Merry Christmas Everyone

Hi there

Just want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy Happy New Year.

Lots of Love

Gill x

You did it

Hi there,

My cousin's son recently passed his 11+ and here's the card I made him.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone,

Here's a card I made a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Christmas Card

Hello again

Here's a Christmas card I made using Papertreys bauble stamp and die set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gill x

Golf Card

Hi there crafters

Just another card, similar layout to the last post.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting.

Gill x

Night Before Christmas

Hi there

I recently had a card sent to me and I loved the way it folded so I brought out one of my favourite Christmas stamps, Clarity's Night Before Christmas, and made my version of it. 

Thanks for looking

Gill x

Another Catalina border card

Hi there,

I've got another card to show you using the Catalina border die and once again I was inspired by a card I saw in a very old 'Stamp It' magazine.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Christmas

Hi there

I made this card last year after shopping at M & S, their gift wrap inspired me and I tried to get that Christmas knitted jumper look.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Gill x

Matchbook Card

Hi there

The final card we did was not quite a pocket card but a matchbook style card.  I still used the Tim Holtz easel die to stand it up. 

Thanks for stopping by over the last few days to look at my recent posts.

Gill x

Anoter pocket card

Hi there

Here is the second pocket card we did

Thanks for looking

Gill x

Pocket card

Hi there

I recently did a card class on pocket cards.  I used the Tim Holtz 'small easel' die to stand them up.
Here's the first.

and a couple of different views.

More to follow, stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Gill x.

Another owl

Hi there

Last week I had my cousins daughter, Eloise, come to stay for 5 days, we saw two West End shows and made 32 cards.   One of them was for her Nan who happened to like owls so we just had to make  a version of the cards I have recently been showing.  She chose her own papers and colours and I think she made a great job.

  Using the same layout, I made a Christmas card..

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Owl-loween

Hi there,

Following on from yesterdays post, I just had to make this for Halloween,   I've seen this sentiment used on some cards recently and thought it was cute.  That's another card to my ever growing stash of Halloween Cards.

Wished I had made the sentiment bigger on the computer, never mind, too late now.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Owl card

Hello there,

This card was made using a similar idea to a card I saw in a very old 'Stamp-it' magazine.  I loved the simplicity of it.
 

The owl stamp was a freebie from 'Craft Stamper' magazine a long while ago and the sentiment is computer generated.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Catalina Border

Hi there,

Had a play with my friend Jackie's Catalina Border die and I came up with this,   I think I'll try lots of other colours, stay tuned.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Teenage Card

Morning crafters,

Another card I forgot to post from a recent card class.  I was asked to come up with a card suitable for boys in their early teens, very difficult.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Wedding Card

Hi there,

A quick card to show you using the Pretty Peonies Anniversary set from Papertrey.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Men's cards

Hi there,

Another card for the men to show you

Thanks for stopping by.

Gill x

Christmas in July

Hi there crafters

I am currently doing 'Christmas in July' with the classes I would like to show you one of the cards we recently made.   It's an oldie but goody stamp that I bring out every year.

Thanks for looking

Gill x

Baby card

Hello

I've had these three baby grow images hanging around for ages so I thought I would put them to good use.

I have left the comments box open on this one so if there is anything you would like to see more of, just let me know.

Gill x

JLS

Hi there crafters

Its another cousin's daughter's birthday today and she is a big JSL fan so I came up with this.  I hope she likes it.  Happy Birthday Eloise.

I did make a matching money wallet but forgot to photograph it.  The JLS  initials are covered in micro beads.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

3 pink flowers

Hi there,

My friend, Gina, had a top on the other day with these colours in it and it inspired me to make this card.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

Gill x

Halloween

Hello Crafters

Now I know Halloween is a long way off but I was looking through some old mags the other day for inspiration and I ended up making these, not quite what I had in mind.  I don't know about you but if  I don't deal with an idea straight away, its gone forever.  Not sure what colour I prefer but I am getting a nice little stash of Halloween cards for when the time comes.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Another little lady card

Hi there,

After the last post I decided to make another little lady card, this time using red patterned paper for the backing and the body of the ladybird.  I also added some flowers.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Special Little Lady

Hello

It was my cousin's daughter's birthday a few days ago and I made her this card, together with a matching money wallet.  Actually, the money wallet was made first and the card was inspired by that.  The ladybird was quick, easy and fun to make from circle punches and the antennas were cut from a butterfly memory box die. 

Thanks for looking and speak to you soon.

Gill x

An old post

Hi there,

Just a quickie, I have just had a question from Kathleen from this early post and was asked  'what adhesive did I use to stick the little knitted jumper'.  Well the answer to that is double sided tape, the red one if you can get it because it is much stronger.  Happy knitting and let me know how you got on.

Gill x

Simple Card

Hi Crafters,

Me again with a really easy but effective card.  I do love these two colours together, chartreuse and black. 

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

More Wainscot

Hi Crafters

Thought I would show you a card a made for a friend of mine, Jackie, who has recently moved house.

I love the effect this wainscot technique gives but I must try a different colour. 

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Golf Birthday Card

Hello again,

Back with another male card, this time golf themed.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my creations.

Gill x

Footy again

Hi there crafters,

Keeping with the footy theme I thought I would show you these.  Nice and simple and you can incorporate team colours.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Footy theme

Hello again.

Using the same layout as Monday's post, I came up with this idea.  I did the pitch background on the computer, took me hours but its stored now for future use.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Baby Boy Card

Hi there,

Still on a male theme here is what I did with the remainder of the wainscot panelling.

More to follow.

Gill x

Men

Hi there crafters

I have been working on some men's cards and here are two, similar in design.  For details on how to make the panelled (wainscot) background click here.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Gill x

Marianne Butterfly

Hi there

Just a quick post with a card using the Marianne Butterfly and some of my favourite colours.

I have some men's cards in the pipeline so stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Gill x

Love

Hi there

Been having a play again this morning.  Not sure about this card, its not quite what I had in mind but I thought I would post it anyway. 

Thanks for looking and enjoy the weekend.

Love Gill x

Celebrations

Hi there,

Been messing around in my craft room today and came up with this, not my usual colours, I must say.  I have had the Tim Holtz Butterflight 'On the Edge' die for a long time now and never used it so I thought I would give it an airing.  The sentiments are from the 'Celebrations' stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x

Christmas Catalina

Hi there,

The final Catalina die post and possibly my favourite.  Because I had trouble with the shading on the banner for the Halloween version I thought about using chalks on this one and they worked a treat.  I wish I had thought about chalking the others, especially in the background but thats all part of the learning process. 

Thanks for looking at my Catalina die creations over the past few days.

Gill x

Halloween Catalina

Hello crafters

My head is buzzing with ideas at the moment and here's the latest.  I love this little cat from Penny Black, I think he is called 'cute'.  He just has his paws up and you can make him hold anything you want, very versatile. 

The  spellbinders banner was just too much for this card and I could not get the shading right.

Thanks for stopping by to look again.  A Christmas version on the way and the last one, I promise.

Gill x 

Easter Catalina

Hi there,

Back with an Easter version, stay tuned for Halloween.

Thanks for looking.

Gill x