Friday Freebie 20 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Todays Shabby Chic card is a circular one in shades of lilac and cream. This one is dotted in gold glitter and the sentiment says "Thinking of You"

Over the years that I have been giving away my cards many of you have told me that you are adding them to box frames to keep and that is such a compliment to me.

This one is well worth keeping as are all the Shabby Chic ones I am offering over the neext few weeks . I really love every one of them

So if this is one that you would like then all you have to do is leave me a comment at the end of the blog post and then come back in the morning  to see if you have won it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Easy Water Coloured Card

Hi Everybody,

Today I am adding a short video on how I made this card and if you are new to water colouring it is a very easy one to start off with.

 The stamp set is from Clearly Besotted and there are matching dies that you can buy.

The links to the products are at the bottom of the page

I have simply used a masking technique to get my sheep in a row and I have used Gansai Tambi Water Colours

The green mat was just to accentuate the grass and the sky was added with a homemade edge to some white card .... and you can see how much it has been used in the past. A great card for the men in your life

So I hope you enjoy the video ...  Feeling Sheepish Water Coloured Card 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Feeling Sheepish

Gansai Tambi Water Colours

A4 Adhesive Foam

Water Colour Card

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Beautiful Backgrounds

Hi Everybody,

Todays card was shown in the video that I added last week using stencils that are available from Craft Stash

I really loved this little card once it was finished and it was very quick and easy to do.

The longest part was waiting for the embossing paste to dry ... and I left that overnight to make sure it was really dry.

I mixed Dusty Concord Distress Ink with my paste and added it to the card than dressed it up with my usual Flowers,  Ribbons and Pearls

The flowers and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and the ribbon is from Mei Flower

All the layers are raised up with foam pads and that gives depth and interest to the card.

It is much prettier in the hand that the photo shows ... hope you like it

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - A2 Classic Waves Borders

Hi Everybody,

For todays card I have used a simple border die from Spellbinders and this is the Classic Waves which comes in three parts. 

As the border dies divide the card into two separate pieces I thought we would make two cards for the price of one with this set if dies

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-788 Card Creator Classic Waves Border dies
• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A 
• SEL-002 Grid Iron  Embossing Folder
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue
• Foam Sheets
• Bakers twine
• Enamel Dots
• Card - two shades of turquoise and white

Instructions:

Create two Base cards with Matting Basic A with the white card

Create three mats with two shade of turquoise and another from the white

Place the three dies at different levels and angles on the card and cut and emboss.

Ink through the die if you like to add more pattern

Use the pieces to create two cards

With foam pads layer up the dies cuts so that they create a waterfall effect on the card and they can be added at the top or bottom of the card base as you prefer

Add an extra layer of white card and emboss this if you prefer a sturdier base, and layer the die cut pieces onto this

Adding in the foam gives more dimension to the card

For the card below I have added the cut pieces to the top of the card and onto another embossed card.

The top has been wrapped with Bakers Twine and two small shells added as decoration

The "Thanks" has been cut three times and stacked together and then enamel dots placed around the rest of the card.

For this card I added the die cuts at the bottom of the card with foam in between the layers

The"You" has been cut three times and stacked together and enamel dots placed around the card

Two ideas that would make good male birthday cards with the appropriate sentiment added

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

5x7 Matting Basics A	Card Creator Classic A2 Waves Borders Etched Dies	A4 Adhesive Foam	Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue
Bakers Twine	Seth Apter Em-bossing Fold'ers Gridiron 5 x 7 in Single Sided

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Ruby Update

Hello Everyone,

I am now nine months old and growing still and having so much fun though my mum does tell me off for barking too much.

I like to sit on the back of the chair and look through the window and there is just soooo much to bark at.

Here I am at the front of my house with my very best friend Dougal and I am soaking up the sun on my favorite bench.

I am an an English Cocker Spaniel with Blue Roan Sable markings, and Dougal with his lovely curly cream coat is a Cockapoo

Our mums where taking us to Cuerden Park in Preston for the day and we are just waiting to get in the car and go. They have to pack water and bowls, towels and blankets, treats and leads and it takes them ages to get ready. All we have to do is jump in the back of the car and we are ready to go.!!!

Here we are being very impatient ... and barking ...coz we now want to go and play again

But once we got there it was wonderful and so much to do.

Doggy Paradise with lots of water and hills and fields to run and sniff in.

If you have read my stories before then you will know that I like to go swimming and today was lovely as it was not too deep ... and so need for my mum  to panic

Dougal is a bit taller than me and doesn't seem to get as wet but I had a lovely time and was soaked

It was a lovely day and so I didn't feel cold and of course we ran around for ages meeting lots of other dogs too

On the way home it was time for us to get snuggled up in our Ruff & Tumble jackets and both of us fell asleep in the back of the car.

But once we got home ....

... we both had a lovely big juicy bone to sit and chew on in the sunshine of my front garden.

We have to eat our bones away from each other though so we don't squabble about them

Because for some reason whichever bone Dougal has it always seems better than the one I have and so that is the one I want !!!

We are both very tired puppies at the end of a busy day and I can't wait to go again soon

More from my mum tomorrow ...

Bye for now