With Warm Thoughts

I'm entering this card into The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge #6.  The colours for this months challenge are gorgeous springtime yellow and green.  I used K&Company papers for my background.  For my rosette I used plain white card, punched the edge with a Martha Stewart punch, then pleated it, stained the edges and added the pearl centre. The seam binding and fancy pin are from The Ribbon Girl.  I added extra pearls and beads to the pin.  The seam binding is antique gold.

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My Folk Art Painting

I went a bit mad today and uploaded two cards.  It was sunny and warm again, so I went into the garden to paint some of my planters that were looking tired and needed some fresh painted flowers and roses.  I have never painted onto cards before, I usually like to paint onto a larger canvas.  But I gave it a go and my little spray didn't turn out too bad.  So I may just try it again.  I coated a piece of card with pale green acrylic, then gave it a coat of sealant.  When that had dried I painted my leaves first, then the rose buds and finally the daisies.  Paper is from Pink Petticoat, ribbon from stash, and the sentiment is one from Hot of the Press.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Easter Wishes

It's been such a beautiful day, it made me want to make Easter cards.  I love this image from Crafty Secrets. The little birds all in their Easter bonnets.  The paper is K&Company. I made the frame with a Martha Stewart punch and slightly turned up the edges to give a frill effect.  Seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.  Floral embellishment from stash, and the sentiment is computer generated, because I didn't have a stamp with the sentiment I wanted.

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Vintage Postcard

I'm feeling a bit more creative this week. Mojo went missing for a while LOL!  I haven't done any stamping on this card, but I just adore this vintage postcard image, (which is from a set I bought recently), they all print out perfectly.  For the postcard, I aged the edges, added a little sparkle to the butterfly,  then added a couple of corners and pearls.  The seam binding, twine and pin are from 'The Ribbon Girl'.  Lace and other embellishments are from my stash.

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Frames on Frame

For this card I used a MS punch around the page set.  Main frame is 5"x 5" corners 31/4"x 31/4".  The smaller frames are layered over the large one.  Sentiment is by JustRite.  The camelia print is from a set I bought.  Camelia's were my dear dad's favourites.  He grew them and I have lots around my garden in all his favourite spots.

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Less Is More - Muted Roses

This is my take on  'Off the Edge' which is this weeks challenge on 'Less Is More'.  I have used a Rubber Stampede stamp that I bought years ago in America.  I don't think it's available anymore.  I coloured the image using ProMarkers.  The stentiment stamp is by Hot Off the Press, and that's years old too.

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Wedding Card

I've been busy making a few papercrafts for a wedding and haven't had much time to blog for a few days.  I made this card to accompany a gift for the bride on her wedding day.  My trusty Silhouette came in nicely to cut the heart shaped card.  I embossed it after cutting and it was a bit tricky fitting the heart shape into the folder.  I eventually did it, but had to cover the joining with the bow.  I stamped the words with a Rubber Stampede stamp and used VersaMark clear ink.  The embossing powder is 'Madanna Robe Blue Gold' by Moon Glow.  I bought it from 'The Stamp Man' quite a few years ago.  Ribbon, pearls and heart embellishment are from my stash.

Many thanks for stopping by x

Roses & Ivy

For this card I used DCWV 'Nana's Nursery' designer paper. I die cut the Die-namics label and then embossed it three times with Orbit Olive Gold embossing powder to give it an enamel effect.  The ivy leaves were made using cold porcelain, a tiny cutter, and a vining tool.  I painted them with H20 paints.

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Sew A Little Happiness

I made this box out of Kraft card a while ago, and decided it was time to do something with it.  I had a few little haberdashery embellishments, and then I downloaded the new 'Material Girl' designs from Pink Petticoat, (the little sewing machine and sentiments).  The sewing machine was coloured with Pro Markers.  I used some lace, and coloured one length by spraying with glimmer mist.  The papers are K & Company and Pinkpaislee. I used bakers devine twine, (The Ribbon Girl), to attach the tag.

