27th January 2019, a onochrome Wedding Card Topper.

Hi good morning.  I am up bright and early, well not so bright as the rain pounding on my bedroom window kept waking me up. But we need the rain to fill up our reservoirs which have still not been replenished after the wonderful hot Summer last year.

Today I have a pretty circular wedding card topper to show you. the lovely bride is a down load from a CD purchased many years ago , work done by a lady called Christine Haworth.  The peony flowers are a Doohickey die. I did them in white and added just a touch of grey to the outer petals so they would tie in with the pretty picture.

I popped large and small flat back pearls into the centre of each flower,

Have a lovely day,  xx

12th Janaury, 2019 A Little Bit of Cheating.

Hi , today I have a card topper to show you using an already printed image from the Hobby House. Love these printed images as they are so pretty and ready to go.  Most annoying though when cards & toppers that are often listed for sale and they state that they are hand made, but...…. do not say that they are using these pre-printed images. Naughty  !   All my work states what I use and more often a stamped image and coloured with Copics.  If using a pre-purchased one, I say so.

The flowers are all hand made with Foamiran except for the little white bunched stamens.

A closer peep at the flowers

I do struggle a tad making these flowers with Foamiran, but getting better ! ( hopefully )

Thank you for stopping by, have a super weekend, xxx

6th January 2019 Another filigree Hinged Card.

Good morning and a very Happy New Year to all in 2019.  I have done another hinged filigree card using my Spellbinder dies. I just have to think of another way to use the Emmeline die. Probably die cut , then cut out......so watch this space.

Here is my filigree hinged card with hand made roses.

The roses were made with the Spellbinder circular rose die using the three different sizes.

I added the pretty dried gypsophilia to add to the Shabby chic style.

A closer peep of the roses.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope that you like my work, take care xx

27th December,2018, So Pretty & So Easy to Make.

Hi, Hope that you have had a lovely Christmas. I have a simple easy peasy card to show you, stamped onto lovely white linen card.  I used a very old Hero's Art stamp set of three roses and  coloured them with Copics.

The simple sentiment of ' For You ' makes it ideal for any occasion.

Hope you like it, thank you for stopping by.  My best wishes to all for 2019 xx

18th December, 2018. Just so in love with this card.

Hi, I am so getting the hang of making these filigree cards and enjoy making them. As before the secret is in the thickness of the card used, 220 gsm works for me, thicker and it just will not go through my Sizzix, the folded part for the hinge.

I used  Spellbinder dies for this one and some really nice ivory pearl paper to make the flowers. To get the right colour pink I used a pink Copic pen on the petals before a light spritzing with water and then scrunching them up.

Love those flowers.

If feeling adventurous , have a go, once one is done and you have mastered the technique then it is pretty easy to do.

Have a lovely day, xx

16th DEcember 2018. a Hinged Fold Filigree Card.

Hi everyone.  today I would like to share with you my first attempt at a ' hinged filigree ' card. Ok, so I checked on you tube how to make one. Lots of good instructions, but no what thickness of card to do it with. Tried with 250 gsm....no...…!!!  So obviously thicker card was a no no. Used 220 gsm and just about managed it. Tricky ? yes !  On the one inch  fold score line for the filigree card , where you are going to attach front to the  back, after running it through your machine, if it does not cut through the die, add a shim just along that one inch fold and it should work. I wish some one had told me so that there would not have been oodles of screwed up card !

So here is my final finished go.....elegant, clean and I really like it !

I used a Spellbinder die ' Timeless Rectangles '

The flowers were made from cream pearl paper, die cut , scrunched up and shaped.

Should you decide to make one, try it out on some card that you no longer like using then if not happy with the result you won't feel too bad ! 

Take care, hugs xxx

9th December 2018 A Doily layered card

Hello, Today I have a pretty pale lemon and blue layered die cut doily card. I have just had  about my fill of making Christmas cards so it is lovely to start onto something different.

The die doily die was one I had seen used by others and after much researching, I had to have it !  I found that it was a company in Poland. Just love this die !

The flowers are Foamiran, antique white with a touch of blue Gelatos to change the colour just that little bit. My usual dried gypsophilia to add to the romantic look.

Thanks for stopping by,  bye for now  xx