Kath's Blog Candy

Kath over at All that Glitter is offering some yummy blog candy as she celebrates 5000 hits on her blog. Pop over if you would like to enter and have a look at her wonderful cards.

Baby Baby

I bought the latest edition of Quick Cards made easy on Sunday and it came with a free stamp of Beatrix Potters Jemima Puddle Duck. As soon as I saw it I thought "Baby Card" and since my colouring's not up to much I thought I'd keep it simple and just stamp the images in pink and blue. I've gone over the image with my chalks to soften it up a bit and mounted it onto co-ordinating card. The papers are again from the Epsom site. The greeting is printed from the pc and has also been chalked. I've then added a strip of white card embossed with cuttlebugs Swiss Dots, which has also been chalked. I then threaded some ribbon through the buttons to finish.

I think the blue one is my favourite.

I ran out of pink buttons when I got to this card. I've used a die to cut out some buttons on this card but they dont really look like buttons to me! so I just added 3 small pink papermania stones to give it a bit of sparkle.

Hey Hey I Wanna Be A Rockstar!

I've been having a go with the DCWV Rockstar Stack I bought a couple of weeks ago. I absoloutely love this stack as its got some fantastic card in it, some of which is foiled and some is flocked. First up is a card I made for my little boy to give to his Grandad for his birthday as he's a keen guitar player.

The card does most of the work itself so I've just embellished it with some 3mm brown organza ribbon, to give the effect of strings. I've also added 3 small silver brads. The greeting is printed from the pc onto white cardstock using the "Bleeding Cowboys" font, which I've then inked in brown to give it an aged look and mounted onto mirror card to bring out the foil in the card. I saw the shape the greeting is printed on in a magazine a while ago and thought it would be perfect for this card and after much searching I found a template on the internet which I printed off and now use to draw round and cut out.

This is my second attempt with the same stack. This time I've printed the greeting off and coloured it in so it co-ordinates with the colours in the card.

And finally...this one is just made up of the bits I had left over. I cut out the guitar using my ellison die and inked it to make it look a bit grungy!

I'm pleased with how these have turned out as I really struggle with men's cards.

Kerry's Giraffe Doodle

I've been playing this evening and created this card a card using Kerry's Giraffe doodle, which she has very kindly allowed us all to use subject to her copyright. I've coloured him with watercolour pencils, although I admit to not being very good at it!

The backing paper is the giraffe fur paper available to download from here also thanks to Kerry for the link! I've cuttlebug'd some brown card using the Traffic Jam folder and threaded a large wooden button with a old faux suede lace. The leaves are a handmade paper I had in my stash and the brads are by papermania. I've inked all the edges in a brown ink which I think makes it stand out a bit more. I couldnt think of a suitable greeting for this card so thought I'd leave him blank so somebody else can decide what occasion he's for!

Tara's Blog Candy

Blog Candy - Magnolia Stamp

To celebrate a fantastic 20,000 hits on her blog, Tara is offering a lovely Magnolia stamp as Blog Candy. Take a look at her site...she has some gorgeous and very inspiring creations.

This open until Saturday 26 April and a winner will be chosen on Sunday 27 April.

Ooops I've left it a bit late, but this blogging takes up a lot of time!

Anyone for Golf?

My little boy gave me a box for Christmas with a few sticker sets in it....he chose well considering he was only 18 months old at the time and didnt leave my side! Anyway, I thought I'd get a pack out and do something with them and this is what I came up with. The cardstock is Bazzill Crisscross, which I love so much... and the pringle effect paper is from the Epsom site. Ive tried my hand at false stitching on this card to tie in with the stitching on the pringle paper. I think its worked well.

Doodle-icious!

Over the past week my cold has set me back a bit. I have severe lack of Mojo! I have managed though, to get a couple of cards made. I fell in love with the Doodlebug range the first time I saw it, and I bought a lot of it too and these are the first cards I've made with the Party range. I think I like them, but I'm not sure! The cardstock used is also from the Doodlebug range so co-ordinate perfectly. I've inked all the edges in blue/orange to give each of them a bit more definition.



One for the Girls!


And one for the Boys!