Stolen Flowers...

Happy Monday,

I've titled this post stolen flowers as I nicked the the technique of making the Bee Balm flower into the stunning flowers shown here form Bahnu Patel the amazing owner and crafter at Sunrise crafts.  She showed me a card made with the flowers that looked like this and I didn't even realise they were made with my die set!  And soon as I got home I had to make my version of them.

I simply cut the Bee Balm die twice in white pearl card and shaded the petals of each flower using Encre Izink dye based ink pad.  I then shaped the flowers and pinched the ends of the petals using 2 of each size of flower to kale each single flower.  I repeated this with all 6 sizes of flower ( however I like flowers in odd numbers so I haven't used the smallest flower here) adding a Crafts Too small silver Diamond in the centre of each flower so that the purple shows through.



I cut the swirling leaves in the same card and shaped these shading them with menthe Izink dye based ink pad.  I cut into the leaves and added then tucked around the flowers.

The main card was made in lilac Crafts Too linen card using the Bee Balm background extended to make a large 8" long panel.  I added a strip of ribbon across the top finishing with a bow.


I cut the largest solid butterfly in the pearl card adding a filigree butterfly, from the same set, cut in lilac over the top with gems added as the body.  I placed the butterfly over the bow making sure that it pops over the top of the card.

Ingredients:
JND Beeb Balm Background
JND Large Butterflies die set
JND Bee Balm Flowers Die set
JND Swirling leaves die set
Izink Dye ink pads in Encre and Menthe ( Ink and Mint)
Crafts Too Linen Card


Enjoy...

Velum Violet...

Happy Sunday,

Its the last day of my Crafters Companion weekender today I am running morning workshops and afternoon demos in the Evesham store.



















Todays card is made using the same ingredients and method as Fridays however this time I used the Scoreboard for a frame of squares and I stamped bees in each square.

















I left a space in the centre adding the leaves and flowers this time in parchment which adds a lovely soft look to them.

Ingredients:
JND Bee Balm Clear stamp set
JND Bee Balm Die
JND Swirl Leaves die
Crafts Too shape Score board
Crafts Too Linen card Violet
Limetree Card Gold Dust


Enjoy...

Not for posting...

Happy Tuesday,

Today's card is called not for posting as this would be an expensive card to post.  It can be posted as I took it to the NEC with not damage however it is quite deep!

I stared by cutting the poinsettia ) a find it media die) in lustre print glaze gold card by Crafts Too - I will have this card on my next show on Hochanda on the 30th November - The die cuts three sizes of poinsettia in each pass so i cut the die all over a sheet of A5 card to make many flowers.

Next I cut a wreath shape using 2 of the stitch dot circles.  I used this as a base and added the f,loded and shaped flowers around this with crystals in the centre.  This make the wreath the perfect size and round which is difficult without a base. I added this over a piece of scrap I had stamped with silver pigment ink and embossed.



Next I added a bow using wire edged ribbon, well if you are going for depth might as well have it! with another star buckle from Craft Consortium in the centre.

I made up the card as shown using layers of white and the gold lustre each embossed with my star stream embossing folder all layers with silver mirror card.

Enjoy...