Surprise card shower for Jenny & Jason

Supplies:  DCWV embossed card blank, Waltzing mouse Stamp Vintage Labels, 

various sized Papermania gems, Papermania sheer white ribbon, Trinket pin, 

pop dots and computer generated sentiment.

Today, one of our wonderful Hero Arts Hostess' over on Flickr - Jenny is getting married to Jason.  Tami Hartley devised a "special mission" of a Virtual Wedding Card Shower for them.  So we are posting cards congratulating Jenny & Jason on their wedding today the 10-10-10.  The cards will all have the tag "weddingwishes4jenny" so that Jenny can see them when she returns from honeymoon.

Isn't that fun?  Above is what I created.  I used an embossed card blank from DCWV that spells out LOVE and added the details on top.

Hope you all have a fabulous day - thanks for stopping by.   Congratulations to Jenny and Jason.  

Wedding Cards

Following on from my post yesterday you will know that it's "Wedding" over on Paperplay this week.  All you have to do is create a project/card with a Wedding theme.  I just want to share some more Wedding Cards I made in recent weeks.  Same Stamp - different cards.

Used the Forever Friends Wedding Stamp with the sentiment "Congratulations" masked from the bottom.  I then coloured with copics, matted and layered with my scalloped circles, added some stickles for some shine.  Adore the sheer Papermania ribbon - so that had to be included.  The name of the bride and groom I printed on my computer and then stamped the border using PTI fillable frames #1 and cut with the matching die cut.

This card has less colour.  I printed the greeting and again used my PTI set to do the border/cutting.  I cut black cardstock with my Martha Stewart punch and then machine stitched the ribbon to it at the back, tied it on the front.  I added the stamped image with pop dots raised off the card.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you play along with us on Paperplay this week.

First Holy Communion Card

Just wanted to share the First Communion Card I made for my God-daughter.  I used a Precious Moment image and coloured with pencils, added some stickles to the hair bows and added some shading.  Did a slight overhang on the right of the card just to add something a little different in the shape.  Used Papermania sheer ribbon also.  I mounted the image on pearlescent cardstock so there is an extra sheen to the card.

Supplies: White Pearlescent Cardstock, precious moments image, colouring pencils, 

Stickles, computer generated greeting, Papermania white sheer ribbon, 

Spellbinders Labels 8 nesties and pop dots.

Thanks for peeking and stopping by.  Hope you have a blessed day.

Congratulations Card

Firstly, thank you all for your lovely best wishes for my birthday.  I had a great day and looking forward to a fun weekend.

Made this as an Engagement or Anniversary Card.  Used a precious moment image and the sentiment is from the new Papermania range.  Also stamped a heart above the couple in the boat and added stickles for some added sparkle (but this isn't clearly evident in the photo).  Added a very fine ribbon (Papermania) and fimo button with sparkle which I made.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Wedding Card - Just Married!

My DS's teacher is getting married on Saturday so I wanted to make a card for her and her new hubby.  Used my Forever Friends Stamp but I masked the "congratulations" sentiment from underneath the image and added a JUST MARRIED sentiment from the new Papermania Wedding range instead.  It is an A5 card - so it is larger than normal.  Partially coloured some of the image with copics and then added stickles to the bride's headpiece and the petals on the ground for a touch of sparkle.  I also mounted the image on a scallop circle and then onto some Bazzill dotted swiss white cardstock.  Used sheer white ribbon by Papermania as the final flourish!

Supplies: Bazzill dotted swiss white cardstock, A5 card blank, Papermania ribbon,

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles Lge, Big Shot, Quickutz nesting circles, copics, stickles and pop dots.

Thanks so much for peeking - Happy Wednesday!

Paperplay Challenges - Thank you/Good Luck

This week's challenge over on Paperplay is to make a card/project with  "Thank you"/"Good Luck" as your theme.  This week's challenge is sponsored by MamiDoodles and the winner will get 3 of the latest Mami Doodles Digital stamps plus one of your own choice.

I made this card as my DT submission.  The digital image called "Bridget Thanks" is a freebie from Paula over on Tales from Pollycraft for reaching 600 followers.  She has just amazing images and be sure to check out her blog here and store here.  She also has a DT Call running until the 26th March. 

I loved working with this fun image, coloured with copics matted and layered with Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock and a fimo button which I made that matched the burgundy coloured paper.  The card blank is from DCWV and the ribbon is Papermania.

Thanks so much for peeking and I really hope that you will play along this week with Paperplay.  Thanks for stopping by.

For you!

I just adore Heather Ellis's images - these are from her Pure Innocence Range available here and are just great to work with.  Coloured with copics, added some glossy accents on the flower heads, cut out with my dies and nesties and mounted on some textured cardstock.  Added some Papermania ribbon - just perfect for Mother's Day.

Isn't she so sweet?  Still dirt on my camera which I have tried to clone out of the photo - will have to have another go at cleaning my camera or switch the lens and see if it improves. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Caardvarks Challenge - use stickers!

