Angel Dottie

I'm a bit clueless about card layouts and generally prefer something very simple but for this card I decided to use a template I saw on a blog I surfed onto called "I heart 2 Stamp" I think the overall effect is still quite simple because I've left the cardbase blank but I like the quirkiness of the little bits and bobs on it and it was good to try something other than my normal "image in the middle" approach. The central image is a Dottie Christmas Image from Charmed Cards coloured by me in PSP, and the rest was little bits of leftovers (couldn't throw out the scraps of flock paper - that would be sacrilege).The blues actually all match far better than the photo would suggest

Twinkie the kitten

Details as per previous entry.

Birthday Cards

This is a birthday card for my husband - not what I intended to create at all - I had a little A*muse golf cart rubber stamp in pole position on my craft table, but somehow this evolved instead. I bought this doodlebug flock paper a while ago, with no clue what I would do with it but I couldn't resist it's lovely touchable texture. The main image is a rubber stamp from Cuddly Buddly and comes with a cute kitten image as well (I've done another card with that which I will share tomorrow)It was coloured with Whisper marker pens and an aqua painter. The colouring looks better in real life and I'm quite pleased with this technique.The flower doesn't really add to the male-ness of the card but I got ink on my fingers and smudged it on the white card so it had to be covered up somehow :) It's attached with a gromlet (I don't like that word at all) that came with my Crop-o-dile Big Bite.

Diamond Fold Card

Here's my first attempt at a Diamond Fold card which folds up and fits into a 4" square envelope. I have left it quite plain just decorating the side panels with my new cuttlebug embossing strips and the centre with a small stamped image from Lakeland that I have had forever. I think if you wanted to add a sentiment it would have to be a small one tucked under the stamped image.

Old Cards

I was looking for a photo of a card I made in May and knew I hadn't uploaded when I came across this one and realised I hadn't shared this either. Just as well really as it now appears I didn't take a photo of the other card. Anyway cuttlebugged background (Thank You and Swiss Dots), central image by PP "Just for Ewe" and I cut the scallops out on my craft robo, but they don't "nestle" as well as I would have hoped. Still practice makes perfect. Ribbon from a remnant material shop that has been has been having a retirement sale for longer than I care to remember - I bet I'll be retired before it is! This one features anothe c*ck-up, but I forged ahead regardless. You can't really see it in the small photo but I put the card in upside down and de-bossed the swiss dots instead of em-bossing them.

Oooh! Look what I've got.

Linda nominated me for this award which is so nice :)
The rules for this are as follows :-
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the boys/girls you've nominated.
As ever I am going to go my own sweet way because the only person on my blogroll is Linda (Just call me Billy One Card blogging Mate!) so I'm not going to be nominating forward.