Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

Its that time of the week again and this week Ive selected some of the dies from the Californian Collection I seem to be following the relates at the moment as this was the third collection form Sue Wilson's first release of dies for Creative Expressions!  I have loved playing with this collection and can see so many great ideas in it so you may see this collection popping up more!

I stared by cutting the background twice into a piece of vanilla pearl foundations card slotting the die back into the design to continue it as a square.  I cut the centre out with the Beverly hills die and mounted this over midnight blue pearl foundations card.  I do think it was when i bought this background die and cut out for the first time that I really feel for Sue's designs!

Next I cut the first three dies form the Beverly hills die in vanilla and backed it with midnight.  I foam mounted this above background to create depth.  I added a label from one of the other sets ( sorry not sure which one at time of writing) cut in vanilla in the centre and added s amped stitched flag coming form the aperture.

I cut all of the Faux Quilled blooms from midnight pearl card and the leaves ( from the same set) in vanilla and arranged these around the frame.

Finally I added a couple of stick pins made with the Stick Pin elements and added layers of the vanilla and midnight to make this 7.5 x 7.5" smaller than it looks, card!

Enjoy...

Golden Gate Californian...

Happy Thursday,

Today's card is another demo piece form the US shows however I have used the stamp to die for as we'll as the shapes form the Californian collection for this, again small, card.

I started by stamping the Golden Gate Stamp to die for in perfect medium onto CE heat resistant acetate, I then embossed the piece with comic shimmer bright gold detail embossing powder.  Next I cut an aperture, in a piece of coconut white foundation card, using the largest die in the Basic frames set A form the Californian collection.  I mounted this over the acetate stupid piece and added a frame, cut in antique gold foundation card, made with the largest die in the decorative frames set and the largest die form the plain frames set.

Ive made the picture of the main piece quite large so that you can, hopefully, see the detail in the embossed stamping on the acetate as well as the iced snow behind the stamping.

The backing is a piece of CE double sided adhesive film that I added to a mat of vintage gold and sugared with iced snow.  I then foam mounted the centrepiece over this.

The centre of this card is made with a die cut from the smallest die in the Beverly Hills set stuck over the acetate and finished with an 8mm stick on pearl.

The bow, made using Sue's Classic bow die, is stamped with the Floral Bow stamp in true white detail embossing folder stamped onto vintage gold.  I made up both the loops you get in the set and the finishing ribbon 'tails' and added it to the bottom of the Beverly hills die cut.

To finish the card I added some small, 3mm, stick on pearls around the frame and mounted the whole piece on a couple of layers, layered with foam tape of course, of the white and gold.

Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Craft dies by Sue Wilson
Californian Collection
Basic Frames set A
Decorative Frames set B
Beverly Hills die set
Classic bow
Stamps to Die for
Golden gate & Floral Bow
Cosmic Shimmer detail embossing powder, true white & bright gold
vintage gold & coconut white foundations card

Enjoy...

Greetings from the U.S of A ...

Happy Monday,

I don't eat today's title to be misleading I am not in America however today's card is one of the demo pieces I made for the shows I did on Create and craft U.S last weekend.  I was lucky enough to showcase Sue's dies form the first 2 releases so got to make and demonstrate my favourite dies form the collections.  I started, as those of you who have followed me for a while will know, with my favourite die from the first release the Californian background.

 If you scroll through my earlier pants form last year you will see so many designs made with this background!

Therefore for my first demo I had to use this one and to meet the Americans Love of smaller cards I limited myself to making one that was no bigger than A5 (approx 5"x7").

I started by die cutting the background using a piece of vellum which cuts like a dream, i studded it with 5mm stick on pearls in white and mounted it in  ahead cut frame made form cobalt and coconut white foundation card.  Next I used the Californian collection basic frames (set A) to cut a succession of frame sin the centre of pics of card alternating between white and blue for each size.  I foam mounted these going down in size and from mounted the fame and background above the apertures.  This is a different way to use a background I suppose as a foreground!

I added a few layers of the white and blue to make the card however I wrapped blue and white seam binding around the farm before adding it to the card.  I tied a double bow and added a pale blue dazzler to the centre before adding my sentiment panel.

It make the sentiment panel I stamps the sentiment, form an old just rite set, in cobalt archival ink and die cut it with the smallest die in the frames set.  I shade the piece in the die using broken china distress ink and my favourite smoothie!  I mounted this one a die cut in the cobalt form the decorate frames (set B) added a pearl and foam mounted this onto the centre of the card.

A relatively simple card however I like the way that the background is the foreground however cut in vellum all the work behind is still visible.





Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Craft dies by Sue Wilson
Californian collection Frames (set A)
Decorative Frames (set B)
Cobalt and Coconut white foundation card
White Vellum
Stick on pearls, 5mm white
Blue & white seam binding
Blue mixed dazzler pack.

Enjoy...