Card kit swap!

Ok this is my 3rd post of the day but I wanted to give this topic it's own post cos I plan on making my card kit card every Monday as soon as the kids are in school!

It was a bank holiday after Jackie's last workshop & as my hubby was at home I decided to craft!! Yes craft just for the sake of it & decided to give my card kit a bash. The theme the lovely Isobel set for us last month was "A female birthday"! I don't know whose kit I got (come to think of it I don't know whose the others were either lol) but I loved the kit!! The image felt vintagy (I know that's not a word but YKWIM), as well as a cream deckle edge card I also got 2 lovely green papers & a sheet of vellum ( next time I will have to take photos before I make the card ) I got tiny little flowers & a butterfly dangle thingy & finally a wee little hat charm!!

So this is what I done with it!!

The only things I added were the eyelets.

I put foam pads underneath to give the top layer a curved look.

This month the theme is "Masculine" & I am actually looking forward to not only the workshop on Sunday but getting to make my kit card on Monday too!!!

Pam X

Jackie Mooney's May 1st workshop cards.

Wow!! This is my second post of the day but I better post these up now cos I will be going to Jackie's workshop this Sunday & I will be posting those cards up!!

I'm going to start with my fave card from last month! It is a very simple card but really stands out! Of course it is my fave colour too but I just adore that image.

She is soooo cute!!

This was a great card to make!

I love the idea of embossing the punched out piece so that it really gives it a lacy look!!

I love the wet look effect of the glossy accents!

This was a quickie & I think it is adorable, I love the sentiment!

The pom pom flower centres are just too cute.

Another cutie, bit of a theme going on that I didn't notice at the time lol

Another great idea for flower centres & I love those teeny tiny leaves too!!

A very interesting shape that could even work for invitations!!

The inside

& a very elegant looking pin.

Last but not least is this little beauty.

Definitely goes to show that less is more works really well.

Right that's that done.

Will have to try do it a bit sooner in the future!

Pam X

A lot of Cards.

Ok so it has been a good long while since I have blogged.

As usual it has just been a case of not getting a chance with everything else (i.e. real life) but I did manage to get a bit of crafting done.

Most of the following cards are communion cards & I am delighted that the communion season is over for another year!

The image on this card is from Karens Doodles & they are just really lovely, I have the confirmation ones too & she has a fab wedding one too!!

Just a close up of my colouring (think I'm finally getting to know my ProMarkers at last lol) The paper is from the Papermania Birdsong pack!

This one was the first of 3 for the same little girl!!!

The border is punched using an Xcut punch, I really do love these new punches as they seem a lot sturdier than some of the more popular ones out there! Hopefully they will bring out a lot more designs.

The stamp is a Whiff Of Joy one & was coloured using Promarkers although there wasnt too much colouring.

Gems were added using my new I-Rock tool & stencil.

This was the 2nd of the 3 for this girl.

Border punch is again done using an Xcut punch, butterfly & teeny flowers were cut using my eCraft, bow made using bow maker, Karens Doodles image used & coloured with ProMarkers & as with almost all of my cards the sentiment was done with my CraftRobo.

I think this is one of my fave images!!

This was the final card of the 3 & it was a little hard to come up with something!

I wasn't happy with it, felt it was missing something but the customer was delighted with it.

Again its a Karens Doodles image & coloured with ProMarkers, can't remember the brand of paper but I know I have it in a good few colours & I have used them a lot when I get stuck!!

The "stitching" is done using my Sew Easy tool & the Zig Zag attachment head!

Used a Fiskars corner punch on the corners.

This was the first of 2 for the same girl.

It is just as well I found those Karens Doodles images lol!!

Again the usual tools were used ProMarkers, Bow Maker & CraftRobo & I used a paper doily. I found these in my local €2 shop for a pack of 60 with 3 different sizes.

I love yellow & brown together.

This is the 2nd of the 2 & the photo is terrible I know but I only remembered to take the photo when the card was being collected in the evening time so I was chasing the light lol!!

For this one I made the background paper using the stamp & chalk technique I learned at Jackie Mooney's beginners & techniques workshop. I loved this technique & have used it a few times since. It has me on the hunt for nice background stamps!!!

I used some tulle with silver spots that i have had since I first start card making & pleated it along the bottom.

Again my I-Rock tool & stencil was used to add bling.

This candle was for the girl above too.

Yet again I was chasing the light with this & it a Karens Doodles image again.

I added some glossy accents to his shoes to give him nice new shiny communion shoes.

Another communion candle, I really do need to get a new cross Stamp though as I tend to use this one a lot!

I love this image. The lovely Isobel who attends Jackies workshops very kindly let me borrow her stamp & I am delighted that I had the brainwave to stamp it onto some tissue paper!!

Yet another communion card!!!

& another !!! This time using a Whiff Of Joy stamp!

This time I went with a cross cut using my eCraft!

These are Jackie Mooney workshop cards that I personalized when I was asked to make cards the same day for my friends birthday by my mam & brother!

This is the card I made for my friends birthday, at least I was prepared lol!!

The shoe is a digi by Sketching Stamper & was the very first digi stamp I bought!

I coloured the shoe with ProMarkers & went over with an embossing marker then embossed using clear embossing powder!

This is the card I made for my friend from my sister who took the time to ask me to order this in time for the birthday lol!!

I can't remember where I got this digi from but I knew when I seen it that I would use it someday, kind of like most of the digi's I buy!!

This is a christening card using that cross stamp again & itty bitty embossed panels

& of course my Bow Maker

Card for my hubbys much younger cousin. I bought the converse embellishment with her in mind. I still have to buy her a pair of the real things though!!

Wedding card using the stamp & chalk technique learnt at Jackies workshop

A close up of the chalks.

& a matching box too!!

Think that's about it for now!!

Pam X