Dragonfly Panel

Morning my crafting friends, welcome to my blog today, I do hope you enjoy your visit and come back again.

Today's post features the free die from one  of the Tattered Lace Magazines, I loved this one with the Dragonfly and felt it had to be made as a feature on the front of my card. I coloured it in with Distress Inks, not being really neat as you can tell! Once I was happy with the colour I inked it up with my Versamark Glue Pad and heat embossed it three times with Clear embossing powder. This gave it a lovely glossy look, unfortunately it does not show up on the photos. I wanted to put a frame around it but as I have no dies that cut a frame as yet I tried to cut one myself, as you can see its not perfect! I embossed a sheet of White card and cut it into two pieces, one I placed behind the Dragonfly panel the other I kept for the base.

For the base card I used Satin card and matted this up with the cut embossed card, then matted and layered up more Satin card and White card, attached some orange organza ribbon round the edge and added the panel on the other side as seen. I then attached these to the base card.

I added a bow using the same ribbon and a Sparklet gem finished off the card. I have not added a sentiment until it is needed.

Items Used:

Create and Craft Satin Card Green

White Card

Embossilicious Embossing Folder Regency Swirls

Tattered Lace Dragonfly Panel

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Bundled Sage, Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Tattered Rose, Crushed Olive and Forest Moss

Papermania Organza Ribbon Orange

Kaisercraft Sparklet Gems Daffodil
Papermania Embossing Powder Clear
Versamark Glue Pad

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Henna Mango Birthday!

Hi there my crafting friends, I know I am early but I have decided to change the post I did have scheduled so I could enter this card into http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.ca/2015/02/hls-february-cas-challenge.html, the post is only delayed by a couple of days so I am sure none of you would mind.

                                                                             

I love these little CAS cards and I am guilty of not doing a lot of them so I decided to give it a go.

I folded an A4 sheet of White card in half to make an A5 card then cut that in half again to give me an A6 card for my base.

Using another piece of White card I adhered my mask on top with masking tape and spread some paste over the top, not completely covering the mask as I only wanted a small section, I then left that to dry overnight.

I originally was going to leave the pasted leaves White but then decided to add just a spot of colour so I stenciled over the leaves with Crushed Olive distress ink then attached this to my base card.

On more White card I stamped the Henna Mango and painted it in using Mica Pigments. When finished and dry I cut round the Henna Mango but chopped off the trailing branches as they were too thin to cut round. 

Using my Versamark Ink Pad I inked all over the design and heat embossed it three times with Clear Embossing Powder, this gave a nice glaze appearance.

I placed this in the center of my card then along the bottom I stamped my sentiment using Crushed Olive again.

There you have my finished card. Dimension are roughly 4.2" X  6".

Items Used:

Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card

Sheena Douglass Taste of India Stamps Hanna Mango

Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask Leaves

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Mica Pigments Various Colours
Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments

Maimeri Acrilico Light Modelling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Crushed Olive

Papermania Embossing Powder Clear

I would like to enter this card into the http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.ca/2015/02/hls-february-cas-challenge.html challenge.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Speedy Recovery

Morning my crafting friends hope this Monday morning finds you all safe and well? Lots of hugs to those who may not be well.

Today's post is in fact a card I made for my MIL as she had a operation on Friday so she will be in hospital for a few days, so hopefully she will soon be on the mend.

I started with my basic 6" X 6"White card and matted this up with more White card that I had pierced around the edge.

I searched through my stash to find a piece of pretty paper when I came across this one, its one of my favourites and that is why it has not been used before lol! Don't we all keep things we don't want to use? Silly really as I am sure this came off one of my CD Roms though which one I haven't a clue!!! I cut it to size and covered it with an adhesive sheet then coated it with Micro beads, I have not used these for what seems like ages, I remember Sue Wilson's early shows she always used them before she bought out the Diamond Snow etc.! I liked the texture and coverage this gave to the paper, I then attached this to the front of my card.

For my topper I die cut one of the dies from Captivating Squares four times and matted and layered them up turning each one round until it almost made a circle, I loved the look of this. Using the smaller of the dies I die cut my sentiment out of Blush card and arranged it in the center, I thought the Blush card would pick up some of the Pink flowers from the paper. I then added some White PVA glue dots around the fancy corners of the die cuts, letting it dry before attaching it to the front of my card.

I did not feel the front needed anything else so on the inside I placed a piece of Pink Pearlescent card on the right hand side with my printed verse on top, on the left hand side I attached the off cut from the piece of paper that had not been micro beaded. 

