Gilded trees

Hello.  I'm back today with the last of Alan's birthday cards.

This one has been about three years in the making!

I went through a phase of using flitter glue and gilding flakes to create backgrounds.  This piece is one I had buried deep in my stash!

I used a stamp from IndigoBlu, who also make the flitter glue that was used to stamp the image.

I then applied the gilding flakes to the sticky image.  These ones are variegated green from Clarity Stamps.

I stamped directly on to some bronze card and used another piece to create the sentiment strip.  This sentiment is from Altenew's Family Matters and is embossed in silver.

I then added the panel to a base made with Neena Desert Storm card.

This was quick to put together even if it took three years to get all the pieces on to a card, lol!

TTFN Jude xx

Hello Ducky

Welcome back.

Today I have another card made for Alan's birthday last weekend.

This one uses another magazine freebie - this time it is Papercraft Essentials issue 158.  The set is called Make a Splash and features a frog as well as this great duck image.

I stamped the duck on textured paper and coloured it with Copic markers.  I then cut out a circle and backed it with a slightly larger gold circle.

I added a die cut puddle and sentiment from the same set.

For the card base I added a strip of scrap card by Hunkydory.  I will use up the massive pile of card I have left from their kits, lol!

TTFN Jude xx

Coloured Embossing

Good morning all, I hope you are having a great week. Today's card is one I made for mum to send to a friend.

I used the Stamp Set from the June 2018 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. The set is called Beautiful Flowers.

I stamped the large flower stamp, and a single flower onto white card using Versamark ink, then I heat embossed it with SSS Steel Navy Embossing Powder, and cut it out by hand.

Then I used a navy blue card base, and placed the large stamp in the top corner, stamped it with Versamark ink again, and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I cut my white image to fit the bottom of the card base, and then added the single flower with a foam pad for dimension. Then I added a few white and blue sequins, for a bit of bling.

The banner sentiment is from an older SSS kit, but I wanted something really simple, so I heat embossed it using the same Steel Navy embossing powder and cut it down to fit my card.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Seeing stars

Hello again and welcome.

It's the last bank holiday before Christmas here in the UK, and we have plans to craft.  Let's see how that turns out!

My card today was made for Alan's birthday last weekend.

I kept the front quite simple. just white heat embossing on navy card.

The stars are from the Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.  The set was free with issue 178 and I think it is called Card Making Magic.

The sentiment was from the same set.

On the inside I created a pop up section.  This was really easy to do following the instructions from Jennifer McGuire.  You can read her post here - https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2018/07/pop-up-window-cards.html

For the pop up section I embossed three more stars in Simon Says Stamp steel navy embossing powder.  I also embossed another sentiment.  This time I took it from Simon's Seeing Stars set.

I thought this was a fun card and hope you do too.

TTFN Jude xx

Piggy in the middle

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week. I have just finished work for two whole weeks, and it feels sooooo goooood. lol.

Today's card was made using the Playground Pals stamps from Clearly Besotted. I think the little critters are supposed to be bears, but I liked the fact that I could turn them into little pigs!

I stamped my Piggy in the middle on to a 4 x 4 inch piece of white card, then I used our homemade wreath builder jig to stamp the other piggies around the outside.

I positioned two of the stamps at once, so only had to turn the piece a few times to fill it.

I stamped a couple of presents in the middle and then added some balloons and party hats to the circle of piggies.

I coloured the whole thing with Copic markers and then added a few peel-off number 7 stickers to the balloons. I matted the piece with pink embossed card and added it to a 5 x 5 note card.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you next week.

xxx

Beautiful day

Hello and thanks for joining us today.

Continuing my theme for this week, I have another card made using a scrap piece of Hunkydory card stock.  This one has a floral theme which I thought would pair wonderfully with the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Day stamp set.

I stamped a sentiment from the set in magenta Archival ink but I wasn't fond of the finish.  To save the piece I over stamped using black StazOn and this makes the pink look more like a shadow.  I'm still not 100% happy but I can live with the finished piece.

I took a butterfly from the Simon set and coloured it with Copic markers.  I used colours which were similar to those in the background piece.

As all I had was a strip which wasn't large enough for a card front, I added some rose glitter washi tape to the card base and popped the floral piece up on foam.

I think this helps the card look more finished.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Perks

Happy Wednesday everyone.

This week I'm focusing on using up some more of the scrap pieces of card we have.

This card uses a piece of patterned card stock which comes from Hunkydory.  I bought quite a lot of kits from them when I first started card making and still have LOADS left.

I loved the little tea service and cupcakes but it looked a little flat once I added it to the pink card base.

I took some coloured gel pens and added extra detail, colouring in the bun cases and adding gold to the teapot, cup and saucer.

To go with the teatime theme I chose a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp set, What's Brewing.  I thought this matched really well.

This isn't my favourite card but it will be good for a quick note to a friend type card.

TTFN Jude xx

Birthday Chick

Good morning all, you have me again today. I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is another I made for my beautiful great niece who turned 7 on Sunday. This one uses the Birthday Chicks stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I stamped the images using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then coloured them with Copic Markers. Then I used a Spellbinders Labels 28 die to cut the shape out. 

I used a pale blue note card, and topped it with some blue circle paper, and then added my label with foam tape.

Then I fussy cut the balloon and attached it onto the card with a foam pad and wet glue, and added a die-cut number 7 on the front.

To finish it off I stamped one of the sentiments included with the kit, mounted it on pale blue card and placed it on the card front underneath the images.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Puppy Present

Good morning all and happy Monday, I hope you have had a good weekend. It was the 7th birthday of my beautiful great niece yesterday, and this is the card I made for her.

The little dog, box and presents are from a Lawn Fawn set for Simon Says Stamp called Happy Howlidays. I love that the images don't just have to be used for Christmas cards.

I stamped and die-cut the images and then coloured them with Copic markers., Then I cut a front panel for the card using an MFT Stamps Blueprints Dienamics Stitched Rectangle Die.

Then I used a card edge die from a First Edition set called Build a Scene, to cut a scrap piece of card in the shape of clouds.

Then I placed the shaped card on the panel in a random pattern, and inked against the edge with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink, to give the effect of fluffy clouds on a pink background.

The sentiment circle is from an older Simon Says Stamp monthly kit. I die-cut this a few times with white card, and stacked them together for dimension. Then I placed this on the background and arranged my images inside and around it, using wet glue and foam pads.

Then I finished it off with a die-cut balloon and a number 7.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx