My first ever Digipage

I bought a serif editing package to try to learn how to do layers on photos - you know when the image is black and white apart from one item - and it came with a scrapbook package.

A while back I had bought some images from Studio Skinny by Dawn Inskip so I thought I'd have a play and here is the result!



You can't see the border as it's a white page (will have to work on that) but you get the gist.

I'm quite pleased with it :)

Have you made digi pages? Any tips to pass on?

Look forward to hearing them x

Happy Birthday Steven!

It's my nephews birthday today and he's mad on Chelsea so I made him the following card.

The base is an 8x8" CWC card, the images and text are from the Daily Mail online.

I printed and tore the text of the matches to create the background then added the photographs.

 They are from their recent cup victories :)

I printed the letters onto an A4 sheet of white paper then stamped the bunting shapes over the top, stamps are from technique tuesday. I then stamped the bunting in place onto the card adding the cut out triangles with 3d foam.

I ran a line of gold gelly roll stardust pen around the edge and added some bakers twine with glossy accents adding some loops.

Hope you have a lovely birthday Steven!

xxx

Wedding card to match the Acceptance

This is the wedding card to go with Denise's Acceptance card.

I used a decorative edge card from CWC - 6x6" again and added a strip behind the edge.

I cut the daisy panel with a Martha Stewart punch all over the page punch then mounted it onto a turquoise bazzill. The same ribbon as before was wrapped around the panel with the addition of a message which was stamped and punched with Stampin' up goodies.

I added some eyelets too.

I had these ribbon roses left over from another project and they fit just right.

Pearls and diamonds were added to finish.

I hope they like it!

XXX

Acceptance

Denise asked me to make a Wedding Acceptance card for her.

The invitation was lacy printed vellum so she wanted something lacy to send back.

I had seen an idea on Pinterest which I though I could adapt and here it is.

The card is a 6x6" CWC Scalloped edge which I have inked with a pale turquoise chalk around the edges.

The lace panel is cut from a net curtain which I got from JLP on Saturday along with the ribbon.

I cut a piece of card 13x13cm, inked the edges then stuck a portion of the lace over the edges.

I punched two border strips with a Martha Stewart punch and added top and bottom.

I wrapped the ribbon around a few times and fastened at the back.

The bows were made and glued into place.

I printed the word onto card and stamped around the edge using a Stampin' Up set and inks.

This was the original which was posted by Little Blue Bird Designs

Here is the net curtain and ribbon.

Thanks for looking

XXX

Pocahontas cake

Lianne and I were talking recently about old photographs and cakes and she asked me to find these ones of a cake I made for her 6th birthday.

She wanted a Pocahontas cake and I didn't want to convert the Barbie tin again (a story for another time!) so I hired a number "6" tin and made this one.

Covered in green fondant icing to represent the forest, I added a stream, pool and waterfall of marbled blue fondant. The trees were formed into a cone shape then I cut into the sides with scissors to make them look like fir trees. I added some grey/brown marbled fondant rocks and piped buttercream to look like bubbles in the water.

The figures were from a Polly Pocket set she had and I placed them to look as if John Smith was spying on Pocahontas over the river.

Here is the birthday girl cutting the cake, can't believe she is now 22!

I must find some suitable papers and scrap this too.

Thanks for looking, it's been nice reminiscing.

Happy Birthday Lynn

I made this card for Lynn's birthday yesterday but couldn't publish it until I had given it to her!

The card is 6x6" and I have used Kaisercraft Bonjour papers from Merly Impressions.

The image is a stamp by Michael Powell coloured using Copics.

I added a ruffle of seam binding from SU and some glittered cardstock as a mat.

I followed the picture on the stamp to decide where to colour athough my own choice of shades.

The butterflies are also in the Bonjour pad punched with a new Martha Stewart triple butterfly punch.

Hope you had a lovely day Lynn - Happy Birthday!

Calorie Free Cupcakes....

Following on from the circle card challenge, I made this one.

The circle was cut from a 6x6" card with a circle cutter, topped with a circle of patterned card from my collection. The cupcake stamped images were given to me by a friend - sorry I can't remember who :( - and were coloured using Copics.

I cut the bunting from the same backing sheet and added with 3d foam.

Below is a close up of the cupcakes, glossy accents and a white gel pen were used to highlight the sprinkles and cherries.

And the best thing about these is.....No calories!

xxx