Thank you

Thank you to Clare and Sarah for your opinions. I have decided to put the heart on the photo as both of you said it looked nice, also my hubby said it looked nice there too.

I have now completed this project and wrapped the card in gold tissue paper, I have put ribbon down the middle of the box (turned it portrait first) with a heart on top of that too. I am happy with the result. I would love to see the the reaction of Ju's Mother-in-law reaction when she opens the box as it is such a personal card.

Thanks again for your input girls, its must appreciated, I will post all the photos tomorrow when I have taken the photos in daylight.

Hopefully I can now get on with some more card making and enter some challenges this week.

Advice needed please !!!

Before I show this full golden wedding anniversary project I have almost completed can anyone please give me some advice. I can't make up my mind if to put the wedding details and date in the heart over the wedding photo or whether it would look better on top of the gold box I have made, I have shown it over some ribbon on top of the box but at the moment the box is just gold with nothing on top. My friend was saying it would look nice with the photo but she has told me to do whatever looks right and she hasn't seen any of it yet. If I put it on the photo Ron will lose a bit of his leg in the photo.

Please give me your comments on what you think looks better, thank you to anyone who has the time to do this little favour for me.

I'm working on a very special project

I have not posted any cards over the last couple of days as I have been working on a very special project which my best friend Ju asked me to make. Her in-laws will be celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the 3rd Feb, that is incredible in this day and age. I was given a few photos and asked to come up with something, I am not a scrapbooker at all, I just make cards and 3d items but I was willing to have a go. I hope to share this project with you tomorrow once I have taken some photos in the daylight. I'd appreciate some feedback if anyone is willing to comment on the post I will do tomorow.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend, thanks for looking x

2 Valentine Concertina Tag Cards

I have been asked to make some valentine cards by some of my friends partners for my friends. They saw my other one I posted a short while ago and wanted something similar, Both cards are similar but they have different forever friends bears on them so I thought I would show them in one post.

The card is Bazzill Dotty 12 x 12 Phoenix card, it has embossed dots all over it although this is not very clear in the photos.

The bears are from a valentine decoupage pack. I have used 3d foam pads to 3D them. The ribbon is Anita's and I have cut the white hearts out with a small heart punch. You can get two of these cards out of 1 sheet of the 12 x 12 card. I hope they will be pleased with them.

I am going to enter them into a couple of challenges this week.

The first one is a new challenge blog called Just cute bears Blog here where their theme is one for the girls

The second one is Die cut dreams Blog here where their theme is bears

and the third is Stamp with Sarah Kay Blog here where their theme was to make a valentine/love card.

Thanks for looking x

A stair step card

Here is a card a friend of a friend asked me to make for her Fiance Mark for his birthday on 3rd February. I have made a side stair step card.I printed brick pattern onto A4 card and then cut and folded to create the steps. The image is a digi stamp from the George at work range by Charmed Cards and Crafts which I coloured in with Promarkers. The wording has been die cut with by Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet and my Big Shot.

I am going to enter this card into A spoonful of sugars challenge this week which was to make anything you like Blog here

Thanks for looking x

A Thank you card

I have made a thank you card today. The image is a Sugar Nellie Stamp which I have coloured in with Promarkers . The backing paper is from the new A5 Daisy and Dandelion paper pad. I have used by rectangle and oval nesties to cut out the image and sentiment which I have used peel off letters for. I added some Fabric Prima flowers with brads in the middle as I thought the top right hand side of card looked a little bare. The image and sentiment are raised with 3D foam pads and the flowers are stuck on with pinflair silicone glue.

I am entering this card into a challenge this week run by Carols Sketch Fun blog here as I have used their lovely sketch this week.

