Birthday Bear

I made the shaped card blank using a Go Kreate die set and used the two smaller dies to cut the layers in purple and lilac card.  I added the Forever Friends decoupage and cut out the candles that were also printed on to the decoupage sheet and added them along the base using 3D glue (Pinflair).

Favourite Colour Combo

I made this card for my niece and used my current favourite colour combo of kraft and blue.  The blue card stock is Centura Pearl so has a bit of a shimmer about it.  I used a new cutting die that I bought after receiving a Christmas card using the same idea (obviously it said Merry Christmas and not thank you!)  The ribbon and flower is from my stash and I've had them for so long I couldn't begin to think about where they came from.  the die by the way is by Memory Box.

Hunkydory Easel Cards - A Touch of Spring

Finally, after months of rain it looks as though Spring may be about to Spring!

I made these cards using a Hunkydory topper and paper kit that came free with a magazine ( I think I actually mixed up 2 kits but the colour tones are usually the same with Hunkydory so you can get away with it!).  They were lovely cards to put together and the decoupage adds just enough dimension.  Let's hope I haven't doomed us all to another few weeks of rain now that I'm thinking Spring!

Something Old, Something New

I know this time of year is usually all about new things but I like to be different.  Ages ago I sat and coloured some Penny Black stamped images with Promarkers and they have sat in a little box (used to have chocolates in!) on my desk for most of 2013.  I used a couple during 2013 but the majority of them just sat there staring at me, daring me to use them.

I used a cream pearlised card blank (again, been in my stash a while) and matted the image on to dark brown card.  I used the same dark brown card and used a new (yep, something new on it!) dotty embossing folder to create an embossed panel which I placed below the image.  I wrapped bakers twine around the embossed panel and added a Craftwork Cards sentiment in the centre.

I would like to enter this card into Penny Black Saturday Challenge for January.  The theme is new and I did use a new embossing folder so I hope it counts!

Forever Friends Twins

I needed to make a card for my daughter's friend's 13th birthday so once again turned to these cute little characters.  I came across this decoupage in my box, all ready to put together and, as there were 2 identical images, I decided to make 2 almost identical cards (just the sentiments are slightly different).

I used a 5" x 7" card blank and used paper from the Pink Parfait range.  I punched a border using a Martha Stewart punch and added fuchsia gems.  So that the decoupage didn't look lost on the base card, I used a scalloped circle nestie to frame the base later.  I used a Sakura glitter pen (transparent) to highlight the water beneath the main image.  The sentiments are Craftwork Cards and were added to SU scalloped oval punch outs (a bit wonky looking at the photo, they don't look that bad in real life!)

Decopatch

Last weekend we had a family crafting session and my daughter (12) and I tried decopatch for the very first time.  We had seen Leoni Pujol on Create and Craft demonstrating it over the Christmas holidays and both thought it looked easy enough.  We picked up some papers, glue and brushes from Hobbycraft and set to work.  Above is the photo frame before I stared.  I bought this frame (and another 3 or 4) from Ikea about 10 years ago and have had photos in them on display all that time!  I chose a very subtle green and yellow rose print paper so that it would easily fit in with my current (and any future) home décor.

This is the finished result!  Thought it was good for a first attempt.  It was more time consuming than I thought it would be but it was very easy to do.  I now think decopatch papers might become a new obsession!

My daughter covered some papier mache trinket boxes, heart frames and hanging hearts.  Even my husband and son joined in and each covered a papier mache heart, which I might just have to use on a card.

Back To My Favourite Forever Friends!

I just love these little bears!  It seems to have been ages since I last made cards using these images (although I did some at Christmas so not that long at all!).

This is a birthday card for a friend.  It's 5" x 7" in size and the decoupage image, sentiment and paper are from the Pink Parfait range.  The ribbon is from my stash and I also added some pale pink gems to help frame the image.