Peace

Another card for the batch for my mum This time I stamped a little scribble snowman and water coloured his hat and scarf. I embossed the "peace on earth" in gold. I backed them all on some printed vellum. Two die cut trees with little gems were then added - quite cute I think.

Noel

Here is the first of a bundle I have to make for my mum. I embossed the noel in gold then coloured the card with chalks. The names are done with rub on's and the card coloured the same way as before. The decorations down the side are from hot off the press. Hopefully a good card for a couple who like traditional christmas things!!!

Teddy

I started by using dabbers on a piece of mountboard then I went round the edges with silver krylon though it doesn't show up very well. Then I stamped Linda Luckin's gorgeous teddy - my favourite stamp of all time. I then stamped the words with a versafine ink pad and rubbed around the edges with black. The edge of the dotty paper was punched with my stampin' up punch. I finished it off with bits and pieces I found lying around on my craft table!

Friend

I must stop playing and do some housework here is my next play for today! This bird stamp is another favourite and I found it while hunting for another stamp so I had to play didn't I? I edged all the layers with gold pen and put krylon on the hinges. The bird was finished off with glossy accents and an acrylic thingy.

Pretty Dandelion Clock

I started by covering the background of this atc with dabber then I did the same on some stampboard. The dandelion clock was then embossed in gold. I used linda luckin's grass stamp around the edge and my gold krylon pen. I fininshed it off with some doh dah letters covered in glossy accents and little diamonds on the clock!

Birthday Canvas

Here is a canvas I made for a friends birthday. I covered the canvas in acrylic paint then softened the colour with a white dabber. then I stamped swirls and flowers and added acetate butterflies. Simple!

Blow Alastair

I've managed to do Octobers scrapbook challenge on craft swap and it is only the 5th!!!!! What will I do for the rest of the month?

For this months challenge you had to use

1 photo of 1 person

2 patterned papers

3 or more embellishments

Here is my page.

Dandelion Moo

These are moos for the 3x3 moo swap on craft swap . The dandelion stamp is from hero arts I embossed it in gold. I edged each moo with gold krylon and finished them off with some eyelets and a dragonfly brad!

Beautiful Butterfly

This card was inspired by my friend Daisy's moo! I loved the butterfly she used so much I rummaged through my stash and found this butterfly paper by crafty individuals. The background paper and slide mount are from Lisa Bearnson. My butterfly of course is more sparkly than Daisy's

Espresso Yourself!

I just had to play - I got some stamps from Elzybells today and a lollipop too Here is what I made - the background writing and little words are my new ones ! Not everyones cup of tea I know

Leaves and Tree

I stamped the leaves with vintage sepia versafine and then stamped the twig tree one of Linda Luckin's designs with the same ink pad. I distressed the edges of the tree paper and inked them. I then added ribbon and a word tag.

Snowy The Snowman

Allison's challenge this week is snowmen and hopefully I have managed this one just in time!

The snowman and snowflakes are Linda Luckin Design stamps. I stamped the snowman in black stazon and coloured his scarf and hat with water colour pencils. I then added some dazzling diamonds from stampin' up. The snowflakes are heat embossed in enchanted gold. Background paper was embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder.

Non's Boxes

Last time my mum came to visit she bought

two boxes from Craft Central and gave me strict instructions to get them decorated for her! (I'll get into trouble for saying that cause actually she said when I get a chance but that didn't sound as good!!)

So here they are decorated! I coloured them with "cool peri" dabber. The stamped the swirls and leaves and heat embossed them I also embossed around the edges of the lids. A couple of small gems have been added after we had picked them off the floor where I had spilt them and when I say small I mean SMALL!

More Agapanthus

Another card with my new stamps! This time i gave up with the castaway pad and went for some gold embossing instead - thought I might be less likely to set the house on fire that way! Anyway this is the result.

Agapanthus!

I received a package from QVC yesterday - and these are the stamps that were in it. There was also a Castaway ink pad! well I have fought with it and used all sorts of paper and this is the only paper I have been able to make it work on! But I have managed to burn a few pieces Anyway The background paper has been stamped with this pad - I think it has turned out quite well but don't know which paper to try next.

Snowy Times

I don't believe I'm making Christmas cards so early! For this one I stamped Linda's snowman in black stazon then watercoloured his scarf, hat and nose. I added glossy accents to his eyes. I then cut and embossed a tag and added some dazzling diamonds for that snowy look! The background was made by stamping Linda's snowflakes and heat embossing them with crystal sparkle and enchanted gold.

Blue fish

For this weeks My time to Craft challenge the theme is "Shades of Blue!" I started with my square of blue card then I stamped Lindas little fish with blue stazon! I triple embossed it and added some acrylic gems. Then I stamped another little fish and added dazzling diamond from stampin' up to his scales.