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Adorables - christmas cards

2010-09-23T18:14:00.005+01:00

Well it's a while since I have updated my Blog, my mojo seemed to 'up and go' ! I have never been a fan of Crafters' Companion - I find their images a bit 'twee' but I did fall in love with the new Adorables cd and stamps. I have really enjoyed making christmas cards over the last couple of weeks using the stamps which were included with the cd. I have stamped the backgrounds with Stampin Up inks, coloured the main images with Copics and added some Martha Stewart snowflake punch outs. The cards haven't scanned very well, perhaps I should have used camera pics. Thanks for looking.

2010-06-07T13:22:00.002+01:00

This is my tag for a swap on SSP Guild forum using masks. The barbed wire mask is from TH and the grunge paper heart is from TH Alterations die using Sizzix and then distress inks. Thanks for looking.

2010-06-07T13:16:00.002+01:00

This is my card for the SSP Guild swap - the theme was to use masks. I used TH music mask, distressing inks and then added some punched pieces using Martha Stewart punches. The small decoupaged piece was made using Martha Stewart punch and the bird in a cage stamp is from Stampin Up. Thanks for looking.

2010-06-07T13:12:00.002+01:00

Here is my ATC for the SSP Guild swap - Music. I coloured the background with TH distress inks after stamping with a music stamp. I then added the small piece of music using foam pads.The swirls are created using Slice machine and a small piece of velvet ribbon to finish. Thanks for looking.

2010-06-07T13:04:00.002+01:00

This is my page for my Circle Book which is an ongoing project of some of the SSP Guild members. Each member chooses a stamp they wish everyone to use and it is passed onto members of the group who each produce a page with their interpretation of your stamp. This is the 3rd Circle Book we have done, and my stamps is from The Queen's Dresser Drawers. Thanks for looking.

2010-04-28T13:44:00.003+01:00

We are having an auction at my Church so I am frantically building up a stock of cards which hopefully will bring in a few much needed pounds for Church funds. I love these Crafty Individual papers and stamps - in fact I think the Springtime Background Papers are some of the loveliest I have seen. I stamped in Versamagic Ocean Depth and added some Glossy Accents to the heart - it hasn't picked up very well on the scan. Added some punching from Martha Stewart punches, a small piece of ribbon and finished with flower and lovely brad.

Thanks for looking.

2010-04-25T23:01:00.003+01:00

This is an image I received in a swap on CSF. Coloured with Copic markers and matted onto My Mind's Eye paper - I love these images - just wish they had mouths ! lol. Thanks for looking.

2010-04-25T22:53:00.003+01:00

Oh I just love these images from Crafty Individuals - just perfect for men's cards. I stamped with Archival Ink jet black and inked the edges with DI peeled paint. Matted onto two different green mats and onto Stampin Up card. The leaf stamp is also Stampin Up. Thanks for looking.

2010-04-22T23:54:00.002+01:00

I love this set of three bird stamps from Crafty Individuals and think they make lovely cards for men. I have stamped the two that I have used in DI and embossed with clear EP. The small flower flourish is from Stampin Up. A simple but effective card. Thanks for looking.

2010-04-14T18:19:00.003+01:00

Another card using one of Mo's Digital Pencil downloads. Coloured with Copic Markers, background paper is from My Mind's Eye, Simply Delightful range. I have made the handheld game shiny with Glossy Accents, not too sure this shows up on the pic.

Thanks for looking.

2010-04-14T11:57:00.003+01:00

Another card made for a friend on Craftswap Forum, made using the watercolour stamping technique, I used DI for the background and main image, the butterfly is coloured using Copic Markers - the card is from Stampin Up - lovely colours available.

Thanks for looking.

2010-04-11T13:29:00.002+01:00

Another watercoloured image - I am 'on-a-roll' trying to get all my birthday cards finished before my holiday in May and then the medical stuff to get on with ! I love this stamped image which was one I received in a swap on Craft Swap forum (thanks Paul ), coloured with Copic pens, background distress inks and then Glossy Accents used on butterfly.

Thanks for looking.

2010-04-11T13:21:00.003+01:00

Another card using the lovely Elusive Images stamps which came in a stash box from Graphicus, I just love them. Once again using watercolour stamping and finishing with Glossy Accents.

Thanks for looking.

2010-04-10T18:25:00.003+01:00

Here is a card which I have made using watercolour stamping technique for the first time. I used TH distress inks on stamp then sprayed with water before stamping onto card. I then used watercolour brush to drag the inks onto the image, when dry I covered the poppy heads with glossy accents. I used the distress inks around the edge of the pic, stamped and embossed the butterfly and coloured with copic markers, added ribbon bow and sentiment. A really easy card to make but I think it is so effective. I shall be using this technique much more in future. Thanks for looking.

