Floral Hearts from Simply Cards Mag

A couple of cards using the new Floral Hearts cut and embossing folder free from this months Simply Cards magazine. 

Love the embossing effect and the heart cuts out cleanly. Made in a pale green colour scheme as a change from Valentines Day red!

Tattered Lace Magazine - issue 69

This months die and charisma from Tattered lace magazine is a heart shaped bunch of flowers. Here used for a Wedding Anniversary card

Two paired together for a C6 sized birthday card

and also 2 hearts on this 6" square card

Valentines Day Beckons

Yes, us cardmakers always have to think ahead, so today I made a few Valentines cards to take to work and sell

They were all made with bits of stash that I have had for ages (possibly years!), so it was good that they were being used at long last!

Valentines Day is not far off!

So I have started to making a few cards ready for family and friends

 All these have been made by cannibalising parts of old cards!

Be My Valentine

A valentine card for my husband - we've been married now for nearly 31 years, so don't need to make a big fuss about it!

I did an indoor car boot sale this morning, but when I got there found 3 other ladies selling hand made cards, so I put mine away and concentrated on the bric-a-brac and toys. I did OK, but my Dad on the stall next door came back with next to nothing, having sold most of his model cars, mens clothing, shoes and books!

Very Easy Vellum ...

I don't often use vellum in my cards, I'm never sure if the double side tape will show through! However I have bitten the bullet and yesterday made 2 cards with vellum backgrounds

This zingy green card was made with dies cuts sent over from Laura in Canada

Whilst this card was made for a friends wedding anniversary with a piece of silver leaf vellum that has been sitting in my stash for years!

Day 9 - March ATC Challenge,A Heart of Roses

This is a decoupage atc - not something I do very often because I find them fiddly and difficult to keep even! It also has one of my favourite ways of filling space - 3 dots of  'Perfect Pearls'. 

I have several bottles of perfect pearls in many different colours and often use them as a finishing touch on a card

Day 6 - March ATC Challenge, pink roses

This vintage style ATC has a paper pierced heart ( stamp from Craft Stamper Mag) with wooden roses embellishment that has been softly coloured to match the rest. The background stamping was made with one of my favourite stamps. It is a corner garland and I have used it so many times over the years!