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 

22nd December 2014

My Sweet Lili,  A Sarah Kay Card.

Hello everyone, so lovely for you to stop by.  Like all mums we are always so very busy st this time of the year, so hopefully you have just about done all  your shopping and down to the last minute things that need to be done.

I must be a glutton for punishment, as hubby has decided to get a new computer, and change over the rooms so the bedroom that I work in for my crafting, is now being changed into a full crafting room  !!  We spent yesterday moving furniture from one room to another, so I have boxes of crafty stuff all over the place. At least I have the Christmas holidays to sort things out.  I found a few things that had gone missing, so that was a nice surprise.

Today the card I have for you to have a peek at  is from the lovely Sarah Kay collection, My Sweet Lili. I had seen quite a few cards with this pretty little girl, but was unable to track a stamp anywhere, until one day I saw one listed in the U.S.A, not too expensive either and postage was pretty good....so had to have it, and have not been disappointed as she is adorable and I know that I will get years of happy card making from using her.

I used my Copic Pens to colour her , put just a little pearl pink embossing powder around her.  The flowers are from the Doohickey Dies with a Tattered lace daisy on the largest flower and a little Doohickey die flower on the top, which I embossed with the pale pink embossing powder.

The butterflies were an experiment , As I die cut the butterfly, I overlaid fairly thick white  lace on top and die cut together, just to see if it would work ok  I think the result is very pretty and a little different.

Here' s  a closer look at one of the lace butterflies

I used the Doohickey doily flowers as a bit of a border, just part tucking them in and overlapping the edge of the card., finishing off with a smaller flower in the center.

Here s a side view of the card, so you can take a peek at the inside, which was done to complement the front with lots of room to write your message.

The card that I used was from the Tilda collection , the lace was from  my stash.

I hope that you like this card, thank you for stopping by. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New year, so bye for now  xx

18th December 2014

A pretty cream and chocolate brown filigree card


Weather so dark and dingy here in the U.K. so don't feel up to going too far from home, so it gives me a chance to get some more crafting done  !!  Tea is all ready for just switching on, veg done and sitting in the saucepans waiting for some heat, so though that I would show you all my latest card.

Every now and then you feel as though you have created something that really appeals to you, it could be the style or the  colour, but you just know that  " I love this card  " !!    Feel like I want to send it to me ......


I used cream and silver grey card.  I embossed the cream card and then did two rows of the new die from Spellbinders Shapeabilities that I received only the other day.  It's called Mary Border Strip S4 -441.

I die cut the plain border underneath in the silver grey and overlaid the cream die cut on top

I added some very lovely chocolate brown satin ribbon across the middle of the card, and a matching bow.

The large flower is from my stash, and added to it are some tiny roses in a very almost non-pink,  mixed with slightly larger cream roses.

A touch of gypsophila among the die cut leaves  to add to the finishing touches  

Must not forget the hand embellished stick pin among the flowers, done in pinks , cream and brown to match the jewel that sits in the center of the satin bow.

I did exactly the same to the inside of the card with the Spellbinder die, and the satin ribbon, but layered in silver grey and cream  Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles to write your message.

Just getting used to uploading photographs  a little better. As we all know if you are not used to computer technology , and some one tells you to do this or that......Dhhh !  Sorry have not got a clue what they are talking about.....or is it just me  ?  Hope not ! 

Anyway managed to do it all by myself so feeling quite smug, one photograph disappeared into thin air, can't find it anywhere, but don't tell anyone  ! 

Until my next card,  thank you for taking a peek ,take care, see you soon xxx

15 th Decmber 2014 , A Pretty Wedding card

Hi everyone,

I thought that I would show you a pretty step card that I made recently  using one of the new LOTV stamps, which I purchased a few weeks ago and have been itching to use it.  I just love all of their stamps and would buy all of them if I could. As mentioned before, I live not too far away from their shop, as it's my birthday coming up in the New Year  it could be a great excuse to go there and get hubby to make a few birthday purchases   !!

I used a very pretty lattice bow die from the Sue Wilson Spellbinders range, and doubled it.

The pretty heart edges of the step card are Magnolia Doohickey, I think it's called Romantic lace, not too sure on that one as I have had it such a long time and the packaging has long gone.

Here's a peek at the sideways view of the step card, sorry about the lighting but these winter rainy days have been quite dark just of late.

Here' s a  closer if not a bit darker , of the pretty lattice bow.

I added a rolled rose and popped a bead in the center, a few more flowers and some white die cut leaves
                                                                     

I hope that you like this pretty car, thank you so much for taking a peek, take care and enjoy  the day keep warm and dry  !!  bye for now.                                                                      

12th December 2014

A  filigree card with a decorated stick pin.

Hi everyone,

It's countdown to Christmas  !!  All the children in our family are getting very excited , letters have gone off to Santa, including  mine !!   There are lots and lots of things on my list, nothing too expensive , lots of little crafting bits and bobs.  Perhaps in the New Year a new computer would be quite handy so that I would be able to have use of the correct soft wear as my computer is getting quite old.  Hubby says. there's nothing wrong, it works  !  So......if wording not aligned up quite right, oh how I have tried !!  it's the soft wear which I am going to blame.

Anyway, here is a photo of one of my latest cards, just loving the filigree dies from Spellbinders, Sue Wilson range.  Really easy to do, cream card stock, layering the dies with one layer a different colour and you are ready to go with your pretties !!

I used grey satin ribbon with a diamonte in the middle, rolled roses that I added a touch of peach colour  and die cut embossed rose leaves.  There is a touch of dried ivory gypsophilia among the roses and a hand decorated stick pin.

I really enjoyed making this card, so here is a peep at the inside of the card using the same die from Spellbinders 

I added a little silver crown to the card that I made from air dried clay, glittered it with silver and a few jewels

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Thank you so much for stopping by, have a lovely weekend, bye for now.