Thanks for looking x

Armfuls of wishes

This card has been made with a stamp called Armfuls of wishes from Little Claire

I have stamped the image with Versafine and coloured in with Promarkers. I have then layered the image onto Berrylicious Bazzill card. The spring card has been made with Key Lime Bazzill and then finished with the little punched out daisies. The items used were all in the membership monthly card kit from Little Claire. Thanks for looking x

Dandelion Elephant

I just love this image from Little Claire Its called Dandelion Elephant. I have stamped the image with Versamark and coloured in with Promarkers. The backing paper is called Dotties paper no 1, the green is Bazzill green tea card. The base card is Wild Pansy Bazzill. The greeting is a peeloff. Thanks for looking x

A valentine concertina tag card

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Its my friend Jays birthday today Happy Birthday Jay! I am looking forward to taking her out for lunch tomorrow.

Anyway onto my latest card, a valentine concertina scalloped card. The card is Bazzill card with embossed dots on it which I bought at Dunelm Mill . have used die cut forever friends images which have been decoupaged with foam pads. I punched the hearts out with my heart punch and stuck on the card with mini foam squares. The ribbon is Anitas organza ribbon. I think these images are so sweet.

I am able to enter 4 challenges with this card

1/ Pollycraft blog here as their challenge was Fire and Ice or red and white.

2/ Trimmies Craft Challenge blog here where their theme is Red as the majority of my card is red

3/ One stop craft Blog here where their theme is Love and kisses. The forever friends bears are in love and kissing under the umbrella

4/ Allsorts blog here where their theme is hearts and flowers. Forever friends bear is holding a rose and there are 8 hearts on my card

Thanks for looking x

Just to say card

This card has been made using Little Claires Flowerset stamp which was included in a monthly membership card pack from Little Claire

I have stamped the image with versamark and coloured in with Promarkers, I then used glossy accents on top of image.

The image has been layered onto green tea Bazzill and then layered onto daisy Bazzill card. The sentiment is a black peel off . Thanks for looking x

A huge thank you to my new blogging friend Jill

I would like to say a very big thank you to my new blogging friend Jill for being so kind for sending this beautiful, stunning work of art to my poorly daughter. I commented on her blog that the image was fantastic and it reminded me of my poor daughter Freya who has been in bed since last Sunday night with proper flu (it definitely is not just a cold) and she was so kind to send it to Freya to cheer her up whilst she is feeling so poorly.

I love absolutely everything about this card, the layout, the colours and image the flowers, dotty ribbon there is so my detail on this card and the photo does not do this card any justice.

Jill is very talented so if you haven't seen her amazing cards hop over to her blog here I haven't finished looking at it all yet as there is so much inspiration on her blog.

Thanks again Jill, your kind gesture really made Freyas day and put a smile back on her face.

Birthday card for Jay

Here is an easel card I made for my friend Jays birthday which is tomorrow. The orange and yellow card is form my craft stash. I have used my Crafters companion Popcorn floral Cd for the image, backing papers and borders and have used my circle scalloped nesties and 2 Martha Stewart edge punches, Doily lace on the front of the card and Arch lattice on the base of the card. I have also gone around the backing paper on the back of the card with a gold peel off to finish it off nicely. I have uploaded two photos, one standing up and the other laying flat for posting.

I am entering this card into 4 challenges this week

1/ Crafters companion blog here

as I have used orange and yellow which was their theme this week.

2/ Simon says stamp blog here their theme was punch it and I have used two punches

3/ Creative card crew blog here their theme was also punch it this week

4/ Charisma Cardz blog here their theme was Fruity Colours this week and I have used yellow (lemons) and orange (Oranges)

Thanks for looking x

Happy Little Mice

This card was made using the Happy Little Mice card kit from Little Claire

The base card is 6 x 6 inches. The card has been cut on the front diagonally from the top left down to the bottom right. I have stamped the three images in versamark and then coloured with Promarkers. I layered the three images onto Artesian blue, daisy and berrylicious coloured Bazzill card and stuck onto the card with foam tape. The sentiment has been layered onto green tea bazzill, the diagonal green piece is also green tea Bazzill. The backing paper is called Juicy Fruity paper. Thanks for looking x

Blooming Lovely Concertina Card

I just love this little concertina style card. All the bits are from my membership card pack from Little Claire

The base card is called Vanilla Bazzill. The circles have been cut using Parakeet Bazzill card and berrylicious Bazzill for the little red dots scattered around the card.

