Highlighting Debbie

Whoops - I mistakenly credited this card last week to Debbie Harris and it should have been the very talented Debbie Luker. Sorry about that Debbie.

Beaded easter greetings

Well believe it or not its time to start thinking Easter cards. Scary thought - where does time go to.

Here's an Easter card I made a few years ago which I still like.

Materials required: Black cardstock, gold cardstock, white cardstock, cream organza ribbon, white and gold beads, Background stamp by Penny Black, Easter greetings stamp by Hero arts, Black Brilliane ink pad, Clear embossing ink pad, Gold embossing powder, pop up foam dots, stickles glitter glue, magic red liner tape

Method: Fold black cardstock in half to create base card. Use clear embossing ink pad to stamp floral pattern repeatedly over front of card and emboss using gold embossing powder. Highlight centre of flowers with a dot of stickles clear glitter glue. Cut out 3 egg shapes from white cardstock (i just cut freehand) and then put red liner tape on them and lift off the backing from the tape and pour on beads. Matt layer of white and then black and then gold cardstock and then use pop up foam dots to secure the eggs to this matt and attach to cardfront as shown. Stamp word with black ink pad and matt onto black and then gold cardstock and then to cardfront. Add ribbon.

Highlighting Sheilah

A fabulous Eastern style card today from Sheilah in Durban. Such a striking card and I love how she gilded the kimono.

Milk cartons

Today I thought I would share with you some of the milk cartons I made for Christmas. I filled them with chocolates and nuts as gifts for a couple of friends. Of course they can be made for any time of the year and not just christmas. Other ideas for filling them - bath salts/soaps/crafty items.

They were fun to make and went quite quickly once you had done the first one. I taught this to my girls at card class in December and I think one of the girls told me she had made about 100.

Girl

Well after saying yesterday that MFT (My favourite things) is one of my favourite companies, I thought I had better post a card using one of their images today. This little cutie is from the Innocence range of theirs. They are just so cute I could eat them up.

Materials required: White cardstock, Royal Blue Bazzil cardstock, Blue pattern scrapbook paper, Letter G alphabet sticker, Innocense stamp by MFT, Copic Markers, stickles glitter glue clear, blue color box ink pad, girl gaffer tape, roses, swirl Cuttlebug folder, Black brilliance ink pad

Method: Fold white cardstock to make 15 x 15 cm square card. Attach square of blue bazzil cardstock and then go around edges of pattern scrapbook paper with blue color box ink pad and then wrap Girl gaffer tape around paper and attach to cardfront. Run strip of blue bazzil cardstock through big shot using swirl embossing folder and attach to cardfront. Stamp out image using black brilliance ink pad onto white cardstock and heat set and then color in using Copic pens and highlight with Stickles glitter glue and then go around the edges with blue color box ink pad and attach to blue bazzil cardstock and then to cardfront. Attach sticker and roses.

At the seaside

Today's card uses a digital image from Cute Daisy May - love her stuff. Actually I have been having a think recently about my favourite stamp companies and my top 5 at the moment are

1. Cute Daisy May

2. Whiff of Joy

3. Sarah Kay

4. MFT

5. Stampers Anonymous

Wow that was hard narrowing it down to 5. There are so many others that I love as well. Probably the reason why I have so many stamps.

Do take a look at the Cute Daisy May blog on a regular basis as she often has freebies up for grabs. See link below the card instructions.

Materials required: White cardstock, aqua color box ink pad, Copic pens, blue flowers, Ocean breezes metal word charm, Navy blue bazzil cardstock, blue and white dot scrapbook paper, blue pattern scrapbook paper, Royal blue color box ink pad

Method: Fold white cardstock to create 15 x 15cm square card. Attach square of Navy Bazzil cardstock and then go around edges of polka dot paper with a royal blue color box ink pad and attach to cardfront. Attach strip of blue pattern scrapbook paper as shown and then attach word charm and flowers. Print out Cute Daisy May digital image onto white cardstock and then color in using Copic markers and go around edges with Aqua color box ink pad and attach to cardfront.

http://countrycraftergooglemailcom.blogspot.com/

Have a fabulous day

Sarah Kay - In my garden

Today's card uses a Sarah Kay image.

Now you can buy the stamp of this image or what I did was get the image from one of the many colouring in sites offering Sarah Kay images. Saved myself lots of money.

Materials: White cardstock, Mauve bazzil cardstock, Green pattern floral scrapbook paper, mauve roses, copic pens, white ranger gel pen, circle cut on Cricut, mauve color box ink pad

Method: Print out colouring in image onto white cardstock and color in using copic pens and use ranger white gel ink pen to highlight areas. Go around edges with mauve color box ink pad and set aside. Fold white cardstock to create 15 x 15 cm square card . Go around edges of mauve bazzil cardstock and green floral scrapbook paper with mauve color box ink pad and attach to cardfront. Use Cricut to cut a circle from Mauve bazzil cardstock and attach to cardfront as shown. Attach coloured in image and then attach roses.

Wishing everyone a great week and Happy March. Also a big thank you to everyone that leaves comments on my blog or emails me. I really appreciate the comments.