A tough project

Or not, anyhoo, I found this set of commissioned cards hard to do, I struggled for inspiration. The lady who ordered these is sending them to her sister and family in Japan.

For the first card I made I ended up using a design and colour scheme from a card that the lovely Stampin Up demonstrator, Christine Guile sent me as a thank you. I hope she doesn't mind me pinching her design but the original card was lovely and it's the first time I've done paper tearing and been happy with it. I did change the design to fit a larger card :) Stamps, cardstock, inks and ribbon by Stampin Up, inside designed in MCS.

The second card is a male card, I used a stamp I made with ImagePac a couple of years ago and coloured it with Promarkers, I then cut the name on the Cricut using SCAL2, inside designed in MCS.

The final card is for a 5 year old, I wasn't told the sex of the child so I thought every kid in the world knows who Mickey is and I thought the design was pretty unisex. All cut using the Mickey and Friends and Mickey carts on the Cricut. Apart from the large circle which I cut using a nestibility die.

So yep, a hard order to fill, I hope my customer likes them, I'm quite please with the results.











Happy Crafting
Anna x

New Cricut cart arrived :)

Woop! My new cartridge, Rock Princess, arrived yesterday and as luck would have it it was my day off :) Anyhoo, even though I was supposed to be making cards for customers I couldn't resist playing lol!!

This cartridge is awesome, I can see it getting used a lot, there are loads of great images. There are some great things that could be used for guy cards too and some lovely roses which are suitable for any type of card. Well worth investing in I think.

My other favourite cartridge is Tie The Knot, predominantly wedding themed but could be used for all types of occasion, very versatile and beautiful images.

Here's what I made yesterday :)

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations & also Stampin Up card stock. Ribbon is Anita's. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine.

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations Black Magic cauldron stack & also Papermainia card stock and a bit of C&C glitter card, ribbon from HobbyCraft.


Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart, it's not just for girls lol!! Used Core'dinations nostalgia & gemstones & also Papermainia card stock. Stamped the background and the tag on the candy box :)

Used Core'dinations Gemstones & Black Magic Cauldron. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine. Tag stamped and distressed, not sure where I got the ribbon :)


Commissioned card wedding card. Toppers cut from the Tie The Knot cart, used Crafters Companion Centura pearl cardstock and C&C glitter card and mirri board, ribbon and pearls from HobbyCraft.

My new fav toys :)

Well I got some Promarkers when I went to the NEC in March but didn't really get time to play until a couple of weeks ago, anyhoo thought I'd show a couple of cards I made using them. This one was a practice card and my first attempt at an easel card. The cute teddy digi stamp is from Wendymade & all things crafty Other stuff from my stash.

New batch of cards

Finally got around to uploading my latest batch of cards, I'll have some more freebies on Monday probably.

I finally got around to taking my latest photos off my camera to upload lol! These four cards couldn't be more different and I tried out a couple of new things. I finally managed to make something that looks decent using watercolour pencils, I've always struggled with watercolours because I'm a bit heavy handed but I really liked the results from my new set of pencils. The other thing I've tried for the first time is FlowerSoft, the results are very effective and pretty.

Paddington card was made using a free stamp off the cover of Quick Cards magazine, he was stamped with Stazon and coloured using water colour pencils which were a bargain from Wilkinsons at 80p, yep 80p for 18. I bought them for my youngest niece so I wouldn't have to let her use my 'best' pencils. As I got the freebie stamp yesterday I thought I'd just try them and thought for that price they would be rubbish. They are excellent, better than the ones I paid almost £15 for, they are soft and blend really well so I've decided I'm keeping them just for me and I'll pick up some more for my niece lol!!



Cheetah card was made using the latest Joanna Sheen Cd set, The Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection. This set of cds is stunning, I was so excited when it arrived that I couldn't stop printing out images lol! The collection contains artwork by Jayne Netley Mayhew and is a selection of exotic and British wildlife, plants and sealife. If I was to recommend any of Joanna's cd collections I would put this at the top of the list, it really does have something for everyone.





Edwardian lady card, this card was made using FlowerSoft, it's the first time I've used it and I was quite pleased with the results, the topper is a print from the Flowersoft Edwardian Elegance collection I think.



Footy card, another footy card for my nephew Tom, letters were printed from Creatacard Gold, an old program but quite useful. The football crazy paper is one of my own designs.