Vintage Florals

I have an ever growing pile of 'scrap' paper on my desk.  I decided to use some of the bigger pieces on some cards this week.

This is the first.

The background paper is by Santoro and I've matted it with a dusky pink card.  This is the only 'new' piece used.

The flowers are from our stash and are a quite unusual colour.  I don't think I've seen many brown flowers!

The sentiment is from a really useful set Jen received with her magazine subscription.

I also added some adhesive lace which works well and adds to the vintage feel of the papers and colours.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

On Your Wedding Day

Yesterday we celebrated the marriage of Jen's son Daniel and his beautiful bride, Staci.

The ceremony was at a gorgeous stately hall with stunning grounds, pictures of which will follow at the weekend.

One of the many cards we made for the happy couple was this one using You and Me by Tiddly Inks.

I love this image and think it is suitable for engagement or anniversary cards as well as weddings.

For this version I've used a peachy pink for the dress but I've tried it in several different shades, including grey.  Each time I think I can't like it any more, but I do!

The sentiment is from a Digi Stamp Boutique set I bought last week and the papers are from a Santoro paper pad called If Only....

I love to put something nice inside a card and this time I printed the sentiment on a liner page.

Staci and Daniel will only get to see their cards quickly today as they fly off to Brazil later this evening.  They are spending the first days of their honeymoon at the Rio carnival!!  Hopefully they will have a fantastic time.

That's it for today so I'll catch you again at the weekend.  TTFN Jude xx

Beret Marci

Good morning all and happy Saturday. Well I have finally made a card. 1st one in 10 days! I know just not like me at all. But even though the will to get crafty has returned, the old Mojo hasn't, so this card has been a bit of an effort lol. 

The image is Beret Marci from La La Land Crafts. I do love these images, they are very cute. 

I have coloured her with my Spectrum's and then cut her out by hand. 

The papers are a mixture of a random piece from the stash combined with a piece of one of the Santoro 12 x 12 pieces. They really are too lovely to cut up but we are making ourselves use them more lol. Then I used a couple of different shades of teal/blue Coredinations card to sit Marci on.

I added the picket fence and lamp post, then the banner die in the corner all cut from DCWV self adhesive border strips. 

Then I finished her off with one of the sentiments that comes with the La La Land digi stamps and a little blue pearl.

Hope you like it, see you soon.

Take care.

xxx

Happy Anniversary Jen & Alan

Happy Sunday everyone!

I guess today's title kind of gives away the content, doesn't it? Lol

Jen and Alan are celebrating their 13th Wedding Anniversary with a weekend trip to Leeds.  They've got a really nice hotel and went out for a slap up meal last night.

They have taken all their cards with them so I hope they open them before reading this :)

These are two of my favourite digi images and I thought they worked together really well.  They look nothing like the "happy" couple, but poetic licence and all............... :D

We have a couple of 'relative' dies from Brittania Dies and I used them for the wording.

The papers are Santoro and it's all layered on an 8 x 8 Kraft card blank.

That's all for today.  TTFN Jude xx

Colour me beautiful - complete

Hello bloggers :)  

On Monday I promised to share the full card I made with Country Mama, and here she is.

I think this card turned out really well.  I love the soft pinks and brown - it just works lol!

The papers are a mix of Santoro "If Only" and Grace Taylor "Vintage Elegance".  They tone beautifully.

I chose a soft polka dot paper to mount Mama on and she stands out pretty well.  

I mounted all the papers on brown coredinations card, wrapped one with brown ribbon, and added a Tattered Floral cut from burlap.

So there she is - all finished and looking lovely.

TTFN Jude xx