Royal Purple...

Happy Saturday,

I'm sure as the last shopping day for Christmas most people will be out shopping today as its any first stray off for quite a while I can promise I won't be braving the crowds toady!

I thought I would share a royal purple card today ( I believe Purple was considered royal as the die was the most expensive and so was reverted for royalty?!?)

This  card also makes use of the purple violet pixie powders I coated a piece of watercolour rad with pixie powder and then spritzed it with water before adding another piece of card to take a print and to smooth out the colour.

I cut the Tahiti die in the amethyst card and cut the successive layers in still pearl and the pixie powdered paper.  I layers these to with double layers of foam tape to show the definition.  The final layer is cut using the noble double pierced square dies.

On the pixie powdered paper I stamped the matching shaded nasturtiums in perfect medium and heat set them using silver shine detail embossing powder.  I cut these with the matching die, shaped them and added them onto a spray of olive branch die cut in steel.

A few layers ( as always with me) of the amethyst and steel and finished.

Enjoy...

Christmas Friday marathon...

Happy Friday,

as this is the last Christmas Friday before the last posting date I thought i would share a selection of cards that I haven't shown to give a few last minute ideas.  Next Friday I will show the simpler cards i made to send to family and friends.

Enjoy...

Christmas in Blue...

Happy Thursday,

Sorry for the late posting mr Internet strikes again!  I thought I would share another sample form the restive collection as I don't know where todays post has gone!

This card is simply made using just one die and e,embossing folder form the 2016 festive die range by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.  Just a few pictures due too time constraints.

Enjoy...

I missed this one...

Happy Wednesday,

I can't believe I missed posting this card as it was one of the first cards I made with the Sue Wilson November release of dies.  I think because I made it first I thought I had posted it!

Its in my favourite colours of periwinkle and coconut white, with a bit of pearl added of course!

I stared by cutting the trellis edger die by fitting it back in at 90 degrees to make a squareof trellis.  Sue Wilson has filmed a whole you tube video on this on the Creative Expressions youtube channel where she explains this technique.

I backed the trellis with periwinkle and used cosmic white dimensional PVA at every junction.

I then cut a larger mat using the edger from the same set and offset all of these panels onto a panel of card embossed with the Provencal lace A4 embossing folder and coloured with pearl lustre metallic gilding polish.

The central panel is cut using the Tahiti die set in periwinkle and adhered to a piece of double sided adhesive covered in diamond sprinkles.  I layered up the other dies in the set finishing with a l;are pearl centre and studded with PVA.



I made up a set of the starflowers cutting each size flower twice each in the 2 colours.  I mounted these along with the matching swirls that come with the set.

Enjoy...

Midnight in steel...

Happy Tuesday,

Another card made using the Pacific ocean collection today and a few more shots of my Christmas Decorations at the bottom.

I cut the inner die form the lotus striplet into a piece of midnight pearl foundations card and mounted it onto steel pearl foundation card.

I then cut dies 1, 2 and 3 in steel and midnight card and backed them with the alternate colour.  I mounted them over a set of the double stitched flags cut again in alternate colours.


Where the frames meet a new diamond pattern shows which gives the perfect frame for the flags alternating colours.  I added a crystal flower in the centre and a few l;ayers of midnight and steel.

Finally a few more pictures of my chroistm,as decorations.  I have to admit I really like the wreath and the ivy over the Stags Head ( a precut stack from DCWV)

Enjoy...

Classic in Cobalt...

Happy Monday,

I thought I would freshen the palette today with a classic card in cobalt and bright white after spending yesterday Christmas Shopping and gift wrapping ands Saturday night dressing my tree I wanted smarting fresher!

I have added picture of my Christmas Tree at the end of the post if you want to see it!

Today's card is made just using the Tahiti die form the Pacific island collection and the Lotus striplet ( you know I love a striplet)

I started by cutting the outer, detail and inner die form the lotus striplet into Cobalt foundations card.  I then cut the outer die from bright white and adhered the blue cut over the top.  I then cut the final detail panel form the centre of the white.

 I repeated this three times and placed them down the side of a piece of card I had cut the detail form the striplet down the side adding cobalt at the back.



For the main element I cut the Tahiti die in white card and carefully took the die cut out leaving the 'waste' in the die.  I cut the outline die form cobalt card that I added double sided adhesive sheet to.  I pulled off the protective coating and added this to the die with the pieces in place.  This transferred the 'waste' pieces to the cobalt and I added diamond sprinkles to the exposed adhesive.

I cut the centre die from the set in white and threaded cobalt thin ribbon from my stash through the slots finishing with a stamped sentiment on cobalt cut with the smallest die in the set.


I finished with tail of the ribbon and a crystal pearl heart embellishment form Craft Consortium.

No flowers so would work as a men's card or for many occasions.

Enjoy...

I forgot earlier so heres the tree! x

I used a colour scheme of Glass, Crystal, Copper, Silver and Duck egg and I have to admit I Love the look.  I'll add the rest of the decorations through this week!

Simple Sunday...

Happy Sunday,

A simple card from my shows this week on Hochanda which is so simple to make but a really effective card.  The panels are cut from the shadow box die along with the show form the retail therapy accessory set.






























The second card is made using the same die and embossing folder this time using the water form the shoe die cut as the main element and a shoe cut in red to  make the pair!

Enjoy...