Swaps and Items Scanned in January made by me:

 

       
  Card made for Christmas 2003. The star stamp is by Make your Mark in York (UK) and was stamped and embossed in gold onto green cardstock. This was layered onto gold cardstock before mounting to the white cardstock card and a gold "Merry Christmas" sticker added.  
       
       
 

The holly stamp by Sarah Jayne is stamped with black memories ink on white glossy cardstock which has been smooched with green ink. The berries are coloured in with permanent marker and a gold "Merry Christmas" sticker added. The glossy cardstock is then layered onto gold cardstock and then the green card.

  
 

 

      
 

For this card I stamped "Twas the Night before Christmas" stamp by Sarah Jayne in black memories ink before colouring with felt tip pen ink mixed with pearlexpress pallette colours using a paint brush. This was cut out ready for layering. The house mouse image of a sleeping mouse in a stocking was stamped and coloured in the same way. The background card was made using my own holly stamp inked with felt pens and stamped randomly over the cardstock. A rectangle of sheer fabric was stuck over the top before glueing the stamped and coloured images. Finally the gold "Merry Christmas" sticker was added.

  
 

 

      
 

This is a new baby card I made for my sister-in-law. The word stamp is by Design's Ink'd and is stamped using pearlescent white brilliance pigment ink onto pearlescent pink card. This is layered onto pink, then pearlescent purple cardstock. The main pink cardstock was stamped with swirly feet by "Our Lady of Rubber" in the same white ink as the word stamp and in pearlescent pink brilliance pigment ink. Some dry wall tape was smeared with the same inks and stuck over the top at an angle and a white flower trim stuck to the left hand edge of the card. The word stamp layer was added to the card and a bib image cut from wrapping paper added as a final detail.

  
 

 

      
  This image by Design's Ink'd was stamped onto acetate using black memories ink. The image was then coloured using gel pens before glueing onto green card. This layer was then mounted onto pink card decorated by a butterfly image from Make your Mark stamped in pink.  
 

 

      
  The flower bouquet image (unknown maker) was stamped using purple marvy matchable dye ink onto cream cardstock and coloured using gel pens, then layered using foam pads onto white open weave handmade paper. Using a scalloped oval large punch I punched out a mask which I used to cover up the centre of the pink card. I then stamped a pansy stamp (Design's Ink'd?) using purple marvy matchable dye ink and brilliance pearescent orchid pigment ink. I removed the mask and used pink sparkles to edge the masked area. The bouquet layer was glued to the centre of the masked area.  
 

 

      
  This house and garden design by Design's Ink'd was stamped using black memories ink onto pale green cardstock. The image was decorated with a mixture of watercolour pencils and gel pens. Highlights were added with glitter glue and Sakura Glaze Pens. The garden gate part of the stamp was stamped again and coloured with gel pens and mounted using a foam pad. The 'Greetings!' stamp (unknown maker) was stamped with black memories ink and accent glitter glue added. Both images were layered onto gingham mulberry paper before mounting to green cardstock.  
 

 

      
  This was a Trading Card made as part of a swap on an online group. I stamped the background using an unmounted fern image (maker unknown) in sandal dye ink and edged the card with Brilliance pearlescent orchid pigment ink. The photo in the middle is from the family album. I stamped part of a PSX large flower stamp with pearlescent orchid ink on cream vellum and tore the vellum before arranging it across the corner. I added pink lace and plum rose petal embellishments across the bottom.