Another one I made for the Caardvarks Challenge.  It is sponsored by SRM Stickers this month and the challenge is to incorporate stickers into your new project/card.  Unfortunately I don't have any SRM Stickers - they are sensational - check out their blog here.

So I purchased some butterfly stickers in a store a number of months ago in pink and yellows (they were in a clearance basket!).  I think they were meant for a little girls bedroom as they are in various sizes. 

I stuck them on acetate and cut around them, stuck them to the card and added Papermania pearls to cover the glue dot, the sheer white ribbon is from papermania.  The letter stamps are from Heidi Swapp - stamped in Whispers mossy stone ink!.   This is another Mother's Day card (Mother's Day is March 14th here in Ireland).

I used my Martha Stewart border punch on the edge of the patterned paper.  I'm not sure who made the paper as it was received from a friend.

Paula over on Tales from Pollycraft is launching a new digital kit on the 1st of March.  She is giving away the set to 5 lucky people who post about it on their blog and leave her a comment.  She does the most AMAZING images and this set - Sweet Dreams Sprintime Retro is no exception.  Be sure to check it out here.  The chance to win finishes on Feb 28th at 11... so quick... check it out.

Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you have a great Friday.

Hero Arts Challenge - Flowers and St Patrick's Day

My entry for this month's Hero Arts Challenge - Flowers and St Patrick's Day.  Closing date is this Thursday 25th Feb - full details are here.

I used the Flower Wallpaper Large Background stamp by Hero Arts to make the base.  I stamped with peeled paint distress ink on to watercolour paper.  I tried this a number of ways (1) misting the stamp with water when it was inked up, (2) misting the paper after stamping but decided I liked plain old fashioned straight stamping! for this card.

I then cut out a shamrock template from some of my watercolour paper scraps and stamped the Flower Wallpaper stamp with versamark clear ink.  I then used clear embossing powder, heated it and used my sponge applicator to apply the same distress ink - peeled paint on top of the embossing image.

I added Hero Arts smooth gemstones to the background flower centres (I think these look like little baby shamrocks - as shamrocks have three leaves/petals too). 

The term "shamrock" derives from the Irish word seamrog which translates as "little clover".  What's the difference?  Shamrock is smaller - they are both species of trefoil (genus Trifolium, from the Latin meaning - "having three leaves").

Supplies: Hero Arts Flower Wallpaper Large Background Cling, Fimo button by Jane, 

shamrock template found online, watercolour paper, Tim Holtz distressing tool, Distress Ink - peeled paint, clear embossing powder, Check ribbon by Gisela Graham, ric rac ribbon by Papermania,

Hero Arts smooth gemstones, pop dots and embroidery floss. 

I left the front of the card sentiment free but added this to the inside - an old Irish saying.  Just the perfect match to the shamrock on the front.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Grey and wet here today... so the photos aren't as bright as I would like. 

Happy Friday

Hope your week went well and you are looking forward to the weekend.  This is a card I made with the adorable Greeting Farm digital image - available here.  This was coloured about 2 weeks ago so to all you who are masters of copics.... apologies for my abuse of the wonderful medium that is copics!! ... still practicing!

Supplies - Image from Greeting Farm, Labels 8, purple textured cardstock from Papermania,

HA smooth gemstones, HA sentiment, ribbon from Papermania, pop dots and copics.

Thanks so much for stopping by and please feel free to leave me a comment.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Monday

Hey Everyone, hard to believe it is Monday again.  I have been missing for a few days - I have been busy making up my Basic Grey 2010 Calendars before January is over! and had some errands to run that I had put on the long finger during the cold snap last week.  So I am back!!!

Made this card using the Papermania linen papers and the new stamp range with Chocolate Roan coloured ink.  Added the gem on the "dot" of the "i".  The knot looks a bit "dishevelled" on this card, the ribbon is so sheer it is quite difficult to work with.

I also forgot to share Jacqueline's magnificent card and tag which she sent to me with the goodies last week. 

I just adore her style, use of colour, stamping, layers ... in fact everything.  I have them both sitting on my desk for inspiration.  Thanks so much Jacqueline.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Card using Mo's Digital Pencil image

Happy Saturday.  Just sharing a card I made last night and took a photo of at night (sorry folks!).  It is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil shop by the ultra talented Maurie J Manning.   I used copics to colour, matted on pp from K&Co and Papermania.  Velvet ribbon from Papermania, Martha Stewart punch and Scalloped Circles Large.

I am entering this card into the allsorts Challenge this week - which is to use pink and brown on your card.  The little girls cardi and skirt are actually very pale pink.. just photographed badly.  Will take another shot of it tomorrow and post the comparison so you can see.

Bugaboo Stamps are doing their first ever blog hop - drop by here to start and to check out their cards/projects and possibly win some digital images.

I spotted that my local Art Store got a delivery of Martha Stewart Punches yesterday (after I had visited them yesterday morning!!) so I dashed in this morning and picked up these.

and I picked up pansy punch around the page and an edge punch too.... off to create and will hopefully upload a card in a while. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you are having a great weekend.