Showing posts with label Own Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Own Design. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Birthday Bella

It is one of my niece's birthdays next week, and I love this image from Stamping Bella, and I think its great for teenage girls and funky women....and my niece is now a funky woman! 20.....and she is not the oldest niece or nephew




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Recipe
Stamp - Bella
Graphite Black Brilliance
Colours - Copic Markers Papermania- Papermania
Glitter - Craft Planet


Saturday, 21 June 2008

oh....I am going to be in sooooo much trouble!

...my SIL Petra is going to kill me when she gets her Birthday card....as with all families we like to ummm take the mickey, pull each others leg, or whatever you want to call it in your country but generally make fun of each other! Now I am the Baby in my family and in OH's, and I don't make the most of it ....well not much anyway! But I am rather short ....and I partnered up with a 6ft plus family....so they all make fun of my lack of height...
and I have to retaliate in some way...

anyway Petra also likes Penguins....she lives in Canada, so some would say that it's an appropriate animal.....




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Recipe
Stamp - Ibrakeforstamps
Ink - Graphite Black Brilliance
Pencils - Prismacolor Pencils
Black Velvet ribbon
Cardstock - Kanban
Callouts- Computer Generated
Humour - mine I am afraid


Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Sympathy Card

It’s never a nice thing to have to create a sympathy card, made harder when its for a dear friends family, but unfortunately life throws these things at us sometimes and we just have to bit the bullet and get on with it.

I wanted to create something that was masculine (as Merv had been a man’s man) but yet pretty and comforting for Joan.

  • The final card size is A4 (14.8cm by 21 cm) folded in half.

  • Working from the base of the card, I cut some paper from the Dovecraft Masculine pack (14.5cm by 20.7cm), which I adhered to the base card with DST.

  • I measured and cut (11.1 cm by 15.4cm) some coordinating paper from the same pack, mounted it onto some cream cardstock leaving approximately a 1 millimetre border around the edge.

  • I stamped my image (Amy Smyth Made It – The Garden Variety – Inkadinkado) using Brilliance dewdrop ink pads, in crimson red, graphite black and pearlecent ivy green, coloured the image in using Prismacolor Pencils and Gamasol, and highlighted the flower heads with Judi Kins Diamond Glaze. The image was cut out, mounted on coordinating paper and mounted again on cream cardstock.

  • Once I mounted the image onto the second piece of co-ordinating paper, I tied a piece of cream organza ribbon around this whole section, which I then mounted onto the base card.

  • Finally, I stamped the sentiment (Stampendous! – Encouraging words) using Brilliance dewdrops Coffee Bean, and mounted it on some foam pads to give it some dimension.

* inside the card I have created a insert using cream parchment paper, and created a verse using the stamps from Stampendous! – Encouraging words.


Recipe

Inks- Brilliance Dew Drops – Coffee Bean, Pearlecent Ivy Green, Crimson Red & graphite black
Stamps – Amy Smyth Made it – Garden Variety –Inkadinkado, Stampendous! – Encouraging words.
Papers- Dovecraft – Masculine
Cardstock- Kanban cream
Everything else – Organza ribbon, Diamond Glaze- Judi Kins, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamasol




Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Move it Move it Mooooooooooooooove it!

As the as a military brat I have many memories of the military on parade, so when I was I stamped the image of Noah and the animals following him it took me back to my childhood!



Image was stamped onto white card stock, coloured using a combination of copics and prismacolor pencils smudged with mineral spirits. The dark brown mat is actually foam mounted onto the image to give it depth, with some gold doodling around the edges to soften the edges. The callouts were computer generated and printed out onto white card stock and then mounted onto the frame. The Happy Birthday sentiment was stamped onto matt cream cardstock, mat brown card stock was threaded through holes that I had created using a slot punch, both the faux ribbon and the sentiment were also doodled to help bring the whole image together.
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Recipe
Stamps - Noah's Parade High Hope Stamps , Happy Birthday Sentiment - Printworks Great Birthday

Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black
Callouts - computer generated
Cardstock - Kanban pearlescent cream and mat brown, white and cream
Copics, Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirits, Prismacolour metallic gold
Oval Nestabilites and Cuttlebug

Slot punch







Saturday, 29 March 2008

I am so glad that week is over, in total I spent 3 out of the 4 days last week (monday being a bank holiday) at either at the garage or sorting my car out....and its still not been fixed...

