~FREEBIE~ A Palace for you

With all the Jubilee celebrations last weekend I thought I'd use some of the  images and papers that seem to be free  in all the craft magazines at the moment.

I wanted to use the Iron Gates stamp that I designed for Joanna sheen on the Country House stamp sheet , I needed a Palace to go with the gates so I drew this one on the computer.

Please feel free to click on the image, click view image to save the PNG.  It will print out approx  8" wide, or smaller if you wish.

Here's a card I made using the image and the Iron Gates from the Country House stamp sheet

To make this card I first printed out the Palace and coloured it with promarker pens. Then I stamped the gates using versamark ink adding gold embossing powder to the tips of the gate and black to the rest of them.. I stamped and cut out the stone gate posts and stuck them next to the gate.  I used one of my spellbinder nesties to draw around and cut out the shape and mounted it onto black card.   The pretty bunting is a freebie from Crafts Beautiful magazine. 

I made the roses using a spiral die, cutting them out of buckrum.. they are so easy to make and look gorgeous on cards or other projects.

 Thank you for visiting my blog today I hope you like the Freebie.

Hugs

xxx

~FREEBIE~ Cat digi

I used to have 4 gorgeous cats, they all lived long, pampered lives (up to age 19) although they have all gone to cat heaven for several years now, I still miss them.  Here's a drawing I've made into a digi based on one of the many photos I have of them.   Feel free to download and print to use on your cards and projects. 

This digital stamp is only copyright to me.

 

Click on the image - the right click view image and then save as normal.

Here's a couple of cards I have made.  I coloured the cat both times using promarker pens, highlighting with a white gel pen and sakura clear glitter pen.

Thanks for visiting my blog today. I hope you like the freebie and I would love to see how you use it.  See you soon..  Hug  x

Lace and Knitting Stamps Day 2 with freebie

Hello, I'm back again with the next 3 card samples from the Goals you Reach Lace stamp sheet

Here is my first card..

The first thing I did for this card is draw a bodice template to fit the size of the lace stamp , If you would like to use the template I made - here it is... simply save to your computer and print it out for your own use.The first thing I did was to draw around the bodice lightly with pencil. I stamped the small flower border at the top and embossed it.. then stamped the 3 larger flower motifs and embossed those too. Then I stamped 3 extra and embossed them in black - to cut out and layer later. I cut out the bodice using patterned scissors at the top, then I coloured the it using distress ink - Aged mahogony, masking the top area to give it more of a realistic look. I glued the black flowers over the 3 red ones down the middle, the dots are made with a versamark pen and embossing powder. Once I was happy with the bodice I stamped the lace corner twice...embossing one with black powder and one with the red. I cut part of the red and paper pieced it on top of the black and glued it to the bottom of the bodice. I used two layers of black fringing attaching to the back with DST... then finished the bodice off with black and red gems.

I cut out a panel of black card layering with some commercial handmade paper cut to size by moistening the edges and pulling apart to leave the frayed edge look. I stamped the Lace border onto some cream paper and embossed with black embossing powder, cut it out and stuck down the side of the panel. The stitching is a gel pen. I lightly inked the card with Antique linen distress ink, added the panel, then the bodice and finished off with the 30 Today banner with a stamped and embossed bow from the 'Live each moment' Lace stamp sheet.

Here's the second sample card idea I made with this sheet of stamps..

I used the small flower motif boarder to create the word 'Mum'... stamped with versamark and embossed with white powder. I then coloured the panel with blue distress ink. I stamped and embossed the lace border and the bow the same way. A Martha steward punch was used for the top and bottom borders lightly inked in blue with added pearls. I added little tiny blue star gems to each flower in the Mum...I think this card looks obvious on how I put it together .

And here is the third card

This card has lovely Roses backing paper printed from the Jane Shasky CD rom..
I stamped the border 4 times onto cream paper and embossed with brown embossing powder and also the lace corner 4 times embossing this with white powder. I inked over the white embossed corners with brown - wiping after to take the ink of the embossing..leaving it white on brown. I carefully matched the 4 borders up to create a frame and then trimmed each of the lace corners to fit within the frame. I cut a larger circle to also fit the frame. I stamped the verse onto cream card, trimming to fit within the circle to look like part of it, finishing off by adding some pink ribbon, some gorgeous Anna Griffin Roses stickers and gems around the frame.

