Christmas Critters

This card is done using a very simple card stitching patten as the center of the card Ithe stamped and embossed the snowflakes and at a stamp I had brought years ago and never used I popped on a Santa's hat and added a red gem for Rudolfs nose

Fat Book Page Pumkin Patch

I have just discovered the world of Fat Books these are pages that are 4 x4 inches when you decorate your page it is beast to leave a 1/4 inch on the left hand side for binding or joining you book These where done for a swap called pumpkin patch I used very simple 3d elements so that the pages wouldn't be so thick have Just completed a 12 days of Christmas swap which i will pop on the blog once my partner has received it

ATC Fairy Tales

These cute Atc's where for a swap with the theme of Fairy tales as you can see I did Cinderella and the Frog Prince I used 3d images but didnt layer them and a Carl corner punch on one

ATC Christmas Critters

these Atc's are for a Christmas critter swap they are both made from 3d sheets 1 i layered and the other I just used the bit I wanted and added some glitz to it

ATC Black & White

These Atc's are as you can guess for a black & white swap they have been done with 3d images and I have used a Carl corner punch on one

Black & Silver

Tis card was for a black & silver swap I used a Fiskars Oval cutter to mark out an oval and then followed the line with stickers amd just added stickers around and inside oval

ATC Autumn Daze

This Atc I made for a swap called Autumn Daze I used corner adorners on the corners of the Atc then used Pc crafter images and Carl cp1 leaf punch down the side

ATC Children and the 60's

these Atc where for a swap that had to have children in it and I thought this one was just so cute thother was something from the 60's. As i had a huge crush on Micheal Landon when I was growing up I thought this to be a good one. This ATC opens up to reveal all the names of the cast

4 Elements card

this card was done for a 4 element swap you had to use red Paper or card star shape sequins stamping

ATC - Seahorse

This swap was made for an under the sea swap I use a stamp called sketchy sea horse from Stamp it I stamped the image on double sided Jac paper the applied glitter in 2 shades of green popped on a little googly eye added some dimensional magic for bubbles and she was finished

ATC - Dragon fly

I made this one just because I could no other good reason images used are from Pc crafter

ATC - Inspiration

This Atc was done for a swap called layers again I borrowed the stamp from my daughter it is one long stamp I then cut it up and layered it on top of one another

ATC - Flower Pot

This is another Atc I just made for my Album I had some small mirror squares that i used for the back ground I punched out the pot from Carl CP2 punch added a stem of flowers

ATC - Lady in red

This Cute Gal was for a fun swap dont you think she is cute image used was from PC crafter

ATC -African

This cute little Atc was made for an African swap I borrowed some Animal stamps I had brought my daughter used an cloud template for the back ground, and as a difference I used a stamp I had from Krafty Lady and coloured the flowers green to give a diffrent aspect to the stamp ( thanks again Susan)

ATC - Friendly Toad

Another Atc I made just for me I used Pc Crafter images and again layered them

ATC - Bon Voyage

This Atc I just made for my Album I Call it BonVoyage I used Images from PC Crafter then layered them

ATC - Morning Coffee

This swap was for a Morning Cuppa I used card gloss on the coffee in the cup images where from PC Crafter which I then turned into a 3d sheet using my printmaster program

ATC - Art Bag

These Atc's where done for a swap where the host sends you out an image and you have to come up with a Act but it has to be more arty then cute which I am not really good at so once again I called for my friend Susan to help out, and this is the result.

ATC - from the 50's

This Atc was for a swap called from the 50's I choose Judy Garland used a 3d image and back ground it was all in black and white and then I mounted it on a grey ATC

ATC - all about me

I was introduced to the whole of ATC's by my friend Susan and cannot believe how addictive they are, I just love them and have entered a few swaps this one was an introduction swap I put a picture of Philip my self and our 2 grandchildren.

