8 March Easter Cards

Iris folding cross

Foam pads under sentiment, shape flowers.

Church

Gold pearl card under church, trim to fit and foam pads under. Edges of white embossed layer, squeezed lemonade ink or chalk.

Bird in tree

Leaves marsh green, large flower centre and small left hand sunflower (yellow) outer of large flower rock pool (blue) pink flowers wild cranberry, bird reef blue and sunflower. Butterfly sunflower, tree trunk frosted leaf (green). Sakura pen add sparkle. Edges of picture cloudy blue ink or chalk. Foam pads under picture.

Ship in a bottle

Cut out bottle, boat top and bottle top icicle or ice grey 2. Boat base 7170 (blue) or china blue, sea is chalk.  Tie string around bottle top. Put foam tape under centre of bottle.

Purple flowers

Small flowers 559 (lilac) or winter berry then magenta on top for flower centres. Large flower aubergine or sugar plum (purples). Leaves pressed leaf. Sakura clear pen to dots, swirls and flower centres. Foam pads under picture.

1 March Wax cards

23 February Stamping

8 February Twisted corner cards

2 February Men's cards

Golf bag

Golf bag ice grey 2, colour whole bag then add berry red, grass and sky chalk, golf clubs chestnut and caramel, sakura clear pen to golf ball, edges frayed burlap ink.

Birds

Place die cut frame over birds and add chalk to grass and sky, remove frame, Birds burn’t sienna or walnut, on large bird add tan and use blender pen, edges gathered twig ink or chalk, foam pads under spotty paper and right hand side of bird picture.

Shed

Cut out shed and door frame retaining flowers but remove centre of frame. I added colour with promarkers  berry red, forest green, ice grey 1, terracotta, use a fine sharp pencil to define outlines, 3d foam pads under door frame. Sky is chalk then add birds. Brick wall pumice stone ink or chalk, path decadent bamboo colour cloud or hickory smoke ink.

Flowers in heart

Leaves marsh green, colour all flowers powder blue then add bluebell to add dark patches, edge of sentiment shaded lilac ink, foam pads under sentiment.

Turquoise flowers

Inner petals 458 (blue) or duck egg blue, outer petals  and edges sleigh bell (yellow). Leaves marsh green, foam pads under sentiment. Sakura clear pen to flower centres.

26 January Flower pot cards

Red spotty pot

Red spotty pot curl white petals, silver peel off border around edges.

Blue spotty pot

Black pot

Circle of flowers

Large flowers wild cranberry or 5240 (pink). Leaves apple green or green shoot. Small flowers bluebell sakura clear pen to small dots and stems. Foam pads under flowers. Stardust stickles to blue flowers and gems to large flowers and sentiment dot.

Anchor card

Berry red promarker for edges and rope around anchor. Stick striped paper to plain white, divide string, wrap around red circle and striped paper, foam pads under.

19 January Ultra thick embossing powder

Turquoise background

Ink with versamark, apply embossing powder then heat, while hot add more powder, heat again, put Vaseline on stamp then stamp into embossing powder, colour with chisel tip of promarkers, add silver gilding wax, sakura clear pen to candle flame.

Pink background

Apply embossing powder as above, colour with trick or treat (pink) promarker.

Hearts in envelope

Hearts berry red, leaves marsh green, flowers china blue, envelope frozen lake or 469 (blue). Berries red sweater, bird umber or firewood. Sakura pen to dots and swirls. Stardust stickles to flower centres, foam pads under sentiment.

Purple flower

Petals winter berry, flower centre lilac, large leaves 454(blue) small petals and flower stem cool aqua, stardust stickles to flower centre. Foam pads under sentiment and picture.

Cat

Chalk sky and grass, colour cat in cocoa then add burnt sienna and terracotta accents or other browns. Large flower sunflower, leaves marsh green, tiny flowers reef blue, insect heatwave, edges rusty hinge ink or chalk.