Playing with paper.

I've been cardmaking for nearly 20 years and have gone through lots of different techniques. It took a long time to force myself to like stamping rather than thinking of it as a sometimes necessary evil but once I did that was it & almost all other forms fell by the wayside.

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Back to basics winners

The 2 lucky ladies are Alex from Docrafts, and Larraine via email. If you can pm me your addies and whether you already have polychromo pen...

Back to basics cards by email

The challenge is now finished, sadly the response here hasnt been as great as it was on the DC forum. When hubby gets up I'll be asking...

Saturday, 28 March 2009

Sketch saturday challenge 44

Finally my mojo seems to be back working on all cylinders thanks to a new stamp and inspiration from Crafty Caz on UKS. This one is for sk...

Friday, 27 March 2009

Friday Sketchers 45

Thanks to the lovely ladies at Funky Kits my new Gorjuss girls arrived just in time for this weeks Friday Sketchers challenge . Nanas Nurs...

Charisma Cards Challenge

This weeks challenge at Charisma Cardz is Favourite Things. This is using my favourite technique, dry embossing with one of my favourite...

Sunday, 22 March 2009

My mojo is on the blink

For the last few days it seems as the my mojo is still about but it's not working right and I havent really been happy with anything I...

Sketch saturday challenge 43

I've taken huge liberties with this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge and I'm none too sure about the finished result. Papers are fr...

Saturday, 21 March 2009

Charisma Cards Challenge

This one's using a sketch from this weeks Charisma Cardz Challenge. Bit orange for my taste but sis will love it. Tilda is coloured w...

Friday, 20 March 2009

Only just made it

in time for this weeks Sketch Saturday . Nanas nursery, girl, papers with some green paper from a mini deco book. Crafts Too, grass border p...

why I dont use freebie papers

This is for friday sketchers and will be stripped down and recycled within a few hours. A classic example of why I don't use magazine ...

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Back to basics for Friday Sketchers

Here's my back to basics card using a sketch from Friday Sketchers challenge. Roses paper is the back of a white linen scrap. Bright ye...

Monday, 16 March 2009

Colour charts

I spent a bit of money at the NEC yesterday buying my first copic ciaos, oops lol and decided I wanted a colour chart so here we go. Admitte...

Sunday, 15 March 2009

Copic pen blog candy alert

Charmed Cards have an amzing set of copics up for grabs as blog candy. But you can't enter cuz I want 'em, ok you can enter really...

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Back to basics Challenge.

I've been making cards for over 13 years now and since the start there's been massive changes in techniques & styles but the big...

Thursday, 12 March 2009

Whiff Of Joy Challenge 21

Sadly I didn't have time to last weeks Lavender & lace challenge on Whiff Of Joy challenge blog , so to make up for it I've done...

Circles to oval

This is with the same Joy stencil that I made the poppy card with a few days ago. This time on the back of the cream card I marked a line ...

Monday, 9 March 2009

More samples

It's been a very hectic week here. Hubby turned 50 and we had a 50s themed party for him. Seemed a good idea when we arranged it then ...

Sunday, 1 March 2009

Tilda bookmark

Dang I let daughter in law have my bags of odd wool and I know there was some hairy lilac, blue and pink that would have been perfect for th...

Saturday, 28 February 2009

Promarkers

I accidentally stopped off at Hobbycraft yesterday and a set of manga 3 & additions promarkers fell into my basket. Ooops. Got home an...

Thursday, 26 February 2009

Sketch Saturday 39

Not so sure on this one for Sketch Saturday . I put the stamped image on the wrong part of the paper and covered up the deep red area of th...

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