Dress form christmas card

I had fun combining this image from the Oxford Impressions Dress Forms and Corsetry plate with the Christmas tree from the Sleigh Bells plate. I drew the lights on the form and coloured the whole thing with Copic markers and air brush.

Corset cards

I did this series of cards using images from Oxford Impressions' new plate, Dress Forms and Corsetry. These are kind of unusual for me as I am not a pink person generally but liked the colour for these images. The background were all done doing a kind of master sheet, randomly stamped with various images from the plate, using distress inks.

More sea cards

Continuing with The Deep plate from Oxford Impressions, I used actual reef photos and stamped images to create this undersea world.





I used amber crystals for the eyes on the octopus.





The seahorse also has a crystal eye. The sea creature images were stamped on glossy cardstock and coloured with waterbased and pigment markers.





I really enjoyed using my photos with the images. Regardless of how exotic the stamped images are, the reef is even more spectacular. I did have to soften the pictures so that the stamped images were not lost.

Deep Sea Voyage

Suzanne at Oxford Impressions has been doing plates that are steampunk in feel. These cards are done using images from The Deep plate, based on Jules Verne type sea images. The gentleman is from the Steampunk Elements plate. My version of a diving bell was done using my Klik N Kut to cut out the basic shape from cardstock. I covered it with metal tape and added dimension using Ten Seconds Studios metal tools and acrylic paint. The background was done with Ranger Colour Washes. The fish were stamped on cardstock, coloured with Copic markers and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I used prismacolour pencils for the sea weeds and corals.



Taking a cue from the ladies that use Stampscape stamped images in conjunction with photos, the diver was stamped onto a photo from a recent snorkelling trip. The porthole was cut and embossed with my Wizard and circular dies. I used the copic airbrush to create the wood look. Pencil crayon defines the individual boards.

80th birthday card

A few months ago, Ileana Russell, I Scrap Designs ,shared this great cutter file. I just knew it would be perfect for my dad's 80th birthday. It was a little hard to photograph, because I used mirror card to get the chrome look. It tends to either reflect the light everywhere or show the photographer in the pic. Oh well, I think you get the idea anyways.


This was cut with my KNK cutter, using black cardstock, mirror card and a cream cardstock that I antiqued with distress inks. I used my Scor-it to do the embossing on the mirror card. It was a big hit at my dad's party.

3rd birthday card

It's hard to believe that my granddaughter is now three. She still loves Elmo but has also developed an interest in the princesses and fairies. So this year's card is more girly than the previous ones. She is cut out of cardstock using my KNK cutter and an EPS image from Brands of the World. I shaded with chalks to give dimension and added glitter to the wings. The word phrases are cut from vinyl.

Alice humour

These cards use images from the Illustrated Alice plate at Oxford Impressions. They are coloured and airbrushed with Copic markers. The word phrases are computer generated. I hope these bring a smile to your day.