New Handmade Cards for Christmas 2011

Here are my new handmade Christmas cards, made using Me To You Winter Wonderland Ultimate Decoupage Pack.

I have enjoyed making these as the Tatty Teddy images are gorgeous, and go well with the matching background papers.

Thanks for looking, all comments welcome, Jackie x.

New Handmade Cards for October 2011

This month has been fairly quiet, so I have only a few cards to put on this time.

To start off here is a card made with Russian dolls, which I thought would make a  nice change, as they are cute and colourful.

Then I have made two more florals using some decoupage sheets.

Then lastly our favorites Forever Friends using pink parfait collection of paper.

Hope you like the designs and thanks for looking!

New Handmade Cards for September 2011

I have been very busy during August, putting these cards together for CRUK, and my first Fizzy Moon Christmas cards for this year for my daughters, who like me to make an assortment every year.

I had so many Christmas cards to make last year, that I decided to make an early start.

I've called the first group photo  'Say it with Roses', I loved making these cards, the papers came from Papermania Rose Garden, and Kars Country Rose paperpad, which had glittered papers, and very pretty, I was really pleased with the results.

Thanks for looking!

New Handmade Cards for August 2011

For this month I thought I would dedicate it to the Tulip range of papers and die-cuts.

The linen papers are lovely to use, with the pretty pastel colours; the die-cut toppers and tags  at the back of the pack were very useful, and  I was able to use them on several of my easel cards and A6 cards, which I have made for Cancer Research UK.

This month I've also made quite a large range of other cards for Cancer Research, using re-cycled card toppers, which I came across whilst having a tidy-up, and thought it would be a shame to waste them, so why not have a go at making some cards with them, this being the first time that I have tried.  So I went through my many paper stacks, and matched them up, and was really pleased with the results.

I also bought the Forever Friends black and gold A5 paper stack and the decoupage pack and also made a few of these for the charity shop.

Hope you like them!

New Handmade Cards for July 2011

Here are my new cards for July.

This month , I have concentrated on making several 'Me to You' cards,  including my first easel card, which I am very pleased with, the papers and the images are very pretty; I particularly love using the Docrafts Me to You Especially For You Ultimate Decoupage die-cut pack, which was extremely good value.

The card below is my second 4x4 easel, using Docrafts  'Me to You' 8x8 paper stack and image.

I am very pleased with the way in which the easel cards have turned out!

I have made this next card several times, for Cancer Research UK.

Here's another one, made for Cancer Research!

And finally, here is a group photo of lovely 'Me to You' cards!

New Handmade Cards For June 2011

This month is being dedicated to Father's Day.

I have made a selection of Forever Friends cards using the Good Life Ultimate Decoupage pack, and then I've used Daisy and Dandelion, Bubble and Squeak decoupage packs, which I purchased last year - they  have come in really handy for this year as well!

I have delivered several of these to the Cancer Research shops in Morpeth and Paddock Wood.

I really like the Forever Friends retro pack and designer papers.

Hope you enjoy looking at these.

New Handmade Cards for May 2011

Welcome to my May blog.

Here is a small selection of different cards, which I have recently made, using an assortment of different paper packs.

The first card is Fizzy Moon, which I adore, on Back to Basics1 papers by Dovecraft, which are very pretty and can be used for almost anything .

Then, for the last three cards I have used the Springtime Forever Friends paper stack, which is also very pretty, and went really well with the bear images.

At the moment I am working on Men's cards for June, using the Forever Friends Goodlife Ultimate paper pack, which has a really good variety of bear images, playing sports, gardening, etc.  The papers blend really well with the images.

Looking forward to posting them online in June!

New Handmade Cards for April 2011

Happy Easter!

I love this time of year with the evenings becoming lighter and the weather warming up;  it is so nice to see the daffodils in bloom, and the lambs being born -  it definitely feels like spring -  such a nice change  after a cold winter!

Here are a few of my 2011 Easter cards.

I have used Kanban toppers which are very cute and the sheep from the Honey and Hugs range of papers.

I'm a great fan of the Creativity magazine, which featured Pampered Pets and Reto Forever Friends in its latest issue (Issue 26). The free gift on the front of the magazine was a Pampered pets die-cut pack and free clear stamp - this was a brilliant idea, as I made 7 lovely cards out of this pack  for Cancer Research.

Please keep visiting your local Cancer Research UK shop, and look out for the Craft for Life handmade cards at a £1 each - they are a bargain, and all money goes to a very worthwhile cause!

New Handmade Cards for March 2011

Here are some Fizzy Moon cards which I have recently made using papers and images released by Trimcraft.

A  lot of the papers and images are glittered which make them even more attractive.

I have had great fun putting these together as they are very cute and the papers very pretty.

I will be taking these down to the  local Cancer Research shop at Morpeth and also sending  some down to the Paddock Wood branch near Tonbridge.

Hope you like these!

New Handmade Cards for February 2011

Valentines Day is just around the corner, so I have made a few romantic cards for the occasion.

I have used the Papermania Lovers Lane Country Companions paper stack.

At first I thought the papers were a little unusual, but as soon as I started putting the cards together with the images provided in the pack, I was pleasantly surprised as to how cute and pretty they turned out, so I made ten altogether for the CR shops.

Hope you like!