2010-04-09T14:36:00.002+01:00

This is card for my friend's teenage granddaughter, I have used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil - I think her images are great if you don't have an appropriate stamp you want to use. I printed it out and paper pieced the background - coloured with Copic markers and added a couple of embellishments.
Thanks for looking.

Cover of my SSP Circle Book II

2010-04-05T14:49:00.003+01:00

This is the cover for my SSP Circle Book II - as the stamp I chose to use was from TH range, I thought I would stick to the same theme for the cover - I just love the TH Alterables range of dies for the Bigshot and coloured with distress inks and then added distress stickles and a bit of bling with the coloured stones. Thanks for looking.

Distress Ink Tag - SSP swap

2010-03-25T17:31:00.002Z

This is my tag for the Tag Swap on SSP Forum using Distress Inks. It is my first serious attempt at using Distress Inks for backgrounds and then adding images - I really enjoyed creating it. Thanks for looking.

My Stamping Circle Book II page

2010-03-21T18:56:00.002Z

Back at last ! Have finished my second Stamping Circle Book, not done the covers yet though. This is for a project on SSP Forum - hope you like the page. Thanks for looking.

Scrapbook Sisters - Online Tutorials

2009-09-07T14:00:00.003+01:00

At last I have found time to upload my photograph album stand. I produced this after subscribing to the Scrapbook Sisters online tutorial classes, all the materials were provided andthe videos took you by the hand so that you could work at your own pace. I thoroughly enjoyed making it and am now waiting for the next tutorial to become available. If you are interested in learning new techniques and being able to purchase online then pop along and have a look at the extensive website, it really is worth a visit. Thanks for looking.

http://squirrel10.blogspot.com/

2009-09-04T18:02:00.000+01:00

Pop over to Squirrels blog and see the wonderful candy on offer.

SSP Guild Circle Swap Book

2009-08-28T12:58:00.002+01:00

I have finally managed to make the covers for my SSP Guild circle swap book. I so enjoyed doing this and am looking forward to the next one. Thanks for looking.

60th Birthday card

2009-08-09T13:36:00.002+01:00

I was totally without any inspiration to make a card for my cousin's 60th this week - then my Graphicus Guild paper pack arrived and I was 'up and running' ! I love the autumn colours of this paper, I added some gold mirri card, embossed a gold tag and added some of the large flowers from Joanna Sheen and here is my finished result. Thanks for stopping by and hope you like my efforts.

Copic marker pens

2009-08-06T20:13:00.004+01:00

Hi - it's a long time since I updated my blog but hopefully I will now be able to keep up-to-date with it. I have just treat myself to some Copic Markers and I love them. They are very expensive though and am quite limited with Set A of 36 colours and tones - but wow they are lovely to use. I have used them twice with some new stamps from Elusive Images which I just love. Thanks for visiting and hope you like the cards. I have entered this card into the Stamp Something challenge.

Graphicus Plum & Gold Challenge

2009-01-25T17:46:00.003Z

At last, my first piece of work for weeks after suffering a bout of the dreaded flu ! This is for the Graphicus Guild challenge to use plum and/or gold - I love this paper from Graphicus and have decoupaged the two main flowers and bud, although this is hard to see from the pic. I then added plum glitter to the centre of the flowers and also gold glitter glue. The congratulations peel off has been added to plum and gold mats. A ribbon bow to finish. A really simple card, which is all I could manage at the moment, but I love the colours. Thanks for looking.

2008-11-14T13:40:00.002Z

Another girly card today for my friend's daughter - I used a lovely bright Sandylion paper called Hoopsy Daisy and added an element sticker from the Two Scoops range. The image I printed from Pink Petticoat and coloured using pens, mounted onto yellow card and then gold mirri and finally mounted onto card with foam tabs to give some dimension. Two flower elements with gold brad to finish. Thanks for visiting.

2008-11-12T21:44:00.002Z

Another card using the resist technique - I thought I would go all girly and
use pink as I have a friend whose birthday it is next week . I love the effect this
technique produces. Now to get back to making some Christmas cards !
Thanks for looking.

