19 March General Cards

Bird

Berry red, sunflower yellow, marsh green, oasis blue for breast, beak and claws bright orange, china blue back tail and outer butterfly. Sakura clear pen to add sparkle and black glaze pen for eye, notes and flower centres.

Turquoise flowers

Stamp and emboss with emerald city embossing powder, brad through large flower peel off dots on the other flowers.

 Boats

Sky is frosted sky ink than mask off and add broken china, faded jeans and iced spruce oxide ink for sea. Boats Lime green, berry red, sky blue, reef blue, sunflower yellow, ice grey 2 for masts and turquoise. Shell edges fired brick and vintage photo oxide ink.

White flower

Spray background with decadent oak and vintage holly spray. Stitch beads to flower centre. Edges of sentiment any brown ink.

12 March General Cards

Cross and daffodils

Leaves apple cider green, daffodils sunflower, canary and bright orange. Cut out daffodils. Chalk to arch. Edges squeezed lemonade ink, foam pads under sentiment. Stamp grass with Olympic green ink.

Twisted Easel

Stick plain white, green paper and die cut square together. Put green patterned paper strips and cut diagonally in the corner. Stick patterned white square on lower half of fold. Brads through flowers and foam pads under sentiment.  Stick red paper to card base.

Pub

Sky and ground chalk. Paint with a mix of distress inks, black soot, gathered twigs, candid apple, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, bundled sage and hickory smoke. Window panes icicle promarker. Foam pads under sentiment.

White flowers

Stamp and emboss swirls with white embossing powder to white card. Colour with antique linen distress ink. Add pearls to smaller flowers and copper decoration to large flowers.

5 March General cards

 Football

Cut out goal, football and shoes. Stick goal onto card then chalk sky and ground. Cut base off shoes and ball, stick to card then stamp grass over the top. Add birds to sky with very fine black pen, foam pads under clothes.

Orange flower

Stamp flower onto white and paint  with ink or use promarkers. Background use faded jeans, spiced marmalade and candid apple oxide ink to colour and stamp. Foam pads under picture.

Peach flowers

Stick peach die cuts onto sticky film then add glitter. Stick paper around the edge and across the middle to keep flat. Black gems to flowers. Foam pads under sentiment.

Blue fold down

Stick white card under centre of paper then fold down and glue in place, add gems. Shape petals. Peel off blob to flower centre.

26 February General Cards

Orange background

Put raised side of embossed wax paper face down onto smooth card and iron. With smoothie add rusty hinge ink. Shape flowers to stand up and gem to middle. Edges fossilized amber ink. Foam pads under sentiment.

Hexagonal

Stick large hexagon to area below the fold. Sunflower yellow and bluebell, decorate with gems. Foam pads under sentiment. Black gem to flower. Edges shaded lilac ink.

Green border

Stamp and emboss border with green embossing powder on smooth side of white card. Edges twisted citron and dusty concord ink pads, Gems to border and silver dots to flowers. Foam pads under sentiment.

Watch card

Stamp bowler, gloves and shoes onto squares and colour bowler and shoe heel ice grey 2, edges gloves and shoes holly green, add clear sakura pen. Trim the layers of watch then stick together. Foam pads under watch and sentiment.

11 February General cards

Books

Shelves firewood or umber brown, Lampshade and cup denim blue and sakura clear pen. Books marsh green, sleigh bell yellow, heatwave (orange) and sakura clear pen. Embossed layer brushed corduroy distress ink.

Church card

Gold paper under church, foam pads under sentiment and flowers and peel off dots to flower centres. Edges of card, hands and cross squeezed lemonade distress ink.

Silver flower

Stamp background with smokey grey ink, cut 2 strips 4cm (1¾”) deep. Cut between petals to shape. Stardust stickles to flower centres. Paint diluted pearl paint to flower petals.

Orange flowers

Leaves green shoot, flowers bright orange, small dots turquoise or oasis. Stardust stickles.

5 February General cards

29 January General cards

Fantasy flowers

Leaves marsh green, bright orange, sunflower yellow, turquoise and amber. Sakura clear pen and stardust stickles. Edges broken china or peacock feathers ink. Gem to grey flower heads.

Gardening

Add stenciled dots to background with broken china and faded jeans oxide ink. Stamp seed text panel with black. Pot cut off back bit and colour with terracotta. Wellies marsh green. Foam pads under pot wellies and sentiment. Tools cool grey 4 and berry red. Lupins lilac with pink tips (trick or treat). Sakura clear pen to flowers and leaves.

Black flowers

Stamp flowers with black. Edges hickory smoke grey ink. Foam pads under sentiment. Gems to flower centres.

Lacy edge flowers

Fossilized amber oxide ink to flower tips.