A Look Back at 2011's Creations

Phew!! I like to do this every year on the 31st December - a look back at my favourite creation for each month of the year - it always amazes me how hard it is to choose and also how many cards I make that I don't actually like very much when I look back at them!  I think I will make it a crafting new year's resolution to only put creations on here that I'm 100% happy with!  So, without further ado here are my favourite creations from 2011 - some months have a couple as I just couldn't decide - I hope you enjoy looking through them!  If you would like to know more about how I created any of the cards click on the photo to go to the original post.

DECEMBER 2011

I love this one as I thought I'd get my distress inks out to colour with after over a year of not colouring with them and so was very pleased how it turned out!

This was for my husband's birthday - I loved how the image turned out and the gold leaf and crackle paint heart I made.

NOVEMBER 2011

This was my card for my little girl for Christmas - loved how the window idea turned out and the Christmas tree!

OCTOBER 2011

The first card I made with the autumn Magnolia kit - love white colouring on kraft cardstock!

SEPTEMBER 2011

The card I made for my husband for our anniversary.  

A canvas I made for my little girl's room using Whiff of Joy's princess stamps.

Sorry....3 for September LOL!  I love this gorgeous image and the colours of this card - it is one I can't part with!

AUGUST 2011

My ice cream cone and bowl of ice cream card that I made for a Magnolia Ink competition - the ice cream cone was published in the magazine - yay!!

The first "no lines" image I was happy with.  I also won a trophy at our village produce show for this card - "best craft item in show" :)

JULY 2011

The set of gifts I created for my Brother's wedding.

JUNE 2011

This is the card I created for my Brother's wedding.

MAY 2011

I love how this turned out and the brightness of it is unusual for me.  One of my first times colouring with Prismacolor pencils too!

APRIL 2011

I was so pleased how this turned out and I love the colours.

MARCH 2011

The card I created for my little girl's 3rd birthday inspired by her gorgeous fabric wendy house.

FEBRUARY 2011

I was really pleased with the colouring of this one and I love the papers! - another one I can't part with LOL!

This was the card I created for my Mum for Mother's Day.

JANUARY 2011

A gift box I created to put my husband's valentine gift in.  I love the gold on the red heart and it is still on display in our room after all these months!

I hope you enjoyed my rather long look back at 2011's creations!

   I want to wish you all a healthy and happy new year!!  See you all in 2012 :)!!!! x

My Last Christmas card for 2011!

Here is my last Christmas card for the year to show you (at last LOL)!  This was another commissioned card for a little girl to give her grandparents.  I've used scrummy Magnolia papers for this one - this particular paper has been my favourite Christmas paper this year.

I coloured Tilda with copics and added stickles to her wings and ornament.

I added a doily behind the image and flowers from my stash along with a couple of tags cut with nesties.  The "Nanna" and "Grandad" are peel offs.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

Whiff of Joy DT - Preview Time! - Love Birds

 I have another Whiff of Joy Preview for you today!  Well, actually it is two previews as these cute little birds are separate stamps.  They will be released on 5th January.  The paper I've used is from Basic Grey's Indian Summer paper pad and I've distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink.

 Each bird is coloured with copics and then I've mounted the smaller bird on one layer of foam pads and the larger bird on two layers of foam pads for extra definition.

 I used the gorgoeus heart swirl stamp from Whiff of Joy's Christmas Swirls collection, embossed in gold to add interest to the top corner and I've added gold stickles inside the hearts.

 The sentiment is from the winter Magnolia kit, also embossed in gold.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

A Trio of Stempelglede Christmas Cards

Only one more Christmas card to show you after these - promise! :)  I loved making these using the Stempelglede photo stamps as I created all three in an hour!  Unheard of for me and perfect seeing as it was the 23rd of December LOL!  All the papers are from the MME Lost and Found Christmas pad and the edges distressed with walnut stain distress ink and stickles.  On the above card I added a doily and some flowers from my stash along with some distressed holly leaves cut with a sizzix die.  To make the photo look even older I crumpled it up and then opened it out again - this creates little cracks in the gloss of the paper which attract the vintage photo distress ink creating the most amazing old photo!  It looks just like the sort you find when looking through your grandparent's photos!  Along the edge of the photo I used some die cut faux dresden paper left over from one of Tim's tags.

