Lots of Cards!

Well I haven't posted for ages.  I failed miserably over Xmas and actually ended up buying cards because I ran out of time!  Here are some of the cards I have made over the last few months........

Craft for Life

I have recently lost an uncle to cancer.  Whilst I have wanted to make some Craft for Life cards for a while, attending the funeral last week has made me realise what a worthwhile charity it is.  I have spent the afternoon today putting together some cards to hand in to my local cancer research shop. This will be the first batch of many.

Mini Album

Only my second mini, which I decided to use envelopes.  I have watched many YouTube tutorials and really liked the idea of giving shabby chic a go.  If I wasn't already hooked on minis, I am now!!

OH MY GOODNESS!

When I arrived home today there was a HUGE box waiting for me!  My goody box had arrived!  I feel so spoilt!  It was like Christmas going through everything that came.  Thank you so much Kelly, I love everything that you have sent however, I think I shall have to send you a second parcel to catch up a bit!!!

Yet Another Card!

I've been a busy bee today!  I've been finishing off my swap items (pics to follow but they need to stay a surprise for Kelly for a little while longer :O))  I thought I'd get my father-in-laws card done so I don't end up rushing during the week to make it!

Another Card!

I made this card for my mum, who is my inspiration and angel xxx

I'm All Organised now!

I received a pressie from my mum!  Its a carousel that spins around.  There is no stopping me now :O)

I will get around to decorating it, but was so excited to be able to have all my crafty stuff at my finger tips!

My First Mini Album

I bought the Papermania back to basics chipboard mini album set to have a go at scrapbooking.  I have fallen in love with scrapbooking and can't wait to get going on my next one!  Here is my finished product............

Paper Flowers

After many hours on YouTube, watching some of the fantastic tutorials I decided to give paper flowers a try.  Glimmer mist seemed to be popular, and one tutorial I found, showed how to make your own.  I mixed acrylic paint, mica powder, water and glue and was really pleased with the results.
For the flowers I used a scalloped punch and punched 8 pieces.  Then painted both sides.  I pierced a brad through the centre of all 8 pieces and then, whilst the petals were still wet, one petal at a time scrunched up around the brad.  I slowly teased each petal back out in to the shape I wanted.  I love this quick and cheap technique.
Here is the result..............

After I took this picture I finished off the flowers by sprinkling some glitter powder over the top which really made them sparkle!

Some of my handmade cards

Here are some pics of some of the cards I have made so far.

My First Blog ever!

Here it is!  My first ever blog!
A good place to start is some background to how I got in to cardmaking and scrapbooking.  Back in November 2010 I went to stay with my mum for a week in Cornwall.  The weather was typical of Cornwall that time of year and so we had a stay at home day where my mum was showing me some of her card making techniques.
We got on to heat embossing and I was completely taken by this particular technique.  I immediately decided that this was something I wanted to try once I got back home.  The next day mum took me in to Tavistock and I bought, what mum deemed to be the basics!

My first project was a thank you card to mum, little did I realise just how much I would go on to mean THANK YOU xxx