Spring Season

 Morning my friends, hope today is finding you all well, I am counting down the days till half term so I get a week off work lol! May be able to catch up on some card making then!

Today's card is a little OTT as they say, I did a similar one for an Aunts Birthday but with Gold gate and Cherry blossom all around, unfortunately I did not take a picture of it before sending it!!! Never mind.

Now I started off with my usual 8 x 8 base card, onto this I matted some Green card then followed by a piece of White card that had been run through Sue Wilson's Garden Lattice Embossing Folder.

Using some Green Vellum I die cut two Heartfelt Creations Decorative Lace Boarder and attached them facing each other in the center of the card.

On some White card I stamped Heartfelt Creations Spring Season Pre Cut Set and coloured this in with various Pro-markers. Out of White card I die cut Heartfelt Creations Ornate Gateway and attached this onto my coloured image, I placed this in the center of my card.

Using more White card I die cut three Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-Lites Fancy Flourishes Two and attached these in the corners as seen. to cover the edge of the card.

In the bottom left corner I attached some Spellbinders Delicate Asters that had been cut out of White card, the centers of these I had just put some PVA glue on and sprinkled glitter on top and left to dry.

There you have my finished card, it was a lot of cutting out but I tend to do a batch of something and keep the extras in poly bags till I require them.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

With Sympathy

 Morning Crafters, a more somber card for you today, don't see many sympathy cards around though I am sure we all make them from time to time, unfortunately these things happen. This was a card I made earlier in the year for my Uncle when my Aunt died, it was a simple, quick card to make and I have done another using the same window but a lot simpler, I may show an image of it at the end.

I took my base card 8 x 8 White and matted it up with more White card, though this does not show in the images. 

Out of Creative Expressions Foundation Card-Lilac I die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Decorative Ovals then ran it through Sue Wilson's Embossing Folder Garden Lattice, I attached this to the center of my card towards the top.

On top of this I attached the Window Three from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-Lites, on some White card I stamped my sentiment from JustRite Large Fancy Sentiments in Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Shaded Lilac and die cut with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-Lites - Petite Labels One, whilst still in the die I inked it again with  Shaded Lilac.

Using some more Lilac card I die cut two boarders from Spellbinders Venetian Accents, in the middle of these die cuts was left a piece of card that I thought made a pretty boarder in itself so this is what I have attached to the bottom of my card rather than the boarders themselves.

To take the bareness from the top two corners I die cut two Spellbinder Shapeabilities Die Lites - Fantastic Flourishes Two and glued in place.

On the Oval and the boarder trim I attached several Habico Self Adhesive Flat Backed Pearls to finish the card off.

Now here is the image of the other Sympathy card I made:

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Poinsettia

 Morning once again crafters, my, first week of October been and gone, soon be Christmas lol!!! How frightening, I have started my Christmas shopping, only one or two little things you got to haven't you? Anyone else started?

Now, my card for today is all Christmas, very Red with a touch of Green!

I folded a sheet of Creative Expressions Foundations card-Burgundy in half and layered that up with a sheet of White card. With more White card I inked randomly over the card with Creative Expressions 'That Special Touch Mask-Funky' and JustRite Background Stamp-Elegant Fronds using Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Fired Brick.
using a strip of White card I put it through Sue Wilson Embossing Folder Garden Lattice, rounded the corners, then inked up with Fired Brick. I attached this along the center of the card.

Out of some Burgundy and White card I die cut a few flowers with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Layered Poinsettia, the White ones I inked with Fired Brick, I die cut a couple of leaves out of Green Vellum and attached these onto the strip of card as seen. In the center of each Poinsettia I have placed a Self Adhesive Flat Backed Pearl, White ones from Habico and the red one from Imports Ltd -FL396

Using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Framed Tags Two I die cut my tag with Burgundy card, using the computer I wrote some sentiments and printed them off then cut them out again with the SP Fancy Tags Two die, inked it up with Fired Brick and attached it to the top of the Burgundy tag. I placed this on the bottom center of the card underneath the strip of Poinsettias.

There you have my finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Cherry Blossom

Morning crafters, Thought I would try out one of Sheena Douglass techniques, though it did not turn out as well as I had hoped it was not too bad so I turned it into a card anyway.

I started with my usual 8 x 8 Base White Scalloped card, with some Crafters Companion centura White card-Silver I ran it through Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder - Sakura, trimmed to size and attached it to my base card.

With a piece of Crafters Companion Heat Resistant Acetate I stamped Sheena Douglass Little Bit Orient Stamps- Sakura using my Versamark Ink Pad, I covered it with Heat it Up Embossing powder-Black Sparkle, turning the acetate over I scribbled on the back with Letraset Pro markers-Pink Lobster, Tequila Sunrise, Island Lagoon and Amethyst, with some Creative Expression Solvent Blending Solution on a pan scourer I dabbed this over the ink so they blended into one another, this is where it did not work too well as though I had used the brightest, boldest colours they faded quite quickly, so next time I shall try with Spectrum Noir pens. I heated it a little just to dry it off then attached this to some Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card-Pastels (Gold) using Some flower brads from Papermania, I then matted this onto some more of Centura card-Pastel but this time in a shade of Pink.

With another piece of pastel card I embossed using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-lites -Petite Lables One and cut round the very edge, with some more Centura Pearl card I stamped my sentiment from Sheena Douglass Little Bit Orient-Sakura using Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Black Soot, I die cut using the same die from Petite Lables One and matted & layered these together, I then attached them to the front  of the card as seen with some foam pads.

There you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Seasons Greetings

Morning crafters, I must first apologize to Lydia Jordan as I forgot to WELCOME  her as one of my followers, my apologies Lydia and welcome to my blog. I do read and appreciate everyone's comments and try to find time to comment on every ones blog each day, sometimes I don't know where the time goes lol! So THANK YOU  my crafting friends for taking the time to look as well as comment.

An Easel card for you today, I must admit I always like easel cards but don't make enough of them.

For todays card I started with some Creative Expression Foundation card-Burgundy and folded it in half, then folded one half in half again, I placed another piece of Burgundy card on top of the folded piece to form the easel card.

Using some White card I ran this through the Couture creations Embossing Folder-Damask, trimmed it to size and rounded the corners, I attached this onto the burgundy card. With more of the Burgundy card I die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Decorative Ovals and matted this onto my card.

With some White card I stamped my Sleigh from Do Crafts Papermania Clear Stamps-Sleigh with Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Black Soot and coloured it in using Letraset Promarkers; Forest Green, Apple, Rose Pink, Pastel Blue, Summer Sun, Amethyst, Vanilla, Indigo Blue, Letraset Flex Marker Berry Red and Staedtler Metallic Marker Gold. I die cut this with Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand Decorative Ovals and whilst still in the die I inked round the edge with Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Fired Brick, on the body of the Sleigh I used a Glue Pen onto the stars and sprinkled Deco Art Glamour Dust over to give a little sparkle, I then matted this onto the Burgundy oval. From Trimcraft.co.uk-Santas Workshop buttons(these were actually purchased from The Range who stock these products) I placed four buttons onto each corner of the White card.

Now for the base stopper I cut a strip of Burgundy card and matted this with a piece of White embossed card left over from the background on the front of the card.  Using Spellbinder Radiant Rectangles I embossed some Burgundy card and cut around the edge then onto White card I stamped my sentiment with Creative Expressions Un-mounted stamps-Silhouette Poinsettia and die cut  using the same small cutting oval from the set, I inked this with Fired Brick whist still in the die, then matted it onto the Burgundy oval for my sentiment, I attached it in the center of the strip with Foam Pads as seen.

There is the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx