Hubble bubble

 It's almost Halloween again so I've had a break from Christmas for a day or two and made these...

The top card is  a stamp which was coloured in pencil crayon. The bottom 2 cards are made in cross stitch....just for a change! 

Envelope santa

 This design was originally made in felt but I thought it would be ideal for a special Xmas card.

The stitched detail is worked in chain stitch and the glasses are cut from silver card. The "envelope" is stuck onto a brown card which also forms the face. 

Away in a manger...

 Paper nation decoupage is always so clear and simple. This one reminded me of school nativity.

Thin we've all seen one...or been in one in our day! 

Even more snowmen!

 Don't know how many snowmen you can have at Christmas but there are loads of designs in the market! 

These decoupage ones are 3 of my favourite...

This year I've combined the decoupage with pre printed papers for a different effect. 

A couple of swells!

 When I receiv d this stamp I couldn't help thinking it was big enough for a complete card, so I pieced it to provide the colour. 

The arms are a little bit fragile, but the rest worked really well! 

Layered diarama

 I think people are quite daunted by the idea of a diorama but I live the 3d effect!

This 1 was quite complicated but once I'd understood how to do it wasn't as bad as expected.

I think it makes a proper wintery scene!

Snowman and Santa.

 There is some great inspiration on the nett and I made these 2 cards using some of it! 

Both cards were quick to make and, I think, really effective! 

3 More Christmas cards

 Just adding a few more cards on mass because I forgot to put them in one at a time! 

2 simple designs and a view box which always takes a bit longer than the rest! 

Mini cross stitch

My daughter Sam and her students are opening a cafe later this month. I wanted to make something to mark the occasion and also to have a go at miniature cross stitch. 

I found this cafe pattern on the net which was really ideal? 

I put a piece of card in the base but the walls were quite rounded. I enjoyed making it but I'm in no rush to do another just yet! 

 

Xmas stitching

 A lovely pattern. Just finished but really enjoyed it!

Back to Xmas!

 Here are another 2 Xmas cards for this year's collection...

2 down lots to go! 

3 cards for trish

 Trish.. a neighbour of Emily's, has ordered some cards for her grandchildren. Here they are...

Hope they'll be ok!

Tommy's card

 I was asked to make a card for a 2 year old football fan. This is what I came up with...

I must admit...I was quite pleased with the result! 

A stand alone toadstool

 Here's is a pretty little toadstool card made from a stamp on its own. It's an a frame card with a gusset.Its petit but seasonal.

All cards don't have to be big! 

Just Imagine (dragon)

 I've had this card planned in my mind for ages just wasn't sure if the colours until I sat down to do it! 

It was really good fun to make and I'm really pleased with the result. Hope the greeting sounds ok. Get tired of just having Happy Birthday all of the time! 

Seasonal gnomes

 Can't get enough gnomes. They're are all great images and such fun to colour! 

Here's one for late summer and one for Autumn.

The background paper for the wizard is from a 6 X 6 pad from the Works last year. 

Xmas penguins

 I always love a shaped card even though it can take ages to make them from scratch! 

These will be a good addition to my Xmas stash this year. Hope folk will like them! 

Pieced gnome

 I love piecing! It's so relaxing! Providing that the design is large enough to accommodate it, piecing is very satisfying too. 

Here is a pieced gnome....a cute character sitting on a toadstool. Just right for autumn. 

Xmas 2024

 Although I still think it's really early I made a couple of Christmas cards today. They took longer than they look like they did but I've wanted to try these gnome patterns for some time now.

And this one ..

Well...it's a start! 

For Sam 2024...

 This year I have been cross stitching quite a bit. I saw this pattern and chose it for a card for our eldest daughter, Sam. 

I hope she'll like it. It's certainly different from anything I've done before! 

Minions!

 Although they've been on the circuit a few years now, I still love Minions!  This is a kit I  bought some time ago. The sentiments were in French so I've replaced them with English ones. 

Hope people like them. 

Altered images.

 Some decoupage papers have quite a complicated design or not much room for a greeting. Of course the design is only a suggestion. 

I had some papers in my stash I wanted to use so many cut up the design a bit and re-designed it. 

These are the finished result as there were 2,designs on the paper...

A happy little scarecrow. And...

Both autumnal images and really cute! 

For friends...

 These cards were made for friends...

Isabella

 This is a card for a new baby where Emily works. She's called Isabella. 

It was nice to do a bit of decoupage again. Welcome to the world Isabella! 

Gnoming around

 Wanted to make something straight forward today so did some stamping and colouring.

I know there have been lots of gnome images this year but I never grow tired of them!

Lattice split card

 There have been lots of good examples of this type of card on Pinterest so here's my offering!

It was quite easy on the whole because the images are all die cut! 

Elliot and Amelia's birthday cards 2024

 Every year I have made birthday cards for Elliot and Amelia ( my grandchildren) . Here are the ones for this year...

 Elliots...

and Amelia's. 

I must admit I'm rather pleased with them!

Dandelions

 I love dandelions! The embroidered kind as well as the real ones. 

When I do this one again I'm going to make the dandelion heads bigger! 

Flag card

 This is my flag shaped card, which stands on delicate pointed ends. It's my second butterfly card for July. 

Butterflies for July 2024

 July should be a month for butterflies so I've created this box shaped card. 

I hope it looks like the butterflies are flying over the flower bed! 

Side easel card

 Lovely to use the Katy Sue papers that were originally craft creations. Nice that this is die cut too! 

I think this is a really pretty special occasion card. It says Happy Birthday inside.

Morning Glory

 I made this card using an embroidery pattern turned into prick and stitch. It was coloured with permanent markers and mounted on a 7" X 7" card blank.

Although it was quite a complicated design I think it was worth it in the end!

Decoupage swallows

 Summer is here once more so it's nice to celebrate it with a seasonal card! 

This paper is by Joanna Sheen...sadly difficult to obtain nowadays! 

Floating card

 

This week's project is a floating card made with a cake cutting die. The image is stuck to acetate and then to the card Matt on 3d pads to give the floating effect. 

Mixed media cards

 I really like to make mixed media cards....the ones where different art forms are bought together to make a card. 

The top 2 cards were made by combining some clear stamped images with cross stitch on plastic canvas. 

The bottom image is cross stitch on plastic canvas Matt and layered and mounted on a patterned card. 

I think these cards are really different from the ones I've made before so I'll probably make some more some time!