Plumbers Birthday

I had a laugh making this card for my brothers 49th birthday later this month. The digi stamp came from my 'Just Inklined' CD Rom called 'The Next Big Thing'.

It's been coloured with pro markers with 'A Wink of Stella' for his undies! I matted and layered it all up onto an A4 card, inked the edges and cut out a spanner and some nuts from Polkadoodles 'Paper Boutique 3' on my Cameo.

I've just added the insert complete with the greeting 'At Your Age You Need To Keep An Eye On Your Plumbing!' hope he likes it ;-)

Me to You

I've had fun making this 50th birthday card for a friend. I even managed to convince myself to crack open the Hunkydory rainbow mirri board. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the decoupage layers added matching backing paper, card, ribbon & gemstones. Oh and not forgetting the bunting! A lot of people say CD crafting is not proper crafting but I disagree.

Emma Canning Digi

I so love this digi by the very talented Emma Canning that I decided to use it again if I feel brave enough I may even try to become part of the 'Flatfriends DT' as I love to colour in so much. I'd also like to enter this card into the Polkadoodles August Challenge.

Sugar Birdies CD

I love all of Nikky Halls (polka doodles) CD Roms there's no better place for inspiration when you find your mojo lacking. So I came up with this card yesterday. Hope you like.

Polka doodles July Challenge

Ok about time I got back into this blogging malarkey. This is the card I entered into polkadoodles July Challenge. We were given a sketch (by Michelle Shirley) & a free digi stamp (by Emma Canning). I hope you like?

Butterfly Wishes

You know these thoughts that hit you in the middle of the night? Well here are the results. I bought Barbara Grays' 'lesson 9' from C&C the other week but couldn't afford everything else to complete the lesson so have put my own spin on it. I used the petal stamps from the set for the purple & green card & flowers from artemio stamp set for the pink & blue.
I embossed the butterflies with white ink & clear embossing powder & picked out the matching colour PM to colour the wings. The cards were matted & layered up with embossed white card adding ink or gems to hi light then added the butterflies. Voila! Hope you like?

Happy Birthday Tom

Teenagers can be so difficult to accommodate when it comes to making cards. It has been known for me to purchase cards from a shop!
I've thought long and hard about my youngest son and decided Boofle would be perfect for him he's at college studying photography.
I've used straight edges as I think they look quite masculine but also tried to incorporate jaunty angles and texture with buttons, ribbon and string.

Comments as always are most welcome