Another flower card

 Hi Everybody,

Here is another card created from the left over flowers and I have tried to make it different from those I added yesterday. 

This is also a 5x7 most of the items on it have been shown in other videos in the past,

All the cards are much prettier in the hand and my camera skills don't show them off enough. But you get the idea !!

The base card is 300GSM which is the one I use for all my bases and this one I got from Hobbycraft as there is a new store opened up near where I live.

This is the A3 size card as I can get two 5x7 cards from it if I fold it one the short side and four A6 sizes if I fold it on the long side. with very little waste.

When I do have left over card I use it to produce my backgrounds and so mothing goes in  the trash can.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Desk top finds

Hi Everybody,

As always when I have a clear out on my desk top I find items that are left over from other projects, and these  flowers are no exception.

You may remember them being made in a video sometime ago where I made the background pattern with inks  and stamps and then cut them out with a die. I had lots left over and these are some of the ways in which they have been used up.

The card to the right has had the heart colours mixed up and I put a big gluey fingerprint on one of them, so I got out a small paintbrush and brushed glue over the rest of the hearts and sprinkled it with glitter ...  problem solved

This card has had an extra panel added to the base and this I have embossed in a folder.  I cut this panel at an angle and added it to the base with some cardboard underneath to give it height.

The flowers have been added along the angled edge and the petals fluffed up a little 

Although the cards are the same 5x7 size and use up the same flowers  I have made them look different with the additions I have used.

Raid your desktop and see what you can find and put them together to make cards that you would otherwise not have had

Bye for Now ...

Hugs xx

Playtime Cards

 Hi Everybody,

This little card is created with just an ink smooshed background that has been splattered with some gold and then layered onto gold mirror card

I have stamped the sentiment directly onto the base card, which is 5x7, and the patterned panel has been added with some foam underneath to give it some depth.

The base card is top folded and used in Landscape just to ring the changes in the way I usually lay out my designs.

 I have used a bow die set and I have cut this in gold mirror card.

I am sure that many of you already have a set very much the same as this one.

It doesn't need to be identical to create this look for your self so take a look through your own collections and see what you have.. 

You could even use real ribbon if you preferred and that would look just as good.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

 

Playtime Cards

 Hi Everybody

Both of these cards are A6 size with the fold at the top and both have flowers one them that are made from handmade paper design. using Distress Oxides.

I have used up any bit and pieces I could find on my desktop and they are items that are left over from other projects.

The leaves are cut from an old Creative Expressions die set and I hand coloured them also.

The sentiment strips have been sat in a tub just waiting to be used and I have added them with thin strips of foam tape to raise them up.

Both cards have been splattered in gold and the one to the right is added to a gold edged oval shape

The card to the left has an embossed panel underneath the flowers and that was an old folder called Hedgehog Maze from Couture Creations.

But it is so old that I don't know if it will be available anymore so just use any that you already have in your collections.

This is just an idea that you may like to try so that applies to any part of this card ... flowers, leaves, folders, sentiments or splatters simply use what you have already got, it doesn't have to be the same as mine

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Playtime with inks

 Hi Everybody,

It has been playtime again in my craft room and I have made some more papers to be backgrounds for my cards.

I did one in blues and purples with text on it in black ink.

The other is brown and turquoise and

I have stencilled some home made texture paste on the top.

 I have sprinkled this with some glittery embossing powder and heated.it.

That one has butterflies stamped on to it.

The card has been created with the first paper and I cut two large butterflies from it .
 Each butterfly has a diamante shape added to the top of it and the wings shaped with a pencil to give them some curve.

I used the same stencil to add ink to the background and added both the butterflies to the front.
The sentiment says A Big Thank You and I dotted the rest of the panel with black pearls.
It looks very pretty in the hand and making your own background papers is so satisfying.

I will show you what I make with the second peice of paper when it is used. 
Hope you like ...

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Happy Birthday Star Card

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using a really old start stamp set that I have and it has been used a lot in the past.

