Sheep Card

Here is a card I made using the Easter mini and Story Book Cartridge. The cut file was from a custom crops project which can be found here. On my card I used glossy accents on the nose and stuck on some clear crafty notions rainbow drops for eyes.  The white part of sheep is embossed with D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug folder. I also used Old Paper distress ink to ink the grey parts of the sheep.

Happy Birthday Cards for my Mum

Today as well as it being Mother’s Day is also my Mum’s Birthday so I thought I would share with you the cards I made her. The first card is the one I gave my Mum. It is made using A Child’s Year Cartridge for the fairy. The wings of the fairy have been glittered using a fine glue nib and some crystal glitter. The Happy Birthday was stamped using versa mark and then a chocolate embossing powder that actually smells of chocolate. YUM! The background shape that fills the card was cut using the Story Book Cartridge.

Here is the second card I made, which I used the Love Struck Mini cartridge. I cut the heart out of Ice White paper (A shinny white) and then inked it using my Inky brushes (these look like shaving brushes). TFL.

Happy Mother’s Day

Here is the card I made for my Mum using the Mother’s Day Mini Cartridge. Here is a picture:

TFL.

A little Bird told me…

Here is a card I made a while back, but as of yet had not had chance to post so here it is. The card is made using the Home Decor and Hello Kitty Font. The outside reads A little bird told me … and the inside says Its your Birthday. Thanks for looking!

Cupcake Card and Gift

Today I thought I would post a card and gift I made the other day with a cupcake theme. The card was made using the Home Decor Cricut Cartridge. Here is a photo:

Here is a close-up of the cherry, which I coated with Glossy Accents.

I also created a gift using the Easter mini Cartridge. To make it you cut a cupcake wrapper and then roll a pair of socks up and add a pompom for a cherry. I scrap lifted this idea from Greenbean on the cricut message board. To view their original post please click here.

Thanks for looking!

Birdcage Card

You may have seen my recent 3d valentine card that I made, well I took that idea and decided to make a flat Happy Birthday. The card was made using the Serenade Cricut Cartridge. Here is a picture of the overall card:

Here is a close-up of the bird in the card, which I inked using ink dusters (they look like a shaving brush) with a blue distress ink pad.

Here is another close-up this time of the tag, which I inked around the edges with a brown distress inkpad.

If you would like the cut file for the card please leave a comment and include your email address and I will send it to you. Thanks for looking.

Happy Valentines Day!

Here's two of the valentines cards I made. The first was inspired by a card on Pinnacle Crafts Blog. To see it click here. I used the Serenade Cricut Cartridge which I purchased from cutting edge crafts as well as the Love Struck Cartridge. On my card I used a heart as a tag to write on.

The second card is also made with the Love Struck Cartridge.

Thanks for looking!

MIYUKI Panda

Here is a quick post that I thought I would share with you. I made this panda from a kit, which I purchased well over a year. The reason for me delaying doing it so much was I thought it would be really difficult to do but I was surprised at how easy the instructions were to follow. Anyway here are the photos of my completed panda and the kit packaging. TFL

Forever Friends Challenge and Paper Roses

Hi everyone hope you’ve all had a good Christmas and New Year. I just want to apologise for not posting in a while my New Years resolution is to post more often, enter more challenges and be more creative.

So today I am posting a card and calendar I have created for the Forever Friends Challenge which is to create a cheerful card that has 2 layers a ribbon and something that sparkles.

Here is my entry:

Card

Calendar

Both of my creations use the Forever Friends valentines clear stamp set but as you can see the image does not have to be used for such cards. The paper rose I created using a tutorial by Tim Holtz which you can find by clicking here. I however did not use the die Tim Holtz did instead I replicated it in Cricut Design Studio using two flowers from Plantin SchoolBook. If you would like the cut file please leave a comment on this post with your email address.

Here is a close up of the flowers I created:

  Sorry some of the pictures are so shadowed but they were took in the early hours. Lol. Thanks for looking!

Rock Stars LO

Here is a layout I made using the Hannah Montana cartridge. The paper used is by DCVW. TFL

Monkeying around LO

Here is another layout. The cartridge used were Mickey font (Title), Animal Kingdom (Monkey) and Paper Dolls (Palm Tree). The main paper used is by DCWV.  Both the monkey and the palm tree have been accented with chalk and white pencil so that the details show up more. As always you can click on the images to see them in more detail. TFL

Liquorice Allsorts

Here is some jewellery I created just the other day with some liquorice allsorts beads (yep there not real there actually made from polymer clay lol) that I bought.

Had a few problems photographing this morning as in the UK it is very overcast ( although the sun now seems to have come out lol). These picture were originally very dark but I decided to use my new programme that I downloaded for free from Microsoft it is called windows live photo gallery. It is a brilliant programme which allows you to straighten photographs and also lighten. Another feature of the programme is it allows you to create panoramic photos from your pictures which I tested out and it works brilliantly.

Flying High LO

Here is another layout using photos of my childhood. I was given the opportunity to have a flight in a helicopter over Sheffield and surrounding area. I was given this opportunity as I was the first paying visitor to the science museum Magna.

The paper is DCVW and the font used is Hannah Montana. If you would like to see a bigger image just click on the picture. TFL

Fun on Noah’s Ark

Here is a layout I created using the Hannah Montana cricut cartridge. The paper is by craft creations. TFL. As usual photo are of me as a child.

Dinosaur LO

Here is a layout I made with a photo of me. I used the paper dolls cricut cartridge. The paper is by sugar tree. TFL

Girl of Many Faces LO

Here is a layout using photos of me when I was younger. We had gone to Bridlington for the week and I had my face painted three times in the same day. The font used is Mickey and the paper is by Doodlebug.

Ford GT 40 Scrapbook Page Using Cars Cartridge

Here is a page I created recently. The font is Mickey and of course the car is from the Disney cars cartridge (which I love). The paper is again from a DCWV Stack.

Pocahontas in Scotland Scrapbooking Page

Here is a double page spread I made using the Dreams Come True Disney Cricut Cartridge along with the Plantin Schoolbook Font. The Background paper is by Basic Grey. Again the photos are of me as a child when I was just over 4 yrs old and persuaded my parents lol to take me to Edinburgh to see the Pocahontas animation team.

To take a closer look at any of my layouts please click on them.

Thanks for looking.

Sammy

Mother & Daughter Scrapbooking Page

Sorry for not posting as regularly as I should but I have been busy doing some scrapbooking pages. I have now filled my first album and have started on my second so thought it was about time I shared some of my layouts with you. So here is the first of many. The picture in the layout shows me at just over a year old with my mum. The font I used was Jasmine and the patterned paper is from a DCWV Stack and the black background is Bazzil Basics Cardstock.

To take a closer look please click on the image and it will enlarge.

Thanks for looking.

Sammy

Father’s Day

This year my birthday fell on the same day as father’s day (21st June). Here is a picture of the card I gave my Dad. It is a word book which I designed in DS using the Mickey Font Cartridge. I then decorated it with stamped images from the Daisy and Dandelion ‘Down in the woods’ men’s range. I also used my big shot to emboss some backgrounds for it and did a bit of triple embossing and threw a couple of buttons into the mix.