Wisteria

 Monday Morning to you all, Another guys card, this is one I did for my Nephew last year.

May I add a warm welcome to Pauline,There is some beautiful work on her blog, you can find her here: 

 http://craftingwithcotnob.blogspot.co.uk

Items Used:

• 
  Basic White 8" x 8" card
• Brown card
• Tan card
• White card
• Lime Green card (off cuts)
• Sweet Poppy Stencil - Wisteria
• Dreamweaver Stencil - Grid
• Bakers Twine - Yellow
• Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Frames Tags Two
• Spellbinders M-Bossibilities Folder - Asian
• Creative Expressions Large Fancy Sentiments
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Crushed Olive & Vintage Photo
• Papermania Clear embossing Powder
• Versamark Ink Pad

I embossed my Brown card through  Spellbinders M-Bossibilities Folder - Asian and put this to one side,

On some White card I stenciled through Dreamweaver Stencil - Grid with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Crushed Olive, being as this is only a small stencil I had to do it twice but it was really hard to line up exactly in order to have the grid in the correct place, these stencils have a boarder round them a lot wider that the grid in the center so trying to guess how much to allow was hard which is why, if you look close enough, there is a bigger gap in the middle. Now I wanted the Wisteria to fill in the whole area through the grid and as this is a larger stencil it meant doing it in two halves, you replace the grid stencil back in position onto the edge of the card and placing the Sweet Poppy Stencil - Wisteria over the top I stenciled through using Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Crushed Olive & Vintage Photo, I then had to remove both stencils and move the grid one back over the other half, replace the Wisteria one over the top and stencil in the remainder. I know this must sound complicated but it wasn't, just a bit fiddly, if I had two stencils the same size there would not be a problem. I then removed the Wisteria stencil and inked up over the grid stencil with my Versamark Ink Pad, I did this with both halves then heat embossed with Papermania Clear embossing Powder, this gave it a ceramic tiled effect.

I matted this onto some Tan card then attached it to the left side of the Brown embossed card I had put aside earlier. With some Bakers Twine - Yellow I wrapped this round the Brown card three times as seen, I then matted this onto my base card, using some off cut Lime Green card I stamped my sentiment with Creative Expressions Large Fancy Sentiments and Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, I die cut with  Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Frames Tags Two and attached it to the center of the twine I had wrapped round the card.

There you have the finished card. A little fiddly because of the smaller stencil but quite effective. I hope you like it?

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx

Daydreamer

 Morning Crafters,  As some of you will notice I have changed the background of my blog, messing about really as I was not happy with it but changing the background also meant other changes had to be made lol! So my apologies. I will get round to changing all past posts so it is readable, I have created a lot of work for myself lol! Any comments welcome.
Oh must say a very warm welcome to Suzie, she has an amazing blog that you can view on:

http://craftinsuzie.blogspot.co.uk/

Anyhow, this is a card I made for a friend for her Birthday but on making it I did make two mistakes, quite simple ones but silly mistakes, I'll let you know what they are at the end!

Items Used;

• Basic White 8" x 8" card
• Kandicore card stock - Green Heritage
• White Card
• Create and Craft Pearlescent card- Mint Green
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Elements One
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Labels One
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Di-lites - Petite Labels One
• Creative Expressions Large Pearl Embellishments
• Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder - Artic Bay Lustre
• Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments
• Crafters Companion Crisalis Classics CD-Rom
• Own Stash - Lilac Ribbon
• Versamark Ink Pad

I cut a piece of  White Card and  Kandicore card stock - Green Heritage, wrapped some  Lilac Ribbon round the Green card and matted this onto the White card, I loved the pattern on this card, sadly I only had one sheet of it.
Out of more White card I die cut two of corners from Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Elements One and placed these in opposite corners.
Using the Create and Craft Pearlescent card- Mint Green, or Turquoise colour, its hard to tell, I die cut one of Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Labels One, I then chose an image from  Crafters Companion Crisalis Classics CD-Rom, printed it off and die cut it also using Scalloped labels One, I matted and layered the image onto the pearlescent card and attached it just above the center of the card as seen.

Out of some more Mint Green and White card stock I die cut using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Di-lites - Petite Labels One, stamped my sentiment onto the White card with Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments then matted and layered them together and positioned them on the ribbon towards the bottom right corner. I made a messy bow out of some more Lilac Ribbon and attached this next to the sentiment. I took a Creative Expressions Large Pearl Embellishments rubbed it in glue with my Versamark Ink Pad and coated it with Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder - Artic Bay Lustre then heat embossed it, I felt this matched the colour of the Mint Green card. There you have your finished card.

