Cream and White ...

HI Everybody,

No more Christmas Cards for a while ...lets enjoy some summer.

Here is a card that has been made for someone moving to a new house.

I have used an assortment of dies  and  a lovely smooth white 300gsm card from Anna Marie Designs

I usually buy lots of this card and the Kraft Card at the craft shows that I go to and it is well worth saving up all your pennies to get some bargains.

The next big one I will be going to is the GNPE in Harrogate so if you are going please let me know. We will be staying for the weekend.... and I would love to meet up with you in the evening.

Still back to the card ... the sentiment is from  Lili of the Valley  and it has been stamped in Versmark and heat embossed.

The ribbon is from MeiFlower ... and is worth noting that all these links will be at the Craft Shows too.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Arched Window...

Hi Everybody,

Here is a very traditional Christmas Card and the Poinsettias are from  Tattered Lace  .... all sparkled up with Glamour Dust.

The Spellbinders is a new die that I bought this week and it is called Arched Window.

The background has been embossed with the Reverence M-Bossabilities folder and the window added on top with foam pads.

The flowers are created from the same red card as the layer and it is from Core'dinations

The inside of the card has been embossed and decorated to match and the finished size is 5 x 7"

I really do like this card and it is prettier in real life than the photo shows.

But just to show the versatility of this die I have created another card that is just for fun.

It is not for any reason in particular but it uses the same Arch window as the other.

The window itself has been created from Acetate and Spectrum Noir refills and added to brick embossed background.

The little bicycle on this card is from Memory Box
and I bought this at the craft show in March.

I think a move away from Christmas cards is called for tomorrow .... don't you ??

Hugs xx

White Christmas ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is another that will be put aside until the jolly season  ...  and this is another tone on tone.

The dies are once again from  Tattered Lace   ... and if you haven't  yet popped over there to see the dies on offer then you are missing a treat.

This is very simply made with the Grand Labels ... and you will need a die cutter with the larger A4 opening to use this die.

The lacy border has been cut twice and layered up with foam pads to give a 3-D effect to the border.

The greeting has been cut from the Christmas Sentiment from Tattered Lace, cut from silver card and added with a glue pen.

The ribbon is from Mei Flower and has a silver thread running through each edge and I have added bows to the top of each of the Baubles.

Each of the layers has been embossed with the A4 embossing folders .... Dottie and Perfect Paisley ... from Crafters Companion ... altogether a pretty card

Thank you to everyone who emailed me to tell me about the problem with the Blog page.  It is now solved and it was because I have used up the space with Photobucket and have now got more ... so panic over and everything is back to normal 

 More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Let It Snow !

Hi Everybody,

Here is another card made with the  Tattered Lace  dies and this one uses the beautiful Poinsettia from the Christmas Florals  and the Christmas sentiments.

I so love the Poinsettia that this die makes as it is so delicate  and this one has been cut from Silver card.

I shaped the petals and layered them up then added in  pearls to the centre and placed  them on to the card in different levels and tucked the leaves into the spaces.

The ribbon is a soft satin from Reasonable Ribbon

I even added in some snow with Flower Soft.

The sentiment is individual words that I have run over the back with a Glue pen and then added where I wanted them.

The cards is created to the Hinged Style with the 5 x 7  matting basics.

So this is another one to add to those ready to send at Christmas ... only another ??? to go then ....

More tomorrow

Hugs xx

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Hi Everybody,

As I am sure you all know but Google is changing the way it does things and the chance to follow the blog with them is about to expire and I do not wish to lose all my wonderful followers.  

So if your name is on the "Join this Site" with Google on the left can you please now add your name to the "Follow this Blog with Bloglovin"  that is at the top of the post.  It will only take you a minute to do it but it is important.

That way you will still keep up to date with everything on the Blog and I won't lose you ... Thank you xxx

Hugs xx