Red flowers and embossing.

I like these new ones, the red is lovely against the white background. All the flowers are from the Britannia Dies small flower die. The embossing folder I used is from X-Cut and is called 'Delicate Flourishes', very pretty.

This embossing folder is by Sizzix - Butterflies and Dragonflies. The leaves are from Britannia Dies - Poinsettia.

This last embossing folder is also by Sizzix and is called Swirls. Everywhere I have looked I have found 'Swirls' and 'Butterflies and Dragonflies' sold as a 2 pack together. This leaf die is the large Poinsettia by Britannia Dies.

One for the men

Finally I've done one for the men. It's a lovely summery Hawaiian shirt , pizza and beer all from Printable Heaven. It would probably be perfect for my son as he loves pizza, enjoys the occasional beer and I can see him wearing this shirt haha
Here it is -

The background paper is a lovely denim...just perfect for a man and I have gone for a nice glossy black 'Happy Birthday' peel off.
I have made two of these cards and I have a couple with check shirts to make. I need to find something else for the men but I haven't found anything yet.

Window cards

I have spent this morning finishing off four of my favourite cards to make using the window die from Sizzix. I can spend hours on Paint Shop Pro making up little scenes to go inside the windows. I know a lot of people using these dies make an outdoor scene to go behind the window but I like to make an indoor one.
This first one has the lady of the house photographing her pet puppy sitting on her sofa, there is a fishtank in the background and on the wall is a photograph of my old Border Collie - Amber.

This next one has the lady taking a picture of her toddler who she has dressed up like a flower. The fish tank is in the background and the photo on the wall is of another Border Collie, DeeDee, who I fostered for a few years until her sad death.

 This next one has her photographing her baby in the high chair with the family dogs in front of her. Again I have used the fish tank and a picture of DeeDee on the wall.

This last one has her taking a picture of a vase of yellow roses she has been given and the picture on the wall is of my dog Gilbert.

Shoes

Three more for the dogs -

I love this shoe die. The backing I had to make myself because I couldn't find anything else that I  liked. I think I might try playing with a bit of glitter the next time I make these, add a bit of glamour to them.

More for the dogs

Well the cards I made for the dogs just before Christmas sold so I am making some more for them and here are the first two -

  I'm not sure whether I like this one yet or not so I'm going to stand it up and just look at it for a few days then I'll decide what to do with it, it's slowly growing on me though.

I definitely like this one and I'm going to try to do some more like it.

These are for the cat lovers, I have them in this colour (teal) and lilac and they're both gorgeous. I have made two of the little kitty cat ones and four of the big cat ones -

. They are from Printable Heaven as are the dog ones below -

I have made just one of the little puppy ones and three of the ones with the big and small dogs. I also have these in pink which I am going to make another day.

Not a bad couple of days work, twelve cards and I've still got lots I want to do :-)

More swaps

This card was for another 'Anystyle' swap for a Yahoo group. I really like the way this one turned out.

The backing paper I made on Paint Shop Pro as I couldn't find one I really liked anywhere. The shoes are from Tattered Lace and were a free gift on one of the craft magazines!
I love the quote but I read recently that Marilyn Monroe may not have actually said it.


This card was for a 'Sweets, cakes etc' swap and I fell in love with the cute little cupcakes as soon as I saw them.

The embossing folder is one I have had for a few years but rarely use, it came free with my Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing Machine 

I have also been printing and downloading more from Printable Heaven they have so many gorgeous things on there, all I need now is the time to make it all.

A cat and a dog

Well I have been away for ages again...sorry! My depression seemed to take over my life again but I'm still fighting and, fingers crossed, I think I'm slowly but surely beating it. I have even started making cards again :-)
This one was made for an 'Anystyle' swap -

I just love these window dies. This one is by Spellbinders. I enjoy relaxing making up the interior scenes on Paint Shop Pro.
The dog die is from Impression Obsession, the leaves from Tattered Lace and the flowers from my old favourite Britannia Dies. I have embossed the brickwork using a Kaisercraft Embossing Folder.


This next card I made was for also for an 'Anystyle' swap but for a different Yahoo group (ironically for the same person as the above one though lol)

What a cute little kitty cat he is! This is a card kit which I downloaded from  Printable Heaven 
They have lots and lots of lovely downloads, supplies etc well worth popping over for a look.I have since bought the teal coloured cat too, as well as many others, but haven't made him yet.