I  have used three different shades of blue to stamp it out and I have cascaded them down the panel on the card front.

I have added some silver stars layered over the top to give extra detail, but they don't show up very well on the photo.

I have layered the panels in navy blue and white card and added them with foam tape to give varying heights

The sentiment has been stamped in black and heat embossed with clear powder, and the finished card is a 5x7 with the fold at the top.

I very lightly inked around the layers with one of the blue inks  but on the photo they just look dirty, so not a good idea at all and I won't be doing that again in a hurry. 

Oh well we live and learn !!

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx 

 

Heart Cards

Hi Everybody,

Todays cards have used some varied heart dies They are all dies from collections that I already have In the first card I cut out apertures in a white panel that sits on top of the base. 

This cut panel has been embossed and then added to trimmed down  A4 inked background,  with foam tape. This inky background has a white die cut shape adhered to it and from this I used half of the panel for one card and I die cut more heart shapes and popped them to one side.

The foam tape raises that layer up and it will show the inked panel through the heart shaped gaps.

It gives a really pretty effect and leaves lots of space to dress up the card as you would like to.

I have added decoration on mine with silver mirror card a flourish down the side and a small butterfly that has been added with parchment behind the wings.

It is a DL card size and it fits into an ordinary envelope ready to post.

The second card has had the heart shapes that I cut from the other peice of card. These have also been added to an embossed panel for the front of the card and this one is an A6 size

I have cut some dots in purple, with the hole punch to add to the respective cards as a finishing touch.

The sentiments are all birthday themed and from banners that I already have in my stash

More tomorrow ...

Bye for bow 

Hugs xx

Another Playtime Card

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card has been created from left over bits and pieces on my desktop.

 I found the hearts cut in the blue satin card and also some blue inky paper made a while ago for another project.

I embossed a small piece of parchment and added them all together on my card base,

I used my score board to give me the three lines at the bottom of the panel as a  little added extra interest. 

The dots have been punched from the same blue card and using my hole punch.

I added in some leaves also to the frame and parchment and the sentiment cut in white card. 

It was a quick and easy card to do and could be described as a clean and simple card .... which is a million miles aways for what I usually do.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

More playtime cards

 Hi Everybody,

Here are some more cards created using up the scraps and left over bits and pieces that I have lying around my craft room.

You may recognise some of the papers as they were hand made on videos to highlight  a particular technique.

I keep all the bits that are left as even some of the small pieces can be die cut into some kind of shape that can be added to a card.

I will do another video using some of the those little shapes so that you can see how I have put them to good use.

These have also been added to an embossed panel and then decorated with mirror or pearl card for the strips around the coloured shapes.

Once again I have used the Nuvo Drops, but I must admit I am not a fan.

 I prefer the flat backed self adhesive pearls that can be added, or sequins.

But I am determined to use up the items that I  already have and not buy anything new.

Bye for now ...

Playtime Cards

Hi Everybody,

It has been craft room tidying time again and these are some of the die cuts that I have found on my desk top that I decided to turn into cards rather than add them

 to the trash can.

These have used some of the hand made inky backgrounds that I have done over the last few weeks, and they have been added to an embossed panel.

I have used up any sentiments that I had lying around too and then dotted the fronts with Nuvo Drops.

They will go to fill up my charity shop box and will please somebody for the occasion named on the card. 

It is such a good way to use up leftovers and it is amazing what you find once you start.

These two are from the blue paper that I created and they have silver heat embossed text on them. 

On this bottom card I blobbed the Nuvo Drops a little to hard and it made a mess on the panel. 

But once they are fully dry I will remedy the mistake by making the mirror strip, that edges the panel, wider to cover the mark in the middle of the card.

There are always ways to hide the mistake ....  try adding a flower, leaf, heart or butterfly. ... but there is no way I am going to throw it away

Bye for now xx

 

Beautiful Butterflies

Hi Everybody,

While searching through some old self adhesive "bling" I found these diamante butterflies that  have had for years. 

