A lovely day

Hello!

The sun put in a very welcomed appearance yesterday and I think it was reflected in the card I was making, bright and cheerful

I used the 

My Mind's Eye Kate and Co. OXFORD LANE 6 x 6 paper pad 

and the 

My Mind's Eye Kate and Co. OXFORD LANE Stamp Set

start by decorating your base card if you wish, then cut a few narrow strips of the patterned paper and weave these together. Cut a picture tile, also from the paper pack, and mount this up on layers of 

coordinating papers to give some depth. Finally run a contrasting ink pads around the edges of your finished card.

Hello friend

Hello you crafty lovelies :)

A quick and easy card for you this week, using the gorgeous paper and stamps from the 

My Mind's Eye Kate and Co. OXFORD LANE 6 x 6 paper pad

and the 

My Mind's Eye Kate and Co. OXFORD LANE Stamp Set

I cut my base card to size and using a corner punch rounded the outer corners. Next I then covered it with  the fine strip paper which was cut a fraction smaller than the base card, also rounding the outer corners. I then distressed the edges using a blue ink pad. I then layered up the band for the front of the card, the lovely gingham paper and a couple of plain contrasting papers from my own stash. I cut the words using my Cuttlebug and a die. Then stamped and hand cut the telephone out and mounted it onto 3D foam.

I loves a bit of Swagger

The Swagger paper collection that is. 

And that is exactly what I used for this weeks make.

The front of my card I folded back on itself and then applied my choice of paper to the front flap and inside the card.

I then worked on the 'topper' of the card, layering papers and inking the edges. 

I cut some banner shapes to match in with the piece I used with the rub on word. The other elements I've used are also from the rub on pack, adhered to card, cut out and mounted onto 3D foam.

Clare has some great new stuff in the shop so why not stop by.

See you next week

Tea?? For 2

Good Morning all

Morning all Mel here to share a wee card and "gift" in one!! Ok when I say gift, it might be pushing it, but it would definitely bring a smile to that Special friend!

The little card is made form one sheet of 6x6 Basic Grey Hey Girl paper. Using the papers to decorate it too, I made a little pocket to fit a teabag or 2!

I then used the Clare Curd Pom Pom flower die-cut, some pink satin ribbon and the thicker blue satin ribbon plus some mulberry flowers, a beaded pin both from my stash before finishing with a tiny button and gems! All the papers have been out lined with a blue marker pen

Its a nice simple card but a lovely little something to send to a friend needing a little cheering up and just loved a good brew too!

Will thats me, off to enjoy some peace while hubby is working!

Take care

   

   

Hello, it's a quick and very simple card from me today. I do love working with lots of paints and layers but sometimes I like clean lines and simplicity.

 

I drew and cut out the musical note and applied a good coat of FlitterGlu. I then added a layer of the Mega Flakes in Royal Peacock. I rubbed over the flakes with  Scoochy foam to remove the excess.

 

 

I was going to just put the note straight onto my card base but it looked too plain, so I drew some musical staves and some notes.

 

I added my wording and we were done

 

I love the shine you get on the mega flakes.

 

Till the same time next week, bye x

 

Burly bikes

It was only after I made this card that I realised Clare has put this stamp set and lots more into the 40% sale she has on at the moment

 

The background of the card is brayered with grey ink and over stamped using the small nut & bolt stamp, really love how this came out, gives the card a grease monkey look. The motorbike is stamped in grey ink and layered onto black card.

The patterned paper is from the Carta bella well Travelled pad

I cut a couple of cute little banners and attached them.

 

 

A bit of distressing on the edges and this manly card is finished.

 

 

Lots of lovely layers

It's coming to that time of year again, and no matter how much I want to bury my head in the sand and pretend that Christmas isn't just under 5 weeks away I need to put on my big girl pants and face facts. Now I stopped making all my Christmas cards years ago as I found it was too much pressure to make them all and I wasn't prepared to start making Christmas cards while I was still thinking of summer holidays, so now I only make a handful of cards for very special people and that allows me to put more time and effort into each one.

