Wedding Bells

I wanted to make a wedding card for a friend who's getting married (duh!) but had no inspiration so I decided to CASE a card from Heart's Prints but in fact the end result looks nothing like the one I had my eye on. I wanted to incorporate some lush plum velvet ribbon as her outfit will have plum accents and it just developed a life of its own. Plain but not unpleasing. I've got some little pearl sticky-on things that would look cute on the clangers, but I can't find them underneath all the debris - I need to organise my stash, because I can never find what I need.

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.

Brrr Chilly

I am totally embracing this "waste not, want not" mentality after my disparaging remarks earlier in the week. When I put my first bit of pearlised card through the big shot in the sledding cuttlebug folder, it went a bit skew-whiff and couldn't be used as a complete piece so I cut out all the words I could to be used as accents. Not too shabby, I think! Dottie Skating (coloured by me in PSP) from the Dottie Christmas Collection at Charmed Cards - How cute is this? Must have got the Christmas card bug from Linda :)

Christmas ATC's

I have made ten little ATC's all the same as this adorned with a Christmas Pudding. As before I am going to put them onto small (A6) cards as toppers. You can see the scale of them as this one is leaning up against my mouse. I toyed with the idea of adding a little bit of ribbon to it (I love ribbon) but decided in the end that "Less is More"

Rose Card by Linda

This fabulous card was given to me by Linda, a friend I made through a card making forum and who subsequently turned out to live about a mile away from me :) I love it, it is so elegant and simple and looks sensational. I wanted to take a second photo to show how the gold card twinkles in the light, it's very subtle but when you see it it makes quite an impact, but it's difficult to get a picture that does it justice. In another forum I visit when someone copies someone elses idea for a card they call it CASE-ing (Copy And Selectively Edit ) I am soooo going to CASE this idea (Doesn't it sound nicer than pinch?)

Green Flutterby

I really don't seem to find the time to do much card making - I think it's because I haven't got room to spread all my stuff out. And when I do try to do something I end up perched on my bed trying to cut or colour and have to keep trotting off to get the bits I need which rather sucks the fun out of it. You can see all the squalor of crafty bits on top of my chest of drawers in the photo. Anyway I have been making some ATC's over a period of time (perched on my bed) and yesterday finally got round to finishing them. I was then stuck with the dilemma of what to do with them so I decided to mount them onto cards. They are not the best but I am quite pleased with the way they turned out.
It was a learning experience and I think I will do better next time. I quite like the idea of ATC's as toppers that you could just make and store and then pop them on a card when required.