Ladies Day

Well the men had their day yesterday, so today it's the ladies turn.
All of the images today are from the Fashion Boutique CD by Joanna Sheen. As you can tell, I certainly have had my money's worth from this CD, I just love all the images on it and never get tired of using them, but I do apologise if you are all tired of seeing them!
I've tried to keep all of the cards for the shop very simple in order to "test the water" if they sell quite well and I'm asked to make some more I can add a few with some of my normal flowers, ribbons, gems etc.
I think I may make this the last batch of the cards for the shop and then I can spend some time playing with my new toys, and maybe even find time to enter some card challenges!
Anyway on to today's cards.







As you can see I have made good use of the two Cuttlebug corner dies on these cards, I think they just finish the cards perfectly and give more impact than a peel-off (which is what I usually have to use) They are both from a set of 4 Cuttlebug dies called "Vintage". Other than the corners I have just mounted the gorgeous images onto cardstock, added a strip of the co-rdinating backing paper and that's it really.
I do hope you like them and thank you for visiting.

Finishing Touches

Today my long awaited Cuttlebug arrived, I ordered this on August 4th so it feels like I've been waiting forever. Is it just me that wants everything to arrive as soon as I order it? Luckily a lot of the things I buy are either from Joanna Sheen or Cutting Edge Crafts and most of the time they arrive the following day which is wonderful, especially when you consider that both shops offer free p&p. Anyway the Cuttlebug was the first thing I had ever ordered from this particular shop and as I wasn't happy with either their comminication or delivery service, I won't be ordering anything from them ever again.
I had put a few of my "Gentlemen" cards to one side as I wanted to finish them with some corners from a cuttlebug die called "vintage", so I have now managed to complete them and they can be added to my other posting.



I've made some ladies cards today too but I'll post them tomorrow.

Gentlemen's Day

Today's batch of cards are of gentlemen, I can't say "men" because I'm sure all of these males are much too refined for that!
All of the images (except for the last one) came from Joanna's Fashion Boutique CD, (you've probably seen so many now that you don't need me to tell you that! lol) and the final one is from Cardmaker's Year.






Each of them was simply mounted onto cardstock, with co-ordinated backing papers forming the only addition to the images. Personally, I think these images are so fantastic that they really don't need anything else added, I hope you agree.

Children and Water

Today's little set is a series of 1930 style images of children around water. All the images come from Joanna Sheen's Cardmaker's Year CD, there are quite a lot of this style of image on the CD and personally I just love them, as I think they give a real "feel" of the period. All of them have been simply mounted onto cardstock and are very plain as I didn't want to detract from the lovely images themselves.



The first card depicts a little boy and his dog in a sandcastle and I've added a little charm of an anchor to echo the seaside theme.



The second card is a toddler watching some ducks on the pond. This little boy has got to be my all time favourite, what a cherub!


The final card is a group of children at the lake about to launch their yacht and again I've added a little charm, this time to echo the yacht itself. Unfortunately my scanner didn't like this card and kept chopping the top off, suffice to say that the blue band is really across the centre of the card.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my cards, I hope you liked them and while you're here why not leave me a comment too. I love to know who's been visiting me.

Daily postings?

I have decided that I will try and make daily postings on my blog. I'm not saying that I'll succeed but I will definitely try!
Today I have a few more cards for the shop, this time a little collection of "chocolate" themed cards, showing some delightful art deco ladies enjoying themselves.





The images are from... guess where? Joanna's Fashion Boutique of course!, each image has been simply mounted onto gold miri card, a small piece of matching backing paper has been added together with some corner peel-offs and that's it really.
I hope you like them, I think they definitely look like 'ladies that lunch'

Deco Style Cards

I can't believe it's been a week since I updated, and it's been quite an exciting one for me too.
My lovely husband decided he was going to treat me to some goodies, these were things I was supposed to have for my birthday but I've got them early.
I am now the proud owner of a Bind-It-All (plus accessories) and a Cuttlebug (plus dies, embossing folders, nestabilities etc.) I've been wanting both of these machines for ages now and I can't wait to finish all the other things I have on the go at the moment so that I can make time to just play. I know I'm spoiled, and that's just how I like it!
Anyway, on to the latest cards, some more to go in the shop using art deco style images taken from Joanna Sheen's fabulous Fashion Boutique CD.
This is a set of 3 deco ladies simply mounted onto co-ordinated paper and cardstock from my stash. I love these images, they have such a cute look to them and remind me of the magazine covers from this era, who knows maybe that's what they were.

