Birthday Girl

Last of the three cards this time round. I loved how easy this card was to make. It can be made using so many different dies, punches and dies and coloured in any colourway.

I added additional flowers to give more of a 3d effect without making the card too thick.

I'm planning to make more of these so I will share as they are completed and after card class of course xxx

Sending Hugs

Card two and this time I used an old free stamp from a magazine.Unfortunately I have not kept the name of the stamp but it has definitely become one of my favourites.

The sky was made using HobbyArt's cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. 

I used Mowed lawn Distress Oxide for the grass and then punched out two different size red circles, crumpled them and stuck them to the front of the card using PVA glue. A black dot in the centre finished them off.

The two figures were coloured in using ProMarkers.

You can see this same idea used in my Art Journal HERE. 

Cool Mule

Card One from card class on 5th February and I used Pink Ink Designs wonderful Mule stamp and Marta Lapkowska's new stamp Flower Shine. 

Everything was coloured in using ProMarkers.

The mules head was decoupaged

and gems added to Marta's stamped background. Loved using both of these stamps. You can find links to the stamps below:

Maremi's - Flower Shine
Pink Ink Designs - Cool Mule

More tomorrow xx

Boys Will Be Boys

Second layout for Scrapping Your Family and a really simple one this time. I love the bright colours and the simple shapes of the tree and the car. Great with the old photos of my boys. x

Cards tomorrow. I have been busy lol x

Our Mum

In 2020 I intend to do layouts covering all members of our family so that I can add to my Family Memory Album. Number one on the list was Our Mum especially with Mothers Day fast approaching. I thought perhaps this would be great framed and given as a gift.

This is layout number one for Scrapping Your Family on 1st February. 

The pink flowers are made from tissue paper painted with pale pink acrylic paint and when dry, crinkled and assembled into flowers.

The hydranga is a stamp and an EK Success confetti punch (as used in January's card class example)

 Only one of the two tags is removable. the other is stuck in place under the torn photo mat. X

Card Class January 2020

I only teach one card class a month at present so I tend to give some choice when there are quite a few class mates.  Here are the selection from class on 5th January.

Thanks So Much

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Mice 

Cat Cards

I don't normally make five cards for class but I got a bit carried away lol. x

Family

The second layout from January's Scrapbooking class. Nice and easy because of the painting on the other layout which I knew would take time.

The idea for this one came from a page in a mini book that I made over 9 years ago. So simple that it can easily be used to make a little mini book for a wedding or other special occasion.

The flowers and butterfly were stamped and added to the layout using silicone glue with little pearls in the middle of each flower.

The tag is only a dummy ie just a little bit of a tag at each end. Will definitely use this one again. x

We Were So Young

January's Scrapbook Class found all of my classmates dabbing washing up sponges in red paint and making these lovely, random flowers.

A small acrylic word stamp added the detail to the flowers and the detail stamps is by AALL&Create.

The little circles were stamped a second time, punched out and added back on the layout using sticky foam pads. x

New Years Resolution

I am a great fan of black and white layouts so I couldn't resist using my stamps to make this second layout for January's SYF class.

The double circle is sewn in black thread and I added two small strips of black.

This is a fantastic way to use some of those stamps hiding away in your stash. x

Dear Diary

First layout of 2020. I made this as one of the layouts for January's Scrapping Your Family Class.

In the photo it looks flat but in reality there are several distressed layers and the flowers are only partially attached to make them look more like a bunch of flowers. I made the little book and added my New Years resolution to it.

The flowers are die cut from a Tim Holtz Die and coloured in using Pro markers. It was a good first class and so nice to see everyone again. x