Nothing is better than a true friend

Good morning all, and happy Bank Holiday Monday, (if you are in the UK). Anything that gets us a Monday off of work is a good day in my book lol.

Today's card is one I made for mum to give her friend for her birthday last week. I used the Spring Daisy set from Altenew and stamped them with the Warm and Cosy Crisp Dye inks.

I then added extra definition with a very fine brush and the Coffee Break ink set, and finished the flowers off with a very healthy covering of Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter pen.

The wooden background paper is from a Simon Says Stamp kit and the sentiment is from the Altenew Fresh Freesia set, heat embossed with SSS Fine Detail White Embossing powder. 

I added another sentiment from the Fresh Freesia set on an inner liner, and then finished the card with a few clear Dew Drops.

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

xxx

Hope your day is amazing

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. I am eventually starting to feel better, so lets hope I can get a bit of time in the craft room this weekend and catch up on some cards.

Today's card is that beautiful Fresh Freesia again from Altenew. This time coloured with Copic markers on Desert Storm Neenah card, from Crafters Companion.

I went with a purple and yellow colour palette this time after looking at some of the colours of freesia images on line. 

I cut the main panel out with an Avery Elle, Wonky Stitched Ellements die and backed it with purple card onto a Kraft card blank.

I stamped the sentiment with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then added a handful of yellow and purple sequins to finish it off.

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

xxx

Yellow Freesia

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card is using the beautiful Fresh Freesia stamp from Altenew.

For quick and easy cards, this stamp is so useful, as it can be made into a card for any occasion just by changing the sentiment. On today's I decided on a "just a note" card to send to a friend.

I stamped the flower onto plain white smooth card using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, then coloured it with Copic Markers, this time sticking to yellow flowers.

Then I cut the panel down to fit on an A2 note card, leaving room for a side strip of Washi Tape.

This Washi Tape is by My Minds Eye, and is part of the Chalk collection. I love this pretty leaf pattern and thought it went really nice with the bright yellow card and flower.

Then I just added a few black sequins to finish it off.

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

xxx

Amazing day

Good morning friends, I hope you have all had a good weekend. We have had a busy but nice weekend, getting a few jobs done around the house, and enjoying the nice weather. It really does make a change to see the sun shine. 🌞

Today's card is made using the Altenew Fresh Freesia stamp again. I know I've used it quite a few times, but I really do love this simple stamp, it's perfect for 'girl' cards, and really easy to colour.

I used Versamark ink to stamp the flower and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder, before colouring it with Copic markers.

I heat embossed the sentiment on to black card and used some Lawn Fawn plaid paper to add strips down the edges of a pink note card.

I raised the front panel with craft foam and added a piece of gold mirror card to the back just to be seen top and bottom. Then I added a few gold sequins and it was all finished.

I later went back after I'd taken the pics, and added a Sister sentiment to the card. Then gave this one to mum as it's her sister's birthday tomorrow. So happy birthday for tomorrow Aunty Sandra, hope you have a lovely day.

Hope you all like it too, have a great week, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Mothers Day Flowers

Good morning all, I hope you had a lovely weekend, and for those of you that are mums, mummies, moms, mothers, mamma's or whatever other name you are known by - I hope you had a very happy mothers day. 

I had a lovely weekend and was very spoilt. On Saturday the 'mummies' in our family were treated to a delicious afternoon tea by my son and daughter-in-law, who arranged it all the way from Cambodia! Then on Sunday, everyone gathered at ours for a delicious Sunday lunch cooked by my husband Alan. 😋 Needless to say a thoroughly enjoyable but not exactly slimming friendly weekend lol. 😉

Anyway, on to the card. As you can see this card is using that gorgeous Fresh Freesia stamp again from Altenew. Apologies that the pics look a little hazy, but can you believe that is sunshine??? I know, in March. I only realised how hazy they were when I uploaded them to the PC !!!!

I stamped the image using Archival ink and then watercoloured with Zig Clean Colour markers. This time trying to replicate the lovely soft purple freesia that has the hint of yellow in the middle, which I think is the colour that mum had in her bridal bouquet.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Freesia set directly on to the card panel. Then I stamped the Mothers Day greeting using the Avery Elle City Celebrations set, and Grape Jelly Memento ink, on to a plain piece of card and cut it out using an MFT Stamps Stitched Banner die.

I used stitched rectangle dies by Crealies, to cut out the white panel, and the purple background and then mounted the front with fun foam to raise it up.

Then I added the whole thing to a mid-green card base and it was all finished.

Hope you like it, mum did. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Fresh Freesia

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Well after weeks of missing mojo, I finally think I am getting a spark back. I did manage to complete 2 cards this weekend, with the help of a new Altenew stamp set called Fresh Freesia.

I love how simple and pretty this stamp is, and it comes with a few different sentiments so you can use whichever is most appropriate.

For this card I stamped the flower and greeting on watercolour card and then coloured it with Zig Clean Colour markers. I brought up pictures of freesia on line to get some colour combos from, and I loved the red and yellow ones, and I think the watercolour gives them a nice soft look.

I added a piece of seldom used Washi tape down one side and mounted the panel onto a deep red card blank.

Then I just added a few orange and red sequins to finish it off. 

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

xxx