Fall Back

The clocks go back this weekend in the UK so winter draws on. I was inspired to make an autumnal card using the free Pink Petticoat papers that you can get when you subscribe to the newletter. The main focus of my card is actually a web graphic (a linkware gift celebrating Halloween) from Mulberry Street Graphics but I sought the permission of the artist, Sadie, to use it as a printable. The main image and the brown mat have been cut out in a square scalloped shape on my Craft Robo using designs purchased from Cuddly Buddly

October Octogons

Here's a couple of cards I ran up on my craft robo using a template from UK Scrappers designed by Etui. The cutout is surprisingly robust despite looking so delicate, but even so, being an incompentant fumble fingered fool, I managed to rip a part of the design when pushing out the waste on the turquoise card. But as they say , nothing is wasted in card making so I snipped out the centre and hid the gap with these enormous petal shapes, which despite what the photo shows, match the card colour perfectly. On the yellow one I have succumbed again and used a gold peel-off "Happy Birthday" Even though I am a bit snooty about peel-offs, I am beginning to warm to them and think that maybe they do have a role to play :)The inserts are cut from Pink Petticoat doodle-iscious papers. You will be able to see the cut out design far better if you click on the photo for a super-duper enlarged version.

Happy Birthday Ailsa

I have used another of Shirley Anne's wonderful templates (which can be found at UKS) to make a card for my friend Ailsa whose birthday it is tomorrow. However I don't think I made a good colour choice really and it doesn't suit the template. I should have made the leaves in a different colour and I've used a peel-off "Happy Birthday" which normally I wouldn't touch with a barge-pole, (I got the sheet of peel-offs free with a rubber stamp I bought) because I cut out the happy birthday that is part of the template in the same shade of blue and there wasn't enough contrast. I've no idea where I got the wooden, gold painted stars I've put in the centre of the flowers. I've got a HUGE plastic bag full of them that I seem to have had forever (possibly from before I even started cardmaking!)Still it's too late now to start re-doing it all. It is also my dog's birthday tomorrow but she isn't getting a card, I think she'd prefer a biscuit. The papers are Pink Petticoat as yesterday.

Glamorous Grannies

One of my internet chums Pam has just become a Grandma for the first time last week, and another, Darylynn, expects Granny-dom to be granted any moment. The babies are both boys which gave me an excuse to use this wonderful craft robo template by Shirley Anne of UK Scrappers. The papers I've used are Pink Petticoat Doodle-iscious Rainbow in Duckegg Blue. I don't know of anyone expecting a girl (or even anyone else who is expecting) but I have got to try out the matching "Baby Girl" template by Shirley Anne really soon. It is a breeze to cut out and assemble.

Take Three!

I coloured three of these stamped images from Penny Black all exactly the same, using watercolour paints and an Aqua Flo pen but decided I wanted to use them all differently. The two A5 cards feature background papers from Cinnamon Joe Studio, Ho Ho Ho range because they have the same mix of red, blue and green on them as I painted the images with. The landscape A5 card also has a lovely Christmas treeline ribbon that came from Liberty.The two portrait cards both have the cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder used on the backgrounds. On the larger card I embossed onto a blue vellum and onto the small one I used a blue glitter card
which I cut notches into to support the stamped image. I also cut notches into the base card to support the glitter card. As usual I haven't added a sentiment.

Steel Magnolias

I was given a pile of stamped images by Linda featuring various Magnolia stamps. (I'd never thought of stamping up some of my images for someone else, what a brilliant way to share - my card isn't as nice quality as Linda's though so I will hold off on that until I get some like hers) This one is Tilda. I wasn't too sure about my colouring in as it is very bold and bright. I had to team it with some bright paper I found in a free digi scrappping kit here The Fuschia Pink and the pale blue in the paper were a perfect match. Anyway it has grown on me overnight and I am now quite pleased with it. I haven't added a sentiment as I'm not sure yet how I'll use it, but I'll keep a scrap of the blue mat to tie any future additions back in. I'm thinking probably I will add a file tab at the side so as not to obscure the paper. There will be more Magnolias to come.

Intermittent Posting

Because I'm not a regular poster, I feel like I'm wasting the time of people who pop in to see if I've updated only to find absolutely nothing again ...... so I'd like to draw your attention to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) for those of you who aren't aware of it. All you have to do is click a few links and there's no signing up for anything. I did a tutorial here that explains it (I hope) quite well, and then you will be able to see on your own computer when I've updated. I have loads of blogs on RSS so it really cuts down on visits because I only need to visit the ones that have updated, perfect for the busy blogger about town :) RSS Tutorial

Boo!

I picked up this wonderful Craft Robo template of a Halloween card by Susan F at UKS I was originally going to back the cut out with orange but the I found this amazing luminous green paper at 3p an A4 sheet in my local Art supply shop.