7th November, 2016. Turquoise and a Shabby Chic Card Topper.

Hi everyone, yesterday I received a new flower die in the post and have been itching to use it. It's a nasturtium flower die, there are three sizes, six dies.  So I die cut and layered them and got out my embossing powders which have taken a back seat and not been used for some time. Truly enjoyed using them. I embossed them in white and turquoise with a touch of gold and popped a pretty sparkly gem in the middle of each flower.

                     I kind of got carried away with the embossing and did the rose leaves as well.

 
                                                          A closer peep at the flowers

                   I used a stencil for the gold and turquoise pearl paint on the card, beautiful
                   paints called Starlights. there is a wonderful selection of colours, and you are
                    able to mix and blend.  So, thank you for taking a peep, take care  xx
                  

30th October 2016, A Lili of the Valley card topper

Hi !  Where has October gone ?  Last day tomorrow.  I have my stack of sweeties in ready for the children, if they don't take it all I can eat the rest !

Today I have a pretty card topper to show you from Lili of the Valley stamps.  I used for the very first time water soluble crayons/pastels for the colouring and was really pleased with the results. So some more are on my Christmas wish list.

Once again I made the flowers from mulberry paper, pale blue and pink with a little rose popped in the middle. The lovely round die is a new one to my never ending collection from Joy Craft dies, love it, and will use it a lot.  Here's a closer peep at my flowers.

The die behind the flowers was a freebie on a Tattered Lace magazine, isn't it pretty !

So that's me for today, dinner cooking, family want feeding, bye for now and take care xx

17th October, 2016, A Christmas Card using a laser Cut Card.

Hi everyone, today is a bit of a cheat card. I had some lovely laser cut unused invitations in my stash from forever a go, so every now and then I come across them and an re-inspired to make a card. It's such a shame not to use them as they are so pretty, and the longer I keep them the more they could get damaged, so here is my Christmas card, using an image from Maja Design.

    The card stock is also Maja Design, love the tartan pattern.  I made a poinsettia flower from a filigree Spellbinder die and popped a large flat pearl in the middle. A few gold holly leaves, done  !

       
Here's the card closed up showing off the beautiful laser cut folds, just love it, must make some more .  Thank you for taking a peep, hope my cards inspire you, have a lovely day, hugs xx

9th October, 2016. My Grand daughters birthday card.

Hello lovely crafters, I hope that you are all safe and well. Here in the UK we are getting all the reports regarding Hurricane Matthew in the States. Although we do get adverse weather from time to time, nothing like this terrible hurricane.

Today I would like to show you a card that I made for my lovely grand daughter, using Pion Design papers.

They are such beautiful papers and love to use them.  The white rose lace was a recent purchase from China, so inexpensive and great delivery.  I added two  double layer butterflies , pretty pink roses a touch more lace and to be honest besides the doily die, I thought it was enough.

                   Hope you like the card, thank you for taking a peep, love and hugs to all xx

1st October 2016. A Buttterfly Easel Card.

Hi, good afternoon !  I hope that you are all having a lovely weekend.  Today I would like to show you a butterfly easel card that I have made.  I had a chipboard butterfly in my stash, meant to make something with it and it got pushed to the back of everything !  So it has come in useful as I have used it to draw around as a template !   So I made an easel card !  Once in white cardstock and they drew around it again in pretty Lemoncraft cardstock.

I die cut a further butterfly and cut out a smaller butterfly and layered them, a few flat backed pearls down the middle.  I made the mulberry pale turquoise flowers, but added some pretty pink bought roses.  A touch of dried gypsophila to give it the soft Shabby chic treatment.

A sideways peep at the card, Pretty pleased at how it has turned out....thanks for stopping by xx

24th September, 2016 Teddy with Robin

Hi everybody, today I would like to show you a pretty card topper that I have made using the LOTV pre printed images. I think they are really good to use, when if like me, you have far too many LOTV stamps ( some not even used  ! )  and you feel that it would be a sin to purchase more, so instead so as not to feel too guilty I bought the pre-printed art pads etc.,

I used Snow-Tex around the card, and some so very pretty lace that I have had it in my stash for ages, if only I could find where I bought it from.  Must do some research as it is so pretty with the strip of sparkly diamante across the middle.

The flower was hand made using mulberry paper, spritzed with a touch of blue and a silver centre.

          A closer peep at the lace, Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend , hugs  xx

19th September, 2016, Sarah Kay Card.

Good afternoon to all the lovely crafting people, hope that you are having a good day.  Rain here in the UK, Autumn is definitely on the way.  Chilly mornings and evenings. Everything has it's good points, as there is nothing nicer than doing lovely craft work in a cosy home.

Today I have a pretty Sarah Kay card to show you, always stands the test of time as the stamps are so versatile.

      I used my Copics for colouring.  .  The little pink bow is a Doohickey die and the butterfly border is by Tim Holtz.  The pink doily that can be seen peeping out behind the picture was a freebie in the Tattered Lace magazine. Has been used such a lot.

                                       Thank you for stopping by, take care, hugs to all  xx