Straight to the point

Hey,
I never know what to write on this bit, you know the lead up to the card so this time I will just get on with it!

I made this card after messing around with some chalks on an embossed piece of cardstock. I wanted to know what it would look like to colour with chalks. I really like the soft effect the chalks make but it is very easy to make a mistake as the dust can go everywhere.

The recipe was:
Silver cardstock for the card
Purple paper from a stack i got ages ago, no name sorry
White cardstock
Purple ink
Bling
Silver ribbon
Cuttlebug
Stylised flowers embossing folder

I wont insult you by going through the process of putting the card together as it is fairly evident from the picture what went where. I did have fun with this card and tried pens/ pencils as well as the chalk but preferred the chalk final image.

Birthday for a friend?

Well, I haven't gotton my phone back yet but I did find this card I made a while ago on my computor and decided to share it with you.

Now I am not generally one to go out and just throw a card together. Mine need to be layed out, planned and really thought about. This one however was totally the opposite and I think turned out really well!

I used a basic green leaf patterned paper (from where I forget) and layered on, at an angle some pink handmade paper. I took a plain white piece of cardstock and cuttlebugged it with Cuttlebugs Script embossing folder.

Then came the clever (far me lol) part, I rubbed green chalk onto the writing. I had a nightmare trying to get it on with the silly little brush the chalk people provided so ended up using an eyeshadow brush! It worked wonders and didn't flake off into the white area either!

That was then layered onto the card and the excess chopped off, but you can see that, right? lol I then got two random flowers from the huge stock I have collected form fake flower dropoffs etc and made a brad to stick one down. The other I attached a butterfly charm to the tendrils and stuck it on using clear pop dots.

Lastly I used my Nestability scalloped ovals to make the sentiment holder, inked up my words and stuck it down using pop dots.

I really like this card. I might have to save it for me lol!

Shell

IPhone to No Phone!

I did a really silly thing yesterday. I dropped my phone down the loo! UGH gross! Let me explain lol, we have a speaker system in the bathroom and I had the phone plugged in and playing. Somehow, I have no idea how, it took a dive into the loo! Luckily a clean loo lmao.

The biggest laugh was watching how fast the tech guy dropped the phone when i casually mentioned where it had been. I had cleaned it up and it was only water but it made me giggle. So I am now two weeks without my phone, that means I cannot upload any new photos until I get a new one. It also means tons of piccies when i get it back!

Anyway, here is a card I made for a friends wedding. She wanted a plain and simple invitation but after seeing some samples said she liked this one best!

I used the Fiskars Threading Water Punch to punch out the scalloped shape onto white card and silver paper. This was then layered onto a white card base. I cut out three hearts using the Cuttlebug Heart #1 and silver paper and punched the second of the hearts (topper) in white card. Themiddle plain heart was stuck on the white card.

The top layer is vellum punched again with the Fiskars punch and secured on with silver ribbon. I then stuck the top and bottom hearts on.

The inner is printed vellum held in place, again, by the ribbon.

I was really pleased at how this one turned out.

Wierded out

Ok, Now I am weirded out! I seem to have two blogs! I have no idea where the other came from but I posted the following on 13th March and it has not appeared here but on another blog.

Title: First Blog Ever!

Well, this being my first ever blog I have ever written, I am a tad excited! I am going to use it to hopefully showcase a few cards I have made.

This week being Mothers day I have been working on a number of cards for various mums in my family and post one for you to look at. I hope you like it! I am using my phone camera so it might not be the best light quality (no flash!)