Plum & White

Hi there my crafting buddies, hope this finds you all safe and well? Thank you for visiting me today I do appreciate it, I do try and get round to visiting all your blogs too and commenting on your wonderful creations, there is so much inspiration out there it is good to see.

Now todays post was not supposed to be as large as it is, I usually start from the base and work up so everything is cut to fit! This time I started with the top lol! I wont make that mistake again.

I recently bought the Sue Wilson Embroidered Striplet so was dying to make a card with it, I had a lot to live up to with our Mrs Duck and John Next Door lol! I don't think I have come anywhere near their creations but this die does make a statement all of its own.

I die cut the middle of a piece of White card, as I liked it that size I started to mat & layer up so of course several layers later you start to realise this is no longer a small card lol! Of course there is nothing you can do about it and it is nice to have a larger card in stock for a special occasion. My only disappointment was the PVA Pearls around the edge, it wasn't until I had finished that I saw how uneven they were and once again there is nothing you can do, so I do apologize! I have left any sentiment/tag off until it is needed.

On the inside I have just lined it with more of the Plum card and a White Oval ready for any verse/sentiment.

Items used:                                                                                 
White Textured card (own stash)                                                        

Creative Expression Deep Plum Card

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Die Embroidered Striplet

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA Vintage Plum

SB Grand decorative Ovals (to decorate the inside)
Celebration Ribbon

The finished dimensions are 11" X 7"

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Teal & Purple

Morning my crafting friends, so good of you to visit me today, I do appreciate it and hope you will visit again. may I give a BIG Thank You for all your lovely comments recently whether you are known to me or not, new or old I thank you. I have not had much time to get round to everyone to thank them personally so I hope this will suffice?

Just two more weeks to go then we break up for the summer during which time I hope to get most of my Christmas cards done, ha ha she says, I said that last year!!!

More bits and pieces out of the box I am afraid but this time I got a bit daring with the colours, I hope you like them but whether you do or don't I would love to hear from you.

Items used:

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Teal
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Pastel Lilac
Kanban Purple Card
Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder Pirouette
Creative Expressions Gilding Wax Patina
Spellbinders Venetian Accents & Motifs
Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Treasured Memories
Habico Pearls
Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters Collection 12" X 12" Paper Pad
Cream Silk Edged Organza Ribbon

I wasn't sure at first whether to put the two colours together but the more I looked at them the more I liked them, it may be a bit bold for some. I had the two boarders in different colour Purples so placed the darker one on the Lilac card and the lighter one over the Teal card.

I could have added the Purple Gilding Wax but felt the Patina colour would enhance the Teal card rather than take the colour away.

I have lined the inside of the card with a sheet of paper from the Delicate Asters Collection as most of these are Purple it went with the card adding some slight decoration inside.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

The Garden Gate

Morning my crafting friends, hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend?

May I give a very warm welcome to my newest follower Laurigami,  great to have you on board.

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Among my little box of die cuts and bits of card were some little images that I had printed so I have decided to use one for today's card.

I wanted to do a strip of my favourite backing stamp so I started with this then worked from there seeing what would look good together. The doilies were an after thought as I felt it looked a bit plain and I did not have any die that cut doileys to give a lace effect so these had to do!

Items used:

White 6" X 6" base card

First Edition Up, Up and Away Premium Paper Pad

Justrite Background Stamp Secret Garden

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder Burnt Red Lustre

Celebrate White Ribbon

Dovecraft tea Party Paper lace Doileys

Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD Rom

I am not sure whether the White Ribbon was necessary now as I don't think it does anything for the card except cover up the beautiful background stamp lol! Perhaps a narrower ribbon would have looked better or none at all!

I have decorated the inside of the card with the same backing paper as on the front with another doiley stuck in the center for a sentiment or wording.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Morning my crafting friends, its Oldies Friday again so thought I would add another cross stitch I did many moons ago.

The reason for this one was through a verse that was spoken in one of my favourite films starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stephenson. The film is entitled Truly, Madly, Deeply, its also the title of one of my favourite songs by Savage Garden but neither are linked as far as I know!

In the film Juliet character recites the poem to Alan's character (who is the ghost of her lover) in Spanish and he recites it back in English, I adored the poem from when I first heard it and spent ages re-watching the scene over and over until I had all the poem written down! I just had to put it into cross stitch along with a little pattern I found of some trees and fallen leaves.

Its not what a lot of people will like and I am sure that now I could do it a lot more decorative but I'm not going to lol! 

Sorry about the poor photograph, I could not get it without it showing some reflection, hence why its taken at an angle to avoid you seeing my ugly mug in the picture lol!

The beautiful flower next to it is a favourite of mine, an Hibiscus, this is a beautiful Orange colour, so far it only seems to give me one flower at a time although there are plenty of buds on it but it does need re-potting which I intend to do soon and this has been about the third or fourth flower I have had from it.

I shall now have to see what I can find for next Friday lol!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Butterflies & Flowers

Welcome to my blog, lovely of you to visit me today, I do hope you like what you see, if so please leave a comment along with your blog link so I can return the favour.

I was raiding my old stash box again and came across this piece of Purple Card that I had embossed but had done nothing with, shock, horror!!! Well I had to put that to rights so there was my base lol! After looking to see what else I could find and with a bit of ribbon I had a card made up!

I started from the top with my matting & layering then added the ribbon, die cuts and flowers followed last but not least the butterfly.

Items used:

Crafters Companion centura Pearl Card Lilac & Ivory
Celebrate Ribbon 
Spellbinders Delicate Asters
Spellbinders Nestabilities Captivating Squares
Creative Expressions Foundation Card Lilac
Lidls Card Purple
Tattered Lace Butterfly
M Bossibilities 3D Embossing Folder labels Thirty Four Medallion
Purple Gems


Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx