Box and more

 I was chatting to my friend Helen recently and she was telling me all about her new downloads she has here I just had to go and have a look. I decided I wanted to make one, but knowing me I wanted to get the most out of the set so I decided to make the box and add the decoupage on top for more dimension. I also added border peeloffs, a little glitter and some card candi. I then made the easle card and the envelope including the decoupage, glitter, border peeloffs and card candi as for the box. Now I have a card with matching envelope and a box to put a little gift inside.

Seeds of kindness

My two friends Kandis, Kathy and myself craft regularly using skype. We always enjoy our craft time and take turns in setting challenges. This time was my turn, I chose two papers I knew we all had and a layout. While we all chatted we got started on our challenge. It's always nice to see our results, as I know we will all come up with something different with the elements we started with. I used a cream card for my base and placed a red matt which I first layered with one of the patterned papers and a little inking around the edges. I then cut two smaller cream matts and layered one with a contrasting paper and the other I stamped out a Faye Whittaker image. After colouring the image and inking the edges on both cream matts I placed them onto red card leaving a small border. Finally I used a small sentiment and a flower to finish of the card.

Today's dreams

I started off making this card as a 6x6 and hadn't realised the sentiment part of the card was too large. So I started again with an 8x8 base card. I first layered black card onto the base leaving a border, then layered white card onto the black before putting a piece of 6x6 patterned paper on top. I used one of my nestabilitie shapes to make the main image, I made two of these as it was easier when stamping the image to get the wording in the correct place. I drew around the outer part of the nestabilitie to make a faux shape for layering. Before placing the shape onto my card I stamped to lovely swirls in opposite corners. I then placed some patterned paper onto a strip of white card before matting it onto black card. This was the final piece to place on my card before adding a few gems. I have entered this card in Rubys Rainbow challenge x

Mum and me

I have had the digital designer program by docrafts for a little while now and never really used it. Mum was asking me how it worked so I had to bite the bullet and have a go. So my mate Kathy and I tackled it together and we learned a few things between us. This was my effort, just a few clicks and it was done. It really was as easy as they show you on t.v. I used the boofle CD, the frame and backing paper was all one element so no measuring to line things up. The buttons and flowers were seperate so all I had to do was resize, add the shadow effect and then put in position. Last of all was to add my picture,hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Simplicity

I recently purchased purple cows craft geek, and I am impressed. This card show my first attempt with it straight from the box. It is so easy to use and I got great results. To start with I used the little flower shown in red, I then used the crosses shown in black over the top and it looks really good. On the second layer I used one of the other stamps on its own, I just love swirls. The lady is a kanban stamp I bought a while ago, I thought the red accent colour just lifts the image nicely. The card was very simple to make hence the title for this card. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. I have entered this card into Ruby's Rainbow challenge wish me luck :)

White on white

 I  have never done a one colour card before so I gave it a go, I am quite pleased with my first effort. I used some new edgeabilitie dies, two embossing folders and a flower stamp. I layered my die cut edges across the top and bottom of the 6x6 card, then placed the dotty embossed piece of card between the two edges. The embossed shape in the middle was the centre from an embossing folder. I used silver embossing powder to enhance the verse and placed a double bow in top left corner. To finish off I stamped two small flowers on parchment paper and embossed  the reverse to get look I wanted. I then placed pearls onto the card for that final touch of elegance.

Hide and seek

I made this card a little while ago but thought the image was so sweet I just had to post it. The image is from crafters companion summer adorable range, I just love all the images. I stamped the gate first onto some smooth white card and coloured with pro markers, I then layered it onto red card for contrast. After stamping the little girl again I coloured her with pro markers. I used a 6x6 base card and layered a piece of patterned paper leaving a small border. I placed the card with gate image in top left corner then used foam pads to layer the little girl. To finish off I added a sentiment, a flower embellishment and card candi for that extra touch. I have entered this cardinto Fab and funky challenge