Anya ATC

And I couldn't resist using the other main image on the Me Time Anya sheet to make an ATC for a blue swap - the sentiment is the same as before.

Anyone for Anya Sketch #6 Challenge

This is for the new Anyone for Anya sketch challenge.

The image is from the Me Time Anya sheet and I've combined it with pink and black backing and some pink shaded paper flowers. The sentiment is from the same Anya sheet.

Penny Black Birthday ATCs

These are two birthday RAK ATCs that I made over the weekend using some Penny Black stamps. The little mouse image and the wording are separate stamps but I thought they look perfect together.

As before, the backing paper is from Craft Creations and I've highlighted the images by matting them onto black paper.

Anyone for Anya Heart 4 Heart's Sake Challenge

Here's my card for the latest Anyone for Anya Challenge, Heart 4 Heart's Sake.

I've used Stella from The Greeting Farm, coloured with Promarkers and then on a scalloped circle. The backing paper is from Craft Creations and then I've added some red ribbon, punched hearts and paper flowers and finally some red Nailhead gems.

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 96 Fairy Fantastic

This card is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge, Fairy Fantastic. The Image is a Sugar Nellie one called Guardian Angel - I've coloured it and applied frosted lace Stickles to both sets of wings although it doesn't show up on the scan.

The background is from Kanban and I've coloured the Prima flowers to match the image colour.

Quixotic Challenge 10 ....

The challenge is to ink up an old stamp or (like me!) a stamp you've had for a while and not used before!!

This image is from Pink Gem - not sure why I haven't used it before. I used Prima flowers and peel off dots and words on the background and some swirly and dotty purple paper.

Aperture Card

This card was made for an aperture swap using the square of card left after cutting out a scalloped circle. The image is Chelsea from The Greeting Farm and I've added ribbon and some paper flowers coloured with Promarkers to blend in with the design. I've also added some Nailhead gems at the opposite ends of the ribbons.

Anyone for Anya Black and White +1 Challenge

This is another card made using Ruby from The Greeting Farm and is for the Anyone for Anya Black and White + 1 Challenge - my extra colour is pink.

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 95 Pink & Grey

This is the card I've made today for this week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

The image is Ruby from The Greeting Farm coloured with Promarkers. The grey and black background paper is from an Anita Christmas pad and I've coloured the little paper flowers with the rose pink Promarker to match the image. Finally the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Stitched Decoupage Card

This is something a little bit different to the other cards I've uploaded recently and was made for a swap. The stitched frame is from a Stitching Cards pattern and the decoupaged figure just fitted perfectly inside. It's then matted onto gold and finally dark blue pearl paper.

Winter Wonderland - Week 33 Sketch .....

Something a bit different for me - I thought I'd have a go at a challenge on one of the blogs I've been following.

This one is a sketch challenge from the Winter Wonderland blog - the link is in my blog list at the side of this page. It doesn't have to be a winter themed card so I thought I'd do an early Valentine card with a very cute Lily and Milo design. It's backed onto pink card which I've Cuttlebugged and then some Craft Creations backing paper.

In the Pink ....

This is one of my favourite stamps - it comes from a sheet of different 'girl' images but I can't remember the name of the stamp company! The background paper came from a free pack with "Simply Cards and Papercraft" magazine and I've added some pink Bazzill card, black paper, pink ribbon and pink Nailhead gems.

Sweet Wonderful You ......

These images are all from the Hero Arts clear stamp set called "Sweet Wonderful You" - I used them to make a set of three ATCs for a swap. The backing paper is from Craft Creations and the flowers from Papermania.

Snowy Days

This is a card I made yesterday for a blue card swap on one of the Yahoo groups I belong to. The image is from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design - a new stamp that I just couldn't resist! The backing paper is a couple of years old and made by Craft Creations - I thought it went really well with the design.

Another One for the New Year .....

