Sending You Hugs

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is a really simple one, that could be used for many occasions, simply by changing the colour scheme or sentiment.

I started by cutting the Fancy Square Frame dies from M&C Boutique, using white textured card stock.

I added these to an M&C Boutique Stitched Square Die cut, which I cut using a textured silver card. Then I matted this piece with black card and added it all to a 6 x 6 side fold note card.

The Hugs sentiment is a Lawn Fawn die, which I cut three times from black card and stacked them together for dimension. Then I added a sentiment strip and a few black pearls and clear gems to finish it off.

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

xxx

Hyacinths

Hello everyone.  Hope you're not too upset to be back to work after the long Easter weekend!

My card for today was made using inspiration from Cindy Norberg.  Cindy water coloured her card but I loved the idea of stamping a large flower using small ones.

This stamp set is Hello Darling from Simon Says Stamps April card kit.  I stamped one of the small flowers using two distress oxides (worn lipstick and picked raspberry) layered together for some subtle tone. 

The stalks are stamped in lucky clover and mowed lawn, using a stamp set from Altenew.

The sentiment is from Simply Said by Avery Elle.  I embossed this using Tonic glacier white embossing powder then added this with foam squares.

I added some Nuvo drops for the flower centres and to add some interest then backed the panel with black card before adding to a white base.

TTFN Jude xx

Tri-Fold Birthday Card

Good morning all, I hope you have enjoyed the long Easter weekend. We have had a lovely one spending time with family and getting out and about.

Today's card is one I made after watching another of Jennifer McGuire's videos, featuring tri-fold cards. I started with 2 yellow A2 note cards, and glued them together. 

Then I cut a circle window in the front of the card, and used a fancy circle die set from The Works  to make a frame around it. Before sticking this on I used an MFT Stamps Confetti Background Stamp, and inked it with Altenew Crisp Dye Ink from the Pocketful of Sunshine set.

The image inside is from a Simon Says Stamp set from earlier this year, and I coloured this with Copic Markers. Then I added it to the first fold of the card so that the flowers poked through the window on the front.

I added a sentiment strip to the front, and then finished it off with another sentiment over the top of the flowers on the inside. Being careful not to let it show through the front window.

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

xxx

For you

Hello again. It's a holiday weekend and I intend to spend some quality time in the craft room.

I was sorting through some old backgrounds that I made and never used.  This one uses a selection of Memento and Simon Says Stamp inks to stamp small flowers from a Simon stamp set.

To embellish it I added some gold Nuvo crystal drops in bright gold. I added this to a blue card base.

I wasn't sure how to add the sentiment as the background is so busy.  In the end I cut a cloud edge from some white card and created a banner down the side.

On this I added a sentiment in Danube Blue Memento ink and a few more Nuvo drops.

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the start of the long Easter weekend. 

Today's card was one I made last week for my aunt and uncle's Golden Wedding Anniversary. I took inspiration from Pinterest to make an acetate window card, and used dies from my Tonic Studio's Craft Kits for the design.

I started by making my card base using white hammered 300gsm card and heavy weight acetate. I sandwiched the acetate in between 2 layers of the card to hide any adhesive.

The bird die is from Tonic Craft Kit 16, and the Anniversary die is from Kit 17. I cut the bird die twice, once from the white card and once from gold card, then I added them to the acetate back to back to hide the adhesive, and I swapped the little hearts in the middle around for contrast.

I finished the card off with a simple sentiment, made up with a stamp from Crafti Potential's Wonderful Die/Stamp combo and 50 cut with an old magazine numbers die.

Hope you like it, have a great weekend and I'll see you soon.

Take care

xxx

Baby Shower

Good morning all, and happy hump day, I hope you are having a good week so far.

Today's card is one I made at the last minute on Saturday for a surprise Baby Shower for my daughter K. The shower was arranged by her work friends, and although I knew about it for a week before, I forgot about making a card lol.

I used stamps from an older Creative Stamping Magazine, Issue 38, called Whatever the Weather. I started by heat embossing the umbrella with Versafine Onyx Black ink, and Wow Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder.

Then I added the pattern to it with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and more of the embossing powder, before cutting it out by hand.

I cut a plain white panel using a Wonky Stitched Ellements die from Avery Elle, and added three clouds cut with the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine set. Then I stamped the little rain drops and hearts with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

I added the Baby Shower Sentiment, and then popped it onto a pink A2 note card.

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

xxx

Thinking of you

Hello and welcome.

I have made a really simple card today using an alcohol ink background and a square die plate from Pretty Quick. It's currently on offer at Craft Stash if you're interested.

The die cut has a Happy Birthday sentiment but I cut this out and added my own more generic greeting.  I heat embossed this using Nuvo copper blush embossing powder.

The background was made a while ago and is just alcohol inks swiped on to yupo paper.  The colours are espresso, ginger and caramel  with a copper mixative.

I added the die cut to the inked panel then adhered both to a brown shimmer card stock from Jelly Bean.

Hope you like it. TTFN Jude xx

No Prob-llama

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great weekend. 

Today's card is made using stamps from Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 57 called Go Wild, along with the background images from the April 2018 Card Kit from Hero Arts.

I started by stamping the llama onto plain white card, colouring it with Copic Markers, and then cutting it out by hand. I stamped some cactus images onto another piece of card and then masked them to ink a background using Distress Oxide Inks. 

I cut the background down to size with a Stitched Rectangle die from MFT Stamps, and then added the llama and sentiment on top with foam tape for dimension. Then I popped it all onto a plain white A2 note card.

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

xxx

Floral Bliss

Happy Wednesday.  I'm back with another leaving card.

This one was for a colleague who is taking a career break.

I used a Simon Says Stamp set called Floral Bliss, which was part of a card kit last year.

I started by masking off a strip on some white card and stamping the flowers either side using memento tuxedo black ink.

I removed the mask and added a sentiment from the set, heat embossing with Hero Arts gold embossing powder. I then used a ruler and embossing pen to add a border between the sentiment and the flowers. I think this is visually more defining.

I also heat embossed two flower stamps from the set and coloured these with Copic markers.

I added these to the sentiment area as the only pop of colour.

I matted the panel with gold shimmer card and black to tie all the colours together.

Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Mother's Day Carnations

Good morning crafty friends, I hope you are having a good week so far. We are off work this week as it's half term for all of the grand kiddies now, so we are off to the cinema today, and hopefully out for some fresh air tomorrow.

Anyway, today's card is another that I made for Mother's day last week. I used the Carnation Signature Die from Joanna Sheen, and cut them a few times from white card and then just the top once from a yellow card.

I stacked the die cuts together with Nuvo clear glue, and then cut the petals out of the yellow flower to sit on top of one of the white ones, just to give it a pop of colour. 

I arranged my flowers towards the bottom of a green side-fold note card and then cut off the excess stems.

For the sentiment, I stacked a couple of Mum die cuts from Crafter's Companion onto a piece of white card, and then stamped the rest of the message using the Avery Elle City Celebrations stamp set. Then I matted this with yellow and green card and added it to my note card.

A very simple card to make, but I love the effect of those stacked white flowers on the green card. 

Hope you like it too. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx