Happy 60th Birthday

Hello my crafting friends, I'm a little bit late with this post but better late than never right?! 

Today's card I have made for a work Colleague and friend who will be 60 next week, I love the vintage look so went for that kind of theme.

I started with my base card, I found some patterned papers that I had in my stash for quite some time which lead me to the colours Blue & Pink, I cut the papers to size and distressed the edges with some scissors then inked round the edge with relevant colours to the papers Tim Holtz Distress Inks Victorian Velvet & Peacock Feathers. On the Pink paper I stamped the sentiment from Crafters Companion Kimono range in two corners using Black Stazon Ink and matted the Blue paper on top at an angle so you could see the sentiments.

On another piece of patterned paper, this had a lovely wild rose on one edge which I kept and inked round the edge again with Victorian Velvet. I had two sheets of this one so I cut out the leaves from the other sheet and placed them on top of the leaves on this sheet for a bit of dimension.

I had the Tattered Lace Alphabet Bunting Die so I cut out the letters for her name and glued these on top of a thin strip of Blue Ribbon I had in my stash, I then glued this on top of some Rose Blue Ribbon that had that vintage look about it, I bought this ribbon from The Range. I liked the darker ribbon underneath as it showed up the letters of her name better. I placed this diagonally over the top piece of paper and glued it down on the back.

I curled the corner in the top left so I could fit a tag behind and stuck this down with Foam Tape, leaving a gap for the tag. I made a bow out of two pieces of ribbon, one Blue & one Pink and attached this at the bottom right corner above the rose image, on top of this I added three paper roses, one of White, Pink & Blue. I also cut out a Butterfly from one of the papers, added a tiny craft peg as its body and stuck this above the flowers.

 I made a tag out of White card, stamped it with Sheena Douglass Script Stamp then on top of that with one of the bird stamps from Crafters Companion Kimono range, I coloured the bird in with Spectrum Noir Pens Pink & Blue and inked round the edge with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. Underneath the bird I added the words 'Happy 60th Birthday', these I had typed up on my PC and cut out and stuck them onto the tag (sorry forgot to take a picture of this!) Through the hole in the top of the tag I added more of the thin blue ribbon and then placed the tag in the slot behind the curled corner of the card.

I painted the peg, edge of Butterfly wings  and edge of the flowers with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen Clear to add a tiny bit of bling and there you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Little Bird

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all safe and well.

I have been having a little play again with a Perfect Partner set of Sheena Douglass Little Bird that I had never got round to using, believe me there are still stamps I have never used as yet lol! I am sure I am not alone in this. Anyway I am showing you the Little Birdy, he has become one of my favourites and I am sure I will use him again especially in a mixed media card.

I started by choosing a patterned paper, I chose this neutral coloured on with leaves on, I cannot remember what pad I got it from as I have had it in my stash for some time and no longer have the cover. I know I bought it from The Range, one of their 12 X 12 paper pads!

I matted this onto some Black Card then onto my base card. With a piece of Sheena White Stamping Card I painted it with Aquatints Bright & Beautiful using just the Green and Blue blending them together with a bit of water, I heat dried it then put it through Crafters Companion Textures Embossing Folder Wind, sorry I know you cannot see this as it is hidden in the layers, I should have taken a photo of it before layering lol!

On another piece of White Card I inked it up using the Joanna Sheen Stencil Plaid pattern with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire and Forest Moss, I then placed another Joanna Sheen Stencil Decorative Trellis over the top and in places spread Galleria Modelling Paste and left to dry. Once dry I inked over the raised areas with Forest Moss.

I stamped Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Birds of a Feather with Ground Espresso Distress Ink and coloured him in by painting with Distress Inks Peacock Feathers and Squeezed Lemonade to make him appear as a Blue Tit ( watch it Ang lol!), then die cut with Little Bird, I painted over the nest with Brushed Corduroy to add a different tone of colour between the branches and cut this out by hand, the die is only the little bird. 

I die cut  my flourish Sizzix Thinlits Graceful Flourish and coloured that in, I got a smaller flourish I had in my stash out of Black card and a little branch I had from my Spellbinders Cherry Blossom, I placed these at the bottom of my card so the bird and nest had something to sit on! Using Heartfelt Creations Regal Boarder & Pocket dies I cut the larger one out and placed it at the top of the card then added my little bird.

To finish I added some words that I had typed up on my PC and cut out, inking round the edge with Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I hope you like my bit of mixed media, I apologize for the layout, blogger is not playing nicely today and will not wrap the text round my images for some reason lol!

