Friday Freebie - Winter Wishes

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful  eight piece die set is in offer this week and will create some really pretty cards with a winter theme,  and not just for Christmas 

 

For cordmakers Christmas is an all year round time and so this will come in handy whenever you make your cards.

If this Winter Wishes from Memory Box is something that you would like to have then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME

Then be sure to come back over the weekend to see if your name is listed as the winner. You will have 72 hours in which to claim the gift.

You will also get the magazine that comes with it and this one is Die Cutting Essentials. The pages are full of information and tips that you may like to try as well as ideas on using the die set.

Good Luck  

Bye for now ...

Foamiran Flowers

 Hi Everybody,

During the clean up of the craft room I came across a lot of foamiran in  many colours that I have not used up.

And so I thought I would make some flowers for my playtime cards and incorporate them with the other bits and pieces I have found on my desktop.

These two cards are the results of my find and for these I have used a very pale pink foam to die cut the flowers.

I have then inked over the edges of each petal with Worn Lipstick and used my heat tool to curl them into shape.

The leaves are also cut from foamiran and  inked with dark green. I have used any dies that I came across first in my stash. 

For the top card I have added an oval die cut to the panel that cut out a lovely bird and that has been added to an inked background panel. 

The flowers and leaves have been arranged around the oval and the panel then dotted with pearls.

I lightly rubbed gilding wax over the flowers and the bird

For this next card I have used an aperture flourish die and that has also been added to an inked panel

The flowers are arranged at the top right of the card with the leaves trailing down the card.

The sentiment is from an old CMM set and I have dotted this panel with diamante. 

I am quite pleased with both cards.

Bye For Now ...

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

 

Snowflake Card

 Hi Everybody,

These cards have been created in the same way just in different colours and  I have used any snowflake dies that I had from lots if different sets, and they are very pretty. 

They can be used as winter birthday cards as well as for Christmas, and each A6 card will fit into a normal sized envelope.

I made them in one batch and the result was very quick. And even thought they are the same pattern they will be going to different houses.

So nobody is going to know that there are several the same as theirs 

Here is the video 

Sparkly Christmas Snowflakes

The centre panels are done with ink smooshing  and the results are always unique

.Have fun and experiment with your colours.

I have used up some of the speciality card that I have in my craft room.

I just made sure that the glitter, mirror and pearlised card all blended togehter to give the overall look i wanted for my snowflakes.

And if you wanted another idea for using snowflakes take a look at this video using glitter or gilding flakes

Flake & Glitter Snowflakes 

Hope you enjoy them both 

Hugs xx