Pink and Green again……

Hi all
Not really sure why I keep teaming up these 2 colours but I do like it!
This was a birthday card that I made for the lovely Jenny, with a digi stamp from one of my favourite artists ever – Krista Smith - I don’t think that I will ever tire of her stamps, they are the greatest! If you have not seen her digi’s yet, you must visit her blog - and in the near future she will have a new website for us to purchase her lovely’s from!

Hugs
Sam  xoxo
Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 5x7 white card base, Green paper from XX pad, pink and green card
Image: Saturated Canary – Poppy the circus girl
Embellishments: pink flower from EBay, silver glamour dust, gems from stash
Sentiment: LOTV and another unknown
Mediums: Promarkers and Prima Pencils
Tools used: Stampin up circle punch

Very pink birthday Ciara

Hi all

This was a commission for a lady at work, whose granddaughter would be 2 this month. Ciara is a girlie girl, so had to be pink, with her name and age and lots of sparkle…. I think I did well here!

The image is the lovely LOTV and I loved colouring in this one, what a sweet pea.

Grandma loved the card, and hopefully in a few years Ciara will do so too, but mummy has put this away for now to keep safe :o)

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 white card base, pink paper from XX pad, bird paper, pink die cut
Image: LOTV
Embellishments: Number 2 die cut from Dies to die for, gems from Meiflower, butterflies from Stampin up
Sentiment: Computer generated
Mediums: Promarkers
Tools used: Heart edged Nestie, Big Shot machine, Stampin up scallop oval and circle punch

Gonna miss hanging around with you

 

Hi

This is a card made for a lovely lady, who was moving to another part of our team, so she was not leaving us, but would not be sitting with us every day, so I thought that this was a perfect tribute.

The lovely bright photo was PUURFECT for what I wanted, and the rest of the card was decorated with stamping and die cuts. This is a biggie for me 8x8, but it needed to be so we could all write a little something.

She did love the card, and to be honest we do still see her most weeks, at meetings and stuff, but we wanted her to know that she would be missed loads!

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock:8x8 white card stock, pink and lilac card
Image: Google
Embellishments: gems from stash
Sentiment: Printed from computer
Tools used: Sizzix stars, Big Shot machine, memory box vine

Happy Birthday Purple Butterfly

Hi all

Whist in a purple mood, I found this lovely paper and had to use it, however it was a lonely piece so I am not able to tell you where it is from. This card will go into my box at work for my colleagues to purchase when they need that urgent card! A few more in different colours needed I think.

This card was CASE’d from the lovely Michelle’s Blog here; I love Michelle cards and visit every day to see her work, thank you Michelle for your inspiration.

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 white card base, Unknown purple flower paper, purple card scrap and white glitter card scrap
Embellishments: butterfly is Memory Box, and pearls from stash
Sentiment: Paula Pascal Stamps (I think)
Tools used: Sizzix Eclips machine, black ink

To our mum

Hi all

When I saw these lovely digi’s from Pink Gem, I knew that I would have to buy them! And she has also done a version with Mom – I love it! and on top of that we even get coloured in version, so we can do quickie cards when we need to.

This is what I made with my first one, and I have another one to follow in a few days!

My aim with this was to do it for a boy or girl or both to give to mummy, hence why pink and blue is the theme!

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 white card base, paper from XX pad, pink and blue card
Image: Pink Gem – Mum Owls
Embellishments: pink and blue flowers from Wild Orchid, and butterfly from Eclips, gems from stash
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards
Tools used: Sizzix Eclips

Birthday Princess

 

Hello all

Here is a card that I was asked to make for a lady’s niece at work. The description was purple and princess….. I think I did that :o)

I used a easel card, as I had some many elements that I wanted to use, I had to give myself as much space as I could!

My friend loved it and said she was going to write on it so carefully as she didn’t want to spoil it! aww :o) I really did enjoy making this card, and I am sure I may be able to do another later in the year as I have 5 nieces myself, although they seem to be more into dvd’s and make up than fairy princesses!

I would like to enter this into the new challenge ‘ALL THAT GLITTERS’ over at J & C Creations, which is one of my local craft stores in Maidstone, Kent. My mum is law is also on their design team, so I want to wish them well with their new challenges and I PROMISE I will enter every month! :o) I think I have enough glitter…. Paper, carriage, butterfly wings and the crowns – let me know if more is needed lol.

