Cupcake birthday

Welcome, thank you for calling in.

Today I am sharing a 'flashback' image from McMahon Five Designs called 

Sophisticated Phrases

I started by printing the image and sentiment on a piece of paper from a Prima 6x6 stack called Romantique.  

I  ran Crystal Stickles over the image details.

Made a row of flowers from some red paper I had on hand, and sprayed them with silver spray paint, which decided to flake off as I 'scrunched' them.

It still looked as though it needed something more, so I added these 'cocktail stars' - one of the first things I bought when I started card making some 10 years ago - so glad paper craft supplies don't 'go off'!!

I used them randomly around the cupcake and in a row under the sentiment to give it some focus.

Mounted the whole onto a red card base and I was done.

I am linking this to:

By the Cute and Girly Challenge - Anything Goes

Heidi's Hobby Stuggu- Use three of something - the flowers

Lia Stampz Challenge #5 - Use two digi images

Heartsong Inspiration Challenge #20 - Flowers and/or felt

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed.

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. 

Christmas 2010

Greetings - it is lovely to have you visit again - I do enjoy it when you call by.

This year I have got all my Christmas cards made, but not yet ready to go.. I do need to get my overseas postings done before the 29th, or I will have to pay and arm and a leg to be sure to get them delivered before Christmas...

As I make them in bulk, I tend to do an assembly line production of a reasonably simple card - well that is what I try to do - the simple part does not always work!  The initial design was fine, but then as I worked I realised I had to adapt things along the way as the basic design did need a tweek, and then I started to run out of, or run short, of some of the materials.... and here is the final result, which was  'gussied up' a wee bit  as I adapted it slightly for the 

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #81

I borrowed the Embossing Folder I used on the white panel, and do not know name of it, but it depicts Christmas Ornaments.

The stamps is from Stamps Happen Inc, and it stamps and embosses well, with all the detail being picked up.

After gold embossing, I filled in the capital letters and star with a gold pen to give some emphasis to the stamping.

This panel was mounted over a couple of gold corners - cut from small square dies from the CB Vintage Corners.

The extra that I added for the challenge was the ribbon and the stars - which did seem to liven the design slightly, but I only had that one piece of ribbon, so this is the only card to have this treatment!!

I am linking this to the following challenges:

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #81

Our Daily Bread Designs SCL Challenge #38 - holidays

Lexi's Crations Challenge #27 - Traditional Christmas Colours

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #40 A Season or event

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Christmas

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 93 - Christmas

Thanks for visiting, and be assured, I treasure your comments.

May your day be blessed.