They are originally from Want2Scrap but they are a US company and the postage costs stopped me from using them 

Never the less I decided to use the diamante on my cards to add extra sparkle to the silver butterflies that I had already cut.

I also found some flourishes that I could use as butterfly trails and I added them to the bottom of each butterfly  

I splattered this card with some silver paint and it is just visible on the card base

Even thought the diamante doesn't fit each butterfly perfectly it is a close enough match to make them look really pretty.

I used a brick wall die to cut out of Kraft Card my background and that gave me a  two for one die cut.

I added the Kraft card to some double sided sticky sheet and then used each little brick on the top card and the complete frame on the bottom one.

I used some oval dies to cut a frame and and then a panel die to cut out the centre portion and added it to the oval with parchment behind.

Both are pretty cards and look much better in the hand, and this close up gives you a rough idea of how the diamante looks on the card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs x

Christmas Cards for Bobby

 Hi Everybody,

Sometime ago I added some
Birthday Cards
that my great grandson Bobby, asked me to make for him to give to his friends for birthdays.

Well here are some more only this time these are for him to give out at  Christmas.

I need to make many more yet but this is the start of what I intend to do for him.

Some of these are really old stamps from Crafti Potential, and some where free with magazines.

Some of the dies are those I have had for years from Spellbinders.

The reindeers are from Tonic and again very old now,  the cracker die was free with a magazine and they have all have been put to good use.

I have also used items that are left over from other projects like the Poinsettia and the Christmas lights in the deer's antlers

I spent  a morning making these and I have other stamps and dies that are suitable for children that I am going to use. 

Hopefully I can build up a good supply of cards for him to give to his friends and I hope that he likes them

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

I'm still Playing

Hi Everybody,

Going through my worktop I have found papers that I have created and never used.

The same goes for other die cuts that have been sitting waiting to be picked up again.

Well now is the time to use them and these have all been made from one session. 

I have cut the paper up into various shapes and used gold mirror card to add the decoration.

They all look different and I have used some old Card Making Magic sentiments on them all.

 

The dies I have used for these cards are all from CMM but there is no point in me adding the links as a lot of my designs are now not being stocked by Craft Stash.

If you have them all well and good but if you don't then just use any butterfly, flower, leaf or sentiment dies that you do have. 

Your card will look just as good simply because you have made it. 

The colours I have used have been Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and a touch of Spun Sugar and they have been Smooshed onto the paper. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Playtime Cards

 Hi Everybody,

These cards have been made from one sheet of handmade inked paper and the same die using both the negatives and positive pieces from the die cut.

I have got two for one and nothing is wasted and they all look different. Each of the square pieces have been added with a foam pad underneath

I have used gold and silver mirror card on them to make the sentiments stand out and other little die cuts for decoration.

But they have all been leftovers from other projects and I think they have created some really pretty cards.

I always cut extras when I am die cutting for the times when I have no inspiration.

I go through the extras and see what can be produced to make cards, and once I get going the inspiration comes back.

It saves me money, there is no waste and it helps to fill my charity box at the same time. So nothing is lost.

Here are two more, with different colours for the paper but the same die and silver mirror card for the sentiment.

I have more that I won't add just yet but here there are six cards to go to the charity shop and make the manageress happy in the process

Hope you like them too

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Coloured Parchment Flowers

 HI Everybody

Both of these cards have been created with water coloured flowers  made from parchment and the effect in real life is very pretty.

I have added glue pen to the striations on the flowers and then sprinkled it with glitter but it doesn't show up very well in the photo.

They have both been added to a panel, that is deeply embossed, and very old , from  a Spellbinders embossing folder .

They have then been added to the base card with foam pads underneath  .

The flowers look veery delicate and glittery 

The gold butterflies are there for effect and they have been added to parchment also. 