I hope that these cards will inspire you in some way.
Many Thanks for visiting my blog today, I will be back tomorrow with some more of the sample cards I made for the Lace and Knitting Stamps.

LIM 21 - Card 2

I thought I'd do another card for this week's challenge over at the Less is More Challenge blog -this time I decided to use my own background paper that I made for a Freebie available in my previous post . I die cut the hearts from some lovely hunkydory card and then put them in an embossing folder with a rose on it ( I can't remember the name of it sorry).. embossing the roses on the middle heart and just leaves on the smaller ones. I sanded the hearts lightly revealing the white core of the card.. The sentiment is foiled. oh... here is the card....

Thanks for visiting
See you soon...

Hug x

26th June ~FREEBIE~

Today I have made a background paper for you to print and use how ever you like. I love Roses and they are everywhere you look at the moment.. Here is the backing paper.. it measures A5 (8 x 6") approx print size.

Although the background is pink... it can easily be changed in any graphics program. Plus, if you want it to be a little less bold, try printing it out using the 'draft' setting on your printer options.
I have printed this out using normal and draft for the two cards I have made. I am not totally happy with the cards as they just wouldn't go right for me, I have an enormous headache and I think it's messing with my cardmaking mojo Lol.. anyway, I will share them anyway, so here are the two card examples using the Freebie background. The first one with the dragonfly is with the normal print.. and the second one with the mice is one I printed out on draft.. it is much paler. The dragonfly is a rubber stamp from the Sparkle and Romance collection that I designed for Joanna Sheen.

I hope you find this useful and inspiring in some way and I really would love to see any projects you make using the Rose Background..

Are you enjoying the weekend?.. the weather has turned very hot here - I think I might be melting!!!
Thanks for visiting...

~FREEBIE~ 18th June

I have a FREEBIE digi image for you this weekend... I was totally inspired by a lovely picture on cover of a very old magazine, I had to draw one to use on cards. Here she is... Click the image for a larger picture to save...

I have coloured her with my promarker pens, cut her out, then put her on this 6" square card with foam pads to lift her a bit. The 'Sun' was created using Tim Holtz Mustard Seed distress ink directly onto the card and I printed and cut out the sentiment that I got free from the Create with TLC blog.. and here is my card..

I have decided to enter this into the Less is More challenge for this week.. as I have used a Monogram.. Lol!.. I will probably do another card for this challenge aswell and I already have another one in mind... See you soon... enjoy the FREEBIE and I would love to see what you create with her..
Have a lovely weekend....
Hugs

28th May ~FREEBIE~

Hello Bloggers...

I've had trouble getting signed into blogger today.. I am hoping that this post will make it through..

For todays FREEBIE I had to draw my version of a lovely vintage photo of Fred and Ginger dancing... here it is..

I hope that you will have lots of fun with this image as it is just crying out to be full of colour and bling.. just like this card I made ...

I paper pieced her dress with some pretty paper. They are both coloured with promarker pens and have added a pearl pen for her jewellery. The spot light beam is irridescent vellum which really does catch the light in a lovely way... as you can see here....
.... the sentiment is from the Create with TLC blog

I hope you like my freebie for you today - I would love to see your comments and of course it would be fantastic to see what you can do with it too..

See you soon
Hugs

~FREEBIE~ Sunday 1st May

Hello Bloggers,
Who hasn't been inspired by the wonderful coverage of the Royal Wedding on TV on Friday. I loved it.. .total eye candy. It inspired me to draw this week's Freebie image... here it is.. click on it to save a larger image

I hope you like it and I would love to see your cards ...
Here's a card I have made.....
I am putting it forward for the Less is More Challenge this week which is to use Thankyou or Congratulaions on a card... I hope it qualifies as it's a bit more than less Lol!.. anyway, I had great fun drawing it and then using it. I printed it twice.. I inked one with Tim Holtz Antique Linen to create a lovely soft background and then I coloured and decorated the second bride, cut her out and stuck her over the background one. Adding white gell pen and glitter to her dress gives it the look of lace.

