A New Baby Congratulations Card

I have a bit of a thing for Penny Black stamps, so I obviously had to use one of their stamps for this new baby card.  It's called "Baby Hammock - 2073J", a 2001 stamp from their Margaret Sherry Collection.

I coloured the stamped image using my water colour pencils & then die cut the image into a circle.  I mounted the circle on two further die cuts.  The congratulations sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set called "Floral Phrases".

A New Grandparents Card

I made a quick New Grandparents card for a relative this morning.  I used a die cut stamped sentiment (the stamp was from Inkwell Stamps).  Mounted on Stampin' Up "Floral Boutique" patterned paper.

Dude You Rock Card

Making cards for boys can be difficult at the best of times.  This one is for a ten year old going on 16!

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the texture background.  I die cut the stars and the oval shapes and then stamped a sentiment from thePapertrey Ink stamp set called "Signature Greetings".

A Spaniel Card

Last night I made a little card for our three year old Granddaughter Willow.  On Monday she will start doing full days at school, which is quite a big thing for her as she will be wearing her uniform too.

We have a black and white spaniel called Polly, so I thought she would like this card.  I have used a Penny Black stamp called "Butterfly Surprise - 1698D".

Back to Card Making after the festive break

It feels like I have not made a card for ages.  I have lots of cards to make for occassions in January and early February.  However, this card doesn't fit the brief for any of them, so it will go in the "just in case I've forgotten someone box".

This card uses a Stampin' Up embossing folder called "Petal Burst" for the background.  I have then used Creative Expression flower and leaf dies from their "Stitched Doodle Flower" set.  The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink stamp from their "Stylish Sentiment" set.  I added a little bling.

Week 1 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

So it is the first Monday of January and here is the prompt for Week 1 of the 52 Week Mini Art Card Challenge.  The prompt is "Reflecting".

Remember, anything goes.  This is a way to get you crafting and a good way to test new techniques.   I'd love it if you share your creations with me. Here's my tag:

52 Week Mini Art Card Challenge - 2017

Back in 2008, I took part in a mini art challenge called "52 Q Challenge".  I really enjoyed it so thought I would replicate it by providing a "prompt" on this blog each Monday morning of 2017. Starting on Monday 2nd January 2017.

The idea is that the prompt/word will be provided and then you can create a tag/ATC (artist trading card) or use a page in a book to interpret the prompt in any way you please.  It could be through the medium of collage, inking, journalling your thoughts or anything you fancy.  It is up to you.  If you do join in with the challenge, I would love to see what you create.

I've attached some photos of some of the ATC cards I created for the 2008 challenge (at the end of the year, I stuck each card into a book to keep them all together).