27th May, 2015, Positively Pampered !

Good Morning to all on this very lovely day. Today I would like to show you a Lili of the Valley card that I have just finished , Positively Pampered. Which is just how I feel at the moment so is very appropriate.

All my family and friends have looked after me so well after my operation, chocolates, flowers and lots of hugs and cuddles. What more can you ask for ?  Wonderful  !

So here is the card, done in pretty shades of lilac, turquoise and a touch of pink

 

I have used lots of different dies for this card, Spellbinders for the large stamped frames, Joy Craft for the butterfly border and a large ornate oval border along the top which is from Marianne.

 

 

I hand decorated a stick pin with pearl and crystal beads in lilacs and turquoise to match the card.

 

 

I put just a little glitter on the wings of the butterfly border and popped a tiny rose in the middle of the largest one.  The die cut leaves are so pretty. I must have had this die for ages and use it over and over again, one of my favourites !  It is by Marianne.  There is a larger filigree leaf in the set but somehow always use this one.

 

 

I added some small butterflies along the top of the card, which were glittered by using a very sparkly glass type glitter called Twinklets Diamond Dust, not much like dust as it is very gritty, but lovely !

 

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

 

 

Thank you for taking a look at my card, have a wonderful day, hugs xx

17th May 2015

Something different 

Well what a busy few weeks I have had.  First a beautiful new addition to the family, a lovely grand daughter, Eliza.  She was born on the same day as I had to go to hospital for my pre-op appointment.

Anyway the operation is over and done with, carried out on 6th May and I am doing fine.  I was looked after so well I cannot give the hospital staff enough praise.

So here is my latest craft creation, or should I say my other granddaughters creation as she put a lot of effort into the making of this door hanger.  She is a very creative child and loves to get in my craft room and use all my things.

So this is what we came up with for her to take home....I really liked the finished result and must have a go at making another one.

It was a plain MDF door hanger, white Gesso, crackle paint and pink acrylic paint.

I had some pretty heavy white guipure lace, cut it up and glued it here and there.  The large flower was hand made from organza material, heated with a hot heat gun to make the edges curl and white pearl beads sewn into the centre.  Easy Peasy  !!

Other bits and bobs added , die cut leaves, paper roses etc. 

 

This is a closer look at the organza flower, quite pretty !

 

 

 

Hope you like the door hanger, itching to have a go at another one, thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day  , hugs  xxx

A White card, with lots of lace

Hello everyone and welcome, here's my very latest card that I have done, an all white on white card with lots of pretty lace.

I cannot resist lace, collect it when ever I see any as I have lots of projects that I can use it on ( which never seem to get done )  but I can still look at it !

 

So I think that the lace does all the talking on this card, beautiful white heavy guipure lace, put across the bottom of the card.

 

 

 

 

Here's a closer peep at the lace.

 

 

 

I embossed the back ground white card, added some white die cuts and a Tattered lace Doily flower. 

 

The bling in the middle is very sparkly without ' going over the top' too much 

 

 

This is a look at the card from a side view.

 

 

And the inside, left quite plain, plenty of room to write your message.

 

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my cards, you are so much appreciated, hugs xx

24th April 2015

A Sarah Kay card.

Good morning !  What a wonderful day it is, the sun is shinning and here I am up bright and early whilst hubby is still fast asleep !  No doubt as soon as I get doing this posting he will chirp in the background,  " any tea please "  For some reason they have a habit of knowing that you are doing something........told you so......he has arisen !   Yes, there it is...." Any Tea Please "  So will finish this later.  We are still waiting for the phone to ring any time for a new addition to the family, baby should have arrived two days ago.  We don't know if we are going to be the proud grand parents of a girl or a boy. I think it's really nice not to know.

So here is a pretty little card that I did recently using Sarah Kay, My Sweet Lily , which I have used before, but she is so pretty.

It really was a doddle to do, just matting and layering pretty card stock, and as you can see the rest is plain straight forward.

 

 

Here's a closer look at pretty Lily, I used Copic's to colour her with and added a touch of heavy white embossing power around her to add a little dimension

 

 

 

 The roses were rolled roses with a pearl bead popped in the middle.

 

I used the Sue Wilson filigree bow die in the same cardstock as the card with a little embellishment in the middle.

20th April 2015

Shabby  Chic again  !!

Hello and good morning to everyone that is up bright and early on this lovely Monday. The grand children have been back at school for over a week now but I still seem to be catching up on things that need doing.   Well it's really nice to be able to get into my craft room after having done a tidy up, you all know the feeling when the grand children get into the craft room and have a go at different stuff, under supervision I may add !!

So here is my pretty Shabby Chic card to show you, I so love doing this type of card, but at the same time it's nice to alternate between styles. As I don't work on any design team or represent any product I can do my own thing !!

The roses were die cut on a light weight pearl card, I find it easier to roll them. I used a touch of distress ink on the roses before rolling. When done I just lightly touched the edges of the petals with light brown, to give a little dimension.  The other flowers were hand made, die cut, coloured, wet and scrunched then pearl stamens in the middle.

 

The butterfly is a Joy craft die ( I think ! ) but whatever butterfly you use would look just as pretty.

 

I popped some flat backed pearls down the spine. 

 

 

Hers' a closer look at the roses.

 

 

I used lots of different dies for the leaves, was going to do them in a very pale green but changed my mind as I guess they look quite 'chic ' in white, with the pearl sprays here and there

29h March 2015

A Birthday card for my lovely friend


My lovely friend Linda has a birthday coming up very soon, and although we don't see each other very much we are always in touch.  The last time I went to visit Linda took me to a very pretty tea room, so I guess this card is quite appropriate.  The stamp is from Lili of the Valley, and the two cute girls ( could it be myself and Linda, perhaps a good few years ago..!  .sorry Linda  ! )   I have coloured the two cuties with Copics and a touch here and there of Prisma pencils.  Check out the tea pot pin that I made,  just love it !  

Here's a closer peep at the pretty pin and the cute little girls.

The large rose is hand made with a pearl bead popped in the middle,  whilst the other flower is a  rolled rose and a rolled daisy.  The die cut leaves are from Marianne, my very favourite leaf which I use all the time. I was gutted when I lost this die, immediately bought another one, to fine the die caught between some card stock a few weeks later, so now I have two sets.

The Giggle tag is from Tim Holtz, that I screwed up a little and added a touch of white Gesso.

The card stock is from Lili of the Valley, one of their packs, love the rose designs, incy wincy ones and the larger co-ordinations.  The frame behind the little girls is Spellbinders. Their Nestabilities invaluable, use them all the time, great value and worth investing in.

The butterfly border is again Tim Holtz, love his dies, I die cut a couple of butterflies from Joy Craft and stuck them over the top with some pearls down their spines .

Thank you for taking a peep at Linda's card, can't show you the inside as I

 have written on it ! 

Have a wonderful Sunday, see you soon,  xxx 

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