Thanks for visiting...
See you soon
Hugs

~FREEBIE~ Sunday 17th April

Thank you to all you bloggers that have popped along to Stitchy Bear Stamps to download the Champagne Bucket freebie since Friday whether you went there from here or from the link over at the Free Digi stamps blog.. I think it's wonderful that so many of you wanted the image - feel free to let me see your projects with it.

I had fun drawing today's FREEBIE... it's a Gramophone for you... here it is....

..and here is an A5 card I made using it....

The background paper is from Kay and Co.. the Oval has been embossed with a music script folder. I used promarkers to colour the Gramophone adding highlights with a clear stardust pen. I wish I had some flying birds as I think that would have looked very pretty...maybe I should draw some Lol....but the butterflies look pretty too..

Thank You for visiting my blog today... I hope you are having a lovely weekend where ever you are.
.. See you soon...
Hug

Weekly Challenge - Week 10 - One layer card

Over at the Less is More blog for us "LIMettes" Lol... the challenge set for us this week is to create a One layer card with the Sentiment being the main focus on the card..
Here is my card for this week...

This sentiment is free over at the TLC blog..I got it here. I printed it straight onto my 6" x 6" card. I stamped the fish from the Joanna Sheen Tales of the Ocean rubber stamps once and then masked it and stamped a second one straight onto the card. I drew the line and then used a circle cut out of a larger piece of paper as a template to add some inking with distress inks. I used a water brush to paint water dots to blot off, I thought this looks quite nice and adds to the watery fishy feel of the card.

Thank you for all the lovely get well wishes in the comments.. I am nearly better but not quite as now I have caught a rotten cough and cold... still, that can't last for long... so hopefully I will feel much much better soon..
Thanks for visiting... see you soon..

Hugs

Weekly Challenge -Week 9 - Touch of Red

Over at the Less is More challenge blog this week its week 9 already! I am amazed at how quickly the time is going this year. The challenge for this week is to use 'a Touch of Red' on a clean and simple card. I have struggled with this so far this week probably due to not feeling too good after having 3 of my front lower teeth out last Thursday due to a massive infection that has been there for ages... I haven't been able to concentrate on much at all.
... Anyway, today I do feel much better and decided to use one of my own free images 'If the Shoe fits' for this card.
Here it is
I used promarker pens to colour these with a glitter gel pen to add sparkle. I created the red gem using a red pearl pen sprinkled with glitter and then used a pearl pen to add the pearly accents around it. Here's a close up...
Scoring the lines under the shoes allows them to sit there instead of float on the card. I decided to use the lovely floral vine Martha Stewart punch to add decoration with some pretty silver crackle effect card beneath it. I finished it with a foiled greeting.

I hope every one here in the UK is enjoying the beautiful spring sunshine.. It really is welcome after the long dreary winter isn't it.

Thanks for visiting... see you soon..
Hugs

Sunday ~FREEBIE~ 13th March

Hello bloggers,

It's an exciting day for me today because Joanna Sheen will be live on Create and Craft TV at 2 pm launching some new stamp sets... I designed 'Tales of the Ocean' with rubber stamping specificaly in mind. If you miss the show and would love to see what they look like, you can look in my previous blog post where there is a video showing the stamps with card samples. I will be showing all the samples I made and sent to Joanna for the TV show and the video - here on my blog over the next few days.. with more photos and details.

Back to today's freebie... I thought I'd share an image that carry's on with the theme of the Ocean... A turtle.
Here it is....

I hope you like it.. Enjoy!...
Thanks for visiting... see you later today..
.... later.....
Here's a card I made today with my turtle freebie...

See you soon

~FREEBIE~ Sunday 6th February

Here's a card with this weeks freebie image.. I used some of the Papermania Hanoverian papers - they are so gorgeous and so girly. I coloured her in with promarker pens adding little bits of white gel pen for highlights and a stardust clear glitter pen.. oh and I added some clear glaze pen to her red boots..



I was inspired by a very old vintage photograph of a little girl for this week's freebie. I hope you like her. I haven't made a card yet but hope I will get the time tomorrow. I would love to see what you create with her. here she is - click on her to open up a large jpeg 300 dpi image.