Oh what a beautiful morning!

....as the song says. I have just got back from a boot sale...yes, I know it's pouring with rain but my lovely DH decided it wasn't too bad and would clear up, so off we went! Needless to say the heavens opened, although luckily we were on our way back by then so just missed being caught in the torrential downpour, and I was surprised by how many other lunatics were there too. I do feel sorry for those people who were trying to sell things, but on a brighter note, I managed to buy a couple of bits for my cardmaking. Anyway, some more of my little bits and bobs coming up.
The images on this first set are again taken from JS Fashion Boutique CD (surprise!) and are of a set of art deco ladies having cocktails, I've used some of the matching backing paper down the sides and just a little corner peel off and greeting on each.





Next is a set of two DL size cards, guess where they're from? yep, JS Fashion Boutique! now you're catching on to why I love it. Again I have used some of the matching backing paper, this time at the bottom of the cards, finished off with corner peel offs, a greeting and some little flowers and sticky backed gems.












I will scan the little doorholders later, but now I must make a trifle ready for a birthday tea for mum, we are picking her up later and her grand-children will be popping over to see her.

Right, that's done so here are my little doorhangers for baby. I think the whole idea of baby's doorhangers is just so sweet, I couldn't resist trying some out. I hope you like them.

Some more Buses!

I love it when people who have visited my blog leave a comment. After my posting yesterday I received some comments from some of my crafting friends, most of whom visit quite regularly, and one of them (Ann) told me that my blog made her think of buses, none for ages and then they all come at once LOL, I suppose it has been a bit like that lately, well Ann here's a few more buses for you!

Most of the cards tonight are in sets and the first is a set of four 'beachbabes'. All of these images are again from Joanna Sheeen's Fashion Boutique CD (my all time favourite) and have been mounted onto some burgundy crinkled cardstock, very simple again as I can't do much else lately.





The next set is of four fruits, these are mounted onto co-ordinating cardstock on little 4 x 4 cards. The images are from a kit called 'Kitchen Traditions' from PC Crafter.














My final card tonight was an attempt to try something different and make a little tag card (again I must name Edna as my inspiration here), it has been folded so that from the front it looks like a gatefold card, but inside are four separate sections each containing a silhouette image. The images are again from Joanna Sheen, but this time from her 'Dancing with Shadows' CD. the papers I have used on this card are from Dovecraft's range of black and white papers and the card has been finished off with some miri card and peel offs from my stash.




So until tomorrow in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny "That's all folks!"

Busy, Busy, Busy

I seem to have had quite a lot going on in my life recently, some of which I could have definitely done without! but things are slowly getting better so I'm now trying to catch up with all the things that had to be put on hold. One of the main things for me was that I had been asked to make some cards to put in a new shop that is opening soon. One of my younger son's friends, (Sophie) is in the process of opening a shop in a very exclusive village near me. She will be selling vintage style furnishings and objet d'art, mainly in the art deco style and she thought that some of my vintage cards might do quite well there, they will be displayed in their own little section of her shop. As you can imagine, to say I was excited is the understatement of the century! I had a few ideas for different things and had just begun to make a start on some projects when my mum had her accident so everything else took a back seat. Now that mum is out of hospital and our lives are beginning to return to normal I have been trying to regain the enthusiasm that I had.
I thought it might be nice to have some little card "packs" as well as individual cards and for this I have to thank one of my crafting friends Edna, as it was her little card sets that inspired me, I also plan to try to make some little stationery sets, notebooks, bookmarks, door hangers and little bags with cards in (inspired by another crafting friend Sue) but we'll see how it goes.





This is a set of four cards with a picture of the little band holding them together. The images are taken from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique CD and very simply mounted on to co-ordinating cardstock from my stash.

This set is four cards again, all with images of children at the seaside, these images come from a variety of different places (the little boy is from Joanna Sheen's Cardmaker's Year CD) and form part of my (very large!) collection of vintage images. Again I have just mounted them onto some silver miri card and then onto red card and left them quite plain.





The final thing I will upload tonight is a sample of a little notebook. This was just a cheap little book that I have covered with K & Co paper and some co-ordinating ribbons and finished off with a little stick-on gem. My scanner has made this look a little lopsided, but it is straight in real life!

These are some of the things that I have completed so far. I'll be posting some others tomorrow, but meanwhile I would be very grateful for your comments or suggestions and I'd like to thank you for visiting.