29th January, 2015

A Saturated Canary Card

We have snow again......!  Woke up to it this morning.  I am looking after my daughters two cavalier spaniels whilst she moves house, and they had me up at 6.30 a.m , no snow then. Anyway, me being able to get up any time I want, such a luxury ! I went back to bed, all snuggled up and fell back to sleep, so it was a surprise to see all the snow at 9.0.p.m. ( yes that was the time I got up  !!  ) bliss, pure bliss. There is something to be said about being retired.

So today I have a pretty Saturated Canary card to show you, I think she is called Rose Red and was a down load digital print, which I am not a fan of  as not being very good with computers, she has been lost for some time as I could not remember how to do it.  I,m an old fashioned kind of gal and love my stamps.

I coloured her with Copics and added a dot of white gel paint to her eyes to bring them out , so to speak.
The flowers are Magnolia Doohickey doily flowers that I embossed  and tucked behind the card stock to add a bit of a border.  The flower border on the right of the card is from Marianne, Anja dies which I think is really pretty. Popped a few flat backed pearls in the middle of the flowers to add a bit more interest.

The doily is called Lovely View and has been used a lot of times, which is what I call a good investment, as I have dies in my collection that have hardly been touched, can't bear to part with them ....just in case  !

The pink flower has been hand made using white mulberry paper and adding a ivory embellishment to the centre.





                                                       Heres a peek of the card standing up.

The inside of the card made to compliment the front, I used Bella Rosa card stock, one of my favourites, the quality is really good.

Hope that you like my card, so until my next posting, take care, and if you live not too far way from me, enjoy the snow  !! xxx

26 th January, 2015.

A Magnolia Tilda card,  Hello again and thank you for visiting my blog.  I,m slowly getting there trying my best to understand how you move pictures, align your text correctly, most difficult when the computer terminology is soooo difficult when you have never ever worked with computers.  Everything in my day was done by pen and paper, I sound so ancient, but really it is not that long ago.

Anyway, here is my Magnolia Card that I so enjoyed  doing. Just love the colours of pink and browns together.  This Magnolia stamp was the very first one that I bought, and so love her as she is just really cute.

I used Maja Design paper for my card stock and actually coloured Tilda  with Distress Inks, which is pretty much a first for me, but I was quite pleased with the results so will probably use them a lot more.

The white doily is a new purchase from Spellbinders, part of a set. I have distressed the edges of the Tim Holtz butterfly border with a little brown distress ink and added a few pink flat backed pearls.

I did some pretend stitching around the card with a fine point black pen.  The large pink daisy was too big, so I trimmed down the petals a tad and popped a pretty rose in the middle.

 

 

 

 

The white filigree paper bow is from Spellbinders 

 

 

 

 

A sideways peep of the of the card

 

 

 

This is a closer look at the large daisy that I trimmed down, popped a rolled rose in the middle and a smaller rose in the middle of the rolled one, I though it looked just that bit different.  Added a little white Gesso to complete the look.

 

 

 

Here's a photo of the inside of the card, loads of room to write a message.

Hope you like my card, thank you for looking, always appreciated, take care.

 

 

16th January, 2015

Hello everyone, and welcome to my new card that I am posting today. I have tried unsuccessfully I may add to post this card a number of times to day. What happened to the time today. I was to understand that when you retired you had more time......no !!  I seem to keep bumping into different things, heading off in a new direction, doing lots and lots of  other interesting bits and bobs....and the day is almost gone !

So I am taking this opportunity before I go to bed to show you this pretty Whimsy step card.

The little girl was a freebie from a magazine quite some time ago. I don't buy a lot of crafting magazines, but every now and then you see something that you know you will use, and she has been used quite a few times.

The step card was bought in a pack from my local craft shop Which Craft in Doncaster. Paula has lots and lots of beautiful and different styles of pre-scored cards in stock, so worth a peek.

The little girl was coloured using  Copic pens and a little touch of Prisma pencils. 

The large pink daisy was from my stash, it was too large so I cut the petals down, layered another daisy on top and cut the petals just that tad shorter and popped a little rose in the middle, a dash of white Gesso on the edges to finish off the flower.

The white bow is a Spellbinders, Sue Wilson filigree bow and the turquoise jewel in the middle is hand made.

I die cut and embossed the butterfly, and whilst the embossing powder was still hot, sprinkled a little glitter on. it.  The card stock that I used is from the Tilda range.

Well I did have a photo to show you of a close up of the flower, but it is floating around in cyber space. Must get my 10 year old grand daughter  to show me what  I am doing wrong !!

Hope you like this card, thank you for stopping by and taking a peek.....off to bed now, night night  xx 

9th January, 2015 A Shabby Chic card in pink, cream and brown

Hi ! and good morning to everyone.  Did you sleep alright last night ?  Wow ! did that wind howl around my house and the rain was beating on the windows. So was awake on and off for a fair bit of the night so I had a lay in. Anyway, now up bright as a button ! 

Today my card that I would like to show you is a Shabby chic style in lovely cream brown and pink.

It was very easy to do once you had die cut all your different cards stock.

I die cut the brown frames, then the cream background, which I embossed, matted and layered.

