Anniversary #2

Hello again.  Jen explained yesterday that we've found it very difficult to get in crafty mood this last week.  However I forced myself to make something as I have a deadline for the anniversary cards for my friend Janet; this is the second of the three cards she asked for.

The image is from a new Lili of the Valley art pad called True Love.  I thought this was perfect for an anniversary card.

I cut the image using a Spellbinder deckle edge die and inked through with Old Paper Distress Ink.  I then coloured the very edge with Aged Mahogany. I used a 5 x 7 card blank, some cream cardstock and a piece of Grace Taylor paper to make up my matts and layers.  All these were inked with the same combination of colours.

The sentiment at the top is a gold rub on and I tied some matching ribbon across before adding the panel to the card blank.

The 'just for you' sentiment is also from Lili of the Valley, cut with a 1.5" scalloped circle punch and inked again.  I added it to the bottom using a foam pad.

All I need to do now is add a matching '30' to the bottom right.  Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Saturday 4th January

 Morning folks.  Today I have another anniversary card to share with you.  This one was for my daughter.

I received some free papers and cardstock toppers on a magazine and loved the colours.  The set is called Sweet Pea by Kaisercraft. 

I took one piece of the paper pack and rounded the corners before attaching to a 5 x 7 card blank.  I inked the edges with Aged Mahogany distress ink before adding a layer of cream card similarly inked. 

I took several of the flowers and layered them up with glue and foam pads to get different heights.  I then added some of the bunting.

The sentiment is a stamp we received in a free set with another magazine.  I do like to make use of the free elements of my stash.

A ribbon, lace and a few pearls finished it off.  Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

 

Cuddle

Morning all.  Thankfully it is Friday and after work I can put my feet up for a while.  I hope ;)  Although as it is less that 5 weeks to Christmas I may have to do some shopping instead!

Todays card is inspired by one of the ideas in Get Stamping issue 05.  The free stamps which come with the magazine have been used for quite a few cards lately, in particular Jen's chalet card.

 

This one uses the words stamp as the centre piece.  The words were stamped in Aged Mahogany distress ink onto a small piece of white stamping card and the edges inked with the same colour.

The words were then layered on to a piece of pre-embossed card which I sanded to reveal a little of the core. 

Once these were added to the 9 x 10.5cm the whole thing was wrapped with a deep red twine.  I then used a red/brown cabochon that Jen had made in the melt pot to finish it off.

This is a card that could be reproduced in bulk quite quickly.  We are debating taking a stall at the local village Christmas Fete, so cards like this would be easy to make en masse.

Enjoy your weekend.  TTFN Jude xx

Hi there Gorjuss

Happy Tuesday folks.  Hope our UK friends aren't too windswept after the stormy weather the last couple of days.  We were quite lucky in our part of Yorkshire and missed most of the bad stuff.  It did rain and it was blowy but not nearly as bad as down on the South coast.  My London colleagues were nearly all having to work from home today due to a lack of trains!

Anyway today I'm using another of the images I coloured on holiday in Scotland.  This is another Gorjuss image, which I think is called The Fox, but I don't have the packaging so not sure.

I cut the image out with a deckled edge spellbinder and lightly inked the edges with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.  I then layered two contrasting designs onto a purple card and mounted them on to a 6x6 card blank.  All the edges were distressed with the same Aged Mahogany.

The flowers are more of the large papers blossoms we bought in The Range - one is a creamy white and the other is dusky pink.

The sentiment was created on a Dymo hand held printer, using a white paper cartridge.  I just wanted something very simple and I thought this was just enough.

Hope you like my card.  I'd love you to leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

TTFN Jude xx