A card today for one of my granddaughters.    The bottle and glass images and part of the background (fizz, pop bubbly and bubbles from glass and bottle) were created with John Next Door dies. The background part being die-cut into the white card so that the gold matting paper could be seen through it.  The wine glass was cut from acetate.   I then added the sentiment using a Clarity die, and finished off with some  peel-offs and butterflies from my stash.  The topper was then mounted on a cream pearlised card blank.

Simple Birthday Card

I wanted to try out my new Craftascope stamps, and having seen a card with a strip down the side I decided to try them out on that.

I cut a strip of Clarity Designer paper, and randomly stamped the daisy.   It looked quite effective, but then I had the idea of trying a white gelly roll pen on the petals (yes I was at this stage just playing to see what effects I could get).   I then remembered that I had a birthday card to make ........

and thus the card above evolved.  I edged the strip with some peel-offs - yes probably like most most of you I have a stash of them from when I first started crafting.  I also found some little circle peel-offs in a matching colour - so those were added to the centres of the flowers.   I die cut the sentiment using a Clarity die, and added an insert.

A Quick Anniversary Card

I had a mad panic this morning, when I realised it was the wedding anniversary of two very old friends.  Me bad, as it was on the calendar!  (Fortunately they live just down the road, so I was able to personally deliver the card.)

I quickly made a vellum flower with my Clarity dies and matching Groovi board.    The white work could have done with a bit more work on it, but time and my eyes were not on my side.    I found some peel-offs in my stash that were just right.    I think we tend to forget those these days, as the have gone out of fashion a bit.    However, I do occasionally use peel-offs  what is the point of them sitting in a box unused?

Butterfly Birthday Card

A fairly quick little card for a lovely little lady.   I stamped the Indigoblu butterfly with black ink and heat embossed it with clear detail powder, cut it out and painted it with distress oxides.  I masked off the card, stamped the butterfly in the middle, and then randomly brushed the background with distress oxides and did a light wash over the the butterfly with the same colours as the cut out butterfly.   I also gave it a little shadow.   The cutout butterfly was glued over the top of the stamped one on the card.

I edged the masked off distress oxide section with a black pen, added some peel offs (well it is no use them sitting in boxes being ignored) and then created the sentiment in Craft Artist and mounted it on card.