Saturday is normally as day I get to spend with OH and Monty our beagle , but due to work pressures OH had to go into work today....and I was quite glad as with everything that happened last week I hadnt had a chance to do my housework and he drives me bananas if he is around when I am trying to do it!

Once my house was back to sparkling like a shiney new button I was able to sit down and play. Over a month ago someone contacted me as they wanted to know where I got a stamp...and to cut a long story short we decided to do a image swap, and I have used one of the images that I got today.
Due to the inclimant weather I had to scan my card today.

I coloured the image using some of my copic markers, cut and embossed using my nestablities and cuttlebug...just for your reference if you are struggle to emboss check on GinaK's website
as she gives a great pictoral demo on what to do. I mounted the image on some dark blue cardstock, and then used dp from Brenda Waltons Mira range, the greeting is from Hampton Art and inked using Brilliance inks in green and dark blue and then I simply placed 3 gems (which don't really show up that well on the scanned image) on the side of the middle panel.


Recipe
DP cardstock - Brenda Walton Mira
Ink - Brilliance
Gems - Papermania
Stamps - Cupcake Mouse - Whipper Snapper, Make A Wish - Hampton Art









Saturday, 22 March 2008

Easter Saturday

What a strange day, we have had bright splitting the pavement sunshine 1 minute and snow blizzard the next....very odd! Monty the beagle has very puzzled by the hail...he has been out in snow but he could actually feel the hail...so he proceeded to try to eat it....14 years old and still stupid!lol

Put two quick cards together today, 1 for the MIL.....she goes home tomorrow (images of Jukie jumping up and down!) and 1 for really good friends who have rescued us tonight and asked us to go to dinner with them tonight....


Recipe
Stamps - The Pink Cat Studio
Ink - Stazon
Gems - Papermania
Colours - Copic
and my rectangle scalloped nestabilites....

Thursday, 20 March 2008

What a week!

I feel so bad I feel like I have abandoned you...(seems odd talking to a screen :)) anyway as I have explained before work took me away, MIL is visiting (going greyer by the second with that one), it was St Patrick's Day on Monday and OH Grandmother was rushed into Hospital, Tuesday my sister had a EEG to try and help find out why she is having fainting spells, Wednesday was my mums Birthday, we didn't think we would still have her so it was a great day, and Grandmother came out of hospital, today my mum is going into have the results of her ct scans and to find out if the chemo has halted the spread of the cancer.....and I am mentally and physically drained...right that is the end of of the pity party....I managed to make a card last night.....and I managed to photograph it this morning.....I have been making cards but I just haven't had the time to photograph them!

This card is for a great friend of ours Geoff, he loves drag bikes, the 50's, and he loves my cards :) he always gets mine and moves all his others so that mine takes centre stage (much to the annoyance of others!lol) but it is wonderful to make a card for someone whom you know really really appreciates the time effort and skill that goes into making a card.




Recipe:
Stamps - Stampabilities - Snoopy's Chopper, Happy Birthday - Printworks Great Birthday
Cardstock - Bonfire Red, Canary Yellow, Nutmeg Orange, and Black from Creative Expressions
Ink -Versamark Ink, Brilliance Ink Platinum Silver
Embossing Powder - Cosmic Shimmer - Lilac Apple Aurora
Gems - Papermania
Markers - Copic -Yellow Y06, Honey Y38, Cadmium Orange YR07, Orange YR68, Cadmium Red R27, Cool Gray No 3 C-3, Cool Gray No 5 C-5




Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Fab Friends

I got word this morning that the final person received their card so I can now publish it here on my blog! If you are looking for my Circles and Things with Wings challenge entry they are just below this post!


This card is for some fab ladies that I spend far too much time chatting to, we are like a right mothers meeting when we get going! When I saw this stamp at Ibrakeforstamps it made me chuckle and think of us so in it popped into my virtual shopping basket. When I got the stamp into my little hands I thought of the Red Hat Society papers that I had from K&Company….you can find out more about the Red Hat Society in America Here and the one in the UK here I have had these papers for quite a while and were in the too nice to cut pile but I am trying desperately to get over myself and use the beautiful goodies that I have…..you will notice thought I haven’t yet been brave enough to cut into the lovely embossed vellum that I have for this set **blush**…..but I have made a start!

