Daisies

Hi Peeps...

I'm having a little change from Christmas cards - and doing some 'stash shopping' again!

I used a square piece of mixed media paper - and used Distress Oxides on a diagonal half of it, which I then splattered with gold watercolour paint.  Then I diecut the daisies, popping them onto the card as a border, with the yellow centres created using a tiny punch!  The leaves were from a different die set, but I think they were needed... and the sentiment is from a Pink Fresh Studio set - I stamped and embossed it in gold.

Card Info:

Dies - Britannia Dies Multi Flower Roses

Leaves - Spellbinders

Sentiment - Pink Fresh Studio - Playful Petals

Distress Oxides - Tumbled Glass, Broken China

Gold Watercolour Paint

It's been very cold here today - we had snow yesterday, so this card has made me feel a little brighter!

Happy Crafting....

Sweet November Little Christmas Angel 2

Hi Lovelies...

I'm back today with another card made using the Sweet November Little Christmas Angel..  this time I created a background using the Taylored Expressions Twinkle Twinkle background stamp (with lots of sparkle) over some blended Distress Oxides.  

I coloured and fussy cut the image, then I then adhered the angel with 3D foam tape to the panel, and added a sentiment which I heat embossed in silver.  Finally I adhered the panel to my card base with fun foam, giving it depth.

Card Info:

Image - Sweet November Stamps Little Christmas Angel Digi Stamp

Sentiment - Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler

Background - Taylored Expressions Twinkle Twinkle stamp, 

embossed with white sparkle embossing powder

Distress Oxides Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/11 R20

Hair - E40/41/42/43

Gown - BV31 R24/27/46

Wings - YR21/23

Hope you like my card today - this little angel sure has my heart and I love colouring her!

Happy Crafting...

Alexandra Renke Fir Trees with Frame

Hi Peeps...

For my card today, I've used one of the Alexandra Renke Fir Trees with Frame dies (that I used the other day) - but this time just one on it's own, in a very CAS card.

I die cut both the tree and frame from a card panel leaving an aperture, then cut the frame from gold mirri.  I added some glitter card behind the tree aperture, adhering the frame on top.  Lastly, I stamped a tiny sentiment and used a Stampin' Up punch to cut it.  I then used some gold thread to add it to my card.  

Card Info:

Dies - Alexandra Renke Fir Trees with Frame, MFT Stitched Rectangle

Sentiment - Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Sentiment Set

Stampin' Up punch

Gold Mirri and Glitter Card

I've added this third close up - hopefully so the gold and glitter card show up more.  Hope you like what I did!

Happy Crafting...

Alexandra Renke Christmas Firs

Hi Lovelies..

Today I have a card to share that I made with dies I bought a year or so back..  so again, I'm shopping my stash!

I saw a beautiful card on Pinterest which caught my eye, by Lynne Atkinson, so thought I'd give it a go.  I loved how she'd used pastel colours, so I dug out my coloured card.  Thank you for the inspiration Lynne.

I did all the die cutting of the trees, adhering them to a white card panel, then die cut the Christmas word from rose gold satin cardstock.  I then cut a couple of extra words in white, and adhered them together to create a bit of depth, before adding them to my card.  I added a few tiny dots that I'd cut from the rose gold - and it was done.

Card Info:

Dies - Alexandra Renke Fir Trees with Frame

Alexandra Renke Christmas Typo Word Die

Pastel Coloured Card

Rose Gold Satin Card

It was a bit fiddly to make - but worth the effort I think...  so that's another one down.... still loads to go!

Happy Crafting...

Sweet November Stamps Little Christmas Angel

Hi Lovelies

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a lovely freebie from Sweet November Stamps...  this is Little Christmas Angel. 

I coloured her with Copics and fussy cut her, adding glitter to her wings.  Then I created a Distress Oxide blended background which I splattered with white - making a starry background for her.  Oooh I added the sentiment before the stars though..  covering it with a scrap of paper when I splattered.

