World Cardmaking Day

Here's another card to celebrate World Cardmaking Day, which was on 1st October. This card uses decoupage from Crafters Companion Popcorn Pals CD.

 Competion/challenges entered:
Crafters companion news  - World Cardmaking Day
CC monthly challenge - Pink and Green

Christmas - special friends

Another Christmas card made, this time using a stamp from Crafters Companion Popcorn Bear range. The image has been stamped with Black soot distress ink and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. The 1st backing paper is from My Minds Eye and the 2nd is Core'dination whitewash cardstock embossed  with a Snowflake embossing folder. The embossing was then sanded and inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink. Polar white flowersoft, gltter and glaze has been added to the stamped image.

Challenges entered:
Winter Wonderland - Special friend
Crafters companion monthly challenge - Christmas Wishes
Oldie but a goodie - Christmas in September
Christmas cards all year round - Stash Challenge - everything older than 1 year.

A different card shape

I have seen this card shape on a few blogs, so I thought I would give it a go and I really like the effect.

I've used a stamp from the Crafter's Companion, Popcorn the Bear Romance range and backing paer from the matching CD for the central panel. The image has been coloured with ProMarkers.

For the side panels I used a heart embosing folder on white card through Big Shot and then inked with Barn Door distress ink.

The ribbon strip at the bottom is from the Popcorn Bear Platinum romance CD and the hearts at the sides were stamped onto shrink plastic.


Challenges covered:
Crafters Companion monthly challenge : Romance
Crafty calendar challenge - Love
Oldie but a goodie - Add a Heart
Paper take weekly - Have a Heart
Stamptacular sunday - Hearts gone Wild
Crafty sentiments - Love
Creative card crew - For a loved one
Polkadoodle - with Hearts
Cupcake craft challenges - Red
A lota rubber stamps - Valentine - Red, white and pink

First cards for 2011

It's been a long time since I posted but just not had chance over the last month or so.

This first card uses an image and border from the Crafter's Companion Popcorn Platinum CD. The image has been decoupaged slightly and glossy accents added to highlight the heart on the blanket.

The background has been created using a cuttlebug embossing folder through my Big Shot machine (that I was lucky enough to get as a Christmas present). I've gently gone over the raised dots with Barn Door distress ink to add colour.

 Challenges covered:

cd sunday challenge: New to you
Polly craft challenge blog: New Things
Cupcake craft challenges: Something New

Popcorn Anniversary card

I've used one of the Popcorn the Bear romance stamps for the main image of this card, which has been coloured with ProMarkers. It's taken me a while to find the colours I liked for colouring in Popcorn but I'm quite happy with how it's turn out. I used Tan and Blush for the darker bear and Satin and Ivory for the other bear, also Cinnamon for the darker patches on feet and ears. I added some foiled swirly paper to the base card and also stamped 2 flourishes in Versamark and dusted with Cosmic Shimmer Mica.
Pearls have also been added to the flourishes and gems to the sentiment.

Challenges Covered:
Just Cute Bears - Swirls and Bling
I Love Promarkers - Pearls and Swirls
Pear Tree Designs - Celebration
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Pink and Brown

Another card for today

This card is made using a popcorn Bear floral stamp that I've coloured with watercolour pencils. The spotty backing paper is from a My Minds Eye paper pad. I'm entering this card into the  Just Cute Bears weekly challenge, the current theme is 'lets go dotty'. Although I'm rather late at entering this week as a new challenge starts tomorrow!

Easel Card

This is my first attempt at an Easel card, I've been meaning to give it a try but never quite got round to it.
The current challenge at The Stampman is an Easel card - anything goes, so I though i would pop on over and enter this card.

Also at cd sunday  this week, the challenge is 'wedding anniversary' - I've used an image and coordinating backing papers from the Romance Popcorn Platinum CD.

Popcorn the Bear

This card uses a popcorn the bear stamp from Crafter's Companion. I've used backing papers from the Popcorn floral CD and added a strip of backing paper, buttons and ribbon from my stash. Popcorn has been colored in with ProMarker's - Ivory, Satin and Cinnamon for Popcorn and Cornflower, Mustard and Pear Green for the flower.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Just Cute Bears : Buttons and Blooms theme
Stamptacular sunday challenge :Buttons and Bows
Crafty sentiments : Use the colors Olive, Light Blue and Tan