Magnolia vs Stampavie, first time for me...

I made a card today for the 80th birthday of a gentleman in the USA... I thought the sketch for this challenge was quite nice for this. I am not sure now if I really like it, though... It is all black and white with silver apart from a bit of yellow thrown in for the stamped image and the kraft cardstock. 


"Magnolia vs Stampavie sketch challenge"
Card recipe:
Paper: Dovecraft Charcoal prints
Inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Vintage Photo, Mustard Yellow, Tatterd Rose, Black Soot ), Brilliance Starlight Black 
Stamps: Waiter Edwin from Magnolia 
Other: Ribbon from a christmas cracker decoration, Ranger Glossy accents, Papermania brads, Nestabilities curved rectangles, Nestabilities double ended tags, computergenerated sentiment, big button cut off an old cardigan, kraft cardstock (PTI)

Ooops, just noticed that it had to be a Thank You card to be able to enter it... Oh, well, never mind!

Card for a friend...

Hello again, here ais a cards for a friend I made recently, hope you like it!

"Chocolate and Cream Tilda challenge"
Card recipe: 

Paper: Making Memories Paperie Rouge & Mocha, brown and cream swirly paper from swap, so sorry no info on that one 

Inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Tea Stain, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Weathered Wood), Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate 

Stamps: Tilda and champagne glass from Magnolia Winter 2008 Stamp Club, Stampin` up sentiment 

Other: Ribbon from a kind crafter, so no info there, Ranger Glossy accents, Papermania brads, Perfect pearls, Nestabilities plain rectangle, Quickkutz corner

A couple of cards...

I managed to make a couple of cards just a few days ago and now I have a minute to show them. I hope you like them!

Thanks to your kind answers to my blog candy question (How can I improve my blog?) I will try and put a card "recipe" on for each card. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask!

"Sorry, I am late"

Card recipe:

Paper: from Papermania paper pack (won in Clare Curds challenge on DC)

Inks: Distress Ink (Faded Jeans, Tattered Rose, Tea Stain)

Stamps: none

Other: HOTP template swirly doodles, handdrawn image, handwritten sentiment, Prima flowers and flower kisses, Papermania gemstones, Anitas ribbon, plain cardstock in white and baby blue

"Enjoy the moment"

Card recipe:

Paper: from Papermania paper pack (won in Clare Curds challenge on DC), Basic Grey Archaic

Inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)

Stamps: Penny Black Transparent Set "Bubbly", Papertreyink "Mixed Messages"

Other: Copics marker pens, Nestabilities circle plain and scalloped, MS Doily Lace punch, Stampin' up Round Tab punch, Prima flowers, Papermania gemstones, ribbon cut out from a shirt, dark olive and white cardstock

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my creations!

Wow, 5000 hits! That's a great start to the new year...

...and I think this cries out for some blog candy from me to you, my lovely visitors!!

I am sorting some stuff out as we speak and will put it up here very soon, so keep your eyes peeled and join in when it's time to get your hands on some crafty candy!

Wishing you all a really good new year and hope you continue to visit my blog in 2009!

Blog candy

Chrissy is giving away a fab blog candy to clebrate 60000 hits (yeah, I wish I had that many *lol*). So head over and see for yourself!

Phew... the last christmas cards out of the way!

Hello everyone,

this is gonna be one of those posts with looooooads of pictures, but hopefully one of the last ones! I finally managed to finish all my christmas cards that I still needed and here are all 46 of them! They are obviously all quickies but hopefully don't look too bad for it... I will not delve into what I did with each one of them, if you have questions you are welcome to ask away and I will answer though!

I hope I won't have to do a marathon like this anymore and just made the resolution to do at least one christmas card each week from January onwards! That will take the pressure off... let's see if I can keep that up *lol*

Oh, and before I forget, on my birthday I got the coolest card from my hubby!! I did get lots of beautiful cards from my friends on DoCrafts as well, but sorry girls, my hubby made this card that really made me gape in awe! It is so clever! It was lying on my plate at breakfast and when I took it out of the folder it just looked like a blank white screen. I looked a bit bemused at my darling hubby and he said "Hold it to the light!" which I did... but see for yourself! (He made it with my stash and didn't clear up but he is forgiven as I want to nick the idea!)