10 March General Cards

Chocolates

Stamp and emboss sentiment with yellow embossing powder, edges gathered twigs ink. Chocolates sleigh bell yellow, walnut, umber. Wrapper mustard and ice grey 1, chocolate squares umber brown. Sakura pen to highlight foam pads under chocolates and sentiment.

Boats

Background sky is chalk, sea is faded jeans ink. Boats hulls winter spruce green, sails royal blue, berry red and lime green. Pen birds in sky. Put scrap white on back of lighthouse, trim to fit then stick back yellow and red bits.

Lilac Dahlia

Flowers Leaves 454(pale green) flower 559 or lavender. Edges any lilac ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Background use dusty concord, faded jeans and cracked pistachio ink. Dab with wet wipe to blend then dry with heat tool. Stamp dandelion dust with perfect plumaria ink, bee with pearlescent purple, dragonfly pearlescent sky blue. Sakura pen to stamped images.

Pink flowers step card

Leaves 445 (green) flowers pastel pink, edges 445 (green) gunmetal stickles to flowers and sakura pen.

3 March General cards

Tri-fold

Basket hearth stone blue, flowers berry red, reef blue and powder blue. Leaves green shoot. Edges berry red pen. Stardust stickles to flowers.

Tree

Stick white die cut tree to black card then stick in leaves and trunk.

Birds

Mask off background and apply faded jeans ink or chalk to sky then Bundled sage and iced spruce oxide inks, stamp grass with iced spruce. Tree trunk edges firewood or umber brown promarker. Cut out kingfisher, feet burnt orange, breast amber and vanilla, back rock pool and duck egg blue, beak cool grey 4, tree trunk firewood or umber brown. Draw birds in the sky and foam pads under kingfisher.

Pink flowers

Stamp flowers with morning mist versamark clair ink and put clear embossing powder on top and heat. Paint with brusho’s flowers alizarin crimson with silver mica, leaves moss green and silver mica. Edges bundled sage ink.

25 February General Cards

Blue background with pink flower

Stamp and emboss flower and leaf with gold embossing powder then cut out. On white card use evergreen bough, broken china and gather twigs oxide inks. Add chipped sapphire ink to outer and edges of background. Colour flower with picked raspberry ink and leaf cracked pistachio ink. Emboss the background then lightly apply gold gilding polish with wet sponge to background flower and leaf. Star dust stickles to black flowers.

Peach and blue flowers

Stamp sentiment with black ink and apply clear embossing powder then heat. Peel off dots to flowers.

Tri-fold pink flower

Colour embossed layer with chic viola ink, Edges shaded lilac ink.

Men’s suit

Stitch buttons to jacket. To embossed layer lightly add frosted sky ink with brush, edges chipped sapphire ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

11 February General cards

Tools

Tool blades and spanners ice grey 2. Spirit level sunflower yellow, stick to scrap bit of card then colour strips lime green and place back in spirit level. Drill heatwave (orange) all over then black on raised bits, drill bit ice grey 2. Tool handles raw sienna. Background gathered twigs ink through stencil. With rusty hinge ink stamp squiggles. Edges walnut stain brown ink. Foam pads under drill and banners.

Blue flowers

Leaves apple cider, flower centres sunflower yellow, royal blue or 7170 blue. Tiny flowers magenta pink. Edges royal blue or 7170 pen. Stardust stickles to flower centres.

Diamond fold

Stamp corners on one white square with smokey grey ink. Peel off dots to flowers.

Tag trio

Put peeled paint and chipped sapphire ink on mat and spritz with water. Dab tags, use circle stencil and chipped sapphire ink. Edges of tags peeled paint ink. Stamp and emboss flowers with primary chartreuse embossing powder. Foam pads under tags. Stick ribbon ends down with glue dots. Gems to flowers and corners.

4 February General cards

Tree

Apply slap it on through tree stencil. When dry colour trunk and branches with burnt umber. Edges bundled sage ink. Fence edges frayed burlap ink.

