Monday 24 March 2008

Easter Card

Easter Card - Cut and stick decoupage from Cuddly Buddly. Nothing to add really.

Friday 21 March 2008

Birthday Bubbly

I haven't had much time again to make any cards so as usual the best laid plans ...... (for that read "I haven't made any Easter Cards!") However it is a card making chum's birthday this Easter Weekend and so I had to stir my stirrups and make her a card. It is using Pink Petticoat Lola Rose Bubbly (Just as well the PP lady Liz keeps coming out with new one's as I lost the first lot when my computer crashed - blessed zip downloads making me want everything straight away and not backing it up!)The joy for me of using image stamps is that I can colour them on the computer using PSP which is what I have done here. Colouring with pens, paint and crayons is not my strong suit but I love that if I make a mistake in PSP I can just undo and start again. I have picked out the colours and prints to colour in the image from the Lola's Boudoir collection (thankfully I have that on CD!) and I have used the same for the background paper. I have made the bath bubbles sparkly using Icicle Stickles, although I was a bit sparing with them as my first attempt made the ink run :( The Sentiment was of course computer generated too and the ribbon came from Liberty's

Thursday 6 March 2008

More Mothering Sunday

So I made this little card for my daughter to give to MIL on Mothering Sunday - I got the fab idea and template for the shape of the card from Taylored Expressions - but as you will see if you click the link mine doesn't have the same je ne sais quois as Taylor's - still it turned out pretty good and MIL was delighted of course.The patterened Paper is Pink Petticoat. I did the doodling on the leaves with the thin end of my Whispers brush pens and then decided to go over it with the thick end - should have left it be I think! I need to practise the doodling, it adds a nice touch but I would prefer it if mine flowed a bit better.

Saturday 1 March 2008

Recycle, Re-use, Reduce

I have made this card for my Mother-in-law for Mothering Sunday which was nice and simple using an all-in-one decoupage kit from Cuddly Buddly. Everything is there so you can just print out, cut out and assemble. I see this as the "Ready Meal" of the craft world. Although I love to cook, sometimes I just want to eat something tasty without having to work too hard. Thus I have made this lovely card without too much effort, I just added some pink chiffon ribbon and a little bit of bling to make it "mine". It comes with a selection of four matching sentiments and I was wondering what to do with the surplus three (Thank You, Happy Birthday and With Love) when I remembered that my Mother-in-law had told me how she had reused my cards in the past by cutting off the front and using them as notecards so it occurred to me that I could give them to her so she could extend the life of the card. I will put a bit of double sided tape on the back of each sentiment and print off an extra insert so she can give it a new lease of life. Thrifty or what? I know she's going to like the idea. There is a new Easter Card in the same format at CB that I have got my eye on. Watch this space.