Simple Sunday...

Happy Sunday,


Today's card is a simple stamped affair to show that with a nice background and sentiment a simple uncoloured or lightly coloured image can be really effective and simple.  Today's card was made specifically for a friend who was starting a new job and being a guy it is always hard to find the right level of embellishment and die cuts to suit a formal occasion and not be to fancy.  I thought the sentiment, one of my Craft show bargains from last Sunday, fit the bill perfectly. 


I started by simply inking through a that special touch mask using white chalk ink onto black card, A4 folded in half, to make the card base.  Next I stamped the image in grey Flannel Memento ink onto super smooth card stock and added a few lines of grey alcohol marker to give some depth to the image.

 Next I stamped the sentiment in versamark and embossed it in detail white embossing powder and overheated the powder so that it started to crack and give an aged feel.  These pieces were matted in silver mirror card then white card and layered, using a little foam tape of course, on the card front.

Finally I added a corner die cut in black from the Sue Wilson French Collection Borders and Tags set to relive the squareness (if that is even a word!)

Ingredients:
Kanban Clear stamp (no name on packet)
That Special Touch Mask
Sentiment stamp (random stall at Craft Fayre sorry & binned packet)


Enjoy...

Should be in a frame...

Happy Saturday,

Now all the recent PC issues, whilst still in the background, have been worked through and so I should now be back on track showing some of my newer work.  There has been a lot happening in the background with the move and deciding what to do work wise etc which has sadly robbed me of crafting time however I am now determined to get back to the on time and daily posting of before lol.  

Today's something different Saturday project is something I first thought of about a year ago and after binning a couple of shelved it.  It was only when getting home and seeing the graduation pictures of the OH's sister just propped up in the living room that the idea returned.  As you can see I have used a combination of Mirror card and plain chip board (thick card) to make a couple of die cut picture frames.  These now have pride of place in the living room as Mr ND said when he say them "where did you buy those new silver picture frames from" giving me the confidence to keep them up!

Now there will be a step by step on these for next weekend however yesterday was spent finishing the craft studio / music room / office and we finally finished at 2am this morning!  I had been waiting for some craft Will to be delivered so that I could have my dream of a die wall.  It all sounds very cryptic however next Saturday I will share pictures of the finished result along with details of the items used (just like a normal craft post lol)

Ingredients:

Spellbinders Mystical Embrace Die

Spellbinders Enchanted Labels 28

Silver Mirror card

Thick Chipbaord like card.

Enjoy...

Bright Pink Relief!?!

Happy Friday,

Another one from the archives or spares I'm sorry to say today however I do love the colour, brightness and simplicity of this card so don't know why it was in the spares folder lol.

The issue I have been having with my PC and technology appears to be too much traffic on the home network which is not helped by the OH's love of technology.  I have been having issues getting new pictures to load and posts to save onto the net however I think by later today this will be resolved.

I have been playing with my new dies so I have some different things to show and cant wait to post these!

Back to today a card made in 14 x 14cm handcut card blank in pink.  I have added a piece of shocking pink embossed with a random dots folder matted in white to highlight the main image.

The main front piece was made by die cutting one of the flower dies that comes with the spellbinders square bracket edged box die. I did however ink the die first with a matching pink dew drop ink and then cut four flowers from the same piece of card lining them up to create the back piece.  The Flowers, with a pearl added for the centre of course, are then foam mounted over the piece they were cut from.

Hopefully a simple card with a look of complexity that would brighten up anyones day!

Ingredients:
Spellbinders Bracket Edged box die
Pink pigment ink pad
Card & Pearls


Enjoy...

Peacock Feathers...

Happy Thursday,

I have to admit I am a little disappointed into today's card In real life the Burgundy colour just sings and the letterpressed peacock feathers are really crisp and vibrant, however when photographed I just feel disappointed.

The colour is, in real life, a lovely burgundy colour.





still having NET / PC problems so quick Ingredient list

Ingredients:
Spellbinders Peacock Feathers die
Spellbinders Labels 35
Spellbinders Harlequin Embossing Folder
PMD Card in cream and Burgundy

Enjoy...

Creative Paprika!

Happy Wednesday.

Well I've looked through the archive and I cant find this one anywhere as being posted.  That doesn't mean that I haven't however having had PC issues all night this will have to do, if only for the morning at least!

Once I have sorted out the issues I will post something newer lol.

for now...Enjoy...

Filigree brown...

Happy Tuesday,

Today's card is a filigree card made very simply from just one die.  As I have said before there are tutorials for how to make the filigree card on you tube however I will be making my version on a video tutorial in the next couple of weeks using a background die however I am holding onto that one for a while lol

Back to toady I simply die cut the card base with the largest die from Spellbinders Mystical Embrace die which makes a nice detailed card base however it leaves a nice solid rectangle in the centre onto which you can build a nice raised area.  I simply then added a panel of gold mirror card, embossed with the tied together embossing folder, which I had cut to match the centre section.  I stamped the sentiment in versamark and embossed it with detail Gold embossing powder and die cut the piece using the square oval die from the spellbinders radiant rectangles set.

Finally i wanted a bow but not a ribbon as that would be a little too soft against the card base so I used the filigree bow set from Sue Wilson and backed it with gold.  A simple heart shaped gem in the centre and finished.

Ingredients:
Spellbinders Mystical Embrace Die
Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die
Sue Wilson Filigree Bow die
Gold & Brown cardstock PMD
Waltzing Mouse sentiment stamp
Gems from stash

 Enjoy...

Bright and Breezey...

Happy Monday,

Mrs Duck and I and I (we also met Christine for lunch which was lovely) had a great time at the craft show yesterday It was the first proper one I had attended and I couldn't have been in better hands. I was very careful with my purchases as I received a welcome home gift of quite a few of the Sue Wilson new dies last week (how lucky is that!) so have plenty to play with and don't have the second job to finance the extra buys anymore!

Well I couldn't think of any other title than Bright and Breezey as this card seems just this to be.  I have a love of blues and especially when mixed with a light Ivory colour.  As soon as I received Delicate Daisies die set I could see the solids in Ivory and, although its not a classic flower colour, and this petrol blue colour.  I simple needed the right base card to carry them!

I started, unusually for me, by making the embellishments and working the remainder of the card around them.  Therefore I cut the sentiment tag next and added the sentiment.  It was then just a case of cutting the background die, adding some pearls and mounting with foam on layers of the blue and ivory.

Ingredients:
Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies
Sue Wilson Austrian Collection Background
Blue and Ivory card form stash
Sentiment from Crafters Companion

Sorry about the pictures still working on the light tent! lol

Enjoy...