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...

Beautiful Olivia...

Happy Thursday,

A variation on a theme for today's card and a different version of the matching of the Olivia frames and tags die with the Antlia Gemini die.

I started by cutting the detail and edge die form the Gemini into two ends of a piece of coconut white foundation card trimmed down to 51/4".  I then used just the edge die and cut 2 piece of wisteria card to match the edges and mounted the white detail over this.

Next I used the other edge die from the Gemini die to cut a panel of wisteria card ( again cut to 51/4" ) to match the 2 edges of the Gemini cut in white.  I embossed this panel wit the illusion A4 embossing folder before foam mounting this over the space as shown.

I then cut the outline and detail die in the Olivia frame from more coconut white and backed this with wisteria studding it with white 5mm stick on pearls.  I cut the spring foliage in white twice and cut each of the flowers dies in the spring foliage set in wisteria and lilac.  I arranged the foliage as shown then shaped the flowers adding them on the leaves with a 3mm white stick on pearl as the centre.  I arranged the frame on top and finished with a layer of white again embossed with the illusion folder.

A few layers of white, wisteria and lilac to finish and a complex and textured card which is relatively simple to produce is complete.

Enjoy...

Autumnal Lucy...

Happy Wednesday,

There is a little bit of an autumnal feel to todays card but I think its just the colour change the shades and this would look really spring like.

I started by cutting a square of coconut white foundation card with the noble double pierced squares and then cut the outline die from the Lucy frames and take set into this. I backed this with a piece of tan card and cut the detail and the next outline die from the set into the correct place in the piece.  next I cut a larger square of papyrus foundation card and cut the outline into this so it sat behind the tan pattern finally I cut the final die in the set in white and phone mounted all of the pieces together as shown.

For the background I cut a piece of tan using a larger square die from the noble set and whilst in the die embossed the piece using the honeycomb haven A4 embossing folder, this technique gives a beautiful debossed pattern.

I made up a spray of flowers using the chrysanthemum die in various colours from the card and backed this with the lace edged leaves cut in papyrus.


Finally I added different sized and coloured gasless to the centres of the flowers and a few mats Andreas to frame and finish the card.

Enjoy...

Iris Butterflies...

Happy Tuesday,

A different shaker card today made using the Heart Treat cups and the Fluttering Heart die designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.

I started by cutting the inner die from the Fluttering Heart die into a piece of Iris foundation card randomly over the piece.  I then added a sheet of bright white foundation card behind this using spray adhesive.  I then framed this with a frame made with the noble double pierced background rectangles die with a couple of layers of iris and white for goo measure!

Next I cut the outer inner and detail die form the fluttering heart in bright white and backed this with Iris cut with just the 2 heart dies in the set.  I then added this over a heart treat cup ( made to fir the die exactly) and filed it with the Crystal Hexagons from the new Cosmic Shimmer glitter jewels collection.  I added the backer die cut in iris over white to the back after adding a heart cut in acetate to seal the shaker heart.

To finish I added the shaker element as shown at the bottom centre and used the amazing wispy fronds cut in iris and the flowers cut from the spring foliage in white with cobalt 3D pearl accents in the centre.

Enjoy...

Silver Megan...

Happy Monday,

A little silver and coconut white number today made for a recent show on hochanda to highlight the Beauty of the Megan die.

I started by cutting the outline and detail die in the Megan frames and tags set three times in silver pearl foundation card.  I backed these with bright white and arranged these in the panel as shown.

I then cut the centre section from the die in silver and added the white centre die over the top.  I arranged these along the sides with one in the centre.  I added this to a piece of coconut white embossed with the illusion A4 embossing folder and added silver metallic gilding polish to highlight the design.

Finally I added strips of adhesive pearls ( from the double strips cut down so much more economical)

Enjoy...

Infinity in Silver...

Happy Sunday,

Today I am taking over From Julia watts at the brand new Dominoes crafts at their new store opening in Wolverhampton.  It would be great if you could pop in and say hello Julia tells me the new star is beautiful!

I thought I would share a card today made using my favourite triplet die as I will be demoing this and many other today as well as the new Glitter Kiss.

I simply cut the striplet into 2 edges of a piece of bright white foundation card and backed this with silver pearl card.  I then cut a panel for the centre as shown in silver pearl and backed it in white.  I then cut the Mia frames and tags die in white and backed it with silver.  I then added a heart treat cup filled with Silver Stars glitter jewels and surrounded by the laced heart die cut in silver and white.

I added this on the top and finished with a large silky crush bow and pearl / crystal embellishment.

Enjoy...

Saturday Colouring Get Well Marie...

Happy Saturday,

Today I will be doing a special Demo day at Grafton Crafts in Huntingdon, contact the shop or pop in to see what is so 'Special' about this demo!

Back to Today and I nearly forgot Saturday Colouring and so at the last minute I remembered this die cut stamp to die for that I demoed on Hochanda earlier this week.  I coloured it on air to show the techniques so if you want to see how this was achieve, using the amazing Watercolour Pencils, then watch on rewind for Wednesday show at 12pm at www.hochanda.com.

I decided to make this into a Get well or Feel better card for a Friend on Mine Marie who has spent the last couple of days in hospital and has not had a good time with her health generally.  I wondered what I could do and I thought, as I am seeing her hopefully later in April, I could make a card for her featuring this.






I made the card up as shown using the Infinity striplet cut in white and backed with primrose foundation card.  I added the panel on the front, matted on 2 die cuts in pastel green and threaded with white crinkle silk ribbon.  I then added a bow of the silk ribbon with the hand cut tags stamped with the sentiment from my nasturtium elements clear stamp set in watering can archival ink.

I added this with some thin satin ribbon and matted again in pastel green coming form the large bow with a paper rose ( I didn't have time to make one sorry) and finished.

It just remains to wish you Brighter days Marie, and to all my blog family as well.

Enjoy...