More for the Men

 

Had a go at making more masculine cards - not so easy as cards with flowers and butterflies!

So made music, gaming and motorbike themed cards instead.

Plus a wooden dinosaur one for the kids!

Peel Off Cards

 

I've now made so many more cards with the big pile of peel offs that were gifted to me in April

There were lots of butterflies, sentiments and flowers

In lots of different colours, some were holographic!

Forced me to make different styles of cards from my usual, including several masculine and childrens' cards - still lots of peel offs left for when inspiration strikes again!

A Special Card

 I was asked to make a card for a lady who had reached the grand old age of 105!

I dug out lots of gold mirri card and some dies to make this for her - apparently she loved it! Not a good photo , but the best I could get with all the reflections.

I've also been gifted lots of peel offs from someone who has given up card making, 4 were used in the corners of this card.

A Kind Gift

 I was kindly gifted a carrier bag full of scrapbooking papers, frames, photo mats, stickers and alphabets by Creative Memories (a USA Company)  by a friend of my Mother

There are lots of duplicates papers and packages,  and not in the usual style that I would choose

So I have had to be creative and come out of my comfort zone to utilise them

and despite have made over 30 cards from them so far, there is still much, much, much more left !

New Year, New Stamp, New Cards

 

Floral Oval Frame & Masks

Treated myself to a new stamp from Honey Doo Crafts - the Floral Oval Frame with the Oval Mask & Stencil Set which were in the sales. Was delivered within 2 days, so very impressed!

Made several cards with the stamps and stencil in different colourways this morning, lovely crisp images with super sentiments to go with them!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and crafty 2025

Tall & Thin

 

Made a few DL sized Christmas cards as I finally managed to buy a pack of blank cards & envelopes - they never seem to be in stock when I look for them.

These are made from last years recycled Christmas cards with added embellishments

Christmas continues ....

 

Continuing to make loads of Xmas cards  for charities, in lots of different styles and techniques to appeal to different people.

but even so, deer seem to crop up in many of them!

Forgotten Embossing Folders

 

Moving on from my forgotten stamps post, I dug out and dusted down some embossing folders that were lurking at the back.

Made a couple of birthday cards suitable for children

 And this wedding card - think I need to get a bit more texture in my future cards!

Forgotten Stamps

 We all have those forgotten stamps, that have been unused and un-inked for years, don't we?

So I dug out a couple of old stamp sets from Inkadinkado that date from 2008 & 2009 to use again

Despite being 15 years old, they still stamped nice and crisp images.

Cloudbusting

 

I bought a very cheap 'cloud edge' stencil off Temu, that arrived today - only took 8 days to come from China.

The first cards I made with it are these these 2 new baby cards with a flying elephant - for a boy and girl.

I then found some die cut birds to put against a cloudy background.

Think it was a bargain!

Latest batch of cards

 This card was made with one of my more older, and favourite stamps from Woodware, 'gone to seed', and has appeared in my blog many times before!

This card was made with a freebie stamp - possibly from creative stamping magazine?

I thought this card would make a nice generic card for any adult.

Distress Oxide Circles

 

I was lucky enough to get some more distress oxide ink pads as part of my Mothers Day present, so have been experimenting with the new shades of beige and green - tea dye & bundled sage.

They go so well with the Kraft card blanks that I have in stock

More soft glows

 

Following on from my last post, here are a few more cards made with blending distress oxide inks behind as small topper to make them stand out.

I also used a softer grey ink (Versafine Clair Morning Mist) for the sentiment, very quick and simple to make.

A Rosy Glow

 

The Picked Raspberry ink pad is probably the one I use the least, so I have made an effort to use it on a few CAS cards to give a 'Rosy Glow' background to a simple topper.

It's quite a bright pink, but makes a nice contrast to the toppers and makes them 'pop'.

Also useful for a 'get well soon' card.

And this layout has helped to use up a few old toppers that have hanging around for ages!