Paper Piecing

I used Tattered Lace dies to make the following cards. Each die was cut in several colours and cut up to make the design.

Teenage Boys Birthday Cards

I have been asked to make some birthday cards for teenage boys. I've used embossing folders from various suppliers and dies from Tattered Lace. Four of the cards are for boys with special interests - football, music (two) and flying. The other four cards are generic.

Special Cards

Here are some bespoke cards that I have been asked to create.

Base and cardstock is from Create and Craft. Foiled card, lattice and dies are from Stampin' Up!

Base and cardstock is from Create and Craft. Foiled card, lace and dies are from Stampin' Up!

Base is from Create and Craft. DSP, glitter paper, number and diamond dies are from Stampin' Up! Other dies are from Tattered Lace.

Base, cardstock and glitter paper is from Create and Craft. DSP, number dies and embellishments are from Stampin' Up! Other die is from Tattered Lace.

Just Cards

We went away for a few days and were lucky to find someone to feed the cats. I had to make a card for them.

The cats are punched using the Stampin' Up! punch. The bowls, fish bones, paw prints and sentiment are Tattered Lace dies.

This is the Valentine card I made for my husband.

Apart from the hearts which were cut using Tattered Lace dies, everything else is from Stampin' Up!. Grapefruit Grove cardstock, Share What you Love DSP,  SAB Grapefruit Grove foil embossed using the Lace dynamic embossing folder, Tea Together stamp set and the SAB Tea Time Framelits.

Christmas Gifts 2018

I covered this notebook using Stampin' Up! DSP, dies (Eclectic Layers, Coffee Cups) sand embossing folder (Quilt Top) - except for the letter which is a from Spellbinders.

Bookmark -  Card, DSP and stamp set (Trust God) and punch ( Darling Label) is from Stampin' Up!. The dies are from Tattered Lace.

Christmas Cards 2018

This year I used up some Kanban Crafts foiled card blanks that I bought several years ago. The Nativity die is from Cottage Cutz and the sentiment dies are from Tattered Lace.

For the family I did something different. The wreath is from Tonic Studios.

The other dies are from Tattered Lace.

Sentiment is from Tattered Lace.

Sentiment is from the same Tonic Studios set as the wreath.

Playing with 8 X 8 Card Blanks

I have a couple pf packs of 8 X 8" card blanks and I needed some birthday and new baby boy cards.

First New Baby card uses Stampin' Up! cardstock and DSP, ink, the Amazing Congratulations stamp set and Baby's First thinlits. The lettering is from the Duo Dies Alphabet Charms and the base card with sparkles is from the Hunkydory Dots and Diamonds collection.

The second New Baby card uses Stampin' Up! cardstock, ink,  Something for Baby stamp set and Sweet and Sassy framelits and Large Letters framelits.

The first birthday card uses Stampin' Up! cardstock and DSP, Happy Birthday thinlit die and Everyday Jars thinlits. Base card with sparkles is from the Hunkydory Dots and Diamonds collection. Butterfly die is from the 2017 Tattered Lace Advent Calendar.

The first birthday card uses Stampin' Up! cardstock and DSP, and Happy Birthday thinlit die. The tree, cat, dog and bone dies are from Tattered Lace.

Easter 2018

These first cards were made with the Sale-a-Bration item Tutti-Frutti cards and matching envelopes, with crosses made using the Cross of Hope framelit set. The flowers were stamped using the ink matching the card bases - Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party from the Hold on to Hope stamp set. The sentiment is from a retired set punched with the Pretty Label punch.

These cards were made with a Tattered Lace die - Snowflake Shaped card. The DSP is Stampin' Up!, The egg shape is cut using and X-Cut die, the sentiment is a retired Stampin' Up! set and the small flowers with a retired punch. The big flower was cut with a Richard Garay die.

Christmas 2017

Now Christmas is well and truly over, I can share with you some of the cards I made.

First, two eclipse cards featuring 'Year of Cheer' DSP.

Next I used up some Kanban Crafts foiled card blanks and Chritmas papers die cut with retired Stampin' Up! dies.

This is the card that went to family and friends using American Crafts card blanks, Cottage Cutz and Tattered Lace dies.

During Advent at Church we had a service that required people to take home a 'goody bag'. Here it is.

Note Cards

I recently made some cards for a bring and buy sale at church. I made two lots of six cards using the Stampin' Up! note cards.

These use the Crumb Cake note card, the Coffee Break DSP, Coffee Cafe stamp set and Coffee Cups framelits.

These use the Whisper White not card, retired DSP and sentiment and the new Pretty Label punch. The flowers are from the Tattered Lace Botanical Collection and matching dies.

Raffle Prizes

I was asked to make some raffle prizes for The Big Breakfast for Christian Aid. I made a box containing 6 blank cards and envelopes.

The base is Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand with a Very Vanilla mat. a Claritystamp corner punch was used to make the slots at the corners of the mat. Stampin' Up! Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate was added with the corners inserted into the punched slots. The flowers are all from Tattered Lace and have been printed from the Botanical Collection  and Rose Corner CD-ROMs.

This is the Picturesque Petal die.

This is the Botanical Florals die.

This is the Rose Corner die.

This is the box made from Sahara Sand cardstock. The lid has Rainbow Mirri mats and patterned paper printed from the Botanicals Collection CD-ROM. The flower is cut with the Tattered Lace Flourishing Flowers die. Inside the box is also lined with paper printed from the CD-ROM.

I also made up the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration Pretty Pocket cards and made this matching box.

Memory Box

I recently did a workshop with my upline Sue McDonald and I used the pattern to make this for a lady at church who has just celebrated a big birthday.

The base card is Moroccan Mint from Stampin' Up! as was the Succulent Garden DSP. The textures silver card is from Create and Craft and the dies are all from Tattered Lace.

There are 12 pockets containing Whisper White cards for people to write their good wishes on.