Rock Hard Fairies

I have made this card for a little girl who becomes a teenager. I decoupaged the Rock Hard Fairy and mounted her on a navy blue card blank. I then created a bubble with acetate onto which I put 2 cobwebs which I cut from the Paper Dolls cartridge on my Cricut. To cover the edges of the acetate bubble I put 2 strips of silver mirror card. I scattered a couple of big scary spiders which came on the decoupage sheet.

Walk Like An Egyptian

The backingpaper and decoupage are from Joanna Sheen's Egyptian Adventures. The paper pieces are from the scraps box. I made the paper damp with a mister, I scrunched it up and dabbed it on a weathered wood distressed ink pad. I then dampened the paper again and rescrunched it and dabbed it in a little bit of cosmic shimmer mist in Ancient Copper. The images are stamped in distressed ink in Soot Black.

Pansies

A lovely card using a WS Design template. A doddle to make even for a numbskull like meself. The pansy decoupage was made a while back when I was having a snipping frenzy! I shaped the pansies with a 6mm ball tool and have layered it up with good old Pinflair gel. Just finished the edge of the apertures off with a silver peeloff.

Cottage Garden Card

This is a card from Joanna Sheen's Cottage Garden CDRom. I made this for my 'soon to be Mother in Law' for her birthday. It is all from the Cdrom with just the addition of scraps from my scrap box for the matting and layering. The image I chose came from the decoupage section of the cd.

Himself's Mum lived in a cottage very similar to this in Bossington West Somerset, so I am hoping that this card will bring back some happy memories for her.

At the moment I am not keeping too well, and I am having problems with my hands. I have been banned from using a craft knife and I can only type using 2 pencils with erasers on the top to press the keys. I went for some tests yesterday but they had to be 'aborted' as they couldn't get the results they needed.

I am still crafting, albeit very slowly and am discovering ways to do things so that I can still make cards. It is a nuisance but ' I will suceed' !! Funny isn't it? I can find ways to carry on crafting but finding ways to do housework, well thats not so easy !! lol

Joanna Sheen Fest continues, with this lovely image again from the decoupage papers Kate Greenaway III. I have used Joanna Sheen paisley backing paper and most of the images from the decoupage sheet. Although you can't see with my rotten photography is the depth of the image. It is all put together on dark blue stardream card, giving it a lovely rich feel. This may well be the card I give my friend for her 60th birthday this evening. On the other hand..................er um!!!

Surprise! You've got it! I just can't leave these lovely decoupage images from Joanna Sheen Ltd alone, Yes I know I don't 'do' decoupage and I know I get impatient with it, but these Kate Greenway pictures are just enchanting here I have a card embossed with butterflies (source forgotten) and I have simply used the elements on the decoupage sheet.

Yes! I am very nosey, so I would be the lady on the left of the picture!!

This card is made again for one of those sad occasions. It is an image from Kate Greenaway III by Joanna Sheen Ltd. It uses cotton lace, plain burgandy card stock, gold stardream card and paisley backing paper all from Joanna Sheen Ltd..........Do you detect a theme here? It is completed with 3 burgandy arum lilies tied with narrow ivory ribbon. Decoupage isn't normally my thing, but when the images are this lovely I just can't refuse (well it would be rude to wouldn't it?)

As you can see I still haven't worked out how to get rid of the date or put it right on my camera yet. that was always my hubbies job, just one of many I have to work out for myself now. I do hope that my dreadful photography doesn't spoil your enjoyment of my cards. I promise I will try harder.