ONLY JOKING

Here's another clean and simple card - needed something for my brother's birthday and decided this would suit a male card as well as being quite modern. Used a Tim Holtz stamp for the paint effects together with a selection of Distress Oxides which I then applied around the second layer of cardstock and finally added a large bold sentiment from Stamp By Me. These are very quick to make so made a few more for my card box with slightly different colours.

Here are the last of the cards and because I wanted quick ones, I went for my old favourite of the Altenew butterfly with the watercolour effect.  Again, different sentiments were added.

Here are the penultimate cards from last weekend.  This time I used a technique demonstrated a year or so ago which allows you to make two slightly different cards at the same time.  I used a Tattered Lace dragonfly die to stencil through for one card and then used the actual die cut for the second one.  Add different sentiments and you have a few cards made in little or no time at all.

Here are the next set of cards I made.  When I first made the original new home card, I painted the whole sheet of chipboard shapes in one go, that way I only got covered in paint just the once! I used different sized cards and different sentiments - these were from Wonky Tonk and thought they were ideal to go with the quirky houses.

I have now finished photographing all the cards I made last weekend (nearly 30 in total!) so thought I would share how I batchmake.  I showed a card last week with was very simple and quick to make and this is an ideal card to change slightly with colour and wording to enable me to build up a supply of finished cards.  So here we go, there are quite a few of them I'm afraid and more to come!

Today I'm showing another card I made recently which I had seen demonstrated by Lydia of Altenew.  I loved the simplicity of the card but didn't have the stamps in question so improvised and found a heart stamp from Inky Doodles and chose some colours from the Distress Oxides. I found a sentiment which matched the image and heat embossed it onto black card.  Unlike Lydia's card, I didn't want the sentiment placed through the hearts as it blocked out most the image (my hearts must have been a lot smaller!), so placed it underneath.

I really loved using these stamps and dies from Sizzix so here's a few more variations of cards with them...

I had a very productive weekend and managed to complete over thirty cards! So, this is the first - I saw this card demonstrated on TV at the weekend by the very talented Pete Hughes of Sizzix.  I loved the card he made and seeing as I already had the products, I gave it a go and this is the end result...

Today's card is one I made for a friend who has recently moved to London with her family.  It's very clean and simple in design but actually took me a while to make because all the parts of the house had to be primed and handpainted. Greyboard house is from Tando, sentiment is from Wonky Tonk, paints are Dylusions and layering die is from Stamps by Me.

I'm finally catching up with my postings.  Today's card was made a client who is more of a friend.  The image is from Stamps by Me and the sentiment is an old Stampin' Up one.  Love the watercolour effect these stamps give.

Here's another card I made last month for a family member...just love this image from AALL & Create!  Kept the style very clean and simple as it was for a boy.  I added Glossy Accents to his eyes and 3d'd his hands/paws to make him look a bit more realistic.

Yet again, I am behind with my blogging! so here is a card I made quite recently for no apparent reason!  I love making cards when they're not for a specific person or occasion - when I can just go in my craft room and play. I haven't yet decided if this will be for a wedding or anniversary so haven't bothered to finish the inside - will do that when I make a final decision.  All products used are from AMD. Thought I would also sneak this one in as well!  It's the usual 12" x 6" card which I have made plenty of in the past and was a commission for a lady who has ordered from me in the past...nice to know she likes my cards.

My lovely Sister is celebrating her 60th birthday today so had to make her a special card.  Her gift from us was money so also wanted to dress it up a little so made a Tim Holtz gift card holder to put the money in and attached it to the MDF 60. The bag was a little rushed to say the least!

Another quick post...this is a card I made for my Niece, who celebrates her birthday on Valentine's Day!  All products are from AMD.

I've had some exciting news which I've been keeping quiet about for a few weeks now.  I think you know how much I love everything Anna Marie Designs and couldn't believe it when Anna Marie asked me if I would consider contributing to her blog!  It's a new idea she has started and just to make it extra special, I was chosen to be the first contributor.  Here's the link to my first blog post  https://annamariedesigns.co.uk/beautiful-jo-king/  and I've also been asked to do more!  Super excited! Here's a taster of the card I made...

I was asked to make this card recently by a friend of a friend and unfortunately, it has a rather sad story. The lady in question had seen my cards I've made before and wanted a "special" birthday card for her 5 year old Grandson's birthday who very sadly, is no longer with us. She had specific instructions - she wanted one similar to the larger cards I've made and it had to have his name, a star and the date of his birthday on it. It was not to be morbid - it had to have "H appy Birthday" in it (which it does inside), and she had a protective case for it so she could put it on his grave. I was a little taken aback when I received this request but felt quite honoured (if that's the right choice of word) that she wanted one of my cards for this occasion. Needless to say, this card was made with a lot of love and care. All products used were from Anna Marie Designs apart from the dies for the bunting and numbers.

Here's the last of my Christmas makes...