11th September, 2016 An almost forgotton birthday.

Hi everyone,  Today I have a straight forward , less is more, birthday card to show you.  You know the days when you suddenly realise that somebody's birthday is in a couple of days time, and you have to make one pretty fast, well this is one  !

The white card was a pre-bought pack with envelopes, so I embossed another white rectangle card, layered it on top of some pretty pale lemon paper, die cut flowers and a pretty very pale lemon organza bow.  The hearts were a Memory Box die, I coloured then in lemon and covered in Glossy Accents.  The happy Birthday was die cut in gold, a Spellbinders die, two in a pack ( the other one is With Love )   I added the string pearls to just to give it  a bit of extra to finish off the edges.

                        A closer peep at the little flowers and the heart.                          

                                Thank you for taking a peep at my blog, have a lovely Sunday, xx

7th September, Glitter Crystal Butterflies.

Hello dear crafters.  I said I would have a go at making my own crystal glitter in different colours and how I did it was very successful.  I found a little pot, put in my clear German glass glitter and used the tiniest bit of colouring. I used Tim Holtz distress re-inkers, but I think almost anything with a great pigment would work.  Hmmmm  !  food colouring ?  perhaps, worth a try.

Here are my pink and blue butterflies, which I think are really pretty, you cannot see how much they sparkle from my photograph, but believe me they certainly do.

               
                                                  

                                                     Here's a picture of the pink one.

                                 I hope you like them, thank you for taking a look, take care xx

3rd September, 2016, I'm into Sparkly Butterflies !

Hello everyone, I am so into super sparkly butterflies.  This is what I came up with. It kind of went from thinking sparkly to getting carried away.  Out came my box of crystal tiny beads , my glass glitters and Stickles.

 I was getting a bit stuck on the glass glitter as only had three different lots, gold, silver and clear, which is fine for now.  I have something going off in my head to reproduce different colours without the expense of buying, so will keep you up to date if I discover how to do it.

This is the brown/tan one, my favourite.

Hope you like them, have a good weekend  xx

29th August, 2016 Gift Tags, Shabby Chic , of course !

Hi everyone,  Today I would like to show you some gift tags that I have been making.  It is the very first lot that I have done some .  I wanted something just that little bit different, for that extra special present for that extra special person., so I hope that you like them.....

I die cut the tag out and then used my Lemoncraft cardstock left overs to add to the centre of the tags, great use for the bits so they are not wasted.  I cut out the butterflies, layered and popped a pretty little rose in the middle of each one.

Here's a closer peep at one of the tags.

The die for the ' With Love ' comes in a set of two, the with love and the other a birthday, they are from Spellbinders. 

I added some ivory lace and pearl across the bottom, Shabbylicious  ! 

Would love to receive a pressie with this kind of tag on it.

So until next time, hope you are all having a lovely BankHoliday xx

25th August, 2016, A Pretty Fan Card.

Hello Good morning,  I am up bright and early today, it is going to be a beautiful day. Today I would like to show you a pretty card that I made .  I have had this die for some time, an Anja Die. I have used it a few times and am always pleased with the results, as it is something different. Hope you like it also.

The white silk tassels must have been bought when I first bought the die, so it was nice to find them in my stash box. I had some little white roses, so I gave them the pink treatment, just a touch.

  The lace leaves are one of my favourite dies, a Marianne Die, and the little green leaves  is a Martha Stewart Punch.  Wishing you all a lovely Bank Holliday weekend, take care, hugs, xx
                                                           

22nd August, 2016. A Pretty Heart.

Hi everyone, good evening  !  I am having a lovely peaceful evening, doing exactly what I want to do.  Wonderful !  Does not happen very often,  so I am taking the opportunity to do just that !  I have a lovely heart topper to show you that I did make a week or so ago, so I hope that you like it also.

I hand made the flower and dyed it so as to give it the Shabby Chic look, the gold die that I have used for the flourishes is from Memory Box, Madera Corners.  I use this die quite a lot.

                                                   Here's a closer peep at the flower.

I crinkled up the organza ribbon by using my heat gun whilst it was tied up in a bow, not too near and not too long, otherwise you will have sizzled ribbon !  Easy to do and quite effective.  And as always my touch of ivory dried gypsophila  (  have I spelt it right ) to give it lovely feminine touch.
                         Thank you for stopping by, always appreciated, take care, hugs  xx

18th August, 2016, A Vintage Style Card.

Hi ! Good evening everyone, thank you for stopping by to take a peek at my cards. Today I have a pretty vintage, shabby chic card to show you, using Pion Design goodies.

There's a lot going on for this card, think I got kind of carried away.  I made the pink fabric flower, a few different layers, dyed pink canvas and dyed organza, using the heat gun method to crinkle and dissolve the organza circle.  Find this way much easier that trying to use a candle  !  Works really well if you have a hot heat gun, a metal something or other to hold it down ( a spoon will do )  watch out though ! the spoon can get quite hot  !  The ivory lace guipure flower with the  bits trailing was purchased from China.  They always do great lace etc.,find a good supplier and you can't go wrong....so much cheaper as well.

I cut out a few little butterflies to add to the card and popped a little diamante in the middle of each one.  The lovely border is a gorgeous die cut by ( I think ) Heartfelt Creations, I know it is called Magnolia Border. I have that many dies it is impossible to keep them in their respected packaging , instead they are in boxes, labelled....leaves....flowers....borders....frames, and on and on...my husband says I have a serious problem, guess he could be right for once !

 So , again, must dash, too much to do, too little time, thank you for taking a peep, take care xx