Same but different...

Happy Wednesday,

Final day in Diss I hope the ladies that attended yesterday enjoyed it as much as I did!

I thought I would share a card made in the same method as yesterday however I changed the colour and made a square card as this shows.  This piece I made on air on the Hochanda shows a couple of weeks ago and you know me I hate waste so it had to be made up into a card once home!

This time I used geranium and green izink dropper inks on the watercolour card foam mounting the background to add depth.

I cut the with love tag in deep rose Lustre print card and white using the correct sentiment this time.  The flower was again made on air stamping the flowers onto more of the deep rose lustre card.

The Gerbera Leaves were cut in white card using the letterpress technique with perfect medium.  I covered them with the Izink Cactus glitter embossing powder and heat set them they really shine in real life!

I  ade up the card as shown and to me at least it looks so different form yesterdays card yet it uses exactly the same dies and techniques!


Enjoy...

Lighter and Brighter...

Happy Tuesday,

Thankfully the weather and snow has cleared so I am once again on my travels.  Today and tomorrow I am running a series of workshops at Allbrights of Diss its going to be a fun couple of days.

Today's card is a little lighter and brighter than yesterdays something really good for spring fest using the same dies as yesterday!

I stared by cutting the gerbera lattice die form watercolour card I then smoked the paper with a water spritzer.  Next I added drops of the Izink Pigment dropper inks in the centre of each flower on the dies cut.  I spritzed with more water to let the colour flow through the flowers and added orange ink in the centre of each flower to make the colour change look natural.  Finally I added this to a piece of white card and used Crafts Too diamonds in the centre of each flower.

I stamped the Gerbera Daisy clear stamp in smokey grey versafine ink and cut it out using the matching die giving me 6 flowers.  I shaded them with yellow Izink pigment ink pad and shaded the centres with the orange.  I used all 6 flowers to make one large gerbera and glued micro beads tin the centre for texture.

I added a strip and bow of May Arts green striped ribbon down the side gluing the flower into place over the knot ( the knots on this thick ribbon do look messy and need covering.

I cut the banners from my with love tag and cut the sentiment from the Gerbera Circles die set shading it with the same yellow pigment ink.

I added this at an angle under the bow and finished the card with layers of white and green to match the bow.

Enjoy...

Chocolate and Cream...

Happy Monday,

I came home from the Hochanda shows a couple of weeks ago with the idea for this card in my head and as soon as I got time I sat down to make it.  I have to admit wicket the colour choice may not be to everyones taste i simply love the finished result!

I stared by cutting the Gerbera Lattice panel from chocolate card extending the pattern by fitting the die back in and recutting.  I placed this over a piece of white card that I had added double sided adhesive to and added micro beads to add texture.  I used the Crafts Too card candy die to cut circles of the adhesive ( this die is perch as the circles are the exact shape and size for the centre of the gerbera daisies. I added micro beads to these adding more layers of texture.

I then framed the background using the Press Cut hexagon dies which are perfect as they are thin meaning I can get nice mats and layers form one set!  I used the white and the chocolate foam mounting between each layers to add depth.  I placed this piece on a layer of the chocolate embossed with the daisy lattice A4 embossing folder from Crafts too adding string pearls arround the embossed layer and the largest Hexagon frame.

I then stamped the gerbera daisy clear stamp in brown ink onto white and cut it out with the matching die, giving me 6 flowers in one stamp and die cut  I layers them together too make 3 flowers adding more of the micro beads in the centres.  I cut the matching leaves from chocolate and then white shading the white leaves with the same brown ink.


I made up the spray as shown on the bottom left with a few, ok 6, hatpins to finish.


I hope you like this it is one of my new faves!

Enjoy...

Shabby Blue...

Happy Sunday,

A simple card to share with everyone today made with just the Gerbera Lattice background die.

I simply embossed a piece of the shaded Velum I had on the last Hochanda show using the Gerbera lattice die which embossed the pattern into the emu and cut the flowers in places giving a neat but shabby background.

I wrapped pieces of organza ribbon around this and added flowers at the meeting point.  The flowers were made by cutting the remains of the velum using the lattice die and cutting the flowers out.  I grouped and shaped these adding a Crafts Too Diamond in the centre of each.

A few mats and layers and a simple, shabby but hopefully elegant card is finished.

Enjoy...

Scrunched Gerberas...

Happy Saturday,

I have a rare Saturday off due to the snow I will be playing all day in the craft room hope everyone can do the same!

Todays card is a different take on the Gerbera Daisy die this time made from flower foam.  Im not sure about the colour combination but we all have to step out of our comfort zone sometimes!

I cut the Gerbera Daisy die form yellow flower foam from Leanne Creative.  I shaded the edges of the flowers using orange pigment ink pad and heated them with my heat gun to scrunch the petals.

I added stamps to the centre of the flowers which aren't visible in the pictures but it gives a great base for the flowers.  I cut the matching Gerbera leaves in green flower foam and again heated them to get the curl.

I used a simple card to make the flowers the main focus.

Enjoy...

Smaller Frame...

Happy Friday,

I really hope that the cold hasn't got to you Its very cold here but we still have little snow!  Im demonstrating at Grafton Crafts to morrow so I hope its clear there or at least clears!

I thought I would share a card today made using one of the background dies this time the smaller Gerbera Square.  I love this die especially as I included 2 outline dies one plain and one stitched which makes framing your design so easy!

Todays card shows exactly what I intended with this die a frame that would be perfect for showing off your backgrounds.

I started by wanting to frame the centre panel which is an oddment form a demo of the media plates, I never like to throw anything away so I kept this for use one day.  I cut the Gerbera square into a piece of white card and foam mounted this over the background.  I then added a series of frames made using Maya Blue and Rosa pink lustre print card and the Press Cut stitch Dot squares.

Finally I  added a layer of white lustre card embossed with the Crafts Too A4 daisy lattice embossing folder.  I placed the bow of ombre ribbon in the corner and finished with one of my Starflowers shaded with pink.


Enjoy...

Dragonflies in flight...

Happy Thursday,

I really hope the snow and cold weather hasty affected you all too much as I wrote we dont have any snow here though it has been trying all day ( it stared at lunchtime during yesterdays workshop but thankfully didn't settle!)  I wanted to share a simple card today where the Dragonflies are the main element.  We use dies like these and flowers as an accent but they can be used as the main focus element of the card.

I stared with the background piece which was made using the Izink mer du sud pigment ink pad, my large media plate and a peacock feather ( I have demoed this on Hochanda a few times) I have had this piece since my last media plate shows but didn't know what to do with it it makes a perfect backing for the dragonflies.

I added some strips of ribbon down the left hand side in white and blue and foam mounted ted the white and blue panel over the top.

I cut the outer dragonfly die in blue card adding the detail die over the top in white glueing them in the centre so that I could fold back the wings as shown.  I added a Habico gem in the centre ( from the Art of Craft) and stamped the trail on below the dragonflies in the Mer Du Sud izink pigment ink.  The trails come from my Butterfly Corners clear stamp set which are the perfect size and style with these, you could use these as a guide and add a pearl or gem on each dot!

I finished with a large Gerbera cut in glitter foam over the matching Gerbera leaves and a messy bow of the blue and white ribbon.

Enjoy...