Jig Saw Card

This card was done for a 4 elements swap that had to have some textured paper, something with wings, orange oval shape and a jig saw piece. I used a little Jig saw making machine that I had to have a couple of years ago and have only used it once

Weird & Wacky squarish card

This card was for a fun swap called Lets Party. I used the Weird and Wacky squarish card Template then used Pc crafter images to decorate it then cut out a party animal image and popped it in the window

Lace Card

Here is a card I made for a friends Birthday he plays golf so the stickers I had found laying around came in very handy I put them on a white card which I did some lace work down the side and then layered on top a black card

Card on Card Butterflies

Here is another card on card I made for a swap this time it was butterflies I embossed buth cards the added images of butterflies on both

Brown on Brown

This card was made for a How now Brown Card I had to do for a swap that the main colour had to be only Brown I think it all came together nicely even through brown is not one of my favorite colours

Spinner Card

This card I think is called a spinner card
It was for a swap that had to have moving parts
I cut out a circle in the top of the card so you could see through then I cut another larger circle in white card stock I stamped images of lowers around this in segments on the side of the card I punched out an half a circle so you can turn it the I layered this all on top of another card making sure the "wheel inside could still be turned

Card on Card one for the boys

I think this card is called A card on Card but not to sure I made this for a brother in law I had some small playing cards that I attached to the large card which becomes the insede card if that makes sense then on the smaller card , outside card I used some 3d images of some bottles of booze.

Star Trek

This card was for a Famous Actors Swap I am a bit of a treki so I decided to do the captains of Star Trek Using a 3d image

Lace Blast from the Past

This card was for a Blast from the Past Swap I used a 3d Image of "The King Elvis" and used punches to punch out his name the added a side boarder of lace

Beatles Card

This Card was made for a Famous faces swap
I used an image of the Fab 4

Iris Fold Ice cream cone

Iris folding is not one of my favorite techniques as mine always seemed to be bulky but with this one I used the thicker curling ribbon used to wrap presents with there was no need to fold in half and the edge was perfect and no bulk

Gallery Card what gets me through the day

I must find out what this type of card is called I will have to ask my good friend Susan who is a bottomless pit of all great tips and information on anything to do with cards or paper crafts.

This was a fun swap about what gets me through the day I used images from Pccrafter as you can see she is having a cocktail to start the day chocolate in between and another cocktail to finish the day with.

just heard from Susan it is called a Gallery card thanks Susan

Sticker Magic

This card was for a reverse sticker swap You had to use a sticker and then send the left behind pieces of to you partner then they would make a card with it and send it back. it was fun to see what everyone did with their opposites

Sympathy Card

This is one type of I can I can honestly say I dont not like making because instead of bringing Joy. I think it is attached to sadness.
This cad I made for a friend who's daughter passed away at the age of 25 I sued whit card the put an over lay of velum which I added an ornare boarder to and then just used to very simple stickers on the front

Ornare Boader card

For this card I used a stamp I had brought from a market for $2.00 I layer it on red and then gold metallic aper then mounted it on while card I added a length of ribbon and them done a boarder down the side of the card in ornare and punch work the placed a strip of red metallic paper behind it

Monochromatic Purples

Here is another card I made just using the one colur this time I used Purples I added a 3d image in the center of this one and used the Fiskars shape cutter to cut the diamond shapes out I coloured some corner stickers in Puple and added them to 2 opposite corners

MonoChromatic Card Blue

When I first heard that i had to do a Monochromatic swap I nearly fainted I had never heard of that word (i am not as smart as most heheh) But thanks to good old Wikipedia I found out it just meant Use of one colour why they did just say that I will never know so here is my take on it I useda blued card the mounted on it another slightly darker shard of blue on top I punched the edges and put some blue cotton round the edge used a roller stamp and then put some blue dimonties on to finish off.

Friendship card

I dont know what you would call this card
this was made for a friend on my CMT group
I used cuttlebug embossing folder Mesh and the Honeycomb Die Images are from PC Crafter

Pop Up Card

This card was made for a Friend I hadn't seen for a while it was pop up card I the images used where from a monthly project from PC Crafter

Heart Throb

This was made for a Valentines Day Swap I used a heart corner adorner place some matching ribbon down the side and used the Darcy's Bear I punched out a heart and placed it in his hands

Inside Outside Card Favorite Movie

Front view of Card
This card was made for a Favorite Movie swap I used a 3d sheet which I scanned into the computer and then just cropped the piece I needed my favorite movie was Out of Africa Inside I put detail of the movie

Square Topped Card

This card was made for a fashion swap it is another card that is easy to make but can look very effective

Classy Lady

this card I made for a black & white swap with a touch of red. I used diamonties for her earrings
and a Fiskars boarder punch down the edge then put a strip of black paper underneath and added some brads

Iinside out side card Bring me Sun Shine

Front of card
I belong to a group who have the same neurological disease as I do we all decide we would do a monthly card swap here is one I made for Joel After a long cold winter we decided we need some Sunshine