Card Info:

Image - Sweet November Stamps Little Christmas Angel

Sentiment - Mama Elephant Mixed Holiday Greetings

Distress Oxides - Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire

Die - MFT Stitched Rectangle

White Paint

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/11 R20

Hair - E40/41/42/43

Gown - BV31 R24/27/46

Wings - YR21/23

On this last photo - I've tried to show the glitter on her wings...  hope you can see it!

Happy Crafting...

Pretty Pink Posh Small Stitched Foliage

Hi Peeps...

I have another autumnal card to share today... again I shopped my stash and found this lovely little die set from Pretty Pink Posh called Small Stitched Foliage. It's one I've used before a few times and I love blending the colours of the leaves.

Firstly, I used a burlap embossing folder to create the background, then die cut the leaves from white cardstock.  I used Distress Oxides to blend the colours on the leaves, before adhering them with foam pads to the embossed panel and trimming the edges.  Lastly, I added an autumn word cut from glitter card, adhering 3 die cuts together to give strength to the word.

Card Info:

Dies - Pretty Pink Posh Small Stitched Foliage

Embossing Folder - Honey Bee Stamps Burlap

Distress Oxides Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, 

Rusted Hinge, Crackling Campfire, and Peeled Paint

Autumn Word Die

Glitter Card

Hope you like my card today... I do love the beautiful colours our leaves turn at this time of year before they drop... nature is amazing, isn't it?

Happy Crafting...

Tiddlyinks Wryn in the Fall

Hi Lovelies...

Well as it's very much Autumn here in the UK, I decided to use some autumnal colours for my card today, and I chose to use this older, but still lovely digital image of Wryn from Tiddlyinks - I used to be on the Tiddlyinks DT, so I've had this for some years!

I used Distress Oxides for the background, splattered with water, white paint and then gold watercolour paint.  Don't ask me what the colours are, as I think I made this background last year and it's been sitting waiting for me to use it!

I coloured and fussy cut the image, then used my embossing tool to round the image slightly, before I used foam pads to adhere it to the panel.  I created a little pile of leaves with Copics for her to play in!  Lastly, I created a little sentiment on the PC - I know I must have one somewhere, but I can't find it - anyway, I was happy with how this one turned out.

Card Info:

Image - Tiddlyinks Wryn in the Fall Digital Image

Sentiment - done on PC

Distress Oxides (sorry can't remember the colours)

Gold and White Watercolour Paint

Colouring - Copics

Hat and Coat - E21/23/25

Skin - E000/00/11 R20

Hair - YR04/18 E08/18

Dress - RV42 R43/32/14

The leaves are certainly changing colour and falling rapidly around me, such beauty is everywhere!

Hugs..

Alcohol Ink Panel

Hi Peeps...

Today I'm sharing a card that I made with an off-cut of a panel I created with alcohol inks...  which has gold foil on it too for extra sparkle.  I used gold mirri card to frame the panel top and bottom, then adhered it to a die cut stitched square.  Lastly, I added a old sentiment from Paper Smooches.

  

There's not much more I can say about the card... it's pretty CAS!

Big hugs

Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script

Hi Lovelies...

I was inspired for my card today by a lovely card made by Rachel at @colourandsparkle - but I really have had difficulty photographing it - I think our weather isn't helping as either the sky is dark with rain clouds, or it's very bright which makes the blue sky reflect in a blue-ish hue on my white!  One day I'm going to have to invest in a better set up!

Anyways... it's an easy make...   I used a rectangle stencil which I blended Distress Oxides though - then when that was dry, I splattered with gold watercolour paint.  I then used this gorgeous word die from Memory Box, cutting the shadow in vellum and the words in glitter card.  I adhered this to the card panel, then the panel to a pink card base.   Lastly I added a few gems for more sparkle!

Card Info:

Dies - Memory Box Happy Birthday Posh Script, MFT Stitched Rectangles

Distress Oxides - Kitsch Flamingo, Scattered Straw and Tumbled Glass

Gold Watercolour paint

Gems

I think this final photo is the most accurate when it comes to the colours I used..  hope you like!

