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Friday, 18 March 2011

Forgotten Friday 9 - Another Butterfly - Or Three

I can't believe that it's Friday again, it has come around so quickly. This is my contribution to Forgotten Friday over at Poppy Cottage this week. Last week I used the Harlequin Butterfly stamp plate, and while I was getting them out of the cupboard I also got out the Patchwork Butterfly stamp plate. Last night I stamped out the butterfly and the sentiment several times, and I coloured 3 in while watching the TV intending to pick the one that I liked the best to post on here today. This morning I printed off 3 different backing papers from the Artylicious Essence of Nature CD and put 3 cards together, all very similar. However I could not decide which one I like the best so I have posted all 3.


The first card I made, I coloured the butterfly with shades of pink, added some ribbon to the side of the card and also added some flowers. I used my Big and Juicy ink pads to add some colour to the sentiments on all of the cards matching them to the colours I used on the butterflies.

For the second card I used red's, orange's and yellow's for the butterfly. Some orange and yellow ribbon and some orange flowers.

And the third I used lilacs, purple and green. Also flowers and ribbons that matched the colours used.
Which one do you prefer?
Thanks for looking.
Sue




Monday, 14 March 2011

CD Sunday - Colours

The challenge over at CD Sunday this week is Colour, Blue, Yellow and Brown. This week I have gone back to my favorite, MCS. I have used this lovely image from Fab Glam Fifties. The Blue and Yellow in this image are so vibrant.


I had some yellow ribbon that matched, and the flowers were coloured using promarkers. I finished the middles of the flowers with some faux brads.

Thanks for looking
Sue

Friday, 11 March 2011

Forgotten Friday 8 - Butterflies

It's Friday, and time again for Forgotten Friday over at Poppy Cottage (blog listed on my blog list). This is such a good idea, I have so much stuff that I have bought and never quite found the time to use.


This week I have used another Elusive Images stamp, from the Butterfly Poppy Collage stamp sheet, again bought when it was first released and not used. I used my promarkers to colour the images and mounted onto goldmirri card. The backing paper is from the Essence Of Nature CD and the ribbon from my huge stash.

Do go and check out Judith's blog and why not join in.

Thanks for looking

Sue

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Diamond Wedding Anniversary

What wonderful weather we've had this week, if only it would last. I thought that I would show you this Diamond Wedding Anniversary Card that a friend asked me to make. I used the Glitter Girls All that Jazz CD for this.


The backing papers and decoupage were printed onto Matte photo paper, then mounted onto silver mirricard. The corners were a Mariaane Die, I then added some clear gems (diamonds of course) to the corners and also on the topper. The flowers were some cream ones that I had in my stash , but to make them match I just touched the ends of the petals with promarkers, and added some gem flowers that matched the colours used to these.

Thank you for looking

Sue

Monday, 7 March 2011

CD Sunday - Luck Of The Irish/St Patrick's Day

The Challenge over at the CD Sunday Blog this week is Luck Of The Irish/St Patrick's Day. I must admit to struggling a bit this week, as I was not sure I had anything that was suitable. Whilst looking through my CDs I came across one that I bought 3-4 years ago from ebay, which was full of vintage images. There was a folder on there called Victorian Holidays, and that is where I found this cute little image.


I've mounted the topper onto green mirricard, and then printed a green checked background from Sharon Duncan's Country Kids, also mounted onto mirricard. Added some green ribbon and found some flowers in my stash to match the colours in the topper.

Thanks for looking.

Sue

Friday, 4 March 2011

Harlequin Rose and Forgotten Friday 7

It's Friday and once again time for Forgotten Friday. This week on my rummage I found this stamp from Elusive Images called Harlequin Rose. I bought this when it was first released but had not got around to using it. I've stamped it out and coloured it using promarkers. Then used a backing paper from the Artylicious Damask Delights CD. Added some gold mirricard and gold ribbon from my stash.

At that stage I was not sure what I was going to use the card for, but then looking at it again I think it will make a wonderful Mother's day card.

Thanks for looking

Sue

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

MCS Samples, Once In A Lifetime

As I write this the New MCS Once In A lifetime is on the TV. And now that the CDs have been launched I can show you my Samples that I was busy making last week. I'm not going to say too much about how I made the samples, except that I used things that I either had in my stash box, my Cricut machine, Marianne Dies and Martha Stewart punches.











Thank you for looking
Sue







Monday, 28 February 2011

CD Sunday Challenge - Art Nouveau

This week the theme over at the CD Sunday Challenge Blog is Art Nouveau. Once again I have used MCS, this time the Opulent. It has wonderful Art Nouveau images and backgrounds on.


I have used silver mirriboard to mount the backing paper and the image onto, then cut some corners for a Marianne die cut, added some lemon ribbon and some flowers that I had in my stash.

Thanks for looking

Sue

Friday, 25 February 2011

Pretty In Pink and Forgotten Friday 6

Well it Friday again, it's come around quickly this week. I'm a bit behind as I have been making samples for a Pick of the Day on Ideal World this coming Tuesday. So I have turned to a Joanna Sheen CD 'Precious Petals', for this week Forgotten Friday. I bought this when it was first released and this is the first time that I have used it.


I made this card in pink colours, and have not added a sentiment. I can then put it in my box of made cards and it is almost ready to be sent to someone.

Thank you for looking,

Sue

Monday, 21 February 2011

CD Sunday Challenge, Get A Head - Get A Hat

This weeks challenge over at CD Sunday is Get a head - Get a hat. Once again I've used MCS (I do have other CDs,really!!).
For this card I have used MCS Fab Glam Fifties. There is a whole section just with hats in.
I have also chosen to use a colour that I don't use very often, browns and beige's. The base easel card is cream, then I've used gold mirricard for matting and layering, along with some gold ribbon and some flowers from my stash.
Thank you for looking
Sue