Baby Croc

For this card I have used this cute little baby croc digi stamp and design paper that is a freebie from Beccy's Place.  Who would think that a croc could be so cute???

I have coloured my image with promarkers and fussy cut him before attaching with foam pads.  The tree trunk has been embossed with a folder and inked with distress inks.  My die cut foliage is cut from recycled packaging.  The sentiment stamp iwas a magazine freebie.  Lastly, I added a couple of wooden creatures which I also coloured with promarkers.

Challenges

Beccy's Place February - Anything Goes (Animals)
Cheerful Sketches February - Sketch
Catch The Bug - Child's Play
Digi Choosday 6 - Anything Goes

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Baby Dragon

The inspiration for this card came from Beccy's Challenge option which was 'local to the area you live'.  Immediate panic as I have lived here in Wales for less than 2yrs! 

I then spotted some welsh flag ribbon that I had which led me to use this cute baby dragon and colour him red like the welsh dragon on the flag.  As the rest of the flag is green and white I have used these colours for my base card and my embossed mat.  The DP is a scrap from my stash.  I wanted to incorporate the national flower which is the daffodil.  Unfortunately I had nothing suitable so used a poinsettia die instead to represent the daffodil.  The sentiment is from LOTV and I have gone around the edge with distress ink.

Challenges

Beccy's Place January - Anything Goes (Local To Area You Live)
Cute Card Thursday 615 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations 405 - Anything Goes

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Oh Baubles!

Here is something I have not made for years - a triple easel card! 

I have kept it very clean and simple as that seems to be the style I like at the moment while I ease myself back into crafting.

As you can see the base card elements are die cut from gold metallic mirri card.  I printed out my Beccy Muir pre-coloured image in 3 different sizes and  glued them to gold mats before attaching to the base card.  Some die cut holly leaves and red gems finish it.

Challenges

Beccy's Place December - Anything (Fancy Folds)
CAS Colours and Sketches 350 - Colours
Polkadoodles 49 - Anything Goes

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Quilted Stocking

Here is a quick card featuring a lovely quilted stocking which I have coloured with promarkers.  The design paper looks like a patchwork quilt and I have added some gold metallic ribbon.  The sentiment is from Hunkydory.

Challenges

Beccy's Place November - Q is for Quilted

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Rocking Horse

As soon as I saw this gorgeous image from Beccy Muir I just knew it had to be a rocking card.  I have decoupaged the image.  The stamp on the tag is from Stampin Up and I have added a bow.  I have also added a glittery punched heart.

Challenges

Beccy's Place - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - What A Wonderful World
Allsorts (380) - Anniversary or Special Occasion (New Baby)

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Vase Of Peonies

A decoupaged floral card this time featuring a pre-coloured digi stamp from Beccy Muir.  The base card has been layered with card, paper and ribbons.  Having cut out my image twice I inked around the main image.  I then decoupaged the flowers and leaves using the second image.  To make the vase look like glass I applied crystal glaze, adding a few drops to the flowers to look like dew.  A large ribbon bow finishes the card off.

Challenges

Beccy's Place - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday (31) - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Fabulous Flowers

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Carousel Horse

A carousel horse precoloured digi stamp from Beccy Muir today which I have decoupaged with three layers.  I have used the matching backing paper and added some stripey ribbon.  The sentiment is from my stash and the flowers are made by colouring and embossing parchment paper.

Challenges

Beccy's Place - Anything Goes
In The Pink (98) - All Or Nothing
Digi Choosday (28) - For The Girls
Cute Card Thursday (434) - Embossing (Flowers)

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Birthday Bear

Here is a cute little card I have made using the freebies from Beccy Muir.  It is great that you get a free little kit to enter the challenge at Beccy' Place.  I have made a rosette from die cuts to place my image on.  I then coloured a wooden cake with promarkers and attached it to the card.  This was the first time I tried colouring these wooden cakes and am not too sure if I will do it again as I'm not too pleased with it.  Anyway, lastly I added a small sentiment.

Challenges

Beccy's Place - Anything Goes

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Sunflowers

For this card I have used coloured digi's/paper from Beccy Muir.  I layered the paper and card onto my base card adding a border with a stitched ribbon.  I fussy cut the flower buckets and added them to some panels putting the smaller one at the back and raising the front one with foam pads.  The stamped sentiment is a magazine freebie. The flowers and leaves are made with various punches from scraps.

Challenges

C.R.A.F.T. (361) - Inspired By A Book (Sunflower House by Eve Bunting)
Beccy's Place - Anything Goes

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Another Dragon!

Here is another dragon card I have quickly made.  This one has a pre-coloured digi and paper from Beccy Muir.  It is simply layered and I have added a stamped sentiment from a very old set of stamps that I came across.  They must be at least 10 years old but still in very good condition.  Just goes to show, don't throw anything out because you might use it again one day!!!

Challenges

Beccy's Place - Anything Goes

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A Little Bit Different

A close up of the border

Challenges

Fab 'N' Funky (159) - Flower Power

Beccy's Place (4) - Use A Freebie Digi

Charisma Cardz (7) - One Layer

Cute Card Thursday (257) - CAS

Delicious Doodles (24) - Flowers For Spring

Totally Papercrafts (155) - Hope For Spring

Less Is More - Paper Piercing

It's very rare for me to do a 'one layer' card, let alone paper piercing.  But, that's what I have done with this card.  The border has been dry embossed as well as pierced (all by hand).  It took a while but I'm quite pleased with the result.  The image was printed directly onto the card and coloured with promarkers.  The sentiment has been stamped and I have added a gem heart.  Finally a few sequin butterflies finish the card.  Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Card Recipe

Digi Stamp - Beccy Muir

Sentiment Stamp - All Night Media

Gem/Butterflies - Stash



Wedding

Challenges

Wild Orchid (51) - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers (154) - Glitter & Pastels

Card Crafters Circle (28) - Weddings

Here is one of the wedding cards I have recently been making.  For this one I have used a digi stamp by Beccy Muir that I got ages ago as a freebie.  I have coloured the image with promarkers and added glitter to her dress randomly so that it looks lacy before cutting and layering using a nestie label die.  The panel behind has been border punched.  A few flowers and a 3D sticker finishes this simple card.  Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Card Recipe

Digi Stamp - Beccy Muir

Digi Papers - Nitwit Collections (Grin 'N' Bear It)

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Sticker - Stash