Something Different Saturday

A quick one today as OH here and workin quite a lot of hours!  just some simple pictures of the
wedding cards I made recently for a client of a friend. 

Enjoy...

Green Pearls

Good Morning Friends,

Todays card is another new, possibly weird, colour selection Green.  This is one of those cards that starts out as one thing and becomes Something else.  This was actually, initially, two cards neither of which worked.  I took the background form one and the filigree side base from another.

The background is a piece of Do'crafts shimmer card in aqua which I embossed with the Spellbinders Elite M'Bossabilities folder and studded with the ever present pearls.  I cut the edge of this to match the card base and adhered the background.

Next I added a simple ribbon and bow which I hid the knot with a piece of the background left over.

The sentiment is yet another from Waltzing mouse which I love I really think this is applicable to all of us we must make out own way in life!  with a little help from our friends.

A simple card but I hope you Enjoy...

a Man Card ?!?

Good morning,

Men's cards are not my usual fayre however when I say this stamp set from Waltzing Mouse (Told you I did go a little mad spending on their site) I couldn't resist it! This is my first creation using this set, and I'm not really happy with how its turned out, however I  thought I'd see what my blog friends thought.


This is a gate fold card with the base cut and layered with Spellbinders Bracket Borders one.  The idea of creating a square using the die is one I pinched from the ever creative Mrs Duck, view her original here

The phrase I say old bean just appealed so much to me! so I put that inside (the first picture shows the inside and the right front)

I'm not sure I did the stamp justice but I'll keep trying! Enjoy...

a LITTLE more me

Good Morning Crafters,

Firstly I would like to send smiles over the  water to Ita who is in Hospital in the emerald isle, she has become a good friend through my blog and has supported loads of crafters / bloggers, get well soon.  There is a picture of a card made by Ita in the follower gallery here, if you would like to add a pic of your own creation into my gallery just email it over to me!

Back to today, I thought I should post a little card that is more me, I enjoy making all styles of card but recently the ones I have enjoyed the most are these styles...

This card really is a little card made using the filigree card method and Spellbinders Ribbon Threader die, It only measures about 15 x 8 cm's!  This die I purchased on offer for less than a tenner on eBay, I don't think it was a particularly popular one.  I have to admit I struggled with it however for a small folded card it's perfect.

I used Spellbinders labels 4, Foliage and Bitty blossoms as well as the harlequin embossing folder and simply layered things up.  The sentiment is, again, from Waltzing Mouse, and although I have already featured this sentiment this week I thought it was perfect for this card which is now winging its way to Ita in Ireland.



The only new technique on this one is the addition of the chocolate card behind the cut outs which, I feel, balances out the chocolate on the front.  I like it, especially the unusual combination of teal / turquoise and chocolate brown, and hope you do too,

Enjoy...

Big 'n Blousy

Good Morning all,

Todays creation started out as a card however I just couldn't get it to work so I changed it into a wall hanging. This is a little different for me I don't usually do Big 'n Blousy everything recently has been filigree and delicate but it's nice to mix things up now and then.   It was designed for a couple who are friends of my mum.  Without going into detail they have been wonderfully helpful after we lost my beloved step father last year.  My mum had a small party on Sunday to say thank you to those who had helped her move home and this was for those who attended!

Simple card, Do'crafts big bloomers and flowers and a plaited ribbon.  The brown card looked a little plain so I stamped gold bee's randomly on it which puts the flowers in focus and stops large expanses of card from attracting the eye.

The sentiment is another waltzing Mouse one (went a little order happy on their website 'cus of the extra hours I've been putting in, 3am finish on Saturday morning)

I thought the sentiment was very apt, Enjoy...

Yellow Peril

Sunny Greetings,

As the weather has been so nice in the U.K., and actually pretty warm over here too! I thought I would show something erm warm today.  This is a new colour combination for me (if you can call lots of shades of yellow a combination)  Since I created my Craft Room I have been able to sort out all my stash and find items I forgot I had, this collection of papers and flower from Do'crafts is one such example.

I layered the papers up however instead of cutting them I tore the pieces to give a nice distressed look.  I simply added two strips of plain cardstock cut with a Martha Stuart punch ( another forgotten treasure that I hardly ever used) and a couple of strips of ribbon.



The sentiment, stamped in versamark and embossed in detail white, is from Waltzing mouse Country Labels 4.  I cut the sentiment out with the matching Spellbinders Labels 4 die mounted onto a piece cut with Spellbinders Gold Labels 4.

Also, I have to announce the winner of the Spellbinders die!  I asked Wendy next door to choose a number which corresponded with every comment I received last week.  The chosen number was 17 which correlated to Margaret from France who is one of my email followers.  Well Done Margaret please email me your address and I'll post it straight out!

  The Craft Room sort out has highlighted more goodies I have duplicates of so there will be a big Blog Candy next week along with some other news, Enjoy...

Sunday Mojo is Back !

Good Morning All,

The Sunday Mojo is back after Wendy's family have flown back to a sunny U.K.!  It was my turn to crash the stash this week and I decided to give a selection of fabric, here it is...


There is a selection of fabric squares and felt, I think the check and floral fabric is kath Kidson but not sure.  It was only after coming up with the selection I actually started to think what to do with it myself!  I decided to go with a gift card and summer wall hanging / wreath and here is my offering.  The very first thing made in my New Craft Room!!!!






The wreath is a polystyrene one I bought fr0m a charity shop with straw wrapped round it and silver ribbon for Christmas, I stripped this off and twisted pink gingham fabric and matching ribbon around it.
I used the fabric squares by die cutting them with the Tim Holtz tatty floral Bigz die (I'm very lucky that the OH bought me a big shot a couple of years ago as the GC won't take the Bigz dies.  I arranged the flowers, I think I cut about 60 in a plain cream lining fabric, in bunches on the bottom left of the wreath and then placed the brighter fabric flowers in amongst them.

 I added some loops of a deep rose ribbon and some handmade paper roses (courtesy of Wendy's wonderful quilling skills) and a couple of butterflies in the cream card included in the stash.  Finally I added the enjoy sentiment from Waltzing mouse stamps Country Labels 4 which are spellbinders compatible, as I thought this would make a great house warming gift.














The card is made using the same materials, I simply glued this onto the piece of chipboard I included in the stash and decorated it in the same manner.  The sentiment on this one is from the same set I thought I could give the two together, all I need now is someone moving house!

I cant wait to see what Wendy comes up with, check out her offering here!  Enjoy...