The base card is bright Orange, then mounted some mat purple cardstock, then a section of the K&Company paper. I stamped the image using Jet Black Stazon, coloured it in using my Prismacolor pencils, mineral spirit and blender stump to blend. I then outlined the whole image with a 10%warm grey Prismamarker, in order to stop the white card from jumping off the card I inked the edges with some Brilliance ink in Pearlecent Crimson. As a final flourish of over the top clashing I added a red satin ribbon.

Monday, 25 February 2008

It's Spring in my garden!

Yep definitely its here, snowdrops, crocus, bird song (we are very privileged as we can to say we have a nesting pair of Thrush) and the sun is shinning, the sky is blue and its freezing! just the way I like it.

In my previous post I had talked about how I was finding it difficult to create my mams Mother's Day card.....well I did it yesterday....I like it ...its not perfect but I think she will love it.

The Poem that is going in side the card

My Mother

Who fed me from her gentle breast,
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
When pain and sickness made me cry,
Who gazed upon my heavy eye,
And wept, for fear that I should die?
My Mother.
Who dressed my doll in clothes so gay,
And fondly taught me how to play,
And minded all I had to say?
My Mother.
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My Mother.
And can I ever cease to be
Affectionate and kind to thee,
Who was so very kind to me?
My Mother.
- Anne Taylor


I found a great website for poems ...here and here



Recipe
Graphite Black Brilliance ink
Copic markers
Cuttlebug and Spellbinders Nestablilities
White Red and black cardstock
Mothers Day stamp MD9.f
Girl in the Rose Garden stamp - Tanda stamps
Red vellum for insert
I had to pop to the bank this morning....and I popped in to QS (a budget department store) and look what I found...the one in Rushden had loads of lovely boxes for storage...I was very tempted but I was good...ok not that because I got this little gem...I have no idea what I am going to do with her but she caught my eye.....for the princely sum of.......£3!!!

Saturday, 23 February 2008

Cherry Blossoms.................

I am slowly ploughing through the list of cards that I have to make; I spent time on cards that I can't show on here until all the recipients receive them... I am struggling with the two Mothers Day cards I have to make...Mothers Day is 2nd of March in Ireland and the UK. I am lucky that both my mam and my MIL both love receiving my cards and display them with pride **blush** so I know my efforts are not wasted, but this year Mothers Day has added meaning with my mam’s diagnosis. So I have found it hard to create the Mothers Day card of all Mothers Day cards.... but luck was on my side, one of my true friends reminded me that my mam would love whatever I made and to just pour my love into it rather then trying to make it perfect.......(I have still yet to make the card, but I have ideas of what I am going to do)

The card I am sharing with you today is the card I have made for my MIL, we have a strange relationship, it has its ups and downs, and at the moment its on an up so you have to take what you can get *wink*. For all the frustration, misunderstanding and stubbornness (on both sides) she has been nothing but supportive since we had mam’s diagnosis and the first words out of her mouth when she rings is to ask about my mam...and that builds many bridges. Anyway enough gushiness...

I was inspired by Michelle Redmans card that you can see here. I haven't got it quite right but I love the outcome and will be doing this look again!

I used cerise, pale pink and white card stock, I stamped the Bonsai tree image on the white card stock in Coffee Bean by Brilliance, coloured the images with my Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, and finally inked the white edges with Pearlecent Crimson by Brilliance.



Recipe:

Inks - Brilliance in Coffee Bean and Pearlescent Crimson

Prismacolor Pencils

mineral spirts

Cerise, pale pink and white cardstock

stamp from dimensions fourth

Sunday, 17 February 2008

I feel like dancing....

I am sorry its been a week since my last post, between work, life and other various traumas that life puts in our path, I haven't been able to blog.

I was contacted last week by a lady in America who was asking about my smiling beetle car stamp that I had got from Clevercut, and since she wasn’t able to get the stamp in the States I offered to send her some stamped images, anyway after a few emails we came to an agreement to send each other a set of 3 images stamped several times.

The card below is the card I sent with my images.
I played with my Adirondack alcohol inks again, this time on gloss paper with the blender, it was great fun and I loved the result. I simply stamped the image on white card stock, coloured it with Prisma pencils and blended with white spirit, and chalked the background. I matted it on to some coordinating green card stock and then blue card stock then the background I had created with the alcohol inks, and then black card stock and finally the base card! Each layer was finished with some dots in white, pale green or navy inks.


