open card

Lovely spring coloured card, wish it was sun hat weather, its more like fisherman hat weather. Wanted to keep it plainish, found the flower in my stash - added a plain daisy to the middle and some blue ribbon. Keeping it plain makes it look fresh, I used it as a birthday card, just added a Happy Birthday peel off above the ribbon.

 

image from Gecko Galz 'retro style' design sheet

entered into Gecko Galz facebook challenge 'hands' for March, and this was picked as the winner ;)

Dads birthday

As always, I get stuck for my dads birthday card, but on this occasion I knew when I saw the image that I wanted to use it.

Dad, in his old age (don't tell him I said that) has taken an interest in watching ploughing competitons at the rural fairs he & Delia love to visit, so this image was perfect.

backing paper from Old Treasures paper pack

vintage buttons

old postcard

Gecko Galz march image.

copper peel offs

 

entering in: Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge group over on Facebook

Multi challenge celebration

Over on Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, its the 200th challenge, and to celebrate they have 4 choices of theme - do one or all four. I'm not feeling that Christmas yet, so I stayed with the one.

 

 

 

Had intended to to do red, green & white then realised it was also Kraft, which I haven't got, so changed my mind and went with the Snowman theme for the card.

 

The topper is actually an ATC which I made last February for Wicked Wednesday atc challenge blog.

Least now it'll be seen and not just sitting in a box on the shelf. One day I will get some shadow boxes to put my makes in.......

 

The card is a lot brighter than the picture, the gold is quite shiny in the light, so I didn't need to add any gems.

 

 

paper - Kaisercraft 'Christmas collection'

Inkadinkado 'glam gold' ink

 

entering in: merry monday christmas challenge = multi choice - snowman

 

 

 

 

 

March colour challenge

Not a card this time, decided to do a tag as I haven't done one for a little while. Size of the tag is roughly 5" by 3.5".

 

 

 

 

 

Gecko Galz 'Linen Pack' backing paper

image freebie from Fripperies & Butterflies

Amethyst promarker

The Hobby House olive green & lilac gems

Vibrant Violet Stazon ink

white flowers

doily

lilac pre cut butterfly

 

entering in: Fripperies and Butteflies facebook page

 

F is for fancy folds/fuschia

Oh cripes, this was a difficult one!

I googled card - fancy folds, and came up with this one from (finding website).

The folds were simple enough, but the paper cutting was a chore - although I did make templates from it, and you can always use a patterned paper/card as the base instead of white.

 

 

 

 

patterned papers from Debbi Moore Vintage Flowers

backing paper from stash

stick on butterflies

hot pink gems

 

entering in: butterfly challenge = F is for fancy folds & fuschia



 

birthday card

Different card today, not vintage, no doily, no butterflies and coloured in! I got to play with my promarkers. Yay!!

 

Bugaboo image 'cheetah heels'

promarkers

cream organza

creata mirror card

The Hobby House taupe & champagne gems

Create and Craft 'Happy Birthday' stamp

Jet Black stazon ink

white, cream paper

something for me

This is one of my favourite books as a child, another one being The Faraway Tree. I spotted this book whilst mooching round an Antiques Centre - wasn't a particularly old book but I had to have it - to accompany the copy of the Faraway Tree I found earlier, they now sit on the shelf of my bedside table as decoration. As it was a hardback and I didn't want the shiny cover, I took it off. It was a shame to through it away so I decided to make a card from it, using the main image as a pocket to hold the 'tags' which were cut out from the inside of the cover and the back page

 

 

                                   

 

backing paper from 'Antique Pinks' paper kit

blue card

random ribbon

candi coloured with pale pink & indigo blue promarkers