Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

I'm amazed how quickly the Vintage Friday comes round every week.  This weeks vintage card is made using a combination of Canada and Portugal.  I stared by cutting just the outline die in the Canadian background into a piece of tan foundation card twice so that the pattern overlaps making a square(ish) shape.

I backed the background with vellum and foam mounted this over a piece of periwinkle foundation card.  I then studded the centres of all the flowers with 3mm cream stick on pearls.









Next I cut the centre panel in the die into a piece of tan and backed this in the same way before foam mounting it over the centre of the front.  For the main element I cut the first three dies in the Lisbon set in periwinkle twice and backed these in periwinkle before rooting them to make a square shape from.  I foam mounted this above the centre panel so it frames a square of the pattern.

I then cut all three of the blushing rose dies in tan and backed these with periwinkle making the leaves from the set in the alternate colour way ( blue on tan)

I added this over a messy bow of 6mm tan and 3mm blue satin ribbon.

Finally for today I added a couple of stick pins to match and a few layers of the tan and periwinkle.

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

It's Friday which means another new card made with Vintage dies and this week I've chosen the Belgian collection and just the Brussels die.  This card is made with just one die and one embossing folder ( if we exclude the flower lol)

I started by cutting the detail die twice in a 6" x 8" piece of ivory foundation card.  I backed this with velum and then periwinkle foundation card, this makes the colour softer and extends the shades available.  I then cut the die in full in ivory and backed this with velum before foam mounting it over periwinkle and placed it in the centre.

For the smaller die in the set I cut this three times in periwinkle and cut the shape in velum and ivory. I added the velum over the top and added ivory behind, again this softens the blue from the periwinkle.  I added these as shown adding the 2 side pieces under the main cut to look like a strip across the front.

I embossed a piece of velum using the A4 quilted flower embossing folder and spray glued this onto a piece of periwinkle before cutting to size and adding more mats and layers of the Ivory and Periwinkle.

Finally I added a hand made rose shaded with colour cloud blending ink and added this to a lace bow with thin stain ribbon and 3 hand made hat pins.

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

A trip to Noble Australia today for vintage Friday with the Noble Border ( a die form last year that I have to admit I nearly missed it is so useful)  and the Melbourne die from the Australian collection.

I stared by cutting the Noble border, without the outline die, into a piece of mocha foundation card cut to 51/4" x 81/4"at posing sides as shown.  I backed this with primrose foundation card adding some crystal strips and stick on crystals to highlight the beautiful design of the die.

I next cut the Melbourne die in primrose just using the frame section and backed this with more of the mocha before foam mounting this above the centre of the panel.  I added layers of Tan, Primrose and mocha and a panel embossed with the braided vines A4 embossing folder ( a real favourite)

I added the stitched flags with the sentiment and then a couple of spares of flowers made with the string flower and orange blossom leaves dies with crystals in the centre of the flowers.  A great men's card with the colours but easily for and age or sex with a colour change.

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

Today finds me travelling down to London for the Crafting at Ally Pally show which is one of my favourite venues and shows of the year.  This is the only show where Sue Wilson, Julia Watts, Phill Martin, Lisa Horton and I demo all ate the same time so a great one for all Creative Expressions and Sue Wilson fans!

I thought I would share a card I made especially for todays vintage with the New Zealand background die I also used a good cross section of the finishing touches.

I stared by cutting the larger detail background die from a piece of my Spring collection paper pad ( from last spring) I then added the centre detail die cut in coconut white foam mounted in the centre and studded in stick on pearls.

Next I made up the card as shown with a frame of Brunswick green and coconut white foundation card with layers of the two colours added.  I then cut the foliage form the starflower die in the green worth faux quilled blooms cut in white and shaded with frosted jade colour cloud blending ink.  I added these with a spray of pearls and finished with tag shaded and stamped with a sentiment form my new Michaelmas daisy clear stamp set ( more details pin that tomorrow)

Enjoy...

Vintage Blue Friday...

Happy Friday,

Back to Vintage Friday and a rhapsody in blue today lol.  I thought I would like to make a card that allowed me to create a rose as I haven't really tried for a long time and I was hoping to get it right, you will have to let me know what you think?

I stared by cutting the Caribbean background into a piece of coconut white foundation card using just the outline and one level of detail form the die.  I then added this to a piece of double sided adhesive and added diamond snow in the corners and Blue large mica flakes in the centre panel as shown.

Next I framed this using the noble double pierced background dies cut in coconut white and blue dusk.  I foam mounted the frame over the piece and then added stick on crystals to all the points in the centre oval.


 I then debated what to put in the centre as I wanted to feature the rose so I stamped the poem / sentiment from my Vintage Rose clear stamp set ( these will be on the One Day Special on Hochanda on April the 11th and 12th) onto a piece of coconut white and cut it out using the stitched banners die set backing this with a larger flag in the blue dusk.

I added this over the centre oval and added a messy bow of wrinkled edge ribbon in white and a hat pin form the Sue Wilson stick pin elements set.

I then added the rose on the centre over 2 of the rose leaves cut form the Christmas Rose set shaded with blue sky colour cloud blending ink.  The rose was made form various layers of coconut white petals / flowers cut form the Camellia complete petals set.  I shaded this with more of the sky blue colour cloud and added diamond snow to add some sparkle!

It would be great to hear what you think and whether I got the rose right?!?


Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

As promised its back to Vintage Friday and this weeks card does have a reason.  I had n email from a lady in America who had purchased all the items need to make one of my cards form the Most Popular list on the right of the blog.  She wrote asking for the sizes however as this card was made well over 2 years ago I wasn't able to find it to measure.  Therefore I thought I would make a new version using the same die range the New York collection however altering the dies.

The finished size of the card is 9.5" x 7.5" it is a large card but as the dies are quite large and I used three in a row a large card was required.

If you want to see the original card then click HERE.

I stared by cutting the detail die in the times square die three times from French Navy foundation card.  I backed these with white and cut them into a square using the noble double pierced squares die in bright white.  Next  I added these to panel of bright white foundation card embossed with the braided vines A4 embossing folder, cut to 7.25" x 8.25" I shaded the embossing using Mediterranean blue gilding polish.

I cut a strip of the french navy and added white seam binding down the middle with strips of crystals running down each side.  I then added a messy bow of seam dining at the top with crystals in the centre and at the end of each ribbon strip.

Finally I added mats and layers of the blue and white to make the finished card as shown at 9.5" x 7.5"

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

Todays Vintage card a new card or project made with older collections, gives truth to the saying all that glitters isn't gold!  I love this combination of Gilding Flakes and Black Gloss card and thought it would work so well with the Scandinavian collection.  I have left this card pretty simple with no flowers or foliage as I think the gilding flakes are enough of a statement ( and maybe the largish bow I guess lol)

I cut the Scandinavian background in black gloss card and cut it out using the no 3 die in the noble double pierced background dies.  I added this to a pice of double sided adhesive and added the gilding flakes over this so that they stuck where the adhesive is exposed.


I made a frame using the oslo die in the black gloss and again added gilding flakes.  I repeated this with the rest of the dies in the set mounting them all over the background.

I added strip of copper lace and added a bow as shown.

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday...

Happy Friday,

Sorry I missed vintage fro day last week but I wanted to keep the Papercuts giveaway going!  Therefore today I was determined to go back as I want to make as many of the Friday posts as I can using older dies from my Sue Wilson collection of dies.  Today's is using the Austrian collection ( I have to admit along with Scandinavian one of my personal faves but I have a soft spot for ovals!)

I stared this time by choosing the colour combination and this mix of Blue Dusk, Black and Slate Grey really sang to me when I was selecting it.  I cut the Austrian collection background 4 times in slate grey foundation card I added 2 back to back on a pice of duck egg card.  I mounted this over a larger piece and added the other 2 borders at each side to highlight the design.

Next I cut the Vienna die in slate and shadowed this with a black die cut.  I then cut the oval die form the Salzburg die and added this around the centre.  I then stamped the sentiment on a pice ion pearl icicle card and cut this with the centre of the Austrian collection background die.

I cut the detail die from the classic rose die in duck egg and backed this with the slate grey.  I added black fern trio die cuts behind these and arranged these around the central element.

enjoy...

Vintage Friday Kitchen Sink...

Happy Friday,

Ive titled today's post Kitchen Sink because I felt, as I was making this, as if I was throwing everything at this card however I love the way it has come out!  Todays "vintage" collection is the Spanish collection namely the Background and Border, corner and tag.

I stared by cutting the border strip twice in bright white and backed it with brunswick green.  I then cut the background into white and backed this with more of the green.   I added the borders down each side and added the whole piece to a larger set of layers in white and green.

Next I cut another border in white backed with a larger piece of green and set some of the other dies in the Spanish Collection to back the spanish tag cut in green i the centre.  I wrapped this across the front of the card adding rhinestones in a strip and in the edges.

The card still appeared to be a little plain ( I'm not sure whether you will agree lol) so I added the trailing ivy die cut in green and camellia complete petals shaped with a rhinestone in the centre cut in white along the foliage.

A very busy card but I do like the simplicity of the colour and the flowers!

Enjoy...

Vintage Friday in the Pink...

Happy Friday,

As promised another Vintage Friday.  Don't forget the Takeover Weekend where Creative Expressions takeover Hochanda for the whole weekend starts tonight with me at 8pm!

This card is made using the first release of Dies designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions and is the Italian collection.

I cut the Heart Circle form the Italian Collection Decorative Frames set, I embossed the die and added Pearl Lustre gilding Polish to the raised area.  I dropped this into an embossed square of coconut white foundation card embossed with the tartan trellis A4 embossing folder and again covered in Pearl Lustre polish.

I added a rim of stick on pearls ( cutting one of the double strips cut in 2) to a centre of coconut white card and added the stamped sentiment cut form the smallest frame die in the set.

I matted the square onto a mat of strawberry Cremne card form my stash and made up the larger card as shown using layers of the strawberry and white with strips if the Italian collection border at the top and bottom again rimmed with pearls!

I cut the Exquisite Poppies in white and shaded throng the die using rose blush colour cloud blending ink and a mini smoothie.  I then shaded the same colour around the edges of the petals and made uno the flowers as shown with a pearl centre.  I arranged the flowers on a spare of Olive Branch cut in the pink card arroun d the heart centre.


A final layer of the pink embossed and polished with the pearl lustre gilding polish and white and pink.

I hope you enjoy this vintage die use another example next week!

Dont forget to join me at 8pm for the launch of the Takeover weekend on Hochanda!