Scary Dragon!!

Welcome again - this is the last card in a roll - I should be doing some DT work, but I can't get into my studio for various reasons, so I finished this one off at the dining room table, having started it yesterday!

I needed a card for a six year old - I know he loves dinosaurs, but the only dinosaur image I have, I used on his card last year, but he is a lovely young man and will think the dragon is pretty good too.

I coloured up this image from Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio using glitter pens and crayons -  then mounted him on two ovals, which as you can see both have some glimmer and shine to them.

The punched 'picket fence' border is one that I was sent in a RAK from  Lovely Linda, I threaded some plastic strands through it for extra fun.

I decided that I wanted a dimensional card, so I made an adapted easel card.

The sentiment is from Kiwistamping - I gold embossed it then coloured the letters with the same glitter pens that I used on the main image, cut it with a Nestie classic oval lg, and sponged it with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. Placed some lengths of the plastic thread under it, and added the buttons and the card was finished.

I am linking this to:

2 Sisters Challenge #59 - fancy folds

365 Cards Day 215 - lovely layers

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Ellephantastic - Octobers Challenge - 3 embellishments (stars, fence and plastic thread) 2 papers, 1 image

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed. 

Silver hearts

Greetings again - I am back again as I managed an afternoon in the studio - and I must say I really enjoyed it, so I hope you enjoy this post.

We were very excited to hear yesterday that a young lady from our church has become engaged - the proposal was all very romantic with the gentleman going down on one knee to ask her hand in marriage!!

I had something slightly different to this in mind when I started out, but I am pleased with this result.  The black, red and silver is quite dramatic, and are colours that my friend wears a lot.  

I had decided from the outset to make an easel card for the Cuttlebug "Be Inspired" challenge.   I  wanted to use this stamp from the Layers of Colors Joyful Noise set, and ended up using it this way, embossing it in silver on the black, rather than how I first thought.  The random hearts and the greeting are from stamp sets from The Warehouse (think Michaels in the States).  

The black layer of card was then mounted on a layer of thin silver metallic shim, and then onto a red base card.

The base of the easel is in white card, and I used a punched boarder as the 'stopper', and added silver rhinestones for a bit of bling.

Three silver embossed crosses from the Layers of Color 'Gothic Crosses' set were added  to remind them to keep Christ as the pre-eminent partner of their relationship.

This section was finished off with a red ribbon and bow.

To add a wee bit of bling to the front of the card I put silver rhinestones on the ends of the curls of the flourish, and on the dot of the 'i' 

This card was a real pleasure to make, and I do hope you have enjoyed the 'story' of it's construction.

I am entering this in these challenges


               Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #90 - Easel Card
       Practical Scrapper - Border  Punches and Decorative Edge Scissors

Thank  you for calling in, and may your day be blessed.

Thank you

Good afternoon to my visitors - it is good to be home and blogging again, and to see you here.

I offered some time ago to make a thank you card for an organisation that I am involved in, and this is the result.


I started with the green panel which I made some time ago during a 'doodle session', using the Cuttlebug Merci folder and Brilliance Thyme ink.


I knew that I wanted to mount it on the red, and added the braid and brads before mounting onto the white base.


This was my first easel card, and as I have repeatedly heard, they are easy to make!!


I finished the card with three silver brads on the base, and some punched red card on which I had stamped and silver embossed the word thanks.


This was a very simple card to make, yet very effective.  I am only sorry that the light was not very strong when I took the photo as it has dulled the colours somewhat.


Thanks for calling by - I really do appreciate you visiting, and leaving comments.