Recipe

Stamp - #MS114 from the Merry Stamper range at Ibrake for stamps
Adirondack Alcohol inks in denim and Bottle
Stazon ink in Jet black
Green Navy and Gloss cardstock
Prisma pencils
white spirit
White, pale green and navy Sakura pens
Blue chalk



And below is a little teaser for some young ladies who get cards from me every month or so.......what do you think I have made with the items below! **wink** if you aren't going to play fair neither am I **wink** (picture me sticking my tongue out here!)




Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Middle Aged old Fart......

I am trying to get through some of my list of millions of cards and I was putting off my brother’s card. Male cards are not the greatest to make at the best of times but when you are making a card for someone who you know wont appreciate it just makes it worse! So to increase my enjoyment I decided to go with something that I know will annoy him (aren’t I great baby sister to have! lol) He thinks he is all hip and trendy but he is just a middle aged man going through a crisis *wink*.

The base of the card is made from DCWV Cardstack in Clove (that implies its green to me. …or is that me…but it’s a lovely brown) . There are actually 8 layers to this card, a combination of K&Company Maison range of designer papers and matt card stock in creams and browns. I used 4 brads from Making Memories to anchor some of the layers down. The image is from Ibrakeforstamps, which I stamped using Adirondack Pitch Black ink, coloured with Prismacolor pencils, blended with white spirit, and the whole card is chalked with chalks from Pebbles Inc.


Recipe
Base Card - DCWV Cardstack in Olive
Plan Card - Kanban
Designer Paper - K&Company Maison range
Stamp - Ibrakeforstamps - humorous seniors range
Ink - Adirondack Pitch Black
Colours - Prismacolor pencils
Brads - Making Memories - bronze
Chalks - I Kan' dee - Pebbles Inc in earth tones

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

That will teach me for playing...

I decided my blog needed a face lift .....and I didnt like the result (its still a work in progress) but I lost all my extras along the way.....ahhhhhhhhhhhh.....anyway I will get there in the end.
And to make matters worse I had to do some WORK today....anyone would think they paid me...oh yeh they do...ok I guess I should do some stuff for them.....

Well over on a good friends blog she wrote a list of all the crafty things she had to do.......omg I did the same....and I am not doing very well on the striking off the list either so I need to pull my finger out......


February

2 Sisters Birthdays (both done)
1 Brothers Birthday
1 Nephew Birthday (done see below)
1 Mother in law Birthday (done)
1 Valentines (done)
10 Post Pals - cards for children
5 Friends - monthly cards
1 Penpal - sorry I have fallen off the face of the earth card
and I am sure some more will pop up


March is even worse
3 Neices Birthdays
1 BrotherBirthday
5 Friends Birthdays
1 Mums Birthday
6 St Patricks Day cards
6 Easter Cards
2 Mothers Day Cards
10 Post Pals
1 Penfriends
5 Friends monthly cards

I made this card last night for my nephew - quick and easy is the way to go with this list!lol

I stamped the image on white cardstock using Black Stazon ink, I coloured the image with Prisma colours, and used white spirit to blend. I then mounted the image on a dark blue card stock on which I had badly doodled in the corners (::) I then mounted that onto the Red 5X5 square card and added a dreaded peel off sentiment.


The Stamp is from Stamps Away who are also known as Clevercut.

Wednesday, 6 February 2008

Happy Birthday to Moo! and The Girl at the Gate

Happy Birthday to Moo! Is my entry for the SCS CC152 – It’s a colour challenge, using Apricot Appeal, Ballet Blue and Real Red, its even more of a challenge as these colours are Stampin Up! Colours, none of which I own, so I had a real close look at the fantastic entries and found as close a match as I could.

I also did the DCM Midweek challenge A little Extra Doodling, I added some faux stitching, but I also paper pricked the hole for some of the stitching and that is something that I have done before, but its something I will do again as I really like the effect.

I stamped the cow on white cardstock with Brilliance Graphite Ink and then coloured the image in using copics. (its not great but I am still learning!), I cut the image out using my Cuttlebug and small scallop Nestabilites die. I then used the same size die but the normal scallop on a blue card stock, which I mounted the image onto.

I cut out two stripes of card, one in muted yellow and the other the same blue I had used previously, faux stitching added, some pin pricking, and the edges inked with Mediterranean Blue Brilliance ink. I wrote Happy Birthday to Moo! Free hand and mounted onto the base cardstock which is red. I assembled all the pieces and added a final touch of bling with coordinating gems.




