Pickwick Papercrafting

Well it's been about a month since I last posted, I really must try harder because it's not as if I haven't been making any cards! As many of you are aware over on the DoCrafts website, Caroljenks organises a monthly friendship swap whereby we are allocated a partner and have to make each other a card. Well this month my partner was Kath R. I decided to use my new rubber stamp that I bought at the Sincerely Yours Papercrafting Show at Wellington, Somerset at the end of May - my first Sugar Nellie stamp. I stamped the image on Bristol Board using my new Memento stamp pad (also purchased at the show) and coloured it in using my Copic Pens. I assembled the card using the Papermania Raspberry Champagne paper pack and some matching Bazzill Bling type card and then finished it off with some Prima flowers. I decorated the inside of the card as well but the photo was all blurred.

This is the card that I sent to ginge for the DoCrafts Friendship swap for March. I have heard today that she has received it so I can let everyone else see. I used Kate Knight designer paper from Dovecraft for the first time and absolutely love the combination of the black, white and pink. The extra challenge was to use 3D flowers - mine are Prima hydrangea flowers with pink adhesive stones in the middle of each. The stamped image is the Penny Black "Arrangement" stamp, which was the very first PB stamp that I bought, many moons ago.

This is the card I made for Sharpey, my February Friendship partner on the DoCrafts site, where I am known as Carrieanne. I used my new Penny Black rubber stamps and tried my hand with Copic pens for the first time.