Wedding Anniversary Card

 

 

A stamped card this time - from my stash, coloured with a Pentel dua metallic red/gold pen and then water-coloured with some watered down Artistry ink.  Background dusted lightly with Craft Artist mica colour in blue.  Outline then drawn with same pen as used win the flower.

Male Birthday Card

 

Men's card can be so difficult - kept this one simple.   Designed in Craft Artist (CAP2).

Die-cut Birthday Card

 A simple die-cut card.   Image cut into the card and then back with some orange paper.   Die is for Clarity Stamp.

Have you missed me? Sorry.

 Apologies for being awol - not been up to par recently - I have dabbled with a few things that are still work in progress.   My eyes have been giving me a lot of trouble, and I struggle to see things sometimes.  I am ok outside in the sunshine, but when it is overcast I struggle.  Consquently I haven't felt up to crafting.
I have made a bit of an effort this week, and made some cards, which I will share over the next few days.

This is the first one.  Created in Craft Artist (CAP2).  Card for a train and gnome enthusiast.

Painted card

I love one stroke painting, and thought I ought to do it more often, so I painted this card for a friend's birthday,   The main imaged was done with acrylic paints, and then a added some mica magic for the background.

 

Birthday card using masks

 

This was another birthday card using layered masks.  I love the faded look they give.
 

75th Birthday Card

 

Cards for men can be difficult at times, as this was for a milestone, I kept it simple and made theage the feature.  Created in Craft Artist.

Buddha irthday Card

Something a little bit different.  Card background created with  a Clarity Stamp stencil and inks, and a Buddha die from Dawn Bibby.

Birthday Card for a Ghostbusters fanatic

Just a simple card create in Craft Artist.  Couldn't resist doing this for a family member has his present was the lego ghostbusters car!

Painted Birthday Card

 

A simple one-stroke painted rose, leaves and forgetmenots on a black cardstock.   Edge with silver peel-offs and a a few gems added.   It's a while since I did any folk painting, but don't think I have completely lost my touch!

Floral Birthday card

 

Experimenting with some Pretty  Gets Gritty stamps from my stash.  I wanted something a bit spring-like.  Background coloured with blue and green Artistry inks to represent grass and sky, with a little purple in the corners of the topper to reflect some of the colours used in the flowers, and topper also edged with purple.

It does look more effective in real life - I am getting useless at take photos!

Birthday Card

 

A simple card for a niece who loves horses and the countryside.  Backing paper from my stash (confess I can't remember the make).  The sentiment is a Clarity diem cut from blue mirri card.  Backing paper edges with a silver peel-off.

Circles Card

 Random stencilled circles and a stamp for this card for a man.    Just something a bit abstract and different!

Card for a Genealogist

 Another card created in Craft Artist

Card with an art theme

 Card or Tabitha on her 10th birthday.   Created in Craft Artist.

Mindful Doodle Card

 

Firstly apologies the clarity of the photo - couldn't quite get a good one.    The background paper and the abstract doodle image were from Lou Withers first "mindful moodling" collection.   (At last I plucked up courage to cut into it!)  I also used on of the stamps down the righthand edge and painted it with pearlised watercolour paint.   I then stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder.

You probably can't see it in the photo, but |I also edged the "doodle" image and the background paper with Mica Magic.

Dream

 

I used a background paper from my stash, and added the two die cuts (Sweet Dixie - I think the paper came with the dies too) that I coloured with Mica Magic  It is for the same person as the new home card, and I wanted to reflect that her birthday will be in her new forever home.

Slightly out of my comfort zone

 

I am not normally a "yellow" person, and very rarely do a card with that as the primary colour, but for once I have.  I used this stamp from my stash - I am pretty sure it was from a set of stamps in an IndgoBlu magazine.  

I stamped it on Academia drawing and watercolour card, and painted it with water colors, finishing it off with a yellow background.  I also stamped the single flower from the same set of stamps, and water coloured that too, an stamped the sentiment.   I then used some  yellow Craft Artist Mica magic to edge the card, and added a smidgen of a blue with the same for the rose to give it a slight shadow.

Birthday Card

 I've had a few birthday cards to get ahead with over the festive period, and this will be the last for a little while.   Again a simple stamped card.   Again Lynette Jasper stamps, and coloured with gel pens.

 

Just another simple Birthday Card using Lynette Jasper stamps and coloured with gel pens.