The stamp is from Dimensions Fourth
The cardstock in Kanban
The Gems are Papermania

The copics, and Nestabilites can be bought at numerous web sites.



The Girl at the Gate



The Girl at the Gate is stamped using Graphite Black by Brilliance onto white cardstock, coloured in using Prisma Colour Pencils, baby oil and prisma markers, mounted on some pale blue cardstock, then some forest green cardstock. The base card is a pearlescent gold, and a final touch is a dark green ribbon.



The stamp is from Ibrakeforstamps
The cardstock in Kanban and Craftworks
The ribbon is from a haberdashery department
The prisma pencils and markers can be bought at numerous web sites.

Monday, 4 February 2008

How do I love thee?

The challenge on Cardvarks


Make a Valentine - it's that time, let's bang 'em out

I started off by stamping the poem ‘How do I love thee?’ using Brilliance ink in Graphite Black on mat white cardstock. I sprayed some glimmer mist in Candy Apple Red and Sunburst on to some acetate and then I placed the stamped image into the spritzed ink and moved the card around on the acetate until I was happy with the result. For layer 2 - the border of the black mat cardstock is punched out using a heart Fiskars border punch. For layer 3 – the same technique as used on the stamped image – spritz glimmer mists on acetate, and then corner punched. All are mounted on a matt back A4 piece of cardstock (8.3 × 11.7), which I scored and folded in half and then used a corner punch on all four corners, and finally a coordinating ribbon to add the final flourish.


Recipe:

Stamp:- ‘How do I love thee?’ from Ibrakeforstamps
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black
Card- Black and white card stock
Emblesshments:- organza ribbon
extra:- Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels in Sunburst and Candy Apple Red

Sunday, 3 February 2008

Sk8tor Boy

I love days like today, I was up early and took Monty (the dog) for a walk across the fields, in the hour or so that I was out I saw 2 other people, but we did manage to see rabbits, a fox and a couple of squirrels, it’s at times like these you realise why its great to live in the country.

This card has been created for a forum buddies boy Ryan who is 5 today. The sk8tor image is from dimensions fourth which is a great online shop for those in the UK that want unmounted stamps…they will even make them to your design…. and at not an unreasonable charge.

I stamped the sk8tor image in Graphite Black by Brilliance, heat sealed it and then coloured him in using my new copics (oops did I not mention I had purchased those wink) I outlined the white cardstock with a coordinating blue thin line, mounted him on red paper from the For Boys to Men by Paper Pizazz.

I covered the A4 base card with some coordinating check paper again from For Boys to Men by Paper Pizazz, and went around the edge of the card marking faux stitches to help ‘ground’ the paper and added 3 square red gems from Papermania in the right hand bottom corner.

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Creative Expressions in Graphite Black by Brilliance, edged the white card with Rocket Red by Brilliance, and outlined with a blue ink pen. I mounted the white cardstock on to some of the remaining check paper from Paper Pizzaz, and again anchored the paper with some faux stitching; this was all then mounted on some of the red paper.
Inside the card I ran a strip of the red paper along the bottom onto which I added a strip of the check paper, finally I add a further sentiment from Creative Expressions.


Recipe:-

Ink - Brilliance in Graphic Black and Rocket Red

Paper - Paper Pizazz - For Boys to Men

Markers - Copics

Gems - Papermania

Stamps - Sk8tor Boy - Dimensions fourth, sentiments - Creative Expressions

Monday, 28 January 2008

Postpals

I try (not very successfully I am afraid) to send about 10 cards a month to the children that feature on Post Pals. For those who are not familiar with the work of Post Pals you can find the website at http://www.postpals.co.uk, these children and families are so brave and it I can make them smile once then my job is done. I love creating and this gives me an outlet to send my cards to. I challenge you to do the same, no one needs to know you don't have commit just make a few extras when you are making some cards and make a child smile……..:)

Summer is partially blind so I wanted to make sure that the card had plenty of dimension and texture but was simply. The image is from Pink Cat Studio, which I coloured in using Zig markers and iridescent glitter glue and then to add some more texture I used some 3D Crystal Lacquer. The image was then mounted onto foam pads. Using my Cuttlebug I embossed the front of the card with a design of circles and flowers. I filled some of the indentations with iridescent glue to give it a bit more dimension. I then added some yellow gingham ribbon across the front, which I tied in a simple knot. I used a vibrant yellow 5 by 5 card as my base.

