Vintage Tag Card!!

Made this little card today. I really liked this stamp, saw it in

hobbycraft a while back. When I went back last week it had

been reduced to £7.99 so I thought mmmm not bad....shall I?

shan't I??? Well I did!! and when I got to the till it had gone

down even more to 4.99 whoo hoo bargain!!!! so had a little

practice run with it today. Coloured with W & N water colour

pallette, then distressed with Tom Holtz Vintage Photo.

Punched out hearts and holly. Merry Christmas is an old

stamp from Personal Impressions, stamped with Encore

Ultimate Metallic Gold. Lace, flower, ribbon and brad from stash,

papers from DC Victorian Christmas, finished off with a sprinkling

of stickles star dust! think that's everything!! TFL xx

Funky Trees!!

Hello all you bloggers, I hope you are all getting your

Christmas Cards ready!!! Here is my entry for this weeks

No.24 Penny Black Saturday Challenge!! If you fancy your

chances here is the link:

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

all they are asking for this week is to have a funky twist to

your cards, staying away from the traditional colours and

of course adding a lovely Penny Black stamp! Well as you

can see, to go with my Pink, Green and White Christmas trees

I've got some nice pink, green and white snowflakes??? ha ha,

Stamp is from Christmas Critters which I have stamped into

the body of the trees (well I used the stamp three times and

then cut out my tree)! Added some stamp n stuff embossing

powder in kaleidoscope and heat embossed. Tore some nice

purple snow drifts for the background and added sparkles.

Finished off with some lovely cotton twill ribbon in green and

white and a lovely cerise pink satin ribbon at the top.

Get your sunglasses out!!! TFL xx

12 Days of Christmas in 12 Days!!!!!

OMG!!! These stamps seem to have taken me forever to finish,

but at last they are all present and correct!!! Hooray!!! I must

say, I have completed two collections!!! I also fitted in a few

birthday cards too!!!

I have mounted them all on gate fold cards. Stamped images

onto white card with Black Staz-On. Punched out design with

heart shape and stamped wording seperately, again with

Staz-On. Water coloured with W & N water colour paints and

edged with same.

Added sparkle to coloured edges, then mat and layered with

white card then co-ordinating colour card and used foam pads to

give 3d effect. TFL xx

Flower Power!!!!

Here we go again!! another flower arrangement, (don't know

whether my vocation in life should be floristry??? this card

is for a lovely 80 year old lady. TFL xx

70 Years Young!!!!

Made this card for a friend. I think you have all probably guessed

now...that I just love using paper flowers on my cards!!!!Lol!!

quite like this colour combination too, especially the moss green

roses! TFL xx

Happy Birthday to You!!!

Made this little card today for a neighbour. She really is a

lovely girl! so hopefully she will like this card as it represents

her, (well in my eyes) mmmm. Used all bits and pieces from

stash, as I now have all my embellishments in jars (organised

chaos !!!)I have no idea where they are from LOL!!!!!

TFL xx

Christmas at our House!!!

Wouldn't mind this as my front door!!! This card I have had a

few requests for! It is a front door with lovely pillars.To make

it personalised either use their door number or the Name of

the house or even use their Surnames that always looks

good! The card for the door and surround has fine lines embossed

into it. Hand drew and cut out all the different bits and pieces

and arranged. When you make any new templates always make

up two sets, one on just plain white card to keep for future

cards. Used peel-off stickers for the letter box and door knob

(which was the centre of the letter 'O')! and door No.

Cut a red piece of card for the door mat and added peel-off

greeting. The Wreath and trees are embellishments from

local craft shop, ribbon from stash. TFL xx

Snow is in the Air!

Made this little card today after the weather report.....saying

snow is heading our way by the end of the week! Brrrrrr -

though I think this little card has a warm feel to it?

I used card that has an iridescent look under the light.

Stamped randomly with snowflake stamp from (Santa Rosa CA)

in clear embossing ink then added white embossing powder and

set with heat gun. I cut another piece of card (about an inch thick

to wrap around the card) punched a hole into the side of the card

and wrap.

Threaded an antique white ribbon and tied on sentiment. As the

card does not open fully with the ribbon is tied through it, I scored

a new fold about an inch in from the edge of the card

(back and front). I then placed double sided tape down

the edge of this new fold to secure. Finally added this beautiful

snowflake embellishment. TFL xx

P.S. Click on images for a close up!! you get a much clearer view

of the snowflakes. xx

Fair Isle the Moggie is Back!!!

That's the name I have given this cheeky moggie! his jumper

reminds me of one! He is just a delight to colour, the different colour

combinations for this jumper are going to be endless so I

think I will be doing quite a few of these!!! Have water coloured him

with my W&N water colour palette, papers are K & Co and DC

comtemporary christmas, hearts and snowflakes are punched,

have added sparkles, ribbons from stash. TFL Have a fab weekend!!xx

P.S. Don't forget to click on pictures for a closer look!!! x

The Male Card Dilemma!!!

What do you do when your friends or relatives say, "Can you make

me a card for my Husband, Brother, Son, Dad", "He likes beer and

football" usual stuff!!! " Your brain starts going into overdrive and

you struggle for inspiration! Well I have got the answer....ha ha...

well the easy way out!! Go for classic, you can't go wrong, this card

I think looks elegant, it's blue for a boy lol!!! and it's got his name

and a lovely quote, (you can just add a quote that's relevant to

you)! I hope you like it. TFL xx

But Baby It's Cold Outside!!

Made this little cheeky chappy yesterday. This is an old stamp

of mine, it has no print on it so don't know where its from (sorry!)

Image stamped with silver embossing ink and set with heat gun.

Punched out image with heart punch. Sentiment is attached to

stamp so cut off to use seperately. Used Versa Color (Petal Pink)

to colour edges and used sparkles in star dust and red

(for his breast). Attached him with foam pads to give 3d

effect and added hand made paper from stash, finished off

with pink organza ribbon. I think he looks soooooooo cold!!

TFL xx

Stars

Well here it is my first ever Penny Black Challenge, (my first

challenge ever). This stamp PB (Sight of Stars quote by Van Gogh)

I have had for a couple of years and I love it!!!! Sorry about photo!

If you click onto piccies you do get a bit of a better close-up???

With this Christmas Card I have stamped it onto vellum with

Black StazOn, matted and layered with turqoise blue and then

brown card stock. I had some sheer fabric with little pieces of

sparkle in my stash so cut it to size and layered it on top and

attached with white brad. Down the side I have attached a

beautiful large wire star. I then punched some small stars from

silver glitter card and stuck these on along with some from

a Peel off, also Merry Christmas Peel off along side. I hope they

like it xxTFLhttp://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Christmas Pud!!

Just a quick post of my Christmas Pudding Card. This is one

of last years but I might do a few more as they were quite

popular. I don't own one of those machines that embosses

your papers I actually bought the paper with the dots!! yes

back in the good old days ha ha. So just punched 2 large

circles, the same punch I used for the pram, that is such

a good punch! Cut the white icing one free hand, added the

holly (which is a cake decoration) and glittered. Sentiment

is printed onto velum paper. Red card stock was used to back

it, then I stitched on some beads and used silver thread to

attach it. TFL xx

Greetings from the Wise!!

Hello all you lovely crafty bloggers out there, well my second

christmas card whoo hoo, at this rate (1 a day) I should be able to

make about 40 before Christmas if I'm lucky! This little stamp is

from Penny Black (which happen to be my all time favourite

stamping company), even from when I first started stamping.

I love all their stamps, they seem to inspire me the most.

Stamped image three times, then hand drew the twig with my

Le Plume II dark brown fine tip marker. Images were coloured

with water colour pencils, although again, I used my Tim Holtz

ink pad for the owls fur, I really like the brown it produces.

Glittered the fur on their hats and the star and also corners of

paper. Sentiment produced from word art. TFL.

Shall I try and fit another one in today mmmmm I'll try. xx
P.S. Well I have just been blog hopping and found a Saturday

Challenge for Penny Black stamps (I am new to all this!!)

as I have lots of Penny Black Stamps and don't stop raving

about them I think I shall have a go at entering, here is the

link if you fancy having a go and good luck xx

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

I'm In Love!!!

OMG!! this has got to be my favourite stamp ever!!!!!

It is the funniest, cutest and most lovable stamp in my

collection - move over Sarah Kay (sorry)!

I couldn't wait to get going on this, his face just says it

all!!! I think everyone has had one of these jumpers...Love It!!

