Happy New Year

Happy New Year to anyone that reads my blog, I know I have been a very, very lazy blogger lately, but there really has been so much going on with me and my family. Thankfully things have settled down a bit now. I really will try to blog regularly from now on, honest! Here are my latest sample cards for MCS, these are from the Setting The Scene Shop Fronts CD that was launched last Friday. There is so much more than just shop fronts on this CD, I love it! This one is a simple, but I think, very pretty card. Create and Craft must agree as this was used in the promo! It is simply a topper and some papers printed out and matted and layered. I have put some ribbon behind the topper and some buttons down the side

This one is a 3D wedding shop, which looks quite difficult to make but isn't, the instructions on the CD are really easy to follow. This one was also used on the promo.
This one is a 3D tunnel card in matching box, again used in the promo.
This one is another simple one with an image and papers and some jems, ribbon and a hat pin added.
This one is a town scene, you can build your own street however you wish, there are so many different houses benches, lamp posts etc to choose from.

Now this one is my favourite of all the images on the CD, there is so much you can do with it. The following 3 cards all use the same image in different ways, and all 3 of them have been shown a lot on the shows, especially the 1st 2. I have been so chuffed with all the amazing comments I have had from the presenters about these cards. The 1st one is simply printed and matted and layered, with a bit of ribbon and glitter on. Oh, I added the little cat as well.

This 2nd one I have printed the image and cut it into 3 and distressed using Tim Holtz distressing ink, then dropped some water on to further distress it. The papers are also from the same CD, I think this is my fave paper.
For the 3rd one I've gone for black and white again. Again a topper and paper from the CD and I've added a feather, a hat pin and some ribbon.
I can see this being a very popular CD of choice for alot of people. I can see me using it for mens cards as there are alot of images on it that can be used for anyone. Wow, that was quite a long post for my 1st one in a while! I hope you haven't nodded off dear reader. I promise I will be back soon.

latest cards

I haven't had much time to come online lately, with emptying my Great Uncles house and visiting my Aunt in hospital who has just had surgery to remove a tumor from her gullet, it has been non stop for me. I have managed to make a few cards in the evenings and here they are:
These are for my mums birthday. The one above is using an image and papers from MCS The Artist Collection CD 1 Smudge. The image is coloured with Copics and the flowers and ribbon are from my stash.
This one also uses the MCS Artist Collection but CD 2 Cromford Bear. I've decoupaged the image inside and added a message a few embellishments from my stash.

Cromford Bear

Today's card is using an image and papers from MCS's The Artist Collection volume 2 Cromford Bear. I think he's adorable! The image is coloured with Copics.I think this is one of my favourite cards I have made lately. It will have to go to someone special I thnk!

Baubles

A Friend of mine was showing me some blank baubles she was buying to make up so I asked her to get me some so I could have a go. Here are a few of what I came up withI've had great fun working with them, and I think they look really good. I've also made boxes for them so I can give them as gifts.I've used various images inside the baubles, the snowflakes are cut from acetate on my robo and then glittered. All the boxes are made using paper from MCS Christmas discs.

Back from holiday

Well I'm back from my holiday and I really must get back into being a regular blogger. Things have been a bit mad for me over the last few months and I've had other things on my mind but hopefully all will be back to normal in a few weeks time.

Anyway here is my first card after my hol.

The image and papers are from the My Craft Studio, The Artist Collection Volume one Smudge CD. Isn't he adorable! I've coloured him with my Copics and added some ribbon, flowers, gems and a hat pin from my stash.

And another one

Yet again another card from the fabulous Tinkering With Steampunk CD, I really am loving this CD! This time I've done one of the fabby frame cards. I've embossed some of the embellishments from the CD to add a bit extra to the card.
I know this picture is a bit blurred but I wanted to show that I had wrapped some cotton around the bobbin embellishment.

Todays card

Again I have been playing with the fabulous Tinkering With Steampunk CD and this is todays card

I've done this card a bit girly using ribbon, a feather and a hat pin, just to show that Steampunk doesn't have to be all about distressing. Again the wheels/cogs were cut out on my Robo and heat embossed.

This card is winging it's way to someone that liked it today.

Another Steampunk

Here is another Steampunk card I have done, again using the MCS Tinkering With Steampunk CD
The distressing is done with a Tim Holtz brushed corduroy distress ink pad. I have heat embossed the topper and embellishments and the cracked them and inked up again.

Steampunk

This is my first go at a Steampunk style card.

It's using the new My Craft Studio Tinkering with Steampunk CD

I've taken some of the jpeg images of weels from the CD and cut them out on my Craft Robo and then heat embossed them to make them look old and rusty

Cromford Bear cards

I've been playing with a free download of Cromford Bear from the Platinum members My Craft Studio club and I've fallen in love with him! Can't wait for my CD full of him to arrive, I can see him being used soooo much. They are all coloured in with my Copics and the papers are all from various MCS CD's