DECOUPAGE

This sample was the one i most enjoyed doing. i decoupaged and matted and layered the image. then added the little decoupage bags for fun. i wanted this card to be a fun card. and i had fun making it. which is the important bit.

SAMPLES

I have started making sample cards for a well known cd company and these are some of the samples i made for them recently. all are decoupaged.

CAROUSEL HORSE

This is a card i made for a family member, and as she is a showman i thought the carousel horse was ideal for her, as one of her rides is a carousel. the horse is decoupaged and gilded in silver. first time iv'e done a horse. me thinks i will do some more.

DECO CARD

I love art deco and wanted to do a card in this style. this was a cd i bought and decided to make multiple copies of the image and decoupage. the tricky bit was the fern and trellis behind the ladies, by the time i was finished there were quite a few layers. but i liked the overall look, and dimention to the image. yes, i can say i was pleased with it when it was finished.

Card

This is a card my friend asked me to make for her mum. i miniturizes images which i then decoupaged, put into aperture cards with bubble fronts and made shaker cards.

i cut out the lettering and added some bling to the letters. finishing off with a cut out flower. which i secured together using a brad. thats a couple of cards i have made using these sorts of colours and i like them. i used to always chalk my card fronts. but the papers give quite an effect. good job too, i have hoarded sooo much paper, thought i better start using it.

Baby Card

these were 2 cards i made for my neighbour. her son's wife had just given Birth to their first grandchild, and i thought i would make a card for Isabella and one for her son. i decoupaged the images and made shaker cards putting the babies name inside the apeture window. these were the first baby cards i have ever made. so it was a challenge for me. at least i can say i have made a baby card now.

CALVINS BIRTHDAY CARD

This is a card i made for my husbands Godson. he loves cars, so thought i would go for auto theme. the BMW is decoupaged. i also made a map of his street and put the card over the top. he loved the fact he could see his street. this was one card that was a big hit.

Birthday Card

This is a Birhday Card i made for a friend. i decoupaged the image and used silk material printing papers to do the final segment which was the dress. i wanted the image to be tactile, and i feel i achieved this with the dress being material. the papers i used behind are the new Laura Ashley papers, which i picked up at ink spots craft store, in Hamilton in Scotland. i really wanted to use some of the paper, and although it's patterned i dont think it over powered the image. something i was afraid of. all in all i'm happy with this card.

MOTHERS DAY CARDS

These are 2 cards my friend asked me to make her. one for her mother, and one for her mother-in-law. i used the Joanna Sheene sillhouette CD to create my images which i then Decoupaged and added some flower soft to the little baskets at the corners. and to the little flowers in the girls basket and around her.i used another Joanna Sheene CD to create a picture frame which i thencut out and applied to the scene with 3D foam strips. i then made little butterflies on the computer and printed them to vellum which i cut out and decoupaged and attached to the front of the card. I applied some rennie mackintosh peel offs to the top/bottom edges and corners of the bottom card. On the top card i used hand made paper which was a duck egg blue with silver metalic swirls. I matted, layered / enameled the little mothers day poems and attached them across the bottom of the decoupaged images, and applied little butterflies to the corners of the poems.

NEW YER CARD FOR PODIETRIST

I MADE THIS CARD FOR MY PODITRIST FOR HER NEW YEAR, DECIDED TO MAKE NEW YEAR ONE AS I DIDNT SEE HER FOR XMAS. I USED HEAVY WIGHT CARD WHICH I SHADDOWED USIN GLIMMER CHALKS, THEN APPLIED LAYERS OF RECENTLY ACQUIRED PAPERS FROM QVC, I USED A BORDER PUNCH TO DECORATE EDGES, I THEN ATTACHED A DECOUPAGED FAIRY TO THE CARD, AND MATTED AND LAYERED THE MESSAGE, APPLYING WITH 3D FOAM. FINISHED OFF WITH PEEL OFF CORNERS

Xmas Village scene ATC

I wanted to include this little ATC in my first blog pages, this village scene i decoupaged i then used glow in the dark gel to highlight the windows and street lights. so that when viewed in the dark it would glow. i reacently made a christmas card using the same tecnique using the gel in the lamp post of the card. but this ATC was the first time i had thought about using the glow in the dark gel. of all my xmas ATCs this one was the most asked for.