My Fair lady

I made this card for my mam's 80th birthday, she loves the film "My Fair Lady" so it went down a treat!
The decoupage image was the full length of a A4 card and was from Nancy Watt and the papers were from Papermania,  i added some glamour dust (my favorite product ) to the image which you can't see on the picture which is a shame as it gives it a lovely sparkle.

     

Hope you like it and thank you for looking

Carole x

Sister's 50th birthday card

Hi everybody!
I made this birthday card for one of my sisters, it was her 50th birthday and she likes stylish things so thought she would love this beautiful chandelier. Inspiration was taken from Jak at Crafters Kitchen who's work i admire!

Side view to show the silver embossing and brad !

I stamped and embossed the image in silver and then added some "glamour dust" to give it a bit sparkle, i was going to use some black embossing powder on it but it turned out a mess because the powder stuck to the card and left specks all over it --urggg !!    --- so i decided to use silver instead !

 The card was made with "Pink Frog" black stardream card, i love this card as its nice and strong with a lovely finish.  The beautiful backing paper was a freeby thanks to Jak  from Crafters Kitchen---the chandelier stamp was from "Papermania"  --   I used a computer generated message and added some black gems, i used two pieces of black ribbon tied in a knot in the centre with a spacer and brad from Hobbyhouse to hold it in place. I loved the finished result,  i hope you do!

Hope you like it and thanks for looking !

Carole x

Card for a friend's birthday !

Hi everybody, i'm sorry i've neglected my blog !!  I promised i would post regularly but life just catches up, anyway this is a card i made recently for a friends birthday.

This is a card i made from the Making Cards magazine using the Nancy Watt Collection  "Birds Swirls and Florals" I used my own idea of putting the flowers on the top!  I added some glamour dust (my fav product at the moment) to the bird but it doesn't show up on the pic ! 

Hope you like it and thank you for looking !

Carole x

Debbi Moor card

He everybody!
I think my new years resolution should have been to post each week instead of everyday, i think the latter is a tall order for me just yet --lol.
I thought i would show you this card which i made for my friends birthday which was in Dec. I used the Debbi Moor "Glitter & Glitz" sheet, the idea came from her website  http://www.debbimoore.co.uk/projects-detail.asp?projectid=49   I  mounted it onto pearlised Stardream card and glammed it up by added some Glammer dust and some jewels.

 

Hope you like it and thankyou for looking.

Carole x

Happy New Year

Hi everybody !!
I would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year with good health !! ( because i think that is the main thing) and everything you wish for yourselves !!

I hope to be a better blogger this year -- that is part of my resalution and try and make a post every day ! I would also like to try some of the challengers, they look so much fun and i think it must get the insperation going which is sorely lacking with me sometimes.  

My hopes for this year are that my nephew who is a marine stays safe! ---and all the others who are with him who are doing a very difficult job. Some are in situations that we can't possibly begin to imagine !!

For me -- I'm determined to be more organized in every area of my life -- will have to work hard at this - lol !
I also intend to eat much more healthily. I have said this before, but i lost 8lb in the later part of this year--- but then Xmas came with all its temptations --well we need a treat now and again lol. Now the holiday season is over its back to shedding some more. Its difficult for me as i'm not very active because of health reasons but i'm not going to let that be an excuse, i do feel alot better with a few pounds off and i think i'm not so sluggish when i eat better!! 

Now off to make some cards !

Thanks for visiting !

Carole x

Birthday card for a change!

Hi everybody, hope you've all had a good weekend!
I've been busy trying to catch up on Xmas shopping. There was a "Victorian Xmas Fair" in Durham over the weekend so my hubby and i decided to go and my mil came with us, we had Sunday lunch out later which was a nice change!  We bought some nice cheese and some lovely jars of pickle and jam, some of which will be Xmas presents and some lovely sausages --couldn't resist after tasting them!

I think i should show you what i managed to make this weekend, i deviated a bit from Xmas cards which was a nice change--lol!
This card is for my Sister-in-law's birthday which is later this week, she likes simple designs so hope she likes this one!
Its cuttlebugged on a white card with the "Swiss Dots" folder. I stamped the flourish on mauve card and also a motive with flowers and decoupaged the little flowers, i should have stamped the flourish a bit higher then i would have been able to put the message tag at the bottom. The stamps are "Hero Arts" and i added some small adhesive gemstones from Dovecraft + a Nestability tag --the message is from Papermainia.

Thanks for looking

Carole x

Two more Stitched Christmas Cards

Hi, how many people have there Christmas decorations up ? I haven't even got the boxes out yet!

These latest stitched cards are a deviation from the norm for me, i usually stick to the more traditional colours but decided to use these lovelypeeloff stickers i saw at a craft show i visited recently! I also bought the templates i used for the stitching there as well.

Hope you like them !

Carole x