The last photo shows the card at an angle to try and pick up the light on the micro beads

Items Used:

Spellbinders Captivating Squares

Basic White Card base

White Card

Patterned Paper (Sorry cannot remember what CD Rom)

Crafters Companion Pink Pearlescent Card
Creative Expressions Foundation Card Blush

Creative Expressions Micro Beads

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Friends Sentiments

Creative Expressions PVA Glue White 
Ranger Archival Ink Black

 Thank You for looking, Jacquie xxx

Negative Love

Morning my crafting friends, another weekend is upon us and I cannot believe half term is over already, time flies when you are having fun that's for sure.

May I thank each and everyone of you for all your lovely comments whether you are a follower of my blog or not its always lovely to hear from you, I much appreciate all your comments and hope you come back to visit again.

Now Wendy has been showing us all her beautiful dies of late and Ang let us know how many die sets she had so that got me to wondering how many I had, my oh my was I shocked. I have 129 die sets which total 528 dies in all!!! I would never had believed I had that many, I have so many I have not used in a while either, shame on me and I want to add more lol! There are lots of dies I could really use like the ones you can make frames with, basic Ovals and Square dies to make matting and layering a lot easier and accurate! I hate to think what the total cost of these are, maybe I should look in getting them insured lol!!! I don't think I will start what Wendy has done and show a different die each day as I would never get through them, maybe when the summer holidays start as I have 6 weeks then lol! I will seriously have to start using some of my older dies.

Today's post is inspired by one of Sue Wilson's cards from one of her shows the other week when she used the negative from one of her Leaf dies on the front of a card, so I have done the same, using the negative from a leaf die.

I started with my base card and matted and layered it up with some Gold Satin card and a piece of card stenciled with a leaf mask using Cosmic Shimmer Iridescent Mica Pigments.

On top of this I layered the Vienna die cut using White card. 

With a piece of Off White card I die cut the Faux Quilled Leaves and with the negative piece I backed it using a piece of embossed card and attached it over the top of the Vienna die cut.

For my sentiment I stamped onto more of the Off White card, cut it into a banner and matted it onto a piece of Gold Satin Card, I cut that into a banner also then attached it at the top of my card as seen.

There you have the finished card.

Items Used:

Basic 6" X 6" White card

Create and Craft Satin Card Gold

White Card

Creative Expressions That Special Touch Mask Leaves

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Austrian Collection Vienna

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Collection Faux Quilled Leaves

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Embossing Folder Eternity

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Iridescent Mica Pigments

Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamps Peony Collage Sentiment

Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, I do hope you visit me again, Jacquie xxx

Peony Collage

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all safe and well, lots of hugs to those who may not be.

I keep wondering how many dies I have in my stash as my friend Wendy is doing a die on her blog everyday http://spanishcrafter.blogspot.co.uk/ do go and take a look, each time I look at her wonderful creations I think I must count mine and never have so I will count them and let you know on Saturdays post.

Today's post is one I made up to use some off cuts of paper I had left and I thought these two of roses went together so I wrapped a strip of lace ribbon around them then matted them onto a piece of Dusky Pink Satin card and layered this onto my 6" X 6" base White card.

I stamped my topper on some White card and coloured it in with Promarkers, inked the edge with the same Pink that I coloured the peony in then went round the edge with a Glue pen and dipped the edges into Diamond Snow. I placed this on the card at an angle. 

I die cut the swirly frame from Twisted Metals and Accents, cut it in half and wrapped that over two corners of the image.

There you have the finished card. It was quite a quick make that are very handy at times!

Items Used:

Basic White Card Base

Create and Craft Satin Card Pink

Tattered Lace Papers

Creative Expressions Fancy Scalloped Edge Lace Ribbon Ivory

Creative Expressions Diamond Snow 
Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card
Spellbinders Twisted Metal & Accents
Promarkers
Cuddly Buddly Clear Stamps Peony Collage
Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, I do hope you visit again, Jacquie xxx

True Friends...

Morning crafters, so good of you to join me today, I really do appreciate your company, I hope I can offer you some inspiration by my posts. If you have a blog of your own then please do leave me the link and I can return the favour.

Thank you for all the wonderful comments I have had on my posts of late, I really do appreciate each and every one. Bibiana never worry about not posting for a while I am just as bad and I never forget you either, I do try and get round to everyone, sometimes time just runs out, if I don't have time to comment I always look! You all give me inspiration every day, I just need the time to put it into action lol!

Today's post turned out completely different to what I was hoping to achieve but I am very happy with the results, you know what it is like you think about doing something then you see something else and 'oh that may look good' and there you have it, all changed lol!

I had two pieces of Blush card  in my scrap pile that I thought would make for a smaller card so I glued them together to form a base card.

