3 French Cards/2 Flower Cards

Tulip

Stamp: Anita's Size J

Backing Paper: Brenda Walton 6 x 6
Scrap book Designer Papers
36 Sheet Pad by K & Company.

Paris

Backing Paper : From Internet

and coloured through

MCS CDROM.

Stamp: Stamps Happen INC

Paris Socialite 80436

Watercoloured with

WH Smith Watercolour Pencils.

Background with Tim Holz

Distress Inks.

French Travel

Stamp: Hampton Art Stamps

Paris Diva 4540

Watercoloured with H20's and

Cosmic Shimmer's.

Background with Tim Holtz's Distress Inks.

Backing Paper: Map from Internet and coloured through
MCS CDROM.

French Couture

Stamp: Hero Arts

Gracious Lady G2811

Watercoloured with

Cosmic Shimmers

Background with Tim Holz's Distress Inks.

Backing Paper: Made from Internet and coloured

through MCS CDROM.

Birthday Girl

Stamp: Rubber Stampede

Rose 3749H

Backing Paper: Brenda Walton

6 x 6 Scrap book Designer Papers

36 Sheet pad by K & Company.

Thank you very much for looking today.

Cathy xxx

Celebration Card

I had great fun making this card even if it did take me a long time to make because there is a lot of cutting out. I am not that fast at cutting out because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis, I have to keep taking little breaks. The backing paper and decoupaged images are from Cute Companions Summer Stories CDROM by Jayne Nestorenko. The two mice,candles and greetings are from the same Summer Stories rubber stamp range, this one is Celebration. They have been watercoloured with Twinkling H20's. I was asked to make this for a girl at work to give to her Great Niece.

Thank you for looking.

Cathy
xxx

Five Father's Day cards.

I have used Leaky Lofty rubber stamp LF202 from Joanna Sheen to make this card, also Blue Star Dream card as the main card also available from Joanna Sheen. Whispers Strokes pens to watercolour the images.

This decoupage card has been made using Classic Sporting Cards Album CDROM from CardCreations Plus.

These two cards, one being A6 the other being 6 inch square have been produced using

The Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection CDROM from Joanna Sheen. The main card is Star Dream card also from Joanna Sheen.

Joanna Sheen's Teddy Bear rubber stamps JS292 has been used to make this, also

Star Dream card. I used Whispers Strokes pens to watercolour the image.

I haven't suddenly gained a lot of Father's, I have started putting my cards in to a Fitness and Beauty Salon for sale. I only put them in last week so it is early days. So wish me luck.

Thank you for looking.

Cathy

xxxx

Thank You So Much Lynne

I'm very grateful to Lynne for passing these awards onto me. THANK YOU so much! I much appreciate this honour.


Friendship

Lemonade

These awards are the friendship and Lemonade stand awards:The instructions for each award are as follows:"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated" It also says: "Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award." (Friendship)and:Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude. Link to your nominees within your blog post.- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award. Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation. (Lemonade Stand)So here is my list of those I'd like to pass this award onto, these are people whom through them and their blogs help inspire and motivate me:

Chris

Jane

Suzanne

Anne

Mags

Kym

Chrissie

Wendy

Last if not least my icon Lynne

Do visit these blogs. They really are full of inspiration.

3 Jayne Nestorenko Workshop Cards

I was luck enough to go to one of Jayne Nestorenko's workshops this weekend in Rugby. I had a great day and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Here is the three projects we produced. I am sorry although I loaded them in the correct order they seem to have appeared at random.



This is the second card we made. The medallion has four layers to it. The layers have been coloured in with Cosmic Shimmer Micra powders.

One of the matting layers has been misted and sprayed also with the micra powders.

This was our last project of the day. It was made using the Summer Stories CD ROM from Cute Companions. You can't see from the picture but the project is decoupaged inside. I found it very hard to get the doors to meet on the patio doors as the measurements get altered if you decoupage it inside and also of course it also depends on the thickness of pads you use to decoupage with.

This is the first card of the day using the Summer Stories CD ROM and stamps from Cute Companions. The picture doesn't show it very well as the stamped images are decoupaged.

Thank you so much for looking and if you ever get the chance to go on one of Jaynes workshops do so as she is a lovely friendly lady and makes you feel at ease and I am really looking forward to my next one in July.

Cathy

xxxx

Kitten in Washing

This is my first attempt at making a card using Digi Stamps. This one has been made using this super image from Crafty Ann's website, this can be found via :-

http://spiritofcreativity.wordpress.com/

and clicking on the Digi Stamp heading. I have used white hammered card as the main card - Blue Stardream card from Joanna Sheen that has been put through the Cuttlebug with Bird & Swirls A2 embossing folder 37-1609 - 6 x 6 Scrapbook Designer paper from K & Company by Elizabeth Brownd - Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Large Nestabilities S4 115 and Spellbinders Standard Circles Large Nestabilities S4 114. The image has been watercoloured with Twinkling H20's. Heart gems have been added to each corner.

Thank you all for looking and I hope you have a good weekend. I will be setting off in two hours time to go to Rugby for a workshop I am doing tomorrow with Jayne Nestorenko. It is the first one I have ever done so I am getting both excited and nervous at the same time. Wish me luck.

Cathy

xxxxx

Medallion Card

Most of this card was made at one of my craft clubs. This club is held on the second Tuesday of the month and also on the occasional Saturday. I say most of the card was made at the club because the glue wasn't dry so I had not stuck the medallion on to the main card. I went home holding it in my hands carefully while my friend Viv drove. I got out of the car and the wind blew and I dropped it in to the grit on the road. It is a good job that I had stamped two sets of the medallion at the time. I have used black card as the main card - pale pink card band has been put through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The medallion has been stamped on to pale pink and fuschia pink card, highlighted with a quickie glue pen and glitter sprinkled over.