Latest additions to our family

As promised, I am letting you all into our little secret. As you know our daughter lost her beloved Max a few weeks ago and has been inconsolable. However, I am now pleased to introduce you all to Alfie and Archie, the two latest editions to our family. Alfie is the black and tan Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Archie is the tri-colour. As you will see Alfie is half the size of Archie and he is definitely going to take after his very petite mother. Alfie is Victoria's dog and Archie is ours! We can collect them both on the 3rd January 2009 when they will be 8 weeks old.

Birthday cards

I seem to be bogged down with birthday cards just lately. Dec/Jan are the busiest times with my family ones. However, I have made these 2 for friends and am still not sure I am satisfied with the landscape one. I try to make them unique, hoping no one else will come up with the same ideas, but wonder if I have gone a bit ott with it. The second one is using my new Lavinia stamps which I bought at the NEC and I really love these cute images, so much so, that I have made another 3 cards in different stamped colours. Let me have your views please, good or bad, about the landscape card as, I have a feeling, this one will be shelved and another one made unless, of course,you call all persuade me otherwise. Thanks for looking.

Birthday card

My sister's work colleague has asked me to make most of her birthday cards etc this year. It's her sister's birthday on Xmas day so she asked me to personalise this one. Apart from stamps and peel-off, I do not have any machine for making alphabets so, my kind friend Wilma, used hers and did the name Velma for me. Most of the card was done with stamping and embossing and, infact, the name was also triple embossed to co-ordinate with the colours of the card. Finished it off with some pretty Prima flowers to which I added some stickles in crystal. I just hope she likes this one and doesn't send it back!! Thanks for taking a look.

Birthday cards

I seem to have an awful lot of birthdays coming up this month so thought I had better make a start. The architecture card is for my cousin and the images are from The Artistic Stamper - love this site.
The other three are decoupaged (something I haven't done for quite some time). I mounted them on some lovely toned glitter card and am really pleased with the effect. However, it might not show up so well on here! Thanks for looking.

Cardsc

Yesterday I was supposed to be putting the inserts into my Xmas cards but, as my Paper Artsy stamps were still out, decided to make 4 more cards. I love these stamps!! All made in the same fashion and method as the other 2. Will have to hide these though as they are for upcoming birthdays as, when my Sister visits, she always takes the most recently made cards I have made!! thanks for looking.

Cards

These are 2 birthday cards I made for friends on a forum I am on. I used all Paper Artsy stamps and Tim Holtz inks blending the colours until I was satisfied with the effect. Finished off with gold glimmer mist (on the male card) and silver (on the female card) to give a nice shimmer effect. Added a crown and star and some sparkley jems to set it all off. Thanks for looking.

On the Paper Dolls this year, we have been set bi-monthly themed challenges and it fell to me to set the theme for July/August. I decided on 'make a book' - there were no rules so anything goes!! I started off making one BIA book which then rapidly turned into two, followed by a third (the max. no of entries we are allowed to make). Tried to make them all very different and thoroughly enjoyed making them all. However, as I am very tired (lol) I have posted 2 identical pages on the 2nd and 3rd books and now can't work out how to remove them!! Sorry but just close your eyes on the duplicate pages. Thanks for looking.

Paperdolls bi-monthly challenge Book 2

This was actually the 1st book I made and got a bit carried away with inks and generally getting messy.

Paperdolls bi-monthly challenge

This was the third and last book I made and, I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed making this one using lots of different stamps inks, glimmer mists etc., Thanks for looking.

Birthday cards

It is my sister's birthday tomorrow, 27th June, and I managed to make her a few cards but, I have to say, that this one is my favourite. I used a new set of stamps and lots of Tim Holtz inks to get the background effect and also spritzed gold glimmer. The lady was also coloured in with the same ink pads but with dabbers. Hope she like it as it is my favourite at the moment. Thanks for looking.

Birthday cards

I haven't posted any of my work for ages now, due to the fact, that I am still recovering from my knee replacement in May. Things are progressing very slowly but before my op I made these 2 cards for my good friend Bee's birthday on the 15th May.

21st Birthday cards

It is my neices' 21st birthday on the 9th May so my sister asked me to make a selection of cards for her. Have tried to make them all different but not sure I have really achieved what I wanted to but, as I am going into hospital next Tuesday, time just seemed to run away with me. Thanks for taking a look.

Sunday Stampers Week 14 challenge

The Sunday Stampers theme this week is 'Words'. I brayered Lemon Zest and Oriental Poppy glimmer mists onto my card and when dried spritzed gold glimmer mist over the top. The text and swirls were stamped with black stazon and highlighted with my new 'white' pen (sorry can't remember the name). Spritzed the arrows with lemon zest and oriental poppy and placed them appropriately. Thanks for looking.

Sunday Stampers Week 13 challenge

This week's Sunday Stamper challenge is 'Faces' so I used 3 of my favourite images and fb pages. However, for some unknown reason, my scanner hasn't picked up the red areas so I am hoping this is only a temporary blip as it's a new one. Sorry you will just have to image it. lol