3rd March 2016

Pink and Black Shabby Chic Card

Hi, good morning on this absolutely beautiful sunny day.  Really feel that Spring has arrived. Something must be urging me on as I have had the urge to do all the jobs in my home  that have been neglected during the Winter....out comes the paint and emulsion !

Here is my latest card, really like to chop and change styles, so back to a Shabby Chic one in black and pink.  The flowers were hand made using mulberry paper.  The leaf die is one of my favourites, a Sue Wilson one.  So...background paper sprayed with a touch of extra pink and pearl, a heavy embossed corner die, pink spotty organza ribbon and a lovely sentiment stamped into the middle.

 

 

The smaller leaves are from a Martha Stewart punch, always comes in handy for the little leaves.

Hope you like my card, enjoy the day , please stop by again, hugs to all xxx

 

25th February, 2016

A Lili of the Valley Fairy Card

Hello and good evening to all the lovely crafting people, here is one of my latest cards that I have done in very pastel shades.  It is a lovely Lilli of the Valley stamp that I have had for a long time.
She has been coloured using Copics and I have put just a little glitter on her wings...well, all faries have glittery wings don't they  ?

The lace is from my stash and has white pearls sewn through the middle.  The flowers I hand made from mulberry paper, sprayed pale pink and added stamens in the middles. I think they look just right.

 

 I am into using pearl sprays at the moment and watched on You Tube all the different ways that you can make your own glimmer mists etc. I wanted grey leaves with just a touch of colour, so used my home made gold pearl spray on them to add that little bit extra.

 

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