Waste not Want not...

Happy Sunday,

A simple card today made from the fall away ( I hate the word waste as I don't believe we create waste as crafters!)  from the Starflowers I used to create tomorrows card.  

I simply carefully placed the dies on a piece of hammered white foundation card and cut these so that the flowers tumble down the page.  I backed trains with Cobalt foundation card and added cosmic white PVA dimensional glue in the dots to give ,more definition.

I mounted this onto a piece of offset embossed card ( again form making a different project) and added layers of white and cobalt.

Finally a stamped tag cut with the stitched tags dies of course cut from snaps with some oddments of thin satin ribbon.

Enjoy...

fancy a Coffee?...

Happy Saturday,

Today finds me doing my last workshop of the year at JGD crafts in sutton in ashfield.  I have arranged a good friend to sort my diary for next year for me so there will be, after Christmas is out of the way, a new page listing all my demos and workshops with Links where possible.

Todays card was a demo on Hochanda in the 9am hour yesterday however I did manage to spill PVA dimensional glue over the card as finishing so its well worth a look on rewind if you want a laugh!

This is shaker card with a difference made with the garden shadow box and filled with coffee beans so it smells really homely!

I simply cut the elements from the thanks a latte accessory set in chestnut foundation card.  I then added cosmic white and chocolate brown to make the cream or foam on the latte and on the muffin and donut.

 

to see exactly how this was made watch on Hochanda rewind HERE.

Enjoy...

Christmas Friday...

Happy Friday,

well this is the second to last christmas friday for a while and I still have loads of cards to share.  I think I may have to have a christmas friday marathon next Friday to cover a few more off.

back to todays and I thought I would are the very first christmas card I made this year back in May, the festive dies arrived at the same time as the fabulous new Foundations Pearl card so I decided ti tie the two toegther and make this card using all three of the white shades along with a selection of the festive dies.

I stared with vanilla pearl card and cut the stare night background from this backing it with icicle pearl card to give a differential in shade.  Next I cut the country cottage set in uncle pearl and foam mounted these ( using quite a few layers) at the bottom of the background.

Next I adde cosmic white PVA dimensional glue as snow on the country cottage die cuts and added a piece of acetate and a frame cut with the stitched lattice shadow box die set.  I then added cosmic white PVA as snow on the acetate along with some of the stars that fall away from the background die cut.

Next I cut the poinsettia additions complete petals in vanilla pearl foundation card and added the open petals around these cut in ivory pearl.  I then cut the holly die in icicle pearl card and added theses around the farm to place the poinsettias.

This is a deep card but isn't that large so is probable best hand delivered!

Enjoy...

Christmas in Blue...

Happy Friday,

Its back to normal with a Christmas Friday I really must get a start on my mums card! lol

Ive chose one of my favourite stamps from my Christmas range the leaping reindeer created in a different way!


I stared by stamping the reindeer in perfect medium onto heat emboss able acetate.  I added detail silver shine cosmic shimmer embossing powder and get set this.  I then added cobalt PVA dimensional glue into the space left by the embossing.

Once dry (leave this overnight to get a proper dry finish) I turned the piece over so that the blue shows through neatly.  I then added frosted sky PVA at random intervals on the front as snow along with some smaller dots of the cobalt PVA.

I framed the piece using a frame made with the noble double pierced dies set A and B in bright white and cobalt foundation card.  I added the whole piece to a background embossed with the twinkle star A4 embossing folder along with some layers of cobalt and white.


I made up a bow of silver white and blue and added a pearl heart in the centre.  The sentiment, from the same set, is stamped in silver on a silver pierced tag backed with a cobalt tag.

A different colour Christmas card but its my favourite so why not!!

Enjoy...

Mother of Pearl flowers...

Happy Thursday,

Another sample from my stamp shows last week this time using the August child and Larkspur elements stamp sets.  I did demo this but I will give a quick run through never less lol

I stared by making the base for the flowers by squeezing onto acetate frosted Sky, Aqua and Heather PVA dimensional glue.  Next I used a palette knife and spread the glue over the acetate which, when dry, makes a mother of pearl background which shows better in real one than the pictures.  Next I stamped the larkspur flowers on the front and cut these out by hand ( fussy cut) which is a little more difficult than yesterdays flowers however its still a simple shape (ish).

I then made the background by adding Mica Powder from the Garden Flora set into plain card which I had sprayed with water. The pigment in the mica simply colours the card ( unlike pixie powders which explode with cool) however they mix beautifully and the shine is amazing.  I then simply stamped the August child poem onto the centre with jet black archival ink.

I made a card black and panels using Sue Wilson's noble ornate pierced squares die and mounted the piece onto this.

I made the frame using the dies in the ornate pierced set and added these over a piece with the PVA added to make a deeper pearl background.

