Clean and Pretty

Sometimes it is nice t break away from the normal, so no backing papers and no ribbon bows for this one as I wanted to keep it clean and classy.

Roses in Bloom is a clear stamp set by Waltzing Mouse Stamps, Claire the owner is such a sweetheart that once you start with her little company you’ll be there for keeps, Claire also has an amazing design team and between them they create some jaw dropping projects.

I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder stylised flowers for the backing white card and a pretty row of ribbon roses with beads added to their centers, and a dainty dot on each corner, the image is stamped with Momento Ink then coloured with copic markers and I used a Go Kreate die to cut out the image.

Inspirational Card

Well my card today started with having my lunch hour in my car yesterday, I went to have a quiet moment and turned on the radio and listened to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, he has a chat show and yesterdays theme was favourite Hymns, I’m not overly religious but I do prayer from time to time and I like to think there is someone out there for us all.

I have to say I found myself singing along and then I heard Onward Christian Soldiers, this Hymn has such memories for me as my Dad would sing it at the top of his voice mainly on a Sunday Morning because my Mam would listen to Mantovani Orchestra on her record player whilst baking and making the Sunday Roast.

So you could say that I was inspired  by the radio.

I simply love this sentiment, it is perfect for letting a friend or family know you care and this one is headed for a very dear friend of mine.

I distressed the background card in a sage coloured ink the used the same ink to stamp some sprigs on top. I used a Marianne Frame die for the sage frame then stamped the sentiment in a moss green ink and used a Spellbinders  Nestabilities label die to cut it out.

I finished with a couple of pearls and a green satin ribbon making a double bow from my Double Ribbon Bow Tutorial

The rubber stamp I used is called Stampendous M107 Prayer I have had mine quite some while so hopefully you can still get it.

Round Easel Card - Little Elf Finn

I love making round easel cards but the scalloped ones are a devil to cover and do the photography on, I got in from work and quickly got dinner over with so that I could get cracking on this one.

Little Elf Finn from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

You may notice the bow on the top of the card, this is a triple bow, made in the same way as my double bow tutorial but wrapped and extra time around the fingers.

The image is coloured with Copic markers and the snowflake is a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder I cut one in gold card and the other in acetate then used Glass glitter glue on the acetate one.

I also did the sin of all sins and used some peel off borders and snowflake accents around the bottom layer of the card.

Double Layout with Serif Craft Artist

I was asked by a friend on the giveaway post if the Serif Craft Artist allows you to make a double page layout in the scrapbook section and of course I wanted to give out the correct information so here is the proof of the pudding.

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I have to say that this is one of the most additive programs, I just can’t leave it alone, there is so much included,  don’t forget that I have one of these to give away to some lucky lucky person Click here for the giveaway post.

All of the elements are separate so that you can mix and match but there are even ready made projects so you can use them too. I also thought this could be a neat way of designing your scrapbook layout before making an actual page. Feel free to case the layouts that I have used for your own projects. The image on the left is Granda Chris holding Jack’s hand, I love that photo.

Teen Fairy Mia

This teen fairy is so beautiful that I has to make a clean a simple card to show her off.

Teen Fairy Mia from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Just a hint of glitter some subtle Cuttlebug embossing and a pretty thin ribbon and bows.