baby cards

Baby card for a friend having a 'surprise' hence not pink or blue card. Stuck organza ribbon onto card. Stamped baby image and pitter patter stamp onto lighter orange card. Layered it onto a metalic card (for the baby picture, I crimped the metalic card but not for the pitter patter). Used paper brads to attach over the top of the ribbon.


Using ink and watercolour paper, I dyed a sheet of cardboard then punched 8 flowers. Using sellotape, attached mesh and green ribbon. Got pre-bought baby related words and stuck them to white card with brads, and trimmed the white card close. Attached that to the ribbon, then used double sided tape to attach the flowers (slightly under the mesh).

Shimmer card

I call this card my shimmer card because everything but the purple base card shimmers in the light.

1. I started with purple base card cut to shape.
2. With my new ink and an old stamp, I stamped onto shimmer white cardboard (left over from my wedding invitations-it shimmers purple).
3. I used double sided tape to stick this onto leftover purple base card (I dont buy my card already cut to shape).
4. TIP: When you are layering card, I reccomend you stick the stamped image onto the next layer down and THEN trim that layer, that way if you put it on crooked you can just trim it straight again. If you've cut it to shape then tried to stick the top layer on, a bit of a crooked stuff up and you have to start again.
5. I then put the two top layers (flower stamp and purple layer) onto more of the white shimmer card and cut it close on three edges and left a wider edge on the right side of it.
6. On that leftover area, I attached a shimmer 'ribbon' and attached it with four paper brads (also left over from my wedding).
7. Finally I mounted all that onto my original purple card stock.

Card stock-purple
White card-shimmers purple
Stamp ink-purple and shimmers copper
Ribbon-purple and shimmers copper

Now what to do with the almost 20 cards I have sitting unused in my drawer!?

60th birthday

This card is for my mother-in-law's 60th birthday next week. I used a big paisley stamp and white ink to stamp the purple base card. On the left over purple card, I stamped the message using the same white ink (thinking that saying might be more tactful than a big 60 written on the front). I then layered that onto white card, attached a metallic heart with a white brad. I cut four pieces of white ribbon and attached them with sellotape, then used double sided tape to attach the message over the ribbon (being sure to hide the sellotape.

Totally loving this card! Wish the photo was better lol.

Background stamp is paisley inked with white ink and stamped layered onto pink card. Happy birthday using white ink, stamped onto lighter pink card then layered onto darker pink card. White ribbon sellotaped to back of dark pink card, flower embellishment added to front using a paper brad going through the centre of the flower, ribbon and card. Then all that layered onto white card and attached to the base card using raised up double sided foam.


I ripped the edge of a paisley paper, layered it onto red base card using orange brads and double sided tape.Next I added red card, then stamped a flower onto some orangey paper. It was stamped three times without re-inking for a triple flower effect. Poked a hole and added embellishment 'leaf' and using matching paper and ink, I stamped a 'love' stamp and cut it to shape, attached it with double sided tape and stuck the rectangle embellishment over the top, attaching it with brads.

Two of my more recent efforts...

This was me trying to find a use for my very pretty new flower stamp. I stamped it onto the white card. The next step was to layer it with something to give definition to the area so I found a piece of pink and green paper. Once I'de decided what colour paper, I found the green paper brads and put them through the centres of the flower to give some 3-d effect. Then I used double sided tape to stick this onto white base card. Next I attached green and pink matching ribbon (using normal sellotape). I got some spare white card and stamped it in matching ink to the flowers, layered it on more of the pink and green paper and attached it off centre to the ribbon. A slightly unusual baby card, but I like it!


I made this card tonight. First I folded the base card and tore down the front edge. Using white card, I stamped a flower stamp with an ink pad that has three colours in it. Each was stamped slightly off to the side to leave room for the paper brads (two to the right edge, one to the left edge). Once the brads were on, I turned one to the opposite of the outter two white cards and used double sided tape to attach them to the sky blue paper. Using the same ink and stamp, I stamped the base card (note that this may appear a different colour despite the same ink used) making sure that every second stamp stamped over the edge of the paper edge. To make sure that the flowers dont stamp onto the inside of the card, slip a sheet of printer paper in the middle of the card to catch the overstamp area. Finally I stuck the sky blue rectangle onto the base card.