Happy 12th Birthday

hello friends.
wow its Friday again - hope you all have a fab weekend planned. don't forget not only is it Mother's Day but also the clocks go forward.

Here is today's card. this is another requested card for a 12 year old girl. I was only told she liked purple, white and hated pink and fairies.

So I used this image from the Hobby House. Its from the Wee Stamps range called Hopeful.  Its a pre-coloured image and all I have done is changed the colour of her trousers. 

The card is an 8" square card. I printed the sentiment on the background paper and stuck this to the front of the card. I matted the image of the girl onto 2 different shades of lilac card. 

The background middle section of paper has been punched to make a decorative border. I used punches for the leaves and flowers, and butterfly. 

 
I added some glitter and diamantes to the flowers in her hair and on her side and some glossy accent on the lamp.

The sentiment date was made on the PC but stupid me took the pic before I realised the year section was WRONG. So luckily while going over the card I changed it but forgot to take a new pic. So I do know its wrong just incase you all think I've gone waffy!!

thanks for dropping by again.
hugs to you all.
Rosie xxx

Happy Birthday Grandma

hello friends
thanks for sticking with me - I appreciate your feedback so very much.
As promised here it today's card.
this time  I used a Hunkydory Card Kit that recently came free with a magazine.

I used the background paper with the kit - scanned it and printed directly onto the card base along with the sentiment - printed using a font called Passions conflict.

I used the topper and matted one onto some holographic mirri card for extra sparkle and to lift it so it didn't look as flat.
I added some organza ribbon from my stash and mounted all of it onto another of the card toppers.

I added some glitter and some small diamantes for sparkle.

thanks for dropping by again today to say  hello
I will visit everyone who visits me and leaves a comment.

hugs to you all. have a fab Friday night.
love
Rosie xxx

Happy 6th Birthday

hello friends. once again its long time no see. I never realised before how much I needed and used my PC for my cards. 
I have been without a PC for about 2 weeks or so now and its been killing me!!
so apologies to all of you if you have once again wondered where I have gone.
I have been de-fragged, de-antivirused, de-scanned and basically had to have a whole new PC - so its onwards and upwards and hopefully lots of cards to do really quick as I have loads of orders to do to hopefully keep you all interested.

So here is a card I managed to make before my PC went the journey to the big PC graveyard somewhere in cyber space. LOL - 

 
This is a card for a 6 year old. I wasn't told what she liked at all so I used a Clip Art Fairy digi image as I thought she might like the image. Its called Gift of a Flower as is available as a download here.
I like these images - not only are they fab images, but also brilliant for quick cards.

I added some glamour dust and some glossy accents to the flowers and hearts.

 
I then matted it onto some orange cardstock to keep the colour theme going.
The word was done direct onto the card base direct from the PC.

thanks for bearing with me yet again and now I'm back with the PC I will have another card for your tomorrow.

hugs to you all
Rosie xxx

Because you're so special.

Hello friends and followers 
Hope you are all well and enjoying hopefully the start of Spring.
today's card I hope you will like - Its a pre-coloured image from the Wee Stamps range - I matted her onto lilac card stock.
The background paper is a digital download and I used some more lilac card to make a small border with a pattern cut using a border punch. I added some organza ribbon too.

 
The sentiment is a freebie from the fabulous Annette - she has a wide range of freebie sentiments. Not to mention her stunning cards too. 
I added some glamour dust to the edge of the sentiment.

The flowers are from an xcut punch and the leaves I found amongst my stash which is pretty good considering I don't know where they came from! Craft fairies perhaps? LOL

 
 I also added some glamour dust to the edges of her wings and a pearl to the flowers in her hair.

 Here is a close up of the ribbon and the border section.  In the corner I stuck diamantes for extra sparkle.

thanks again for dropping by today. I hope to have another card to share with you very soon.
hugs to you all until next time
Rosie xxx

Happy Birthday

hello everyone
As promised I have a new card to show you today. I do hope you like it.
The request was for a card with an owl and nature theme. 
I found this fab image and thought it suited the theme perfectly.
I matted the image onto green and then black card stock.

I added some glossy accent to the owl's eye for shine and dimension.
the wording was done direct onto the card base using a font called passions conflict.

I think I matched the card stock very well with the image. I do know the lady loved it.

thanks for dropping by today. I am off now to leave comments and pop onto your blogs to see what fab creations you have all been making.

love to you all
Rosie xxx

To you from me

hello friends and fellow crafters.
wow!! what can I say - yet again you never cease to amaze me with your kinds words of encouragement and wisdom regarding my card making. You have absolutely no idea what your replies have meant to me. I feel humbled and teary by them all.
I promise to try and post a new card at least every other day if not more.
thanks again to you all.

anyway - wow another card. crikey 2 cards in 2 days - am getting a bit away with myself! LOL
Here I have used a digi image called Lenny from Stamp Fairy - am pretty sure that's what he's called. 
Again he is coloured with copics. I matted him onto pink card stock.

I found this funky backing paper and loved the zingy colours (is zingy a word?) - anyway I matted the paper onto more pink card stock and then onto a 6" square white card.

The wording I printed from the PC using Americana and English Presto. I found some pink organza ribbon and some matching pink gems. 

Here's a close of my colouring in - don't laugh!! I covered the flower and his nose in glossy accents - doesn't show up very well here. And added a clear diamante to the flower centre.

thanks once again for dropping by today - hope you like today's card. 
hugs once again to you all and please leave a comment and I will visit your blog and leave comments on your fab cards and crafty items.

lots of love
Rosie xxx

Long time no blogging!!

hello friends and fellow bloggers and crafters.
Well - I didn't actually realise how long its been since I actually posted anything on here. Bad bad Rosie.
I cannot apologise enough if you have been popping on to see if anything new was here. I just got lost in my own world to the point where I wasn't actually sure if I wanted to carry on card making anymore. 
No doubt some of you maybe have felt like this at one time or another. I just sat there looking at all my stash and images and just thought "whats the point?" - I think its partly to do with lack of confidence (this isn't me fishing for compliments at all) and feeling like everyone's cards are better than mine. And also to do with people kind of complaining about the cost of my cards.  I mean is £2 for a personalised card too much? What do you think? I seriously would like to know.

Anyway - I have made a few cards. I am trying slowly to re-build up my confidence and went back to what I felt more comfortable doing.

So this first card is to all of you - my fellow followers, crafters, and bloggers. 

This is a 6" scalloped edged card. I printed the image which I think is a "Furry Friends" image which I found on a freebie CD and coloured him with my copics. 

 Don't you just love him - he is so cute. I love his cheeky grin.

I added some pink colour to his bouquet of flowers and some glamour dust too for some sparkle. we all just love a bit of sparkle don't we!!
I matted him onto pink cardstock and then onto the base card. the wording is done direct from the PC using a font called Alex Brush.

So here finally is a card - please leave a comment - good or bad or any advice or words of wisdom. 

Hugs to you all as always
hope to see you back again very soon.

Rosie xxx