Saturday 16 June 2012

Wow.................. After years of making cards & always being arty/crafty......who`d have thought that at my age (born in the 60`s), I`d have managed to create my own personal blog !!.......The perfect way of showcasing my hand crafted cards, made with loving care & attention to detail.
In my everyday life I am a Staff nurse working for the NHS & find that producing hand-crafted cards that I am really proud of gives me a way of de-stressing after a hard day at work.
Having just discovered promarkers (or should I say finally giving in to the temptation & also looking for a more portable craft to take camping for x2 weeks to Cornwall this Summer), I have surprised myself at how beautiful they look, particularly when using the amazing images from the Candy Doodles Collectors edition Cd which I have recently discovered thanks to Niki`s shows on Create and Craft, but purchased directly from  polka doodles.
Will now have a go at uploading some images of my Cards & Promarker work.

This was created using the fantastic Picknix Studio 12 CD Hybrid Digital Papercraft Collection, not bad for a first attempt & the tree house was coloured by me using promarkers.

 This is from the candy doodles collectors edition CD, as are the next three images, & I managed to work out how to reproduce the images the way I wanted them in Microsoft word..........


  The next image is a Sylvia Zet digital stamp called "Wee Florist", from Wee Stamps, isn`t it simply adorable, I probably like the finished result best on this as the image was a little larger to begin with & therefore easier to get the best results..........
 Spellbinders dies are probably one of my favourite things to craft with at the moment, I just love the versatility that they provide as they can be used in sooooooo many different ways, Sue Wilson has been a real inspiration, watching her shows on create & craft & following her daily blog Particraft.blogspot.co.uk  


 I think the Bitty Blossoms dies, used to create the "Roses" on three out of the four cards are sooooo useful as you can tailor make flowers in exactly the right paper or card & as many as you need for any given project...........

Anyway, bye for now, still cant believe I`ve actually managed to create my own blog now, all I need to do now is make the time to keep it up to date !!