28th August 2015

A Laser Cut Card, The lovely spares from my daughters wedding.

Some years ago, when my daughter got married, like all us crafters I made all her stationary for the big day.  I bought quite a few different samples, which were put away in safe place ( like we all do !)
And from that day they were lost !  So having a clear out of a very top cupboard ( have to stand on steps to get into it ) I found a pretty box and these were inside.  Immediately my crafting head went into gear, and this is what I have come up with.

The laser cut part was already there , so just needed to do the insert.  I chose very pale turquoise backing paper, Lemoncraft, and die cut the corner flowers from the scrapbook sheet with a pretty heart die

I used a Doohickey die for the little flowers, edged a tad with a gold pen, popped a pearl in the middle....lovely !  Not too much to over power the beautiful laser cut sides.

 

 

Here's a closer look a the die cut heart with the flowers.  The white leaves have been die cut with my all time favourite die from Marianne.

 

 

 

This is the card part closed, so pretty, so pleased I found them ! 

 

22nd August 2015

A White on White card, always elegant  !

Another white on white card, always love to do one of these. there is just something about them that I think is so classic.  I used a beautiful Cheery Lynn die for the hearts, there are at least 4 hearts in the set, various sizes, so always useful.  I embossed the back ground cardstock , did a dotty one. I then layered the hearts.  I wasn't sure if I should do roses, but decided for a change to do daisies.  Again, die cut and layered. I painted all the petals with opal dust , you can just see a touch of sparkle.
I could not resist popping a little white rose in the middle.

 

Here is a closer look at the pretty sparkly daisies.

 

 

I added some white organza ribbon.

  

 

 

 

Hope you like my white on White card. Thank you for stopping by, take care xx

17th August, 2015

I,ve been making butterfies  !

Every now and then my imagination starts to run a bit crazy, and I want to have a go at doing something a little bit different, so when I was rummaging through my material box I found lots of lace material and net.  I thought perhaps my butterfly dies may go through the materials and they did !  I chose different types of mymaterials, layered them , glued down the middle. Next was what to put down the middle.  Love making stick pins, have loads of beads so stick pins it was.  Pretty pleased how they came out.  Put them on eBay.....sold !

 

So if I can die cut butterflies, then my flower dies should do the same !   

Die cut lilac net, die cut mulberry paper flowers, sprayed and scrunched, dried, put the whole lot together. Must have a touch of glitter !  Job done !

 

13th August 2015

A Magnolia Tilda Cascading Card.

Hi everyone !  Today I am showing you a card that I have made using the larger of the two templates. It is a great way of saving time using a template, as also I am non too good at measuring and getting everything perfectly lined up.  Oh how this takes out all the hard work !  just love it !  thank you Paula at Which Craft, Doncaster.

I used white spotty organza ribbon with a pretty pearl embellishment, and down each side I die cut a Doohickey border, think it's called Lovely Lace. Had it a long time but you are still able to get it.

The pretty little flowers are a set of three dies from La-La-Land. I die cut them out using white card, coloured them gently with pink Copic pens and added a few little black dots along the petals.

Tilda has been coloured using Copic pens and Prisma pencils.

                                                    Here's a side ways view of the card

 

A closer peep at the La La Land die cut flowers

 

 

The little tag, just peeping out is a stamp from Lili of the Valley 

 

6th August 2015

A Baby Boy Card

Oh I am so into babies at the moment, my youngest granddaughter, only 4 months old is just beginning to take real notice of what's going on.....oodles of smiles, melts your heart  !
So here is a baby boy card, which I just loved making. Adored the fresh blue colours.
I used blue cardstock from my stash. The little flowers are a Doohickey die, distressed the edges a tad and popped a white pearl in the middle of each one.  The stamped image is from the wonderful Lili of the Valley range ( sooo lucky live not too far away from their amazing shop ! )   The bow is a Sue Wilson filigree die.  The larger flowers are also Doohickey dies, their peony flower, which I did the same as the smaller ones.

 

The intricate doily die was a freebie from Tattered Lace Magazine. I use this die quite a lot, so real good freebie !

I added white rose lace across the bottom, each rose has a white pearl bead in the middle.

 

 A side ways view of the card and also the inside.

 

 

4th August, 2015

A flower cascading card

Oh my !! August here already, just one more month and heading into Autumn.  We have a saying here in South Yorkshire, home of the very famous Leger race, " the last horse of the race comes home with snow on it's tail !  "  Often very true, not snow, but a certain change in the weather.

So here is my lilac cascading card, oh I so enjoyed making this card, as lilac and purple are one of my favourite colours, adore African Violet .  I made the card and used Maja design papers, always excellent quality.  I stamped out the flowers from a Heartfelt Creations stamp, some big, some smaller, misted them and a tad of distress ink and cut them out, squashed them up a bit, layered them and added lots of little purple beads in their middles.

 

 I die cut lots and lots of white leaves , Marianne die, added dried ivory gypsophila among the leaves.

 

 

Had just bought some more white pearls strips so came in very useful to put down all the sides. 

                                             Here's a closer peep at the centre of the flowers.