Little Gift Set

I haven't had much free time to papercraft this week : (  But I had to make this little gift set for a friend.  I used the 'Tilda Classics' paper stack, which I love.  The label is by Die-namics, it's from the 'Frames and Greetings' die and stamp set.  Which is available from Tracy at Dies to die for.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend.

Stylish Blogger Award!

Today I was thrilled to bits when Pauline from Craft Obsession sent me this 'Stylish Blogger Award'.  Thank you so much Pauline!!

The rules for accepting the award are...


1. Thank and link back to the person who gave it to you - Thank you so much Pauline!

2. Share 8 things about myself.

3. Choose 8 bloggers to share it with.

4. Contact the bloggers to let them know.

Here we go - eight things about me...

1.  I love most music, and always have it playing in the background while I'm crafting.

2.  I like sci-fi,  paranormal and scary movies, but daren't watch the last two on my own - LOL!  I'm following 'Outcasts' and I'm looking forward to the next episodes of 'The Event'.

3.  I love Spring and Summer...spending lots of time in the sunshine outside in our garden, and in the Yorkshire Dales.

4.  I love animals, and up until a few years back we always had a dog.  But I can't bear the thoughts of loosing another one.

5.  I don't sleep very well, hence me starting to type this at almost 2.00 a.m!!

6.  My favourite colours are citrus shades.

7.  I love Madeira, and we go there twice a year.

8.  I've always wished I had a sister or a daughter...I'm surrounded by men, (husband, son, brothers).  They never complain about the hours I spend crafting, but they don't really Understand it!

Here are the eight lovely ladies I'm sharing my award with...

BETIKOWE PASJE... - Betik

My Passion for Crafting - Michelle

CAROL'S PAPERCRAFTS BLOG - Carol

seaside sundae - Kerry

Designs by Robin - Robin

Playing With Ribbon - Mary

Clare's Creations - Clare

Julie's Inkspot - Julie

That's all for today folks.  I'm hoping to make a few more cards during this week.

Framework

I know not a lot of work has gone into this card, but it's the gorgeous frame that I love.  It's a design I cut on the Silhouette, and it's so pretty it doesn't really need anything else. 
Not been feeling much like card making for a few days, but have been taking a look at everyones lovely blogs.  Hope to make more cards soon.  Thank you for stopping by.

With Love

I've made this for a friend who likes pinks, blues and birds.  The rose was cream but I wanted it blue, so I painted it with a mixture of my folk art acrylics and made it a bit shabby chic.  I cut the bird on the Silhouette and computer generated the message.  Thanks for looking.

Vellum Flowers

Years ago all the flowers that I created for my cards were very dainty, made from either vellum, or cold porcelain.  I've just made a batch with vellum for a wedding card, and the ones that were left over I've put onto this card.  The paper is from the Papermania 'Rose Garden' collection.  I used tiny round pearls for the flower centre's.  The little dew drops are available from The Ribbon Girl.

Birthday Wishes

I really love this Martha Stewart punch  It makes such a pretty border.  I made the flower from copier paper and spritzed with some glimmer mist that I made from pearlex powders.  The leafy spray was cut on my Silhouette and I made the sentiment in graphics software.

Roses & Butterflies

All I could really do with this card was add a few embellishments. The beautiful paper did most of the work for me. I added the gorgeous white satin ribbon and a fancy pin from The Ribbon Girl. The tiny butterflies were glittered, pearls and bling added and I made some wire antenna's. The sentiment was created with graphics software.

Roses & Lace

I've been really busy for over a week.  Had to make lots of Valentine's cards and gift boxes.  This was a commission card but the photo hasn't turned out too good colour wise.  I bought a new Fuji S2950 camera and I'm still learning how to use it.  The card is A4 size, I'm not too keen on making these really large cards.