The images are from the stamp set called Blooming Lovely which I have coloured in using Promarkers. The ribbon is green dotty organza and red dotty organza. Thanks for looking x

Birthday card for Haydn

Here is a card I made for my friend Jay's son Haydn, its his birthday tomorrow and hers on Sunday so happy birthday to the two of you.

All the backing papers I have used are from the Dovecraft Masculine 6 x 6 paper pack. I have layered this onto green and light blue card. The image is a digistamp from Dustin Pike which I have coloured in with Promarkers. I have finished the card off with glossy accents were the drips of water and pool of water is on the image to make it look wet.

I am going to enter this card into three challenges this week

1/ Inspiration card sketches blog here as I have used their sketch this week.

2/ Stamp with Sarah Kay blog here as their theme this week is to make a boys birthday card.

3/A spoonful of sugar blog here where the theme was to use lots of layering.

Thanks for looking x

Mega Candy to be won

The fun will begin on 1st February as Brenda is hosting a very special One off challenge, with some amazing candy as the main prize. This is no ordinary candy but a really serious piece of equipment that all of us would love to have in our craft rooms.

The sponsors of this one off challenge have some exciting news which will be revealed later.

Brenda has also organised a blog hop and there will be a prize to be won at each stopping point

You don't have to wait until February, spread the word now as you can even win a prize for doing that.

So the important bits in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize for helping spreading the news is

1/ Give the challenge a plug on your own blog

2/ Add the logo above to your side bar with a link back to Brenda

http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com/2010/01/special-challenge-and-bog-hop.html

3/ leave Brenda a comment on her special challenge blog and blog hop post http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.com/2010/01/special-challenge-and-bog-hop.html to tell her you have done the above and she can then enter you into the prize draw for the first part of the challenge

The winner of the prize will be drwan by Random.org on 31st January.

Honey Bees Card

Here is a card made using the Membership card pack called Honey Bees which I receive from Little Claire

The stamp is called Honey Bees which I have coloured in with Promarkers. The yellow card is Bazzill Daisy, the yellow and black paper is called Honeybee and the base card is Bazzill Black card, as far as I am aware will all be available form Little Claire. I have stuck some stickles onto the bee wings. Thanks for looking x

Forever friends challenge - Quick and Simple

The challenge over at Forever Friends this week is "quick and simple".

This is the card I was asked to make for a friend this week. As the baby had already been born for a week or so I wanted to make something quick and simple so I could get it off in the post for her.

The card is A5 size. I have added pink organza ribbon down the left hand side of the card. I stamped the image three times, once on white card for the base layer, second time onto the patterned paper to make the sling look like gingham fabric and the third time on white card so I could decoupage the paw.

I printed the greeting on my pc, I then cut pink card with my scalloped oval nestie for the bottom layer, cut the image out with my oval nestie and using a foam pad stuck the paw on top.

Very quick and simple but hopefully stylish.

I am entering this card into the Forever Friends challenge this week Forever Friends Challenge Blog

Thanks for looking x

Victoria Card

Here is another card I have made using the membership card monthly pack from Little Claire

The stamp is called Victoria. I have coloured her in with Promarkers. The coloured papers are Bazzill Lavender & Romance. I have just matted and layered the image onto the coloured card and then onto the white base square card. Thanks for looking x

Little Bear Card

This card has been made using Little Claires Little Bear stamp available from Little Claire

The lovely paper is called Dottys mixtures blue and black paper. I have coloured the little bear in with Promarkers and then matted and layered onto the base white card. Thanks for looking x

Blossom Fairy Card

Here is a card I have made using the Blossom Fairy membership card kit from Little Claire

I have coloured the image in using Promarkers. The stamps, papers and ribbon all came from Little Claire. I can't have that many more of the membership packs to use now so will have to get my thinking head on. Thanks for looking x

Another kit card

Here is another card I made with another Little card kit, again in black and white. The stamp is called Pom Pom Dahlia and is available from Little Claire

The card, paper, ribbon and peel offs have also come from Little Claire as they were in the kit too. I love the white spotty ribbon. Thanks for looking x

