June

Well I was able to satisfy the criteria for two swaps with this card.  The monthly Joanna Sheen Forum Card Swap (Theme butterflies or dragonflies) and a monthly private swap (theme make a card using this stamp).

 

The stamp is from Imagination Crafts.  Another tone on tone card.  The background paper panel is from Helidot - I like the small patterns you get in the packs of paper.  The packs come in different colours, but the patterns in the pack are the same whatever colour you choose.

 

Birthday Card

 

Birthday card for a friend.

 

 

 

May's Card

A special card for a friend at work - pram and bottle from Dimension Stamps and Letters from the Clarity Letter box set. I even used some peel-offs which I have not done for a while. Pink buttons also worked well. Coloured in the bottle and pram with paper piecing and promarkers.

Liked the effect of the card I did last month for a swap - regretted giving it away. So I had a go at a different image. Could not get the card right for the tile topper, so I framed it instead. Stamps are all from Clarity. Painted the frame of a boot sale photo frame.

April Card Swap

Joanna Sheen Card Swap for April - Theme Spring Flowers

Stamps used from Clarity stamp. Backing card and paper from one of my scrap boxes.

Dreamweaver

Card inspired by an idea I saw demonstrated by Lynell Harlow in her recent appearance on Create and Craft. Involved the use of the Dreamweaver square grid stencil.

Background stencil/mask is from Crafter's Workshop and has been overpainted with white gesso. The fauna stamp is from Inkylicious.

Daisy Stamp from Hobby Art Ltd

Inspired by this card that I saw on the Hobby Art stand at Harrogate - I later found out it was made by Georgina Sweetenham.

I made this card.

I cut out and embossed my spellbinder shapes before inking them, to produce the white line borders. I must have used a smaller card blank than the original card, as I have less of the daisies showing in my apeture.

Little Claire Designs

I belong to the Little Claire Project Club and am enjoying it. Here are some cards made with the stamps received through the Project club, that I liked the most in 2012.

This was an alternative design suggested in the project club leaflet - adapted of course.

I found it very difficult to send this card after I had made it.

This male card was made several times for different male birthdays. You could add the age of the recipient to the front of the radio.

Craft Stamper - Stamper of the Year Competition

Round 1 Entry - Chocolate Baroque

Was not submitted
Round 3 Entry - Imagination Crafts

Shortlisted
Round 5 Entry - Indigo Blu

Shortlisted