Both cards are 5x7 top folded smooth white 300gsm cardstock

I am really pleased with the look of these cards and I was quite surprised.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Playtime Cards

Hi Everybody,

Having made quite a few of my own background papers I had lots of pieces left over, and I couldn't throw them away.

So I decided to add them to extra panels and create some A6 cards  with them to re stock my charity box.

The card to the right has Washi Tape around the edges and the blue panel added to the centre.

The butterfly is cut from silver mirror and added to some parchment.

For this card  I added  two thin silver strips around the orange panel and placed the butterfly to the top.

I also added some silver dots to the front to blend it all in and the sentiment for both is from an older pack that I already have.

So  by using these pieces I have made two more cards and used up what would otherwise have gone in the trash can.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Two Video

Hi Everybody,

Today I am using another of the papers created yesterday and this is the Seedless Preserves and Chipped Sapphire.

It has been teamed with the same silver card and butterfly as the others but for this I have added it to some heavy weight Acetate.

I have also used parchment behind the sentiment and butterfly wings as well as for  for the leaves.

The weight of Parchment and Acetate is not all the same so choose carefully when you buy. and make sure that they will die cut too.

This card is done with Worn Lipstick and Blue print sketch and gives you another look for the card. 

This has not been added to acetate first and it is done with gold mirror card.

The sentiment has a dropped shadow of gold under the white words.

The video is called the 

Torn Edge Card 

and is produced by tearing the paper towards your self to get the white edges which can be inked or not  ... as suits you. 

Clicking the link opens a new window for you to view the video on YouTube as this is the wat YT now want it to be. 

So please watch it all and if you would  "like and subscribe"  to my channel that would be wonderful

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ancient Dies ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is created with dies and an embossing folder that must be at least ten years old and has been in my stash ...  for ever. 

The embossing folder is called Need A Rope and it is from Spellbinders and I have used cream card to make the layer and base card.

I have then ink smooshed a panel and added a  newer netting die to the top, again cut in cream. 

On the top of that I have used a flower from a Spellbinders set called Make A Wish and again this is ancient too and I don't know if they are still available.

But even though they are old the card is still really pretty and one I would be happy to send or receive.

Swap out the sentiment to fit your occasion. The one I have used is a sticker type that  I have added to some cream card and cut out. 

I must admit that I am am enjoying playing with my older stuff and it is fun finding things that I had forgotten about stuffed in drawers and cupboards. And I am not spending any money. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Hand drawn flowers

 Hi Everybody,

Both of these cards have hand drawn flowers on them that I have found on my desktop. They have also been  water coloured.

Both have been added to a stencilled background and both are A6 size

I used water coloured card and they where part of larger panel but I fussy cut out the flowers to add in smaller sections to these cards

It made better use of them and I am much happier with the outcome. 

I also found some bits of diamante that I could add to the top card and one of the little butterflies that I have had for many years.

But there are so many on the roll that I still have loads left over for future cards.

For this bottom card I added a squiggly pen drawn line around the edges, and to the front of the display I glued in the yellow stamped flower with a large pearl to the centre of it.

The flowers for both have been added with foam pads to give varying heights to them and that adds more interest to the card

I like both cards and they have been created from bits and pieces I have on my work top.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Playtime Cards

 Hi Everybody,

This card is created with a die that must be at least 15 years old . And it is one I used a lot in the past.

It is the Tied Together die and it has an embossing folder to go with it. Every time it came into stock it sold out almost immediately.

I was fortunate to get both die and folder but as I say it was many, many years ago and I don't know if it is still available.  

For this card I have used the embossing folder on the white background and cut the top die cut in black and layered them together.

The layers have been wrapped with parchment and stamped in black then clear embossed.

 The YOU has been cut from the same  matt gold card I have used to mount the layers onto. 

The butterfly has been cut in black and then gold wax applied through the actual die to bring out the pattern. 

It has been added to the card with glue just along the bodyline which allows the wings to flutter free.

 Tiny diamante have been added to the bodyline and the finished card is a 4x6" with the fold at the top. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx