Happy Birthday Fishes

Good morning all, I'm back again with one of my Crafty Magazine Makes, using the underwater theme from Issue 36 of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine.

I used Adirondack, and Ranger Alcohol Inks to create the watery background, and then cut it out with the fish bowl die from the set.

Then I cut the bowl another twice, once from blue card and then from acetate, so that I could layer them together.

The little fish and other images are included in the set and I just used scraps of card to cut them with.

The Birthday Fishes sentiment is part of the set, and I added an Avery Elle Die-Cut Happy, using their Modern Alpha Die Set.

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

xxx

Happy Birthday Mate

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

Today's card is one I made for my Nephew's birthday last week, from his uncle, using stamps from a previous copy of Creative Stamping magazine.

I thought this was an appropriate image from uncle to nephew, so I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then coloured it with Copic Markers.

I used a wood effect paper to stamp the porthole image on, and then cut it out with 2 different sized Spellbinders Circle dies.

I also cut the the same shape again in craft foam, so that I could raise the porthole off the main image, then added a circle of acetate in between the layers, so that it looks like a window.

I stamped the sentiment underneath and then added the rope image to finish it off. I think this is a really nice simple card suitable for males of most ages.

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

xxx

Mosaic Turnabout Stamp Centre

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card was made with the lovely Mosaic Turnabout Stamp Set from Concord and 9th.

For this card I only used the centrepiece of the stamp, and stamped it 4 times with Distress Oxide inks. I used Faded Jeans, Worn Lipstick, Iced Spruce and Picked Raspberry.

I slightly offset the stamp so it would go over the edge of the panel, and then once it was dry I embossed around the outside with two different sizes of MFT Zig-Zag Stitched Circles.

Then I added two small strips of acetate across the front and mounted the Cut and Make sentiment on them. I had cut the sentiment from white card and coloured it with a coordinating Copic marker. I added a few flowers that I already had cut from a previous card, and then backed the panel with pink card before putting it all on a plain white card blank.

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

xxx

Anniversary Drinks

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good week. We have been having a bit of bad weather lately, snow and ice, so not been great to go out, but on the plus side, it has meant more time in the craft room lol.

Today's card is one I made a few weeks ago. The stamps and dies came from two craft magazines that did complimentary free gifts. One was Die-Cutting Essentials issue number 27, and the other was Simply Cards and Papercraft issue number 166. One magazine had the dies, and the other had the labels and stamps.

I used the dies to cut the glasses from acetate and the wine bottle from a green silk paper, then added red panels behind them to look like the wine.

I stamped the label with the included images and then die cut it with the matching die. Then I inked it with Antique Line Distress Oxide Ink, to age it a bit.

The seal and strip at the top of the bottle are cut from a bronze pearlised paper, to give them a metallic look. Then I stamped one of the sentiments and added this to the top of the card.

Hope you like it, take care and Ill see you soon.

xxx

Faux Shaker

Good morning all, and Happy Halloween. I hope you had a good weekend and are having a good start to the week. Unfortunately there was no blog yesterday as our craft room was unusable due to working on the kitchen again at the weekend. Why is it that when you do anything with the kitchen the whole house ends up a mess????? 

Anyway, we did treat ourselves on Sunday by going out for lunch and 

 then to the cinema to see Thor. Chris Hemsworth, need I say more?😊.

Right, on to today's card, this one is a faux shaker, using printed acetate instead of sequins or beads. I used the small Snowglobe Die from Clearly Besotted, and a Simon Says Stamp Circle Christmas Greeting stamp, which I stamped on dark blue card and then dusted over with Mica Powder.

Then I added a circle of pre printed acetate to give it the look of a shaker card, but without any of the depth or weight for posting.

For the background I used a piece of pale blue textured card and then a dark blue mat, which was cut out with a Lawn Fawn, Stitched Squares die.

The smaller square was an off cut I had left from a stamped background I had made using Distress Inks and a snowflake stamp.

Then I added some sequin snowflakes and a Britannia die cut sentiment.

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

xxx

Yellow and Grey - Christmas Elf

Good morning folks, I know it's February and I'm sharing a Christmas card ! but this is one of the ones I never got around to posting at Christmas, and I really do like it lol.

I used the MFT Santa's Elves, to stamp the images. Then I coloured them with Copic markers and cut them out with their matching dies.

For this little guy, I used a grey and mustard yellow colour scheme, and then used cardstock to match.

I used a MFT Zig Zag Stitched Circle die to cut a frame out of silver card, and then cut a circle window out of the yellow card. I backed this with some gold Christmas paper and a piece of snowy acetate.

I cut the yellow card down with a Stitched Rectangle die and put it onto a grey card blank.

Then I added the images with foam pads, stamped a sentiment from the set and used a Spellbinders corner die to add a little interest. Then I finished it off with a few silver sparkly enamel dots.

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

xxx

Acetate Card

Good morning and welcome to May, this year is absolutely flashing by lol. Today's card is one of those that seemed much better in my head than the finished product !!!

I have seen quite a few acetate cards around so thought I would give one a go. I used heat-proof acetate so that I could stamp on it and use my heat gun to emboss. However I don't think it is strong enough for a card base.

I used Versamark ink and an old Papermania stamp set to stamp a few flowers on the front, and then heat embossed them with Wow Metallic Brass embossing powder.

I used Heidi Swapp Minc Paper for the inside, foiled with Rose Gold. Then Because the card was too flimsy, I cut a frame for the front using a stitched and plain rectangle from MFT Stamps Blueprints Dienamics.

The inside and rear of the card are cut with the Avery Elle Wonky Frames die, and I used the MFT Stamps Stitched Banner die for the sentiment.

Because I was sticking to acetate I struggled to find a glue or tape that was clear enough not to be seen, but as whatever I used still showed through I decided to trim the edge with pink gem strips to cover it up.

Next time I try this I will definitely get some stronger acetate lol. Hope you still like it though. Take care and I'll see you Thursday.

xxx

Acetate card

Good morning all, hope you are well.

Today's card is another that I made for when my nephew turned 21. 

I used the Spellbinders Grand Decorative Label 1 dies to cut the aperture in the front and to decorate the front and inside of the card.

Then I used a Crafters Companion birthday embossing folder to emboss a piece of acetate to go in the aperture, and secured it with Redline tape. Then I covered over the edges on the inside of the card with one of the decorative label frames. 

I used the inner frame for the inside of the card and then put a white square with the number 21 cut with Xcut dies in the centre. 

I used the Memory Box Precious Heart die for the top corner and cut the largest die twice, once from grey card and the other from white card. 

Then I used star punches to make a few layered stars for the inside and outside. 

To finish it off I used a Britannia die to cut the Cousin sentiment. 

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

xxx