21st October 2015

A Lili of the Valley Wedding Card

Hello and Good Morning to all the lovely crafting community . I trust that you have all done your Christmas cards and all ready to go off to friends and family. No such luck in my household, just never seem to have the time, shame on me.....I always end up buying them.

So , having made numerous Christmas cards for others I feel it's time to do something different. I really enjoyed making this pretty Wedding Card using a loved Lili of the Valley stamp.

I coloured the happy couple with my favourite Copics. Used a Magnolia Doohickey doily flower with a very sparkly gem in the middle.  Always love these gems, would like to keep them forever, but every now and them decide to use one.

 

The bottom of the card has a stunning strip of die cut lace, a Joanna Sheen die. She does lots of different types, but this was my favourite. Just know that this die is going to get used a lot. 

 

Here's the stunning pretty sparkly gem, would make great ear rings !

 

I always like to show the inside of the card, as it's nice to see what your going to write your message on. So used the same card stock, from Lili of the Valley, very pretty pale blue. And on this photo you get a clearer picture of the lovely lace border.

13th October 2015.

A Lovely Weekend Away with Friends

I have just returned from a really restful weekend away with friends. I went to Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire. Very quaint, pretty cottages nestling into the hill side and the cliffs with spectacular views of the sea. There was a pretty beach, but was too cold to do any paddling. So have returned fresh and full of imagination for my next projects.

This one was done using a craft c.d. which is not my normal style of crafting.  I down loaded the image, already coloured in but added some ' snow ' to the picture.  the picture is the work of the amazing Nikky Hall.

I added a wooden corner flourish, embossed with a touch of white, some gold scribble die cuts with a snowflake in their middles and a matching hand made turquoise glittery gem. Some Tattered Lace half doilies in matching cardstock and a row across the bottom of white gathered lace.

 

 Here's a closer peep at Nikki's lovely drawing, lovely isn't she ?

 

These are the Scribble die cuts in gold, very different , but not too sure if I will get a lot of use out of them......time will tell !!

 

5th October 2015

A White on White Wedding Card, with just a touch of pink !.

Well today is my 47th Wedding Anniversary, so this card is quite appropriate. Also one of my lovely daughters birthday.  I just love these die cut leaves, so very elegant.  I bought this die only a few weeks ago and have used it no end of times.

The flowers were made from white card that I sprayed with a touch of very pale pink, screwed them up and teased out whilst still damp.  Popped a white pearl bead in the middle, very pretty.  The leaves add the finishing touch.  The lace across the bottom was bought in Portugal some years ago, found in my stash as I was having a tidy up.  Amazing what you find that has been forgotten.

Here's a closer peep at the flower and the lovely die cut leaves, forgot to mention it is a Sue Wilson die.  The flower is a Spellbinder die, daisy type, very useful , as can be layered and layered to get the effect that you want.

24th September 2015

A Hannah Lynn Card

Hello and good morning. Today I am showing you a card that I made using a Hannah Lynn stamp. I have a number of these in my stash, but for some reason they get overlooked, and they are so pretty !
Who would just love pink hair ! Well this beautiful lady has now got it !  Pretty Cool !

Of course I coloured her using my favourite Copics, used a white gel pen to add the few white highlights in her hair.  The flower is hand made, a few daisy die cuts, sprayed and scrunched, left to dry and then layered.  I bought two new dies from La La land , Cherry Blossom and the half doily, so just had to use them. These dies cut like a dream , love using them.

 

Here's a closer peep at the flower with a sparkly gem in the middle.

 

 

 

A peep at the inside of the card.

 

 

17th September 2015

At Last I have done a pretty Magnolia Tilda Card  !!

I so enjoyed making this card, using lots of pretty pinks, oh so girly....!  I used the Magnolia Doohickey Peony dies for the flowers and popped a pretty white pearl heart in the middles. The gorgeous butterfly is from La La Land dies and the doily in the background, edged with a touch of pink is from Marianne dies, part of the Anja Series. Get's used quite a lot.

 

 

Here's a closer peep at the pretty peony flowers. I have added two rolled roses with a pearl bead in the middle.  The leaves are a new addition , a Sue Wilson die, I think it's called quilled leaves.

 

 

I always try to show a peep at the inside of the card, so here it is, using the lovely doily die to write your message on. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day, xx

 

10th September 2015

Back to my lovely Shabby Chic again and roses


What a beautiful day it has been today, lots and lots of sunshine and comfortably warm. Today is a very special day for the ladies of Doncaster. Today is Ladies Day at the very famous St Leger races, the oldest flat race in the world.  The ladies always get very dressed up for this event and a hat is an absolute must.  I live near the racecourse so get to see quite a few passing by. I usually go, but not this year......baby sitting !  Ah well ,I will be there next year hopefully. Always have a bet, never know what I am betting on, but the name of the horse sounds good.

So today is a pretty romantic style, Shabby Chic with roses.  I used the always lovely Spellbinder dies to use on this card, Fleur de Elegance. My background card that you can just see peeping through is from Lemoncraft, another of my favourites !

 

I wanted quite a pale pink for the roses, so used white ones and misted just a little bit with a pink spray on some and a very light green and pink on the others. Was really pleased with the result.

I distress the edges of the rose leaves and scrunched them up a bit to give a little more natural look.

 

My lovely dried ivory gypsophila adds to the finishing touch.....romantic !

 

 

28th August 2015

A Laser Cut Card, The lovely spares from my daughters wedding.

Some years ago, when my daughter got married, like all us crafters I made all her stationary for the big day.  I bought quite a few different samples, which were put away in safe place ( like we all do !)
And from that day they were lost !  So having a clear out of a very top cupboard ( have to stand on steps to get into it ) I found a pretty box and these were inside.  Immediately my crafting head went into gear, and this is what I have come up with.

The laser cut part was already there , so just needed to do the insert.  I chose very pale turquoise backing paper, Lemoncraft, and die cut the corner flowers from the scrapbook sheet with a pretty heart die

I used a Doohickey die for the little flowers, edged a tad with a gold pen, popped a pearl in the middle....lovely !  Not too much to over power the beautiful laser cut sides.

 

 

Here's a closer look a the die cut heart with the flowers.  The white leaves have been die cut with my all time favourite die from Marianne.

 

 

 

This is the card part closed, so pretty, so pleased I found them !