Jeepers, Creepers

This is for my best friend Jackie's grandson who will be 19 next week and I thought this stamp by  Stampendous Sneakers is just perfect. As usual I stamped and bossed the image twice, coloured with copics then cut them out. I got paper and red card from my stash and mounted onto a card. Using the complimentary stamp by Stampendous Sneaker Background I stamped, embossed and coloured the panel to go down the side of the card. The banner is from a greetings set by Woodware which is stamped and cut out, I have then cut out his name using All Occassion Dies and stuck onto the banner. I'm really pleased with the effect and think this is such an ideal stamp set for a male friend/relative young and old alike.

Sophisticated Lady

Tomorrow is my beautiful daughter-in-law's birthday and these cards are for her. The card on the left is from me and is of a very sophisticated lady contemplating her bath! The stamp is Scruffy Little Cat - Lola which I have stamped and embossed then coloured with copics. Using an embossing folder resembling bubbles I embossed a piece of white card which I then very lightly distressed with spun sugar and faded jeans distress inks. Mounted this onto red card, cut a shape from the same card and fixed some black lace around the edge with double sided tape. Out of gold card and using Marianne Swirls (CR1245) I added a swirl then added the image on top. I added a few sparkly gems on the red card just to give it a bit of bling.

The other card was achieved using Stampendous Heat and Bond sticky embossing powder and while still sticky press foiling over the top. Any areas missed with the foil I went over with Pearlex powder. The stamp and sentiments are Steampunk Shoes by Stampendous and have been stamped and embossed the same way, then cut out and mounted onto card which has been stamped with a script stamp. 

This card is for my son's two girls to give to her and the message that they wrote inside included 'thank you for being a second mum to us' which I thought was lovely and I know will bring tears to her eyes. Hope she has a great birthday! 

Black hair, black eye beauty

The black hair, black eye beauty in question is my gorgeous gt.granddaughter whose birthday is next Tuesday. I have been so busy lately, crafters will know what it's like, birthday are like buses there aren't any for a while then they all come at once. Plus it's half term, it's my sons turn to have his daughters and they have spent nearly every day here. I have also painted the down pipes on the outside of the house. Then I suddenly remembered Francesca's birthday, thank goodness once again for LOTV toppers. I do stamp and colour myself - honest! Anyway she loves the family cat so I thought this one was ideal. The background papers are also LOTV which I have mounted onto dark blue card, the topper is mounted in the same way. I have attached these to a ready decorated card by Woodware. The sentiment is also LOTV. The 4 Today are All Occassion Dies. A few faux pearls to finish. All ready to dash to the post office with it only to discover she flew to Portugal today along with Mum and Dad to spend her birthday there, last year it was Brazil! Oh well! There's always next year!

Sweet Iris

                             My friend in Cornwall, her great Granddaughter will be two at the end of May and this is the card I've made for her. The card and papers are cut using Spellbinder dies. The dark red rose paper is from LOTV as is the topper which I have cut out.the pink card is from my stash. The sentiment, name and figure 2 are All Occassion Dies. The banner is just scrap paper cut with a Stampin Up punch. To finish I just highlighted certain areas on the topper with Sakura Gelly Roll pens.

Wedding Day

My son asked me to make a wedding card for his friend who is getting married in June and this is what I came up with. I embossed some white card with a rose folder by Embossalicious and distressed the edges. This was mounted onto an eight by eight card. The very fancy die is Anjas Vintage Decoration by Marianne. I cut two of these and positioned them in the centre of the card leaving a gap in the middle which is where I placed the other two die cuts. This set is by spellbinders and again I distressed the edges. I have used All Occassions Dies for the names. The swirls are by Cheery Lynn and all the flowers are from my stash. The sentiment on the ribbon bow is by LOTV.

Disco Girl

It was my friend Kim's eldest granddaughters birthday last week and I thought this stamp was ideal for a teenager.  It is Creative Expressions Betty  Boots which I stamped and embossed then coloured with  distress inks  and distress markers, tea dye, brushed courdroy, rusty hinge, faded jeans, worn lipstick and preserved berries. Her top and the laces in her shoes  I coloured with clear Wink of Stella. The glitter ball has been stamped using Stazon onto acetate . This was mounted onto double sided sticky sheet and cut out. I then covered the reverse side with silver glitter. The two sentiments which came with the image have been coloured with Sakura gelly roll pens. Two of the background papers are by LOTV and the chequered one is made from scraps of card from my stash. I think you'll agree a swinging card!