22 March General cards

Hyacinth

Use stencil and chic viola colour cloud for background and picture edges.. Leaves marsh green, flower wild cranberry. Sakura clear pen to flower centres.

Bird

Tail and feet umber or firewood (brown) colour whole bird satin then add a mix of browns ie burnt sienna walnut caramel raw sienna. Black glaze pen to eye. Sky and ground chalk. Edges brushed corduroy ink.

Computer geek

Carpet chalk. Computer edges ice grey 2. Computer screens pastel blue. Cabinet on desk and chair moss green with grey squirrel legs. Trousers capri blue or denim, skin satin, desk firewood or umber (brown). Speaker fronts sleigh bell yellow. Shirt Berry red. Socks china blue. Shoes henna or walnut. Hair sandstone, cables pencil. Sakura pen to knobs. Edges of picture and sentiment faded jeans ink.

Irises

Leaves apple cider or marsh green. Flowers all over with lavender then add bluebell highlights. Ground chalk. Foam pads under picture. Sakura clear pen to leaves.

Gold anniversary

Stamp into ultra thick embossing powder, add gold gilding wax. Sakura clear pen to dots on glasses foam pads under glasses.

15 March General cards

Fuchsia

Leaves marsh green, flowers trick or treat (pink) and lilac, closed buds iced pearl (lilac) bud tops meadow green. Sakura clear pen to flower stamens. Edges milled lavender.

Sympathy or Easter card

Turquoise grunge paper flower

Colour with frosted jade leaky pen 2 coats. Foam pads under heart and sentiment. Star dust stickles to embossed border.

Books

Marsh green, raw sienna, pear green, heatwave (orange). Sakura clear pen to decorate book spines. Edges old paper or antique linen ink.

Poppy

Berry red and apple cider or pressed leaf (greens). Black glaze pen to flower centre. Edges bundled sage ink, foam pads under poppy.

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.