Happy Crafting...

Altenew Blooming Flower Bed Stencils

Hi Lovelies...

Well I've been shopping my stash again, and I've had these gorgeous Altenew Blooming Flower Bed stencils for a while, and have only used them once... so out they came again!

I've made a couple of cards, in different colours and with different sentiments..  believe it or not, the words are in gold, but it's so difficult to photograph!

Card Info:

Stencils - Altenew Blooming Flower Bed Stencils

Catherine Pooler Inks

Dies - Simon Says Stamp

And here's the second colour mix.. 

Loving this sentiment - it's all you'd ever wish anyone, isn't it?

Sorry about the amount of pics...  I really am just trying to show the colours how I actually see them (especially the gold), and not as my camera THINKS they should be!

Big Hugs

Alex Syberia Designs Sweet Friend

Hi Lovelies...

Well it's CAS time for me today.. I love this little Sweet Friend set from Alex Syberia Designs..  but decided that nothing should detract from the little kiss that this pair are sharing!

So all I did, after colouring and fussy cutting, was to give them a strip of greenery to stand on, a couple of die cut hearts above them, and the tiny greeting below the strip.

Card Info:

Image and Sentiment - Alex Syberia Designs Sweet Friend

Die - MFT Stitched Rectangle, Tiny heart Die

Smooshed Scrap for strip

Colouring - Copics

Mice - E40/41/42/43 R000

Dress - R81/83 White Gel Pen

Top and shorts - BG02/11 B23

To make the little mice slightly rounder, I used a large embossing ball tool onto the back of the image while it was on firm foam.

Definitely CAS!

Hope you like my little pair...

Hugs

Lawn Fawn Magic Messages

Hi Lovelies...

For my card today, I have been using some of the spare smooshed backgrounds that are in my folder - diecutting them with flower and wreath dies.  I've made a few cards with different sentiments - this is just one.

Card Info:

Flowers and Wreath Dies - sorry they are older - no name on them

Sentiment - Lawn Fawn Magic Messages

Distress Oxides

Gold Embossing Powder

I'm afraid I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the photography of my cards.. which is why I've not been posting as many.  I wish there was a magic trick to be able to capture the true colours of the card!

Hugs...

Pink Fresh Studio Be Fearless

Hi Peeps...

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a stamp set from Pink Fresh Studio - this is the Be Fearless set.  Of course, my favourite roses are pink, so out came my pink pens (again!)

I diecut a fancy oval from white cardstock, then added the sentiment which I embossed in gold.  After that, I adhered the coloured and die cut roses to the oval with foam pads, then added the oval to pink cardstock for my base.  Lastly, I added a few little gold sentiments to bring out the gold in the sentiment.  

Card Info:

Image - Pink Fresh Studio Be Fearless

Sentiment - Mama Elephant Scripty Birthday

Die - Spellbinders Floral Oval

Colouring - Copics

Flowers - R81/83/85 

Leaves - G82/46

White Gel Pen

Gold Sequins

Hope you like my make today...

Big Hugs

LTTS Doodles Spring Bunnies

Hi Lovelies...

Today I'm sharing a little card I made using one of the gorgeous little bunnies from LTTS Doodles - this is Bunny Flowers from the Spring Bunnies collection.

I coloured and fussy cut the image, then created a small ink blended panel (which I'd splattered with gold) for the bunny to be adhered to, then onto some dotty paper.  I stamped the sentiment, then adhered the mats together onto a card base.

Card Info:

Image - LTTS Doodles Flower Bunny

Sentiment - Paper Smooches

Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangles

Colouring - Copics

Bunny - E40/41/43/43 R20

Clothes - B21/23

Flowers - R83 Y15 V17 Y38

Gold Watercolour Paint

Scrap of dotty paper

Hope you like my little bunny card today... I'm definitely into a cutie phase!

Big hugs