Occasionally I treat myself to Creative stamping Magazine - this time I was drawn by the Celebration Collection of freebie stamps which include a Rocking Horse and Bottle of Champagne and the sentiment 'Time to drink champagne and dance on the table'.
As usual, I couldn't wait to try them out and made these three cards. I hope 2014 will being us all lots of good reasons to celebrate!
Despite buying some new Christmas papers and stamps, I still not feel ready to break open the plastic crate under the stairs that has all my Xmas crafting goodies in it.
Perhaps the weather is still a bit too warm - or perhaps my Christmas mojo has gone walkabout. Until then I will just have to stick to birthday cards like the one above.
I do have to make an acceptance card tonight - just been invited to my great Nephews Christening!
Having fun using the gilding flakes, although things can get a bit sticky and its best to get organised with everything you need nearby!
I am always surprised how crisp the images come out.
I quite pleased how these couple of cards turned out,
the girl with the hair was a free stamp with a magazine and plant stems are from Inkadinkado.
I confess - I love making ATC's (Artist Trading Cards)! I started off just making them to use up those off-cuts from card making but have found I really like making those little bits of art work.
The size (3.5 inches by 2.5 inches) just seems to lend itself to creativity plus its a good way to stretch yourself into a bit of experimentation!
The hot weather seems to kick started my mojo, so these are a few I have available to swap over on docrafts.
Most of them had been made with the freebie stamps with Get Stamping Magazine that I picked up yesterday.
I bought Creative Stamping Magazine last week because I loved one of the free Spring Fling stamps - this one with the girl with hearts in her hair.
The cat with the bow is quite cute too!
Anyway, flicking through the magazine I saw a card made with one of my oldest and favourite stamp of cat (Tabithas Portrait), looking a bit closer it seemed very familiar - yes, it was a card I had made!
I must have sent it off so long ago, I had forgotten all about it. Now I'm looking forward to see what the 'small prize' is - every card featured gets one!
