Green and pink extravaganza!

I was recently asked to make a baby girl card and also a big sister card. I had just come back from a trip to the Papermill Shop and this green and pink were calling to me from the box. I liked the idea of the baby flower coming from the joined two hearts - a bit sentimental and yeucky I know but new baby time is a good time for sentimental! The feet were embossed with a cuttlebug folder on a circle cut with my nestabilities. The flower, baby and hearts are all sizzix dies.

The big sister card uses the same colours and (of course) the marvelous swirls die. Everything was cur with sizzix except the flowers which are an x-cut punch. I am not sure how old the big sister is but I thought all little girls like bling so added some gems to make the dots on the 'i's.

This is my final (for now) pink and green card. The flower is stampendous. Stamped onto pink and green card and paper pieced. I went over the lines on the flower with a pink / glitter gelly roll pen (although it doesn't really show here). The stamens are raised using a black gelly roll. I drew the stems in using a green felt tip and a black fineliner and added knotted ribbon with a brad to tie it down. I did think about having the knot the other side and a sentiment on the right, but decided that it didn't need one. I gave this to my sister in law for her birthday. this card is a 5x7 and the others are A6. I just realised that they all look the same size on the blog.

I'm Back!

Well, it has been a while, but I thought I should start blogging again. I started a 'proper' job in September, together with looking after 2 boys and a husband, helping to run a card making club and making my own cards (of course). I am enjoying my new job, but it does eat into card making time!

As this is my first one for ages, I am just going to show a load of cards and you can work out how they were made (feel free to ask questions!)

DCM - Arrows?

Well, trees are arrow shaped aren't they? I have never used arrows on a card before although I do use them in my scrapbook. The DCM recipe called for 3 arrows, 3 circles and one square - whoops, I used a rectangle. The letters are quite square though! I had planned to use a stamp in a square (where the N & O are) but couldn't get the ink to match the dark pink. Sorry! The arrows / trees were hand cut, the letters are a sizzix extended cut die, the doodling is my own and all paper is last year's papermania Christmas pack. Pink may not be a traditional Christmas colour, but I use it a lot for Christmas cards (and all others!)

Christmas Bling

Today's DCM challenge is Time. I nearly went with a clock idea and something like 'time for fun' but when I went into my craft room I saw this Ellison cut and emboss folder on my desk and thought Snow-Time (in a Jim Carrey kind of voice!) The background is cuttlebug embossed and then highlighted with glitter. The blue glitter snowflake spins and is in an aperture so the navy behind it is actually the inside of the card (thanks Erin!).

This is not my first Christmas card of the year - I have been making them since June. Something about summer always makes me think of Christmas. By December, I will be making Spring cards!!!