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

Vintage

This 2 cards where for different swaps groups they had to be Vintage more arty then cute, i am not really into alot of arty stuff I used the same stamp on both which I stamped with distress ink and some torn paper which I inked around the edges then I cut out some vintage adds I had on some background paper.

Stripes

This turned out to be one of my Favorite cards it was for a a card map I used a back ground paper then matched it up the best I could with the Large Orante flower from Victoria's Secret
The I added some ribbon and some cute button split pins

Something Sporty

This was made for a Sporting swap I picked up this cute little guy at a market Sometimes I wish I had that many hands it would make life alot easier.

Something Magical

I brought this Stamp from little bits many years ago and have hardly used it so I thought I would make a card for my friend in America for Halloween I printed the background and stamped then embossed and coloured the Wizard I added a small jewel in the top of his staff, just looking at him I am sure he could be turned in ganduf the grey or white from LOR

Snowman

This card I made for a friend she collects snowmen I love this stamp Susan lent it to me Ithen used the sizzix snowman and cuttlebug snow flakes embossing folder

Pretty in Pink

This card was made for a Pink swap I used a white stamp pad for the first time to see how it would turn out chalked round the edges of the card and added some embellishments

Circle Card

this is a circle card I made for a mothers day swap I used a combination of stickers images and cutllel bug embossing folders to decorate this Card it again is simple to make but looks effective

Lady in Black

This card is made from another 3d sheet I got from Devonian Decoupage I mounted it on Black card then added the square with the ladies head in it i used a carl corner punch to add a little pizazz

Concertina card 2

This Card I made for my FIL fathers day
Inside of card I used Various background papers, some stickers and the shirt I made from striped paper another thing Susan showed us how to make at one of our card days it makes a great embellishment for a mans card

Concertina Card 1

This cute card I made for a friend who was going through a rough time
It is easy to make and yet I think it looks very effective I used various Cuttlebug folders for the backgrounds, also the Sizzix Scribbles Swirls die and printed some images from the hugbug collections.

Ice magic

This card I made for a fun swap, it was something you see find in winter I used the cuttlebug folder snowflakes and stamped an image of a Girl at the beach.

Thinking out side the sqaure

My friend is always telling to to try and think out of the square. I tried to . This card was for a swap I did called cute & cuddly. I Stamped the Bear then disected him and put him this cute outfit I had from one of my clipart images and sat him on a piece of fur fabric
This time I used the Darcy's Bear and did the same thing the outfit I used was from pccrafter I added some dimensional magic for the rain drops and for a puddle the swap was called splish splash.

Plate Card

This is a Plate card I made hadn't done one of these before, something different

Book Card

This is a card i have made for a nephews engagement it is a 3d image I got from Devonian decoupage I added the sentiment and and decorated it I hope they like it