My card for today comes from the Teentastique by Ooh La La Creations. The image is called Butterfly Maker and I thinks it's lovely. I printed out the topper sheet and a couple of different backing papers and than having chose the image I wanted to use I matted both the paper and the image on to silver mirror paper. I mounted these on to an A5 card blank.

I painted some cogs and a believe tile from Crafty-Emblies with a silver paint pen and added them in a linked fashion around the topper. Finally I added a couple of filigree butterflies that I've had in my stash for absolutely ages. I'm really pleased with the way this card has turned out and I would like to enter it in to the following challenges:-

Happy Campers - Futterby Butterfly
Paper Playtime - Challenge ~#5 Anything Goes
 

Today's challenge over at Craftymess was to make a Christening card. I was going to make a decoupage one, but I wanted to make something a little different and so I decided I would make a doolirama card. I chose to use the Doolicraft Smiley Bears CD and started by printing the two sheets needed to complete the card on to super smooth card. I cut out all the pieces and scored the lines as indicated on the simple to follow instructions. I guess the trickiest part of making one of these  is cutting around the little figures in the centre section, but I used my decoupage scissors without any problems and if you are confident with a craft knife it shouldn't be a problem either.

The design is made up of three sections, back, middle and front and that is it really apart from adding a few bits of decoupage. I chose to add some flexi peel off stickers around both circular cut outs purely to tidy up any cutting that was slightly off line and I added acetate behind the front piece so it has like a window effect. I layered the sentiment onto a little gold card and added it to the centre bottom to complete it. I think it makes a cute card that is a bit different, and I'm sure it would be well received. Thanks for popping by and I hope you'll came by again for more crafty makes.

Today I want to show you something again from craftsuprint that I have been meaning to make for ages, but I eventually got pushed into making it today so that I could help a friend out with the instructions. She asked me about constructing it, but I couldn't help as I hadn't made one before, so I set about  printing the 6 sheets needed, cutting it all out and having a quick read of the instructions myself before giving it a go.

This is the front view of the card when flat.

And this is what it looks like when opened. I found the whole kit very easy to put together and aside from all the cutting out it was very quick to assemble. I've chosen to use the Husband sentiment, but it comes with a wide choice and so would be suitable for many occasions. I think it looks great and I'm sure that whoever receives it will be very impressed with what is actually a very easy card to make. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will visit again for more crafty makes.

I'm running very late yet again, but I wanted to post this card I made today. It's from the Tom Meilko CD from Joanna Sheen and I just love the images on it.

  

 As I'm originally from Essex I loved the beach as as child, and this brings back fond memories on picnics on the beach. Admittedly Southend beach was nothing like this, but we spent many a family holiday in Cornwall and the beaches there were beautiful.

I printed the decoupage on to super smooth paper, along with the backing paper. I cut the striped paper to fit an A5 white card blank, so that the hat was in the bottom corner. I cut out the topper and mounted onto silver mirror paper and attached this to the left hand side of the card so as to not cover the hat in the bottom right corner. I layered up the decoupage using a mix of foam tape and glue gel, mounted the sentiment onto mirror paper and added to the design. There is a another of the little boats to add a bit of depth to the sentiment which I added using glue gel. I think this would be great for a guy, but equally I would be more than happy to receive this too. Thanks for looking and I hope you'll pop back for more crafty makes.

Today's card is my very first make as a member of the Craft Emblies paper crafting design team. Our theme for this months challenge is wings and full details can be found on the Crafty Emblies blog.

This is a more detailed view of the fabulous emblies I used.

The card itself was made using a kit which I purchased from www.craftsuprint.com. I love these designs and I thought this was very apt for the wings theme. I assemble the card following the very easy instructions and added the decoupage elements and then I added some of the fabulous cogs from the Crafty Emblies website. I chose to leave them in their natural state as I felt they fitted in with the colours beautifully, but equally I could have coloured them with pens, paints or even embossing powders, the list is endless and they still would have been great, they are so versatile!

Thanks for looking and don't forget to pop over to the fabulous Crafty Emblies website to look at all the beautiful embellishments which work for both card makers and altered art and they are such great value, which is always a bonus for us crafters.

Today I wanted to share a card I made as a sample for an order. It another kit from www.craftsuprint.com and it's by Janet Briggs. I love the colours in this card and I would be more than happy to receive this, even though I was probably designed with men in mind.

This is the front of the card, I'm not a lover of the pyramage form of decoupage, but I do like this.

This is the pop-up insert, which I think is very effective. I must admit it took me a couple of tried to get it to go right, but probably because I'm a little heavy handed and so I tore the first attempt lol.

This is a close picture of the pop-up insert, which I think shows the dimension of it a little better. I'm please with the finished result, and will look at more of these designs for the future I think. Sadly it wasn't what the customer wanted, so it's back to the drawing board in the morning to make more samples...hopefully this time I will get it right. Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll pop back for more crafty makes.

Sorry I have been missing the last couple of days but I have been busy crafting and time just seemed to slip away, but I'm back now and I will endevour to post daily for the future.

I have some great news to share....I have been asked to join the Crafty Emblies design team on their paper crafting side of things, and of course I said yes. I am absolutely looking forward to the challenges each month and for those of you that haven't heard of Crafty Emblies then you really don't know what you are missing out on!

Crafty Emblies are a UK based company that specialise in wooden embelishments, which are great for card makers and altered art too, the prices are great and there are lots to choose from. Don't forget to check out their specials too. They are lightweight and can be left in their natural form or can be coloured in all manner of ways. Why not pop over to have a look at the latest challenge, which can be found here http://crafty-emblies.blogspot.co.uk/p/cardatcscrapbooking-challenge.html for some inspiration and maybe to take part for the chance to win some fab prizes.

Right on to today's card....it's another kit from www.craftsuprint.com and it's by Janet Briggs.

It's a double easel card and I think very effective. I started out by printing all the sheets onto card and cutting out the pieces. I followed the very easy to follow instructions that are supplied to make the easel card and then finished off by adding the decoupage elements and sentiment where I wanted. Thanks for looking and I hope you'll pop back soon for more crafty makesx