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!

Sympathy for a friend

I just had to quickly make a card for my friend of long standing Jeannie. The poor woman found out that her brother had died SEVEN days previously, and HOW she found out!! She was visiting her sister in Brighton who just so happens to follow Facebook and she had got into one of her nieces Facebook pages where she saw, to her horror, R.I.P messages to her brother! My friends sister, not one to mess about, phoned her niece demanding to know what was going on, only to be told that her sister-in-law only wanted immediate family to know and to attend the funeral. What are Jeannie and her sister for Gods sake if not immediate family, he was their only remaining sibling. We could understand it if there had been a falling out but there hadn't been. Jeannie went to an anniversary party at their house last year. Sorry, but I am just SO angry on her behalf. I said to our other close friend I've just got to make a card from us to show someone cares.

              

                                                        I wanted to keep it clean and simple so I decided to use the

Dreamweaver long stem calla lily stencil  and coloured it with colour box liquid chalks and Sakura glitter pen. I mounted it onto matching card and finished off with a very narrow black ribbon and bow. I kept the message inside simple using sentiments from Stampendous Sincere sentiments set. 

Let's Party!

I have made this card for my best friend's granddaughter whose birthday is just after I return from holiday. The stamp was a freebie which came with one of the craft magazines and, I think, is just perfect for a 15 year old. It barely needs any colouring just a touch here and there which I have done with glitter pens. The background papers are LOTV as is the sentiment. Added numbers from stash and we're ready to party!

First Birthday

I kept myself occupied during the thunderstorm this afternoon by making this card for the gt.granddaughter of my friend in Cornwall. I have used a trusted LOTV topper from the toddlers range, added glossy accents to the balloon and Sakura clear star pen to the cake stand and little girl's shoes. I cut the card using one of my new Spellbinder edging dies then embossed it with a beautiful folder of babies feet. Distressed with Spun Sugar distress ink, mounted onto pink card then added faux pearls around the edge. Added a number 1 to the balloon and a LOTV greeting.