Creative Depot Flowers

Hi Lovelies...

Today, I'm sharing a card I made with a floral die that has been in my stash for a few years, but it had 'disappeared' - in that I had no idea where it had been put!  Anyways... it turned up when I was looking for something else... so I thought it was about time it was used!

I'm back in my pink zone today, so firstly, I did some Distress Oxide blending on a card panel - splattered with gold watercolour paint.

I diecut the flowers 3 times from white cardstock, adhering them together.  Then I diecut just the flowers from coloured vellum that I'd previously printed out.  I splattered the vellum with gold, before adhering the flower heads to the white flowers.  I coloured the stems and leaves with Copics.

Then I created a square - using a square, scalloped frame, backing that with a panel of embossed hearts.  I adhered the square to my card panel, then adhered the flowers to the square.  Lastly, I diecut the word 'happy' to add to the square, and also added a gold bow to the flowers.

Card Info:

Dies - Creative Depot Flowers - CD-DI-949

MFT Stitched Square Scalloped Frame

Simply Graphic 'happy' word die

Hearts Embossing Folder (no name)

Distress Oxides - Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick

Gold Watercolour Paint and Cord

Hope you like this card as much as I enjoyed making it - obviously it's my favourite colour, with a hint of gold!

Hugs and Happy Crafting...

Simon Says Stamp Posy

Hi Lovelies..

A relatively simple card from me today..  using this gorgeous little die from Simon Says Stamp called Posy.  

I diecut it three times from white cardstock, adhering them together to give a deep shape.  Then I diecut the flowers again from a purple smooshed background - adding the insides of the flowers into the white flower shape.  I decided against adding any green for the leaves - it seemed that the monochrome looked better to me. I adhered all this to a rectangle of purple cardstock, matted with gold mirri card, then added that to a further card sized piece of purple card.

Lastly, I added a little sentiment which I'd heat embossed in white onto the purple card, again, using gold mirri to matt.

Card Info:

Die - Simon Says Stamp Posy

Sentiment - MFT 

Distress Oxide - Dusty Concord

Gold Mirri Card

Hope you like my make today!

Big Hugs..

Pink and Main My Little Love Bugs - Heart

Hi Lovelies...

Well, I was having a little sort out of my desk the other day, and I came across this little pair canoodling in a corner!  They were already fussy cut and coloured up, so I though it was time that they hit the spotlight on my card today!

I used a Slatted Heart die over some shaded patterned paper to match their colouring.  I added a small sentiment from MFT, then adhered the panel to the background with foam tape.  Lastly, I added the lovey dovey pair, and my card was done!

Card Info:

Image - Pink and Main My Little Love Bugs

Sentiment - MFT

Dies - Craft Addiction UK Slatted Heart, 

Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Colouring - Copics

Glitter for Wings

Hope you like my make today - I really love this stamp set, they're so darn cute!

Big hugs.....

Simon Says Stamp Cosmos Duo

Hi Lovelies......

Today I'm sharing a card I made with the Simon Says Stamp Cosmos Duo.  I've again used a slatted die from Craft Addiction, this time backing the slats with some patterened paper.

 I shaded the flowers carefully, then coloured the centres with a deep yellow, and the stems green.  I used a Waffle Flower sentiment stamped and heat embossed in white, and cut with the matching die.  I backed the panel with pink card to bring out the shades in the circle.

Card Info:

Dies - Simon Says Stamp Cosmos Duo, 

Craft Addiction UK Slatted Circle,

Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Paper - Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Candy

Sentiment - Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes Set

It was rather difficult to get a good photograph.. I really am going to have to invest in better equipment I think to get the true colours of my makes!

Hope you like my card today..

Happy Crafting...

Alexandra Renke Flowers

Hi Lovelies

Sorry I've been a little quiet lately... it's been hot here in the UK, and my craft room temperature wasn't the best to be sitting in, making cards!

But I'm back today, this time with a card I've made for a friend on her retirement.  I used a slatted circle die from Craft Addiction UK, then a floral die set from Alexandra Renke.  I cut the whole set from white cardstock, but only used the stems and outlines, which I used gold pen to colour.  Then I cut the flowers from vellum which I'd printed a watercolour on and splattered with gold.  I adhered the vellum behind the frames, then added them to the circle which I'd diecut on my card panel.  I'd already printed the sentiment which I'd done on the PC.  Lastly, I backed the slatted circle with some pink cardstock on thin foam tape, adhering it all to my card base.  A little bow finished the flowers.

