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.

Another New Little Claire Stamp

This is another one of the new designs from Little Claire stamps - coloured with Promarkers as before. The dotted circle is stamped - a Visible Image design and then I punched a circle of card and added a greeting.

A Little Bit of Christmas .....

These are three ATCs that I made for a "Christmas in July" swap - all three are Elzybells images. I didn't think they needed much adding so have just put them on some card and added a greeting to the smaller image.

Variation on a Theme

This is a coloured version of the black and white card I posted a couple of weeks back - it's coloured with Promarkers and then mounted onto some Anna Griffin paper with a little paper flower in the corner.

Pretty in Pink

These are two images from a new set of Personal Impressions stamps that I bought recently coloured with Promarkers and then made into ATCs.

Minizine

This is a minizine that I've made this past weekend for a swap - the little book is hand made and I've decorated it with papers, vintage images and some word tickets.

Black and White Card

This is a swap card made for a black and white swap - the image is a stamped one and then it's layered on different backgrounds. The little flower is just two large black punched flowers with a smaller white flower overlayed.

ATC Swap

These are three ATCs that I've made for a monthly swap. The bottom two are made with Elzybells images - very cute stamps!

New Little Claire Stamp

This is a card made with a new stamp from Little Claires - the stamp is called "Victoria". It's layered onto Bazzill card and coloured with Copic markers.

The Stamp Man Workshop

I've been to a workshop today given by Jill Tuck from The Stamp Man and made this gorgeous chipboard and acetate book. The book is a Woodware kit and we used images from one of Kay Carley's sheets of UMs. The backgrounds were sprayed and then the same inks used to colour in the flower images.

Black and White Decoupage

These are two of the cards made from a sheet of black and white decoupage designs that I bought recently. There are silver outlines on the flowers so I've used some silver mirri-card as one of my mats - they don't show up too well in the photos.

Matchbox Swap

This is matchbox and some small ATCs to go inside that I've made this weekend for a swap. I've done a vintage theme and managed to use up lots of little scraps of paper and tiny images.

Dream Box

This is a box that I made recently for a swap - we were given the metal book plate holder and could choose what we used it to make. I painted the box and then used Brilliance Ink on the top. It is stamped with a Paper Artsy Mini and the book plate holder was coloured using alcohol inks.

Spring Mini Book

These are some of the pages from a Spring mini book that I made for a recent swap. It's not something that I'd tried before but I really enjoyed it and was pleased with the results.

Decoupage Birthday Card

I couldn't resist these new decoupage designs in the Dandylion and Daisy series - the come with the backing paper which is a perfect match and the Best Wishes stip along the bottom of the card.

Flower Pot Card

This is a card made for a recent swap using a flower pot stamp from Visible Image. The background is done with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then I used a strip of green card with some border peel offs on it.

Oriental ATCs

These are 3 Oriental ATCs that I've made this weekend for a swap. The images are some of my favourite Oriental stamps and the gold and black background is a beautiful Washi paper that I've had for years and only use in small quantities!

Footballing Hedgehogs

And this is the card I made for my Dad's birthday - the image is from Little Claire and I decided to try a different shaped card for a change.

Stitched Mother's Day Card

This is a stitched card that I made for Mother's Day earlier this month.

Black, Red and Gold ATC Swap

These are two ATCs that I have just made for a black, red and gold swap. The obvious choice was Oriental so I decided to go for that and another design as well.

Black Magic Card

This is an ATC that I made yesterday using Black Magic cardstock and one of the Cuttlebug embossing folders. I sanded it afterwards and it's really easier to sand - the colours pop through very quickly.

I really like the colours - the black is a good contrast to the pastel colours.

The flower is cut using a Sizzlit die and I added a piece of sheer ribbon to the background.