In my scrap pile I also had some double sided paper, snowflakes on side and dots the other, so I used the dots side, distressed the edge with my scissors and attached this to the base card.

Using a piece of White card I stamped my background stamp with a Versamark Ink Pad, it did not fill the bottom of the card but that was one of the looks I wanted, I then heat embossed it before inking all over the card with distress ink. I die cut the arch at the top using a piece of paper from the Theresa Collins Paper Pad  and die cut the focal elements using two of Sue Wilson's new dies with more of the Blush card. On the top focal die I stamped my sentiment with the same ink I used to colour the top panel. I attached all of these to my card, wrapped a piece of lace ribbon round the bottom then attached this on top of my base card.

Using a piece of Gold Glitter Ribbon, I  tied it in a knot and placed it just under the focal dies. I have some wooden circles so I inked on up and heat embossed it with embossing enamel twice then stuck it on top of the knot.

On the inside I added another piece of Blush card that I had die cut with the same Arch die and matted on the back with the same paper I used for the Arch on the front. Hope all that makes sense?

There you have the finished card. Dimensions are  almost 4.5" X 8".

Items Used:

Creative Expressions Foundation Card - Blush
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Frames and Tags - Dainty Rectangular Frame
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Frames and Tags - Dainty Oval Frame
Creative Expressions Fancy Scalloped Lace Ribbon
Creative Expression Unmounted Stamps - Friends Sentiments
Creative Expressions Theresa Collins Paper Pad
White card
Stampendous Embossing Enamel - Aged Aqua and Shabby Green
Justrite Background Stamp - Dotted Fronds
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy
Christmas Glitter Ribbon (from The Range)
Wooden Circles (also from The Range)



Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Comfort & Peace

Morning my crafting friends, good to have you visit me today, I really do appreciate it. As I am now on half term hols I hope to sort out my craft space and get lots of play time in.

None of us like making these sort of cards but they have to be done and this one I made for my friends Joy's Great niece, I think I may have over done it with the flowers but hey!

It was just a simple matting and layering of White and Lilac card.

I stamped my sentiment onto White card and die cut using Baroque Ovals, behind that I added a lilac die cut from Twisted Metals, Tags & Accents and matted these on top of Innsbruck die cut. I placed these on the card then added the flowers around one side of the Oval frame, tucking in the Fern Trio underneath.

There you have the finished card.

Items used:

Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card
Create and Craft Satin Card Lilac
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Austrian Collection Innsbruck
Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Fern Trio
Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Treasured Memories
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Twisted Metal, Tags & Accents
Spellbinders Die-lites Baroque Ovals
Buckwell Craft Supplies Assorted Coloured Flowers
Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxxx

Oldie's Friday

Morning my crafting friends, oh Friday 13th today, how many of you out there are suspicious? I must admit I usually try to be more careful on days like today and tend to stay indoors whenever possible lol!

Another of my Oldie Friday Photo cards for you today.

This is one of my favourite images, I love the architecture of Churches and Cathedrals, these were the cloisters at Norwich Cathedral, or at least a part of them, you can walk all the way round in a square, I loved how the rays of the sun shone through them.

Again I used a bought aperture card off the internet, I was so happy when I found these arch aperture cards as they fitted so well with the image.

I feel these cards would do for many occasions with just a simple stamped message at the bottom.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

African Safari

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all safe and well, not too snowed in I hope, Spring is around the corner...

Today's post is a card I did a while back but have not got round to posting it until now!!!

I have had these stamps by Sheena Douglass for quite a while but have never got round to using them so thought it was about time I did!

I cut a piece of White card to size and painted it with Spectrum Noir Aqua Tint Inks until I got the effect of a sunset. Then using Black Archival Ink I stamped my images on top as seen.

I matted this up with some Kraft card and matted these up onto some Ivory Embossed card then attached them to my base Kraft card .

It was as simple as that, a very quick but effective card to make and the paints do not take long to dry either. I have left a sentiment off for now.

Items Used:

Create and Craft Kraft Card

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Card Ivory

Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card

Sheen Douglass Little Bit Sketchy African Landscape 

Sheena Douglass Embossing Folder Jungle Leaves (not African Safari I know but only one I had that I thought would look okay?!!!)

Spectrum Noir Aqua Tint Paints Bright and Beautiful

Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Will-O and the Wisps

Morning my crafting friends, lovely to have you visit me today, I do love your visits and any comments you may make, its good to know you all support me in my creativity.

Its back to work today after a wonderful long weekend off but only four days till half term lol! We do wish our lives away in this job I can tell you. How I would love to retire or find a job where I can craft all day!!!

