Dainty Bouquet - Amazing Day

Good morning all, and happy hump day, I hope you are having a great week so far. Today's card is one I made for mum's birthday, using the Dainty Bouquet stamp set from Altenew.

I loved this set as soon as I saw it, so just had to have it lol, I also loved the examples that they give in the guide that comes with the set, so I tried my best to copy one of them for this card.

I used Altenew Crisp Dye Inks in the following colours, Morning Frost, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Volcano Lake and Emerald.

I layered the images as per the instructions which makes it so easy to follow, then I cut my panel down to fit an A2 card base using an MFT Stamps Stitched Rectangle die.

I used a sentiment from another Altenew set, and stamped this with Jet Black ink, then I added a few pink and clear gems which came with a Simon Says Stamp kit last year, before popping it on to a pink card base.

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

xxx

Anniversary Wishes

Good morning crafty friends, I am trying to get back into the swing of blogging again after the Christmas run up and break. but to be honest it's slow-going at the moment lol.

I really don't have a lot of crafty Mo-Jo just now, so my craft room is feeling a little unloved lol. But I am trying to make myself sit down and have a go at a few cards that I need for upcoming birthdays and an anniversary. 

I received this heart die as a Christmas gift, so I decided it would look really nice cut from white card and placed on to an alcohol inked background. The die is from The Works by M & C Boutiques, it  doesn't have a name, but it is very pretty. 

The alcohol inked background was made with Ranger Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper using shades of blue, with a silver mixative, and just sort of pounced around with a blending tool. Then I added a simple die-cut sentiment, with a heat embossed Anniversary, and some turquoise jewels to finish it off.

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by today. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Minnie Mouse Style Cards

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great weekend. I have two cards for you today, but as they are virtually identical two cards is a bit of a stretch lol.

I had seen a Minnie Mouse design card on Pinterest, and as I needed cards for a couple of little girls, I thought these would be perfect. 

I altered the design to suit my stash, and as you can see I made small changes from the red card to the pink version. It's such a simple card, and looks great in the different colours. 

I used my circle punches for the head and ears, and a bow die from a Blueprints Dienamics set. The red version was just matted on plain squares, but for the pink version, I used Lawn Fawn, Stitched Square dies.

I just used papers from the stash and reinforced the bow with a plain die cut behind the patterned paper. The stamp is one of our all time favourite birthday stamps. It's an old wooden stamp made by Funstamps, and it always stamps beautifully.

I added die cut numbers to the cards for the little girls ages, and then finished them off with a gem in the centre of the bow.

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

xxx

Embossed anniversary card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a really good weekend. We have been having a bit of a clear out of the loft, so nothing very exciting lol. But we did get out for a nice walk with the dogs yesterday morning. 

Anyway, today's card was a very simple make. I cut a piece of white card down to fit a 6 x 6 card base, and then used a Crafter's Companion Embossalicious embossing folder to give a lovely deep embossed design around the edge.

I then used some See Dee's alphabet stamps to stamp the initials, and a Sentimentals stamp for the sentiment.

I stamped them with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum Fine Detail embossing powder.

I didn't want a lot else on the card, so I highlighted a couple of areas with tiny crystal gems, 

and then finished it off with a few white daisies, with crystal centres.

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

xxx

Tying the knot

Good morning all, Alan and I are back from our mini break in Stratford Upon Avon. It's somewhere neither of us have ever been so we really enjoyed looking around the sites. Hope you're all having a good week too.



For today's card I was asked to make a wedding card for a young lady at work. As I don't know her very well I couldn't really do something to suit her, so I took inspiration from this card on Pinterest by Suzanne Dahlberg, and adapted it to suit my purpose.

I used a shimmer grey card for the background and then cut a white panel for the middle and embossed it with a Sue Wilson embossing folder called, Entwined hearts.



Then I cut 2 tags from a slightly lighter grey card and embossed them with a rose embossing folder. Then I tied them together with a piece of translucent twine and raised them on foam pads across the white panel.

The sentiments both come from the Simon Says Stamp, Congratulations set and are heat embossed with True White fine detail embossing powder by Cosmic Shimmer.

I then used the Simon Says Stamp Paper Hug stamp set to stamp the floating hearts using Versamark ink and then heat emboss them with the same white embossing powder.

I trimmed the corners of the panels using a 1 inch corner punch from EK Success and then finished the card off with a few tiny clear gems and a silver dazzler.

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

xxx

My Monthly Hero - March Card Kit

Good morning all, hope you are having a good week. I was having a play with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit for March. I have to say I love it :o))

I made this card for a friend who's birthday was last week. The flowers are from the Hero Arts kit, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The Leaves are cut using a Sue Wilson die called Faux Quilled leaves, and then coloured with Copics. 

I used an MFT Stamps Cover Up die called Proof Positive, for the card front. I wanted it to look a little bit like a trellis.

Then I inked the background using, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and a little bit of Dusty Concord Distress Inks.

I arranged the flowers on the front, added a WPlus9 sentiment and some small purple gems to finish it off.

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

xxx

Special Mum's day

Good morning all, It's Mothers Day here in the UK, or Mothering Sunday whichever you prefer. So today's card is the one I made for our little brother to give to Mum. 

I used a flower stamp for the background and stamped it with red Versafine Ink. Then I heat embossed it with Simon Says Stamp fine detail clear embossing powder. 

I used Centura Pearl cream card for the card base and the main panel. The ink stays wetter on this for longer so gives plenty of time to heat emboss. 

Then I cut a butterfly with an old die 3 times for the centre panel. I did one plain red, one in a  red spotty paper and then one on plain white. Then I stamped over the top of this with a script stamp and the red ink. 

I punched a couple of smaller butterflies for the edges out of a red shiny card. Then added some Creative Expressions Dazzlers and gems to the flowers.

I stamped the Mum and Mother's day sentiments with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then heat embossed them the same. 

Then I used a cream ribbed card for the centre panel backed with the red. 

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

xxx

Quick Christmas Card

Good morning , hope you are all well. The start of another week, they don't half come round quick these days lol.

Anyway today's card is a really quick and simple Christmas card. Or it would be for anyone else! but as my mojo is on walk about it took me ages lol. But the design should be very quick and simple.

I used a shaped 5 x 5 card and ran it through a diamond pattern embossing folder. Then I found a piece of pale green glittery card and ran this through the embossing folder too. I wasn't sure how it would look on the glittery card but it is really effective. 

(Apologies for the shadow in this photo, that would be an Ebony cat lol ;o)) she came to nosy while I was taking the photos)

I cut the card to size and matted it with some silver mirror card. Then I found a couple of pieces of ribbon that matched and added these across the middle.

I cut the snowflakes from some more glitter card, this time in black and green. I stuck these down using a wet glue to stick to the glitter card and added a little clear gem in the middle.

To finish it off I found out a very tiny Merry Christmas stamp, which I have no idea where it came from, and stamped this on to white card and matted it with a small piece of silver card. Then I just added three more gems across the ribbon.

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

xxx