Basket of apples

Todays card uses an image by MFT - My favourite things - love their stamps. I coloured the image using copic pens.

Its a snowy Christmas

Another Christmas card idea for you today. Can't believe Christmas is coming.

Materials: White cardstock, Blue Bazzil cardstock, MFT Stamps, Blue Brilliance ink pad, Joy to the world paper from Seasons Greetings CD by Elusive Images, Rhinestones, White organza ribbon, silver snowflake charm, blue color box ink pad, black brilliance ink pad, glue pen, Clear glitter, white flowers, copic pens

Method: Fold white cardstock to create top fold square card. Print out sheet of blue Joy to the world paper from Elusive images CD rom and trim to size. Go around edges of paper with color box ink pad and attach blue Bazzil and then printed paper to cardfront as shown. Before securing it to cardfront wrap ribbon around printed paper and secure at back. Use black brilliance ink pad to stamp Snowman and girl image onto white cardstock and trim to size. Go around edges with color box ink pad and then attach to blue cardstock. Color in image with copic markers and then fill snowman and fur trim on boots with clear glitter using glue pen. Attach image to cardfront. Attach flowers, rhinestones and snowflake. Stamp Baby its cold outside MFT stamp using blue brilliance ink pad onto bottom right hand corner of card

Sisters and Chocolate

Chocolate - what can a girl say but yum yum.I have an older sister called Linda who lives in Vancouver in Canada. I really wish she lived closer as I really miss her.

Today's card uses images from one of my favourite companies - MFT - My favourite things. I love their stamps.

Materials: Black cardstock, Lime green Bazzil cardstock, Bright Pink Bazzil cardstock, white cardstock, clippola, black and white dot ribbon, lime green rhinestones, tombow pens, Main image and writing and chocolates by MFT, swirl stamp by Autumn leaves, Black Brilliance ink pad, tombow pens, Lime green and pink color box ink pads.

Method: Fold black cardstock to create 15 x 15 square card. Go around edges of Lime green paper with pink color box ink pad and attach to cardfront. Use black Brilliance ink pad to stamp swirls as shown. On a piece of white cardstock stamp main image and go around edges with lime green color box ink pad and then color in with tombow pens and attach to bright pink cardstock and then to cardfront. Using black brilliance ink pad again, stamp words and chocolates on a strip of lime green cardstock and attach to strip of black cardstock and then to cardfront as shown. Attach clippola and ribbon and rhinestones.

You've got mail - Paper Piecing Technique

Well this course I am doing on Paint Shop Pro with Marilyn made me think of this card.

It uses an image from one of my favourite companies - MFT (my favourite things) I just love their stamps. I also promised to share more techniques - so thought I would show you the Paper Piecing technique.

Materials: Black cardstock, white cardstock, red pattern scrapbook paper, Red Bazzil cardstock, Flowers, Red rhinestone, Silver ink pad, Black Brilliance ink pad, Stamps by MFT, Red color box ink pad, Cuttlebug numbers embossing folder, Big Shot

Technique: Paper piecing is a very easy technique and one that is ideal if you are not a fan of colouring in. Also ideal where you want say patterned dress like in the case of image above. All you do for Paper piecing is stamp your image onto cardstock as normal and then stamp image again onto patterned or coloured paper - you only need to stamp that area of the image that you want to cover ie the dress. You then cut out this image and attach it to the main stamped image. As easy as that. One can have a lot of fun using this technique to "colour" your images and it uses up lots of little scraps of paper which is great because I am sure their are others like me out there that can't bear throwing pieces of paper away.

Method for card: I took the Red cardstock and ran it through the Big Shot using Cuttlebug numbers embossing folder and then went around the edges with color box ink pad and attached it to the cardfront. I then attached strip of red pattern scrapbook paper. I stamped the words "You've got mail" using Silver inkpad onto strip of black cardstock and attached that to cardfront.

I stamped the main image onto white cardstock and then again onto red pattern cardstock using black brilliance ink pad. I cut out just the dress area from the red pattern cardstock and attached that to the image I stamped on white paper using Pritt. I then coloured the rest of the image using tombow pens and went around the edges with color box ink pad and mounted it onto black cardstock and then onto cardfront. To finish off the card I added some flowers with a red rhinestone in the centre.

Have a super duper week everyone - its always nice when we have a short week due to a Public Holiday - more time to play and stamp.

Walkies

I have been trying to convince my mother for the past year that I need a dog. I have always wanted a dog but never felt it fair on a dog when I lived alone and in an apartment. Now that I have the house though and a garden and with Mother home all day its an ideal time to get one.

