Pink Skull Card

Hi Bloggers,
Today I'd like to share a card that I made for my niece's birthday.
I made 2 versions of this card. The first is a "normal" square card.

I cut one of the skull images from the Cricut Indie Art cartridge in hot pink card, then added texture with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

The "Happy Birthday" greeting is stamped in black ink onto white card with inked edges.

I embossed the background card with another Tim Holtz embossing folder, and inked it slightly with black ink. I also used ink on the doily.

To give my card more of a grungy feel, I added mesh to the background, pulling it apart slightly.

The second version of this design is an "easel" style card.

The letters were cut with my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge.

I adore this skull shape and have used it in all sorts of projects.
Thanks for stopping by.
Pam xx

Happy Birthday Cards

Hi Bloggers,
More cards for you today - I think I'm getting a little obsessed!!
This card started with an Inkadinkado stamp. I used Promarkers to colour the cupcake (or "bun" as I call it), candle and streamers, matching the colours to my background papers.

The frame was cut with my Cricut using the Elegant Edges cartridge and embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.
I also tied some pieces of yellow twine around the frame.

I cut a ribbon strip from the patterned paper for an embellishment and added 3 buttons in the top right corner.

I love the versatility of stamps and couldn't resist making another card, but this time I used more pink base colours and a slightly different frame.

I'm not sure which I prefer, what about you?

Thanks for stopping by.

Pam xx



Boy Birthday card

Hi Bloggers,
I've used another gorgeous lili of the Valley stamp for my card today. I just love this little fella!!

I used Promarkers to colour the image, matching the colours to my background papers, and a text stamp for the greeting.

I cut the frame on my Cricut using the Holiday Cakes cartridge and used some of the cut out stars as extra embellishments.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pam xx

Steampunk Card

Hi Bloggers,


I'm having a run on cards at the moment and thought I'd share a steampunk one I made using one of my favourite stamps (by Kanban).

I used Promarkers to colour in the image.
The mat is a piece of patterned paper, embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder, and highlighted with distress ink in Walnut Stain.

The cogs were cut with my Cricut using the Paper Lace 2 cartridge.
I cut them all from black card. Then I covered one with a gold embossing powder and two with Vintage Photo distress embossing powder.

  
Thanks for stopping by.
Pam xx

Birthday Cards

Hi Bloggers,

I'd like to share a couple of cards I've made using a gorgeous Lili of the Valley stamp I bought some time ago.
The first card has the stamped image coloured with pale pink Promarkers.

The flowers are made using my Cricut and the Flower Shoppe cartridge, with a mixture of leaves from both the Flower Shoppe and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges.

I used Martha Stewart punches to make the lovely pattern around the mat (I just love this design) and a stamp for the greeting.

The second card has been coloured with brighter reds and oranges.

The flowers are from the Flower Shoppe cartridge again, but are a different style of flower with a button and twine in the centre.
The frame is from the Holiday Cakes cartridge.

Hope you like them.
Thanks for stopping by.
Pam xx

Published Layout

Hi Bloggers,
Whoop, whoop I'm so excited.....I've had another layout published in "Scrapbook Magazine". This one is in issue 63 out this week.

It's a digital layout I made using Serif Craft Artist software and the following digikits:
Modern Lace, Comic Book, Vintage Vehicles, Cheers, Showtime, Back to School and Diamond Hearts.

The car badges were made using the "cut-out" feature of the software and I also used the software to alter colours and add effects.

I love Scrapbook Magazine and urge you to get yourself a copy, it's full of great inspiration.
Pam xx

Buckingham Palace Double Page Spread

Hi Bloggers,
I was very pleased to be asked, by local artist Sally Butler, to design a layout using her new "Diamond Jubilee Collection".
This collection is available exclusively at It's Crafting Time in Cambridgeshire, and was designed by Sally to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
I chose to make a double page spread of our visit to London.

I teamed the papers with red and blue cardstock which I distressed with a distressing tool and Distress Ink (in faded jeans and Barn Door). Then I used a pen for faux stitching on the blue cardstock and a brick stamp to create a pattern on the red cardstock.
I also used border and corner punches on the patterned paper.

The large photo mats were cut with my Cricut using the Base Camp cartridge.
I added rings in red,white and blue along with twine and images cut from the patterned paper.

I clustered embellishments cut from the patterned papers with journaling spots and flowers (made from plain cardstock and the patterned papers using the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge).
The centres of the large brads are filled with images cut from the patterned papers and sealed with glossy accents.

The small flower clusters in the bottom left of both layouts were made in the same way with mini-brads in the centre.

I cut alphabet tiles from the alphabet sheet and inked the edges with distress Ink. I also highlighted the letters with glossy accents and cut Union Jack images from the border sheet, to act as a mat for the first and last letters.
for the word "London", I cut the letters from the alphabet tiles and also highlighted them with glossy accents.

I love how this turned out, hope you do too.
Pam xx


Materials and tools:
Diamond Jubilee Collection by Sally Butler
Blue and red cardstock
Brick stamp by Prima
Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page in Swirling lace
Cricut cartridges Base Camp, Flower Shoppe, George and Basic Shapes
Distress ink in Faded Jeans, Barn Door and Black Soot
Baker's twine, brads, glossy accents