Mixed Flowers

Hi Everybody,

Not been around much this week but I have got loads of jobs done around the house. There are times when crafting has to take a back seat while other things get done and this is just one of those times..

This card was done on the spur of the moment and it is a 5x7 card with the fold at the top. 

I have made a background from some Fleur card from Anna Marie Designs and stamped some text onto the card.

The stamp was free with a magazine and the small twirly bits are from the same set. I added black pen around the edges as faux stitching.

I inked the edges with Antique Linen and added the flowers with foam pads to raise them up.

The large purple flower and the leaves are from the CMM Hellebore Decoupage set but the Roses are from the Layered Roses set that is o longer available.

The sentiment is from a pack bought at the Craft Shows and U cut off wat I need and add it to the card with foam tape. 

Quick simple and easy card that is now ready to send.

I will try to do better this week ... I promise

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Mixed Media

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is created with an ink smooshed background and then a text stamp added over the top.

 There is also a white goache splattered layer over the base.

 I added a thin line of texture paste around the edge too and then sprinkled that while it was wet with some glitter and allowed it all to dry.

The flowers and leaves are created from some 300 gsm white card that has been coloured with Distress Oxide Inks and a blending brush.

A Pearl embellishment was added to the centre

Each layer of the petals has been adhered together with foam to give height and each layer of petals has been bent up for effect.

The sentiment has been cut from pre printed words that have I already had in my stash, and they have been glued onto some white card as a backing and then layered onto the card front with foam pads.

The finished card is an A6 size and it more impressive in the hand than in the picture but I hope you like it anyway.

More tomorrow…

Hugs xx

Layered Flowers & Butterflies

Hi Everybody,

This pretty cards is created with the Layered Flowers but in the links below I have added in a few different stamps and die sets that will cover the flowers and the butterflies.

I have used the 5x7 Complete Card & Box Die Set to create the base and the box to put it in and I have used water colours for the design.

The faux stitching around the edges of the weaved panels is done with a fine liner pen and I also added it around the edge of each flower.

The centre of the flowers has the added pearl embellishment to them and smaller pearls have been placed in the bodyline of the butterflies.

The card was made some time ago and some of the items may no longer be available ... Time marches on !!

Maybe you already have some of them but if not then you can adapt it with any dies that you do have in your own stash.

More tomorrow ... 

Hugs xx

Floral Cards & Older Videos

Hi Everybody,

I was looking back over some older videos that I have on YouTube and I came across many that I still like.
And adding flowers was one of them.

It is something that I am often asked about and so that was why I made these videos many years ago. 

Can you believe that it was nine and ten years ago that these were made.

They were filmed by Griff and the style is so different to how I now make them, and I am sure you will be able to see the differences for your self.

Whatever the flowers are ... mulberry, silk, flower foam, paper or parchment the same principle still applies.

             

               

             

One of these videos shows how I made the corsages that I used to add, and sell, on my website and the other how I add a flower display to my cards.

The top card has used Mulberry Flowers but this one to the right is crated with paper flowers that I made my self.

This was also a video but one that I had started to make for myself in 2018 and it was a collaboration with Christine Smith from Crafti Potential. 

If you like to add flowers then maybe there is something that could be of interest to you.

And the cards turn out really pretty in the end.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Variations ...

 Hi Everybody,

Continuing on from yesterdays Monochrome theme I wanted to show you the difference between a one colour card and one with several colours.

Both cards have used the same flower die set but look completely different.

This is the Sulfur Cosmos flowers from Altenew teamed with my Simply Dots Embossing folder.

I think this card looks elegant in a beautiful shade of grey, and with the appropriate sentiment it could be for any occasion and any gender.  

This is the same die but with various shades of pink for the flowers and of course green for the leaves.

I have added black for the flower centres and they have been covered with Glossy Accents to give shine

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spring Summer Stamp & Die Set

Hi Everybody,

These two cards have been created using the Spring Summer Stamp & Die Set and I heat embossed the flowers with clear powder.

I coloured them with alcohol markers and then used the dies to cut them out. I had to fussy cut some of them and they give a really pretty effect.

The background has been inked with Distress Oxides and then I have used a text stamp over the top in black ink and heat embossed that with clear powder

I arranged the flowers on the card front, and popped up some of them with foam tape to give height. I tucked in some of the die cut leaves behind.

The flowers centres have had some glitter sprinkled into the centres and I have added black self adhesive pearls around them as an added extra. The sentiment is a die cut glossy black card

For this card I have used a new stencil, that will be coming soon, and some texture paste to create the trellis look  It has been added to a Gelli Plate background

I used the Nesting Ovals to create my frame and I added this to the card with foam tape around the edges.

The flowers have been coloured red with markers.  

and they have been added to the frame with foam tape also 

The sentiments are some that I had lying on my desk from a previous card and I added those along the bottom of the oval again with foam tape.

The little butterfly clinging to the frame is from the stamp set and I think he adds the finishing touch.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx