Daughter's 18th Birthday Cards

It is my daughter's 18th tomorrow and as usual I have left it until the last minute to make some cards. I have had the ideas in my head but had not actually started it until today, so this is why I am on here so late as my head is now buzzing with ideas. Hope you like them.

The papers are free from Making Cards Magazine. Swirl leaf flourish is Marianne creatables die. I used a fiskars paper lace border punch and best of all I used the Spellbinders Rose Creations die which I just had to get when I saw this lovely rose on Julie's inkspot blog. Made on an 11 x 6 card.

Spellbinders Rose Creations 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one was made using my old favourite mcs cd using papers and designing topper and then adding a lace ribbon with a brad into a star spacer. This was made on an 8 x 8 card. Thanks for looking and your comments are very much appreciated. Karen xx

My Masterpiece

Hi again. I can't believe I have another card for you to see. This is my masterpiece thanks to Ooops Cluttered Corner blog  I followed her tutorial on how to colour in using promarkers. Her blog has inspired me as she is such a brilliant designer. A big thanks Nic. I also looked on The Crafty Cuttings of Wiccababe blog for different hair colours. I just love these sassy stamps from Funky Kits website

• Papers from cd cut into borders
• spellbinders nesties
• sassy stamp - hippie chick
• promarkers used - coral, sunkissed pink, blush
• walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan
• tulip yellow, buttercup, pear green
• pastel blue for her eyes and pastel pink for her rosy cheeks.
• Last but not least, flower spacers and gems

By the way the image took me 2 hours to actually colour in, so I am not going to be in a hurry to give this card away. Hopefully I will get better with my blending. Thanks for looking. xx

I am entering this card as my first ever challenge to: I love promarkers - Challenge #71 Anything Goes

Beautiful Butterfly

Couldn't wait to show you this one. I have been meaning to get this butterfly die for ages and I've finally got it. It is the Marianne butterfly die #2. I also bought the spellbinders rose creation die, but I haven't used it yet, but watch this space.

Using Marianne creatable butterfly die and glittering it using a spray adhesive, what a mess I got myself into using this spray. Also I used sizzix texture plates on my Big Shot machine and then added a few gems to finish off. I have seen so many beautiful cards made using white on white I thought I would give it a go, but just had to add a touch of glitter and gems. Thanks for looking. xx

Two more mens cards

Hi, I thought I would add these two cards, one for father's day and for a birthday.

 Papers again from cd, this time using an element sheet.

 This one was also made using an element sheet.

Men's cards

Good morning to you all. It's my youngest son's birthday next week and he has now moved to the countryside near Oxford so I thought these cards would be great for him. I have recently had my nails done. Very pretty I might add, but what a nightmare trying to craft. It is so hard to even pick anything up off the table.

 I love the tractor image on this one and yes its from one of my mcs cds. I put two different papers together and made a border down the middle of the card.

 This one I changed the image inside the frame. As my son is a keen fisherman I thought this digi image would be perfect. What a nightmare colouring it was. I used promarkers which I am not used to. I need more practice. Also I noticed that on some of my promarkers they hardly worked, only the large end. Is this because they are stored upright. I have since layed them down. The digi image was from Digistamp Boutique. Have a lovely weekend. Karen xx

Son's birthday

This card I made using My Craft Studio cd for the background paper and image. Very quick card but effective.

Baby card

Made this card for a friend to give his daughter. Using papers and image from The Clipart Fairy once again.