Card Info:

Floral Dies - Alexandra Renke

Slatted Circle Dies - Craft Addiction UK

Stitched Rectangle Die - MFT

Sentiment - done on PC

Gold Pen and Gold Watercolour Paint

Vellum and Hemp Cord

I've just added this close up so you can see the gold splatter better - depending on the weather, it's so difficult to photograph!

Hope you like my make today...

Happy Crafting

Spellbinders Flowers

Hi Lovelies...

I'm back to die-cutting for my card today... along with a little bit of smooshing!

Firstly, I smooshed some bristol smooth card with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide, splattering it also with gold and deep pink watercolour paint.  Then I cut a panel the size of my card, slicing a corner off with an MFT border die.  I added my sentiment before adhering anything so it would stamp cleanly.  Then I adhered the panel to the smooshed corner. 

I then diecut lots of flowers and leaves, both from Spellbinders and other dies.. the large one was from pink card, but coloured to give dimension, and has a gold centre.  The smaller flowers were cut from the leftover smooshed card.  I tried to place them to look like they'd been sprinkled!

Card Info:

Sentiment - Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes

MFT Border Die

Flowers and Leaves - Spellbinders and others with no packaging!

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry

Gold and Deep Pink Watercolour Paint

Gold Stickles

Hope you like my make today - I'm certainly in my pink and happy zone and was really pleased how this turned out.

Happy Crafting...

LOTV Flower Girl

Hi Peeps...

Well I was inspired over the weekend by a fabulous card by the lovely Marilyn at One Stamping Fool - she used this LOTV digi image, so I decided I NEEDED the image and NEEDED just as much to colour her up!

She's called Flower Girl (for obvious reasons!), and I decided to give her auburn hair like 2 of my grand-daughters.  I coloured her with Copics, then did some diecutting.

Card Info:

Image - LOTV Flower Girl Digital Image

Dies - MFT Pierced Circle, 

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Stitched Square,

Paper Smooches Mini Clouds

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/11 R20

Hair - E08/18 YR04/08

Dress - BG10/11/13 RV52/63

Shoes - C1/2/3

Hedge and Grass - G21/24 YG17

Stones - W1/2/3

Flowers - R81/83/85, RV52/63, V04, YG17/63

Sky - B0000/000/00

I hope you like my card - this little girlie appealed so much to me and was so lovely to colour!

Big Hugs and Happy Crafting...

The Stamp Market Dainty Daisies 4

Hi Peeps..

My card today is relatively CAS - I did a bit of ink blending onto bristol smooth with some colours of blue/green that I enjoy - then I embossed an older sentiment on the corner in white.  But the main focus is the flowers - yes I've used the set I LOVE from The Stamp Market again..  this time I smooshed some card with a matching distress oxide, then diecut the flowers, using only the outer part of the diecut.  

I finished it off with a touch of champagne gold Stickles in each of the flower centres, adding the panel to my card base.

Card Info:

Dies - The Stamp Market Dainty Daisies, MFT Stitched Rectangles

Sentiment - Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Inks - Concord & 9th

Stickles

I love how this simple card turned out - those flowers really have my heart lately.. hope you like what I did with them this time!

Happy Crafting...

Penny Black Thrive Watercolour

Hey Peeps...

I've tried a new technique for me that I've seen done recently - I've used a rubber stamp which I coloured with watercolour pens, spritzed with water, then stamped onto Bristol Smooth watercolour paper.

I liked how it turned out, though it's very different from my usual Copic colouring etc!  I finished off with a paintbrush and some water, smoothing out some of the harsher bits.  Then I did a bit of splattering with gold watercolour paint.

I added a tiny sentiment that I'd printed on the PC, then matted the image onto gold mirri, then onto a matching pinkish card.  

Card Info:

Image - Penny Black Thrive Rubber Stamp

Die - Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Sentiment - done on PC

Colouring - Arteza Watercolour Pens

Gold Watercolour Paint

Gold Mirri Card

Hope you like what I did...  I wasn't sure to start with, but I'm now liking it and am going to try it with a different colour!

Big hugs...

Blue Watercolour Eclipse Card

Hi Peeps..

My card today is another eclipse card - I've getting a bit carried away making these!  

I've used a blue/lilac watercolour flower, and diecut it with one of the slatted square dies from Craft Addiction UK.  I printed a second flower for behind the slats which I adhere with thin foam tape.

Card Info:

Watercolour Flower from Etsy

Craft Addiction UK Slatted Square Die

Lil' Inkers Stitched Square Die

Foam Tape

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted

Gold Cord

Sorry the photographs are a bit dark - we have fabulous blue skies here today and they are reflecting on my card as I photograph on my windowloedge.  Weirdly, it makes the photos look darker!

Big hugs...

The Greeting Farm Little Fairies 2

Hi Peeps...

Well, when I went into my craft room this weekend, I heard lots of mutterings and chunnering going on in a corner.  Turns out, these Little Fairies from The Greeting Farm were a little upset that only one of the four in the set got onto a card last week!  The others were letting me know in no uncertain terms that there'd been favouritism going on, and they weren't happy about it!  Sooooo out came my markers and fussy cutting scissors, and this is the result!

I coloured them all with Copics, then fussy cut.  Then I diecut some circles for them to sit on.  I used a scrap of lovely printed paper for the background - it seemed perfect for this little lot, and adhered the fairies with foam pads.  Then I adhered the circles onto a stitched rectangle diecut of the paper, and finished with one of the sentiments on the pack, embossed in white, although it does look a little cream!.  A little few gems and lots of sparkle on the fairies, and it was done.

Card Info:

Images and Sentiment - The Greeting Farm Little Fairies (an older set)

Designer Paper - Scrap from Stash

Die - MFT Stitched Rectangles, MFT Circles

Gems and Glitter

Here's one of the fairies in her 'close up' - so you can see the sparkly wings and glittery dress.  Now I only have to calm the other two down who DIDN'T get a close up!  Who knew fairies were so easily upset?!

Happy Crafting..

The Greeting Farm Little Fairies

Hi Lovelies..

I've been playing with an older stamp set - it's the Little Fairies set from The Greeting Farm... and for this one, I've made a shaker card... but you have to have your glasses on to spot the shaker bits!  I've also used another of the slatted dies from Craft Addiction UK - I think I'm getting seriously obsessed!

I coloured and fussy cut the fairy, giving her glittery wings of course(!), then die cut the slatted circle, using all three dies in that small size to give the stitched edge around the slats.  I then cut a piece of acetate the same size, adhering it to the back of the slatted circle.  I popped some glittery little stars onto the acetate, and backed the aperture with some pink smooshed card, adhering with foam tape. 

Then I created the card panel, first die cutting the square, then after adhering the fairy shaker bit, stamping the sentiment in the corner.  I diecut a few tiny stars from the smooshed pink to adhere in the top corner, again with a bit of glitter.  I used some pink card for the panel to matt on - well the more pink, the better!

Now here's the 'money shot'.... you can actually see the glitter stars in the shaker window!  I promise they can easily be seen in real life!

Card Info:

Image and Sentiment - The Greeting Farm Little Fairies stamp set

Dies - Craft Addiction UK Slatted Circles, 

L'il Inker Stitched Square, Tiny Stars

Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo

Glitter Stars and Glitter Powder

Colouring - Copics 

Skin - E000/00/11 R20

Hair - E50/51/53/55

Dress - R81/83

Wings - BV20

Hope you like my make today - the fairy is from an older Greeting Farm set, but I still love these fairies so they deserved an outing!

Happy Crafting...

Slatted Square Watercolour Flower

Hi Lovelies...

I've had a little change today, I created a card using a Clipart image.. so no colouring or fussy cutting needed!  

I printed the image onto cardstock, then diecut a square panel with the image towards the centre.  I then used a slatted square die over the image.  I stamped a tiny sentiment on this card panel.  I'd printed more images separately, so used one of these spares to go behind the panel, so the whole image appears in different levels.  I adhered this second image to the back with thin foam tape... that was the only tricky bit - lining up the image to match the front.  Then I adhered this front panel to a card.  Lastly, I added a tiny hemp cord bow.

Card Info:

Image - Clipart Flower (free for personal use)

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted

Dies - Craft Addiction UK Slatted Square, L'il Inkers Stitched Square

Hemp Cord

I was really thrilled with how this turned out and how easy it was to make... I know I'll be making more!

Happy Crafting...

Colorado Craft So Sweet

Hi Lovelies..

For my card today, I've used an older set from my stash - this little cutie is from the Colorado Craft So Sweet stamp set... and I've also used a sentiment from the set.

I coloured the little mouse with his precious cargo, then fussy cut him.  I stamped the sentiment in grey, and also fussy cut that.  Then I diecut a star, using a fabulous star set from Craft Addiction UK which I received last weekend.  I backed it with some card that I'd smooshed in pink.  I then diecut a stitched square, and assembled the card, popping the mouse and sentiment on foam pads.

Card Info:

Image and Sentiment - Colorado Craft So Sweet Stamp Set

Dies - Craft Addiction UK Slatted Stars, Li'l Inkers Stitched Squares

Colouring - Copics

Mouse - C0/1/2 R000 Pie - E30/31/33 R56

Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo

Glossy Accents (for pie)

Hope you like my make today....

Big Hugs...