Three of a kind

Hi Crafty friends
Here are three cards I made recently, continuing my addiction to lots of dies and a very limited colour palette.

 Here I made the corners from Spellbinders' 'Elegant Labels 4' which is rectangular, but it's nice to get a different look. The central panel is a die from a Go Kreate lucky bag, so I had to draw round it to get a smaller one for layering

 These are my lovely new Borderabilities 1. So pretty and delicate. The leaves are from Spellbinders Heartfelt creations 'Asters' die set.
The flower is a stamp set from Dimension, which has to be cut out by hand!!  (cue violins)

more of the same. I did this yellowy one first, but cut the borders out of the wrong card stock (it looked different in electric light) so I had to cut some more. Shame to waste the first ones so I found the pink paper to go with them. Now I like that one better.













Happy Crafting
jx

Diamond fold card

Hi there

Here is a card I did for the Rudolph challenge on Craft mad& loving it. The challenge was to use red and paper piecing

I used a Tatty Button stamp and paper pieced the leaves. We learned the fold at RWS class, so thank you Tracey.
I like the fold and it's easy to do, so I'm planning on a few more Christmas cards.
happy crafting
Jx

Painting

Hi Peeps
This is a bit of a departure for me. A friend asked for a man's card, with a scene on it. So here is my first effort at a predominantly stamped and coloured card. I masked the image and coloured the sky with ink, shaving brush and masks to get a generally hazy effect and painted the rest with DIs, and then I added some decoupage. The brown matting layer is just card stock I stamped randomly.

Happy crafting
jx

Soft shades

Hello Peeps
Here's a card I made inspired by the soft shades used by Elly. (See Elly's Card Corner)
I love the idea of using the same/similar paper and varying it with ink - and it saves no end of messing around, looking for matching papers. I made a couple more out of slightly stronger colours but stupidly took them round to  friend's before I'd photographed them. Doh!!

This involved lots of hand cutting, when I prefer the neater look of die cuts, but over all, I'm quite pleased with it.

And here is another version of the box I posted before. This one is actually deep enough for the present to go in.

Happy crafting

J x

Mini Zig Zags - Maxi bargains!

I just love the lucky bags of paper pieces from RWS sale, and these little cards are great for using them up. So far, these cards are working out at less than 2p each!!

So pleased to be able to use my oriental stamps, and I had another go at colouring with aqua markers. I couldn't do much shading though, as I only have 6 pens

The butterfly is a die, free with a magazine. I inked the scalloped oval while it was still in the die.

This one is very delicate and feminine. I used a Stampin Up punch. I use the leaves a lot, but the bird hasn't had many outings. The little bird on the backing paper made me think of using it here.

I thought this one would be OK for a boy. The stamp was a great bargain from RWS. Again, I inked the background to the stamp while it was still in the die. I can't think why I haven't done this before.

Mini Zig Zag Cards

Hi again,
Following on from my early Christmas card, I've used the same fold again for birthdays this time.

For the second one, I actually got out my Promarkers for the image - I definitely need more practice! I really love this fold at the moment, and it's so good for using up scraps, I guess I'll be making a few more.

But in the mean time, I have been inspired by Elly (check her blog out  here). She makes the most sumptuous cards in gorgeous subtle shades. This in no way reaches her level, but I had fun with it. I was trying to find a way of making 7x5 cards, not tent fold because I find they generally collapse, and this method works quite well.

Well I've just come back from the sale at RWS so I'm off to play with some of the new goodies I've bought

Jx

Card Catch up

Two posts in one day!!
I've just found some pics of cards I've made recently, but not posted. I was inspired by a beautiful card we made in class, but I didn't have a suitable die for the panel, so I experimented with my Marianne corner die, and made a rectangle. I was also really pleased to be able to use my Memory Box fuschia die.

Then I had another go with the corner die and made a pentangle. I embossed the background with an embossing folder that came free with a mag.

Happy Crafting