Happy Birthday Tilly

Well as usual i have forgotten yet another Family Birthday It is my neices birthday today and she is a big 4. I thought i would make her a very special card. I saw the tutorial for this on mjm-thearttart.com and i think its fab.

I hope you like this.

Day 4

These are my creations for day 4 as guest designer on Elzybells

This is my take on a tunnel card. This is fab as it folds flat and fits into a normal size envelope.

Day 3

What's your all time favourite product?
I think it would have to be rocker blocks, I didn’t like the look of them when they first came onto the market, but after having an operation and not being able to stamp I found them to be a life saver. As you, do not have to put much pressure on them.

What do you like to see on a card?
Flowers!

What item would you not be without?
I would not be without my paper trimmer

Do you have a specific process when making a card... do you plan your card before starting or does it take shape as you create?
I usually have an idea in my head of what I would like my card to look like but I also let it take shape as im making it

2nd day as guest designer for Elzybells

A baby is...


It's the second day of Tracey's guest designer spot and she has a fabulous new baby card to share!
Where do you get your inspiration?
I like to blog hop and get lots of ideas from the wonderful people that have blogs thanks to you all for sharing your fantastic ideas.

What's your favourite technique?
I like to stamp and colour in using my prisma colour pencils and blending with low odour thinners and paper stumps

What's your favourite Elzybells stamp?
I love all the girl stamps as they remind me of how my daughter used to draw her little girl pictures when she was little. But I must admit I did fall in love with the little penguin and I had a fab time stamping him up and giving him a flocked belly. So simple but oh so cute!

Wow i was asked a while ago to be guest designer for Elizabeth over on elzybells and i am now the guest designer for June. I am so pleased with myself i could just pop. These are the photo's that she has featured today.

my lovely fairytail castle with dragons, Knights in armour, prince and princesses. I loved making this card. I made the template for the castle myself.

The next card was following on the fairytale theme with the princess and the frog. This was going to be a tunnel card but as you can see it changed shape as i was making it.

Hope you will pop over to Elzybells blog i will have a card on there every day this week.

I'm the Guest designer on Elzybells

How long have you been stamping / how did you get into stamping?
I have been stamping for about 10 years on and off. I first got into stamping when my mum and I went to the NEC we saw lots of people demoing and decided to give it a go. So we bought a few stamps (that we shared) and an inkpad each.

Do you enjoy any other crafting hobbies?
I enjoy all aspects of crafting and if something catches my eye I will give it a try. I have had a go at cross stitch; I love altered art and being able to incorporate stamping into this. I have dabbled in scrapbooking but I still struggle with 12x12” pages and prefer making smaller layouts or mini books

Would you say you have a particular stamping style?
I don’t think I have a particular stamping style but at the moment the styles of stamping I like the look of are vintage, grungy and cute.