Belated Christmas

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

For Mums 2

My Mum and Mum in Law have their birthdays one day apart, always around Mother's day. Since one lives in Cornwall and the other in Scotland it's OK to make them pretty much the same and having made one I decided I liked the look of it enough to do another. In fact, I have another two made up in two more colours.

The dies are from Spellbinders Lace Doily Motifs and Labels 22. The sentiment is from the Wishing on a Star CD by Katy Sue Designs.

For the bows, I coloured white seam binding to match. The background is stamped with Clarity Stamp Leafy Swirl. The blending is done using my trusty Inkylicious Duster Brushes.

Not having any baker's twine, I tried to make my own using a technique I found. The principal worked but the result was not brilliant as the only "string" I could find was very absorbent and the colour spread too much.
Make your own baker's twine.

Very Black

A card for someone who likes black!

I was trying a few new (to me) techniques here.

The three panels were created using a clear embossed letter-press technique with masks from That Special Touch.

I love this verse stamp from Inkylicious. I cut it with a Spellbinder die and used an Inkylicious ink duster to shade it. I struggle with the cut n' dry foam and really like these brushes for control. The butterfly tag was deep embossed with a stamp.

Busy January

I've had to make quite a few birthday cards for this month.


Quite busy this one, experimenting with some new punches. An easel card primarily using Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page and then Spellbinder flowers.

A simple patchwork of paper squares.

This one is using Spellbinders after a sample done by Sue from PartiCraft. At 8 inches it's quite substantial but perhaps a bit over the top.

A very simple card using a Heartfelt Creations lace die threaded with ribbon. 

 

An embossed card background (not very clear in this photo), with a punched centre panel topped with fabric rose ribbon.

50 Golden Years

Here's a triple easel card I created last year for my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary along with a matching box. Took a while to work out the sizing to make the max use of A4 but not too complicated after that. The fancy border is a Martha Stewart punch, I cut the 50 on an Ecraft and also used Spellbinders after printing the photos onto card. The flowers were from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Lovely Lady

Here's another card along similar lines to one I've posted before (Die Cut Magic) but with a much more dramatic look.
The lady is a Marianne Design Creatable Charleston Lady LR0140 die and the small motifs are from Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts. I find a 6" square card format is great for this look.

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.

Die Cut Magic

Thanks go to Eileen and her blog for this idea using Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendants. I shaded the backgrounds using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Milled Lavender and the grasses were also stamped onto Spellbinders Diamond Nestabilities with Marvy Heritage ink in Lavender Fields. The lavender pearls and ribbons from my stash.
I ended up with the muscles of a lumberjack after cutting the many shapes through my old Wizard but it's still quite an easy card to do. Thanks, Eileen.