Now you are probably wondering where the two mistakes are, well my first mistake was after I had stuck my focal image onto my card I realized that I had put it on upside down!  The two corners from Gold Elements One should have been at the bottom of the card which meant the pattern on the Green Heritage card is upside down, not that that is too noticeable. Luckily I had not stuck the layers onto my base card at that point so I was able to turn it round. My other mistake was when getting some ribbon from my craft room I took what I thought to be White ribbon, (Bad lighting honest!) it was not until I had finished the card and came into another room with natural light that I realized it was in fact lilac colour! Thankfully it still looked ok. So there it stayed lol! I am sure we have all made mistakes at one time or another with our crafting, what was yours?

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx

Sweet Memories of the Season

A Happy Weekend crafters. Another Christmas card today but I cannot take the credit for this one as it is one that Emma Lou from Heartfelt Creations showed on the CHA show on Create and Craft channel few months back, I don't intend to show ones that I have got ideas from someone else as I prefer to showcase my own ideas but I loved this when I saw it and thought I would add my take on it onto my blog. I hope you don't mind?

I would also like to give a warm welcome to my new follower Sue, great to hear from you. You can follow Sue on:

 http://bearhousecreations.blogspot.co.uk/

Items Used:

• Basic 8" x 8" White card base
• White Card
• Create and Craft  Miri card-Lilac
• Spellbinders M-Bossibilities Embossing Folder-Garden Lattice
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - Layered Poinsettia
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Circles One
• Heartfelt Creations 'Sweet Memories' Pre-cut set
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Shaded Lilac, Black Soot and Vintage Photo
• Kaisercraft Gems - Purple

I mattered and layered my base card with first White card then Create and Craft  Miri card- Lilac, with another piece of White card I stamped the floral from Heartfelt Creations 'Sweet Memories' Pre-cut set, I stamped this twice on the left side joining them up vertically, I decided to stamp them with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Vintage Photo rather than Black Soot to give a more natural look, I then ran it through the Grand Calibar using Spellbinders M-Bossibilities Embossing Folder-Garden Lattice, I glued this down into place.
I stamped my three images from Heartfelt Creations 'Sweet Memories' Pre-cut set onto White card with Tim Holtz Distress Inks Black Soot and die cut them with Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Circles One, I  inked through the die with  Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Shaded Lilac, using some Create and Craft  Miri card-Lilac I embossed using the same Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Circles One and cut around the edge with scissors so the White circles, once layered on top,  had some background, I hope this makes sense?

Using more White card I die cut Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - Layered Poinsettia using the three largest dies and inked through the dies with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Shaded Lilac, I love inking through these dies as it just shows up the veins on the petals, I have made many using various coloured inks so I have a stash to use as I wish. I layered the three flowers up mis-aligning each one and placed this in the center of my floral stamp on the left of the card as shown, I attached a Kaisercraft Gems - Purple in the center of the flower to finish it off.

With my three stamped circles I placed them on the card as shown so the smallest of the three was in the bottom right corner and there you have your finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Christmas baubles

A very warm Friday welcome to you crafters out there. Friday the 13th today, who's superstitious out there? I know I am, I am always wary of Friday 13th, not sure why but never like them!!!

I like to say a special welcome to two new followers today, Christine & Patricia, thank you for your nice comments guys. Now Christine and Patricia have  beautiful blogs that you can find on

http://christinescardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk

and

http://patricia-summerhousecrafts.blogspot.co.uk



Anyway, today I have another Christmas card for you today.

Items Used:

• Basic White 8" x 8" base card
• Creative Expressions Foundation Card - Teal
• Creative Expressions Stamps to Die For - Floral Bauble
• Creative Expressions Un-Mounted Stamps - Winter Greetings
• Crafters Companions Foil Embossed Card - Christmas Baubles
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - 2012 Snowflake Pendants
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies - 2011 Heirloom Ornaments
• Create and Craft Pearlescent Card - Turquoise Blue
• Papermania Embossing powder - Silver
• Versamark Ink Pad
• Own Stash - Silver Chain Boarders White and Teal Coloured Ribbon
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tumbling Glass
• Pinflare Silicone Glue
• Grand Calibar

