Rainbow of Spring Shades...

Happy Thursday,

A simple stamped card today, well to be honest 6 stamped simple cards today.  I wanted to show how just changing the colours of a project can make it look different!








I also wanted to show, because I have been asked so much, which Cosmic Shimmer colours will match with the papers in my Spring Shades collection.  Everything on these cards is made with plain white card or ribbon and is coloured with Clour Cloud blending ink and the PVA pearl dimensional glue.

I stamped the spring trail A6 background stamp using watering can archival ink onto bright white card.  Next I stamped the Daisy Trail heart again using grey and white.  For each card I simply shaded around each background with the matching Colour Cloud ink.  I repeated the process on the heart ( after cutting it out using the largest die in the Sue Wilson Heart of Hearts die set.  I then added pearl dots, again in the appropriate colour, to the centre of each daisy on the stamped image.


The ribbon is simply white seam binding coloured using the colour cloud and tied to each card with messy bow added to the front.

Finally there is a sheet from the paper pad added to the back of each, hand cut, card blank to show how the colours all tie together.

the stamped sentiments are from the Lily of the Valley elements clear stamp set.

The list is
Paper Pack
Paper Colours
Buttermilk
Chambray
Sea Spray,
Soft Sage
Lilac Haze
Warm Linen



Colour Cloud Blending Ink
Lemon Meringue
Clear day
Frosted Aqua
Frosted Jade
Frosted Heather
Frosted Mink

















PVA Dimensional Glue
Graceful Mustard
Frosted Sky
Frosted Aqua
Frosted Jade
Frosted Heather
Frosted Mink.

I really hope this helps with colour selection and for all of you who haven't cut into the paper pack yet I know how you feel but give it a go!

Enjoy...

Wonderfull Friend...

Happy Wednesday,

Today I'm picking ups my wonderful friend Wendy form Spain who has offered to help with the Crafting at Ally Pally event!    I thought I would share this card today as the sentiment is just right for Wendy and all my friends and blog family.

A really simple card today just made with the sea scary shade from my paper pack, foundation card and the new dotty daisy embossing folder.  I stamped the sentiment from my daisy trail elements in watering can archival in the centre of the patterned paper before making the card and cut all the layers outwards form this.

The flowers are remade and are Creative Expressions embellishment range which makes this supra easy they do however appear yellow in the first shot but i promise they are a soft cream / white!

I hope you don't mind this quick post but there is so much to do to get ready for what is one of my favourite craft shows!

Enjoy...

More Yellow Daisies...

Happy Tuesday,

I thought I would show another of my attempts at colouring with alcohol markers and the colour yellow!  This is a simple card Honest.

I started by stamping the daisy square and colouring it with a collection of my alcohol markers ensuring i left the centres of the petals white to hopefully look like shading!

I stared the card by making an A6 card blank, yes its is an actual card! I stamped the daisy Daisy background text stamp, clipped the corners and shaded arrow d the stamping with lemon Meringue colour cloud blending ink.  I added thin layer of primrose foundation card and a strip of seam binding co,lured with the ink.

Next I stamped the Thank You sentiment form my daisy everyday sentiments set  on white card, cut it out and again shaded it with the colour cloud and a smoothie.  I added this to the       coloured image that I fussy but and added this to the

Finally a double bow of satin 3mm ribbon in white and yellow and a daisy that I stamped and coloured to match.

A simple card but hopefully the colouring works and harmonises the whole piece.

Enjoy...

Gentle Roses...

Happy Monday,

Today's card is a bit of an experiment that I did at the Hobby crafts show at the NEC at the end of last month.  Hazel Eaton (Dragon Crafts in Rugby and Hochanda) challenged me to see if I could cut the Ravello Triplet as many times as I could!  Well the frontpiece of their card is what I managed and its cut into the page 6 times in various rotations!  I didn't want to spoil the effect so a simple sentiment across the bottom was the hardest thing to decide!

Hopefully you can see that the die cut never seems to end it should go round and round so you can't tell where I put the triplet to start and finish.  I am planning to demo this on Hochanda so hopefully you will see this demoed own the near future.

I studded the centres with 5mm white stick on pearls and surrounded this with 3mm white pearls.