I made up the card as shown using the flowers around the corners for emphasis.

Enjoy...

Christmas Red...

Happy Christmas Friday,

Well can you believe its Friday already?!?  I have been making sample snap demos for my Create and Craft show next Thursday and its been a bit of a Christmas red, green white and gold fest!  so today I thought I would show you a card form last weeks demo in the same colours to whet your appetites!

I stated by cutting the outline die in the snowflake deboss die in apiece of coconut white foundation card.  Next I embossed the piece with the snowflake lattice embossing folder and added a cosmic pearl PVA dot on each of the snowflakes.  I then cut and embossed the second and third die from the same set and added pewter gilding wax to highlight the stunning debased snowflake design.

Next I die cut the centre die from the set in coconut white and foam mounted all the layers together with from tape adding a final layer of the rich red at the back.

to make the deer family I added a sheet of A4 soluble sided adhesive to a sheet of coconut white card and then die cut the three deer in set.  I slipped off the protective sheet and covered them completely in white ice.  White ice is another of the glitter jewel range and is a solid white with a little interference added so that you see different colours as it catches the light.

I foam mounted these over the top around the aperture and added some pearl sprays to balance the design.  I used the star, from the same set as the pearl swirls, to the centre of the die cut and finished the card with a step and layers of the red and white.

Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Sue Wilson
Snowflake deboss
Deer family
CE A4 snowflake lattice embossing folder
coconut white and rich red foundation card
double sided adhesive sheets
white ice glitter jewels
pearl star sprays in white

Enjoy...

Saturday Stamping...Not!

Happy Saturday!

Well today is not Saturday stamping because I have a big Announcement next week and that involves 7 days of stamping so I thought you all might forgive me not stamping this Saturday!

Today's card is especially designed for Valentine day although all of you will have made your valentines cards by now it would make a lovely wedding, engagement or anniversary card.

This is a simple recessed card which uses one, yes one, die only the Love from the expressions die range for Sue Wilson from Creative Expressions.  I started by die cutting the love form blush card using the word die and the outer heart (this set has 2 dies which allows you to cut the love as an insert or with the outer die as a piece or tag)  I mounted this onto coconut white card using double sided adhesive to which I added diamond snow, from the glitter jewels collection, ion the spaces.

Next I cut just the heart outer from coconut white card as well as from the sand colour so that I could foam mount the white over the blush heart leaving a shadow of the sand.

To make the card I cut the sand and white at larger sizes on each layer and added the front onto a long card blank , with a Sue Wilson pierced edge, made with layers of the sand and blush card.

Finally I added a white seam binding messy bow, a pearl embellishment and a pearl swirl.

Simple looking but I feel it has real drama to it!

Ingredients:
Creative Expressions Craft Dies for Sue Wilson
Love expression
Diamond Snow
Double Sided adhesive sheet
Sand, Blush & Cocoinut white foundation card
Pearl embelishments.

Enjoy...

It's more Teal...

Happy Monday,

I thought I should revisit the fab teal colour from last week however I wondered what it would look like if I teamed it with a darker shade of neutral (if that makes sense)  I got out the Neutrals foundation card pack and picked this Khaki colour to try this out and I love the way it changes the colour on the teal and make s a softer palette.

I started by taping down the New York collection background die to a piece of the Khaki and added the Gemini die Phoenix across the top then I cut and embossed the whole piece.  I then carefully removed the Phoenix die and added it to the other side of the background and repeated the process.




Once cut I matched up the sides of the phoenix on the die cut piece and hand cut down to give the sides (I know this sounds complex but its clear where to cut once you have the piece in form of you.  Next I suck the whole die cut to a sheet of Teal and using the edge die form the phoenix I cut, in turn, the 2 top and bottom edges to give a mat.


I made a layered piece in the 2 colours at 19cm and rounded the corners using an old punch form my stash.  Then I ran the whole layered piece through The CE A$ art deco embossing folder so that the pattern continued on the square and the teal mat.


I followed this with a larger 21 x 21 cm card blank in the same colours, again with rounded corners, and foam mounted each layer on.  I decorated the card with Teal Sky cosmic shimmer PVA and left it to dry whilst I stamped and die cut the 2 centre panels from the background for the centre of the card.

A bow and a couple of hatpins (made by Wendy and part of my stash I save for special occasions) and finished.  A complex card however simple in its steps!





Ingredients:
Sue Wilson's Dies
New York Background
Gemini - Phoenix
Teal & Khaki foundation card
CE A4 embossing folder Art Deco
Cosmic Shimmer Teal Sky PVA
Cosmic Shimmer Detail Ancient Copper embossing powder
Seam binding & Hatpins

Enjoy...

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