Sunshine

Good morning all, hope you are well. Today's card is another that I have made using this months Simon Says Stamp card kit. 

I used another of the gold on Kraft card pieces for the background and then used a piece of plain gold card from the stash to make the part sun. All I did was die cut a circle, raise it on foam pads in the corner and then cut it down to the shape of the card.

Then I used the candle stamp from the set to make the suns rays. I used three different inks; Cantaloupe and Gold Memento ink and Scattered Straw Distress ink. 

Then I used some little gold and crystal stickers on the ends.

The sentiment stamps are also from the set. I stamped them with the Gold memento ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Then I layered this on another piece of the gold card and added it to the bottom. Then a few more little stickers finished it off.

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

xxx

Balloons

Hi everyone.  Hope you've had a good weekend.

I was doing my usual blog hop over the weekend and found a card using the Simon Says Stamp April kit, that I wanted to try.

It is from the very talented Nichol Magouirk - http://nicholmagouirk.typepad.com

And this is my version.

I followed her you tube video to see how she does hers, but then found it was as simple as it looks!

I used second generation stamping for the blue as it was a bit dark.

The lines and bows are drawn in with a Staedtler pigment liner 0.3.

I actually missed a stitched line off the bottom piece but I'm not too concerned.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Grow your dreams

Good morning crafty friends, hope you are having a good weekend. 

Today's card is using elements from the April Simon Says Stamp kit, plus a few other bits and pieces.

I love the gold on Kraft card, and I think it looks really fresh and classy with white. 

I used a 6 x 6 card blank and one of the stamps from the set and stamped it with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. 

Then I used a Spellbinders Die D-Lites Flower Patch die and cut it from Kraft card. Then I stamped all over it with my Versamark pad and heat embossed with the same gold powder. 

I used a rose die that came with a recent magazine, and again cut this with Kraft card and gold embossed them. 

I kept the rest of the card very simple and just added a piece of gold ribbon and a few gold pearls. 

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

xxx

Holly berry fail

Saturday at last, and I might get some time in the craft room this weekend.

I've been very slack this week, hence the need to make a card to post at 11 pm last night!

I rooted around in the scraps again and decided to make one of this month's Christmas cards.

I have several of these large sentiments, so I thought one would look good as the main focus of a card.

The idea was ok but my holly berries didn't turn out as I wanted.  The glitter is a little lumpy :0

I might try again but for now this will have to do.

TTFN Jude xx

Hey you

Good morning all, hope you are well. Today's card is made using our very first Studio Calico kit. I must admit to being completely stumped as to what to use the plastic word 'Hey' for, so I looked online for inspiration, and I found that some had used it as a mask/stencil.

I wanted some texture to the card so I dug out some white corrugated card and cut it down to fit on a standard 6 x 4 card blank.

Then I used a mixture of Cosmic Shimmer spray inks in Patina Vintage Mist and Mango Blush, then I added some Mr Huey's spray ink in Classic Tan. 

Once this was dry I removed the plastic word and sprayed lightly over the top with iridescent glitter spray. 

I used part of a 'Thinking of you' die from Taylored Expressions, to add the 'You' underneath, then I used one of the stamps that came with the kit to add the 'Get well soon' sentiment. I used a Memento Bamboo Leaves ink for this.

I stamped the little frog from the set on to green card and then cut him out by hand, (gosh that was fiddly lol.) Then I added a couple of leaves for him to sit on and a few coordinating flowers to finish.

It's not my usual style of card but I quite like it, hope you do too. Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

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

Foil Butterfly

Good morning all, hope your week is going well. 

I gave a different technique a go last week, heat foiling, and thought I would share my results with you!

I have had these foils for a while and was never sure what to do with them, but after watching Jennifer Mcguire's video's on foiling I thought I would give it a go. 

I have to admit it's not as easy as it looks, and Jennifer had much more success than I did. But I persevered and after many, many failed attempts. I finally did get something that was worth making into a card. 

I used Versamark ink to stamp with and then tried a few different embossing powders, but I had the most success with a fine detail powder. 

I still couldn't get rid of the foil sticking to the background card, even though I was using an anti-static bag. 

But in the end I decided I could live with that as I quite liked the effect it gave behind the butterfly and sentiment. 

For the backing card I used Coredinations card and a background stamp, which I stamped a few times to cover the sheet. 

Then after heat embossing I ran the foil through the laminator a few times and ended up with quite a pretty background sheet.

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

xxx