I created some tissue music paper for this one with my rediscovered Tim Holtz music stamp and inked it and the image with vintage photo distress ink.  The flower and ivy leaf are from my stash and the brad is from Whiff of Joy.  The gorgeous snowflake is from the Hobby House and I painted it with white acrylic paint.  I added dots of gold stickles along the bottom edge - my new favourite thing to do since Tim's tags!

This final card uses a stamp from another Stempelglede set, this time I've embossed the image with gold embossing powder and then inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink.  I added some more tissue music paper and faux dresden paper border along with some ribbon from my stash.  The brad is from Whiff of Joy and the rose and pin are from my stash.  The snowflake under the rose is from The Hobby House as are the pearls in the corners.  I hope you like them and thanks for looking! x

Whiff of Joy DT - Preview Time!

 It is that time again to preview the Whiff of Joy images which will be released next month.  These will be released on 5th January and are all of a valentine theme.  I have used the sketch at Papertake Weekly for my card.

 How adorable is this Henry with his gorgeous bow!?  I coloured him with copics and added some stickles to the dots on the ribbon.

 I added a selection of flowers from my stash and the brad and the die I have used for the leaves are also from Whiff of Joy.

 I used a Prima pebble for the centre of this flower and have used cheesecloth behind the image.

 The sentiment is from Tickled Pink Stamps and the cute little wooden heart button is from the Hobby House.

 I used a thin strip of organza to create a bow - love the shabby edges!

I hope you like it!  I'll have some more previews for you in the next few days and don't forget to visit my Whiff of Joy team mates for their previews!  Thanks for looking! x

Santa Tilda

I'm nearly finished showing all my Christmas cards - honest LOL!  This is another commissioned one which was for someone's sister, as you can see.  The paper is from MME's Lost and Found Christmas pad.

I coloured tilda with copics and added stickles to the fur trims on her dress and hat.

The holly leaves were left over from my greaseproof paper version of Tim Holtz' glassine ones from 12 tags of Christmas and the flowers are from my stash.  I also added a couple of bells with some twine from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

The ribbon is also from The Pretty Little Ribbon shop and the pearl centre is from The Hobby House.

I embossed a sentiment in silver to tie in with the "sister" peel off I used and the tag is cut with a nestie.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

Winter Wonderland

Morning!  I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas with your family and friends and are not feeling to ill from working your way through all the Christmas food and drink!  I thought I'd share another Christmas card today that was another last minute commission.  It is very similar to a card I did earlier on in December as I had run out of ideas by the 22nd when I made this so thought it was easier to case myself LOL!

I used Edwin from the winter kit on this card which was quite a funny choice as the card was for a police officer and then I realised this Edwin is dressed as a burglar as he's stolen Tilda's heart LOL!  I added a punched snowflake to his jumper to turn it into a Christmas jumper and to hopefully make him look a little less like a burglar - although he's obviously a very cute burglar anyway!

I used the Magnolia fence doohickey and have added lots of snow writer pen to it and on the ground.

The sentiment is embossed in silver and is from an older Magnolia Christmas collection and I added lots of flowers from my stash.

All the colouring was done with copics and I added stickles here and there to the night scene.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

Sundays With Crissy Challenge DT - Anything Goes!

Woohoo!! It is my turn to share my card for this month's Sundays With Crissy challenge!  This month our challenge is nice and easy - anything goes!!!  Usually the DT use Crissy's gorgeous digi images but my printer has broken so I have used an equally gorgeous stamp by Crissy, Jingle Bell Ride from Whimsy Stamps.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils and copics and added stickles to the mane and tail and the fur trims.  I wanted to create a really magical feel by adding a hazy background and lots of gold stickles dots.

I think this image is so gorgeous it hardly needs embellishing.  I opted for some bakers twine from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop as it reminded me of the candy canes on the image and a button from my stash.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us this month at Sundays with Crissy Challenge!  Thanks for looking! x