Gorjuss Neutrals

Quite a hectic weekend so only managed one card. Went shopping in  Hobbcraft  and managed to pick up some bargains. They were selling off some of the Gorguss tags so I brought a couple of different packs and then spotted the 8 x 8 pack which contains neutrals papers so decided to treat myself to that too. Came home and made this card . . .

The layout was Friday's Docrafts Creativity Club daily sketch (264). I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with these packs.

Mid-week Easter special

The Docraft Creativity Club downloads this week were some more lovely Easter papers with eggs, chicks and bunnies. I printed off a selection of them and made a couple of cards based on some of the daily sketches.
The first one was based on my favourite sketch of the moment which I featured in a couple of cards last week. The card features 7 of the 15 download papers which I embellished with various coloured gems in various sizes.

The second was based on yesterday's daily sketch (261).

The background yellow card was embossed using the Boofle patchwork tri-embossing folder. All the papers were from this week's download except for the the lined tag just above the flower which was a tag from last weeks collection.

A weekend of birds

I had a lot of new supplies delivered this week; the new Urban stamps from Docrafts; yet another 12 x 12 storage box from Craft Superstore full of goodies; a new butterfly die and some new bird and flower templates.
So, I was spoiled for choice but in the end I decided to try one of the birdhouse shaped cards from Craftwork Cards (CWC). I had seen some really lovely examples in the CWC gallery and blog so I have brought some of the card blanks in the sale.
I started by covering the card in the new Forever Friends paper, Kraft Notes. I then trimmed the bottom and edge of the roof with a contrasting card and then inked the edges. I cut out and inked the circle it but I was not happy with the result so I covered it up with a scalloped circle with a plain circle cut out to give the entrance a fancy edge.
Next I cut out some birds in contrasting papers but they didn't show up enough so I used some plain kraft card and again inked the edges. I then found the branch which I had cut out a few weeks ago (when I was trying out my new Spellbinders dies) and positioned it so that I could perch the birds on it. I also cut out one of the hearts and raised it up using a foam pad.  The love nest sign was made from the FF paper with inked edges. The letters are from the Papermania Capsule collection - Boysenberry. I added a couple of eyelets so I could suspend the sign so that it was free-hanging. This is the final card . . .

Here's a close up of the bottom of the card so you can see the detail . . . 

Staying on the bird theme I decided to try out the one of the new Urban stamps from Docrafts. I stamped the image on the chosen backing paper so that I had the legs without having to cut them out. Then I stamped the various parts on to contrasting papers/cards and then cut them out and re-assembled them on to the original stamp. I then found some message tags from CWC which I positioned on the right hand side and finished off by adding 3 contrasting eyelets to balance on the left. Here are the finished cards . . .

Well that's all for today.

Easter downloads from Docrafts

Had fun yesterday creating a card with the new downloads from Docrafts. There are three downloads this week although they are all on an Easter theme. There are also two different colour-ways, blue/green and orange/yellow. I originally went for the latter but ended up changing my mind as I was putting the card together. The card is loosely based on one of the daily sketches (251) from last week which I really liked as soon as I downloaded it but loved it even more when my daughter used it as the basis for my Mother's Day card.

Here is the final card . . .

All the papers are from the downloads, including the eggs! I  inked the edges of the papers to give more contrast and then mounted them onto silver mirri card. Finally I  added buttons, pearls, ribbon and  a bow from my stash.

Since there's football on the TV this evening I didn't feel too guilty making a card with the other colours. After getting told off by my daughter for making an Easter card - "...but mum we never send Easter cards ..." I decided to make a non-Easter card this time. I reverted back to my old favourites, flowers and a butterfly done in a shabby-chic style.

All the papers are downloads but the main background is from the Chronology part 1 selection rather than the new Easter ones.

Right, that's me done for the evening, better go and get the washing out of the tumble dryer before I get in to trouble ;-)

Photo inspiration

Have just finished my card for Katy's Challenge on the Docrafts site. The inspiration this week was a photograph of a beautiful cerise pink tulip against a background of bottle green leaves. I used the colour and the floral theme as my inspiration to produce this card as my entry . . .

I used a couple of papers from the Spring Green Part 1 download from Docrafts for the background and the strip. The flower was made using my new Spellbinders dies called Bitty Blossoms and the tag was a X-cut dies which I then embossed with a tri-embossing folder to give some extra texture. The finishing touches were some Anita's pearls and Papermania capsule collection buttons with darker thread. the message tag is from Craftwork Cards.

I'll have to wait until Tuesday to see whether it's a winner!

Happy Mother's Day

Yes, I know I'm a bit early but I had to get this card finished so that I can get it in the post as it has several hundreds of miles to travel before Sunday. My mother-in-law collects teapots ... and tea-plates. So when this template arrived in a collection I purchased in the Craftwork Cards sale I thought it would be an ideal starting point. My original thoughts had been to make a teapot shaped card but I was a bit worried about whether there would be an edge wide enough to take the fold. As I was short of time I went for a more traditional approach and will experiment with other ideas when I have a bit more time. As usual there are some flowers and a butterfly . . .

Now off to write in the card so I can get in the post tomorrow then hopefully it will arrive in time for the big day.

P.S. My card from the last blog was feature on the weekly Docrafts Creativity Club Newsletter ;-)