This is a sympathy card devised for the UKS challenge I have used elements from the roses dingbats to create a rose window - it makes a nice understated sympathy card or could be used for other purposes with the text removed

I was asked for a Ruby Wedding card and this is what I came up with. It has a circular apperture, some simple ribbon slots surrounded by a circle of dots. The wineglasses mat is then layered on top with 3d foam. The wording is stencil cut and a piece of coloured card placed behind the design. A separate insert was made for the inside - I was pleased with the way it turned out.

This is a shadow box card with a fancy edge that I've just finished for my niece's dreaded 40th next month. I just don't know where the years have gone and I'm sure I'm not alone in that! One minute your kids are small and the next they've got kids of their own - ah well.

I have to say I am rather pleased with this particular labour of love it went together quite easily. The base card front and back was cut in a pale mauve 220 gsm and the base of the "box" is a purple 170 gsm concept card. I've threaded a narrow mauve satin ribbon through the ribbon slots and decorated the flowers with gutermann beads. I shall be putting the template for this on the UKS site once I've tidied it up a bit

This was very quickly designed in response to a request from my granddaughter who wanted a card (must be blue) for a friend's 18th birthday. I used the daisy design from the broderie anglais card for quickness and although it is a simple concept it turned out rather well I thought. I made the little chain which attaches the tag from a length of peeloff chain doubled over and stuck to form a chain - bit of a fiddle that! I think she was pleased with it!

This was a card I designed for my daughter on law's birthday in July. I was aiming for the broderie anglais look and I have to say I was pleased with the way it turned out. All the components are quite simple but the way it has come together is pleasing. I used 220 gsm card for the base and the top layers are concept 170 gsm card which has a lovely lustrous sheen to it. I shall find out tomorrow whether she was pleased with it!

Broderie Anglais step card

I've just finished this broderie anglais step card for my daughter in law's birthday at the beginning of next month. Unfortunately the photo is not as clear as I would have liked, probably due to the colours I've used which are a very pale pink for the top mat, blue underneath that and then pale mauve on the base card. However if you zoom right in you can see the effect a bit better. The result is quite nice to look at, but when the card is closed it does not lie as flat as I would have hoped. It was quite a fiddle to get the mats anywhere near the right size to sit on the steps so I'm not altogether happy with it. Oh well maybe the stepcard is not for me!
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Easel Card

This was something of a labour of love and took me a long time to design, cut and piece together. I made it for my daughter's birthday back in May (happy to say she was suitably delighted with it!)

This was my first attempt at an easel card and I was reasonably pleased with it, although it was a bit of a faff (that's probably my fault though, the design just kept on getting more complicated)