Belated Christmas

I've not posted in ages and have just come across this one. Since it still feels like winter...

Felt Flowers

Here are a couple of cards with felt flowers as the focal point. They were cut with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Florals die. The flower centres are made with Papermania DIY brads and the backgrounds from Spellbinder dies and various embossing folders.

Retiring again...

It's a while since I posted any cards I've made. Must do better!

This is one I made for a contractor at work who leaves every now and then to retire but comes back.  He has a boat now to keep him busy hence the theme. Even the knots are correct thanks to the time I spent with the scout group my parents ran in my youth.

The wording was cut out on my Craftwell Ecraft machine using Sure Cuts a Lot to set the text up.

Just Juicy

These grosgrain ribbons from Fantastic Ribbons are stunning. They are 10mm and I've used them with Marianne Design Creatables LR0109 die cut ribbon flower 2. The background is from the embossing folder, Dots & Swirls, that comes with the Sissix Texture Boutique. Unfortunately you can't get it separately, I've checked with Sissix.

Still not sure whether to put a gem in the middle of the flowers or not...

Mono Moments

A couple of cards I created using the Marianne Design Creatables Ribbon Flower 3 die - LR0110. I made use of the little waste "dots" from the flowers and leaves to add to the decoration. Fiddly but fun and rather effective, if I say so myself!
The background on the left was from a Sissix embossing folder where it has the swirls, dots and a blank centre panel all in one.