Circle in a spiral

Hello and welcome.

My card for today features a simple layout that I used on another masculine card last week.

I love the angled lines of this but decided to contrast them with a circular stamped pattern.  This stamp is by Uniko and is called Round in Circles.

I embossed two of the images using Simon Says Stamp embossing ink and Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

The background was created using three distress oxide inks - Iced Spruce, Fossilized Amber and Hickory Smoke.

I trimmed the panel to fit a black card base and added a silver glitter strip.  I then embossed the birthday sentiment.

Once the card was done I didn't like the brightness of the silver glitter.  To rectify this I masked off the strip and added embossing ink and powder over the top.  Once melted this looked much better.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Have a Dandy Birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good start to your week.

Today's card was made with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit for December 2018. These little mice stamps are just so cute lol.

I started by using a small Ranger triangles stencil that came with a recent edition of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine, issue 186, for the background, using a few shades of Distress Oxide Inks.

Once that was dry, I stamped my little mouse over the top and coloured him with Copic markers. Then I stamped one of the sentiments from the set onto the card, and another on to a tiny piece of paper, so I could slip it inside a little envelope.

It says Sending a tiny hello.The envelope is from some Jude got for Christmas which I think were from The Range.

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

xxx

Poinsettia Wreath Card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend. 

Today's card was again inspired by different cards on Pinterest, but changed to make my own. I started by stamping the branch wreath from a Creative Stamping magazine set, onto navy blue card stock using Versamark ink.

Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Liquid Platinum. We have had this powder for about 4 years, and are only just starting to think about getting a new one, they really do last for ages. It is one of mine and Jude's favourite colours as it is neither gold or silver and goes with both.

 I then cut my panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and put it on to a white card blank. The little poinsettia flowers came in one of my Wow Embossing Powder kits, and I layered them together and added a gold sequin to the center.

 Then I added a few bits of white fern leaves and mistletoe to the flower, placed a small layered sentiment in the middle and some gold stars. Then to finish it off I added some white and gold gel pen flurries. 

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

xxx

Silver Trellis Roses

Good morning all, I hope you are having a great week. Today is our lovely mum's 70th birthday, and this photo was taken last week on holiday in Spain. She looks great and no-one believes she is 70 lol, but we make sure they know she is ha ha.

Today's card is one I made for mum, using the Crafti Potential Trellis background stamp from Craftstash UK. I stamped it with Versamark Ink on to navy blue card stock, and then heat embossed it with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.

Then I die cut the panel with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die and put it on to an A2 white card blank.

I used the Altenew Layering Rose Dies to cut the flowers from navy, silver and blue glitter card, and the leaves using two different silver tone cards.

I layered the flowers together to one side of the card and raised some of them on foam pads for dimension.

Then I added a simple heat embossed sentiment from another Altenew stamp set, using the same platinum embossing powder.

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

xxx

Tartan Love

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great weekend. Today's card is one that I have kept putting off showing, because I really don't like how it turned out. But I thought I needed to show that it doesn't always work lol.

I started with an alcohol ink background, using Adirondack and Ranger inks, and a blending tool, I swept the colours across glossy card to make a tartan effect.

Then having watched a few videos where people had successfully heat embossed over the top of an inked background, I thought I would give it a go.

But as you can see, even though I used my anti static pad, and allowed my background to fully dry over a few days, it still didn't go on cleanly.

But oh well, it won't stop me from trying again, but next time, I will probably use a less intricate stamp, and a finer detail embossing powder lol.

Thanks for stopping by, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

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

Say it with flowers

Thank you for visiting us today.  I'm back to share my latest card following our theme for the week - florals.



This card uses two stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment is from the April monthly kit and the flowers from the May one.



I stamped the flowers and leaves using the two inks that also came in the May kit.  These are Spring Rain and Melon hybrid inks.

Once I had stamped them I fussy cut them which took me ages!  If I do this again I will use a much thinner card stock as the one I used had very little flex.  That's why you can see crease marks in some of the flowers.



I took a piece of cream card and stamped my sentiment using Versafine black ink.  I then arranged the flowers and leaves around it.



Hunting through the stash I found a card base that matched perfectly.  The finishing touches were some Ranger stickles in mint ice and tidings.

I love how this looks and hope you do too.  TTFN Jude xx

Anniversary Love Birds

Good morning folks, I hope you have had a good weekend, and a good start to the week. 

Today's card is an anniversary card that I made recently, however, the design is so simple it could easily have lots of other sentiments on it.

I started by using Alcohol Inks on glossy paper to blend a background. I used Lettuce, Meadow, and Sunshine Yellow, with a few drops of Silver Mixative, and swiped it over the paper in one direction. 

I trimmed the panel down and cut it out with a Stitched Rectangle die and then added a larger white mat behind it, before adding them to a green note card.

The tree is a Spellbinders Die-D-Lites die, and the birds are fussy cut from a Marianne Designs Birdhouse stamp set, coloured with Copic markers and then covered in Glossy Accents.

I stamped the Happy Anniversary sentiment on to plain white card and then cut it out with an MFT Stamps Stitched Banner Die.

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

Thanks

xxx

Christmas Snowflakes

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. It's been a busy one again for us, but I did manage to sneak out for a couple of hours on Saturday, to have lunch and a catch up with a lovely friend. 😊

Today's cards are all about the snowflakes. I have seen a few cards around where the main focus is on the snowflake, so I thought I would give it a try.

I started with a piece of thick black card, and inked it with Versamark ink. Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. 

This card has a Spellbinders Snowflake with a Creative Dies sentiment. I mounted it on orange card which I cut out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellement die.

I used the same background die for this teal version, but used a Memory Box Precious Snowflake die for the main focal point. 

I added gold twine and a single gem to the orange version, and a few gems along with some of the diamond cut-outs, with a different Creative Dies sentiment, to finish off the teal version.

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

xxx