Birthday Fishes

Good morning all I Hope you are having a good week. Today's card was made using issue 36 of Die Cutting Essentials magazine.

I started with the background and used Alcohol Inks and a felt blender to swipe different shades of blue across glossy photo paper. I also added in a little touch of Silver Mixative, to give it a bit of shine.

Then once the panel was dry I cut a circle using a Zig Zag Stitched Circle die from MFT Stamps. 

I had a great time die-cutting loads of the sea critters, shells, starfish, and seaweed out of different scraps of card, and then basing my design on one of the ideas in the magazine, I came up with this.

Don't you just love those colours? I love playing with alcohol inks, and think the effect really suits water based themes.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you like the card, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Happy Birthday Flowers

Good morning crafty friends, and happy Friday. I hope you have all had a good week, and are looking forward to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Today's card is the last in our floral theme for this week, and is made with this flower wreath/basket die set, from Die Cutting Essentials magazine.

I started by stamping a floral background stamp on to white card using Versamark Ink, then I heat embossed it with white embossing powder, and used Distress Ink to blend over the embossed pattern.

I used a Lawn Fawn Stitched Square Die to cut the panel down, and then added a larger stitched square panel behind it in Kraft card.

I cut the wreath shape and the extra flowers a couple of times in Kraft card, and then again in white card, and layered them onto my pink panel.

Then I added a die-cut sentiment, using the Happy that came with this set and a Birthday die from Cut N Make on a Lawn Fawn Banner.

Then I added it all to a 5 x 5 Kraft card blank and finished it with a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard.

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

Flower Wreath

Good morning folks, I hope you have had a nice crafty weekend. I had all good intentions of  starting to decorate this weekend, but, that never really got started lol. I did spend some time with family though, and even managed a play in the craft room! So all in all, a good weekend.

Right, today's card was made using the free gift that came with Issue 26 of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine. The set is called Happy Days, and consists of the flower wreath die, extra single flowers and some sentiment stamps.

I went with a Kraft and white theme, cutting a couple of wreaths from each colour, then using pieces of them to layer up.

I used Stitched Square dies to cut the backgrounds and a Kraft card blank for the base.

After adding foam tape under the front panel for a bit of dimension, I went in and added Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen to all the flowers, then finished it off with a few small crystals.

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

xxx