ONLY JOKING

A friend of mine has recently become a Grandmother to a baby girl so made this card for her using my favourite Penny Black stamp.  Coloured this image with PM's and added some Wink of Stella to the flower and butterfly which doesn't show too well in the photo.  Dies and Embossing Folder are Sue Wilson and sentiment is from Dark Room Door.  I even coloured the ribbon with a Promarker to tone it in with the soft blush card stock! I'm entering this card in this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge under the "White plus one" part of the challenge.

Just a quick posting to show a card I made recently for a friend who needed a wedding card in a hurry.   Decided to use the same layout from a birthday card I made a couple of weeks ago with a different sentiment from Pink Petticoat.

A good friend of mine has recently moved to the coast so found this image from Pink Petticoat perfect for a New Home card for her! The dies used are from Sue Wilson and La La Land Crafts and the embossing folder is also Sue Wilson. It's been a long while since I entered a challenge but putting this forward for the Papertake Weekly Challenge "Anything Goes".

Following my previous project of ink storage, I have another storage box which I wanted to decorate.  However, this time I wanted to use some offcuts of wallpaper which someone gave me but wasn't sure how it would take as it is a lot thicker and heavier than normal decoupage paper.  So I had a search in my stash and found a mini clipboard which needed altering and decided to use this as my practice piece. I was really pleased with the end result!  The paper did need more glue than usual and did take a little longer to sand the edges but I absolutely love this paper and will now give the box a go with it.   For the back of the clipboard I just added some rub ons before glazing. This final picture is an attempt to show the sparkly glaze which I got from Creative Expressions.  You can see it although in real life, the glaze is evenly spread!

I have finally got around to buying some storage for my Distress Ink Pads and decorating it didn't take long at all! I ordered two from C&C (made by Creative Expressions)and just left off one of the top pieces so I could stack them on my desk. I gave them a couple of coats of acrylic paint (no glue required!) and then covered the sides and tops with Craft Consortium decoupage papers.  Finally I added a top coat of matt glaze. Now I can happily find the right colour when it's needed instead of searching through the box they were originally stored in.