Golden Tree

Decided to try out my punch around the page stamps and thought this image went quite well with the wrought iron gate look of the border.

Products used:

• Stamps: Kanban Trees, Magnolia Love letter background
• Papers: Kanban gold and black foiled card, paper from stash
• Tools used: Embossing powders, Martha Stewart punch around the page, Nestabilities

This card was based on a sketch from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge 60: Sketch (Sat 12 June)

Carolyne

Sleeping Mouse

Haven't done a pink card for while, and I've been neglecting my House Mouse stamp recently too so decided to use this image for the Sketch Saturday challenge.

Products used:

• Stamps: House Mouse sleeping mouse
• Papers: Unknown papers from my stash
• Embellishments: Ribbon and Adhesive pearls
• Coloured with: Watercolour pencils
• Tools used: Nellie Snellen die, Martha Stewart Doily Punch

I am entering this one for:

• Sketch Saturday 107: Sketch (Sat 12 June)
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Light Pink, Light Purple, Light Green (Sat 12 June)
• Allsorts 56: Lace (Sat 12 June)

Carolyne

Cow In Wellingtons

This was an attempt at a card that would be okay for a man, one of the papers is a little bit flowery but i decided i'd probably get away with it.

Products used:

• Stamp: Penny Black image
• Papers: Unknown supplier (got them from QVC ages ago)
• Coloured with: Watercolour pencils

I am entering this card for the Friday Sketchers challenge: #106 (Friday 11 June)

Carolyne

Dancing in High Heels

Decided I'd done too many cute and character cards recently so deliberately went for something different. I was intending on doing some mens card but got side tracked a bit with this image.

Products used:

• Stamps - Unmounted theme plate (Hero Art Set I think, but I'm not 100% sure)
• Papers - From Stash (Unknown origins)
• Embellishments - Pink Ribbon, Punched flowers, Adhesive pearls
• Tools used - Nestabilities, flower punches, white pen & score bug to create faux stitiching, black and pink iridescent glitters

I am entering this card for these challenges:

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 53 - Sketch (Wed 9 June)
• Simon Says Challenge - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (Wed 9 June)
• Secret Crafter 87 - Include a quote (Sat 12 June)

Carolyne

Rabbits in Pots

This card is for a friends Mum to give to her Dad on his 70th birthday. SHe asked me to do something bright and summery with a garden theme and to include his name and age as a major part of the design.
Products used:

• Stamps: Penny Black Rabbits in Pots
• Papers: Basic Grey
• Embellishments: Sizzix alphabet die cut letters (Red), Die cut alphabet (Black)
• Coloured with: Marvy le Plume pens

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• My time to craft #95: Xtra Special (Tue 8 June)
• Our Creative Corner: Summer inspiration (Sat 5 June)
• Sentimental Sunday #6: Neglected stash - Basic grey papers (Sun 6 June)

Carolyne

Popcorn with Present Pile

This card is for a 3 year old girl so i made a conscious effort to avoid pearl, jewels etc so as not to put anything on it that could be harmful to a small child. Again i have used an 8x8" card for this one which are ideal for these larger popcorn stamps.

Products used:

• Stamp: Popcorn with present pile
• Papers: DCWV Nana's nursery and Cardstock
• Embellishments: Cars candy, Ribbon Bow
• Coloured with: Prisma pencils
• Tools: Nestabilities, Sizzix Alphabet Dies, Cutlebug Number Dies

I am entering this card for the Crafter Companion Companion June Challenge which is a fab sketch.

Carolyne

Learner Driver Milo

This card presented a bit of a challenge image wise as I was was asked for a cute character driving a car with an L plate on.

The problem was i had no stamps at all that were suitable - in the end i ended up piecing together two decoupage images. The car originally had Donald Duck in it (but i didn't think that was suitable for a 17 year old girl) so manged to find a Milo image who was the right size to replace him with.

Products used:

• Decoupage Images: Car and Milo
• Stamps: Woodware greeting and Forever friends numbers
• Papers: DCWV Nana's nursery, Coredinations card
• Embellishments: Ribbon
• Tools used: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nestabilities

I am entering this card for the Caardvarks June challenge - Embossing (June 2010)

Carolyne

Hedgehog on a Tee

This is the third of the Thank you cards i have done (again with a golfing theme). This time I used a Penny Black hedgehog stamp I've had for quite a while.

I have made some golf ball embellishments by cutting out a small circle using my nestability dies and using the cuttlebug bubbles folder to de-boss the dimples onto it.

Products used:

• Stamps: Penny Black and hero arts sentiment
• Papers: DCWV Nana's Nursery and cardstock
• Embellishments: Golf balls, Ribbon, Paper flowers and pearl for flower centre
• Coloured with: Marvy le Plume Pens
• Tools: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Bubbles Folders

I am entering this for the following challenges:

• Stamp, Scrap and Doodle #43: Handmade embellishment (Sat 5 June)
• Secret Crafter #86: Sketch (Sat 5 June)

Carolyne

Souffle on a Golf Tee

This is the second in a series of four thank you card i have been asked to make with golfing theme. As the image for this was so small i have had to use quite a few frames and borders to make it big enough to be the focal point.

