Baby Boy

My nephew and his wife are expecting a baby boy on my birthday and this is the card card I've made for them.  I'm entering Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes', A Gem of a Challenge 'Animals', ABC Challenges 'L is for Lots of Layers' and Little Claire Designs 'Anything Goes.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Babies' Art Pad
Punch: Woodware square corner
Card: Brown matt
Paper: Lili of the Valley ' Bear Necessities'
Other: Wink of Stella, white ribbon

I trimmed blue spot paper, layered it onto brown card and attached it to the card front.  I trimmed the pre-coloured image slightly and punched the corners before attaching it to brown card.  This was then attached to the centre of the card.  To finish I highlighted the clouds with a Wink of Stella to make them sparkle and added a small bow.

Kath x

Butterflies and Furry Friend

The current challenge at Little Claire Designs is 'Butterflies' and I've used one of their 'Cute Bears' Irresistible Images for my card.  I'm also entering the Alphabet Challenge 'F for Furry Friends' and Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge where 'Anything Goes.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Little Claire Designs 'Cute Bears' Irresistible Images
Die: Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly'
Card: Purple Core'dinations (magazine freebie)
Paper: Purple and yellow butterfly (magazine freebie)

The image already had a small butterfly on it, but I found a piece of butterfly paper which matched the colours perfectly.  To make this quick card I layered a square of butterfly paper onto purple card and attached it to the card blank.  The image was layered onto purple card and attached to the centre.  I die cut a purple butterfly, curled the wings and attached it to the top of the image.

Kath x

Cute Spring Bear

The current challenge at Little Claire's Designs is Spring Colours and I've used a cute pre-coloured LC Designs image for my card.  I'm also entering Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 'Anything Goes' and Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Image: Little Claire Designs 'Cute Bears' Irresistible Images
Card: Brown matt
Paper: Yellow/green/brown stripe glitter paper (make unknown)
Other: Small green pearls

I cut four squares from the paper and layered them onto brown card before attaching it to the card front.  The pre-coloured Cute Bear image was layered onto brown card and attached to the centre with foam tape.  To finish I added a small green pearl in each corner of the image.

Kath x

Christmas Angel

I made this card for the current challenge at Winter Wonderland which is 'Must Have a Charm'.  I'm also entering the Christmas Card Challenges 'Anything Goes' and Little Claire's Designs ' Anything Goes' challenges.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Christmas Angels' Art Pad
Card: Dark blue mirri, matt silver
Other: White ribbon, silver snowflake charm, Wink of Stella

I trimmed the Angel image from the Art Pad and layered it onto matt silver card.  I made a bow with  long tails from a piece of narrow white ribbon and threaded the snowflake charm onto the ribbon so it was tied into the  knot of the bow.  I wrapped the ribbon tails around the bottom of the image before layering it onto dark blue mirri card and attaching it to the card front.  To finish, I highlighted the snow and angel image with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

With Love on Our Anniversary

I made this card for my OH for our forthcoming wedding anniversary and am entering it into the Winter Wonderland 'Have a Heart' (there is one on my card), the Little Claire Designs 'Love and Marriage' (our wedding anniversary), Alphabet Challenge 'Y for You Choose' (I love die-cutting, so chose to enter this card) and Becky's Place February challenges.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Die: Apple Blossom 'Flourish Heart' (magazine freebie)
Card: Red pearl, white silk printable
Paper: Docrafts Forever Friends Classic Decadence (magazine freebie)
Other: Computer generated sentiment (Harrington font)

I layered a square of grey metallic patterned paper onto red pearl card and attached it to the card front.  I printed the sentiment onto white card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto red pearl card and attached it to the card front.  I die cut the Flourish Heart and attached it above the sentiment.

Kath x

Little Cowboy

I used another pre-coloured Lili of the Valley topper for this card for a young boy's birthday.  I'm entering it into The Male Room 'Babies and Little Boys' and Little Claire Designs 'Just Add Bunting' Challenges.  I've used more snippets so I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Image: Lili of the Valley 'Yee Haa' pre-coloured topper
Die: Joanna Sheen 'Star Bunting'
Punch: Woodware Star
Snippets: Brown card and blue paper

I layered the blue paper onto brown card and attached it to the card front.  The pre-coloured topper was trimmed slightly so it was a little smaller than my second snippet of brown card, the topper was then layered onto the card and attached to the card front.  I die-cut the bunting and attached it to the top corner of the card.  Three of the small stars from the die-cut were added to the topper.  I then punched three small stars and attached them to the lower corner of the card.

Kath x