Marianne Design Creatables

Not a stamp in sight.

I desided to give Marianne Design Creatables a whirl and I have to say that the end result is very pleasing. I used the ornate frames and after die cutting I used a teal ink to sponge in the center of the frames I did the flourish with a dark teal card for contrast and then used the ribbon flower dies and slotted sheer white ribbon through the flower.

I layered it all on a cream sqaure piece of card just slightly smaller than the base card. the back frames are glued directly onto the cream card but the center frame was added with foam pads to add dimension to the card.

Pro's for Marianne dies is they are beautiful designs.

Cons are they do not always cut clean through the card and they tend to get sruck in the dies.

So Macho - Strongo the Magnificent

Now if ever you need a fun card for the man in your life this has to be the perfect image and if he happens to be 6 stone in weight wet through then even more so ha ha ha.

Birthday, Wedding Anniversay, Valentines or just because you love him this one will fit every occasion.

The image is Strongo the Magnificent by Just Inklined and he can be purchased here as a digi stamp.

I found myself singing Whispering Grass whils colouring him with copic markers, those old enough to remember 'It ain't half hot, Mum' will know why.

I teamed him with a plaid paper from the DCWV pet designer paper a few buttons a ribbon and a hand written tag then brought it all together with a bit of love

Bah! Humbug! Scrooge - Mo Manning

well I don't know about all of you but I do know many people like this next fellow I'm about to show you.

I used Copic Markers and prisma pencils to colour Scrooge and I teamed DCWV designer Papers and teal card and did lots of layering and a bit of distressing around the edges, I uses spellbinders Nestabilities Labels on the focal image, a bit of ribbon knoted and a bit of love to bring the card together..

You can buy the Scrooge digi stamp here

A closer look at Ebenezer Scrooge

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Broked - Mo Manning

This is a sight we often see with our children, sometimes they love their toys just a little too much ha ha.

I used Broked by Mo Manning for my card today, you can purchase her here.

I used a Martha Stewart border punch along strips of designer paper then folded it into a concertina, joined both ends then pushed it flat using card scallops glued in place to hold it into the medallion shape then added a button on top as an embellishment.

A close up of the little lady herself, coloured with Copic markers then cut out and mounted onto the Spellbinders Nestabilities circles.

Irma and Vieno - Ice Ice baby

I couldn't help singing Ice, Ice baby when putting this together.

Irma and Vieno are certainly Ice babes and can be purchased here from Mo manning.

I used one of my own background papers (scroll down the page for them) then matched their clothing to the papers, coloured with copic markers. sparkled with stickles embossed with a sizzix snowflake folder then added a bit of love to bring it all together.

Attention to detail...

Stickles glitter glue added to hats, pom poms and snowflakes to give it that icy feeling