Nintendo DS

yes thats right a Nintendo DS card! (I should probably call it Nintendo DS 'extra' lite, lol) I loved making this card for my cousin zachary who turned 8 and is really into STAR WARS. This was a really good challenge for me! I used glossy photo paper for the outside I even did the measurements from our ds to do the markings at the top and traced/embossed the 2 squares. as for the inside of the card again I did all the measurments to get the screen and buttons in the right place. I printed off a couple of star wars pics for "the game" and then used the OHP paper stuff to give it the screen look!

zachary loved this card (I was told) and uses it as a bookmark in his scriptures lol

(unfortunatly again the pictures are a bit fuzzy and its hard to see the detail of some of the buttons, it is all there tho)

its a hippo!

My little cousin Jonas was 4 in the april and unfortunatly I dont have many boy things in my craft supplies so this card I made from scratch I believe its called paper piecing, so I put the hippo together and cut and decorated my lilly pads. I just hope he didn't think it was a girly card cause I added the flower, but I was glad how I was able to put this card together and I hope he liked it too.

happy birthday (using team work)

now this card paul pretty much made for you laura (with a little help from me, he he) he liked my stamps too, that he had to make a card! I dont remember what I helped him on but its sort of a teamwork card.

another mothers day card

Now this one I made for my mum! well actually this is the 2nd one I made for her, the 1st got deleayed in the post but at the time we thought it got lost, so this one I still have. (I think the 1st was better than this one). she's always in the kitchen, she doesn't wear her apron any more and she doesnt do as much baking as I remember (maybe as a little girl it seemed alot )

again this one came from my magazine and as soon as I saw it I had to make it for her!

I enjoyed making the whisk on the 1st card, here on the 2nd I started to get annoyed it wasnt going as well or as easy. oh and this one has been squashed a bit in my draw so the pocket isnt as smooth as it should be.

a mothers day card

I made this for my mother in law for mothers day. Again this was one I got out my magazine and I used Laura Ashley sticky ribbon that came free with it, he he. I thought this was her kind of style of card and she seemed to really like it so a win win!

although I was supposed to put some green dots on the stems which I think I did put on after I took the picture then she walked throught the door so I couldnt update the picture, nevermind.

chinese happy birthday

I think I made this for you Janice :) I'd gone and bought some new chinese stamps so here is the first card I made using them.

I embossed the image and then was able to use sharpie pens to colour the girl in, I really like the solid colour they give.

I even like the selection of flowers I used to go with it.

Its not one of my favorite cards but I do like it.

over the hill is this way

he he! I love this card. deciding what to do for my dad on his birthday cards is real tricky, he doesnt have any hobbies (unless hes taken up new ones that I dont know about) but this card suited him well I thought, I love how cheeky it is.

It was a good challenge for me and I really enjoyed making it and I was so happy when I remembered I had the arrow paper to use for the backgound too! of course it is was hard to get the road to look as if its 'over the hill' but never mind, you get the idea.

(unfortunatly I could'nt get the camera to focus properly but you can still see how it is)

pretty dress

I like this card cause it is pretty, I really like the dress. of course I did take the idea out of my craft magazine so I cant take all the credit, he he.

im back!

Ive been away for about 6 months due to terrible internet, it was not strong enough to support pictures and things. so now i have decent internet and have a lot to catch up on so here we go..........