Cotswold Crafters Stamping Card

The Cotswold Crafters got together for another card making day. For the first time all six members were together and this was our second challenge of the day, stamping a card demonstrated by Chris with the original idea coming from Dawn's blog.

How differently these have all turned out..... lovely.

At the bottom is an extra card Fiona sneaked in when we weren't looking!

Cotswold Crafters Name Cards

What a lovely day we had today with a full compliment of the 'Cotswold Crafters' present.

This was our first challenge.... an oval card with a chosen name.

It is so lovely to see how each person took on the same challenge and put their own slant on it.  Don't they look so colourful and so different?

Thank you ladies....

Ann's Birthday Card 2013

Sorry to everyone who checks out my blog from time to time. Life has been busy and creativity has taken a back seat of late, whilst work and studying have taken my time.

However, I did manage to find time to make this card for Ann. She is my much loved and appreciated teacher.

To make the card I cut out the shape using  my oval nestabilities as well as the layered papers.

For the name, I went onto the computer, found a suitable font, adjusted the size, and printed out an 'A' and an 'N', cut them out and used them as templates to cut out the gingham paper.  To hide any imperfections in my cutting out, I used a damp watercolour pencil to colour the edges giving highlight to the name.

The decorations I made using die cutters with the exception of the butterfly which I saved from a Mothering Sunday card I received last year.