Peaches & Pearls

I just received my gorgeous new Die-namics crochet edge die from 'Dies to Die For' and I couldn't wait to start using it. I think it's so pretty!!

Vellum & Pearls

I haven't done any serious stamping for years. So I decided it was time I had a look into my stamp stash and get out the embossing powders again. One of the first stamps I came across was this large butterfly stamp...it's 4" across.  I stamped onto white vellum with white ink, and then used white embossing powder. I thought it looked a bit bare, so added the pearls.  The seam binding is from the Ribbon Girl   Pearls are from my stash the sentiment stamp is from Docrafts and the paper is Pinkpaislee.

Especially for You

I've never done any colouring before.  But I bought some Pro Markers and there were some freebie stamps on the magazine I bought, so I thought I would have a go.  I used the gorgeous 'Sugar Blossom' papers by Quirky Twerp over at Digichick.  I first saw these on Clare's blog, and they are just my taste.

Friendship

I love the sentiment on this card, and use it quite a lot on cards and gifts.  I just received my lovely binding tapes from the Ribbon Girl...Here  I love the peach one and just had to use it on this card.  I cut the rose and leaves on my Silhouette, added some glitter to the rose petals and beadazzles to the leaves.

                     Click on image for a clearer view.

With All My Love

This card was made using the lovely Tilda 'Classic' Paper Stack.  I love these papers so much that I bought two 12" x12" stacks.  They are double sided designs, too. The card and gift box are not for anyone in particular, I just wanted to make something pretty with the papers and roses.

If you click on the images you will see them much clearer.

Button Twine Folders

I love to make little storage folders for my ribbons and twine.  I have just bought the two colours of button twine from the The Ribbon Girl...here. I made scalloped cards to wind the twine around, and then made folders to keep them in. I also make a twine threading gadget from a piece of thin wire.  This allows you to pull the twine through button holes of any size.
Both folders were cut on my Silhouette machine. The first folder is my own design, the second folder was a freebie Silhouette design.

First Valentine's Card

I got some lovely heart doilies and had to get to work using them, so this is my first Valentine's card.  I wanted to keep it quite minimalist, so just used the heart with a few pearls and one of the lovely Pink Petticoat - Tiny {Sweetheart} Sentiments, which are downloadable... here.  There are 24 sweet sentiments in the collection.  I decided to go for blue just as a change to the normal pink/red.  I used Pink Petticoat small background roses from the 'Vintage Rose' collection, also downloadable from...here.

Friendship

There are a few friends I could send this card to...it's going to be the one to have their birthday first this year. I cut the tiny flowers from plain vellum, on my Silhouette machine.  I then coloured the edges with chalk ink, and added liquid pearls to the centres.  The matt was cut with a Martha Stewart punch, and the sentiment is from Melissa Frances.

Especially For You

This card gives me a lift, with thoughts of Springtime.  Lovely Pink Petticoat ditsy rosebuds from the 'Vintage Rose' collection, which also includes the sentiment... here.  To trim the tiny hearts I used bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl...here  I made the flower by gathering some crochet trim into a circle, added a couple of Prima flowers, some stamens and a little glitter.  I used a Martha Stewart punch to add a bit of dimension to the bottom.

Snowflake

This is my very last Christmas card for this year.  I cut the snowflake with my Silhouette from plain white card and then glittered it.  The snowflake looks to have a pinky cast to it, but it doesn't look quite so pink really. The sentiment was computer generated and then cut out with a Martha Stewart punch.

Happy Birthday

It's so refreshing to make a floral card for a change.  I seem to have been making Christmas cards for weeks now.
For this card I used paper from my stash.  The floral one is Melissa Francis - I think.  I made the flower by running stitches, (by hand), on a length of lace and then pulling it to form a circle, then glued it to a paper flower, added the twill, button and bakers twine.  I popped some dainty little beads onto the twine.  The gorgeous twill and the bakers twine are from The Ribbon Girl  here...http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/