Mixing things up !!

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card has used some of the Creative Cuts from Sam Calcott to make the spine for this card and the result is very pretty.

I have used the paper from the pack to die cut the baubles and make the background. The spine portion has been lined with another colour from the pack and glued together.

The baubles have been added with foam pads to give varying heights and they have been decorated with gemstones.

The sentiment is also from the paper pack and so it all came together really easily without a lot of work from me.

I like it when dies from other brands play nicely together as this expands your own repertoire no end with what you can do when creating your projects. Take a look at what you already have and see what works with each other.

Below I have added the links to the products I have used and they are all available from Craft Stash. 
They are all affiliate links which means that if you purchase from those links I will receive a small commission that will not add any extra cost to you, but helps me enormously.   Thank you ...

More tomorrow ..

Hugs xx

Card Making Magic & Made to Surprise

Hi Everybody,

Today I have a video with a difference as this is a collaboration with Sam Calcott of Made To Surprise.

Sam and I have completely opposite styles but we have swapped some dies with each other to see what we come up with.

I have used the Creative Cuts that Sam has designed which will leave a beautiful pattern on your cards and although this is not a new technique Sam does make it easier with her dies. 

Enjoy the video and then pop over to Sam's
  Made To Surprise YouTube Channel
to see what she has to offer you, and it sure to be amazing.

Here also is the link to Sams blog Made to Surprise for you to visit 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Layered Florals & Creative Cuts

Hi Everybody,

I am enjoying playing with these lovely dies from Made To Surprise.

They are the Creative Cuts from Sam Calcott and the die that I have used as a border is called the Circles and Tall Arrows Set.

I have teamed it with my Layered Florals Die & Stamp Set which has been water coloured, and extra leaves from the Rose Flourish Die Set added to the display.

The Arrows Die has been used to create the border and I have added that at an angle to the card front, with the flowers arranged around it. 

The whole lot has been splattered lightly and I am really happy with this slimline card result.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Creative Cuts

Hi Everybody,

Today I am using dies from Creative Cuts by Made to Surprise and teaming it with the Butterfly Trails Die and Stamp set from Card Making Magic.

Sam has some wonderful videos on her Blog to show you how she has used these fabulous Creative Cuts die sets,  but for mine I have used the Square set in a different way.

I have made mine into a central panel from white card and backed it onto some blue. 

Then as the squares are tucked under, the bottom colour will show through. These dies are slim enough to go through any of the smaller die cutting machines 

I added some splatters to this card panel and then stamped, die cut and coloured my butterflies to coordinate with the rest of the design. I added them with foam pads to give height

A very quick and easy card to make but with quite an impact using the Creative Cuts panel.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx