Teal & White Harmony...

Happy Sunday

Here is a creation back to some of my classic colours and a shaped card I feel like I am coming home to my style!  This is a quick card to make and to describe thankfully lol.  I started by ma,king the shaped card blank however I cant tell you what die i used as it is from a set I bought on eBay without a description it is A5 sized and I think it is an old grand die set from Spellbinders but not sure.


The front panel is made by cutting the centre die from Heirloom legacy twice in different contrasting colours and foam mounting them together however I rotated the cuts to make a circle (hope that makes sense).

Ingredients:
Spellbinders French Harmony
Spellbinders Heirloom legacy
Teal & White Hammered card stock PMD
Crafters Companion Sentiment stamp.











To answer a few questions from this week, The packing is going really well so far thanks. I have packed most of my winter clothes ready to be trucked along with TVs and heavier stuff and sorted out over 5 bin sacks of clothes, bedding etc for the local charity shop!  The other day I took 10 large bin bags to the bin thankfully here in Spain we have communal large bins that are emptied EVERY day including Christmas day! Think I may be able to get the craft room down to just 3 or four cubic meters so its all good so far!

Lesley, I started with an A3 sheet of card for yesterdays gift bag but will hopefully be filming a few tutorials over the next few days  so there should be a more detailed description and sizes etc then. If you want measurements earlier Karen just email me when you have finished Salsa Dancing!  Janice I buy my pearls and gems here in Spain tin the large Chinese shops ( a bit like pound shops in the U.K. as they are seriously  cheap!)


Please remember if to ever want more details, help or info on anything I can help with just email me at Lockers@live.co.uk.

Enjoy...

Something Different saturday

Happy Saturday,

Today's different project is a gift bag hand made using the Sue Wilson striplet die!  I know I have used this die for so much however every time I look at it I come out with something different for me the test of a good die!

This was actually easier to make than it seems all i actually did was cut a continuing strip of the striplet across the bottom of a sheet of A3 red card.  Then I simply used my scor-pal to fold this into a gift bag however I placed a piece of black card behind the die cut on the front.  The remainder I have left see through to show the different looks you can get from this.

I added a gift tag made by cutting a piece if black card using both the striplet and the border piece which I mounted on a piece in red I had cut using just the border.

Enjoy...

Pink Gates...

Happy Friday,

Well it looks like I am continuing with the theme of more pastel colours that I don't usually use.  Today, as I am sure you can tell, is pink!  This is a very simple new home card made in layers using a double cut of spellbinders gilded gate die which have been mounted upside down on top of each other.









Ingredients:
Spellbinders Gilded Gate Die
Spellbinders M-bossabilities Harlequin folder
Co'ordinations Cardstock
DoCrafts 12x12 paper
Ribbon & Hatpin
Sentiment stamp Waltzing mouse.

Enjoy...

Any Better???...

Happy Thursday,

Well I am still not a fan of green but after last weeks green post I had to have another go, to see the original Green card click HERE.

This time i decided to go for a softer tonal green and used a great deal of the moss coloured distress ink.  I also tried a new, for me anyway, technique.  I started by cutting the striplet twice in a row through a strong card to make a mask.  This I then embossed (thanks Mrs Duck for the instructions on how to do this) and then shaded the whole piece using distress ink and cut n dry foam.  This gave a textured yet soft background and a darker shade where the embossing is.

I cut a whole piece of the striplet and shaded it the same way before wrapping round the front piece and adding foliage and flowers.


The foliage is Sue Wilson's faux quilled leaves and the flowers are felt, sorry Mrs D and several others, cut from spellbinders bitty blossoms.  The background for the card is made by cutting the striplet three times in a row, mounting the piece studding the points around with gold liquid pearls.  Finally I foam mounted the header over the backing and added the sentiment stamped in an inked circle.

I feel that this is a better use of green but let me know is this better?!?

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Ingredients:
Sue Wilson Striplet die
Sue Wilson Faux Quilled leaves die
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die
Cream Card stock
White felt
Gold liquid Pearls
DoCrafts Sentiment stamp (love notes collection)
Distress Ink (moss I think)



 Enjoy...

Black and beige...

Happy Wednesday,

A very simple card today and a very simple description I'm afraid.  I have spent too much time at work lol as Tuesday (when I am writing this) is still a double shift day and it was a long shift in the bar (where I work as a chef 2 nights a week!

Simple double cut of my favourite corner dei from Spellbinders layered on black, cream, black then a hand cut Krfat card blank.  Always usefull to have a simple card for any occasion and hopefully this is just such a card!

Enjoy...






Ingredients:
Spellbinders Gold Elements 1
Spellbinders Belly Band 1
Crafters Companion Sentimentals stamp
Wendy's Hatpins
Black Satin Ribbon

Rhapsody in Blue ?!?...

Happy Tuesday,

Thought it was time I posted a filigree card as its been a while and they are a favourite of mine.  I have been making and showing a succession of larger cards recently however as soon as I received this die (was late on back order so waited nearly 6 months for a die I paid for in January!) I thought what would it look like as a whole card.


I started by folding a sheet of A4 card in half and carefully placing the die so that It didn't cut all the way through at the top or fold section.  I added a simple blue mat behind to show off the filigree corners and then started layering!  The sentiment is simply stamped and embossed using detail white embossing powder.



Ingredients:
Spellbinders Heirloom Legacy, Labels 18, Elegant ovals & divine elegance
White and blue PMD card
Crafters Companion Sentimentals stamp
Creative Expressions Embossing powder.

I know I have used far too many different dies on this card however the idea is one that you could make using any set of dies.  Simply start by making the filigree card base and then start layering.

Enjoy...

Well I'll Give it a go!

Happy Monday,

After giving three performances on stage last week you can imagine I spent all of yesterday chilling!  I did however manage to pack a little of the craft room and now Wendy is in possession of quite a lot of my stash.  There are a Lot of items I have ordered over the years that I just haven't used, liked or got on with.  Well as I hate waste I thought Wendy would be able to use some, if not all, for her own crafting and cards she makes for charity.



Back to today I thought after trying green last week, to mixed reviews, I thought I should have a go at my other no go area of yellow.  Once again I would value your opinions on this one as its a colour I rarely use.




This one started by embossing a piece of card through the GC using the mask from a couple of weeks ago (sorry to find out the details you will need to sacne back) and then inking the raised arae whilst the mask was still in place.  This technique gives a lovely rounded look to the background.

Ingredients:
Spellbinders Belly Band One
Sue Wilson Californian Background die
Spellbinders elegant ovals
Yellow Lidl Card
Cream PMD hammered card
Scattered straw distress ink
Leaf mask





There is quite a proliferation of dies used on this one to even a sneaky Sue Wilson background somewhere in the layering!

Enjoy...