Layered 18th aperture card

Another 18th card designed in inkscape and cut with Robo
This one is layered and I stamped the background with a multi ink pad and finished with confetti and glitter

GSD FILE here

18th Birthday

Large A4 card
I was asked to make this card for my sons girlfriend
I used inkscape and Robo to cut out the wording
and used punched hearts, birthday confetti and glitter to finish


GSD FILE here

Gin and Keep fit

I was asked to make this card for a 60 year old who loves keep fit and Gin!
I had a photo of the Gym I use so cartoonised it and fadded it to use as the background.
I chose the Jolly Nations Keep fit lady decoupage and added some sakura and glitter and also a bottle of gin or two, to the picture

1st Holy Communion

1st Holy communion card for a boy.
I got the image from a decoupage cd I have I added some glitter and sakura pen.
I printed the greeting and the first frame for the image

Retirement Bookatrix

Bookatrix card for someone who can now enjoy his golf.
The golf bag is decoupaged from a CD
I used contrasting colours for the pages and printed the greeting and used golfer stamp to watermark the pages.

The Night Garden

I was asked for a number card with the night garden.
I used inkscape and robo to cut and design the card.
The images are from a childrens CD I have just bought I added a tree die cut in half, flower soft, flowers, butterflies and glitter.
I printed the greeting and personalised it with the name


Free GSD File for the card template

Birthday Lilly

A4 Birthday card I used a floral Decoupage Cd I have just bought for the Lillies.
I was asked for a card with white lillies and no pink! This was a challenge as I assosiate white lillies with sympathy cards so I embellished with Parchment Butterflies, Gems and Glitter then added a double bow to finish

Footy Son

I used Inkscape and Robo to cut this card and the teddy is from a new Decoupage Cd I have just got, this shirt is white so I was able to water colour it in blue.
The card is for a professional footy player in the England.

I stamped footballs to create a background and used versa mark ink and perfect pearls true blue and finished with a few buttons

Free GSD File

Bon Voyage

Bon voyage for a couple of Karaoke compares leaving for sunnier climes!
I used a off white embossed card
I got the background from Robert Addams Ancient Egyptian Cd to the and printed the greeting
I added Microphons hyroglyphs.
I used the Egyptian Stamp addicts Cube with Adirondack dye ink woodlands, some colour box chalk inkpads for the background and Carols Cube and finished waterbrush to blend.
I matted it onto several co -ordinating mats, and added some punched out musical notes

Beer for the men

I used Images from My craft studio and placed it onto a acetate window.
I printed the greeting and added Star and border peeloffs
The insert I placed different glasses of beer to show in the background through the acetate

A Pretty Little box

An exploding box for a thirtieth birthday I used iridescent card for the outer layer and put it through an embossing plate (Sizzix)
Used the Almond Blossom Fairy papers from Crafters Companion CD and added photographs

Instructions for this box are in my tutorials 9cm x 9cm box from A4 card

Baby Feet

I designed this card using Inkscape and Robo.
I matted and layered front of the card with embossed card and added two little feet and the words Baby Girl GSD file for Topper is here
Finished with ribbon and pearly doodles

A Doggy Birthday

A card for a Dog lover
I designed the Happy Birthday with Inkscape and cut with Robo.
GSD File Here
I used an image from a CD to decopage and finished with Mirri 65s an corrugated card

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Mother's Day

Well with all my mother's day card orders finished and delivered, I thought I would have some time to play with the new craft toys I have been getting but no I have a few weddings and a christening order to finish this month so maybe next month.

Playboy 18th

Plaboy card for an 18th birthday girl I used design master and Robo to cut
The file is here Gra File
I embellished with gems and cuttlebug dies

Monochrome Footy card

Black and white football card I used Crafters Companion Guys and Gals Cd for the images

49th Anniversary

I was asked to make a 49th anniversary card I designed in Inkscape and cut with Robo I have added the Gsd file here
I added ribbon Roses, glitter and gems and printed the greeting

Push Pull card

A push pull card decorated with Pansies from one of the Joanna Sheen CDs and tapestry stamps.
Instructions for the card are in the tutorials section of my blog

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Shop-a-holic

This I designed myself hand drwew it first scanned it then used as atemplate in Corel Draw.
I have also layered the shopper as a decoupage. the card greeting I printed

I have a few designs I have drawn myself The Scotsman is another you will see a few more of my designs appearing here
its for a friend who is a shopaholic and never misses a chance to come craft shopping

Couple more Flower Fairies

Two more Fairy Cards made I had to make three I designed the lacy Aperture using Inkscape and cut with Robo.
I used the Flower Fairies CD decoupage and Inserts and to finishe I added Gems and Glitter

The single lacy Aperture is a free file with the previous Flower Fairie

Silver Wedding

Another Silver Wedding card I got the file from UKS and have used it many time I used mirri card as the main card and accessorised with white card stock I printed the greeting and added Gems and Glitter to finish

Flower Fairies

I have been asked to make cards for three sisters and as I have done this for the last four years I decided to use my new Flower Faries Cd from Crafters companion. I chose the decoupage Rose Fairy in Pink as the card stock I used was Cream. I used Glitter and Gems to finish
I designed the aperture using Inkscape and converted to a GSD File. The free file for download does not have the letter N inside it is the Lacey aperture on its own. free GSD file
I love designing these as it reminds me of my spirograph many moons ago

When your 65

I designed this card using Inkscape then converted it to a GSD File Download Here
I used Blue Card and the overlay is Bazzil card I printed the Greeting mat and layered it onto matching card stock.
I stamped the background with a little footballer stamp using versamark to give a watermark effect

Sent with Love

A card Made using Robo
I got the file from UKS it was brought out for Valentines Day but I was asked to make a card with hearts and the words Love, its nice to let someone know you love them.
I used plain white card and an Aqua pearlised card for the embellishments then added a little glitter

Wkd Diva

Another card using Robo this time I cut out the name into a frame
I used the disco Diva's Decoupage and was able to print Happy birthday onto the decoupage before I printed it from The Tripple Treasures CD
To finish I added punched butterflies, glitter and gems
The Gra File

A Wkd Birthday

A card for Daughter I designed with Design Master and cut with Robo
I used the forever friends bear stamp with Sky Blue Brilliance ink and embossed with cosmic shimmer powder.
I coloured the bear with whispers pens I also masked the wording on the bottle and added WKD as that is apparently a favourite tipple
To finish I added Papermania ribbon, gems and glitter

The Gra File