Wedding Card

This is for one of my cousins who got married on the 22nd Dec (07).

I used See CD stamps for the waterfall and brads to keep it in place, peel offs for the words and the hearts. For the back ground I used marvy metallics pens and & sea sponge.

Exploding Box

This is for my Dad's birthday who has reached another mile stone in his life, so I decided I would get some old photos of him from when he was a baby through to today! (With the help of my Mum and my sister thanks to you both). For the lid I used Crafters Companion Oriental CD and printed 1 doubled sided sheet and cut it out. I use the same CD and printed a sheet of tea bag papers to go on the top of the box. I wanted to have charms hanging down, so I made from white shrink plastic, the first charm I stamped Happy on side and birthday on the other side using blue Brilliance ink. The second charm is using a dragon stamp which I have stamped on both sides using the same brilliance ink. I attached the silver cord through the holes on the shrink plastic and added the coins. I put a mini silver brad through the hole of the tea bag so the cord could be attached at the same time, then stuck the whole thing to the lid. For the message I have cut a silver and a white square to mount underneath the lid on the inside ready to my to write.

For the base I used a template for the box which fits onto A4 paper (which Linda sent me from a forum I go on, thank you Linda!) I printed 3 different sheets of double sided card from Crafters Companion Oriental CD. Cut out the template and got started on which photos was going where after I had took photos of the photos! I then cut them to fit the squares and mounted them on silver card and stuck them on each flap and layer. I then stuck all 3 layers together . (The template only had to layers so I had to make a third one). This is my first exploding box, I have not seen one in real life before and didn't know how it would turn out.

Anniversary Card

This is a card for my sister and her husband. As you all know im loving the oriental theme at the moment so I decided to use it on their card aswell. I have used stamps for all of this card, I used versamark ink and gold embossing powder. For the dragon I used a sakura stardust pen and water coloured the background in using a blue whisper pen. I coloured the edges with a red ink pad for both the dragon and sentiment. The little blue dragon is on frosted shrink plastic using brilliance ink.

Altered CD

I managed to create my first ever piece of altered art today. I wanted to try it ages ago but didnt know if any of my crafty bits would work on it.

I used Marvy Metallic pens and sprayed with water then moved the cd side to side to merge the colours together and left it to nearly dry, then dabbed with a sea sponge over the cd to blend in the lines.

Under the sea

This is a painting by numbers picture, I did it for fun and it's the first I have done so I thought I would give it a go.

Mums birthday card

The top card I made for my mum from my dad, I had made a card for a friend on a forum and mum liked it, so I decided I would make her a similar one .

I used some metal flower embellishments, some gems (white for the pink card and pink for the white.)Sticky ribbon at the bottom and some beads for my mums name and finally used peel offs for the rest of the wording. I colour tinted the card with pink ink using a cotton wool ball.

(middle) I was inspired by a picture from a magazine (cant remember which) but I liked the card because it was different to what im used to doing. It is a screen card with six sides to decorate! That was a challenge in itself!

Im really loving the oriental theme at the moment.

I have used oriental stamps for the background, fan, butterfly, flowers and symbols. The rest is using peel offs. I used three coins for that finishing touch. I tinted the card with black and red ink using cotton wool.

My 1st waterfall card

This is my very first waterfall card & I made it all from scratch. I have used oriental stamps & simply embossed them with silver embossing powder. I used a eyelet to put the ribbon through at the bottom to make it easier to pull. I love blue & silver together.