Samantha’s card is made from an image I got from Pink Cat Studio, which I coloured in using Zig markers and iridescent glitter glue. The image was mounted on pink glitter card from DCWV, then onto some stripy cardstock taken from Nanna’s Kids by DCWV, and then onto some more pink glitter card. I used a lovely girly pink 5 by 5 card as my base. All the corners were cornered using a corner punch.
Niamh card is made from an image I got from Pink Cat Studio, which I coloured in using Zig markers and iridescent glitter glue. The image was mounted on yellow glitter card from DCWV and then I placed some yellow silk tape across the front of glitter and stripy cardstock taken from Nanna’s Kids by DCWV. I used a vibrant orange 5 by 5 card as my base. All the corners were cornered using a corner punch.
For Daniels card I used a stamp from Tanda – its on a stamp sheet with loads of cowboys and Indians images and great for men/boys. I stamped the image using black stazon, coloured the image in using Zig markers, mounted it onto paper from Making Memories called Cheeky Collection – Emery, the blue ribbon is from Dovecraft and finally it was all mounted on a vibrant blue 5 by 5 card.

Jessica’s card is made from an image I got from Pink Cat Studio, which I coloured in using Zig markers and iridescent glitter glue. The image was mounted on some black and then green glitter card from DCWV and then I placed some green silk tape across the front of the card on to which I mounted the image and the glitter card. I used a vibrant yellow 5 by 5 card as my base. All the corners were cornered using a corner punch.


Joe is a sibling of one of the post pals – it must be hard for him as well to see his sibling go through what they are. For Joe’s card I used a stamp from Tanda – its on a stamp sheet with loads of cowboys and Indians images and great for men/boys. I stamped the image using black Stazon, coloured the image in using Zig markers, mounted it onto paper from Making Memories called Cheeky Collection – Emery, the Independence embellishment is from my stash and I can’t remember where from (sorry) finally all are mounted on a red 5 by 5 card.

Glamour Puss

It was my beautiful niece Sharon 20th Birthday yesterday……….whhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa 20 OMG I can remember her being born……yep I was 15 but it doesn’t seem that long ago!lol She is stunning, I don't know where my sister got her from she is slim, blonde, and funny....oh and she has a wiggle and jiggle that makes her father dispare!lol well at that age everything is where it should be - might as well make the most of it!lol

Anyway, Sharon loves pink but she is also a girl about town who has edge, I actively encouraged her to die her hair pink – yep I am a wonderful Auntie! But in my defence if you don't do these things at that age when do you do them? Her hair grew out, it was no big deal and her mother still talks to me!
The Glamour Puss stamps I used are both from Pink Cat Studio, I coloured the design in with Zig Markers, and added a bit of glitz to the cushion with Black Stickles Glitter glue, the edges were edged with black ink and the corners shaped. Before mounting the image I made a faux bow using some pink ribbon. The image was mounted onto some designer paper called Lane de Belleville from the Pirate Princess range by Rusty Pickle, and then a layer of fabulous DCWV Black glitter card. I recommend this as a must have purchase – their glitter card does not shed glitter!!! Finally the image was placed on a 5 by 5 pink card, which I inked again with black ink.

Thursday, 3 January 2008

A book made by Me,For Me about Me!

I had seen loads of wonderful books made by loads of creative people using the Bind it All gadget. They are stunning, but I knew that this was one gadget that would not be in my stash (you can pick yourself off the floor!) I just would not use it. But I do like to make New Year Resolutions (which I keep from 1 day to year lol!) and I was in WHSmiths (a stationery shop) and saw that they had their spiral notebooks on sale....so I thought why not do a bit of altering.....


A5 Spiral bond notebook
Papers from Kelly Panacci - Defining Me Brown
Stickers from Kelly Pancci
Cardstock - NRN Designs - Designed by Carolyn Holt
Blooms - Prima
Glitter- Do crafts glitter glue in Pear Green and Irridescent Sparkle
Gems from Papermania
Fibre - unknown

There is so much more that I could do to this but at the moment I have left the other areas plain...until I find the right things for them....I really should be focusing on starting those resolutions!lol

Wednesday, 2 January 2008

Sneak peak

Just a sneak peak at what I am working on at the moment....