happy easter ...

 this year for Easter I have decided to re-create a favourite card of mine, it won a local competition last Easter (which I was very pleased with) so I thought I would share it with you all...

I have used kraft card stock to make my card base, bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, Martha stewart border punch, lili of the valley stamps (spring bunny with eggs and set 8 happy circular sentiments), acetate, ribbon, and chocolate of choice (I choose wrapped eggs to be festive).

I also made these cute bags for my cousin's lucy and oliver. I used my docraft digi designer to make the patterned panels for the bags, i chose the me 2 u spring cd and printed the characters twice to decoupage. I made the bags from kraft paper stock and used raffia for the handles.

Mx

2 milk bottles...

sitting on the cake... lucky me none fell off!!

 close up off the bottles

this is a retirement cake i have just done for a milk man. the milk bottles are made from a krispie recipe to make them light enough to go onto the cake, which caused some trouble this week when decorating. i am pleased with how it turned out in the end though, hope you all agree...

Mx

 

happy mother's day!!

this is my mothers day card, i used a magnolia stamp coloured using promarkers. i cut the mat using a spellbinders shape die on my big shot machine. the background is using tim holtz distress ink pads and lili of the valley stamps . i also used a lili of the valley stamp to do the message which i coloured using promarkers in co-ordinating colours. i finished with a ribbon at the top tied in a bow.

 i made these chocolate box cakes for my nana's. they are a chocolate cake with chocolate fudge frosting, topped with a selection of chocolates (i choose thornton's classic) .i then decorated the sides with chocolate fingers but you could use anything similar in shape. i choose a nice ribbon and tied a big bow and your finished, (you could do a bow and ribow with icing to make it all edible!!)

for this cake i used orange kitkat instead of chocolate fingers.

 

since it is mother's day i would like to share this card that my mum has made for her mum.

she used toppers and papers from hunkydory crafts and a silver border peel off which has a butterfly design. another fab effort, we mght just make a crafter out of her yet!!

 

Mx

 

with sympathy

so if you are already a card maker im sure you will know sympathy cards are some of the hardest to make, but they are always needed at the saddest of times and so appreciated most. i think it is worth keeping sympathy cards simple, or limit the colour palette.

for this card i used a 4x4 card blank, craftwork cards digi cardstock, stampin up! simply soft & petite pairs stamp sets i also used the stampin up! stamp-a-ma-jig as it is the only way to line the flowers up and is a gods send (if you have ever used one you will know), ranger archival ink pad in jet black and tim holtz distress ink pads in yellow tones.

for this card i used stampin up! summer solstice  and love & sympathy stamp sets,i also used a label framelit die from stampin up! and my big shot, archival ink pad in deep purple,a 4x6 card blank, some craftwork cards digi cardstock, i also painted  a little cosmic shimmer iridescent watercolour paint in lavender shine to the centre of the flowers to add a bit more detail.

hope you liked my ideas, please feel free to leave any comments on my projects
Mx

sew on!!

i love this card i have made. it has texture and a vintage feel which looks sooo nice, or at least i think so...

i used an old piece of dress pattern paper and glued it to a piece of ranger manilla cardstock (i wasnt too neat and added creases) . i then stamped over the top using archival ink pads (in vermillion & cobalt) with stampers anonymous (tim holtz collection)  haberdashery stamp set. i stamped the main image with a tim holtz distress ink (black soot) and heat embossed to do a nostalgic batik technique with the iron. i used a little paper distressing tool to really texture the edges and then used tim holtz distress ink pads (brown tones) to  ink the edges. i made a happy birthady topper using my stampin up! memorable moments stamp set and matching dies. i stamped once on to kraft cardstock and once on to manilla. the kraft one just gets cut using the dies and added to the card with foam pads. the manialla one gets coloured using distress ink pads and a blending tool, then stamped with "happy 30th birthday" using black archival ink pad. then cut around the stitched detail and tape to the kraft one. add a few buttons to the corner to finish.

Mx

valentines day cards!!

 well since im not the worlds most mushy person, i enlisted the help of mum to whip up this batch of valentines cards. hope you like them all, i know i am pleased with how they all turned out!!

 first is mums card, im so proud as she did it by herself. she used a stampin up! stamp set (you are loved) and some embossing and cutting dies on the big shot. the page out of an old book, kraft card stock, an archival ink pad in verillon, some bakers twine and a button.

 i made a no glue box to match using kraft cardstock, then decorated it with a page of old book, archival ink pad in vermillion, and the stamp set (you are loved)

from stampin up!

 this is my card i used the owl builder punch & the bird builder punch both from stampin up! kraft cardstock, brown,white & cream cardstock, pages from an old book and various tim holtz distress ink pads.

 i looked for certain words to spell out a valentines message for the front of my card instead of stamping one, it did take a long time but i think

it was worth it in the end.

this card was a combined effort, the base is an acetate card blank i made, shaped dies from stampin up! and oval dies from sizzix, stamps from the you are loved set from stampin up! and some ribbon to finish.

(the paper was out of a 12x12" scrapbook pad

which i dont have the name of now)

inside, the acetate card is finished off with the same diecut shapes and a message from the you are loved stamp set by stampin up!

 

Mx

sale continued

well the other things i bought in the sales were some gorguss stamps, they are lovely!! both the clear and the grey rubber give a good impression, i like that you get bonus accent stamps with the clear sets but i do love grey rubber so nice to have both options...

 

 i made this purple card using one of the clear sets. i used the girl as the main image coloured using promarkers. then i diecut her out in a nice shape using my big shot machine and dies from stamping up! i made the background straight on to the card blank using tim holtz distress ink pads in purple tones, then stamped with the snowflake accent on the stamp set to match the girl, finally i added a white ribbon tied in a bow!!

i think she looks super cute as she is but you could fit a 'merry christmas' or other sentiment below the topper if you prefered...

 

 

 this card was made using another clear stamp set. i stamped the image onto craftwork cards digi cardstock and coloured using promarkers. i then matted it on to a 4x4" card blank i coloured using tim holtz distress ink pad (aged mahogany). finally i added a stamping up! message. 

 

 

hope you like the projects because no doubt you will be seeing these gorguss girls again!!

Mx