First I cut some Creative Expressions Foundation Card - Teal and matted this onto my base card, from a sheet of Crafters Companions Foil Embossed Card - Christmas Baubles I cut this to size and matted & layered it on top of the Teal card, this lovely card came from a Christmas kit I had a couple of years ago and I came across it when sorting my craft room out, it was a bonus find as there were quite a few sheets I had not used.
Out of more Teal card and Create and Craft Pearlescent Card - Turquoise Blue I die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies - 2011 Heirloom Ornament, the Teal card bauble I stamped with  Creative Expressions Stamps to Die For - Floral Bauble using my Versamark Ink Pad and heat embossed with Papermania Embossing powder - Silver to make the pattern of the stamp stand out, these stamps are wonderful and were designed by Sue Wilson.

Out of White card I die cut one of the snowflakes from  Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - 2012 Snowflake Pendants, I inked through the die with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tumbling Glass then stamped my sentiment from Creative Expressions Un-Mounted Stamps - Winter Greetings using my Versamark Ink Pad and heat embossed again with Papermania Embossing powder - Silver. I placed the snowflake in the center of my Turquoise Bauble to add interest and a place for my sentiment to be shown.
I glued the baubles onto my card with Pinflare Silicone Glue placing the smaller Teal bauble behind the larger bauble, I attached a bow on top of each bauble using Own Stash -  White and Teal Colored Ribbon then from that I attached Silver Chain Boarders to make it look like the baubles were hanging rather than sitting in mid-air.

There you have my finished card, hope you like it?

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Red Grasses

Morning Crafters, hope today finds you all well.
I wish to send a very warm welcome to my third follower Kate, its great to have her on board, I love looking at others blogs to see what they have made, after all craft is for sharing, so I would like to share Kate's blog with you today, please do go and have a look it will be worth your while.

http://cuilliesocks.blogspot.co.uk/

A simple card to make today.

Items Used:

• Basic White 8" x 8" Scalloped Card stock
• White Card
• Create and Craft Pearlescent Card 12" x 12" - Red
• Create and Craft Hat Pins 
• Craftime - Bead Cage
• Creative Expressions Pearl Embellishment
• Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask - Funky
• Creative Expressions Heartfelt Sentiments
• Creative Expressions Micro Beads
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 20
• Sheena Douglass Little Bit Scenic Stamps- Silhouette Grasses
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Black Soot and Rusty Hinge
• Double Sided Adhesive Sheets
• Chinese Yuxian Papercuts - Flower
• Own Stash - Red Polka-dot Ribbon and Red Card, Double-sided Foam Pads
• Pinflare Silicone Glue
• Grand Calibar

I first matted and layered some  Create and Craft Pearlescent Card 12" x 12" - Red onto my base card. I cut some White card to fit inside the Red card and rounded off the corners, I stamped two opposite corners with Sheena Douglass Little Bit Scenic Stamps- Silhouette Grasses using Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Fired Brick. I then inked around the edge of the card with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Rusty Hinge, run it through the Grand Calibar with  Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask - Funky to add texture then stuck the card down in place.
Out of Own Stash I die cut some Red and White card  using Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 20, on the White card I stamped my sentiment from Creative Expressions Heartfelt Sentiments I then placed a piece of Double Sided Adhesive Sheet over the top and coated it in Creative Expressions Micro Beads, it was then I cursed myself as I meant to ink the edge with Fired Brick Distress Ink but it was too late and I did not want to waste it so I carried on with a stern note to myself not to rush anything again!
I placed this on top of the Red die cut and using Double-sided Foam Pads stuck it in the center of my card. Because I had forgotten about inking the edge of my sentiment this looked really bare, not nice at all! In my own stash I had some Chinese Yuxian Paper cuts, these are different wafer thin paper cuts of Oriental embellishment, you can get Butterflies, Lanterns, Dragons and Flowers to name a few so I chose one of the flowers that were Red to put in the bottom right corner then added out of my Own Stash - Red Polka-dot Ribbon in the top left corner, on this I added Creative Expressions Pearl Embellishment and Create and Craft Hat Pins, before I put the hat pins in place I added a red bead on each with the silver cup from Craftime - Bead Cage. Craftime do have their own website but I purchased these beads from The Range.
May I add that the glue I use for sticking anything down is more often than not Pinflare Silicone Glue, I love this glue as it holds everything in place, my apologies to 'Pinflare' as I don't mention it enough, we tend to take 'glue' for granted it rarely gets mentioned what glue we use!

There you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx