18th February 2016

 

Here is my card for today, a Shabby Chic Style that I have done in blues and a touch of purple.

 The pretty die cut lace is from Joanna Sheen Dies, she does so many pretty lace dies.

I am trying to get into using my stencils and embossing paste, so have done just a little in the background.

I hand made the large flowers and added a little white paste to them to give that Shabby Chic look.

 

 

Here's a closer peep at the flowers.

 

Hope you like my card, thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx 

10th February, 2016

A Shabby Chic Card

Is it the 10th ?....  not too sure of the date as the days go by so fast.  We have been decorating our hall, stairs etc., had new wooden floor laid and are waiting for stair carpet to be fitted, be glad when it's all finished  ! 

So here is my pretty Shabby Card, so loved making this.  I used my new die and cut it in half, half one end , half the other. The die came from Craft Passion, a Polish company, excellent service.
I added fairly wide ivory lace across the card, pretty roses, some not quite the colour that I wanted, so gave a little spray with a touch of peachy pink. Die cut leaves, pretty sparkly butterflies, just love it !

 

Hope you like my card, thank you for taking a peep, take care , xxxx

 

1st February, 2016

A Wedding Card.

What a day !  I have the joiners in doing a new floor, so keeping out of the way as best as possible, my excuse to hide away in my crafty room and do some cards.....always a good side to things.
Here is my cute little card made whilst the joiner was working, which didn't take me too long.
I used my dies for the rectangles, layered, added the top dies, layered, made the pretty pink flowers.
Thought it needed a little bit more oomph so added some dried ivory gypsophila

All the oval dies used were from Spellbinders as was the scrunched flowers.
      

 

A closer peep at the flowers and  the lovely die cuts.

 

 

Thank you for having a look at my cards, so much appreciated, xxx 

 

28th January 2016

A Coffee and Cream Mother's Day Card

Good morning, This is a pretty Mothering Sunday card that I have done, in shades of coffee and cream.  The doily die is a new addition to my never ending collection, it is a Marianne die, so very pretty, love it. The flowers are a Spellbinder daisy die, you can layer up as many as you wish to get the effect that you desire. Here I have done three layers and popped a pearl bead in the middle.

  A side  view of my card. I used the same cardstock for the inside which is part of my stash.

 

Hope you like the card, thank for taking a peep, take care xxx 

 

15th January, 2016

A Shabby Chic Style Card.

Hi ! everyone, Not much time just lately, there is so much to do and so little time.  I have done a pretty Shabby Chic style card, always my favourite to do.  I distressed the edges of the card and added a touch of white paste.  The rolled daisies are from Spellbinders, hardly used them as they got to the bottom of my flower dies, but loving how they turned out.  A few pretty pink hand made flowers , die cut leaves and two memory Box die cut Madera Corners......done  !!

 

Hope you like my card....must dash...take care  xxx 

 

8th January 2016

A Shabby Chic Wedding Card

Today I would like to show you a pretty Shabby Chic card that I have made for a friend who has a wedding coming up soon. I loved making this card. I used the stunning ' My Wedding ' scrapbook paper pad by Zaneta Nawrot, .  The paper pretty much does it all as it is so beautiful

I did an easel style card, which I love to do. I added a fancy tag to match the card which slips between the ' easel '  so that a message can be written. 

The border was die cut and embossed using the same card.  The die for this is from Heartfelt Creations, Italiana . I added some pretty white lace across the top and bottom that had pearls, just perfect for the look that I wanted.

 

4th January, 2016

A Celibration Card, On Your Special Day.

Welcome to my blog at the beginning of the New Year. I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. I wish you health and happiness for 2016.
Today I would like to show you a pretty card that I made during the holidays. I so wanted some very pale pastel background card but had none in my stash, so I embossed white card and then touched up the roses here and there really gently with my Copic pens, was very pleased with the results. I added an elegant oval from Spellbinders, hand made pink roses and lots of die cut leaves, which I kept white.