Products used:

• Stamps - Popcorn Souffle on a Tee, Kars Circle Frames and Stampasaurus greeting
• Papers - DCWV
• Embellishments - Mini Pearls
• Coloured with - Prisma Pencils
• Tools Used - Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Edge Punch

I am entering this for these challenges:

• Daring Cardmakers - A String of Pearls (Fri 4 June)
• Sketch Saturday #106 - Sketch (Sat 5 June)

Carolyne

Gardening Popcorn

I needed to do a card for someone who loves gardening so decided on this Popcorn stamp, as the stamp itself is a bit on the large size I've used an 8x8 card for this one.

Products used:

• Stamps - Popcorn gardening and Penny Black Greeting.
• Papers - K&Co and DCWV
• Embellishments - Gardening string and a mini newspaper (from a dolls house shop), raffia ribbon.
• Coloured with - Prisma Pencils
• Tools - Glossy accents for sticking down the string.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• Friday Sketchers #106 - Sketch (Fri 4 June)
• C.R.A.F.T Challenge #54 - Men's Card (Thur 10 June)

Carolyne

Large Floral Card

I was asked to create a large (A4) card for a ladies 80th birthday, the only restrictions i was given was it should have flowers and be light pastel colours. As the stamps had didn't seem big enough i dug out a my craft studio no stamp required CD that i don't think I've used since i bought it and took the outline image from there. The paper were also from a CD - a Kanban one that containing background paper that match some tree themes stamps and toppers.

Products used:

• Images - No stamps Require Flower CD, Hero Arts script for one of the background panels, Papermania greeting and Forever Friends number stamps..
• Papers - Kanban CD, DCWV card stock.
• Embellishments - Paper flowers and roses, Cotton lace, Punched leaves, P:ear pins, Adhesive pearls.
• Coloured with - Watercolour pencils, Chalk eye ink pads, clear glitter to highlight, White pen for faux stitching.
• Tools - Nestabilities, Score bug (for stitching holes)

I am entering this for these challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Flowers (Fri 4 June)
• Sketchy Colours #27 - Green, Lilac & White (Sun 6 June)

Carolyne

Doggy Bathtime

I have tried using this stamp before but was never particularly happy with the outcome so i have tried colouring this image with my Prisma Pencils and am generally much happier with the way its worked out.

Products used:

• Stamps: House Mouse
  Papers: Unknown from my stash
  Tools Used: Nestabilities, Paper Shapers Swirl Punch, Prisma Pencils, Clear Glitter, Cuttlebug Alphabet Dies

I am entering this card for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge #116 - Anything But Square.

Carolyne

Golfing Popcorn

I was asked for four 6x6" thank you cards with a golfing theme. I only have four suitable images so had to use them all and as this popcorn stamp was too big to use the whole image I cropped it so i was only using the top half.


Products used:

• Stamps: Popcorn Golfing and Hero Arts Sentiment
• Papers: K&Co and DCWV
• Embellishments: Golf ball made using a circle nestability embossed with the bubbles folder, Decorative Ribbon.
• Tools: Scorebugs for mock stitching, Nestabilites, Bubbles Embossing Folder, Prisma Pencils, White and Blue Pens.

Challenges entered:

• Creative Card Crew - Thank You (Tue 8 June - Fortnightly)

Carolyne

Glittered Jade Butterfly

This card was made in two stages. I originally made the background and layout for my spring wedding carriage card but it wasn't quite right so i ended up taking that image off (and creating a new background for it) and replacing it with this glittered acetate butterfly that seemed a lot more in keeping with this background.

Products used:

• Stamps: PSX Butterfly, Hero Arts Foliage and Script Background Stamps.
  Paper: Acetate, Coredinations cardstock and stamped/embossed backgrounds
  Embellishments: Card Candy, Ribbon
  Tools Used: Green Peewee Glitters, Nestabilities, Encore Metallic Jade Ink, Clear Glitter Embossing Powder, clear detail embossingpowder.

I am entering this card for these challenges.

• Cupcake Craft Challenge #94 - Dazzle (Mon 7 June)
• Everybody Art #94 - Things with Wings (Tue 8 June)
• One Stop Craft #59 - Make Your Own DP (Sat 5 June)
• Challenge Up Your Life #22 - Critters and Bling (Sat 5 June **)

Carolyne

Wedding Carriage

This card was made as a spring wedding card, i have reused an old layout I really liked from a challenge a couple of months ago.

Products used:

• Stamp: Lilly of the Valley
  Papers: DCVW Nana's Nursery (Boy)
  Embellishments: Card Candy, Ribbon
  Tools: Prisma Pencils, Clear Glitter, Nestabilities

I am entering this for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge #64 - I Do (Sun 6 June)

Carolyne