Elusive Images Christmas Theme Plate 2010

A few years ago I bought a glue pad and refill. I hadn't used it until I made this card. The glitter stuck to it well. I enjoyed making it and I'm not going to put my glitter away this year, girls love sparkly things.

Debbie

Christmas cards accomplished

Today I finished my last card. I just need to deliver them.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of making cards etc for the Elusive Images Design Team. I've made some lovely friends and learned such alot this year.
I'm going to post a few cards that I've made over the next week or so.
Stay warm
Debbie

Quick card

Hi again. I think this is the quickest card I've made in quite some time. I've downloaded the freebie christmas give away paper from the Graphics blog.
Pop over and join in with the fun.

Debbie

Online Party over at Graphicus

Morning to all. Due to the poor weather conditions the Graphicus open days have been cancelled. Anyone who has been to a Graphicus will understand why people travel miles to be there. So with the magic of the interenet they are holding an on line party. Pop over to have a look at what's going on.
I made these table cards as part of my design team sample submission. I stamped out the christmas trees coloured them with copics, added gems aand cut them out. The names are computerd generated using word. I trimmed the cards to sized and drew two lines with a gold krylon pen.

Stay warm and safe
Debbie

Lazy blogger

I thought I'd post a photo of a card I made as a Elusive Images Design Team sample. I was bowled over when I was told a lot of people had commented on the card. I recieved the Village Life stamp plate stamped out the images in black onto paper and then pondered over what to do with them.
The church seemed ideal for a wedding card. The ideas just flowed. Out came the cuttlebug, the nesties, embossing folders copics and chalks.
Hope you like it.
Debbie

Elegant Ladies from Elusive Images

Elusive Images have 3 new stamps plates featuring Elegant Ladies. I'm one of the very lucky people to be on their design team and honoured to be able to work/play with them making samples.
When I recieve new stamps I usually stamp the images in black and then look at them for a night or two waiting for inspiration to arrive. Not with these stamps. I new exactly what I wanted to do.
We are all guilty of having an enormous stash of goodies hidden away from prying eyes. So out came my large bag of fantasy fibres and large tub of flat back gems.
Stamp the image of the lady from the Portrait of a Lady on to white card and colour her face, neck and arms with copic E50 and add shade with E51. Carefully go to the cupboard that stores the iron YES the iron and turn it on (if you like me find it difficult to turn it on). Ink up the stamp again with a permanent black inkpad and lay the fantasy fibre over the stamp. Lay non stick baking paper over the fantasy fibre and press the iron on. Make sure you turn off the steam. The black of the ink will start to show through to the baking paper. Trim the dress and glue onto the lady that has had the face coloured.
For the background shade the bottom third with green and the top two thirds with blue. Stamp trees from the Essence of Nature stamp plate with Memento London Fog and Adirondack Citrus green so they blend with the background.
Cut a paper arch shape as a template. Ink up the borders from the Portrait of a Lady and Belle of the ball with pink ink and stamp around the arch. Place flat back gems at random on the arch. Place the lady in front of the arch. Add a bow and finish by layering onto black and magenta card.

Pop over to see what the other girls from the design team have been creating. The links are on the side of my blog.
Thanks for popping by
Debbie

Moving into rented accommadation

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted.
Update on DD moving to a rented house. I'm sure we'll laugh about it in years to come. She was so excited as the group of girls had chosen this house to live in (first very, very grown up decision). We started to unpack the car and hubby, Boyfriend and DD carried large amount of STUFF into the house. It's a massive victorian terrace. When I walked through the house and up the stairs I noticed it wasn't MY clean. All mums will understand. DD had been left with one of the two smallest bedrooms as the other girls were already there. We set about moving furniture for more space and more homely. She couldn't put any stuff into the wardrobes because it all needed to be washed out. Well I could go on for hours but won't.
I didn't sleep well Saturday, Sunday or Monday night so put it down to worrying. I phoned DD on Tuesday evening and she sounded much happier and the conversation began,'It's much better here now because the landlord has been today and removed the sofas and the full house has been DE-FLEEd. OMG I'm so angree as it had been evident that the house had had nothing done since the last students left. They had also had a cat. The girls have been out and bought cleaning products and have been cleaning to make it liveable. I'm sleeping a little better now.
I've been making cards like nobodys business. I love being back at work as a few of my friends ask me to make cards for them that are the cards they can't find in the shops. One has asked me to make a card for her parents golden wedding ann, sadly her dad only has a few weeks to live. Another is at a 50th birthday for a freind who has an aggresive brain tumor. These are tainted celebrations so I find it very rewarding when I can make a card fitting for the occasion.
Hugs
Debbie