More Card Candy

 

Just a couple more birthday cards made with the stamp I posted about back in April with different coloured card candy dots and with a 5 x7 inch sized card.

Card Candy Galore

 

Back in 2010 I won a large box of Craftwork Cards Candy dots in assorted colours.  They have appeared in my blog over the years here, here and here

I did buy a Christmas tree stamp which uses them and featured that back in Nov 2023.  I  have just bought this Bubble Bloom flower  stamp off eBay to try and use up few more.

However, it only uses 16 per stamp (the smaller dots are Nuvo Drops), and I have hundreds to use up!

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

Finished cat card

 

Following from my previous post - here is the birthday card with the cat face on it - this stamp is called Tabitha's Portrait by Anita and is one of my oldest and most favourite stamps.

It also featured on my blog 12 years ago and also in 2015 !

Sunflowers

 It's lovely seeing Sunflowers at this time of year, a field of them in Rougham, Suffolk is open to the public this weekend. So a Sunflower card seemed appropriate to make this week!

Christmas Circles

 

Last night I spent an enjoyable time making stenciled circles with my distress oxide ink pads on to the back of old Christmas cards from last year

Which today I have turned into a variety of different Christmas cards for this year ....

using lots of stamps that haven't seen the light of day for a long time!

A very good way to spend a rainy day.

Stags & Reindeer at Christmas

Again, many of the Christmas cards I am making for 2018 feature a stag or reindeer on them - some cute and others realistic!

I just can't resist making them, especially as I have so many deer stamps, toppers and dies in my stash!

Non Religious Christmas Cards

I like to make some Christmas cards that do not have Christian symbols on them for friends who are pagan or not Christians and the stags head stamp seems ideal for these!

This one also uses as recycled Christmas card from last year as the background!

Get on Your Bike!

Yet another card made with the Sea Breeze embossing folder - this time bright yellow with a bicycle in the middle (free stamp from Cardmaking mag).

I'm off to a free classical concert in the local park to celebrate the Queens birthday this evening, but the forecast is for scattered showers, so I will have to pack an umbrella with the picnic!

Purple Angel Christmas Card

 Probably one of my last Christmas cards for this year - for my Aunt who loves the colour purple!

I'm not sure how many cards I have made for Christmas this year - but it must be more than 200, as I make for a couple of local charities as well as my large family. However, I still have lots of Xmas stash left over, as well as several stamps that I didn't get round to using!!

Christmas Stamps - Oldies but Goodies!

I'm now getting into the swing of Christmas card making and realised that I have had these 2 stamps for years! They might be old, but I still enjoy using them in my card making. 

Have you got any favourites that are used time after time?

Flanders Scrapbook

I recently took a tour around the First World War battlefields of France and Flanders. I learnt so much from our excellent tour guide and was lucky enough to find the gravestone of one Great Great Uncle and a memorial to another who was killed in the fighting.

I came back with lots of photos, as I wanted to put together a scrapbook and so these are the first few pages - I bought a set of clear stamps from Hobby Art Ltd called Commemorative which are ideal to help illustrate it.

This is still very much a Work in Progress, but at least I have made a start on the scrapbook to keep my memories in. You can read a bit more about the trip and also my  recent craft room injury on my other blog - 50 New Experiences



  

Day 29 ATC Challenge - 7 Gypsies Bird

I haven't bought Papercrafter Magazine for ages, but when I saw these fab stamps by 7 Gypsies, I just had to have it!

The ATC was made using up 3 scraps of paper leftover from card making.

Day 24, March ATC Challenge - You Make Me Smile

 Think this one ought to be for my kids  - they often make me smile  (and occasionally can be little stars!)

Day 15 Make A wish ATC - March Challenge - available to swap

This cute dragonfly was made by using the free stamp and die set from Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine ( issue 134). The die cutting also gives it a bit of embossing to the wings too.

I've layered it against a strange piece of paper which has a blue metallic web against a raspberry red background, a bit of a strange combination that seems work out OK!

Day 10 - Spring Garden, ATC Challenge

Well, Spring had finally sprung, there are buds forming everywhere and its warming up at last! This cute saying 'Live, laugh, love and always walk in the garden of Spring' seems very apt!

Purrfect Birthday Card

This cute stamp from Little Claire has been sitting unused in my stash for too long ... so it was time to bring it out and and have a play. I've used lavender, putty and plum Promarkers for the colour scheme and layered it onto a black card.

Gilding Flakes are so Messy!

....but I love the effect they make! You have to be well prepared with the bowl of water to clean the stamps straight away, all the windows shut to keep out the draughts and the doors shut to keep out the cats!!!

These cards were made with Cosmic Shimmer Silver Dream gilding flakes that have just the odd flake of gold as a contrast in them.

 I used a silver, blue and black colour scheme to try to highlight the silver shimmer.

Inspired by Simply Cards Magazine

I received my copy of Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine yesterday and had to drop everything and have a play with the free gifts. 

Not only was there a pad of yummy   double sided Kaisercraft Christmas Collection papers but also 10 luggage tags and at  beautiful 'Merry Christmas' stamp!!

I spent the whole afternoon making up these traditional style Christmas Cards with the addition of a few bows,wooden embellishments and brads. The stamp has some lovely detail to it and I really enjoyed colouring it in with my promarkers.  

If I get the time, I'm going to see if I can make some more today - This is one of the magazines I subscribe to and often has really good freebies. I've also won some of their giveaways in the past too!

A Herd Of Reindeer

 Not sure why, but all the Christmas cards that I have made recently, seem to feature reindeer in them!

I remember that last year I made too many cute Christmas cards that were just not suitable for some of my older family and friends, so I seem to have concentrated on making some more traditional style cards this time.

After a bit of a slow start, I have now got in the swing of it and enjoy getting out all the mirri card, glitter and Christmas bling.