This is another New Year card made for a swap using a new stamp from Magnolia. The background paper is a design by Basic Grey and image and scalloped border were cut with Nestabilities.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a very happy and peaceful New Year.

See you back here again next year for more blogging!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas whatever you're doing. Have a wonderful time and I hope you like this stitched card I've made today.

Christmas Anya

I've used this image a lot for Christmas cards but have tended to use blues and purples to colour it so I decided to go back to traditional red and green for this card. The background is scrapbook paper (I also had the same design in grey and purple!) and I used a circle punch with Bazzill card for the peel off greeting.

The Christmas Choir

This is a Stamps Away design that I thought was really cute - love those faces! I've just coloured it and just some Bazzill card and patterned paper behind. The greeting is a peel off.

Autumn Tag

This is a tag made for a mingle on one of the groups I belong to. The background paper is from a magazine paper pack and the image is from the Greetings Farm. The quote is printed from the computer and I added some fancy brown yarn to finish it off.

Another Christmas ATC

This is another ATC made from a free magazine stamp - I thought it was a really cute image and a perfect size for an ATC!

Lola Christmas Card

Another Christmas card - this stamp is called Lola With Present and it a really cute one. It's finished with silver and snow backing papers, some corner peel offs and then two punched circles with peel off words.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

This is another Visible Image stamp and one of my favourites from their range. I've just put some backing papers behind it and some nail heads at the corners of the image.

Christmas Robin

This is one of the Christmas card designs I've made this year. The robin stamp is from Visible Image and he fits perfectly inside the circular scalloped Nestability with a red layer behind the image. The background paper has metallic red holly berries which don't show up on the scan but look much better 'in the real'.

Christmas ATCs

These are four ATCs that I've made recently for Christmas swaps. I think the poinsettia was a cover mounted stamp from Craft Stamper last year. The stamp of the three birds on a branch is from another free set of stamps from this Christmas and the last one is a Smirk stamp

Winter Mimi

This is a card made with the Winter Mimi stamp from Pink Gem designs with some blue spotted background paper and a Cuttlebugged panel behind the stamped image. I finished it with some silver line peel offs and some punched silver snowflakes.

Positive and Negative

These are two ATCs made for a Christmas Tree swap - they had to include peel off stickers. I used the positive peel off on one and the bits left over on the other. The top and bottom borders were done with a Fiskars Border Punch and finished with gold dot peel offs.

Skating Friends

This card has been made for the lucky card dip at the stamp club I belong to. The stamp is a Rachelle Anne Miller design, the paper is DCWV and I've finished it with a scalloped border and some peel offs.

Winter Wishes

This is a swap card made for one of the Yahoo groups I belong to - each month a member chooses a theme or technique and this month it was my turn. My choice was winter.

The stamp is from Whiff of Joy, coloured with Promarkers and then with some Stickles added. I've backed the image with pale blue card and the paper is from an old DCWV pad. Finally I added a white peel off on the blue punched circle.

Character ATCs - Part 2

These two cute characters are from Basic Grey as is the backing paper which has tiny versions of them printed on it. They were just too lovely to resist when I spotted them on ebay .....!!

Character ATCs - Part 1

I love these Oriental characters and thought this backing card went well with the images and also the words. The characters are from Woodware and the words from a plate from Katy's Corner. The card is from a pack of Kanban seconds I bought at the last G Mex craft fair.

Christmas Mini ATCs

These are four of the six mini ATCs that I've made today for a swap - each one is 1.5 by 2.5 inches and they are double sided with some gold thread in between the front and back so they can be hung up. They're made using scraps of backing paper, Crafty Individuals images and some word stamps.

Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

This is a card I've made to celebrate the ruby wedding anniversary of a couple of my parents' friends. It's done using the Bookatrix board with red Craftword Cards card, gold matt board and acetate. The sentiment was printed on the computer and the embellishment on the other side is a peel off with red stones in it.