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 white card base, purple flower paper in glitter and non-glittered from Boofle pad from The Range, purple card is bazzill
Image: Princess, horse and carriage, frog and Castle dies cuts
Embellishments: butterflies, flowers, gems and glamour dust
Sentiment: Craftwork cards
Tools used: Sizzix Eclips machine, Stampin up oval scallop punch, scorpal

Leftovers

 

This little card happened from left overs, 2 little green strips of card, a die cut mat which was too small for what I needed, and a butterfly that has been sitting around for about a week.

However I do like the card and it is quite LIM for me!

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 white Kanban card base, pink flower paper from first edition pad, white glitter card, pink foiled card from Oyster stamps
Embellishments: butterfly cut with Sizzix Eclips, flowers with NS punch. Gems from stash
Sentiment: Craftwork cards
Tools used: Sizzix Eclips, Nestabilities, Big Shot machine, NS punch

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Birthday blues and birds

 

I don’t know if I will ever be able to give this card away, it has to be one of my favourite of all time, and the original idea was nothing like this lol

The ‘fans’ as they now are, was a circle and the Tilda was sitting on the circle, but it just would not work, and then the accident happened, where the ink pad fell on the folded circle, so I had to cut it up….. and I am so happy for that little accident.

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 cream card base, pink dotty paper from Bird Song first edition pad, bird paper, blue folded paper is DCVW, cream die cut
Image: Tilda
Embellishments: gold peel off wrapped around fans
Sentiment: Craftwork cards
Mediums: Promarkers
Tools used: Oval Nestabilities, Big Shot machine, Scorpal, Stampin up circle punch

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Forever Friends Birthday

 

Hi All

Here is a lovely decoupage that I have had for years…. and finally got made into a card.

I really like this card, but then I love the bears!

Items used on this card were:
Card/paper stock: 6x6 cream card base, pink pearled card, flower border from Hot Diggity Dog paper Pack and pink dotty paper from Bird Song first edition pad
Image: Forever Friends Decoupage
Embellishments: clear gems from Meiflower and butterfly from docrafts papermania pack
Sentiment: Craftwork cards
Tools used: Scallop Nestabilities, Big Shot machine

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Re-cycled

 

Hi all

Here is a lovely card that I made from a birthday card that was received by me. I love how the brown and bright pink colours work together.

This card was a tall card about 25cm, but I decided that I wanted a square card, so I cut the main body and then cut out the flower and layers them where they was duplicate pattern, then fixed this on to a black 6x6 card base, with a white matt. The gems really tied it all together.

Items used on this card were:
Card stock: Kanban black 6x6, Kanban White
Embellishments: Black and pink gems from Meiflower
Sentiment: recycled from the card also
Tools used: just my scissors and guillotine

See you soon

Hugs

Sam xoxo

Is anybody out there……

HELLO ALL – I am shouting to see if any of my followers are still here…….

I have been absent quite a while from my blog I know, but I have been crafting, and do have a large number of cards to show you all, so these posts will be short and sweet, but I am going to get ahead and start using the scheduler to at least show you guys some of my creations.

This first card – I have to say that I love it.

My mum in law and I went to a crafting workshop about 3 weeks ago at Oyster Stamps, where the lovely Paul Church showed us some techniques with Clarity stamps. I didn’t make this card at the event, but the very next day, whilst the ideas and mojo were still with me.

We had a fab day and signed up for the next one before we left which is on the 2.6.12 and the 3.6.12 – I think the Sunday still has spaces.

Items used on this card were:
Card stock: Kanban white, Stampin up Green, Bazzil Green
Image: Clarity Stamp – small leafy swirl
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts flower in pink and cerise, rolled flower in green, lovely big diamond gen from eBay
Sentiment: Craftwork cards
Mediums used: Brilliance dew drop ink – Pearlescent Orchid
Tools used: Stampin up Oval scallop punch for backing of sentiment, Sizzix Eclips machine for butterfly (designed by me!) and rolled flower

I hope to see you guys soon, and will definitely be doing some blog hopping this weekend :o)

Hugs

Sam xoxo