Crafter's Companion Cards

These are a selection of my recent Crafters Companion Cards..The first one in the frame is from the new Halcyon Days cd..It was lovely and easy to make ,the images throughout were beautiful ,I added a variety of flowers from my stash to finish..Had well over a hundred likes was thrilled on the Facebook group . The second Pink one is from the new Vintage Floral..all I can say about this kit is WoW.. I used one of the 8x8 embossing folders for the background printed a ribon layered it with gold voil ribbon so you could still see the paper one under it then put some lace under it..the whole background is very touchy feely.I found the old advert from some vintage images on google and added a few flowers to it using the original leaves as the greenery. then popped on all the other elements I printed off the cd ..I Then used one of the lovely papers as an insert inside the card . The third one which is the round easel card ,I made for a Challenge ..got no where never mind.. The easel is an unusual twist as it is twisted at an angle instead of the normal straight on..After all the matting and layering I created the stop by hand cutting the little bat out ,scoring it into shape and made the little ball drew on the lines then used toothpicks for the stick things..It never fails to amaze me how knowledgeable I am to the wonderful sports games that men play lol NOT..This was made from the Makey Bakey cd x

Seaside villiage by Lapashe

This was a really rush rush card ..found out about six o'clock the night before that this card was needed and although I knew my friend was coming this weed I was under the impression it was on wed or thurs ..oh well.. The main image is from my lapashe cd..there are some lovely scenes on there I like them as they are very generic and they are so crisp and sharp.I decoupaged the image about four layers and most of it is at the front on the boats..In real life it was stunning ,but had to take pic at night sorry..Backing paper was all from stash .. The shells I Googled good old Google lol.. I felt it needed something more, they are actually shaped too which you cannot really see from the picture.. She loved it and I am sure her dad will too..Just two more Dad Day cards to go ..phew x

My Own Artwork

Just Christine's Creations

I have been busy over the last few days playing with these two beautiful ladies that some special people who have now become good friends have commisioned me to do..You will find them on Facebook and they will be using the images to making cards with look out for them under Star Dust Wishes, their names are Trina and Carol ,there will be five in total and these are the first first two..Lily is the first girl with fair hair and guitar, and Ruby is the second playing dressing up as most uf us girls did with our mums clothes  ..There are more plans in the pipe line so please watch this space and of course Facebook.. I do have another on of a little boy his name is Cam I am honoured his mum was delighted and has allowed me to use this name for him ..I will colour him and put him on in the next few days too.. Looks like I am back into my drawing in a bigger way than I could have ever expected,am so thrilled ..These are sent as line prints and I send a coloured image to show how it will look like when it if finished..If any one wants anthing special done please feel free to ask..if I have a picture I can make these little people look more like the person.. Cam is like that as he was drawn from a photo..Hope you like them xx

Happy Birthday Jake

Today is my Grandsons Birthday .. 15 ,where have all these years flown , I used to look down at him,now he looks down at me lol.Just love him to bits . This card I made for him it is hand drawn and inked by myself onto Crafters Companion Neenah card , last piece too got to get some more . I then coloured it in using SN pens and pencils..The pencils giving it much more depth..This is so like him ,he comes in takes over the chair and TV and he is happy as can be ,no one else sits on his chair hehe ...The papers are from my stash,and I have layered them onto black card it helps to make the papers pop and lift the whole card.. I hope you like it as much as my Grandson did x

Aurora Shimmer Butterfly

I was going to enter the monthly challenge unfortunately on this instance I am not knowledgable enough on their link system to be able to go into it ..but I will get there  .. It is only because I am new to Blogs .

I have coloured the beautiful image using my SN pens and pencils..The Dies in the background are Tonic and the paper is a free paper that came with a craft magazine,unfortunately I do not remember which one as it was some time ago..The papers are  foiled and I did not want to hide them so I put the frame and image behind them and built them up like a decoupage then I cut a lot of punched flowers and placed them on the top to give the card more depth and texture too .. 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it xx

Gardening Beautie

Another beautiful Sherri Baldi Digi.. Loved this one as soon as it came out ,so off to the shop I went lol..She is coloured in with my SN pens and pencils..I added the little bit of garden at the background ,it is not a stamp it is my own art work .I mounted and layered her onto black cardstock as I think it showcases the digis off beautifully...The background paper is a Lilli of the Valley( Nit Wits)  paper pack called Bonnets and bows.The cut out embellishments on the backgrounds and the butterfly are cut files of the Silhouette Online Store.Flower embellishments are from my stash ..Thank you for visiting x

Tammi Buchaneer Saturated Canary

Well after my last card I felt quite humbled as I am in a group on Facebook called Card Crafters Uk and I put the previous card on in there and to my suprise I had 130 likes from it..Boy was I amazed... Right .Todays card is an image which was a freebie from Saturated Canary ,who's group I am also in.. Her name is Tammie Buckaneer, so I kept with the sea faring theme throughout even with fluffy flowers a bit like sea urchins..lol.. She is coloured in SN pens and pencils. I have also coloured the embelishments so that they match with the main image.. I matted and layered using black card and craft card.. The card itself is an experiment for me as I have never done one before ,it is a tent card I made the measurements up as I went along, but next time I really must make the gusset a bit wider.The doiley at the back is a Tattered Lace die to which I cut it up to spread it along the top of the topper..One last thing ,I have been asked a few times where I got the wood stamp from..I did not I drew it on to give her some grounding..Thanks for visiting :)