Pink Gem designs Unicorn Card

Afternoon everyone, just popping in to show something a little different. I owe my creative pursuits to a special person, and this lady I met in my teens while doing high school art classes. One of my highest scoring subjects, I loved all the time I spent learning the History of Art theory and the practical drawing and painting sessions.

So when Mrs Eleen Joubert asked me to make a birthday card for her Grandaughter, I was extremely honoured to be asked by such a talented lady!

For a little girl who loves unicorns and pink, a boxed card..

 

Love the matching dotty card and boxes from Anna Marie Designs, made this one a pleasure to make up

Me To You Bears' Confirmation Card

Popping in with a really girly Me To You / Tatty Teddy Confirmation card. This is a larger version of an older square 6x6 design card, which I also changed to suit the occasion, still retaining the colour scheme and the crochet doily die cuts from My Favourite Things.

Box decorated to match the card..

The card is a portrait A5 size easel card..

Clean lines and fresh colours - lemon, dove grey, mint green and lots of white with a splash of cerise pink.

You cant help but love Tatty Teddy, can you.  Hope you had a great day Emily :)

Peppa Pig is making an appearance today!

A really cheery card to share with everyone today, for a little girl's birthday!

This is my first Peppa Pig card and I had loads of fun creating this little scene.. when something 'works' you just cant put it together quick enough LOL

Lots of photos so you can see the dimension / depth and shapes..

Used an image I got from google for Peppa and this card was just so perfect for me to use the Martha Stewart punch around the page farmyard set

One of my new dies - stitched hills / slopes from Simon says Stamp die range

Di's Digi Downloads Hello Ladybird

So I am back with another card to share and it's not a wedding one LOL

This cute image is available from Di's Digi Downloads HERE, and was coloured with polychromos pencil crayons.

The card was made into an easel shape and I used a Martha Stewart punch around the page ladybird punch set, along with a cuttelbug embossing folder and an old quickutz ladybird die.

The inside of the card was punched the same as the outside, so there were LOADS of ladybirds!

The ladybird's body was cut using black funky foam and the wings from Craft Creations Glitter Board - great quality well covered board that doesn't disintegrate.

Hope you enjoyed this brightly coloured one!

Communion Cards - Di's Digi, Karen's Doodles and Mo Manning images

hi everyone, hope you have all had relaxing Sunday's and if you're lucky enough to have a bank holiday tomorrow too, enjoy and make the most of it! Sharing a few First Holy Communion cards which I did a couple of months ago and just didn't get around to sorting the photos and posting on the blog.

All of the images are available in digital format - the first is from Karen's Doodles and you can find it HERE.

here is a view of the inside..

The next image is from Mo Manning, which you can find HERE. The crosses are old spellbinders dies.

Last but not least is this image from Di's Digi Downloads which you can find HERE.

All of the images are coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencil crayons.

Gillian Roberts Stampavie Teen Girl Card - Texting

Today's post is a card made for a teen - its hard to find suitable images for teens, and I think this one is perfect.

So I was still in the 'brown' mood when I created this one.. it's one of my favourite colours, warm and neutral, and the pearlescent card, a colour called mink from a brand called centura makes it luxurious and lifts the dark brown - I love that cardstock!

The image was coloured with Faber Castell Polychomos pencils and I decided not to blend them on this one, so I stopped at just colouring with the pencil and added no sansador.

The inside was decorated with the same cardstock and papers and a Penny Black sentiment stamp.

Links to the dies and punches for the flowers and leaves can be found below, including those luscious brown pearls from Cottage Crafts.

 

 

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

Sorry this is a bit later - ahem ..... 'technical' issues.. don't ask!

 Anyway onto this week's challenge at Bearly Mine Challenges and the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES

and this is my entry for this week, using Spring Blossoms and a hAnglar & stAnglar stamp :

The papers are gorgeous and I keep going back to this particular set - if you would like to get them, you can find them by clicking on the picture below - they are called Spring Blossoms

The inside of the card is decorated as well, not too fussy, but matches the inside nicely.

and below is another view of the card, scanned, so if you click on the image you can see the colouring in good resolution:

April cards

Hello bloggers, have a few cards to share today from a crop - thanks to everyone who came along and for a fantastic day!

Here are some cards, and they all follow a feminine theme for different ages.

Please note that digi images and papers should not be shared without permission from the digi site / artist, and I have permission from Donna from Bearly Mine and Tracey from Fred She Said to use their wonderful work for these cards.

the first is a baby girl card coloured with polychromos pencils and embellished with punched flowers, die cut shapes and leaves and using a Stamp by Elizabeth Bell from Belles and Whistles

used a mixture of card candy and pearls on this one for the flowers so they are nice and fresh and dainty / girly!

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This next card has one of the precious hAnglra and StAnglar stamps I own (they are like gold dust!) and is made with cheery papers from Bearly Mine called Spring Blossoms which you can find here.

the sentiment is computer generated and I used the Tim Holtz weathered clock sizzix die for the background with matching strips of embossed card using Country Companions and cuttlebug folders.

the border is punched with a Martha Stewart border punch

and some card candy and EK success daisies to finish - also coloured with polychromos pencils

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I love blue and white cards and this is another of those in a side stepper shape made with a Whiff of Joy /  Elizabeth Bell stamp and the sentiment is just perfect for this.

embellished with Martha Stewart punched butterflies and EK retro flower punch outs, card candy and pearls

a closeup of the sentiment and flowers

and the tag pulls out for a little message

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the next card is a 'bookmark on a card' but it isn't obvious when you first look at it - I like ideas like this and they make perfect cards / gifts in one!

Tina Wenke creates the most adorable images and hedgehogs are one of my favourite things so I couldn't wait to use this and teamed it with a quote I like being that I love buying books as well...

those punched daisies disguise punch outs on the card blank itself and are adhered to the punch outs which hold the book mark in place, and you can see how it detaches below:

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the next card is a decoupage one in a favourite green and lilac colour scheme using digi images from Fred She Said which you can find here.

the inside is decorated to match the outside and the card is embossed with a border embossing folder and I used the same butterfly punch as I did on the blue card but instead of cutting on white and inking like the last one I cut out of lilac card and added gems to this one

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the last in this post is a shaped easel card using Go Kreate dies, and with stamped and distressed papers  to create a vintage feel.

Again the image is coloured with polychromos pencils

bright cerise ribbon and stencilling inside the dies..

and the die shapes used to hold open the easel again

that's all for today - if you pop by don't forget to leave me a comment and let me know what you think!