White flowers

Stamp and emboss flowers with white. Apply olive green, turquoise and rose red brushos, add yellow ochre over the top. When dry spray with spray and sparkle.

Teacups

Cake stand, teapot and cups cornflower blue. Leaves and some cake cases pressed leaf or meadow green. Flowers and some cake icing trick and treat pink, other icing pineapple crush yellow. Other cake cases pastel blue. Edges pressed leaf or meadow green pen. Sakura pen to add sparkle.

Roses

Leaves marsh green, flowers bright orange. Edges bundled sage ink. Embossed layer lightly apply  gilding polish with flat sponge. Spry flowers with spray and sparkle. Foam pads under sentiment.

28 January General cards

Valentines/anniversary

Shape flowers, add stamen to red flowers. Gems to small flowers, peel off dot to large. Foam pads under sentiment and red heart.

Jeans

Use gold gel pen for stitches on pockets. Stick edges of pockets and gold dots on top. Trim off marked segments on blue card. Foam pads under belt and stick just ends of belt loops. Cut out mobile phone colour capri blue and black edges. On wallet put foam pads inside and peel off dot for popper. Stick white string in pocket with phone.

Blue frames

Use stencil to apply tumbled glass blue ink to background and edges. Stamp large flower with yellow embossing powder and cut out and add foam pads. Stamp happy birthday and trim to fit small frame. Peel off dots to small flowers.

Tulips

Wild cranberry pink flowers and apple cider green leaves. Crease horizontally on each layer. Make sure the layers fit in envelope.

21 January General cards

Fuchsia

Leaves marsh green, stems meadow green, petals maroon and lavender. Edges maroon promarker. Sakura clear pen to add sparkle. Foam pads under picture and sentiment.

Hearts

Mix and match green and cream smaller hearts. Edges iced spruce ink. Foam pads under heart on bottom for stopper

Butterfly

On pearl card apply orange, turquoise and alizarin crimson brushos, Cut flower die cut to fit frame, gems on small flowers, peel off dots on larger flowers. Foam pads under sentiment.

Bottle

Lay strips of gold paper over pattern. Cut out cork and colour with sandstone (beige). Cut out glasses and add glitter onto glue at an angle. Shape glasses and put foam pads down centre of back. Peel off dots for bubbles. Edges antique linen ink

14 January General Cards

Blue flower

Shape flower leaves and petals. Edges any blue ink. Peel off dots to flowers.

Sports

Grass marsh green, footballer berry red and satin skin,rugby balls hair and cricket bat handle henna or burnt sienna brown. Footbal indents and eyes fine black pen. Pencil in mouth.Golf clubs, tennis raquet head and golf bag handle ice grey 2.. Cricket bat sandstone, cricket ball cardinal red. Tennis raquet handle 526 yellow. Shoes china blue, golf bag plum preserve.

Irises

Centres sunflower yellow, bluebell all over plus violet in dark areas. Leaves apple cider green. Edges shaded lilac ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Wardrobe

Feet and some clothes sleigh bell yellow, suitcase ice grey 3. Other clothes capri or denim blue, pastel blue, heatwave (orange), oasis blue and walnut brown. Cut around door edges to open, peel off dots for handles and peel off strips to hat and handbag.

7 January General cards

 Blue flower

Stamp flower head with blue embossing powder. Stamp leaves with green embossing powder and cut out. Stamp background with faded jeans ink. Edges faded blue distress ink. Foam pads under flower and star dust stickles.

Get well

Plaster sandstone. Powder blue hat and shirt, mask cool aqua blue. Skin and thermometer satin. Syringe ice grey 1. Doctor’s case pear green and black handle. Gloves cornflower blue. Edges faded jeans distress ink. Foam pads under doctor mask and bag. Pencil in eyes and mouth.

Peach flower

Apply green coloured slap it on through stencil. Foam pads under flower and sentiment.

Shoes

Shoes wild cranberry and bluebell. Heels and soles black, edges wild cranberry promarker. Gems to flowers in frame.  Bows to shoes. Cut white layer to fit over purple