29 September Marbled backgrounds

Just a note

Lupins

Arched Window

Lilac flowers

22 September Stamping

Tea cups

Middle cup 454 (blue) or duck egg and peony rim.

Right cup capri blue edges and ribbon handle peony.

Left cup frozen lake (blue) or powder blue and peony. Sakura clear pen to add sparkle.

Burgundy Square

Outer frame ice grey 2, inner frame edge cardinal red, centre panel lavender, centre 560 (purple) or slate. Sakura clear pen to add sparkle.

Pale green and white

Cut out petals and cut between petals.

Gold

Stamp and emboss border with gold embossing powder then die cut border, sakura clear pen to flower tips.

Green border

Stamp and emboss border with green embossing powder.

15 Sept Duct tape cards

Pink on black

Apply silver gilding wax very lightly with flat sponge to black embossed duct tape. 3D foam pads under sentiment and flowers.

Music

Stick die cuts to card then cover with duct tape and smooth around edges with cotton bud or crease tool. Apply gold gilding wax with very flat sponge to die cuts, cut shape in machine then add gilding wax to edges.

Hearts

Tiny bit of silver gilding wax to edge of silver heart and wine glasses.

Church

Cut yellow paper to fit under church, 3D foam pads under church. Bundled sage ink to edges, shape flowers over poky tool, sakura clear pen to church windows.

Pink oval

Put plain pink card under the die cut edges, pink flower paper stick with glue stick

8 September Z fold cards

Mini cars

Windows 532(cream) or almond, berry red, ice grey 2, 7170 (blue) or china blue, sunflower, edges berry red promarker.

With sympathy

Use template to colour the rectangles with antique linen, hickory smoke and old paper ink. Stamp flower heads in black then mask off for stems.

Chocolates

Cut out 2 sets of chocolates add extra colour if desired and put 3D foam pads between. Edges scattered straw or antique linen ink. Use glue gun to stick bow.

Pink Flowers

Prick holes down edges of top layer.

Handbag

Cut out brown card then use corner rounder punch, stick amber card on top and trim to

bag shape, fold gold decorative pieces in half as hinges. Brown cotton through button then stick to bag.

14 July Stamping

Turquoise flowers

Stamp with black ink then cut out shapes.

Green and Orange

Stamp with green ink then die cut shapes.

Cream flowers

Stamp and emboss silver frame

Anniversary Hearts

Stamp 'with love' message into heart.

Footballer

Berry red, cornflower blue, skin is satin, hair and sole of boots henna, chalk sky and grass, edges faded jeans ink or chalk.

7 July Men's cards

Geisha

Berry red, marsh green and mustard, skin satin, umbrella background pastel blue, centre sunflower and sakura, edges pumice stone ink or chalk.

Flowers

Thread ribbon through border and stick before sticking layers together, flowers small blossom, large blossom and trick or treat (pink) highlights, dots ivory and sakura pen, peeled paint ink to edges, foam pads under sentiment.

Surfing

Chalk sky, tear the blue into 3 strips with white showing, colour surf letters with pastel blue. I added various blues and marsh green to sea layers using chisel tip BUT you must dry with heat tool and blot to dry.

Bus

Berry red, advert board and mudguards ice grey 2, lights sunflower yellow, window icicle and blender pen, adverts forest green, honeycomb, cornflower, heatwave, mustard, tyres cool grey 4, windscreen frame and post of bus stop grey squirrel. Men's clothing denim blue or twilight sky, hats and shoes umber or firewood, skin satin. Sky and ground chalk, edges hickory smoke ink or chalk.

Games

Draughts counters vanilla and henna, playing cards sleigh bell (yellow) berry red, forest green, china blue, hair tawny owl, faces satin, domino green shoot and black dots. Cribbage board umber or firewood and raw sienna or terracotta.

30 June Medallion cards

Purple Medallion

Plum preserve,ice grey 2, lavender, stardust stickles.

Blue and green

Capri blue,pressed leaf or apple cider, reef blue or solstice blue, frozen lake and wild cranberry.

Pink and green

Marsh green, trick or treat pink, lavender or lilac, sakura pen to mini diamonds and star dust stickles .

Shells

Fan shell caramel and shadows walnut or burnt umber. Middle curled pastel beige, tawny owl, icicle. Long thin 542 (brown) star fish, grey squirrel, burnt orange. Walnut stain ink or chalk to edges, if you want more colour on text use antique linen ink.

Clock and Roses

Leaves marsh green, flowers cardinal red, clock face painted with coffee, rim umber, edges and pearl strips brushed corduroy or frayed burlap ink.