Card with a bow

I would like to share a multi-purpose card that did not take me very quick to make. I have recently started trying to use wrapping paper as backgrounds on my cards. The choice of designs is so tempting, and you get lots of it on a roll, so no fear to use it up too quickly...

BUT a word of warning, too: wrapping paper is often very thin, which means it will need to be matted onto another piece of card if you want to raise the design. And most of all, at least if you use a waterbased glue like I often do, it can be hard to attach to your card without wrinkles... doh!

Blog candy alerts

• Enfys is celebrating her blogoversary with blog candy until the 4th of Feb.
• Brandin offers her new collection for scrapbooking until 5th or 6th of Feb.
• Fiona is offering blog candy until the end of the first week in February
  
• Jeannette offers you stamps of your choice in her blog candy until 6th of Feb.
• Caryn offers you the candy shown on the pics on my side bar until 7th of Feb.
  
• Sarah's blog candy is open until the 8th of Feb.
• Sarah Bonsell gives away ornate stamps and paper until the 10th of Feb.
  
• Carol is offering her blog candy also until the 8th. of Feb.
• Irina is giving away some CHA candy until Feb. 9th
  
• Emma 's blog candy runs until the 11th of Feb. which is her birthday
• Sharon is offering Magnolia stamps as blog candy until 13th of Feb.
• Dawny P. is celebrating her blogoversary with blog candy until 14th of Feb.
  
• Kaboodle has blog candy open until 20th Feb.
• Lyndsey Marie is also offering her big blog candy until the 20th of Feb.
• Lorraine is giving away blog candy on her birthday, the 28th of February
  

Birthday in Greece - One Stop Craft Challenge

This is my entry for the One Stop Craft Challenge. And I was lucky, the random number generator came up with my comment number... which means I can look forward to a lovely Jolly nations friendship stamp!

You can't see it very well on the photo - the buttons are decorated with a flower made from rice grains, painted with gold acrylic paint. The backing paper on the left hand side is a photo showing coins at the bottom of the Fontana di Trevi in Rome - I liked the way the water distorted their shapes.

Birthday card with foam embellishment

I made the main embellishment from a circular piece of foam. Another opportunity to use my new buttons! The blue satin round ribbon matches the colour of the middle one.

I punched the lacy border into a matted silver paper which resembles brushed aluminium.

The greeting is printed on the computer.
One day I thought it would be a good idea to just try out various fonts to create a collection of birthday sentiments. This gave me a nice stack in different colours to choose from.

Flower made with knitting yarn

For this birthday card I recycled a postcard of a painting showing a cricket game. I toned the embellishments down in colour as it's more of a men's card. I used Fantasia Chunky knitting yarn to make the flower. Isn't the button cute - I love the stitching on it!

Ice queen style

The image on my "season greetings" card reminds me of the ice queen in the Narnia story. I know she is a scary baddie but nevertheless I can identify a bit with the way she dresses in those blue, icey green and blueish grey colours, which is what I often choose for my clothes. And she wears the sort of dress that I think would look good on me, too. I hope the similarity ends here!

Valentine's card