2008-11-09T18:18:00.003Z

At last, a new technique for me :) I found this technique fully explained on Deby's website - Just Add Love - and think the finished card is just lovely. I stamped the cow parsley image from the Elusive Images set with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. I then overstamped the image with a brown pigment ink pad. The card was then sprayed with Creme De Cocoa Glimmer Mist which allowed the stamping to bleed and give a softer image. The tag was misted with the Glimmer Mist and stamped with a saying by Picasso. I then added the ribbon and mounted the cream card onto beige card and just touched the edges with the brown ink pad. This was then mounted onto the cream card - I really enjoyed making this card and will post pics when I have played around some more with different stamps and colours of Glimmer Mists. Thanks ever so much to Deby for her instructions and inspiration. Thanks for visiting.

2008-11-02T23:52:00.002Z

It seems quite a while since I updated my Blog, I have been quite busy making christmas cards and christmas atc for swaps but have now managed to try out some more new stamps from Graphicus. I stamped the snowflake stamp and embossed with gold powder onto cream card. I then stamped the town image stamp on the first card with gold powder and with clear on the second card. The gold image was then mounted onto brown card and then gold mirri card and mounted onto card along with greeting. The clear image is mounted onto gold mirri card, snowflake embellishment added which gives a lovely sparkle and a greeting mounted onto gold mirri card. I am really pleased with the finished results. Thanks for looking.

Fat Book pages for CSF October 3x3 swap

2008-10-13T00:24:00.004+01:00

I have really enjoyed crafting these 3 Fat Book pages for a swap I am in on CSF. The stamps are from SSP Guild 1 & 2 mags. I have used the stamps as background stamps and also stamped part of the image onto stampboard. I have stamped the main image onto another piece of card using Versamark ink and spritzing with Gold Shimmer spray. I used Tim Holtz Distress inks which give a lovely finish. Thanks for looking.

Christmas stamp - Creative Expressions

2008-10-09T22:17:00.003+01:00

These are two cards made using the christmas stamp, which was my first purchase at Ally Pally - I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. I love the simplicity of the cards, one I embossed in silver and the other in gold, mounted onto corresponding mirri card and finished with a star brad. Thanks for looking.

Graphicus Guild stamp

2008-10-07T21:58:00.003+01:00

This is another first use of a stamp - Graphicus Guild tree stamp. I inked the stamp using Versamark and embossed in silver onto dark blue card. I then mounted onto gold mirri card, painted the ground and hill using Stargazer water colours - these are so shimmery, not sure it comes across on the pic. I stamped and embossed the leaf with gold powder onto brown card and then stamped the acorns and Fruitfulness banner onto gold mirri card with Versafine and embossed with clear powder, these were attached to the card with foam pads. I am sure I shall get some 'mileage' from this lovely stamp. Thanks for looking.

Dragonfly Dreams stamps - SSP Guild

2008-10-07T14:21:00.003+01:00

This is my first card using the Dragonfly Dreams stamps from SSP Guild - I didn't have all the colours which were given as examples on the Guild page but I was so impatient to use the stamps that I decided to improvise...and I am quite pleased with the result. A simple but pretty card I think. Thanks for looking.

Birthday Fat Book page and cards for Craft Swap Forum friends

2008-10-06T19:35:00.004+01:00

I haven't had much time for blogging for a few days but these are a couple of birthday cards and Fat Book page for friends on Craft Swap Forum. I have also made a couple of Halloween cards for a Trick/Treat swap on CSF - I can't post at the moment though as I don't want to spoil the surprise or shock - as the case might be ! Thanks for looking.

SSP Guild Members - Ally Pally - Sept 08

2008-09-29T16:37:00.002+01:00

Well here I am back home after 4 days in London - phew - well and truly shattered. What a lovely time I had on Saturday at Ally Pally. Here is the pic of some of my friends from the SSP Guild - starting from back left : Vonny, Cheryl, Jo, Becky and of course, moi, Janet or janeyc49 !
It was lovely being able to put faces to names and we also had an ATC swap amongst ourselves :) It was really lovely to meet up and hopefully we shall be able to do so again in the near future. I didn't overspend, but it was lovely to see all the new crafting goods and to indulge in a few 'goodies'. I know some of the Guild members were hoping to go on the Sunday - do hope you all had a lovely time. It was just a shame that we were all indoors on one of the hottest weekends of the year !!

Altered House Swap - CSF

2008-09-23T21:16:00.002+01:00

Here are the last 3 Altered House swaps for the Craft Swap Forum. I have had a lot of fun

making these, using different techniques and products like Glimmer Mists - I am quite pleased with the results and hope that whoever receives them will like them. Thanks for looking.

