Happy Birthday to Ewe

I was commissioned to make a card for the clients grand-daughter and was told she liked Sheep, amongst other things.

The digistamp is from pinkgemsdesigns.com and is coloured lightly with promarkers.

The foliage die and flower die are both from Marianne designs.

Hope you like it x

Thanks for stopping by x
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Art Deco Birthday Card

An elegant Art Deco birthday card for you this time.

Stamped image coloured with gold & silver pencils

marabou feathers, black lace, gold mirri card and a couple of

 card candi dots to complete the look

Vintage Butterfly birthday card

Ohh where to start with the recipe with this one ......

Stamp - Papermania Square Urban Stamp - Beautiful Entomologist stamped

with Docrafts Artiste Burnt Orange Dye based ink

Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection - Bexley Black inked with combination of

Docrafts Artiste Burnt Orange Dye based ink and Docrafts Artiste Chocolate dye based ink

Border cut with Spellbinders Asian Accents die

Ribbon tag cut with Spellbinders Asian Accents die

Butterflies cut from Joy Crafts Butterfly set

Cuttlebug "script" embossing folder inked with Docrafts Artiste chocolate ink pad

Another Pin cushion

This one is a GU pot :-) 

These are fun to make 

Pringle tin pin cushion

Yesterday, I was having a browse around YouTube & Pinterest and came across some wonderful quaint pincushions and I looked about my flat to see what I had -- I found a polystyrene ball and I have a few small pringle pots (a lady I clean for saves them for me). I found a scrap of material, cut up an old pillowcase to cover the polystyrene ball , heated up the glue gun and came up with ........................................

Added a few vintage style embellishments and a marabou feather et voila ............

Humphreys Corner Xmas set

6 "Humphrey's Corner" Xmas cards for a raffle prize.

Just got to make a box to put them in now 

Wellington bear birthday card

Commissioned birthday card

PaperMania Wellington Bear DVD used

Bubblewrap card inspired by Julia Watts

After watching  Julia Watts  I thought I would have a go at a random 

background card using a bit of bubblewrap 

I used various inkpads - whatever was closest to hand really

Some mica powders on the tags

a couple of marianne die cut keys inked over with

brilliance copper ink pad

chocolate brown ribbon & a few standard glass headed pins

hope you like it :-) 

@jellypark Digistamp birthday card

Recipe:-

DigiStamp from Jellypark 

Coloured with promarkers 

Large flower - Spellbinders die

Small flowers - Marianne die

Edging - Rob Adams Die 

Foliage - Marianne die 

Just Inklined "Mallard" vintage birthday card

Recipe:

Image from "The Next Big Thing" CD from La Pashe / Just Inklined

Printed out onto cream hammered  paper

Washed over with watered down Artiste Chocolate pigment ink pad

Torn edges inked with above ink pad

Background -  scrumpled cream hammered paper & rubbed over with

chocolate ink pad

3 so far today ...............

This reindeer card is made from a Papermania die cut topper & some card stock from PayPerbox.

I added some promarker colours to the topper & the holly card stock 

"Apple cider" is fast becoming my favourite Promarker colour 

This little cutie is a JellyPark  digi coloured with promarkers.

I messed up her fairy wings - so cut them off and added glittery wings cut from a butterfly die

The ticket sentiment is from PolkaDoodles  Gingerbread twist CD Picknik 2

Card blank is from Papermania & inked with tattered rose distress ink

This digi image is from JellyPark and coloured with promarkers

Backed onto Papermania "paperazzi" glitter card stock

Sakura clear star pen used over the tree trunk (this does not show up on the camera)

Card blank is from Papermania & inked with Docrafts Artiste Chocolate pigment ink pad

Vintage Style Snowman card

Recipe :

Snowman Digistamp from JellyPark 

Coloured with Promarkers from Ltd Edition 24 piece Seasonal Set

Backing papers from Kaisercraft

Tickets from PolkaDoodles  Gingerbread Twist CD

- Inked with Adirondack Cranberry inkpad then over inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink

Leaf die from Marianne Creatables

@craftsite blog challenge entry

8 x 8 scalloped edged card

Lines scored with a Hougie

Poinsettia decoupage sheet 

Tartan Ribbon 

I'd like to enter this into the CraftSite November Challenge blog

#sneots Volunteers needed for daffodil bulb planting

On Saturday 3rd November, St.Neots leisure cycling group are off out to plant daffodils along a section of our local cycling route to make the Spring rides more colourful.

If YOU want to join in, we leave Ambience Cafe on Riverside Park at 10.30am.

Please bring along appropriate bulb planting tools if you have them .


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