Lili of The Valley

Hi Everybody,

These are some cards I made way back in 2011 and long before I discovered Spectrum Noir so no color list for this one.

But the Wild Orchid Crafts  flowers can be see in great abundance even then... as is the few Spellbinders that I had back then

The round  sentiment and the images are all  from
  Lili of the Valley

Making this style of card was covered in a video tutorial that I did at that time.

I am adding the link here for you to the actual  website page   Making a Card ... Inside and Out

I have moved on  lot from this these days but I still do a dry run with the elements before I glue anything in place.

The cards are all 15 cm squares and I also did another tutorial to follow this on making the boxes to go with this sized card.

It all seems so long ago when I watch these tutorials, but they are as useful now as they ever have been.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Butterfly Card

Hi Everybody,

The butterfly is one of the  beautiful  new images from Sheena Douglass. and the sentiment is also from the same range.

I have Spectrum Noir and the colors used are ...

PL2 LV2 LV3 and then over the top I have used the Ice Silks Acrylic Glaze

The body line has Mother of Pearl self adhesive pearl and two really tiny ones on the end of the antenna.

I have simply layered it up with purple and black card and used some lace patterned paper.  The Labels 30 is layered onto the purple and added with foam pads over the ribbon.

A pearl trail from  Want2Scrap  sits along the  bottom of the  butterfly and the  silver edged ribbon is from
 Mei Flower

A very simple card and because of time constraints today it  took next to no time to make. Hope fully I will have more time later.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

More New Hatpins

Hi Everybody,

Well the Friday Freebie was claimed and is on it's way to the new owner... who I might add was very pleased to have won it.

It gives me no end of pleasure to get an email from someone who is looking forward to getting my give aways

So these are some more of the new Tibetan Silver Hatpins that I have been making and there is still more silver ware on it's way from China.

Some of you have been asking me about the supplier and so here is the link for you.... PandaHall

You will have to buy in bilk though and you will have to wait a few weeks for delivery

To save the cost with postage I have had mine sent by Surface Mail ... it's less expensive but takes a long time to get here, hence the wait.

But once it is all here I will show you.

The hatpins them selves are complete with end protectors and they are from Sparkles Group   ... if you add the code CG05 at the checkout you will get a discount off your purchase.

Both of these packs were  added to  Etsy and both have sold the day after.

They are not the same as the ones in  "My Shop"  ... these are far more elaborate  and there is a lot of silver used and so they are more expensive

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Once again the response is amazing and thank you to everyone for ALL your lovely comments.  I have got my "Film Crew" to do his weekly draw and the winner of the Lilac card is ....

Supernan Sue

The card is yours Sue and I need you to  email me with your address so that  I can post the card to you straigh t away. 

At the risk of  repeating myself ...you have 48 hours to claim it or it will be redrawn and then go to someone else ... (I sound like a parrot)

To break the post up I thought I would add this pretty card.

It  is created using one of the  Rachelle Ann Miller designs that are new in at  Crafters Companion 

The link will show you some of the other cute characters in the range.

This one has been colored with  Spectrum Noir and  for those that like to know ...

Colors used ...

Skin                    FS2 FS3 TN2

Hair/Teddy          TN2 TN7 TN8

Balloons             TB4 CG1  PP4

Skirt                   DG2 CG2 

Shadows            IG2 TB2

The white satin ribbon from  Mei Flower   and the white  flowers from  Wild Orchid Crafts   have been colored with the refill inks ... TB4 for the blue ones and CT4 for the pale lemon ones and I mixed them with the Isopropyl

I have sparkled the with  Glitter Magic  and added in some pearly swirls from  Want2Scrap 

So another card will be on offer next Friday ... but I hope you will visit again before then.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs

Friday Freebie 003

Hi Everybody,

Thank you all for being so understanding  and supportive of yesterdays post.

Norah  responded warmly and claimed her card straight away and I hope you like it Norah ... it's on it's way

So here is this weeks Friday Freebie and it is a very pretty lilac card ... and this one is complete with hatpin.but it is not removable ... unless you wanted to really pull it out of the flowers.

It is a 5x7 with the fold at the top and the card used is the 270 gsm Linen effect from Papermill Direct    This is the card I use for most of my designs and it is a really good quality

So the other suppliers are ...
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts  with the sparkle from Glitter Magic

The silver edged ribbon is from Mei Flower  and the pearly flourish is from Want2Scrap

To win the card all you need to do is leave me a comment and at 9 pm this evening a  winner will be drawn from the list and the name published in the morning.

And can I ask you please to come back and check, if you added your name,  to see if you are the winner because if the card is not claimed within 48 hours then it will go to someone else.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx