Card for my Dad

It's my Dad's birthday at the end of November and I always make him a card, although I can't believe I am finally organised this year and I have made this already. My Mum and Dad live in France and I normally finish his card and post it two days before, so he never gets it in time!! He always forgives me though as he loves to receive a handmade card.

I have used a digital download from Doodle Pantry and I have coloured this with Copics. It took a long time to colour this and I must admit that I got bored halfway through colouring the leaves!
I am pleased with the result but I can see where I could have improved with the colouring - I just need to practice more. I'm sure my Dad won't notice:)

I mounted the picture onto white card that had been misted with Moonglow moon shadow mist in bucket o'blood, and this was mounted onto paper from Eastern Promise paper pack by Dovecraft.

I didn't have enough matching card to stamp the sentiments so I coloured some white card with antique linen distress ink and this nearly matches. This was mounted in the same way as the picture.

I feel really pleased that I have done this one already, so now I can make more Xmas cards!

Thanks for looking.

Debs xx

Cracking Christmas

I have made this card to send to my friend Sue who is running a Teal Cards for Ovarian Cancer Fundraiser on her blog, please go to http://www.suesassortedramblings.blogspot.com/.  for information.

I think he is so cute.


I used more of my Elzbell Art Stamps, both the image and the sentiment. I coloured these with Copic's, glittered the cracker and the paper hat in diamond stickles and matted onto navy card, one of which had been misted with moonglow in treasure island aqua. 
I then layered this onto some handmade paper in teal that has been in my stash forever. I softened the edges by wetting and tearing, and then glittered with stickles in crystal.


I will try and make some more for this great charity before the finish date.


Have a great week - I will try and post again soon.


Debs xx

From Ted with love.

Thank God it's Friday - I have had a really bad week at work, so I may need to do some online retail therapy this weekend to cheer myself up:)

I made this card using one of the Elzybell Art stamps and I thought he was so cute that I only needed a simple card. I coloured him with Copics and added Crystal Glaze to the heart, once dry I cut him out and mounted onto white card with foam pads. I then backed this with red card and added to a white card. I stamped the sentiment and mounted this in the same way.

I really liked the result as this looked really clean.
I must try and take the photos in daylight though as I have made shadows all over this one! I need to see if I can sneak my HB new camera to take some decent shots of any future cards.

I hope you like Ted as much as me.

I am entering this card for Paper Romance - challenge 15 - clean and simple PRC15
I will try and post again tomorrow.

Debs xx

I want to ride my bicycle..

Tonights post is a card I made using another of my Elzybell art stamps - this one was called bike ride. I love this image as she looks like she is having so much fun on her bike. This prompted me to look on the website and I have managed to bag quite a few more stamps (credit card to the rescue:)it is a real shame but the website closes down on 30 Sept.
I coloured her with copics, added stickles in diamond to the top and headband and mounted this onto pretty sparkly pink paper and mirri board (I haven't used this for ages - I forgot how good this could look).

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment and mounted this in the same way. I then added these to the front of my card. I should have positioned these in a different way as I was left with a large space in the right hand corner. Trust me to use foam pads that wouldn't come off! Basically my card was too big and I should have cut this down.

I then decided that I would add some black gems in a swirl - I should have drawn this first as this looks a little like a drunk snake! It didn't look right so I added some crystal flowers at the end. Lesson learnt as I added these with crystal glaze and this dried rather quickly, and I couldn't move these around when it looked odd.

I also needs lots more practice with colouring hair - I feel a long session on you tube coming on....

I am sure the person I send this card to will not notice all of these things and as I always say each card is 'unique' which covers all sorts of mistakes.

I am entering this into the challenge at the Scrapbook Sisters challenge card launch as the theme is pink and black.

Anyway, more tomorrow (hopefully!)

Debs xx

1st Xmas card

I have made my first Xmas card as before the summer holiday I had received new stamps I had bought from Elzybells art stamps  but I hadn't even inked them. I stamped this gorgeous mouse and coloured him last night and I couldn't resist making him into a card straight away. I use this weeks sketch from Friday Sketchers as I always have trouble constructing a different card - I am very much a straight line, matt and layer the image crafter, but I am trying to get out of this habit... This sketch has been brilliant as this goes against everything I normally do. I am entering this into the Friday Sketcher Challenge.

I have used two papers that I have had for ages that are part of a DCWV Xmas book.
I have mounted the mouse on a left over piece of card where I cut a frame from a card with the nestabilities, this was embossed with the cuttlebug and chalked with pale pink chalk. I discovered when I was mounting the mouse that there was another piece of card stuck to the back which was perfect so this was chalked with a soft green. The ribbon with dots on was left over when I made my friends wedding cake and this ties in with the dots on the paper. The pink ribbon was white but I coloured this with copics as I didn't have the right shade.

I am really pleased with this - I think I will be using this stamp quite a lot over the coming months!

Oh well  - best be going to bed!

Debs xx

Back in the game!

Sorry it has been so long - the summer holidays have been really busy. We bought a house just before Xmas last year and every room is covered in woodchip paper that has been painted rather a lot with nice shiny vinyl paint!! We are trying to decorate the boy's bedrooms as the Twin's is currently pink. The house is original 1976 retro - but not in a good way. I have made a couple of cards but hadn't managed to post these so one of these is today's post as the light isn't good enough to take a photo of the other one - I will try again tomorrow.

The download is from doodle pantry and is called Harold duck. This card was made for my friend Katie who was leaving our office as she has managed to get herself a brilliant new job.

The papers are from a QVC scrapbook set, Harold was coloured with Copics and I used stickles on the flower. The gems are from Hot off the press, some of the papers were run through the embossing folders on the cuttlebug, the flowers are from Orchid Crafts.

I also made a card for my nephew today as it is his 13th birthday tomorrow.

I used a digital download from digi stamp boutique called Dexter, I coloured him with copics, mounted him on some bazill card and paper from DCWV, and added stickles to the present (not that my photo's really show this) and buttons from Woodware. He opened his card tonight and he really liked it.

I have spent a lovely day today crafting. Hopefully I will post more of my efforts tomorrow.

Debs xxx

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