Beep Beep!!

 

thought i'd share this fun little card....I love that everything comes from one stamp set. kept the design simple with a touch of embossing and some matts using up offcuts of coloured paper to bring it all to life.

 

i used  transport travels stamp set designed by Kirsty Wiseman, memento ink pad and digi cardstock by craftworkcards. I coloured the stamped design using promarkers. the blue was embossed with the stripes embossing folder from stampin up! the other layers were plain coloured cardstock, cut to shape. messages were added from the same stamp set to finish the design off.

 

Mx

corner bookmark



In the past I have made origami heart bookmarks and have noticed the recent trend in corner bookmarks so thought this might be the perfect chance, as part for a gift to match a character book, for a recent christening I was invited to.

 

I used a template that I got from a quick search online, some white & red card, a framelits die from stampin up! and Disney papers and stickers from sandylion, I also used the computer to type and print the personal message  for the back since this was for a special occasion.

front

back

hope you all like...

Mx

 

christening day

well don't you just love it when a plan comes together... I am always very pleased when all you start of with is a blank sheet of white card or two, some ink and few beautiful stamps. a big thanks to my friend crafty carol who lent me the my special day stamp set from stampin up! I also added the baby christening stamp from lili of the valley, which I coloured using my promarkers. the background was created using  tim holtz distress ink pad (in tumbled glass) and the swirl stamp from the everything Eleanor set from stampin up!. I also die cut an aperture using sizzix oval dies and my big shot.

close up of christening promarker image.

I used the my special day stamp set from stampin up! and a archival ink pad in cobalt to stamp on white tissue paper, I then layered on to blue tissue paper which I used to wrap my christening gift. I made a gift tag using the same image and the christening sentiment. I think it just added a little extra personal touch.

 

forgot to mention the 'its your' is a do craft stamp (not sure which set I got it off) and the 'on your' is from a dawn bibby stamp set (again not sure which one exactly).

Mx

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