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.

26th July 2015

Shabby Chic with roses.

Hi !  I'm back.....had a lovely restful time. Caught up on some stamping and colouring for future cards.  This is a card that I did before I went away. Did this one go to Denmark ? Not sure, oh my , times passes by so quickly.

I used a lovely Spellbinders floral corner die, cut it out twice to give it a bit more oomph , distressed it and added some gold gilding wax and a touch of gold pen around the edges.  The roses were hand made using white coffee filter papers, misted with pink and white paste added to the edges of their petals and a tad touch of glitter.  The background paper that I used was from Lemoncraft ( love their designs )  Please take a peek at their design papers you will soooo love them !

 

 A side ways view of the card.

 

 

A closer look at the roses and my hand made stick pin.

 

 

Oh so Shabby Chic those roses, just love them  !!

 

  

The inside of the card using the stunning Lemoncraft Design papers.

 

  Thank you for looking at my todays card, hugs  xx 

10th July, 2015

Shabby Chic again  !!!!


Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by, so it's Shabby Chic again, just love this style of card. Love lace, love pearls, yes I'm a real girly girl.  Would love to have my bedroom all white, lace and flowers, keep sneaking a bit in hoping hubby wont notice !!

This card was done after I found the white paper threaded stuff....hmm ! what can I do with that, so here is the result.  I used bought flowers as I often make most of my own. I purchase a lot from China, Singapore and Thailand. Postage can sometimes take a while, but to be honest I have never experienced any problems, so if you are unsure, they are so much cheaper and lovely flowers.

I used a new Spellbinder die from the Blooming Collection, No 4, very useful as you would be able to slot ribbon through the open side bits if wanted. Again lovely ivory dried gypsophila , always looks good on Shabby Chic cards to give that romantic look.  The other die used is Madera Corner by Memory Box, another favourite, I added a few flat backed pearls to the ends of the spray leaves.

White Organza ribbon tied in a double bow and secured by using my hot glue gun. Not very good with a glue gun, so I  use it very sparingly !

 

Here is a side view of the card.

 

 

This is a closer look at the pretty roses with the gypsophila.

 

 

I always try to show the inside of my cards as it is just as important for it to look pretty when you write your message. The circle die is part of the Spellbinder Blooming collection No 4

7th July 2015

A Filigree Card.


Hello everyone, today I have a filigree card to show you , which to be honest I did struggle with.  I looked at quite a few different ways of doing this card on You Tube, but found the way of folding the card down at the top about half an inch too difficult.  No matter how I tried the card stock was too thick to cut through with the die.  It would cut one part ok, but not the middle.  So I found one way of doing it by using Spellbinders Labels 8.  You use the Labels 8 as the card, then add the filigree die cut part onto the top.....taa dahh !  There are other ways I'm sure so need to do a bit more research.

So I used Spellbinders Labels 8 for the card, a Spellbinders Nestabilities for the filigree part then a Sue Wilson die, Caribbean Island die for the centre of the card.  I made the large pink flower using white coffee filter papers an popped a ditsy rose in the middle.

 

Here's a closer peep at the flowers and the die cuts that I used.  I added the word LOVE in silver.

 

 

 

This is the inside of the card, where you can perhaps work out how I used the Labels 8 die

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, until my next posting, take care xx

 

4th July 2015

A Cascading Shabby Chic Card

Oh my....What a thunderstorm we had last night, not seen lightning like that for ages, so kept me awake a lot. Fortunately I like storms, especially when it cools the air as we have had it so unusually hot.

My card to show you, beautiful crafting friends, is a cascading card done in my favourite shabby chic style.  The template was bought from Paula of Which Craft in Doncaster. So this template takes all the hard work out, no measuring, it's all done for you.  Easy Peasy....or so I thought, but Paula has done a video to help. I am the kind of person that no matter how good the instructions are ( and they are good ) I prefer to be shown, so thank you Paula, you made it really easy for me to understand.

 

 

I used Maja Design papers for the cardstock and the filigree bow is a Sue Wilson Die.

 

I popped a ditsy rose in the middle. The large flower was made from white coffee filter papers, dyed with a ever so slight spray of pink, scrunched, dried and teased out.

There is a sparkly gem in the middle.

To help with  the Shabby look I  added some ivory dried gypsophila among the die cut leaves.

 

 

 

Here is a ide ways view of the card where you can see the lay out of the cascading style a little clearer. 

 

 

The Sue Wilson Filigree bow fits just right.

28th June 2015

A White Butterfly Card.


Ah Well, all set to go out for the day, and it has rained !!  Not much fun doing canal locks in the rain, so will give it a miss and perhaps go later in the week. 

So decided to show you this pretty butterfly card, that was lovely to do and I think very elegant and can be used for so may occasions.

Firstly I embossed the background card with a Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder.  ( ES -016), a pretty rose design, always useful. I always give the cardstock a very light spritz of water before embossing as it gives a deeper finish.

I matted and layered onto white card, die cut a pretty doily shape for the middle and added the three butterflies, glittered of course !!  I finished off putting white flat backed pearls down the middle of the butterflies.

 

A side ways view of the card

 

 

A closer peep at the glittery butterflies

 

 

 

The inside of the card