Joanna Sheen meets MCS ...

... well Lofty the plumber. A5 card with an image from MCS Everyday Men's, with an insert printed. Lofty and his tools have been stamped and coloured using Promarkers. Thanks for looking.

Jayne Netley Mayhew meets MCS ...

... the main part of this card is from MCS Parchment CD but printed on card, and the bird and the flower are from Jayne Netley Mayhew range of stamps from Joanna Sheen. The stamps were coloured with Lyra watercolour crayons. A very simple card.

Anniversary card ...

... A5 orange card. I used the elements sheet from Fanciful Florals, matted and layered. Finished off with MS butterfly and lace punches, a few gems and some organza ribbon. Thanks for looking.

Get well soon ...

... K card. Made on MCS (surprise! surprise!) ... this time a combination of Back to Basics and Everything Oriental. The toppers are matted and the kimono's are decoupaged and glittered. Put peel-offs down the fold lines. Used a Martha Stewart border punch too. Also a peel-off greeting this time!! It is quite difficult to photograph. Thanks for looking.

3D New Home ...

... birdhouse from MCS Secret Hideaways CD. Finished off with meltdusted sentiments for back and front, as well as the little birds. I used nestabilities for the matting and framing of the sentiment on the back. Embellished with some flowers.

MCS More than Fur ...

... and Feathers CD card for a friend in hospital. A5 blue card. Used the topper sheet to make my own card because this friend and his wife have one of these little dogs. All panels are matted onto gunmetal silk mirri. Finished off with organza gold ribbon and three gems. I also made my own insert. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Bookatrix ...

.... wedding card. The bottom layer is the silver with gold foiling and on the one I have finished the words have gone on both sides. The next layer is MCS invertage/pyramage of the wedding rings, embellished with a few pearls. The top layer is parchment embossed and pricked and layered onto silk gold card, with a peel-off border amd organza ribbon. The front and back of the card is gunmetal silk and on the front I have put a bride and groom, some flowers and a feather and a sentiment. Finally the completed bookatrix. Any comments would be gratefully received. Thanks for looking.

MCS All Day Every Day ...

... made my own background on this A5 card with the snowdrop image and then added the topper and put a mat layer underneath. All done using the fabulous MCS graphics programme. Simple!!! Thanks for looking.

MCS Everything Oriental card ...

... A5 ... made my own background and printed it directly onto the card. Printed two black and white and one colour image ... matted and layered on gunmetal mirri and white card. Finished off with organza ribbon and gems. Thanks for looking.

Deco Follies ...

... just needed a quick card ... so did this one and glittered parts of the background and dress with a glue pen and added black glitter. Finished off with a couple of flowers held on with a brad. Thanks for looking.

A5 Gatefold Thank You card ...

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... silver silk mirri card ... the lavender toppers are from MCS Fanciful Florals, matted onto vellum that has been edged with a Martha Stewart punch. Finished off with organza ribbon that has been Pro-Markered!! Wasn't able to photograph both sides at once. Thanks for looking.

Peacock card and a Deco Follies card ...

... the peacock card is just an A5 photo card, but the insert is the Jenigami folding peacock. The other from Deco Follies by MCS is another of the "already made" cards, but I have added pearls and some glitter glue. Thanks for looking.

Deco Follies ... note ...

... to a friend. This is again a "ready made" card, which includes an insert and its own envelope. The only thing I have done extra is glitter the dark detail in the hem and collar of the ladies dress.

Another MCS Deco Follies card ...

... this is for someone who fell over on the ice and broke an ankle. So I thought this would cheer her up. It is a "ready made" one ... and I printed out all the elements ... the card, the insert and the envelope and liner. Thank you Nancy for such wonderful images.

Deco Follies ...

... anniversary card. I used the idea that Nancy demo'd on C&C. The topper is matted onto silver mirri card and 3D onto the A5 deco card that came with the CD. The insert is also made up from elements from this fabulous CD. Finished off with some organza ribbon. Thanks for looking.

Get Well Soon card ...

... from Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures CD. A5 and mounted onto pink pearlescent card. It is the shaped window and I added acetate onto the background image, and finished off the top with the butterflies, dragonflies and bird embellishments. Also used an insert from the CD too (no picture!). Thanks for looking.

Anniversary Calendar

... the inside pictures of each month are from Joanna Sheen's Royal Horticulture Society CD. Just finished off with nesties, gems, organza ribbon and flowers. Made this for a friend who needs reminders of Anniversary dates.

Art Deco Thank You Card ...

... A5 lilac pearlescent card. Embossed using the new Glitter Girls Sophistication board. The image is from Card Creations Plus Art Deco CD. Finished off with peel-offs and gems. Thanks for looking.

Two Anniversary cards ...

... both A5 and the image is from Joanna Sheen's Royal Horticulture Society CD set. The main background is gunmetal card and the background papers are from Rob Addams Art Deco CD. Finished off with some nesties for the sentiment and the stamp is from Cuddly Buddly, and finally some pearls.

Three "Thank You" cards ...

... all are A6 in size. Two are made using toppers and backing paper from Sharon Duncan's Nouveau Style CD and the other is made using various elements from My Craft Studio CD. Thanks for looking.

Nouveau Anniversary Card ...

... from Sharon Duncan's beautiful Noveau Style CD. A5 linen card with topper and backing paper from the CD. Matted onto black tapestry card. The backing paper has been punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The tag is done using a Wizard nestability and some peel-offs. Finished off with some flowers and a brad. Thanks for looking.

Two sympathy cards and an anniversary card ... Updated with new photos!

... all the images and backing papers are from Joanna Sheen's CD's. The two sympathy cards are from Eastern Treasures and the other is obviously from the Messy Rabbit CD. The sympathy cards are both on black tapestry card. The same papers and image were used ... but different sizes ... one is A5 and the other is 15cm square. Finished off with a Martha Stewart punch border and 3 black gems. The Messy Rabbit one was made a while ago. It is A5 gatefold with some ladybirds and foam carrots and a lovely ceramic pot. The image has been decoupaged. Re-took these this morning ... light still not ideal. Hope you like them and thanks for looking.

Joanna Sheen Eastern Treasures CD ...

... anniversary card. A5 ... backing paper and image both from this lovely CD from Joanna. The image, mat and greeting shapes are all Wizard dies. I have also gone round the edges with pigment die. Finished off with organza ribbon, and a flora doodle.

Sweet pea ...

... Anniversary card. A5 cream tapestry card with the lyra water coloured stamped sweet peas from Joanna Sheen's Favourite Flowers collection. The image has been cut out with a Wizard nestability die and coloured with a gold pro-marker round the edge. Finished off with gold ribbon and a flora doodle.

Watercolour or Pro-Markers???

Pro-Marker

Watercolour

Which do you think looks the best????

Anniversary card ...

... again from the C&C kit I bought about 2 years ago. I decoupaged the pot of flowers, and added a gem and some peel-offs to the tag. Taken using a flash so the picture is not ideal. Thanks for looking.