I would like to enter this into http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-12-april-earth-day.html  as I think the world would be a worse place without our little feather friends and http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/april-challenge-spring.html as Spring is the time when many birds are busy making their nests and homes in our gardens, I have three pairs of birds nesting in my conifers at the moment so I have told hubby he cannot trim them till Summer now lol!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Sheena Douglass ODS Perfect Partners

Hello my crafting friends, good of you to pop by today. Now as some of you know Sheena Douglass has some One Day Special shows on Hochanda today at 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm. Due tune in if you can and view the fabulous demonstrations and see the gorgeous creations by the other Design Team Members.

Today I am showing you a couple of cards I made for the shows.

My first is from Sheena Douglass Perfect Partner have a Wonderful Day, Mr Scarecrow, this was stamped, painted with Tim Holtz Distress Inks then embossed through the Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Daisy Chain. I faux bleached the daisies then painted them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picket Fence. I matted him up onto Black card then onto my base card that I had stamped with Sunflowers that come with the Scarecrow.

These stamps come from Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Fields of Gold set, there are five separate stamps on here with the grasses one I have stamped a couple of times to make a bigger field. These have all been coloured in with Aquablend Pencils then painted over with a damp paintbrush. i matted this onto Black Card and then onto the base card.

I hope you like them and if you are a fan of Sheena then please tune in to watch her wonderful shows on Hochanda.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Rusty the Squirrel

Hello my crafting friends, so good of you to join me today. I have another card to show you that I made for the Sheena Douglass ONE DAY SPECIAL  on Hochanda today 8pm and tomorrow at 7am, 9am, 12pm, 4pm and finally at 7pm. If you like Sheenas stamps and dies do take a look it showcasing her Perfect Partners Range. I know she will have some fabulous demos for you all.

This is one of my all time favourite Perfect Partners Die Acorn & Leaves & Little Acorn Stamp set, the dies are the little Acorn and leaves, the stamps are more leaves/acorns and the beautiful Mr Squirrel. I dedicate this one to Pamellia and all her family of Squirrels she has of late, I am sure she can give him a name lol!

I decided to just have him sitting on a bed of leaves so I made them Autumn colours as its my favourite season of the year. I have used Tim Holtz Distress Inks Crushed Olive, Rusty Hinge, Forest Moss, Antique Linen, Ground Espresso and Squeezed lemonade to colour it all in using the colours as paints, for this you rub some of the colour from the pads onto your craft sheet/glass mat and use them as paints, do not go to the distress ink pads directly as paints, although they are water based you will water down the colour and they will be no good.

I used all these colour inks to paint the leaves, trying to get as natural look as possible on the colours.

For Mr Squirrel I painted him completely over with Antique Linen, followed by Ground Espresso then Rusty Hinge until I got him the shades I wanted, of course if you prefer a Grey Squirrel then you only have to change the colours!

I was very happy with how he turned out and I did not wish to lose any of the detail by trying to cut him out so I just fussy cut around him leaving the finest White boarder I could to show him off. I raised him up on the leaves so he stood out a bit more.

Around the edge of the card I stamped the Little Acorn and leaves, the Acorn I painted with the same three colours as Mr squirrel, the leaves I used a Spectrum Noir Aquablend Pencil in one of the Greens from the Naturals selection.

To complete the card I die cut a few leaves and a couple of Acorns, painted them then added them to opposite corner of the card as seen to add some definition.

I added the sentiment using Black Stazon ink, the sentiment comes in the stamp set, I think its such a beautiful sentiment.

I hope you like my card and please join in to view the shows to see all the beautiful creations from the rest of the Design Team.

I am entering this into http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-12-april-earth-day.html  as for Earth Day I love all the beautiful wildlife that we have .

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Crafters Comapnion Aquablend One Day Special Hochanda 8pm

Hello my crafting friends so happy you have come to visit me today.  Crafters Companion have a One Day Special today starting at 8pm on Hochanda, tomorrow (Saturday) shows will be on at 7am, 9am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm showcasing their beautiful Aquablend Pencils,these really are lovely to work wit hand you don't need to put a lot on either. So if you love water colours but don't find it easy to paint with paints then these may be right up your street!

I was happy to be asked to do a couple of cards for their show so here are the cards I made, they were all coloured in with Aquablend pencils with just the added bit of Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle on the Hummingbird. I hope you like them?

The stamps were Sheena Douglass Little Bit Sketchy Tropical Nectar. Aquablend Pencils Primaries & Essentials

Stamps used: Sheena Douglass Little Bit Floral 'Floral Corners'. Aquablend Pencils Florals & Primaries

Stamps used: Sheena Douglass Little Bit Sketchy Laguna Surf & Endless Summer. Aquablend Pencils Naturals & Primaries

Do look in and see the wonderful demos from lovely Fiona and cards from the Design Team 

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx