Boys cards always have me stumped!

Hello, I don't know about you but I always have trouble coming up with boys cards especially if they are over the age of 5!! Today i have made a card for my nephew who is turning 13 this week.

I found this paper in my stash and decided to do something with it, as Rhys is ALWAYS playing some game, xbox, playstation, DS, he has the lot! You might not know but the little pictures are actually playstation controllers....OMG!
At first I was going to layer it on green card and then on white, but it didn't look quite right. Then i pulled some black out and it gave the depth i was looking for. The stamps are from Kassazz and I used the blue and green inks to draw your attention away from all the pink in the paper. I stamped the shield in black and added the number stickers (creative memories). After adding all the elements i still found the pink was really standing out so I grabbed my fine liner (black) and drew around all of the blue controllers. BINGO it was exactly what was needed. In hignsight I wish I had stitched around the paper in black cotton but overall, I'm happy with the result. :o)

Todays project.................Mother's day card

Well here it is.......... the mother in laws card!
The paper is Honey Pie : Ella from the Cosmo Cricket range, again I have had this in my stash for ages and never really had the right card to use it on. I have matted that onto the pink cardstock. I then stamped the tea pot stamp from Stampin' up onto watercolour card so that I could colour it. I used distress inks and my aqua pen. This i mounted onto a pink scallop square that I cut using my nestabilities. To finish i added a strip of pink card and ran some ribbon across it. The hardest part was deciding what to add to the ribbon, bow,flower,bow, flower???? In the end the bow won and I added the Bella pearl to finish.
Happy with the result.........now I just hope the mother in law likes it!
Catch ya :o)

Happy Monday!

Goodmorning everyone, I hope you are as bright and cheery as I one this lovely Monday morning. Today is the first day of my new work week. As i posted last week a have cut down a day at work which means i now get an extra long weekend EVERY WEEK!!!!! YAY..... monday, tuesdays off and work only Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. How great is that. Apart from house work and catching up on appointments etc. i plan to spend most of that time creating.
Here is my latest offering, the papers i used are from the Unique It's All Romantic range, the image was gifted to me from my Mum and i used my trusty Pro markers to colour it. The flowers are from my stash and i just played around with them bunching them up untill I got the right look.......I made the buds on top of the tag by wrapping a green flower that i had cut up around ribbon that i folded in half....... I am quite pleased with the out come.
I really do need to start taking photos of my cards instead of scanning them. You can see the scanner has flattened my flower at the top a bit. Oh well...... put that thought in the future basket!!
Anyway off to make some mothers day cards, have a great day...I know i will.

Cheers Danielle :o)

Hello again, I have been mucking around learning what i can do on my blog site! All new to me........ I have up loaded one of my latest projects. This card i made for a friendship swap for a group that i am in. I really, really, like the layouts that you find at Mognolia so I made this card using a freebie digi image i got from a site ( can't remember which one...I guess i will have to start doing that so i can give credit to the artist!). The papers are from the Heidi Grace FISKARS range that i have had in my stash for a couple of years. I have finally made room for my sewing machine to be permanently set up in my scrap room, so it too is one of my new fav things to add to my layouts. I am growing fonder and fonder of using my Pro Markers to colour my images, the blending you can acheive with these is fantastic.

Hi, today I have decided to start a blog so I can share what I love to do......... making cards! As of next week I start my new hours at work which gives me one more day of free time for ME. YAY! So i intend to get a lot more involved in the scrapping world. I hope you enjoy what i have to offer and I look forward to posting soon.
Cheers Danielle :o)