Where did the week go?

Well, last week flew by with sickness bugs, sleepless nights, a visit to 6th Form College ... oh and work as well!

I still haven't got round to photographing the beautiful cards I made at Maria's Clarity workshop last weekend but, in the meantime, here are some recent cards I've made:

These were made using fabulous sentiments from Pink Petticoat and a felt pointsettia cut with a Marianne die.

 

The cute baby stamps are from Little Claires.

 

I designed and cut these shaped cards and butterflies using my Silhouette Cameo. I made the grungy flowers myself.

 

Hope you all have a good week .... One week till half term for me yayy!!!

xx

 



Pointsettias

A set of Christmas cards using some fabulous sentiments from Pink Petticoat, finished off with a pointettia cut with a Marianne die.

 





Butterfly

A quick card made with a Marianne D butterfly die, Nesties and my beautiful PP papers - I nearly couldn't bear to use them!!! (is it just me? lol!)

I inked the edges of the card and papers with Distress inks and coloured the butterly with Brilliance ink (the pearlescent effect doesn't show very well on the photo); added peel-offs and pearls, et voila, a quick but effective card. Thanks for looking x

Brand New - Digis at Little Claire's Designs!!!!

Over at Little Claire's Designs they are celebrating their brand new digi images. They are giving away 'Lydia goes shopping' free!! So click on the link and get your free image :)

This is what you can make with her:

I am so loving my new Marianne D creatables :) They make such pretty embellishments.

The little sentiment ticket is from Cuddly Buddly and the Happy Birthday frame is from The Cutting Cafe.

I made the next card using 4 of the cute doggie images:

Thanks for looking xx

Valentine :)

Here is the Valentine's card I made for my hubby. It's a bit different from the usual type of card I make as there is no image - a first for me!
The 'Be Mine' and 'I Love You' text is a downloadable background stamp from The Cutting Cafe.



The frame, swirls and flowers were made using Marianne Ds and inked with Distress inks. I added a few red heart gems too.

I also made a matching gift box to hold some goodies. Can you guess what they are?

Thanks for looking,

Happy Valentines Day xxx

Loads and loads of Thank You cards!!!

It was my birthday last week and I had loads of lovely pressies from my family and friends - including some scrummy crafting goodies :)

The thing about birthdays though is the Thank You cards!! I had quite a lot to make, so I decided to make batches and a few special ones too!

Thanks for looking x

Recipe:

Stamps - Owl and Dog - freebie with Craft Stamper magazine; Thank You - Little Claire's Designs;

Ink - Walnut Stain Distress Ink;

3x3" Scalloped Card blanks - Papermania;

Papers - Anita's Vellum;

Butterfly Die - Marianne D;

Script and Swiss Dots Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug;

Embellishments - flowers, ribbon, gems (from new stash)