Oops!!

Where did March go? It seemed to fly by as I've been very busy with work and with lots of orders and preparation for a craft fair that I did last weekend.   Anyway, better late than never!

Here are a selection of cards I have made over the last few weeks.  You might need to grab a brew as there are quite a lot!!

Easter cards made with Pink Petticoat papers and images, coloured with promarkes:

Easter milk cartons with yummy chocs:

Tea Light Cards:

Fleetwood Town FC card for my son:

 Dance themed Good Luck card, using glitter paste and my Cameo to cut the dancer:

Golden Wedding Anniversary card, using Marianne dies:

Bespoke Minecraft and Film themed card, using Cameo to cut filmstrip, projector and letters:

I wasn't kidding, was I?!!

I hope you enjoyed looking at these cards.  Thank you so much for visiting me and I appreciate each and every comment.

Till the next time xxx

PS.  I'd like to say a very big THANK YOU to the lovely Carol.  I was so luck to win her lovely blog candy and I cant wait to start using the lovely ribbons, stamps and gems she sent me.

If you've never visited Carol's page, please pay her a visit as she make some stunning cards and home decor.  Carol's painting with Distress Inks is absolutely beautiful too xx

Hello ... again!

If all goes according to plan, I'll be at work when this Post is published!

Happy Monday folks x

Here are some more of the cards I've made recently:

Well, that's it ... I'm up-to-date now - phew!

Have a fabulous Monday (think about me at work!!!) xx

Hot Leopard Spots!

Just stopping by to share a couple of recent makes. 

The first is using my gorgeous Designs by Ryn Leopard Spots stamp.  The quality of Ryn's stamps is excellent, check out her website by clicking this link.

The second card is commissioned.  I love the harlequin papers by Pink Petticoat.

I'm planning on making some lovely Valentine heart hangers this weekend (as well as the usual washing, cleaning, cooking .... yawn!) 

Whatever you're doing, have a good one xx

Purple version of Best Friend card

Just a quick post from me tonight.

I made another Best Friend card and this time I used shades of purple Pan Pastels to colour it:

 

And then I used some of my lovely Spellbinders and a lovely Pink Petticoat sentiment to make this card.  

The flower is by Stamps By Chloe and I embossed it with silver Wow embossing powder and layered it up.

 

Hope you have a fab week xx



Raindrops!

Did I mention that I love this stamp from Ryn? !!

It is so effective and the raindrops really do look 3D:

 

I used Glossy Accents on some of the raindrops on the flower and added some glitter to the flower centre.

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and looks stunning in a fancy frame.

 

Hope you've had a fab weekend! Hugs xx



Thinking Cap Required For This One!!

Just stopping by to share some cards I made recently.

The first one was a bit of a challenge to say the least! 

I had to learn how to do some new things with my Designer Software for my trusty Cameo and managed to produce this near-perfect Jack Daniels bottle:

 

When I had finished the card, my next thought was "What about an envelope?" Mmm, it was far too big for any envelopes I have, so I used my Hougie board to make a custom box that measures just 1cm deep.  I dressed it with a slider and a tag that I designed and cut on my Cameo.

 

This next card was again designed and cut on my Cameo.  I think this black/hot pink colour combo is my absolute favourite!  I made some tissue paper flowers to match, sprayed them with pink sparkle and added a flourish:

 

 

My Cameo has had a busy week!! This card was again designed and cut using it:

 

 

Well, it was back to work for me today and I'm exhausted now (and the kids weren't even in school as we had an Inset day!!)

 Roll on the weekend :)

 

Have a good one my crafty friends xx





Inks + Masks = Fab backgrounds

Happy Sunday!  Just popping by to share the results of an inky, messy session!

I used some That Special Touch masks with my Distress Inks and stamped a my favourite flower stamp to make these:

 

 

I then got out some of my new embossing folders, printed some beautiful Pink Petticoat sentiments and made these cards:

 

 

As you can probably see, I still have two cards to make using the birds and the compass backgrounds.  Well, Rome wasn't built in a day, and I have a few ideas for the compass background that need a bit more work.  So, watch this space!!!

 

I hope you've had a good weekend and, if you're on school hols like me, have a good week :)

 

 

Hugs,

 

Louise xx



A catch up :)

I went to GNPE at Harrogate on Saturday and shopped till my heart's content!  I also met up with my lovely, crafty friends and had a good natter and a brew.  Here's what I bought:

 

 

A lot, I know!   But it is only once a year ... and I promise not to buy anymore till next year (*fingers crossed behind my back*)!!

 

I've finally had time to photograph cards I have made over the last couple of weeks.  This first one was made using Pan Pastel and some Sheena Douglass stamps.  For my first time using Pan Pastel, I'm pretty pleased with it:

The next two cards were made with a pretty flower stamp by Chloe and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.  The sentiments are by Pink Petticoat:

 



 

 

These three cards were inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I used some gorgeous new papers from Pink Petticoat and created my own version of the card:

 

 

Finally, I used my beautiful Blazing Poppies stamp from Indigo Blu and teamed it up with a sentiment stamp from Chloe.  I stamped and embossed with Platinum Wow powder and coloured the poppies with Twinkling H2Os:

 

 

Well, that's me caught up with everything now.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend xx



Gorgeous butterflies

Just popping by to share a card I made recently.  I designed and cut the word and butterflies with my Cameo and I've used some beautiful Pink Petticoat papers.

Here it is:

 

The photo doesn't really do this card justice, the papers are a really pretty pink and I've inked the edges with my Distress Inks.

 

Hope you have a great weekend xx



Pink Petticoat meets Chloe

These are two of my favourite craft companies.  For this set of cards, I've used the new Isabelline papers and Lovely Mum sentiments from Pink Petticoat and a beautiful flower stamp from Chloe.

 

Here they are:

 

 

The papers and sentiments are printed onto linen card and I cut out the sentiments with my Spellbinders.  Then I stamped, cut out and glittered the flowers and added Card Candi and ribbon to finish them off.

 

Hope you've had a lovely weekend xx



Two of my favourite things :)

My Cameo and Pink Petticoat! I have made a shaped card and matching gift bag for my friend.

I designed the card on my Cameo and used some amazing paper and a digi from Pink Petticoat.  I even managed to do some paper-piecing on the cute digi image.

Here's what I made:

 

 

Here's the paper-piecing - fiddly but effective:

 

Hope you're having a good week xx