Organza ribbon to finish it off.

I used the same stamp on the inside of the card and on the envelope.

Another Man's Card

This is a similar card to the one I posted yesterday.

With a change of embellishments and sentiment it is a different card.

A card for the man in your life

I thought I would just whip up this simple card suitable for the man in your life.

I'm currently in the process of make a box of cards for a gift and thought this would be a good simple card to go in it.  Have made a few cards but unfortunately I seem to need a lot of them for birthdays at the moment so will just have to work harder.

Happy Birthday Bernice

It is my friend Bernice's 40th birthday this week (such a long time ago for me 'sigh') and this is the card I came up with.  I gave it to her at her party last night.  Hope you have a great day on the day.

I liked the look of the layers and the torn edge of the DSP, I have also wet and rolled the bottom edge of the black mat.  Have used a bittie button threaded with early espresso bakers twine that features in the latest mini catalogue and have also spritzed the card with shimmer mist made with champagne shimmer paint, I so love this stuff.

Another Christmas Card

Here is another card that we made at my class last week, I apologise if the idea is one of yours but I have looked at so many cards lately to get inspiration that I'm not sure where I saw it or something similar.

On this card I have again used the Welcome Christmas and Christmas Greetings stamp sets.

I stamped the wreath and then added red dots for the berries with a stampin marker and I have fussy cut JOY and adhered the J & Y with small pieces of dimentionals but the O is flat.  The ribbon is Very Vanilla Seam Binding.

The colours used are Real Red and Pear Pizzazz and the base card is Naturals Ivory.

Quilt Card

Recently I attended a class taught by my upline Paula Dobson where she showed us how to make some cards using scraps/offcuts of DSP.  One of the techniques she showed us was a quilt card and I have had a go at one of those this week.

I have no idea what the name of this quilt block is but I saw it some where in my blogging travels (sorry can't remember). I have used strips of  the Autumn Spice DSP to make this pattern.  I then matted it onto some Cajun Craze card stock with Early Espresso card stock used as the card base, with the addition of an Early Espresso satin ribbon and some basic pearls to finish it off.  The sentiment is from the Create a Cupcake stamp set and has been stamped in Whisper White craft ink.

JAI 71 Just Add Black and White.

This week at Just Add Ink  the challenge is a colour one. To just use Black and White  so I thought why not give it a go and this is what I came up with.

I was quite happy with the way this turned out.  The vase has been heat embossed with clear embossing powder that has some dazzling diamonds in it using a stamp from the French Foliage stamp set and the black pearls are Stampin' Up Basic Pearls that have been coloured with permanent marker. The sentiment is from the Thanks For Caring  stamp set. The flowers are from the Punch Potpourri stamp set punched with the Boho Blossom punch.

Sketch Challenge JAI # 56

Over at Just Add Ink this week there is a sketch challenge for us.

Sketches are quite good when you need some inspiration as they can kick start your mind in the right direction (hopefully) when you don't know where to start.

This is my take on the sketch








I started off with a Pear Pizzazz card base and have matted with Confetti White, then I stamped on Whisper White with Concord Crush a two step flower from the Fast & Fabulous Hostess Set, I have also sponged the edges of the Whisper White with some Pear Pizzazz ink.







The Happy Birthday from the Curly Cute set was stamped in Versa mark and heat embossed with white embossing powder on Basic Black card stock which is part of a top note. Of course I have added a rhinestone.  Then I added a strip of Pear Pizzazz card stock that had been scalloped along one edge and a ribbon.


I also stamped on the inside of the card

This time I used the birthday wishes from the Occasional Quotes hostess set and the same flower  (or part of) as I had used on the front.












I hope you go and have a look at what the design team have done this week and check out all the other entries too.  Feel free to give it ago yourself.

Valentines Day

Well I thought that I would share the card I made (at the last minute) for my darling hubby on Monday.  I am also going to enter it into the Just add Ink challenge for this week which is to Just Add Love.

 I used Real Red card stock. ink and ribbon as well as Basic Black card stock and ink. With some brads and pearls to finish it all off.

I then put some chocolate hearts in a bag and made a topper for it, actually it is more like a card as the card stock is behind the bag.  Again I used Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock , Basic Black ink, brads pearl and some real red ribbon.

This is the two together.  Unfortunately it was late at night when I took the photos.

A Sketch Challenge

Well over at Just Add Ink this week they have given us a Sketch Challenge.

So I thought I would give it a go and this is what I came up with.

I have punched out the centre of the For You Flower and stuck it on with dimensionals and then attached the flower to the card with dimensionals as well.

Materials Used
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black.
Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Whisper White
DSP- In Colour from Level One Hostess Pack
Stamp Sets:  For You Flower, Occasional Quotes
Also Rhinestone and White Grosgrain Ribbon.
Top Note Bigz Die, Fancy Flower Punch and circle punch.

                    

Just Add Ink # 50

Well this weeks challenge from the fabulous Just Add Ink ladies is a colour challenge. They are such an inspiration to us all. The colours they have chosen are:



So this is what I have come up with.  It is a birthday card for my darling daughter Anna who is 19 today. Happy Birthday Sweetie hope you are having a great day.  We did take her out for lunch.

I decided that I would also make it as a gate fold card (think that's what it is called) as I have seen these on other blogs and thought that it would be fun to try something I hadn't tried before.











This a look at what the inside looks like
 

                                                                          And a closeup look of the front

I have not used any dazzling diamonds for this card but instead have used Rhinestones and Pearls as Anna is a young lady who loves her bling and the So Swirly wheel is one of her favourites.  She loved it but did ask where was the dazzling diamond LOL.

Materials Used:

Stamp sets: Occasional Quotes, Curly and Cute, Punch Potpourri. So Swirly Wheel

Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzazz

Card stock: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones, Boho Blossom Punch, Butterfly Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Sponging

Happy Birthday Ellen

It was my daughter Ellen's 16th birthday last week and this is the card I made her (the night before).
I'm sure she would have loved to have got this many bags of gifts (wouldn't we all).

 The stamp set used is the level1 hostess set Birthday Bakery.  I coloured in all the bags with blender pens and added dazzling diamonds to the tissue paper and  the hearts.  I also used the same stamp on the card base to add some interest.

 You can really see the shiny dazzle on this (blurry) photo.

Happy Birthday

Well I have had another go at sponging and feel this is a little better.  I have masked at the same time to get the colour graduations.  I have then stamped over the background with the butterfly from the Punch Potpourri hostess set.  This has all been done with one colour, Marina Mist.

I have then stamped and punched another butterfly and added that with a 3 D effect by raising its wings. It has been put on a base card of Marina Mist also.  The ribbon is the Marina Mist satin ribbon and I have used gold brads and pearls to finish it all off.  The sentiment comes from the Fun and Fast Notes set.

Sympathy Card

Well unfortunately I had to make a sympathy card this week.  So I have tried a bit of sponging, will need to practice more as I'm not that happy with the way it looks.  I used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set as I thought that this would suit the occasion and the sentiments from the hostess set Occasional Quotes.

I have used Basic Grey, Basic Black and Very Vanilla cardstock with sponging in Basic Grey at top and sponging with Early Espresso at the bottom. Trees and sentiment stamped in Basic Black.  It has all been tied together with some Night of Navy taffeta ribbon and a few dots of white gel pen.