I then die cut two fancy doilies and laid them edge to edge, overlaid a Spellbinders label in brown, added a hand made flower, rose leaves in gold, some pretty organza ribbon.

In the center of the ribbon is a pretty jewel that I took to pieces from a bracelet  bought from a department store.  I always keep a look out for these bits and bobs for my stash. Sometimes they sell off, really cheap , broken necklaces etc, .....so keep a look out, as they are never expensive.

I die cut four corners, embossed them in heavy pale pearl pink embossing powder.

The part that took the longest to make was the stick pin , which was done in beads to compliment the colours in the card.

Here's a peek at the card, showing just a little of the inside.

Here is a closer look at the ribbon with it's pretty jewel in the middle.

Hope you like this card.  thank you for stopping by, have a lovely weekend.....Bye for now ! xxx  

7th January 2015 A Sarah Kay Card "First Kiss "

 

Hi Again  , Here we are into January and the weather is so warm ! I did not realise that my central heating was not on until I had been up and around for a couple of hours, not normal for January is it. ?  However, when I went to collect my grand daughter from school it was getting pretty cold.

 

Today I have a pretty Sarah Kay card to show you " First Kiss " it really is very appropriate for Valentines Day, which is not too far away.

 

I used my favourite Copics to colour the image in, oh they are so cute !  Added a little white heavy embossing powder here and there around the images.

 

The Love Ticket is from Tim Holtz and they tag on the left of the card is a Magnolia Doohickey Dream Tag die that I die cut out onto printed card stock and added a little white paste around the edges. The butter different dies over-layered onto each other, |One is a Sheena Douglas die and the other from a set by Joy Craft.

 

 

 

 

The large flower has been made from coffee filter papers, they make superb flowers, damp a little after die cutting , scrunch , just a little, be gentle....and you will have some very pretty flowers.

 

For some reason our supermarkets do not seem to sell white coffee filter papers only brown, so they were bought from Ebay, not expensive and they will last you for ages.

 

 

 

Here's a closer peep at one of the butterflies. I added just a touch of pink on the outside of the wings and popped a tiny white rose in the middle.

 

This is the inside of the card, the card stock that I used was from the lovely Maja Design range.

I am so lucky having a craft shop near me that stocks a excellent selection. 

 

 

 

 

 

So it, s time for me to say goodbye for now, hope that you like this card, thank you for taking a peep, Take care, and will see you soon, xx

3rd January 2015

A Hanglar card,

Hello , and thank you for stopping by,  I have had a lovely day. The sun has been shining, although it is very cold.  My hubby took me to a super craft shop and gave me some money to spend for my birthday.  Well it certainly did not  take me long to spend it.  I bought some very pretty Wild Rose Studio stamps among other things .....so watch this space as I feel a card coming on quite soon using my new stamps.

Anyway, here today is a Hanglar  card.

I used a Tattered lace half doily circle on either side and pretty red, pink and cream roses.

I always find it a little difficult to get the stamps to fit into my circle and oval dies, so I decided to cut her out 

and lay her on top of the oval die.

I used Copics  to colour her with a touch of a white gel pen here and there.

The red satin  ribbon has been tied into a triple bow, this time using my bow maker, so quite pleased that I am getting the hang of it. The card that I have used is from the Tilda range and the two different little leaves are both from a Martha Stewart punches.

Here's a photo of the inside of the card, done to match the front.  The daisy lace was from my local market and I popped a little flat backed pearl in the center of each daisy.

Thank you for stopping by . I hope that you like this card, Love to all and have a wonderful day.

1st January, 2015

Have A Wonderful Day, Shabby Chic Style Card.

Hello everyone in this New year of 2015.  I hope that you all had a truly magical Christmas and that this year of 2015 brings happiness and contentment.

Today to start the New Year I have a card to show you, Have a Wonderful Day, done in my Shabby Chic style which I always love to do.  The card stock that I have used is from Maja Design, always beautiful quality card.  I have distressed the edges just a tad and added some flat backed pearls to the corners.

The ribbon is organza that I tied into a three bows.....by accident. !  I was watching You Tube on how to tie bows using your fingers....looked easy peasy whilst watching it...not so good for me, don't have enough fingers. But somehow this bow came out, so all was not lost.  Have now invested in a bow maker to make life easier. !  If you don't have one yet, I can recommend them. Mine is a straight forward wooden block style one with movable dowels and does the job perfectly..

Here's a closer look at the bow with a Doohickey die layered daisy next to it.  The jewel in the center of the daisy is hand made.  The die cut frame in the center is Memory Box, Tiffany Frame. the die used for Have a Wonderful Day is part of the set from Spellbinders Nestabilities, Timeless Rectangles.

The other flowers are from my stash, added a little white paste to give the Shabby chic look

Here's a peek at the inside of the card.

The die that I used  is Spellbinders, Fleurs - de - Lis-  squares  and again I have distressed the edges. The white that I have uses is from Memory Box, Loom Circle to which I snipped off the pointy edges to give it a different look. 

Hope that you like my card, have a wonderful day, thank you for taking a peek at my blog. I hope that my work inspires you, take care, my best wished to all  xx