Lianne wanted in...

Well, I knew it wouldn't take long before Lianne wanted her own blog spot. Here it is http://leeleeblahblahs.blogspot.com/ feel free to have a look, it's mostly about school and friends etc but she has put a card on that she found in my own card archive of a few cards that she made a while ago, so I'm assuming the others will be put on sooner or later.

A little birdie told me...

This is a card I made for another 18 year old...so many! I love this Whipper Snapper image so much i decided to use him again. Coloured in pretty much the same way as before, watercolour pencils (without any water) added some wrapping paper in the background and three papermania flowers. Used the new stamps that Sarn was kind enough to get for me for the 'Happy Birthday' wording (they're part of a set from Woodware). Handwrote the 18 on the top right and bottom left of the card as I've run out of 1's on my Anita's sticker sheet! I feel another trip to the local Craft Store coming on... ooooerr! That could be trouble.

Lovely Bubbly

Lovely Bubbly is another stamp by Penny Black's Margaret Sherry Collection. I love her cats (as you've probably already guessed). Don't make many cards with this one though, tend to keep it for special birthdays and anniversaries. The background paper is recycled from a old birthday card and mounted onto green paper to sort of match the cardstock. Added a couple of PaperMania flowers, a few lengths of ribbon and added an 's' brad as the recipients name is Sinead. I was going to decoupage it so that the bottle stood out but I didn't have a lot of time as it had to be posted today. I hope she likes it?

Bee-Wildered

I love this cat. One of my 'many' purchases at AP, from Gary Patteron at Stamps Happen Inc. It's called 'Bee-Wildered' as he has a bumble bee on his nose. He looks so cheeky. This was another card for Tamsin as one of the girls asked me to make a personal card for her to give to Tamsin and she loves cats.

EIGHTEEN again...

I made this card for Katherine's 18th, again with Sarn's image that she kindly sent me. Decided to go for bright colours this time, yellows and golds and of course....orange! The little brads on the flower are a 1 and an 8. Watercolour pencils, no water and added a scalloped circle for the birthday greeting. Cut the K out myself and bordered it on gold metallic card.

Close up...

Here's the close up I promised you. I particularly like the way I coloured and watercoloured the tree. A blue haze has also been added all the way around the house and tree itself. I'm really pleased with the way it looks. I also added an adhesive pearl on the door to give a little bit of dimension. Loving this image loads.

Green, Green, Grass of Home

Here's a card I made for my friend who's just moved into a new home. The stamp is Whipper Snapper. Background paper is by American raditional Designs, mounted onto green cardstock and added a green mulberry flower. I watercoloured the image (Yes Sarn, I actually used water this time with the pencils...). I'll add a close up image of the house too in a minute as this photo doesn't actually do the watercolouring any justice. I love this background paper, I bought it ages ago and never used it, I think I just wanted to keep it and look at it. Normally I would add a little glitter to some of the circles but didn't have time on this occasion. Hope you like it?

Snow Joke

I was asked if I could make a 'ski' themed 50th Birthday card for SUE. It wasn't a problem as I am always keen to make 'different' cards and I remembered that whilst going through my many different storage boxes of 'stuff' I found a load of Jolee's Boutique embellishments, which were perfect. Anyway, I finished the card and although it's supposed to be quite simple, and although I think it looks ok as it is, I still can't help thinking that something is still missing. Any suggestions? What do you think?

Sunflower Heaven

This card is a bit 'bright' but I think it works. The name 'Kay' I cut out manually and decoupaged to the front of the card to break up the blank left side. Not sure who makes this stamp, I think it might be one that Sarn sent me ages ago. I'm going through my files as you can probably tell with all the cardstock I haven't used in so long. Anyway, I found quite a few stamped images too so I thought I'd put them to good use...FINALLY! Coloured with watercolour pencils, and added a flower where the stamped flower is. His nose is an adhesive pearl (they come in VERY handy those little pearls...) Hero Arts 'Have a Great Birthday!'

Made in Heaven

Anniversary card for Robert and Chrissie. Bella image courtesy of Linda which I coloured with watercolour pencils and added the 'Celebrate' text and the silver 'Happy Anniversary' (by Anita's). Button on Bella's Fella's suit is an adhesive pearl to make it a little bit 3D. The silver/grey cardstock had the glitter diamonds on it when I bought it. Again, I've had it about three years and never used it as it was too nice, but it was worth it for this couple. The 'RC' I cut out manually and mounted onto the same glitter metallic card that I mounted the image to.