2nd Forever Friends Easter Card

Here is another Forever Friends Easter card made using the new stamp sets. The sentiment is also from the set and reads “bunnies, chicks and daffodils… the first signs of Easter!”

The paper is dove craft cupcake collection, boarder made using a Martha Stewart punch and the buttons were made with a Woodware punch.

How I take my photos

I have been asked by few readers how I take my photos of my cards.

My other hobby in my spare time is photography therefore my photos are taken with a Nikon D80 and a macro lens. The rest of my set up is very cheap and inexpensive. The materials I use are a tray with sides from pound land, 4 pieces of mount board and a day light lamp. Please see the picture below:

Once I have taken my photos, I then edit them. Here is what an image looks like before editing:

I then take my image and edit using windows live photo gallery. The tools I use are crop, straighten image, adjust exposure and adjust colour until I am happy.

It is now ready to be blogged about and all I now do is add a watermark via Windows Live Writer (program I write my blog posts in). Hope this has helped.

The final LOTV Calendar of 2011

This is the last calendar I have to share for 2011. This year I used the whole pack of 10 calendars. lol what an achievement.

The image is of dandelion clock by LOTV, is coloured with ProMarkers and has a few touches of glitter and flock. The background is from a dove craft 6x6 paper pack.

I am the Forever Friends Favourite

Just checked the Forever Friends challenge blog and I am pleased to see that my card is their favourite for the current challenge.

Here is the card I made for the challenge which was spots and dots:

You can view my original post by clicking here. I would also like to take the time to both thank the Forever Friends design team and all the lovely people who posted comments on my card.

Flower (from Bambi) Card

Here is the second card I have made using the Disney classics cricut cartridge.The image is of flower (from Bambi) and is paper pieced.

Yet Another LOTV Calendar

Another LOTV Calendar

LOTV Calendar

Bambi Card

The card above is made using the new Disney Classics cartridge. The image is of the adorable Bambi and is paper pieced. The brown parts of Bambi were cut use ice white paper and then inked with ink dusters and distress inks. I am really pleased with the result and look forward to creating a few more Disney cards.

Rosie with Cake

 

Here is a card made using Rosie with cake LOTV stamp. The background behind it (swirly white) was cut using the Paper Lace Cricut cartridge. I also used glossy accents on the cake icing.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss - As you like it
• SSDS - Get Punchy
• Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva (Anything Goes)
• Pile It On! - Punch It!

First Christmas Card of 2011

Here is the first Christmas card I have made during 2011. The image I have used is LOTV and coloured in with ProMarkers. The base card has been inked using faded jeans distress ink and an inky brush. I also used the inky brush and broken china distress ink on the snowflake background which was embossed with a cuttlebug folder.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

•  Mojo Monday Challenge #175- Sketch
• Delicious Doodles - Spots or Stripes
• Crafty Purple Frog – Distressing
• Pals PaperArts – Bow
• PaperPlay - Layer it Up
• Southern Girls - Dry Embossing
• Creative Craft World - Cute and Cuddly
• Simon Says Stamps - Animal Antics
• Stamp Something - Winter Somethings
• My Time to Craft – Embossing
• Tuesday Throwdown – Distressing
• Stamps R Us – Animals
• Inky Impressions - Emboss It
• LOTV Challenge #82- Anything but square (circular image)

Sarah Kay Calendar

Here is a calendar to match the card done in the previous post. The image is a Sarah Kay stamp and it was coloured using ProMarkers.

Sarah Kay Card

Here is a card made using a Sarah Kay stamp. The image was coloured using ProMarkers. I then also used some purple gingham paper and ice white paper which was cut using a Martha Stewart border punch.

Dandelion Clock

Here is a calendar made using the dandelion clock LOTV stamp.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Moving along with the times #83- Spring

Rosie with Cake

Here is a card made using the Rosie with Cake stamp by LOTV.  The image was stamped in rich cocoa memento ink pad, coloured with ProMarkers and then a touch of glossy accents was added to the cake icing. The borders were done with a Martha Stewart punch.

LOTV- Birthday Fairy

Here is a card made using the Birthday Fairy LOTV Stamp, which was coloured using ProMarkers. The papers used were dove craft Eastern Promise along with some scraps of card I textured with embossing folders. I also added glitter along the edges of the card the image is stamped on and on the fairy's wings.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• LOTV Challenge #81- Sketch
• Passion for ProMarkers #84- Let it shine (use glitter)
• Flutter By Wednesday #138- Open Week
• Wee Memories- Free your Creativity
• Stamp Something- Cute Something
• Tellen’s Place- Polka Dots
• The Res-Q Challenge- Dry Embossing
• My Time To Craft #124 – Spots and Dots
• Creative Craft World- Cute and Cuddly
• Simon Says Stamp- Show a childhood Memory (Teddy and Dressing up)

Forever Friends Easter Card

The Easter card below was made using a new clear stamp set that Forever Friends have brought out. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Sketch N Stash challenge
• Teddy Stampers #28- Anything goes
• Forever Friends- Dots and spots

Mojo Monday #174

Here is a card made using the Mojo Monday sketch. The image used is a LOTV coloured using ProMarkers.

Rosie Posy Calendar

Here is the matching calendar for the card in the previous post.

Rosie Posy Card

Here is a card made using the Rosie Posy stamp by LOTV. The green paper used is a 12x6 strip of Laura Ashley and the brown was punched with a Martha Stewart.