I have used water colour pencils, although to colour his

fur I used my Tim Holtz distressing Ink, just dipped my

brush onto stamp pad. Card from DCWV stack. Snowflakes

are punched from glitter card although it hasn't shown up

very well. Sentiment is rub on, ribbon from stash. TFLxx

The Cogs are in Motion!!!

Well I'm really getting into the spirit of Christmas, even composed

my own little poem and doodles!!!! I have mounted it onto a piece

of card which I have covered both sides with K & Co papers, I really

wanted to give it a vintage feel; as if I had just been up into the loft

and found this old poem. I added embellishments, lace and some

holly and poinsettias to give it character.

I think you should all have a go at composing a Christmas poem with

doodles, made up from the word CHRISTMAS!!

I had so much fun trying to get things to rhyme and swapping them

around, it was hubby who came up trumps on the last line as I had

"Stars that light up the sky" and was ages trying to get

something to rhyme with sky!!! then hubby has a look and says why

has it got to be sky? why don't you have that twinkle at night!!!

and would you know it Christmas is here Oh what a delight just

came through.. Happy Poem writing I would love to know some

of your versions TFLxx

P.S. If you click onto the pictures you get a better close up. xx

Christmas is Coming!!!

Well at long last my first Christmas Card for 2008, Yippee. I've

been deliberating for 2 days, swapping things about, changing

colours etc; so I have finally settled for this version.. I hope

you like it! the image is from the lovely Christmas Critters clear

stamps from Penny Black, they are soooo lovely, papers are

K&Co, don't know if you are aware they now do a recycled

range that are really good value, so get shopping!!! image

is coloured using my Le Plume II watercolour markers,

snowflakes punched in all three colours, ribbon is Anitas, bling

and brads from stash.

Thanks for looking I hope you get some inspiration and happy
crafting xx

Scooter Boy!!!

Made this quirky card for a French Student we had staying

with us in the summer hols. He was scootering mad he

even had a small vid on You Tube of him and his friends

at a ramp park. Found these images on google cut out and

made up his name with them.....oh it's Alex! lol TFLxx

Sarah Kay Rules OK!!!

This has got to be my favourite Sarah Kay image; I think

her drawings are so detailed, they seem to go with all

occasions for cardsmaking. Made this little one for my

friend who's boyfriend has the farm - remember cow-boy!!!!

well she has just had some chicks hatch and thought this

worked well. I just need to improve my watercolour

painting - I think I use too much water???? TFL xx

Shopping at Tiffany's!!

Here is the Tiffany Bag, this was done for an 18th Birthday.

Same style as the Chanel Bag, made my own template, I

copied the fold patterns of a normal shopping bag. Used

rivets for handle cord and added designer names, also

added a little silver heart embellishment. TFL xx

Designer Dreams!!!

Made a few of these birthday cards, I know you are

not meant to use brand names, but surely it's free

advertising for them? I also do a Tiffany one, if I can find the

picci I'll post it. Bag is made from my own template. Cord

threaded through holes made with rivet gun. Card

is a nice glossy black, Dior bow is made by folding ribbon

at different lengths then securing by sewing the central one,

which is wrapped around in the other direction. Tissue paper

is added to bag for effect. TFL xx

Watering Can Fan!

Here's a card I did for an avid gardening fan. I drew the

watering can shape freehand onto white card to use as a

template and cut it out.

I then drew around it onto silver mirri card and cut out.

I drew a heart pattern on the front and spout in a blue/green

pencil to make it look weathered. Added lots and lots of flowers.

Sign is stamped and wood effect is hand drawn. Ribbon and

butterflies from stash. TFL xx

Flutter By......

This was a request for a ladies 60th birthday.

Two different sized butterfly rubber stamps were used.

The larger one is Inkadinkadoo, smaller is Inca Stamp Co.

Both stamped with staze on black ink, then hand painted with

sparkling H2o's and cut out. For the background I painted

straight onto the rubber stamps again with sparking H20's

but spritzed with water to give a softer less concentrated

effect. The box was also stamped this way to match.

Sentiment is Hero Arts stamp, stamped with embossing ink

and heat set. Peel off sentiment placed on ribbon and

coloured with peel off colouring pens to match.

Ribbon and gem from stash. TFL xx

60th Birthday Nan!

Made this card for a young lad who had given his Nan a lot

of worry!! He even wrote the poem himself! I think he is

definately back in her good books.