Define Good #1

And a jolly good evening to you!

Now then, the big question that children (and some adults) get asked at Christmas is 'Have you been good or naughty?'

So, this card is perfect for those who may have been a tad on the naughty side this year, me included.........

I think this image is just gorgeous. As soon as I saw it I had to have! It is called (surprise surprise) Define Good by The Cat's Pajamas. I stamped the image with black Versafine, heat embossed with clear powder and coloured it in with Promarkers. Then I added some glitter glue to the fur trim on the hat.

The image was die cut using a circle from the Sizzix Framelits - Circles set. A larger circle was cut in green card and another larger circle in spotty Christmas paper. These were layered up, adhered to the bottom right corner of a white blank, just so it overlapped the edges, and trimmed. The sentiment was then stamped above in black.

I've had the spotty paper for a few years now, it's Jolly Dot by Creative Imaginations, I don't think you can get it now, but there are a lot of spotty, Christmassy papers out there in some wonderful colours, so you don't just have to stick with the red and green theme.

Right-he-ho! Off now to order a pepperoni pizza....deep pan....mmmmmm.

Thanks for dropping by!

Colette xx

Roses, a Monster and Herb!

Hello Chums!

I know, I know, two posts in one week! Wow, I must be on a roll. This one's a whopper too, with two cards and loads of piccies - whay!

Straight down to it then, the first card is a birthday card for a very dear and close friend, June. I designed this with her in mind, and I'm sure she will like it.

I made the three roses using the English Rose dies by Marianne Design Creatables, the roses and all the other paper elements were made using the Madeline 6x6 pad by Prima. The top note label behind the roses was cut using a die from the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One set. A length of cotton crochet lace, a pearl gem, a rub-on sentiment and an antique key were used to finish the card. Here are some close ups (getting all arty now with the 'ol photography).

I scrunched up the paper after die cutting the roses, then after rolling up, I bent the petals to give them a more aged, shabby chic look.



The butterflies were cut out of a butterfly design paper, I then layered them up, bending the wings slightly and finished with a pearl gem

I saw a pack of these darling antique keys by Creative Expressions and HAD to have.

Right, on to the next card, which is a stark contrast to the one above. This is for a young male relative (though it could work for the bigger boys). I thought all boys love monsters and instead of doing the usual trains, cars etc .....  a monster it will be!



 

The papers and journaling sprouts are from the Jillibean Soup Monster Stew collection and the sentiment is from the Hero Arts Monster Fun stamp set. After stamping the sentiment onto white card, I punched it out using a circle punch and mounted it onto one of the journaling sprouts, I then arranged it with a couple of more sprouts and attached to the front of a square black card blank. I hand cut some stars and an arrow, mounted them onto black card and then fixed them to the card, finally finishing with some purple twine wrapped and knotted on the left side.

Here are some more close ups....



On the inside, I created a simple sentiment, using die cut scallop circles (to mirror the monster sprout on the front) a rub-on and a scattering of hand cut stars. Ta da!!

Now then, you're probably wondering who Herb is. Well this is where we get silly. I was up at the local farm shop last week and I was picking some tomatoes and I came across this one......



.....well, I had to get it didn't I? So then, I put some googly eyes on it (I need to get out more methinks).

Looks good, but I don't know, not sure about the toupee and the eyes seem a bit wide, so I removed the toupee and turned him over, repositioned the 'ol eyes.....





.....that's better. He looks like a Herb, so that's what I've called him. I think he's really cute. Though he's still sat in our fridge, going a bit mushy now :( Oh well, he had a happy, if short life........................might be still edible. I'll put him in a ham sarnie for Simon tomorrow, bwa ha ha hah!

Enough silliness for today, I'm off now for a well deserved coffee, and a chocolate digestive mmmmm. Have a great weekend, will post back soon. Colette xx