Follow your Dreams

Morning Crafters, hope all is well with you and that you all are enjoying your weekend.

I had another play in the week, this time the Sheena way! I am using one of my NEW Embossing folders!!!  I finally got the time to have a play so yes I had to use one as they have been sitting there looking at me since they arrived the other week!

For the base card I used Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card, I ran a sheet of Creative Expressions Foundation Card Custard through the E-Bosser with Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Curly Swirly, inked around the edge with TH Distress Ink Antique Linen and matted this onto the base card. 

Using the back of more CC Centura Pearl card I inked randomly with Tim Holtz Distress Inks Seedless Preserves, Antique Linen and Bundled Sage then embossed this with Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Flying Beauties, I inked over the top of the embossed bit lightly with TH Black Soot inking all around the edge too. This made the embossed image pop out, it was hard not to get any ink on the card itself but I don't think it ruined it. I sprinkled a little water over the card to give it an effect but did not do too well with that lol!

I wanted to make the Dragonfly and larger Butterfly stand out a bit more so I painted them with diluted Cosmic Shimmer Mica Powders, this gave a nice sheen to them, forgive the pun!!! I was happy with this so did no more than to mat it up onto some Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Pastel Card Lilac and attach it at an angle on the front of my base card.

Using more of the CC Centura Pastel Lilac card I stamped my sentiment from Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Treasured Memories with TH Black Soot and die cut with SB Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, I placed this on the front of the card as seen and there you have the finished card.

This was quite a quick card to do though a little messy!

Card dimensions are 5 X 7".

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

True Friendship

Morning my crafting friends, hope this finds you all well.

Todays card is bits I had in my stock that I had not used so just messed about seeing what may look good together! I have a habit sometimes of die cutting loads in different colours and storing them in a box so this is what I looked through.

I started with my basic 8x8 White card then matted this with some Creative Expression Foundation card-Teal, with Creative Expression Foundation card-Light Blue I embossed it with Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder-Maple Leaf and matted & layered  this onto my card.

In my stock I had a die cut from Spellbinders Majestic Elements-Majestic Lables Twenty Five in C.E Teal card so I attached this to my card, I had a frame from Spellbinders Imperial Gold-Gold Lables Four out of Creative Expression Foundation card-Milk and another whole piece with the same die that I had first inked up with Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Peacock Feathers, it was on this I stamped my sentiment from Creative Expression Unmounted Stamps-Classic Sentiments using T.H. Peacock Feathers. I attached the sentiment on top of the Majestic Lables Twenty Five then added the frame from Gold Lables Four. I felt this left a big space around my sentiment so I added another frame from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Twisted Metal Tags & Accents that had been cut out of Creative Expression Foundation card-Milk, I was not sure whether this would look too much but now I feel it frames the sentiment well as well as filling in the space around it.

Now I just needed something on the bottom, I had in my box some flowers that I had die cut but these were the wrong colour, they were just too much so I die cut more using Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Card-Cream, Creative Expressions Foundation Card-Teal, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-lites Blooms Three and Four and Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-lites Sprigs. I inked the Sprigs whilst still in the die with T.H. Peacock Feathers. I layered these up together and placed them onto my card as seen. Keeping the colours limited this looked better than lots of flowers all different colours that did not match the card. Whether it would have looked better had the flowers been White or the frames Cream I do not know? What do you think?

There you have the finished card, I hope you like it.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx