In The Garden

Morning Crafters, It is lovely when all us crafters can help each other out and view each others work, it's even more lovely to get a special mention on another crafters blog like I did the other day from a very talented Lady so I am now returning the favor, Patricia THANK YOU you have a lovely blog showing off your talent so please crafters do take a look, you can find it on
http://patricia-summerhousecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Another talented Lady is Mrs Duck, I must give her blog a mention too so do please take a look you may be inspired to start your own.

 http://theducksdoodahs.blogspot.co.uk/



Now a very girly card for you today, I'm not normally a 'Pink' person but I do like this card.

Items Used:

• Justrite Background Stamp - Elegant Fronds
• Justrite Stamps - Large Fancy Sentiments
• Crafter's Companion Crisalis Classics Christine Haworth
• Creative Expressions Fancy Pearl Embellishments
• Creative Expressions Foundation card - Blush
• White Card 
• Create and Craft Pearlescent 12" x 12" Card
• Papermania Embossing Powder - Seafoam White
• Own Stash Pink Ribbon
• Spellbinders Dies - Blossom Three
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand decorative Circles One
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Petite Labels One
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet
• Versamark Ink Pad

I matted a piece of White card on top of the base card, I then stamped up  Justrite Background Stamp - Elegant Fronds using my Versamark Ink Pad and heat embossed it with Papermania Embossing Powder - Seafoam White, I did this twice to extend the pattern over the card, I cut the card to the correct size, rounded the corners then I covered the join with my Own Stash Pink Ribbon, I matted this onto my base card.

I chose an image from  Crafter's Companion Crisalis Classics Christine Haworth, printed it off and cut it out using Spellbinders Dies - Blossom Three, I then embossed a piece of Create and Craft Pearlescent 12" x 12" Card- Pink with the same die and cut around the edge, as I had used the larger die, doing it this way means I have that little edge of pink showing under the image giving it a boarder. I matted and layered this onto some more Blush card that had been die cut using the smaller die from Spellbinders Nestabilities Grand decorative Circles One.

I printed my sentiment from Justrite Stamps - Large Fancy Sentiments  onto some white card using Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet, I then inked through the die with the same distress ink and die cut with Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Petite Labels One. I placed a bow under the image as shown using same ribbon as before and placed a Creative Expressions Fancy Pearl Embellishments on top, I added my sentiment underneath and there you have the finished card.

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx

Bare Forest

Morning Crafters, A very simple Man's card for you today, perhaps a bit plain but I liked the trees!

Items Used:

• 8" x 8" Basic White scalloped card stock
• Grey Card
• Black Card
• IndigoBlu Stamps - Bare Forest
• Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA - Dark Bronze
• Tim  Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
• Dreamweaver Stencils - Happy Birthday
• Papermania Embossing Powders - Copper
• Versamark Ink Pad

On top of my base card I matted and layered Grey, followed by Black, then another piece of Grey card. On a piece of Black card I stamped IndigoBlu Stamps - Bare Forest with my Versamark Ink Pad and heat embossed using Papermania Embossing Powders - Copper, this gave a really nice affect of woods at night. On the edge of the base card I inked through the Dreamweaver Stencils - Happy Birthday, with my versamark ink pad and embossed that too with Papermania Embossing Powders - Copper. This is a vertical stencil and the word is quite big so it fits into a large space really well.

I then inked round the edge of the base card with  Tim  Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo and around the edge of the outer Grey card I placed little pearls using Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA - Dark Bronze.  Once dry the card was finished.

A very simple card to do, one that would look completely different in a different colorway and suitable for most occasions.

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx

Pretty Peacocks

A good Monday morning crafters, a treat for you today as I am posting two cards that I have done very similar but also different!

Items Used:

• Basic Black card
• White card
• Tattered Lace Die - Peacock
• Fantasy film - Waterfall
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Ivy
• Anna Griffin Embossing Folder & Boarder - Pirouette
• Creative Expressions Gilding Wax - Patina
• Creative Expressions Fancy Pearl Embellishments - Flat backed Pearl
• Do crafts Wide Satin Ribbon - Jet Black
• Pin Flare Silicon Glue
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Black Soot
• Justrite Large Fancy Sentiment Stamps
• Spellbinders Grand Calibar Die Cutting Machine

I folded an A4 sheet of Black card in half to make it 5" x 7" base card, onto this I matted a piece of White card.
Out of White card I cut Tattered Lace Die - Peacock and Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Ivy die 3, using more White card I inked up my brayer with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Black Soot and coated Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Ivy die 4. I letter-pressed the ink into the card, I think these are absolutely beautiful dies, I don't use them enough especially for letter pressing but they always come out well. On the smaller Gold Ivy die cut I stamped my sentiment with Justrite Large Fancy Sentiment Stamps and Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Black Soot. I then matted this onto the larger Gold Ivy die cut.

I covered the back of the Peacock die cut with some Fantasy film - Waterfall using tiny bits of Pin Flare Silicon Glue and left it to dry. Once dry I cut around the edge of the die cut to remove any excess fantasy film.

I cut some Black card into two, the largest piece measured 5 1/4" x 5 1/2", the strip measured just over 1 1/2" x 5 1/2". I embossed the larger piece with Anna Griffin Embossing Folder - Pirouette and the smaller piece with the boarder that came with the folder, sorry it does not have a name to it they came as a pair with the one name! I then rubbed some Creative Expressions Gilding Wax - Patina over the embossed areas, this really looks good on Black card though it does not show up too well on my pictures-sorry! At least it ties in with the colour Waterfall Fantasy Film! I matted these onto my base card then placed my Peacock in position on the largest piece, placing my sentiment just above the end of the Peacocks tail. On the small strip I added a bow out of Do crafts Wide Satin Ribbon - Jet Black and added a Creative Expressions Fancy Pearl Embellishments - Flat backed Pearl
as an embellishment and there you have my finished card.

