Birthday Wishes to You

Hello my crafting friends good to have you visit me again today, I know I have been very absent I just dont know where the time goes so to stop myself stressing trying to get cards on here 2 or 3 times a week (as I used to!) I am now resulting in getting a card on here whenever I can so I really apologize for the inconvenience and lack of commenting on others posts but unfortunately, for the moment, this is a decision I have had to make, I do not in any way wish to give up my blog, its one of the few things that keep me connected to all you wonderful crafters out there and even though I may not comment I still look in to see what you have created. There will be times when I have loads on here usually when Sheena has something new out lol! Summer hols are coming up so hopefully I will be able to make some more creations then. I thank you all for your friendship and understanding at this time.

Now todays card is one I made for a work colleague who recently turned 50, I really did not wish to make it but was asked by other colleagues, however the recipient is still to thank us for her gifts let alone the card so I definitely wont be doing one again for her!!! 

I matted the base card up with some Lilac card and then matted that up with some of Sara Davies (Crafters Companion) patterned Silver foiled card. I wrapped some Purple Butterfly ribbon around the center then sorted some die cuts out, the center rectangle is one of Tonics Classic Quatrefoil Patterned Panels, the two outer doily ones are Desire Create-a-Card Garden Party, I trimmed these down slightly to fit on the card and under the edge of the other panel. In the center I stamped my sentiment from Tonic Live Laugh Love Single Banner die and matted it onto Lilac card. I die cut tow Butterflies from the Crafters Companion Kimono Range and placed these on the card as seen, there you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Happy Retirement

Hello my crafting friends, another weekend has been and gone, hope you all had plenty of time to craft? I was away visiting my family in Birmingham so we had a fabulous weekend, now I am itching to get crafting lol!

The card I have for you today is one I made for a work colleague who retired last week, I had held it back as I gave it to the gals to sign before adding the flowers, its hard to sign on the back otherwise lol! However, silly me, after adding the flowers I forgot to photograph it so I am afraid you only have the none flower version!!! I had put little Camellia flowers and leaves on the bottom left corner using Blush & White card so I am afraid you will just have to imagine them there!

I had these gorgeous papers from the Flights of Fantasy Collection with Roses all over so I used this as the background. To add some definition and decoration on the front I used Tonics Art Nouveau dies and cut the pieces out of Blush card, layered these on the card as seen.

Out of more of the paper I die cut the background for the sentiment using Oval Majesty, using a smaller die I cut out the sentiment that I had done on the computer, I inked round the die with Victorian Velvet then added a self adhesive pearl at each point. I placed both of these in the center of the card.

Then as I said earlier I added the flowers in the bottom left corner. The inside was left blank for everyone to write their own messages.

The dimension od the card was 7"X7".

Items Used;

White base card

Crafters Companion Flights of fantasy Papers 

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Blush

Tonic Art Nouveau Collectable Die Set

Spellbinders Oval Majesty Die Set

Self Adhesive Pearls

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

All Our Best Wishes

Morning crafters, hope this finds you all safe and well and thank you for visiting my post today, its much appreciated.

This is the second card I managed to get done on Monday. I started with a sheet of Cream Textured card (own stash) for the base card, I matted and layered this up with Creative Expressions Foundation Card Burgundy followed by more of the cream card.

Using more of the Burgundy card I stamped on either end with Justrite background Stamp Elegant Fronds with my Versamark Ink Pad and heat embossed with Papermania Embossing Powder Red Tinsel, this does leave a slight glitter effect but it does not show up on the photograph. I rounded the corners before attaching it to the card.

With more Cream card I die cut SB Nestabilities Decorative Elements Splendid Circles, whilst it was still in the die I inked round the edge with TH Distress Ink Fired Brick and stamped the sentiment from Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Treasured Memories again using Fired Brick. I then attached it to the center of the card.

Out of Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Ivory card I die cut using Tonic Emily and layered this over the top of the circle to form a decorative frame.

There you have the finished card, I hope you like it? I apologize for the couple of glue spots on the card, the Emily die is so thin there are not too many places to glue it down so the glue spread when it was pressed onto the card, so annoying lol!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx