An extra?...

Hi all - just a quickie - I made this card at the same time as I made the cards for my workshop - I was trying different colour combos.  So it is almost identical but with the base colours swapped around. My DH liked this one but I prefered the Kiwi Kiss one better (see workshop cards in previous post). Then my sister-in-law stopped in to drop something off and she liked the Kiwi Kiss one better also so DH was out-voted LOL and that became the workshop one... and this one? ... 

April 2009 Worskhop...

Hi all - hope everything is going well for you all - Hope you all had a wonderful Easter even though it is now two weeks past!!! Time flies faster as one gets older LOL (or busier!)

For our workshop creations this month, I firstly wanted to Mother's Day cards plus I wanted to use some of the lovely new Designer Series papers available in the new catalogue. And boy have we been spoilt this time. They are all so beautiful! It was so hard to choose!!! I have chosen the Raspberry Tart papers 'cause for one it is very 'pretty' colours and also I felt that the  new 'Three Little Words' stamp set went really well with it.

All three have been made based around the Raspberry Tart DS papers.

For our first card we have made a pocket card (instructions here) which the girls found to their delight, very easy to make. We have also used the 'Mother's Day' stamp out of the 'Occasional Greetings' set. 

For next card we have made a simple layout using layers and for a bit of added interest we have clear embossed the flower and sentiment and also used the rock 'n' roll technique. This card and the next item both also use, for a little extra *bling*, the new clear Rhinestone brads which I really LOVE and find so much more versatile.

And for our novelty item, I have cased this Post-It note holder idea from Jean who sent me one in the post a little while back as a gift. Such a simple but very clever idea and my girls loved it. Thank you Jean for the inspiration. :) It has a hair-band that holds it closed which you really can't see in these pictures. 

A 'Magic' Card....

This is the card I made for my younger sister's birthday earlier this month. She likes really cute things and cards that do 'something'. I tried this type of card once before and I just didn't like it at all - I don't like how it is so plain when one first sees it. But when I made this one (other than the colour choice LOL) I don't mind it at all. Maybe I needed to persevere with the original one as I stop half way through it thinking it was too plain looking. But aren't they amazing how they 'magically' colour. Instructions can be found on SCS here

Another challenge...

Here is the card I made for the ABC challenge. Each week they set a challenge denoted by the letters of the alphabet. This week they were up to 'I' and the challenge was to decorate the 'inside' of the card.

I like the inside better than the outside LOL - it would make a lovely card front!

Two Challenges....

Hi all - remember me LOL - Easter holidays, house partly cleaner...  so time to stamp!!! Yah!! I have combined tqo challenges to make this card. 'KWerner's colour challenge No. 49' and 'the Sisterhood of Scrap's sketch challenge'.

I did start out by intending to make two cards and started off doing the KWerner colour challenge but that card is heading for the bin LOL. So then I started the Sisterhood challenge and decided to try again with the colours and I am SOOOO happy with this card. :-)) (Pat myself on the back LOL)

Edited: Missed Kwerner's challenge by approx 5 minutes :-((

Edited: The ribbon on the front was done by attaching a piece of ribbon to the card then punching three holes on either side and threading another piece of ribbon like shoelaces, attaching ends at the back. Hope that helps - if not please feel free to email me and I will give more details.

My 'Baby's' Birthday...

Hi - all... here is the card I made for my 'baby' who turned 9!!! on the weekend. I can't believe it!!! Another year and both my children will be in double figure numbers! WOW! As long as we all keep aging then life is good isn't it......

It started out as the KWerner challenge for the week, which was using only the colours Black, Grey and White, which at the time I thought would be a great combo for him as his favourite colour is black. But when I tried to make it in those colours alone it just didn't look right for a young boy, so I gave up on the challenge and put some Red with it. I don't mind it, but as usual since it is for a loved one, it didn't turn out as special as I would have liked it to be. He liked it though so I suppose that is a good thing...... And yet another step card...... No not fed up with them yet LOL

March Workshop...

Hi all - how are you all going? I am good after my rather hectic weekend. We had our youngest son's birthday on Saturday with a family party on Saturday night and then I had my workshops on Sunday. Great weekend but was really glad to go to bed Sunday night!!!

For this workshop I had told the girls we would do a 'Glitter Window' card (compliments of SCS) and maybe Easter cards. So that's what we did..... The above card is the Glitter Window card which when I read the instructions was not how I thought it was made (again! didn't I do that recently ROFLOL - I made a couple last year just going by the picture and made the 'window' so that one saw a sentiment that was typed on the inside of the card.)
So for the girls I checked it out properly and made this one like the one on SCS.

Then we made this 'Easter' card which is cased off the SU website. I thought it was just a really simple but really pretty card. I have also used a couple of different techniques to do it eg: rock & roll, masking, heat embossing.

Then we finished off by making this cute little Bunny basket which I have cased from a SU demonstrator, Chris Twing. I made mine slightly different and a bit smaller as I wanted to get all the pieces out of an A4 sheet of paper and not a 12 x 12 sheet. But to look at it, it looks like Chris'.

So if you would like a pre-cut kit that includes everything* to make these three wonderful things then check out my side bar on the workshop info to see how easy it is to get one.