Altered House swap - Craft Swap Forum

2008-09-21T16:21:00.005+01:00

Hi, I have had a very busy week and not had much time for posting - I have joined a swap on CSF which is to produce 8 Altered House shapes - these were a free download shape from a CSF member - Dan. I have had so much fun playing with these shapes but I still have another 3 to make. Hope you like them and a really big thanks to Dan for the idea. Will post the last 3, as and when I manage to get them done which must be before Thursday as I am going to London for the Ally Pally show :)

Thanks for looking.

Back home from holiday - 'itching' to craft !

2008-09-14T15:27:00.003+01:00

Hi, here I am all refreshed back from holiday. A full week with no crafting, only reading craft magazines - I have come home 'itching' to craft ! These two cards are for a challenge on CSF - the challenge was to make something for a man. The first card was made before I went on holiday - I used part of a map for the background, stamped the motorbike and matted and layered onto brown and then gold mirri card. I added a gold peel-off and a couple of gold stars.

For the second card I have used Creative Imaginations paper and embellishment by Marah Johnson. I love the epoxy sticker sentiment which I mounted onto a piece of the backing paper and then silver mirri card. A silver peel-off border finishes the card. This was designed for a guy who was once a 'goth'.

Thanks for visiting.

Lola Rose Birthday Card

2008-09-01T00:14:00.003+01:00

I think I must be 'on a roll' - another birthday card done !

I love the Lola Rose papers from Pink Petticoat- I used the horizontal wavy lines for the

backing paper then printed the cute image onto card, matted onto purple card and then silver mirri card, coloured in with Whispers pens. Finished with some lilac ribbon & Happy Birthday sentiment.

Sarah Kay Birthday Card - Papertake Weekly Challenge

2008-08-31T21:25:00.004+01:00

What terrible weather we have had today - at least I don't feel

guilty crafting, even though I have several flower pots which need attention !

I have a few birthday cards to make this week and this is my first girly one.

I have used a Sarah Kay stamp and free download papers from Shabby Princess -

Harvest spice, I think the colours are gorgeous and just love the paper ribbon.

I have added a couple of Maya Road felt flowers with different gold brads.

Thanks for looking.

Dutch Dare Card Challenge

2008-08-28T22:46:00.002+01:00

This is my girly card for the Dutch Dare Card Challenge
this week. I love the Tilda stamps they are so versatile.
Thanks for looking.

Graphicus Guild Stamp- Scrummy Stash Cafe Challenge

2008-08-28T16:27:00.003+01:00

I have been 'itching' to use this lovely stamp which was part

of welcome pack from Graphicus Guild. I think it just lends

itself beautifully when a quick card is needed. I stamped it in

Versacolour - Violet, then embossed with clear powder. I coloured

with Whispers pens, mounted onto dark and light violet mats and then

silver mirri card. Embellished with violet ribbon and stones. I think

this is a really pretty little card and is my entry into the Scrummy

Stash Cafe Challenge.

Thanks for looking

CSF Challenge - Christmas

2008-08-27T20:27:00.002+01:00

I have really enjoyed making this challenge for a forum that

I am on. I have covered the card with Basic Grey Figgy paper,

matted my Let It Snow stamp onto silver mirri card and then onto

another mat covered with the Figgy paper and finished by adding a

couple of brads and ribbon onto the corners. Thanks for looking.

Tilda & Co - Challenge 32

2008-08-21T00:07:00.004+01:00

Here is my card for Tilda & Co - Cold as Ice challenge 32

I have covered my card with Sandylion paper. I then stamped with
small snowflake stamp onto white card using both white and blue
embossing powders, then overstamped with large snowflake stamp
a couple of times with dark blue powder. This I then used as a mat
for more of the backing paper matted onto card and stapled the
ribbons to. Tilda was stamped with blue ink and clear embossed onto
white card, matted onto two blue mats, coloured with felt pens and
gelly roll pen. I have used clear glitter glue to highlight Tilda, this is
really sparkly but doesn't show up too well on the pic. I added 3 clear
stones to finish.

Thanks for looking.

http://magnoliachallengeblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/challenge-32-cold-as-ice.html

SSP Guild project

2008-08-17T17:13:00.002+01:00

This is the card I made from the first SSP Guild magazine.
I love the colours - first time I had used paint dabbers.

Sarah Kay stamp

2008-08-17T15:34:00.003+01:00

This is my first attempt using Sarah Kay stamps, really love them.

Great girly stamps.

First post .... here goes !

2008-08-17T14:47:00.006+01:00

My first blog pic woweeeeee !
Here is my first card swap for SSP Guild Forum - themed Holiday.
More pictures to follow as I can now join in the many Blog Challenges.

This is my entry to the Stamp Something Summery on Stamp Challenges

Blogspot.com - my first challenge !