Berrylicious

Present for a friend. I love making these wee suitcases 😊. The template is on one of my project CDs from Dreamees.  They're all different and I try to make specific to the person who gets them. 

This one was for my friend Berry in Chester. Apologies the photos aren't great but here goes. 

Here was the start of the inside

Then the top

Inside I'd created a few friendship quote cards which I distressed to age them a little. 

I also made a little card to go alongside the suitcase. 

Berry was quite pleased going on her message yesterday when it arrived. So I'm happy too. 

Love n Light

Clare

Smiley Miley Giraffe

Created this cutesy little chap for a friend who is due her baby in a few weeks. She told me the theme for the nursery was jungly/safari animals. So here he goes xx

I decided to make it approx. 6" square using a box frame.  I layered a piece of white card onto a really dark chocolate brown card for the base and then used another die to layer up three other "giraffe" shades in card from my stash.

I printed the giraffe onto card and die-cut him using one of my favourite dies. I printed him out again just so I could 3D his face.

I die cut using a la la land banner die in two of the coordinating cards and stuck them to the inside of the frame to give depth to the image. I stuck some of the hearts that were a bi-product of the die onto the image just for fun.

I've been doing a lot of colouring lately, which I love but it made a nice change to use printed images.

I love it, she loved it, hope you love it too.

Love n Light

Clare x

Thanx Sis

Another little card for my friend but this time for her sister.

From back to front the background is a print from a crafters companion cd, as is the little hidden tag and envelope. There's also a heart doily layered in. 

The image is a Saturated Canary called Secrets and I love it x it was coloured using Graph It pens for the skin in 4115 & 4145 and Spectrum Noir pens in PP2 & TB1for the clothing and bunting. I coloured it to represent the two sisters. The hair on the red head was Graph It 3125, 3170 & 3190 and the one with pigtails was Spectrum Noir EB1, EB2 & EB7. I fussy cut the image and stuck it using mini foam pads to give the card some dimension. 

It's very girly but I love it. 

Love n Light

Clare x

Of all the walks

This CAS card was been made for a friend to give to her dad before he walks her down the aisle. 

She'd seen a quote she liked so we tweaked it slightly. 

I layered black card and some patterned toning blue papers. Then printed two footprints one for her and one for Dad and die cut a simple scallop circle around them. I think it looks really simple but effective. 

and here's is the verse... 

Dad loved it, I love it, hope you do too 

Love n Light

Clare x

Shopping Time with Jess

Purple in all tones are my fave colours so I decided to put together this CAS card for a Jess Challenge with the theme of your favourite colours.

I've used a mixture of spectrum noir and graph it pens. She does look like she has just come back off her holidays tho..lol x

I diecut after colouring her in and then added some lace ribbon and a couple of butterflies from my stash to finish her off.

Smudge as is normal is accompanying her to keep her safe. Hope you like her.

Love n Light

Clare x

Cherry Blossom in Purple

This image is a My Bestie image "Cherry Blossom" designed by Sherri Baldy and a real cutie. She's available on Etsy just click here.

I have coloured her in a combination of Graph-it and Spectrum Noir pens. Her hair was coloured using Faber-Castell pencils.


I decided to create a twisted easel for a change and layered her up using papers from my stash some lace ribbon and a doily and added a flower for impact to the front and added more flowers and a simple die cut shape with a Happy Birthday sticker sentiment inside. 

I do struggle with hair sometimes so quite pleased with the result. I was going to enter her into a My Besties Challenge but unfortunately had a few things come up and missed the deadline for the particular theme...lol


Hope you like her I think she's a sweetheart.

Love n Light

Clare x

Long time no see! (Mothers Day)

Morning guys

Been missing for a wee while. I'm tied up a bit with work and Roller Derby at the mo and haven't done much crafting apart from attending a Dreamees workshop where I created this little beauty. 

 

This is a combination of two cd's, the teacup is from Templates and More and the backing papers are from their new projects cd Pretty Projects Templates & More although there are loads of backing papers on the first cd so you could choose from that one.  This was the first project I'd done properly from the cd and really enjoyed making it. I've just been asked to make two by a friend, one for her Mum and her sister (I think) from the little one.... So been busy cutting out flowers for the last couple days...lol

If you've not bought from Dreamees before I suggest you go check them out online at www.Dreamees.org.uk, their customer service and delivery time is awesome and Hayley's designs are simple but fabulous.

Apart from projects like this she has rubber stamps, embellishments n all that jazz (and no I'm not on commission I just love their stuff)!!

Love n light

Clare xx