The background is made using the rose blooms pinpoint embossing folder.  To make the pattern behind I coloured each of the roses using a smoothie and pretty in pink colour cloud blending ink.  I shaded the leaves with fresh grass and covers the coloured areas with pearl moon gilding wax.  Again I am hoping to demo this on Hochanda when I can!

The sentiment, from my Lily of the valley elements set, is stamped in watering can archival and cut using the centre die from the Lauren frames and tag set.  Finally a seam binding tie and bow centred with one of the new Always and Forever wedding embellishments.

Enjoy...

Design Team Sunday...

Happy Sunday,

I'm sorry today's post is a little late Blogger has been playing with me again and this was scheduled for next year!  As I'm sure you all know by now Sunday is my day for the Inspiration blog over at Creative Expressions design team.  The Team and blog has loads of inspiration for you using the products supplied through Creative Expressions.  This month we are mixing it up a little and working with the beautiful new range from Justrite Stamps and dies as well as my paper pack and items form the new Wedding Collection by Craft Consortium.

Here's my first card using some of this range form Justrite and I have to say I really like the way this has come out!

I started by choosing the colour scheme and of course I went of the chambray blue set straight away.  I selected the spring trail and the daisy dots pages using the stripe of the reverse of the dots  as all the colours match perfectly.

I started by cutting the Garden Circle die form bright white foundation card and shaded it with clear day colour cloud and a mini smoothie to blend the colour across the beautiful frame.,  Next I cut a circle form the daisy dots paper and stock the garden circle over this.  I cut to the centre to make the ring and added stick on pearls around the centre which highlights the detail and hides any edges I didn't hand cut well!

Next I cut the smallest banner die in the stitched A2 banners set in the spring trail paper twice, I then cut the larger banner in periwinkle blue and matted these.  I foam mounted these two banners above each other to give a long banner as shown and added pearls again to highlight the design.

I mounted all of this onto a panel made using the stripe form the back of the daisy dots paper and then mounted the circle at the top.

Next I made three of the butterflies using the multistep flowers and butterflies clear stamps and matching dies.  I stamped the butterfly detail using perfect medium onto velum and heat embossed it with the new Cosmic Shimmer Snowcap sparkle embossing powder and cut them out using the matching die.  I arranged these flying up the card and added stick on pearls as in the centre.

The finished card is made with layers of the bright white and periwinkle to frame the main elements.

It would be great if you click HERE and take a look at what the rest of the team have made this week!

Enjoy...

Something Different Saturday...

Happy Saturday,

Today I am demoing at Colemans Wharehouse in Rushed, if you are in the area why not pop in and say hi!  Todays Something different is the flower Ball I quickly showed on my last set of Hochanda Shows in March.  I wanted to show the finished bouquet and I thought it was something different, yet pretty, to do with your patterned paper.

This is a simple Origami fold that looks really effective when made into a flower and as I have done here used in different colours form my new Spring Shades paper pack.  The link HERE will show you how to make this flower as it is a classic origami fold 

To make this flower I cut the 8 x 8 paper into four piece making 4 sheets that ware 4 x 4.  I then made the foods and cut each piece into two diagonally which meant i got 2 petals from each square.

Enjoy...

Blue Birthday...

Happy Friday,

Today I'm hopefully catching up at CE towers on the plans for the Crafting at Ally Pally event next weekend, have you got your tickets yet?  I also wanted to remind everyone that Hochanda have come off freeview for a temporary period it will be back on there soon however It is still running online at WWW.hochanda.com and on Sky and freest.  Sue Wilson is starting her one day special ton night at 8pm!

Today's card was going to be a birthday card for a really good friend however she informed me that she is having an official birthday in June when she goes on holiday rather than the real one which was yesterday!  I thought I would blog this instead! lol

Its quite simple as I've allowed the New Zealand background die from Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions to do all the work for me.  The only dies used in this card are form the background and they all match perfectly.  The paper is form the Craft Consortium 12 x 12 Wild Rose paper pad and is the reverse of one of the papers in the set.

All I have added is the March's Child stop and a silky crush ribbon , one of the new Craft Consortium embellished hearts and an organza rose. A splattering of white stick on pearls and an elegant card finished.

Enjoy...