And another one

I managed to get another card kit done. This stamp is called Silhouette Cats and is available from Little Claire. I love cats and have two ginger and white ones, 1 female and 1 male called Felix and Amber. I loved the way of tying this ribbon on the left hand side, I have never come across this way of attaching it before. The card, ribbon etc is also from Little Claire as it was one of their lovely monthly membership kits. Thanks for looking x

Another kit card completed

Another kit card completed. This stamp is called Silhouette Dogs and is available from www.littleclaire.co.uk

I have used Versafine to stamp the image and layered that onto all the card/paper that came in the kit. I also stamped the paw printed going down the left hand side. I do like black and white cards, I think they look quite stylish. Thanks for looking x

A new card to show you

Sorry to those of you who have left comments on my blog recently that I haven't got around to visiting your blogs yet to leave comments for you too.

Here is a card I made using my Little Claire Membership kit. The stamp is called Rainy Days and is available from www.littleclaire.co.uk. I love their stamps but have only just around to using the card kits which I have saved up for when I lost my mojo. I have coloured the image in with Promarkers. I love these Easel style cards and must make loads more. Thanks for looking x

Birthday card for my father in law

I made this side step card for my Father in Laws birthday in December. I printed the backing papers from a craft cd and stuck onto the card. The golfer is a stamp from Rubbernecker which I bought at Alexandra Palace last year. I have coloured him in with Promarkers. I cut the golf ball with my nesties after printing the words on it and then ran it through my Cuttlebug Bubbles embossing folder to give it a textured look. The trees have been cut using a Sizzlit die. I printed and cut out the buggy using my Crafters Companion male hobbies cd. I just wanted to do something a bit different for him. I hope he liked it. Thanks for looking x

A 1st Anniversary card for a gay couple

My sister Louise asked me to make a first anniversary card for her gay friends, I imagine these are quite hard to find in the card shops.

Their wedding day had a red theme so I made this bookatrix card using red, gold and ivory with gold through it card for the three layers. I have used gold link peel offs around the first and third layers. The red ribbon down the centre of the card is edged with gold as is the narrower ribbon I made the bows with. The heart on the left hand side of the card was cut using a Sizzix large heart die. I bought the mulberry groom outfits off ebay some time ago. I have printed my sisters message in gold onto matching card, edged it with gold peel offs and stuck onto the right hand side of the card. I wrapped the card in tissue paper and put in a handmade box . I hope they liked it. Thanks for looking x

I'm on a roll now - heres another one

Here is a card I made for Sharon to give to her uncle for his birthday. He is into cricket and wine but I didn't have anything I could use for a wine themed card so I decided to go down the cricket route. I used the Crafters Companion hobbies craft cd, its the first time I have used it and was very pleased with the results. I printed off the backing paper, printed off the image sheet and cut out the cricketer and the cricket objects from the sheet and stuck them all onto the backing paper with foam tape. You can't see very well in the photo but on each letter square under the letter are two cricket bats which are on the alphabet section on the craft cd. Thanks for looking x

Another Card

Here is a card I made for my friend Neelam to give to her boyfriend. The image I have used is a digistamp called Alex & Felicity xmas kiss which I have coloured in with Promarkers. I have embossed the green Mirri board with the snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, wrapped a piece of tartan ribbon to hide the join in the embossing. The sentiment has been done on my computer. I hope she liked it. Thanks for looking x

At last a card

Here is a card I made for my nephew Connor for his 13th birthday in November. I have used bubbles and swiss dots cuttlebug folders. The stars have been cut using a x cut star die, The image is a Penny Black stamp called Cool Friends, I have added a tartan ribbon bow as the tartan was the same colours as the embossed papers. Thanks for looking x

Happy New Year

Happy new year everyone, hope you have all had good starts to 2010.

I have a couple of photos to load of cards I have made over the last few weeks so will load those shortly. My hubby Barry bought me an Apple Imac for xmas and I am still trying to get used to it, it seems much better than Microsoft windows but everything is in different places.

I shall be back soon to load the photos. Thanks for looking Julie x