Four more for Christmas

Here are four more Christmas cards, a bit different to the others I've done :)

This one uses the cuttlebug Holly embossing folder, which I cut some leaves from, painted silver, and gave a pewter effect with black paint over that. The greeting is from Stamp-It.


Simple patchwork effect using Basic Grey papers, and some machine stitching.


That cute House Mouse stamp again :)


And I think this is my favourite, 12 squares of card, all covered in foil, carefully placed in the Holly embossing folder, embossed, and then black paint used on each square for a pewter effect. It was like assembling a puzzle, putting it on the card. The greeting was done on my computer then embossed in Platinum embossing powder, and coloured in with black pen.

Christmas Mice

Another Christmas card, using a House Mouse stamp and Basic Grey papers. Those little mice are so, so cute! :)

Christmas is coming...

...and I am getting my cards done! Here are a few:

Using the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder. I sprayed the embossed white card with pink glimmer mist and then brayered over with white ink. Trees are cut from Basic Grey Two Scoops paper.


Another cuttlebug embossed background. Stamp is from Sugar Nellie and coloured with colour pencils.


More embossing, and a bit of sponging on the leaves. :)


Stamp is from Sugar Nellie, yet more Cuttlebug embossing.


And finally, one without embossing! The background is Basic Grey papers. This time the image is done with watercolour.

Something Brown

Here is a card I made for the Stamp Something Challenge, which this week is Brown Plus Something. I coloured the stamped image with brown ink and a water brush pen using various strengths for the different shades. The card is rather country-ish I think. Something a bit different for me. Very simple layout, but I like simple. :)

Happy Birthday Mum x x

I made this card for Mum, whose birthday it is today. It went through many incarnations, and this final one is totally different to what I started out with in my head. I'm pleased with it though. I stamped the Inkadinkado bird in white on brown card, then coloured over with colour pencils. The background border is a Prima Stamp. A stitched border and a Happy Birthday rubon, and it's done. Sounds like it should be quick, but boy did it take me a long time. I just kept making mistakes with the stamped border. Got there in the end though. :)

Bear Hugs

Gosh, it's been a while since I posted anything here! Well, here is a brand new card. I made this on Friday as soon as I received this cute stamp (called Sweetheart Teddy from Stamp-It) from Scrapsidaisy. Simple, but I like the way it has turned out. I used watercolour pencils and a water brush pen to colour the image, and foam Thickers by American Crafts for the greeting. I can see this little bear being used for a whole range of cards.

Colour Challenge

I made this card for the Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo Challenge #12. These are the colours we had to use:


The bird stamp is from Inkadinkado, and the flowers in the background from the Boho Blossoms set by My Favourite Things.

There is also some great blog candy up at the SPCC blog, celebrating 10,000 hits. The candy post is here.