The Greetery Shapely Hearts

Hi Lovelies...

Well, as it's getting close to Valentine's Day, I thought I better get out some hearts!  

I've used a die set from The Greetery called Shapely Hearts - and being inspired by a card I spotted on Pinterest, I blended Distress Inks in various reds and pinks onto the die cut hearts.  

Then I adhered all the hearts onto my card blank... adding a die cut sentiment - I used the word 'love' from Impression Obsession which I cut from gold mirri card, backing with black as a shadow.  Then I stamped and heat embossed the word 'you' from a set by Whimsy Stamps.

Card Info:

Dies - The Greetery Shapely Hearts, Love word - Impression Obsession, 

Stamp - Whimsy Stamps Happy Sentiments

Distress Inks

Hope you like my Valentine's card!

Big hugs

Uniko Picked Posies

Hi Lovelies..

I've bee playing with the Uniko Picked Posies stencils again - this time onto a square card.  

I stencilled the flowers and leaves with Distress Inks, then splattered gold watercolour paint over the panel... believe me it looks better in real life than any photo can show!  Then I diecut a birthday word from gold mirri card, using white for the shadow to make it stand out.  I added that with foam tape to the centre of the floral panel, then adhered then panel to my card base with fun foam to give depth.

Card Info:

Stencil - Uniko Picked Posies

Word Die - Spellbinders Yana Smakula

Distress Inks

Gold Watercolour Paint

Deep Pink Card 

Hope you like my floral make today!

Big hugs

Altenew Tangled Loops

Hi Lovelies...

Today I'm sharing a shaker card I made using a cover plate die called Tangled Loops from Altenew.

Firstly, I created the background by smooshing lots of Distress Oxides (listed below), also adding gold watercolour paint.  It's very difficult to capture the effect on camera unfortunately.

Then I did the die cutting - adhering the loops to a sheet of acetate.  I also die cut a rectangle frame to give space at the edge of the card to use foam double sided tape, to give depth for the shaker bits to move around.  I used lots of tiny circles that I'd cut from gold mirri card for the shaker, then I adhered the die cut panel to the background.  Lastly, I diecut a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp, which I'd cut from mirri card, but had added a white card shadow to make it stand out.

Card Info:

Dies - Altenew Tangled Loops, MFT Rectangle Frame,

Simon Says Stamp Sending Smiles, Tiny Circles (no name)

Distress Oxides - Scattered Straw, Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey, 

Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral and Festive Berries

Gold Mirri Card

Hope you like my make today and that it gives you a smile - that's what I'm sending!

Apologies for photography though... 

Happy Crafting...

Uniko Picked Posies Stencils

Hi Lovelies..

I thought we may all need a bit of cheering up through January and the cold weather, so I made this card which makes me think of summer!

I used layering stencils from Uniko for the flowers, blending with Distress Inks.  I matted and layered with gold mirri card and coloured card to match the flowers.  I die cut the word 'happy' from the gold, and adhered that, along with a stamped and gold embossed 'birthday' word.  Lastly I added a few gold sequins.

Card Info:

Uniko Picked Posies Stencils

Simply Graphic Happy word die

MFT Birthday word stamp

Gold Mirri card

Gold sequins

I did find the stencils a little tricky to use, as they are a bit thin, so they tend to not want to sit flat on the card, even with tape or gripper mat. I held them down with my finger in the centre while stencilling,  I would think Pixie Spray on the back of the stencil would solve that problem.

Hope I've brightened your day today!

Hugs...

CAS Heart with Butterflies

Hi Lovelies..

Firstly, apologies as I'm a bit slow getting going this year - I'm a little overwhelmed with the goodies I have in my craft room (yes, I admit it!)... I get in there, and don't know what to make!  Does anyone else feel like that?  I see fabulous YouTube videos, and lots of Instagram posts - and my poor brain is saying 'well you can't do it all' - so I end up struggling to make even one thing!

Anyways..  I've made a few CAS cards for today - using a gorgeous little die that I got from Amazon.  Firstly, I die cut the heart from a stitched square die cut panel.  I stamped a small sentiment while the panel was still flat.

I needed an effective background, so did a little smooshing in pinks and purples, with lots of gold too.  I used foam tape to lift the heart square panel away from the background, then adhered the smooshed panel to the foam tape.  I adhered the stitched square panel to my card base then finally added a tiny gem onto the smooshed panel.

For my second card, I used lilacs and purples for the smooshing.

Card Info:

Dies - Heart/Butterfly, Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Fancy That

Distress Oxides for smooshing

Hope you like my cards today - quite often creating something CAS can bring back my mojo.. hopefully that'll happen this time!

Happy Crafting...

Masculine Card

Hi Lovelies..

Well we've been without internet for a few days due to an area outage, so I've been a little quiet!  I'm glad to be back now though...  it really shows how much we rely on it when we don't have it...  and ours is TV too!

Anyways.. I've been busy in my craft room.. and today I'm sharing the first of some male cards I've made.  

I was inspired by Natalie's video (NB Cards) showing several different styles for men - using lots of scraps!  Well, I have endless scraps and 6 x 6 pads... so out they came.

I diecut several stitched strips in various patterns and colours to start with.  Then I cut some white cardstock, covering with double sided adhesive paper.  I laid the strips on diagonally, with some gold strips interspersed... then adhered that panel to a diecut stitched rectangle.  Lastly, I added a tiny sentiment in the same diagonal angle.

I can't really give many details of what I used - the paper pads are probably 10+ years old, and the strip die is a cheapie one.  The sentiment is from MFT.

I sent this card to my son-in-law and it was well received, so I've made more - always handy to have a male type card in stock!

Happy crafting...

Valentines Heart

Hi Lovelies..

OK... we're onto Valentine cards now - crikey, no wonder the years go by so quickly!

My card today is very CAS..  I used a lovely little heart die on a stitched rectangle panel - sorry, no name of the die as I bought it a little while back and the packaging is missing.  Behind that I put red glitter card..  then added a red panel so there was an edge of red, before adding everything to my card panel.  

I stamped a tiny sentiment and from MFT and added one of the little hearts that came from the glitter card - and it was done!

Here's a close up of the die cut with the glitter card, though it's quite difficult to see!

Hope you like!

Happy Crafting....

Pink Fresh Studio Cheerful Blossoms

Hi Lovelies...

Today I'm starting my New Year makes using the gorgeous Stamp/Stencil/Die set from Pink Fresh Studio - this one is called Cheerful Blossoms.

I've created three different cards - two rectangular and one square - using different dies and embossing folders.

For the first, I used an embossing folder from Lisa Horton - it's scripty which I felt looked good behind the sentiment.  I used the stencil to colour the flowers, finishing them with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Waffle Flower and is from a set called Birthday Wishes.

For my second card, I created a smooshed panel which I put behind a lattice cover plate diecut.  The stamp edged die is from Waffle Flower, and I used a rectangle to cut the centre, to show the lattice.  I adhered the sentiment to gold cardstock, trimming around to give the edge.

Lastly, I used a square die from MFT - it's a diagonal stitched one, again I cut the centre out to show the lattice behind.

Hope you like my first cards of 2025... Happy New Year to you all!

Happy Crafting...