Joy...

This is another of my samples for the Joanna Sheen Christmas Messy Rabbit collection. I love this card as I had so much fun (and a lot of hair tearing out) cutting the tags and letters on my Cricut machine.

I love the way you can cut things just a tad smaller - my tags are in three sizes as one is patterned paper, one silver mirri card and one white base card and for the reverse one white, one silver and one white card base tag. How tricky would it be to do that by hand?

I matted and layered each one enclosing a card hinge between the two white base card layers so that the card would fold up to go in a C5 envelope.

The tags are around A5 size so the letters are huge and I ran them through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to add some texture.

In the 'O' is the Messy Rabbit angel - so adorable - a lovely stamp. The star is one of the smaller stamps in the collection and I added a gem brad to the centre of this.


This is the card when folded up. I decorated the back too, but forgot to take a photo before posting the card. Silly me, but on the back were two plain white panels edged with peel offs and in the central panel I had printed one verse of the carol 'Joy to the World'.

Having just completed the blog hop at the Cuttlebug Spot I would love to enter this card into their challenge. Like Aymee I love shaped cards.

Blingtastic...

Well my daughter thinks it is and that's good enough for me! Laura bought me this gorgeous mermaid stamp from the recent Clarity stamps sale, because she loved it - must make mental note to show her more stamps!

It wasn't on the (long) list of stamps I was about to order really, but wow I'm so glad I got it, because it is just so lovely to use. The card is for Laura to give her friend who is 21 quite soon so of course it had to be really glitzy.

I coloured the mermaid with Promarkers and then added gemstones to some of the bubbles and ultra fine glitter to the hair. Gemstone brads fasten the image and it's mirri card matt to matching glitter card.

The ribbon trim over the embossed Cuttlebug bubbles was coloured using an aqua Promarker to match the colouring on the image. I realised when colouring this that it makes sense to colour ribbon on a plastic surface and not scrap paper. Scrap paper is likely to soak up the ink as you colour and be very wasteful. I don't want any of my Promarkers to run out of ink, before I've even completed the set!

My card is for the challenge at Three Clovers where this week the theme is BLING.

Christmas in July - Part 2...

Another of my sample cards for Joanna Sheen. I think the way Linda Hill, the Messy Rabbit artist, has managed to capture the way one of the rabbits is looking out for his mum or posing for a photo is so cute.

This a a large 8 x 8 card with a scene of the shepherds looking up to the sky as a focal point. The background was created using blotchy blue and white card (it sort of resembles a cloudy sky) and two shades of sandy coloured paper.

I planned the layout on scrap paper first sketching the landscape behind the shepherds. Then using my sketch as a guide I was able to cut the sandy coloured paper in the right shapes to represent sand dunes in the distance. The star and Bethlehem were stamped seperately and attached to the scenery.

As the card is perfect for the Cupcake Craft Challenge which is to create a Christmas Card I am also entering my card for that.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog and for the lovely comments I receive. I do appreciate them all.

Christmas in July...

Well it certainly feels like Christmas to me as I have been busy working on samples for the new Joanna Sheen range of stamps. The stamps are part of the Messy Rabbit range and are based on Messy and co in Nativity outfits. How cute is that?

The whole set was absolutely wonderful to work with and I will be showing the other cards I made as the week goes on.

I think this card has got to be my favourite, but then again I'm not sure!! It's a criss cross card and features the Messy Rabbit Kings on the front bearing their gifts.

Yet again coloured with Promarkers - oh I just love these pens. It took me a while to get the right ink and card etc, but oh wow once I did I can't stop colouring. The first flap opens to reveal the three gifts and the words 'The First Noel' which are all part of this stamp collection.

Then on opening the second flap the stable is revealed with Messy Rabbits Mary and Joseph and even Messy Baby Jesus. The star is part of the stamp collection too. I drew (well it is only straight lines) and created the stable myself using with some wood effect card.

It wasn't very hard to create the stable. However, I do really like the backing paper pads that Linda Hill, the Messy Rabbit, artist has created. There is one called Nativity which includes a stable scene and many other great backgrounds to use with the Messy Rabbit characters.

Today's card is also my entry for the challenge at Cute Card Thursday where they are also celebrating Christmas in July. Hmmmmmm only just had my birthday, but there is always space for more presents!!!

A Promarker airbrush thingie would be good!!!

Pink Elephant Day...

Hmmmmmmmmm, my elephant isn't pink, but check out those toenails! This week at TPE we are being sponsored by Dustin Pike and as he does the most amazing digi images of all kinds of animals we decided that our theme should be just that.

ANIMALS - so get out your stamps, stickers etc or better still pop over to Dustin's Digi store and treat yourself to some of his work. He really has the most fabulous designs and some great collections on special offer. For inspiration and to see Dustin's digis in action check out his blog - HERE.

My image was coloured with Promarkers and then I added touches of glitter to the hat and cake. I also used a Promarker to colour the ribbon to match the image - first time I've done that and it really is super easy and super effective. The borders were made using a Cuttlebug border die and then I added gems for that extra birthday sparkle.

I seem to be getting a bit carried away with the amount of gems I'm using lately - I need to find a cheap supplier or win the lottery. Preferably the latter!