It has been a while !

Yes I have returned...and with a fair few cards to add to show what I have been up to creatively since last chatting on here. 2012 was a fantastic year for me - more of that another day ! In the meantime here are a selection of cards I have made; some using the same stamp. I have more but seem to have lost the photo files somewhere on my external hard drive :)

First up a couple of steampunk ish style cards:

 

I love both these digi stamps and have used them a fair bit - and no doubt will be using them again !

Next up a batch of male cards - suprisingly I quite enjoy the challenge of making these - making them look pretty hehe

 

 

And finally some more female kind of cards:

 

Back with some more some time soon !

more sunshine and no showers

Well the good weather and half term has been keeping me busy, and my crafty mojo went on holiday for a while too ! But it seems it is coming back in a vengence and yesterday I made two cards for requests. The first is a hobbit card for a Lord of the Rings fan....kind of wasnt sure what I was going to do with this one at first but am pleased with the final results:

The second card was for a cat fan....won this stamp a while back from Pink Cat Studios in a Friday sketchers challenge and this was my first use of it...think it looks cute :)

All going well there will be more here in the next few days ! For now I have linked this to Make it Monday fun :)

My fairy stamp again

well I have had a few more days without work so as well as enjoying the sunshine - still havent had any rain for weeks ! - I have been making a few more cards. I was going to enter it into this weeks Orchid Craft Challenge but have realised I havent used any of their flowers on it lol. Decided to make my own paper roses instead with some beaded stamens I found in a local craft shop. So here is my little card:

The fairy is coloured with copics and the papers are from years ago hoarded in my stash. The butterfly is a Marianne D die cut covered in pink crackle paint....just to see what it would look like !

I have entered it into the Papertake weekly challenge which is punches and die cuts :)

at last I made it back ...

With the wonderful sunshine we have been having I have been more out than in these past couple of weeks. Just cant bear to waste the sunshine when we get it ! However, needs must and I have had to make up a couple of birthday cards for the older male hehe. Always a tricky one as I struggle to find stamps I am totally happy with for such requests. So back to good old Joanna Sheen discs...this time the RHS collection. Combined with some of the prima botanical papers and diecuts of leaves and birds. The botanical papers are gorgeous...I love the faint designs that are part of them....oh the agony chosing which papers to use !

Anyway the end result is this....(folded in the same way I did my valentines card way way back in feb).

And finally...

I have had chance to sit down and create a card ! Been a while but at last I have done a little something for the Kenny K Spice it up challenge. I always like their stamps and this new one is a real favourite.

As usual the image is coloured with copics. The papers are from some old DCVW pads and then i have used two of the Marianne D die cuts - one of which is the new creatables rose.

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My favourite fairy

Another card destined to be a Mothers day card using my favourite fairy from LOTV. As such I will enter into their challenge too :)

For this card I have used my new papers - the first I have bought this year ! They are from the 6x6 Prima Botanical set and are gorgeous ! They will be making a big showing here I am guessing hehe. I have used an old fiskers flower punch, a Martha Stewart leaf punch and a new Marianne D die cut of a cute little bird. As always my fairy is coloured with copics :)

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The sun has been shining !

With the sun shining and spring well and truely here I have found myself outdoors more than indoors, which sad to say means a little less card making. However, today with my work still quiet I find the desire to make a few cards fighting my desire to get outside ! Plus there are some wonderful challenges out there asking to be entered !
First up Whiff of Joy are having an Anything Goes challenge to mark their 100th challenge. This is the card I am entering for it:

The image is from the Sheherazade collection and has been coloured with copics. The background papers are from the DCWV Once upon a time pad, and the flowers are from the so very tempting Wild Orchid Crafts site.

I have more cards on the go so no doubt will be back later !

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