Birthday card for Grandma...

This card was created using a frame image from Joanna Sheen's CD 'The Cardmaker's Year'. I must admit that I took the image to an art programme and resized it to ensure it was just the size I needed for my A5 card. I printed the image several times to enable me to decoupage the roses. They are also glittered as Grandma loves glitter!!!

The die cut ovals are cut and embossed using the Wizard machine. I also embossed lines to both hold and emphasise the gold organza ribbon on the card. As the challenge at http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/ is embossing I think (at a push) this card may be suitable for their embossing challenge this week.

The sentiment is computer generated and printed on to the same colour backing paper as the frame image. It looks slightly askew in the photo but in reality is straight - honest!!

Materials used:

• Joanna Sheen's CD 'The Cardmakers Year'
• gold card
• cream pearlescent for matting and layering
• oval Wizard dies
• fine glitter
• gold organza ribbon

Using clipart...

I think we have so many fabulous materials available to us that sometimes it's easy to forget that clipart freely available from many sources on the internet can be also be used. At http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ this week the challenge was to be creative using clip art.

I have some clipart books and CD sets by Dover publications so rather than searching the web I decided to use an image from one of them. I picked out a beautiful picture of a little girl at her writing table. I then made it into a decoupage sheet for the card size I wanted to achieve using the CD Decoupage builder. I also used the programme to create matching backing paper.

Last card for the box Irene - good eh?

Materials used:

• Floral Vignettes Book and CD Rom by Dover Publications
• Decoupage Builder 3D
• Satin photo paper
• cream pearlescent card
• gold paper used for matting and layering
• gold corner and sentiment peel offs

Teddy birthday card...

I seem to have had a teddy phase recently so was really pleased to see the challenge at http://www.mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ this week was teddies. I used a Clarity clear stamp of a teddy on a tricycle for my main image and blue gingham and plain blue circle nestability die cuts to frame him.

Materials used:

• Teddy on a trycycle by Clarity Stamps
• plain blue card and blue gingham
• white water colour card
• white organza ribbon
• silver sentiment and corner peel offs