Thanks for visiting today..
Hug

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~FREEBIE~ Sunday 30th January 2011

I haven't created much this week but did play around with a copyright free dover image - creating a heart shape from a round one. I quite like it so thought I share it with you for this week's freebie.

Here it is:
I coloured a few laser print outs using Tim holtz inking all over and then blotting out the flowers so they are much lighter.. but I think I have the wrong paper... it needs to be more glossy. so I gave up with those Lol.. While looking through an oriental card pack I got years ago from C & C tv, I came across some stickers of lovely blue birds, so decided to colour my birds blue too.. Here's the card I ended up with. The backing paper and ribbons and borders are all from the same kit. the flowers are punched and layered using the Martha stewart Hydrangea punch coloured with promarkers.

I hope you have fun with this.

Thank you for all your kind comments last week. It went well in the hospital but I was left feeling quite sore for a few days, I am so glad these checks are years apart!!

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs

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~FREEBIE~ First one for 2011

Hello again.... I saw the idea for both the dress and the shoe in a vintage jewellery magazine Lol! I like it because it can be so many colours.. I'd love to see how you use it on your projects... and the shoe too.
Here are my first freebies to start 2011 ....




... and here is a card I have made with them...
.. As you can see I cut out the dress part and layered it over some foiled paper.. then inked the edges with some Tim holtz distress inks. I cut slits each side of the belt and added ribbon with a small rhinestone ribbon slider where the belt buckle goes.
I hope you enjoy this image as much as I have..
Thanks for visiting..
Hug x

One more card...

I actually found a little time to make a card using the freebie below.. here it is:

I know that the obvious colour choice for her coat is red, but I couldn't get it to look right with red promarkers... so pale blue it is Lol! I used papers from the Papermania Silent night collection and a sprig of holly from the never ending Anna Griffin kit that I get out every year and always have lots left Lol!
Thanks for looking
Hugs

Last Christmas ~FREEBIE~ for this year

I thought I'd offer you one last Christmas freebie for those last minute cards or projects. She is a quick sketch from an old victorian postcard... adapted by me. I hope you like her. I would love to see what you do with her so please leave a comment to let me see your creations.
I have also added a simple Merry Christmas banner for you to use if you want.
Here she is.
... and here is the simple banner to use on your projects...
I hope to make a card myself to day to show on here.. until then... Happy Christmas..!

~FREEBIE~ Sunday 28th November

Hi everyone,
I can't believe just how quickly the weeks are going at the moment...not long 'till Christmas now!!

Today's freebie for you is a familiar lady.. I have changed her clothes to give her a festive look.
Here she is

I have also dressed the other lady in a santa outfit .. you can find her here plus I have drawn
an extra lady to go with these here... both are in the Stitchy Bear digital stamp store.
Here's a card showing all three ladies together

I have coloured them with promarker pens. I added polar white flower soft on the fir trims and I am pleased with how dimentional it looks.
I would love to see how you use these glamorous ladies on your projects leave me a comment with a link to let me see.
Thank You for visiting.. see you soon.
Hug

Another card using freebie..

I am delighted that so many of you enjoyed the freebie this week. Here's another card I have used it on.

If you like these cute polar bears you can find them here. I printed one on copy paper and one onto card. I cut the paper one around the bears to make a mask. I held the mask over the bears while I inked the sky background using Tim Holtz distress inks and then I drizzled and splashed little amounts of water onto the sky then using a piece of kitchen towel, dabbed the water off - leaving areas of ink lifted creating a snowy look.. I am hooked on doing this to my cards at the moment Lol.. I just love the effect. I added small amounts of polar white flower soft to the snow.

Thanks for visiting... Stay warm where ever you are.
Hugs

~FREEBIE~ Sunday 21st November

I decided to give away some text today. I saw other lovely examples on the web and thought, I have so many lovely fonts, why not do my own. Here it is for you to use on your Christmas cards if you want to.

This will print out 4" x 1" and is 300dpi. I have done red text so that you can easily change the colour if you choose... of course if you want it in black you can print in greyscale.
Here's a card I made with it along with one of my digi stamps - Trees

As you can see I have used polar white flower soft for the snow effect. I made a mask by tearing a window out of copy paper and used a slightly inked brayer to give a bit of colour for the sky.

Thankyou for visiting.. see you next time!
Hugs