Anyhow, today's post is another stamped image from Norma J Burnell who designed the Moon Owl I did on Sunday.

This time I decided not to stamp straight onto the card as I felt she needed to be die cut.

I matted up a basic 6" X 6" White card with Rich Plum card then I stamped my sentiment onto a piece of White card before putting it through the E-Bosser with the California Background die to emboss the pattern onto the card, this was not wide enough to do the whole card, I could have extended it but decided to leave it plain as the image was going to go there anyway and I quite liked the contrast.

I stamped my image onto White card and coloured it in with Promarkers, I actually coloured her in with similar colours that are shown in the image on the front of the stamp packaging as I liked these colours. I die cut her out with Gold Labels Four, then die cut a piece of Rich Plum card  also using Gold Lables Four, I cut this in half and placed it under each end of the image to make it look like a larger die cut if you get my meaning? I attached the image to my card on the right side.

To finish the card off I added a Fern leaf and three little flowers, to match the colours used in my image, in the bottom left corner. There you have the finished card.

Items Used:

Basic White Card Base

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Rich Plum

Spellbinders Imperial Gold, Gold Lables Four

Sweet Pea Stamps Norma J Burnell's Will-O and the Wisps

Promarkers

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Friends Sentiments

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Dies California Background 

Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Fern Trio

Creative Expressions Theresa Collins 8 X 8 Designer Pad (paper used to die cut Fern Trio)

Buckwell Craft Supplies Assorted Coloured Flowers

Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Moon Owl

Morning my crafting friends, so good of you to join me today, I really do appreciate your visits and if you have a blog of your own then please do leave the link and I can return the favour. I love looking at all your creativity and inspiration, gosh sometimes I need it lol!

Today's post is a simple one, I recently bought two new stamps as I loved the artistic design, they are both by the same wonderful artist Norma J Burnell, they are available at http://www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk/store/p323/Sweet_Pea_Stamps_-__Norma_J_Burnell%27s_Fairy_Tangles_Moon_Owl.html    I shall show the other one on Tuesday.

I wanted a quick and simple card so I just stamped the image on the right side of the card, coloured it in with Promarkers and matted and layered it with some Periwinkle card then stamped a sentiment at the bottom as seen.

I have to say the pictures do not show it up very well as the feathers down the Owls head and chest and also the feathers below the Orange and Green ones on his back are actually Teal colour not Green!!!

I added a little Glaze on his eye and beak to make them shine but the picture does not pick this up!

Items Used:

Basic White 6"X 6" card

Sweet Pea Stamps Norma J Burnell's Moon Owl

Creative Expressions Foundation Card Periwinkle

Sheena Douglass Stamping White Card

Promarkers

Justrite large fancy Sentiments

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo

I am entering this into the http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/kiss-keep-it-sweet-and-simple.html

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Oldie's Friday

Morning my crafting friends, hope today finds you all well and ready for another weekend? I do appreciate you visiting me and love reading your comments.

Today's post is another photo card I made many years ago  when I was doing Photograph exhibitions.

This is taken of another Clematis, this time a beautiful Lilac one, this shows more of the petals as well as the stamens.

As these cards are only 6"X4" they would make ideal notelets, in fact that has given me an idea...watch this space as they say lol!

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Friends...

Morning my crafting friends, hope this finds you all safe and well? We had a little covering of snow on Saturday but that went on Sunday, since then it has been cold but no more snow as yet, now watch it come down like a blizzard...lol!

(I had bad news this morning as my dear neighbour Joy passed away in hospital, God rest her soul, so this one is for her.)

Today's post was a bit of a quicky card I made, I could have done it better if I had raised the layers up but I wanted to keep it as flat as possible for posting, so of course I went and stuck some flowers on it!!!

I started with some Centura Pearl Ivory card for my base and layered it up with some Lilac Satin card that I had die cut the center with the Auvergne die, on top of this I put another layer of Ivory card that I had die cut using the  next size up of the Auvergne die. For the top layer I used the largest of the Auvergne dies to die cut the aperture and matted this on top. 

On two of the corners I added some flowers and fern leaves, in the opposite corners I added a Pearl.

I carefully stamped my sentiment in the middle  to finish the card.

Items Used:

Creative Expressions Unmounted Stamps Classic Sentiments

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl Card Ivory

Create and Craft Satin Card Lilac

Sue Wilson French Collection Auvergne

Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Collection Fern Trio

Buckwell Craft Supplies Assorted Flowers www.buckwellcraftsupplies.co.uk

Habio Self Adhesive Pearls

Ranger Archival Ink Black

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx