Harlequin Rose Themeplate

Another card using my Harlequin Rose Themeplate. The image has been stamped with Stazon Stone Grey and coloured with Lyra crayons. I cut the edge with my deckle scissors to match the card blank and ran a Versacolour Ink Pad, shade 12 (Green) around the edge of image and card blank. I feel that something is missing to give it some appeal and would appreciate any comments, good or bad.

Christine

Cuttlebug Meets Harlequin Rose

I have had this Harlequin Rose Themeplate for just over a week, so I decided today to cut out the images and have a play.

The image has been stamped using Stazon Stone Grey, then watercoloured using Lyra crayons. I used my deckle edge scissors to give a fancy edge, before matting onto vellum which had been put through my Script Embossing Folder, I then layered it on to gold mirri card before layering on to gold paper which had been put through Cuttlebug Scroll Folder. The whole thing was mounted on to a 5 x 5 card blank and I added a cream ribbon bow to the side to finish the whole think off.

This is a beautiful themeplate and over on Julie's blog there are some wonderful cards that she has made with this set of stamps. Do check out her blog.

Christine

Special Award

A Special Award from two of my blogging friends, Frankie & Wendy

I am proud to receive this and my thanks to you both. I would like to pass it on to these people, who not only have nice things to say about my blog but have supported and inspired me from the start.

Lorraine, Suzanne, Sheila, Chris, Julie

They have some fantastic work on their own blogs, so please check them out when you can.

Christine

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

I decided to take part in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge this week using my new stamp. The image was stamped using Stazon Stone Grey and coloured using Lrya Crayons. I used my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities to cut out 2 circles then using my Compass Cutter I cut a larger circle.
The stamped image was matted onto the large scalloped circle before attaching the whole thing to the largest circle. This is my first Penny Black Challenge but I am sure it won't be my last.
Christine

So Cute

What a fun afternoon I am having, I am colouring more stamped images from my friend Lorraine and couldn't resist making this lovely Cuddly Buddly image into a card. I coloured the image with my Lyra Pens which I received as a present, then decided to layer on Aqua card which I had put through my Swiss Dots folder, before attaching to a cream mount. The whole matt I then put onto a card which had been covered with Papermania Paper from their Creative Tones - Venitian Skies range. A finishing touch was added at the top with a blue/grey ribbon embelishment from my stash. I am thrilled with the end result.

Christine x

Such a lovely surprise today when I logged on. These two lovely awards for waiting for me from my special friend Lorraine These mean so much to me as I have only been blogging for a short time. I would like to share them with Chris who is also special. I have made so many friends through blogging and I am sure some people will already have them, however I you haven't, please help yourself

Another Cutie - Dreamweaver

Another card using my 'present' stamps from my special friend Lorraine This is called 'Dreamweaver' and again a Penny Black Stamp. For this I used a Hammer Card Blank to which I attached a sheet of Papermania Creative Tones Paper from their Venetian Skies range. The image has been stamped with Stazon Stone Grey and coloured using Watercolour Pencils. I then attached the image to Aqua colour card which I had put through my Swiss Dots folder before attaching to the main card. I thought it needed a little something extra, so I fixed two Prima Flowers to the bottom right hand corner.

I am so pleased with the outcome especially as 'Cute' is new to me.

Please leave comments, good or bad

Christine

More Cuties - Hedge Delivery

Today I have been playing with my new Penny Black Stamps that my lovely friend Lorraine sent me as presents. This one is titled - Hedge Delivery and he is so cute. I stamped onto Hammer Card using Stone Grey Stazon,coloured my image with Watercolour Pencils before doing a matt onto Mirri Card, this was then attached onto Papermania Creative Tones Paper - Antique Cream collection and I added two Prima Flowers as a finishing touch.

I love these cute stamps and I am so pleased that Lorraine introduced them to me.

Please leave your comments, good or bad

Christine