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.

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