Summer time cards

With the lovely weather over the last few days its nice to make some summer time bright and cheerful cards. The picture doesn't do it justice, it is bright in 'real life'.

I used a Sugarnellie image with doodlebug papers and ribbon trim, prima flowers. The image is coloured with Copics.

I have some cards in issue 15 of the latest Creativity magazine, one even made the front cover!!! Although it does look like some of my cards are made by someone else as they are on the page under the lady from Hallmark's name, which I was sort of told about before I did them but didn't expect it to look like she made them. Unfortunately this will be the last of my work in Creativity for a while due to work commitments.

Gorjuss Card

Here is a card I have made for my friends birthday in May.

I used Papermania brown card blank, DCWV teal card, Prima flowers with Papermania brads. The image is a grojuss stamp from Sugarnellie coloured with Copics.

I'm still getting used to using my Copics and have only made 4 cards with them so far, but am loving them!

I'm back!

After a month away from blog land I'm finally back, although for how long I don't know!

It's been pretty hectic with my brothers wedding, Easter and my new job. I've not had hardly any time for card making, let alone blogging.

Here is the mothers day card I made for my mum this year, I only got round to photographing it today.

I made it with a new penny black stamp, coloured with whispers pens, papermania papers, nesties and prima flowers.

I do have some cards I have made using my new copic pens and hope to get them uploaded sometime this week. Hopefully it wont be so long until my next update!

1st Copics card!

I got two sets of copics for my birthday- how lucky am I!! I also got the stamp I used on this card and a Stampavie Lelo Design one.

Here is my very first attempt at using my copics. Its not as hard as I thought it would be, however I have just ordered a Brilliance ink pad as the Versafine one has bled slightly. I loved using them and read several tutorials on it before I started, trouble is I want more already!

I defiantly wont give up using watercolouring techniques as sometime a subtle look is better but I think at the moment copics is my first love!!

The sketch is from this weeks Friday Sketchers Challenge, its been ages sine I entered a blog challenge, I used papers and letters from Doodlebug, prima flowers and Papermania brads.

A big thank you to Laura and Amanda for the fab cards and the stamped images you sent me, they were lovely!

Pink Wedding

Its been a busy few weeks for me at the moment so I haven't been able to craft very often let alone update my blog!

I have managed to make a wedding card for an order.

I used a cuttlebug embossing folder, prima flowers, computer generated sentiment, lace and ribbon.

I'm looking forward to my birthday on Wednesday, and hope to get lots of crafty stuff! I still have stamps yet to see ink, flowers I'm dying to use and lots of other bits that I've bought and not had time to use. I start my new job on Monday and still have orders of service and place cards to do for my brothers wedding so I don't think I'll get a chance to play with it very soon.

Thank you to Laura and to Kelly for giving me the top ten favourite blog award, i have it in a post below so wont put it back on here.

I had a fab time in Milan, Here are some pics for those who were kind enough to enquire and wish me a good time.

Published and More Gorjuss

Here is another Gorjuss Girls card I made this week, I hope you like it, I'm loving these stamps so much!

I have finally got my hands on a copy of Creativity 14 that has the two articles I did in it. I seem to be the last one to have seen it, someone at work who had seen it came up to me on Wednesday and was asking me about it but I hadn't seen it yet. I have taken some pictures and uploaded them here for you if you haven't got the mag, I so pleased with how they turned out.

Gotta go as I'm off to Milan for a hen weekend and am leaving in and hour and a half and haven't packed yet, unorganised-me?

Party Parade

I managed to find some time today to make a card with my new stamp Party Parade. I accidentally ordered two of these (must have been having a blonde moment) but luckily its now on its way to a good home with Amanda who I'm sure will make some fab creations using it.

I used DCWV papers and card, Prima flowers and I coloured it with whispers pens, however its my Birthday on the 18th so I have my fingers crossed that I'll be lucky enough to get some Copics, I cant wait to try colouring with them, the results I've seen look so fab!

I also received this award from Amanda, thank you its much appreciated. I'll have to have a think about who to pass it on to.