'Simple snowflake'

Simple snowflake card

Spellbinders snowflake die

tea dye distress ink

'seasons greetings'

Tea dye distress ink

papermania "tree" embossing  folder

papermania "seasons greetings" embossing folder 

Pillow top background

(Search YouTube for video tutorial"

'with love at xmas'

Simple card made with spellbinders snowflake die

Pillow top background (search YouTube for the tutorial from GinaK at StampTV

'Tea dye' Tim Holtz distress ink 

Black archival ink 

Commissioned birthday card

Here is my latest commissioned bespoke birthday card.

"Party Girl" stamp by Papermania

Coloured with promarkers

Marianne dies & Joy Dies used 

To commission YOUR bespoke card visit

iSowcards 

or email sales@isowcards.co.uk

Bespoke Birthday Card commission order

This card is a commission for a gentleman to send to his brother.

Its approx 8 x 8 square with layers on complimenting papers

and a decoupaged pocket watch.

To order YOUR bespoke card, visit

www.iSowcards.co.uk 

or email

sales@isocards.co.uk

to discuss your order 

Jennie Rayment Log Cabin block

Hi everyone. I was waiting with great anticipation from Jennie Payments Quilting Show on Create and Craft on Sunday morning and it was worth the wait (a 2hr show would have been better though).

Having some jelly roll strips left over from a cushion cover I made, I decided to have a go at a Log Cabin block using the techniques Jennie had demonstrated in the show.

My mechanical cat, Pumpkin, had asked me to make him a blankie (oh yes, he talks to me lol) as his little botty was getting cold sat on a wooden table. He wanted to be able to curl up in front of the fire on a cosy blankie.

So, here is what I made him last night. The edges are finished off professionally but Pumpkin doesn't mind :-)

Really enjoyed putting the block together though. I didn't follow a specific colour scheme as it was the technique I was more interested in rather then the finished illusion.

Thank you for reading my Blog
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The Witches Inn

Black card stock

Creative Expressions "cracked" background embossing folder

Spellbinders Dies

Metallic rub ons

Antique gold jump rings 

Witch silhouette stamp

Jelly Roll cushion instructions

Bear with me as I'm not good at doing instructions (especially for a cushion cover I made up as I went along)

I'll give the basics on how I did the top part, then you can make the rest up however you choose. Mine has been sewn together along the bottom, but you  may wish to put a zip in, poppers, buttons, ribbon ties or whatever.

The cushion pad I had is a 42cm (ish) square so I'll give measurements for that

Cut a 42cm square for the backing.

Using a water soluble pen or a vanishing ink pen, mark ev 1cm up 2 sides.

I used 7 different patterns from my mini jelly roll and I cut 43cm lengths from each one (I got 2 from 1 length and used another matching strip for the 3rd strip)

Fold each strip in half and press.

I layered mine up as follows A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G

take the first strip and lay the raw edge between the 2cm mark at the bottom of the backing fabric.

stitch straight across

take the 2nd strip and lay it 2cm above with the folded edge laying over the previous piece


(Is this making sense so far ???  Its quicker to make it than write it up lol )

Keep going in this manner until you've used all the strips up and you should (I say should) end up with a "paper pleated" effect

trim the side and there you have it.

PLEASE LAY ALL THE PIECES OUT FIRST TO MAKE SURE I HAVE PUT THE RIGHT GAP IN BETWEEN EACH STRIP

Jelly Roll cushion cover

Me being me, no pattern, no idea, make it up as I go along.

So here is my cushion cover made from 21 stripes of 42cm lengths of jelly roll fabric.

I love it and hope you do too x

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Pro-marker blog candy

For a chance to win a complete set of promarkers head over to Going Buggy   and follow the instructions x

Good luck everyone xx

Commissioned Birthday card

Commissioned birthday card

Recipe:

Stamps from Polka Doodles

X-cut scalloped circle dies

Nellie's ribbon slider die

Joy crafts butterfly dies

Promarkers & flexmarkers

pink polka dot ribbon

Cuttlebug embossing folders 

Silver mirri board 

Last minute request for anniversary card

Had an email this evening from a gentleman wanting an anniversary card for his wife

& could I take it when I go to their home tomorrow !!

I know the lady of the house loves Oriental things so am hoping this

card fits the bill.

#worldcardmakingday xmas card

Touch of ....Snowflake mask

Stampendous cat stamp

Rob Adams "words" dies

Big & Juicy Waterfall inkpad

Promarkers & various sakura pens

#worldcardmakingday

125mm x 125mm scalloped edge card stock from Create & Craft.

Theuva card stock from Claritystamp

"Spice" Big & Juicy inkpad

Vine mask from Touch of Mica

Leaf die for Creata

Toread Stamp from Crafters Companion

Coloured with mix of pro & flex markers

I'd like to enter this into Paper Artsy Blog Challenge

Leaving card for a special lady

A lovely lady at an office where I clean is sadly leaving for personal reasons and the

staff asked me to make her a leaving card.

I used various dies from so many different companies.

The girl stamp is from Nitwit

The sentiment stamp is from Stamp Addicts

Backing paper produced in Craft Artist Pro 2

Birthday Card for my dad

My dad will be 91 on Sunday so I have made this hybrid card for him.

The digi-image is from La PASHE "wrinklies" and coloured with promarkers.

The rest of the card has been designed in Craft artist
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Sympathy card

One of my dads relatives has passed away so have made this to be sent

to the family members. 

