Balloon Dog!

Makes a change from all these cats, finally a dog themed card!  Made a set of these and they were really fun to make. I printed out the text and balloon placement directly onto kraft cardstock. I then printed out the balloon shape on coloured papers and cut them out. The little dog is an old stamp from Woodware, the set is called "A Dog's Life" (FRCL032) and I've got a lot of use out of it already. Really enjoyed colouring him in with polychromo pencils directly onto the kraft card, my top tip would be to use lots of white! I mounted my 14x14cm topper onto a 15x15cm kraft blank just to add a bit of a modern twist :) I think it works great as a man's card but equally well as a card for a female friend. I added him some collar bling regardless of the recipient ;)

Summer Holiday - Dr Digi House of Stamps

Made a card for my FIL using this great image from Dr Digi. They have a really good selection of images suitable for slightly older recipients, nothing naff, nothing cutesy, actually quite funny and well observed. Shall defo be returning to them when I want something different, particularly for male cards.

So the digi is "Summer Holiday" by Dr. Digi.(Coloured with Copics)
The greeting stamp was from a magazine freebie set called "Teeny Boppers" (Creative Stamping Magazine)
"Dad" wording and little campervan images were upcycled from another card.
I used the freebie stamp from last months Craft Stamper Mag to personalise the envelope.

Entered for the Crafty Addicts Challenge for August - Anything Goes or Summer Fun

Second Card of the Day.

So had to make two 21st cards and this time chose another of the recipient's interests, old green landrovers.

This is a vintage advertisement that I converted into a four layer decoupage image. I couldn't resist adding some stickles glitter. The sheep were lucky not to get glittered too!

Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolution ~ start blogging more of my cards as I make them! Sometimes it might be tricky to post all of the cards because I don't want to ruin the surprise if they are for someone I know online but it'd be nice to show the kind of cards I make for my present customers.
This is a card for a BMW enthusiast. I went with some pictures of the new BMW i8.
This card has also hardened my resolve to update my printer. This German engineering required far crisper printing!