Colour ATC Swap

These are two ATCs that I've made for a colour swap on one of the Yahoo groups I belong to. The image and word comes from a Penny Black sheet I bought recently. Colour is a bit of a new thing for me - it's a standing joke that most of my cards in the past have been done in shades of brown!

Stamp Camp Workshop

This is a pendant that I made today at a workshop by Mary Kay from Stamp Camp in Dallas (http://www.stampcamp.com/).

We used a large metal washer as the base. We then used self adhesive label paper which we coloured with Judikins Mica Gloss using small dots of colour which was then brayered to spread the colour. We then overstamped with permanent black ink and then stuck this onto the washer.

Something a little bit different .....

This is a card made for an animal swap in a stitching cards group I belong to. The pattern is from the Stitching Cards site (http://www.stitchingcards.com/) and was just too cute to resist!

Jigsaw Flowers

This card was made using an image from a Stamp Man plate, coloured with Promarkers and then overlayed with jigsaw pieces onto which I stamped and coloured the same image. The card was made for a challenge but I'm not sure it really fits the task set which was to make a card with an altered jigsaw piece on it.

Resist Challenge

This card was made for a resist mingle on one of the groups I belong to. The image is from Stamp Camp, stamped in Versamark and embossed in detail powder. I then rubbed Old Paper and Tattered Rose Distress inks. I then covered the image in kitchen towel and ironed over the top to remove the clear embossing and just leave the ink behind. It was layered up with some gold paper using my Nestabilities and then mounted onto fawn card and more gold paper. The corners were cut from the same image.

Penny Black Card

This is a card made with a Penny Black image, coloured with Promarkers and then scalloped with a Nestability and mounted onto scalloped pink card. The outside of the card was already cut (it's a Craftwork Cards blank) and I added pink nail head gems in each scallop.

Another Cutie

And another cutie card! This one is on Kanban backing card with a little embellishment made from a Craftwork Cards birthday greeting and the smallest scalloped circle from my Nestabilities.

Cupcake Cutie

Another card made with one of the stamped images very kindly provided by my friend Sylvia. I've used my Cuttlebug Nestabilities for the scalloped circles and then some cupcake scrapbook paper in the background.

Hedgehog ATCs

These ATCs were made for a monthly swap. The stamps are from Little Claire - three of the four images on the main stamp. They are finished with pink and brown card and brown punched flowers together with some scrapbook paper on the background.

Oriental ATC

This is an ATC made for a swap. The image is the cover stamp from this month's Craft Stamper, coloured in red Promarker with a gold gel pen. The backing is DCWV and it's finished with some little red and gold dot peel offs.

Handbag Card Challenge

This is a card that I've made today for a handbag challenge swap. The base is made using the WS Design handbag template - I used white card covered in black paper. The pink panels were then cut to size from the original template and Cuttlebugged. The flower is a Sizzlit die and I added some Velcro under the flap and a black dot for the fastening.

Umbrella Girl

Very appropriate for the weather we have here at the moment!

This image is part of an amazing selection of stamped images from my friend Sylvia and I love it! It's coloured with Promarkers, layered onto card and then finished with a piece of ribbon top and bottom.

Time for Tea

Another Elzybells image with a sentiment from Stamps Away - made for a favourite technique swap.

Lilac Ladies

These are three ATCs made for a swap - I've uploaded two cards made using the lady sitting down before but I was experimenting with the other images too.

Iris Folding

This is something I haven't done for a while - a technique I really like and that looks quite effective. This card is for a swap - I decided to use black, white and silver and it's finished with a black peel off.

Alcohol Ink Card Swap

I made this card this afternoon for an alcohol ink swap. I coloured self adhesive foil with alcohol inks and then used an embossing folder in my Cuttlebug to add the pattern. It's finished with one of my favourite stamped images and some gold and black paper.

Lola with Bird

This card was made with the "Lola with Bird" stamp - coloured with Promarkers and with some spotted pink backing paper. I've finished it with pink peel off lines and dots around the image.