18th Birthday Card

I used a selection of patterned papers to make the background of this card.  The main image is stamped using Lily of the Valley's rugby stamp which is coloured using Promarkers.

I cut out a rugby shirt shape and added some chipboard numbers into the centre.  Finished off with a sentiment stamp.

Little Bird

I started this card by cutting a circle aperture in the middle of the card, mounting it onto another piece which I'd coloured using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I used Indigo Blu's 'Floral Swirl' stamp to decorate the two corners of the card, again stamped using Tumbled Glass.  I used guilding flakes to decorate round the outside of the card and the inside of the aperture.

I stamped out Indigo Blu's 'Clematis Flourish' stamp a few times onto another piece of card and cut out the flowers to use to decorate the outside of the aperture frame.  I used a mixture of blue, purple and pink promarkers to colour in the flowers.  I added the bird from the same stamp set into the flowers and cut a banner with a rub on sentiment added in behind the flowers.

The bow is from Indigo Blu's 'Wreathed in Smiles' stamp set.  I coloured it with Tumbled Glass ink and added it into the top corner of the card.  I finished off by adding some pearls to decorate round the flourish.

I am entering this card into Indigo Blu's challenge 24:  Touch of Red

Old Favourites

For the end of the year I thought I was post some pictures of my favourite cards from my old blog onto this new one.  All the cards are ones that I have made myself.

Nativity

For my last Christmas card of the year I've done a more traditional design.  I used Spellbinders 'Labels 18' to create the panel for the back insert of the card and stamped in the centre using Clarity's nativity stamp.  I coloured round the outside of the panel using Weathered Wood distress ink.

I used some die cut snowflakes to decorate the front insert, cut out of white card and silver mirror card.  I added a star onto a piece of acetate onto the back panel to finish off the scene.

Finally I decorated all the panels using a mixture of decorative papers.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Christmas Blueprint

The background doesn't show up too well in these photos but it's created using the snowflake stamp from Tim Holtz's 'Christmas Blueprint' stamp set.  I stamped them and used 'Tinsel Snowflake' embossing powder to give it a bit of sparkle.  The main image is the snowman stamp from the same set.  I coloured in bits of the detail using Spectrum Noir pencils.  I finished off by adding some bakers twine behind the image and a few PVA pearls in the corners.

Noel

I used a Cuttlebug holly embossing folder for the background of this card.  I added a banner across the middle using Clarity's 'Noel' frame stamp.  I die cut Leonard who is a Cuttlekids die and added him into the centre of the 'O'.  I finished off by adding a few PVA pearls in the corners of the banner.

Christmas Snowman

The background of this card is created using a snowflake embossing folder, I coloured over the top using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to bring out the detail.  The snowman is die cut using Tim Holtz 'Assembly Snowman' die.  I finished off the card by adding a sentiment and a snowflake flower.