Images from Joanna Sheen "If Flowers Could Talk" CD 

999 DT card "white and 1 other colour"

the theme for this weeks blog challange on 999 emergency Crafters blog is 

"white & 1 other colour"

For this card, which I have names Lady Marmalade,

 I have used a set of circle Nellie Snellen die's

A mask from "A touch of mica" range

A leaf die from Marianne Designs

Tim Holtz "Spiced Marmalade" distress ink die

Orange dew drop embellishements 

1st #Pathfinder card

Stamps "Flypast" by Hobbycraft

Coloured with water colour pencils

999 "Tea & Cake" DT card

Here is card for the Blog Challenge currently under way on 999 Emergency Crafters Blog (link on right hand side). I used Kanban stamps for the tea, cupcake and sentiment. They were coloured with promarkers.       A flower die was also used and the background was created by stencilling through the negative from the die cut flowers. 2 x-cut nesting dies were used for the central panel and embossed with a script cuttlebug folder and edged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Elephant Card

Stamp - Stamp Addicts "Jumbo" set

Coloured with a standard pencil, a grey & a black watercolour pencil. Dash of pink on the toenails.

Backing paper from "Me to You" 6 x 6 paper pack
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Simple Hedgehog birthday card

Hedgehog stamps free with papercraft essentials

coloured with promarkers

Florish stamps from Debbie Moore

Willow Designs Birthday Card

Digistamp from Polka Doodles / Willow Designs cd

Coloured with pro & flax markers

Chinese Style birthday card

Monotone Oriental style birthday card

Adirondack Denim inkpad used throughout

Printed Happy Birthday Sentiment 

Mum-to-be card

Digital Stamp from Mo Manning

Coloured with Promarkers

Backing paper - Papermania Capsule Collection 12 x 12 pad

"Ethan" birthday card

Digi Image & backing papers from Polka Doodles Pretty Tuff cd

Image coloured with promarkers 

Ballet Fan birthday card

All images from Peerless Design "WordPlay" CD
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"Boofle" 1st birthday card

From nana & grandad

Created in Docrafts Designer 

Digicard for Riley

Digitally created in Serif

for my nephews 1st birthday 

digistamp birthday card

Digistamp from Polka Doodles Pretty Sweet cd coloured with pencils

backing papers from K & Company Tulip Pad 

Polka Doodles 2nd birthday card

Made this from the leftovers of the previous card

Image coloured with water colour pencils 

All images & papers from Polka Doodles Sugar Plum Fairy CD

Polka Doodle's Sugar Plum birthday Card

Images from Polka Doodles Sugar Plum Daisy CD

Digistamp coloured with ProMarkers

Digital card with separate topper

Card designed in Docrafts Digital Designer

Topper raised on 3d foam pads (although it doesn't look like it in photo)

Butterfly "Hi" card

Papermania basic Kraft card stock

Free indigo-blu stamp with Craft Stamper 

Made using "highlighter" technique in the magazine

Distress ink Tea - dye & spiced marmalade

Archival ink

Whitewash cardstock 

First card for OBWS made using Jannie Jacks verses

Created this card in Craft Artist Pro to send to the RAF as requested.

Its the first card made using one of the lovely verses kindly donated by Jannie Jack. 

Please take a minute to look at her site www.perfectverse.co.uk 

"All dressed up & nowhere to go"

"Bobbin the bear" All dressed up stamp set used throughout

Bear & background coloured with 

promarkers & flexmarkers 

"Bobbin the Bear" birthday card

"Bobbin the Bear" & "happy birthday" stamp from Debbie Moore range. 

coloured with pro markers

Backing paper from Debbie Moore Bobbin the Bear Cd, taken into 

craft artist pro and recoloured to suit

Balloons & alphabet added from Craft Artist pro 

marrying Picknix & La Pashe

made this card using the "All sewn up" Picknix digikit from PolkaDoodles

& one of the "labelled with love" sheets from La Pashe "The Big One" Cd

"Train" inspired birthday card

This is for one of my oldest clients (well he IS the oldest).

John will be 95 on Thursday and he's always

had a passion for trains so the images from

La Pashe The Next Big Thing CD are perfect.

I printed the backing paper to 19cm sq as I find this fits best onto an 8 x 8 card.

I dusted the edge with Tea Dye Distress ink and did the same for the images.

Here's 1 (or 10) I made earlier

10 items ready to be sent up to outlet in Scotland.

:-)
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Funky 70th Birthday card

Stamp images & backing papers from Pen & Paper Vol 3 from PolkaDoodles

Coloured with promarkers

Urban "Around the world" birthday card

I have made this for a lady that part owns the chiropractors where I clean for all the staff to sign

Stamps - Papermania Urban Stamps - Bookprint Around the World

Ink pads used - Adirondack Cranberry, Distress Tattered Rose, brilliance Orchid Pink

card stock - white shimmer

Card blank - 8 x 8 scallop edge by Craft UK Ltd 

Floral bouquet birthday card

Decoupage sheet from Rob Adams floral occasions cd 1 

Birthday card

Stamps - Character free nitwit stamp with Essential Cardmaking

Bunting stamp free with Craft Stamper

"with love" free with another magazine

Backing papers from Nitwits collection with Essential Cardmaking

Character coloured with promarkers 

999 DT project - Butterflies, wings & things

Here is my DT project for this weeks Blog challenge over at

999emergency crafters blog 

Its all been digitally created in Craft Artist pro 

Digi belated birthday card

OOPS my bad (again)

Entirely created in Craft Artist Pro 

belated birthday card

OOPS My bad :-)

Rose image from Dawn Bibby Designs

Lily & Rose stamp plate 

coloured with promarkers 

princess birthday card

Disney Princess sheet that I had in my stash

backing created in Craft Artist pro 

Princess Castle birthday card

Images from Crafters Companion "Girls" cd