It's A Guy Thing

This was a card I made for my neighbour, Colin, who was in a car accident a few days ago.  Guys are always difficult to make for at the best of times but this was put together on short notice.  Kanban to the rescue, Colin is a cat lover and this fitted the bill.

The cat image is from Kanban and is called Egyptian Bastet and the backgound card is simply called Egyptian.  The lettering is gold peel-offs and the blue dots are from Craftworks Card Candi range to match the blue on the image, I've also used some Bling gold jewels to add a bit of sparkle.

I hope this cheers Colin up a bit, it was a nasty accident.  The other guy has been charged with reckless driving, but that doesn't help Colin.  I hope it's not too long before he comes back home to Gillian and Hannah.

Love Grows

It's been a long time since I've made a card and here it is.

The stamp is from Lili of the Valley and is called Love Grows, this is the first time I've used this stamp and it was nice and easy to colour.  The Spellbinder  nestie is Eyelet Squares.  The paper is from my stash, bought a long time ago, too long to still have a name for it.

 The image was coloured in using Copics.  Hair - YR23.  Skin - E00,000,11, R20.  Clothes - E31,33,35, BG01,05,09,10, C1,3,5,7, black.  Plant pot - E00,02,08,37.  Green heart - G21, YG63,67.

The flower is a Dawn Bibby peel-off put onto pearised card and coloured with pens, Papermania Fluid Metallic Brush Markers, I borrowed from a good friend.  I popped a pearl from Kaiser Crafts in the middle to finish it off.

I hope you like this card, it took me ages to work out the design and find paper, card and ribbon to match.  If I've been away from making cards for a wee while, I always find it hard to get started again.  Hopefully, it won't be so long again until I make another.  Hugz, Janice

Flowery Cupcake Birthday

Another beautiful Lily of the Valley stamp.  She is soooo cute and I just love these colours.

The backgound paper is from Helen Jones Designs and the pad is called Love Tokens.  The LOTV stamp is Hello Cupcake and it's coloured with Copics.  The Martha Stewart punch is Double Loops and the ovals are Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, aren't they gorgeous?  The swirly bit is from Marianne dies.

  The Copics I used are:  Clothes V000,12,15,17.  RV000,02,04.  Cupcakes R83, RV02, BV31, B60, C1,3, V17.  Skin E0000,00.11.  R20.  Hair E0000,33.

I really like this card, for a change it turned out exactly as I wanted.  How unusual is that?  Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and that the weather is not too bad where you are.  It's awful here, wet and windy and not particularly warm.  Hugz, Janice

Flock Paper Flower

This was the only card I made at the craft club on Friday morning.  We did more blethering (chatting) than anything else, not a lot of crafting was going on.  I always take my cards ready to assemble, so I don't have the excuse of needing to gather stuff together and use the Cuttlebug and dies.  Oh no, it was just blethering that got in the way of the crafting.

  I used paper and card from my stash for matting and layering and used navy blue card to make the card blank, 6X6 inches.  The flower petals and leaves were made with flock paper bought from Craft World last weekend.  The flower dies are from both Marianne and Spellbinders, the leaves are from the Spellbinders Foliage set.  I wasn't sure how well the flock paper would emboss but the answer was very well, it showed up beautifully.

The corners are from Spellbinders Floral Accent set, very useful set of corners and twirlie bits.

A nice fresh looking card in lovely colours, I like this one a lot.  That's all for today, my husband is in our new kitchen trying to tidy up the tile grouting before we start to wallpaper.  Tomorrow we go to pick up the flooring and hopefully get our kitchen completely finished.  Hugz, Janice

Christmas Wreaths

Two cards made for Christmas using the same stamp.

My husband coloured in the image for this one using Copics, although I made the actual card.  He's sooo much better than I am at colouring in.

This one I coloured using Copics.  I like both cards but I like Alex's image best.

That's all for today, lots of housework to do today.  Hugz, Janice

Rose Creations

I have just been waiting to have a go at this kind of card since I bought the Rose Creations dies a few weeks ago, but my kitchen got in the way.

The card was made using only cream coloured card and various 'brown' chalks.  The mat was made using Martha Stewart Vintage Lace punch, the edges were chalked.  The flower was made using Spellbinders Rose Creations, the first three sizes, they were chalked after embossing but still in the dies.

The branch was from the Foliage set by Spellbinders, again embossed and chalked and the twirrly bit is a Marianne die.

The butterflies are from Joy Craft Dies, embossed and chalked while still in the die.

I hope you like this card, if you do, leave me a comment and let me know.  Hugz, Janice

Kanban Christmas Tree

This is a card I made for last Christmas, again using another reject Kanban image from their factory shop.

I cut the image out using Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, and matted and layered with Classic Scalloped Circles Large and Eyelet Circles, the same with the smaller circle with the sentiment.  The white snowflake is a brad from my stash and the silver holograpgic snowflakes are peel-offs.  The standard circles are ringed with a narrow silver border peel-off.  It was another quick and easy card that would go through the post easily.

Hopefully my kitchen will be finished in a week or so, my husband is tiling at the moment, so the end is in sight and I can get back to some cardmaking.  Hugz, Janice