Now for my second card:


Items Used

Basic White Card
Creative Expressions Foundation card -Teal
Tattered Lace Die - Peacock
Justrite Elegant fronds background Stamp
Papermania Embossing Powder - Seafoam White
Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four
Spellbinders Dies - Venetian Accents
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers
Own Stash - Green Gems
Versamark Ink Pad
Creative Expressions Un-mounted Stamps - Classic Sentiments

I folded an A4 White card in half for the base card, onto some Creative Expressions Foundation card -Teal I stamped the Justrite Elegant fronds background Stamp with my Versamark Ink Pad, I then heat embossed it with Papermania Embossing Powder - Seafoam White, I cut this down to size to fit onto my base card, out of the excess I used  Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four for the background to my sentiment. I then cut some more Teal card to fit inside the embossed Teal card and rounded the corners. With my Tattered Lace Die - Peacock I embossed onto the Teal card on the right side, I then cut out the Peacock again using White card and glued this into place over the embossed one so the raised embossed Peacock came through the die cut one, hope that makes sense? Using more White card I cut again using
Spellbinders Nestabilities Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four but this time I letter-pressed it with
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers. I stamped my sentiment in Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers using the Creative Expressions Un-mounted Stamps - Classic Sentiments and inked through the die with the same Distress ink.
I matted the two Labels Four die cuts together  and attached them to the Teal card next to the Peacock.

I cut two die cuts of Spellbinders Dies - Venetian Accent, the little tag using White card, I snipped off both ends of these die cuts and these then formed the four corners of my card.


Out of my own stash I found some little Green Gems that I thought matched the Teal card so I added these onto the eyes of the Peacock Feathers, these just matched perfectly and really suited the Peacock die and card.

I hope you like my two cards today, they are both A5 size cards, I am learning now to make cards that actually fit in envelopes that are ready available, so many times I have finished a card and found it too big to fit in an envelope other than an A3 one!

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx








 

Hidden Farm

Hello Crafters,

I love the die used on this one there are so many possibilities with it though this was my first card that I made using the die.

Items Used:

• Basic White 8" x 8" card
• White card
• Creative Expressions Foundation card - Spring Green
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - Twisted Metal Tags and Accents
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites - Petite Labels One
• Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD-Rom
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Crushed Olive & Black Soot 
• Couture Collections Emboss Folder - Damask Serenity Collection - EFC0723154
• Own Stash - Little Green Gems

I cut a piece of card from the Creative Expressions Foundation card - Spring Green and matted it onto my base card. I then cut a piece of White card to fit just inside the Green card and embossed it using Couture Collections Emboss Folder - Damask Serenity Collection - EFC0723154, I did this twice  to extend the design, if you're careful then you can hardly see the line. I am sorry it does not show up very well in my photographs! In the center of this I placed the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies - Twisted Metal Tags and Accents, using the largest die I cut the shape out of the center, the cut out bit can be used on another card and its already embossed!
From the Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD-Rom I chose an image of a farm dwelling, I love Thomas Kinkade's work it's so beautiful, I trimmed the image and placed it underneath the cut out, this is possibly the most fiddly part of the card, laying it down on to the Green card so it is in the right position to show through the die shape lol! Once done I mounted some foam pads onto the White card and placed it over the image, this raised it up giving it a nice effect.

Using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites - Petite Labels One I cut the largest die in Creative Expressions Foundation card - Spring Green, stamped my sentiment using Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot onto White card then placed the medium die over and cut that out, I inked through the die with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Crushed Olive and glued it onto the Green card as seen. I glued this on the card at an angle in the bottom right corner. To balance it out I added three small Green gems in the top left corner and there is my finished card. I hope you like it?

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx

By The River

Happy weekend crafters, how will you be spending your weekend?

I have a card suitable for the Men today, can't forget the Men can we? This may be a bit on the plain and simple side but I think the use of the die gives it a decorative focal point, Men don't like really fancy cards do they?

Items Used:

• Basic 8" x 8" White card stock
• Creative Expressions Foundation card - Burgundy
• Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask - Acorn Leaves
• Spellbinders Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four
• Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Tags Two
• Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD-Rom
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot & Fired Brick

I cut a piece of  Creative Expressions Foundation card - Burgundy to 6" x 6", I know by the picture it looks Bright Red, my apologies for that it must have been the light from the flash that did it but believe me it was Burgundy card I used so the actual colour is darker. I embossed this with the Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask - Acorn Leaves and  matted it onto my base card. I now feel that maybe I should have added an extra layer under this for a better affect.

I printed an image from Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD-Rom, cut it out with the second largest die from Spellbinders Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four, out of White card I cut another of the Spellbinders Imperial Gold - Gold Labels Four using the largest die, I matted the image onto the White card and using foam pads placed it in the center of the card as the focal point.

Onto more White card I stamped my sentiment  and cut it out using the inner part of one of the dies from Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Tags Two, I inked through the die with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fired Brick then matted this at the bottom-center of the card with foam pads.

The finished dimensions are  8" x 8".

Thanks for looking, Jacquie xxx