 

For this card I used  Here Comes Santa from IndigoBlu, available from Clare Curd Crafts.

I also used FlitterGlu and Mega Flakes.

 

I applied the FlitterGlu to the edges of the base card and then got a good layer of the flakes to cover the glue.

Then edged some black card, one of which I embossed, with silver embossing powder and layered these up.

 

 

 

Next I stamped the snowflake border in the FlitterGlu and covered it in the flakes, and mounted that onto a strip of black card and applied off to one side.

The tree was stamped and embossed in silver and mounted onto 3D pad, and the sentiment was tucked behind.

 

 

 

See you next week ~x~

Cute Critters

As soon as I saw this set of stamps my first thought was 'awwwwww how sweet' my second was how versatile they were.

 

The little animals are really adorable and could be used for any occasion.

 

 

I stamped them in Stazon ink and then painted them in a pearlescent paint.

 

I then stamped the trees with Versamark ink and embossed them with black embossing powder. The animals were then mounted on 3D foam pads.

I then stamped the star with FlitterGlu and then applied IndigoBlu Mega Flake in Royal Peacock.

 

Before mounting the black square onto the base card I edged the basecard with flitterGlu and applied some more of the Mega Flake.

 

Items used :- Mega Flake

                  FlitterGlu

                   Phat Foam

                                         Winter Critters stamp set

 

 

 

Something for the boys

It's Thursday so it's my turn to share a little inspiration today and yes I know it's Halloween but I just couldn't bring myself to make anything spooky, so instead I went all butch and masculine and made a grungy card.

 

the base of the card is coloured using a brayer and a brown ink pad.

The layers are cut from the Carte bella paper pack as well as some old Tim Holtz papers from my own stash.

 

Clare stocks a great selection of Tim Holtz products by the way!

 

 

I then started working on my layers, some inking, some distressing and some stamping

 

The motorbike stamp is great and is  from  the Crafty Impressions Explore stamp set

 

I put half the quote on the outside of the card

 

And then stamped the rest inside

 

 

see you next week

 

 

 

Pretty in pink

This week I thought I'd visit a love a had years back, acetate! I have made many things in the past using acetate as the base, I just love the look of it.

 

I had the urge to make something girly and pretty so that's exactly what I did.

 

 

 

I started out with a piece of acetate, 4x12 inches folded in half (4x6), which I then put the right hand side through my cuttlebug to emboss, bare in mind this will then be the front of your card

 

 

once embossed this is what you will have.

 

Now to start working on the elements for your card. I used some Dylusion sprays to colour my card,

put some of your chosen colour into a pallet and use as paint

 

 

remember to use varying amounts of white to vary your shades.

 

with any paint left cover a sheet of card or paper, you'll need it later if you want to die cut elements to add to your card.

 

Now for stamping, pick your main image stamp and also a few smaller stamps with which to make a background. I used the postage mark stamp from the Crafty Impressions Explore stamp set , as well as a couple of others from my stash.

 

 

cut you background piece about an inch smaller all round than your card base and after edging the sides with some brown ink apply it to the inside of your card. Don't worry about being able to see the glue as you'll cover this up later.

 

Now for the front of the card, place your main focal image where you would like it to be and using decorative elements play around until you like what you see. Clare carries some lovely

elements you could use. Some great items to use are sequin waste, ribbons, lace, paper flowers and die cuts ( this is where your painted sheet of paper comes in handy) ( metal dies )

 

 

My altered die cuts ready to add to my card.

 

Once I was happy with the layout of the elements I glued them all in place.

 

 

Once the front of your card looks pretty you need to pay a little attention to the back and inside as all the glue/double sided tape that you've is visible, so cut a piece of card the same size as the background you stuck inside the card and attach this to the vary back of your card, this also gives you somewhere to write your sentiment.

And do the same to hide the sticky stuff from the front.

 

 



 

see you next week