12th March 2015

A Sherri Baldy card, my big eye besties,  so cute  !!

I hav,nt done a Sherry Baldy card for what seems ages, this was one that I coloured in whilst I was away on holiday last year, and put it in my  ' done stash '  and promptly forgot about it.   So there I was looking through all my ready coloured bits and bobs, oooohh forgot about this  !  and was inspired to make a card. This is the end result so hope that you like it.

 

 I decided to do the card in pretty colours of pinks, lilac and blues.

The large flower is hand made using white mulberry paper, tinted and sprayed, scrunched up, dried and a different colour popped in the middle.  the other flowers are rolled roses, all having a touch of white paste.  Put in a hand decorated stick pin to compliment....just love doing those at the moment.

 

 

 

I used again my favourite colouring pens, Copics  ! and a touch of white gel pen here and there.

 

 

 

 

Here is a closer peep at the flower, I think it.s very pretty.

 

 

 

A sideways peep . Thank you so much for stopping by, have a lovely day  xxx

 

8th March 2015

A Lovely Lilac Pocket and Tag Card.

Hello and welcome to all the lovely crafting friends that have so kindly visited my blog. Today I have a really pretty pocket style card to show you in beautiful shades of lilac.

The ribbon is in silk and a stunning shade of lilac.  I added a little white slim lace and threaded it through a white pearl slider, well I think that's what they call them !

 

 

Here's a view of the pocket card and the tag that goes inside. I used Maja Design paper for the card that has pretty pansies all over it. The lilac border edge is a Doohickey die, Lovely Lace,  that has a touch of Gesso on the edges. I did the inside tag to match using the same Maja Design card and a So Wrapped Lovely to pull the tag out of the pocket card.

 

 

I didn't have the right colour for the roses, so I used white ones and painted them with two or three different shades of Copic pens, just touched here and there, then dripped a little clear Copic refill on them to make the colour run into each other, I think it looks quite effective. The large flower is hand made from Mulberry paper, the rose leaves are a Doohickey die, they were edged in a darker green, embossed and scrunched up a tad to give a little definition.

 

Hope that you like my card with a difference, to everyone, have a super Sunday, until next time take care and enjoy the day, best wishes to all xx

 

 

1st March 2015

A Celebration card for friends .

I  really enjoyed making this card for two very special friends especially when I had chance to use the two cute teddies in the boat.  The lovely couple that I know own a narrow boat and I guess this was the nearest I could get to sailing on the water  !  Just love LOTV stamps, any excuse to use them.

So here's what I did...... The pretty white arch at the top was done by layering Spellbinder borders under each other, snucked up tight, no spaces, held in place with tape and die cut. I used 250 gsm card so that it would be nice and sturdy.  The filigree bow is by Sue Wilson dies, use it loads as it so very pretty, and popped a little rose in the middle.

 

 

 

Again I have used my favourite colouring pens...Copics. !  I know that there are stars in the sky, but didn't want to make the picture too dark, so made it early evening, stars still out !  but I guess you could call it artistic licence.

 

I have put some white pearl Stickles around the teddy bear frame

 

 

 

Here's a closer peep at the hand made flower that I made using Mulberry paper, sprayed with a touch of pink, scrunched up then dried and teased out. A little glitter as well.

 

 

Here is a peep of the card from the side view. I have used my own stash of card plus LOTV paper

 

 

This is the inside of the card, decorated to match the front.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, hope that you have a wonderful day, my best wished to all , until next time,  hugs xxx

 

28th February, 2015 A Pretty Heart Tag.

 

 

Good Afternoon to everyone, hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  February is almost over and Spring is most definitely in the air.  My tortoise has woken up  !  He was making scratting sounds with his little legs and making his presence known.  He is now in my kitchen, laid on a blanket to gradually thaw out a lot more. As soon as he has a drink of water, which will not be for a good few days, then we will know that he's fine. He will be allowed to have the run of the kitchen until the weather is really nice then he will be moved to his little house in the garden. What a spoilt tortoise  !

 

Here at last is my pretty tag style card, a heart one, done in pinks and brown.

 

The die that I used was from the Cheery Lyn dies. The cardstock was a tad too thin so I die cut the white base out twice and layered.