Originally I wanted to get an Alsatian as I had one as a child but after more research and lots of looking at dogs I have decided I want to get a Golden Retriever. If anyone knows of a puppy looking for a good loving home let me know. Must be a girl as its going to be called Princess.

Today's card uses black cardstock for the base card. I then took a piece of red cardstock and went around the edges with gold pen and wrapped black and white dot ribbon around the bottom and secured it to the cardfront. I stamped the image from MFT onto white cardstock and coloured it in with tombow pens and then went around the edges with a red color box ink pad and attached it to red and then black cardstock and went around the edges of the black cardstock with gold pen. I then took strip of black and strip of red cardstock and mounted those to the cardfront as shown. I stamped the words onto the strip of red cardstock using Black Brilliance ink pad and then mounted the stamped and coloured image. I then stamped the swirl stamp using black brilliance ink pad onto the front of the card and added some more black and white dot ribbon using clippola.

Digital Stamps from Charmed cards and Crafts

Well today I thought I would show you a card made with a Digital Stamp. What I didn't mention yesterday as an advantage of Digital stamps - the big factor is the Cost. Digital stamps are normally cheaper than UM or mounted stamps as well. Could life get any better......

Today's card uses an image from Charmed cards and Crafts www.charmedcardsandcrafts.co.uk and it is from the Girl about Town range - you get about 53 images for 6 pounds. That's what I call real value for money and the best bit is you can resize the images to whatever size suits your project.

I used black cardstock for the base card. I then used pink shopping queen scrapbook paper and went around the edges with pink color box ink pad and then attached to cardfront. I then attached strip of Pink cardstock as shown. I printed out girl image from computer onto whtie cardstock and went around the edges with pink color box ink pad and then coloured in the image using Tombow pens and attached it to cardfront. I then stamped "Time to Shop" (MFT image) into the bottom corner of the card and added some Prima Flowers.

Cupcake Day

Well it's Friday and nearly the weekend so definately a day to indulge - cupcakes my favourite.

I am hoping to spend some time this weekend trying to Photograph my cards instead of using scans. Jowilna very kindly posted some tips on her website this week so will give it a go and hopefully will then be able to post better images for you.

This is an image from Denami - I love their stuff.

I used black cardstock for the base and then took Green Bazzill cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot using Sissix embossing folder and then attached to cardfront as shown. I then added strips of pink check paper and olive green flower pattern paper. Both of these papers are from Pink Petticoat designs - they offer lovely downloads - paper and images and well worth a look http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/.

I then stamped the image onto White cardstock and went around the edge with a pink color box ink pad and then coloured in using Copic markers. I then stamped What's up Cupcake by MFT directly onto the cardfront and added some rhinestones for bling and some prima flowers with a jewel brad.

Now just wish there was a pile of cupcakes ready next to me to eat.

Card of the day

Today's card is reminscent of Cape Town normally in winter - lots of rain. We sure have been lucky this year though and have had some beautiful days.

The stamp is from My favourite things - I just adore their stamps. Have a look at http://www.mftstamps.com./

I made this card for one of my card classes last month and also sent one to a friend on RSA, Cariena. I don't often use blues but I really like the colours on this one and must really use blue more often.

I stamped the image onto white cardstock and then stamped just the coat area of the stamp again onto patterned cardstock (blue and white dots). I then cut out the coat from the patterned cardstock and glued it onto the image on the white cardstock and there you have the technique - Paper Piecing. I then coloured the boots, trim of coat, dog and puddle with copic markers and highlighted with stickles glitter glue. I went around the edges of the image with a silver pen and then I took white base card, a piece of 14 x 14 scrapbook paper around which I edged with Aqua color box ink pad and then attached it to the cardfront. I then stamped the words using Black Brilliance ink pad, added a strip of Turquoise cardstock and then the image. I then added a couple of Prima Flowers and some rhinestones to finish the card off.

Card of the day - Retail therapy

Today's card is on one of my favourite topics - shopping. My mother says the phrase "Born to shop" was made for me. When I was younger I was mad about clothes and shoes and handbags, then I got into the household items phase and now its all about crafting stash. I shop a lot on the internet and only wish we had more craft stores in Cape Town.

This card uses an image from one of my favourite stamp companies - My favourite things http://www.mftstamps.com/.

I stamped the main shopping girl image onto white cardstock and coloured in with tombow pens and Copic markers. For the background, I took a strip of green pattern scrapbook paper, a strip of Bazzil cardstock on which I stamped the words, Retail Therapy using Black Brilliance ink pad and then finally Blue Bazzil cardstock which I ran through my Big Shot using a Sissix embossing folder. I then mounted the shopping girls image, added some pale blue organza flowers that I got from Charmaine's Magic ribbon and cards and some rhinestones.

Makes me want to rush out and shop till I drop.