Mum's birthday

My Mum's birthday is today and this is the card I made for her using papers and my adaptation of an idea from the July issue of Making Cards magazine. All I added apart from the white card base was some pink card and silver mirror board for layering and some pink self adhesive gems.

Making Cards is the only magazine I regularly buy as the papers and vellums given free each month are such good quality and there are usually some super card ideas to go with them. I try to make at least 2 cards from each issue and as I do so come up with more ideas of my own. It is nice to have a starting point though to begin with.

Lili of the Valley Challenge

We were told this week...
Now on to this fortnights challenge, we would like to see ANIMALS somewhere on your card or creation, the girls have given you some great inspiration and we hope you can join us this fortnight. Don't forget it is not necessary to use Lili of the Valley products on your creations.

I have used a Penny Black stamp which has been coloured using Polychromos and sansodor.

The image and pink backer have been cut and embossed using my new Nesties - I love the shape of them. A piece of patterned paper has been layered onto plain green and then mounted onto the pale pink card. Self adhesive gems finish off the card to add a bit of bling. Both papers are from Dovecraft.

Diamond and Pearl

My Brother and his wife have been married 30 years at the end of this month and Mick's Aunt and Uncle celebrate their 60th Anniversary this weekend.

Both are A5 cards with stamped images and words from the With Love From Me to You Unmounted Rubber Stamp Theme Plate from Elusive Images .

This one for the diamond anniversary is stamped using Twilight Brilliance ink. It has loops of shiny seed beeds attached to the cut out hearts. A gem has been added to the plaque with the sentiment. All the card used for this is in cream with a linen texture.

This for the pearl anniversary has been stamped with Aurora Brilliance ink onto peach card and has pearl coloured seed beeds attached. The hearts and sentiment have been layered onto pearlescent paper. It has all been layered onto the same cream c/s.

Valentine cards

As usual I have to make a valentine's card for Mick's workmate to give to his wife. I've done 2 for him to choose from.

This first one uses free papers from Making Cards magazine and follows an example given in there. The only difference is that I have used ivory coloured ribbon from my stash and added one of the tags.This second one is on pink cardstock and has hearts embossed with D'vine swirls from Cuttlebug. They are layered onto pale pink organza ribbon, silver mirror card and palest pink paper. 3 pink gems and a peel-off greeting finish it off.I wonder which one he will choose. The other will be saved for me to use later in the year to give as an Anniversary card.