 

The second heart, done in light brown is also from the same die set by Cheery Lynn.

 

 

 

 

I added some white seam binding ribbon to the top of the heart, tied in with some white lace style knitting wool  ! not wool like at all, more material in feel, made by Sirdar , called Fire Fox.  It is from a cardigan I was making many years ago, never completed, still in the drawer, and about five balls of ' wool ' never used, so I have out it to good use in my card making. I think it is quite pretty and a tad different. A large white pearl popped in the middle.

 

 

The butterfly has been die cut twice, layered,  embossed and glittered and a few white flat backed pearls down the centre.

 

19th February, 2015 A Wild Rose Studio Card

Hello and good morning, here I am up all bright and early and feeling very well.  I returned from hospital yesterday having an operation and it is so good to be back home. What a gem we have in our National Health Hospitals. I was looked after so good that I have nothing else but praise for all the staff.

Anyway, enough of all that, here is my latest card that I would like to show you, which of course was finished before my op.  It is a new stamp that I recently bought by Wild Rose Studios, and have been itching to use it.  So here is what I did.....

The paper bow is a Magnolia Doohicky die, Bridal Bow, with a little paper rose popped into the middle and the doily behind it, done in white is a half doily from the Tattered lace collection of dies. I like to use this one quite a lot as it is so very delicate.

The flower was made from white coffee filter papers, a Magnolia Doohickey Doily flower die, sprayed with a touch of very pale pink, scrunched up, dried with my heat gun, teased out and the layers put together, again a little rose popped into the centre.

The butterfly is a metal one, bought from goodness knows where, which  I added embossing powder to and a large flat backed white pearl in the middle. The lace is from my stash, which would have been bought from my local market. We have an amazing haberdashery stall in Doncaster open market, you name it...we can get it....  Of course the stamp was coloured using my very favourite pens...Copics  !

This is a side view of the card  with a peek of the inside which I did in the same matching card stock, lots of space to write your message and the Tattered Lace die under the message space to add just that little bit more interest..   Hope that you like this card, thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day, xx 

10th February, 2015, A Lili of the Valley Cards, Bunnies in the Bath.

 

 

 

Hello to all the card crafting people, hope you are all having a wonderful day.

 

Well, here was me being quite smug, doing large photographs....now they keep disappearing !

I have finally learnt how to do a space between the photographs, using a jump break ! wondered what they were for, but as said before, if you are not a typist or work with computers, it's a strange thing to grasp or understand the terminology, but I'm  getting there !

 

So here is my small photo of the very lovely Bunnies in the Bath from Lili of the Valley Stamps.

I used this stamp for a New Home card, so there they are celebrating with a glass of bubbly after a hard day moving furniture with a lovely hot bath !

 

I meant to put a touch of Stickles silver glitter coming out of the champagne glasses for the bubbles, but forgot !

I just used card stock that was in my stash, and  kept the card quite clean and simple

 

 

 

Here's a photo of the side view of the card

 

The flower was made using a Spellbinder flower die from pink dyed mulberry paper, then I added a Tattered Lace Daisy die in white over the top. I little bit of ivory dried gypsophila and a few more little roses to finish with.

 

I love my white paste, so could not resist some around the edges of the card.  No matter how I have tried different ways to add the paste, I still use Peter Pointer  !  Those with grand children will know exactly what I mean  !

 

 

 

Here's the inside of the card. 

Thank you for taking the time to look at my cards, have a lovely day, take care xx

 

8th February, 2015 A Sarah Kay card

 

Good Morning,  It's Sunday again......where has the week gone ?

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek at my Sarah Kay card. Isn't she pretty ?

 

I coloured her using my favourite Copic pens and added a touch of  Frantage to the back ground.

 

 

 

The flower I made using Maja Design paper and popped a little rose in the centre, just love those lace like leaves. It's a Marianne die that I have had for ages and use it all the time, in fact I have two as I thought I had accidently  thrown it away, searched every where to no avail , purchased another only to find the original some days later  !

 

 

This is a view of the card from the standing up position with just a peep of the inside.

 

 

 

I decorated the inside to match the front, the pretty banner of hearts is a die from \La La Land. a touch of white paste and done  !!

 

Hope that you like my card, thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day

 xxxx