Cabbage Patch

This decoupage set came free with Quick Cards Made Easy magazine (free stuff seems to be a theme with me at the moment!) Beatrix Potter images are gorgeous but I just never know how to frame them. This one just begged for a nestie and following my current trend for clean and simple I decided to just stamp a simple message on the bottom (again from a clear acrylic Papermania set that came with Creativity magazine!). Hmmm, not convinced but maybe I've spent too long looking at it!

Image: Beatrix Potter decoupage set free from magazine
Card: from stash cut with nestie
Sentiment: Papermania acrylic stamp

Simple Jemima

I'm still at my Mum's and as we have loads of family due to arrive I thought I'd pop up a simple one. I definitely seem to be leaning towards clean and simple at the moment.

Image: Jemima chopbaord embellishment from a magazine.
Pink ribbon: cheap from the market!
Card: from my stash
Sentiment: Papermania acrylic stamp

The Pianist

This is definitely one of my favourite images at the moment; The Pianist. I love the curves and being at my Mum's it's a sight I see so regularly (either Mum or my sister, oh and now my little monkeys!)

I know I posted this image for a challenge recently but i liked it so much I had to have another go! I coloured using Pencil crayons and sansador, my prefered colouring method (at the moment!) Again, I used my nesties to frame it (I'd be lost without them!) and did some of that faux stitching I love so much.

Card blank - Elco, Square

Paper - Papermania Creative tones, Pink

Flowers - Papermania elements and mini flower brads

Drewent Coloursoft Pencils, Sansador oil, black ink pad, black gel pen

Three crowns

My inspiration definitely came from Simplicity for this Christmas card. I like the clean and simple theme and hopefully you still get the Christmas message (although I might have to work on what I put inside, maybe a bible verse?)

Card - Craft tonic
Images - Digistamps: Crowns from DigiSparkle
Circles - nesties
Derwnt Softcolour Pencils, Sansador Oil, black gel pen

A pile of challenges

I worked quite hard on these, and as I'm staying at my Mum's without all my stash and I was working on the floor not a desk, I feel quite pleased with them! Nothing like blowing your own trumpet, is there!

This first card is for a whole pile of challenges:

Pile it on: Good things com in three's - like my 3 little monkey's!
But in the card sense: 3 ribbons (the 3rd one is hiding behing the flower) 3 flowers (layered, I know it's flimsy!) and 3 papers.

Stamp something: Birthday somethings


Get sketchy Well that was the sketch!

Pollycraft: Favourite things

This definitely uses my favourite things, my nesties and big shot! How did I cope without them? Well, no more dodgy circles for me (well not many anyway!)

Image - Digistamp The Pianist from Digisparkle
Card blank - Elco, Square
Paper - Paper pad free from Quick Cards made Easy Magazine
Flowers - Papermania elements and mini silver brad
Ribbon - Glued flower and straight navy blue ribbon & white sparkly ribbon from stash
Sentiment - Papermania mini birthday clear set
Derwent Coloursoft Pencils, Sansador oil, silver gel pen

This second one is using the sketch from Friday sketchers. I really like Robbie the robot but couldn't work out how to use him. I'm still not convinced it has shown him off properly, I think I needed different colour stars, I don't know. Any suggestions? Please be honest, it's the only way I'll learn! Oh and the blue doesn't look very blue in the photo; I need to practice my photography as well as my colouring!

Image - Digistamp Robbie robot from Digisparkle
Card blank - Elco, Square
Paper - From my stash and embellished with stamp from Papermania Alphamania clear set
Stars - Nesties
Derwnt Coloursoft Pencils, Sansador oil, Black gel pen, Blue ink pad

A quickie!

Just a quickie, as it's getting a bit late, and way past my bedtime! It's a card for my brother-in-law, a masculine card but without having to find a relevant theme!



Stars: Nesties and Papermania spotty brad
Paper: Papermania Colossal
Stamps: Papermania alphabet stamps

A Different Grandad

My Uncle recently became a Grandad and I was commissioned to create a card for him as Aunty felt most other cards were a little on the 'cutesy' side. He's not one for the mess and noise of babies and she wanted that reflected in the card. I think I got the gist! I couldn't help adding the more 'ahhhh' bit inside.

White card blank - from my stash

Circles - images found online cut with my nesties

Wording - black gel pen

Header - done on my computer!

Paper - Red with gold thread from my stash