4 cards made this week

its been a couple of weeks since I blogged, and I have spent this week making 4 cards. Needed to make a birthday card for a friend's husbands birthday, found some gardening decoupage and also used some lovely buttons I bought whilst in Canada, its 1 6" x 6" scalloped edge card.

I have a very extensive collection of peel-offs which had gone unused for many months apart from the occasional peel-off greeting but I recently bought a box full from a friend on DO craft forum and thought they would make useful cards to start building up my card box where I can just pop in and pick up a card when needed, used to have lots in reserve but recently have only made cards when specifically needed. I am away from home a lot caring for my 6 year old niece whilst my sister is abroad on business and I cant take much craft stash, so peel-offs, backing paper, gems, DST and glue as well as the cards themselves are about all I can take, along with some decoupage to cut out and layer up.

I really enjoyed finding papers to back the peel-offs onto then cut them out and then make the new toppers onto cards along with patterned papers, holographic card, gems and pearls. I also have an extensive stash of card and paper off-cuts divided up into colour, style etc and hadn't dipped into them for months, so as my aim this year is to really start using what stash I already own but had forgotten I had, I used 8 different papers and card off-cuts (from 6" x 6" to small offcuts) on these 3 cards.

The first card is a small gatefold card  from my made up card stash (4.5" x 3.5") and to co-ordinate with the oriental dress topper I used Wild Rose Studios 'In Love with Japan' floral paper, along with holographic paper and pink glittered card all from my stash. As half the back of the dress is showing inside the card, I used the same paper to cover the back to make it look neater. I finished off the card with 14 pearls bought in Canada.

 

This second card is a 6" x 6" card, the pink paper was free from a craft magazine last year, not sure which one, spotted paper which made the handbag topper also from my scraps stash, the gems were bought in Canada last year, the purple holographic card was also from my scraps stash and the lilac paper is from Wild Rose Studios 'In Love With Japan' 6" x 6" paper pad. Finished off the card with gems bought in Canada.

 

This last card is a get well card for my friend Ginny who had a hip operation today, all papers are from my scraps stash, all on an A6 purple card base. finished off the card with gems from Canada.

 

thankyou for any comments, Fi x

a thankyou and a birthday card (both using promarkers)

This week Andy and I went on a mini break to Herefordshire and stayed in a superb 4* farm guesthouse for 2 nights, I took some of the dfonated stamped images and enjoyed sitting on the bed in the early evenings colouring with my new promarkers which I just LOVE and can't wait to add more colours to my collection. this first phot ws taken at a superb pub where we had dinner on Tuesday evening.

This 2nd photo was taken just before we left the guest house to come home on Wednesday morning.

The first card I made was for our church admin manager Mike who has been arranging for homemade evening meals to be brought round to us til I'm well enouight to prepare evening meals myself, either cooked by himself or from other memebers at church who know us, all have been yummy, I gave him this card card and told him  I tried not to make it too girly, to which he replied humourously "I'm in touch with my feminine side!"

6" scalloped card and floral paper edged with TH shabby shutters distress ink. donated image coloured with promarkers and embellished with London Line gems, card finished with red card candi, red spotty grosgrain ribbon and printed 3D sentiment. the message on bouquet of flowers says "thanks Mike".

The 2nd card was made for our great-niece Grace's 1st birthday, image coloured Friday evening, card made today.
I used another donated, diecut and embossed LOTV image and coloured it with promarkers, added grosgrain robbon, blue card, and London Line pearls, the paper is from Wild Rose Studio 'In Love with Japan' 6" paper stack, all on my favourtie 6" scalloped edge card base.

Purple floral decoupage card and 4 cards made whilst on holiday in June

After all the time taken to finish the 2 scrap albums for my family last month, I've returned to cardmaking but not had time to upload any cards until today. I've also been away on an amazing weekend retreat and a week in Devon in June. I've come back refreshed and with some lovely new stash from the Crafty Devils warehouse in Barnstaple, North Devon. Also at Dartington Crystal, in Great Torrington, the Edinburgh Woollen Mill outlet there has a fill a box scheme similar to the Papermill offer, it came in A5 and A4. I chose A4 and crammed my plastic folder with 104 papers and cardstock. Pearlised, embossed, foiled, gingham, pastels, rich colours, textured, musical scores etc, so many gorgeous designs, all for £5.50, thats about 5p per A4 sheet!

card made today, no sentiment yet

floral decoupage
lilac Wild Rose Studio 'In Love with Japan' 6" x 6" paper
PM Capsule Collection 'Heather' gems
purple holographic card and A4 card from stash

4 cards made on holiday, it was very wet in North Devon in late June.

1. Congratulations card for my son Dan. He got a first and three 2:1's in his end of year 1, law degree exams, so proud of him.

all elements of this card are from my stash, origin unknown

2. Best wishes card for Carrie Headteacher who is leaving

mouse decoupage, gingham paper & green pearlised paper & 5" square card  all from stash

3. anniversary card

bamboo paper from wild Rose Studio, 'In love with Japan', 6" paper pack
decoupage, holographic card, gems, sentiment and 5" card all from stash

4. best wishes card

bird/floral decoupage
best wishes sentiment from Craft Creatives
background paper, holographic card, gems and 5" card all from stash

silver wedding card made this week

Crafters Companion cake decoupage
Anita's Stickers flowers, number & sentiment peel-offs
pink embossed paper, pink gingham card and silver foiled embossed A5 card (A4 folded in half), all from Papermill fill a  box offer
gems from stash

Japanese theme birthday card

I was inspired to make this card by my new fab Wild Rose Studio 'in love with Japan' paper pad I bought this week.

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Aubergine satin card from stash

Japanese peel-offs from stash

Wild Rose Studio 'In love with Japan'  bamboo and fans papers

Card Creativespurple glitter corner stickers

Papermania lilac adhesive stones

5" square white card from stash 

3 commissioned decoupage birthday cards

                                                                Fairy decoupage card
                        decoupage, paper, ribbon, button, sentiment & gems all from my stash

bird decoupage card

embossed card from craft swap

brown paper from Posies scrapbook kit

patterned paper & sentiment from stash

dotty A6 card from Mad about cards

                                                               Dufex decoupage card
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                                                                  Dufex decoupage
                                        Wild rose Studio 'in love with Japan' floral paper
                                                        QVC silver satin A6 card
                                            corner & sentiment peel-offs from stash
                                                         tiny Papermania pearls