Mother's Day Cards

I didn't think I'd be making any Mother's Day cards this year but a friend at work asked me to make cards for her Mum and Mil. She gave me the images and verses and left me to it so I decided the make them as easel cards inspired by the very talented Bev

These are the card fronts

And the inserts

New Home Cards

We've had a lot of movement at work recently with three of my colleagues moving home.

The first is still my favorite (and I know I've shown it before but I love it)It was cased from a card I saw in a shop. I just new it would be perfect for the Stampin Up Good Neighbours set from thier Sale-a-bration which has unfortunatley finished:

This one is a cute cat image with computer printed greeting. I also cut the cat with a circle punch and put it on a bottle top and glazed it for an extra embellishment

This was for a horse loving colleague. Computer printed greeting and horseshoes. The image is decoupaged but it doesn't show.

Tart & Tangy Flower

I love the Stampin Up Tart and Tangy set of fruit stamps but as soon as I got it I thought flowers! I made this topper for a friend to show what I meant. I used the stem of the cherry stamp upside down and the flower is the lemon/orange slice which I've trimmed around the petals and shaped. The cute butterfly is from the Flight of the Butterfly set

PeeJay's Challenge

Pam has a great a challenge on her blog - to use one of her freebie sheets. There are some great sheets to choose from too but I couldn't resist this adorable black labrador with matching backing paper. I've made a criss cross card with a "gusset" to allow for the pyramage.

Glitter Pot Class

I had a lovely day at the Glitter Pot back in January with some Imag-e-nation friends. The class was taken by the lovely Joanne.

Obviously the Martha Stewart punches we used were a must buy after the class!

I loved the idea of the layout above that Joanne gave us that I had to make another version with butterflies when I got home. I think I'm going to be using this layout quite a bit.

Lovely Candy Up for Grabs

Kath has some great candy up for grabs to celebrate her blog-aversary. Pop over to her blog to find out how to win.

New Home - Good Neighbours Stampin Up Set

I made this for a girl at work using the Good Neighbors SAB set from Stampin Up

Alcohol Inked Owl

Wow, I can't believe how long it is since I posted here! Been too busy looking at other blogs.

This card was made for a friend's birthday at the end of January. The papers are from Papermania capsule collection, the owl is a sizzix die. The ight area of the owl is alcohol inks on acetate and the darker layers are alcohol inks on photo card. I really enjoyed playing with the inks and have several little owls all ready for other cards.

A close up of the owl

Valentines Cards

Last Sunday I had a mamouth valentines session and made 32 cards for the forces. Used PC Crafter images and Cuttlebug heart folder.

Stampin' Up! Bauble

I made this for a challenge by my Stampers 10 demonstrator. Toni sent us one 6x6 sheet of paper for us to use however we wanted. This is what I came up with:

I cut the sheet into 1cm strips and glued together in alternating sides, then added some stickles and beads. I was quite pleased with how it turned out but think I would make the strips shorter than 6inches if I made another.