On Your Anniverary

Good morning all.  Hope you had a good weekend?

We start a new challenge over at Crafting from the Heart today.

Our theme is the usual

always anything goes

I started by stamping out my sentiment onto white card using a black versafine ink pad and then clear embossed it.  I then die cut it out.

I then die cut the heart out using peach card and backed it onto white card.  I die cut a heart shape into a piece of white card 8" x 7" and embossed it using the interlocking circles embossing folder.

I cut a piece of peach card 8.25"x 7.25".  To this I fixed my white embossed card using some foam pads.  I then inserted my sentiment heart followed by the peach heart.  This was also fixed using foam pads to give it further depth.

Using some vellum I stamped my flowers using perfect medium and embossed them with Graceful Peach Lustre embossing powder and cut them out.  I cut out 6 large and 6 medium, pinching them at the ends and then assembling them.  Finishing off with a peach pearl in the centre.

Once my card was fully assembled I finished off by putting some pearl nuvo drops into the centre of the interlocking circles on the embossing.

I finished off by stamping the anniversary sentiment using a stamp from Dimensions onto white card and die cut it using flag die from Sue Wilson again in black versafine ink and clear embossing powder.

Products used

white and peach card

Tonic layering hearts

Sue Wilson interlocking circles A4 embossing folder

Sentiment stamps from Phill Martin - Chalkboard Set

Embossing powder - Graceful Peach Lustre from Phill Martin

Flower stamps from Chloe's Creative Cards

Ivory seashell pearl drops - Tonic Nuvo

Peach pearls

Versafine ink pad and clear embossing powder

Sentiment from stash

Sue Wilson flag dies.

To see further designs from the rest of our design team follow the link HERE to the challenge where you can also enter your own project.

Don't forget our facebook page too.

Thank you for visiting today.  See you soon.

Bev's Birthday

Good morning all. Hope you are all enjoying the bank holiday.

Today I would like to wish my sister-in-law Bev a lovely birthday and hope she has a special day planned to celebrate.

Her birthday card was made  using the following: -

Pixie Powders for background - I used acetate, covered in dries clear glue which I misted and then added my pixie powders, misted again and then placed some tissue paper onto it, pressed that down so it was fixed (press don't rub) then leave to dry.  This was a technique I learnt from Julia Watts so she may have a tutorial on her blog.

Tangy Tangerine ink mists & embossing powder from Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer range to stamp and emboss the flowers which are Layered blooms stamps from Honey Doo Crafts.  I also ink misted a piece of card for matting and layering.

Cosmic Shimmer ancient copper detail embossing powder to stamp the sentiments using Chalkboard Relatives & Lavish Leaves Corner stamps from Phill Martin.

The background die and leaves are from Sue Wilson.

Hope you like your card Bev.

Thank you all for visiting today.  Take care.

Challenges entered

Artistic Inspirations - Challenge 199

613 Avenue Create-Challenge 209

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends-Challenge 81

The Corrosive Challenge 5

Love to Create - Challenge 8

Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge 351

Roses in Milk Bottle

Good morning folks.  Hope you are enjoying this bank holiday? Aren't we having lovely weather, given this is Britain we probably need to make the most of it while we have it - LOL.

Well today we start a lovely new challenge at Crafting from the Heart.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Patties Creations

The digital stamp I chose to use from our sponsor is called 'Roses in Milk Bottle'.

After printing our my image I coloured it using my distress ink marker pens.

The frame I have used a stencil and Colour Cloud Tangy Tangerine from Phill Martin's range.  To die cut the frame I used dies from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions - double pierced rectangles sets A & B.

I have only used white card on this project so for the blue mat I inked around the edges with Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon.

The sentiment was a stamp from my stamping stash and versafine ink.

Why not visit our challenge blog by following the link HERE to see more ideas from our design team and also to enter your own project into the challenge.

Thank you for visiting today.  Thank you also for any comments you choose to leave, I do love reading them.  Take care.

Cowboy Cactus Planter

Good morning all.  We start a new challenge at Crafty Girls Creations this morning.

Our sponsor is

Imagine That Digi Stamp

The digi collection I have used is called 'Cowboy Cactus Planter' This is a super collection that comes with coloured and uncoloured images plus lots of sentiments.

On this card I have used all white card.

I coloured my digi image using copic sketch markers and then fussy cut it with my BSC.

My background is made using a 7x7 mask from clarity and Frosted Mink Crackle Paste which is new from Cosmic Shimmer and Phill Martin.  It is THE most easiest crackle paste to use, you just spread it and leave it to dry.  

Whilst that was drying I inked around the edges of a piece of white card with Decadent Oak Colour Cloud, again from Phill Martin's range.

I also printed out my sentiment and die cut it using tags from Sue Wilson.

Below is a page from the insert I placed inside the card.  This was produced in Serif Craft Artist, the image is one of the coloured ones and a PNG which was great for this.

The link to the challenge blog is HERE.  You will be able to see other projects from our design team and also enter your own project too.

Thank you for visiting today.

Take care.

It's Party Time

Good morning folks.  Hope you all had a good weekend and enjoyed the lovely weather.

We start a new challenge at Crafting from the Heart today.

We have our usual theme of 'Always Anything Goes'

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Crafty Sentiments Designs

I have used a digi stamp called 'It's Party Time' from our sponsor which I have coloured in using my copics and graphmaster alcohol pens.

The other products I have used are as follows: -

white card

colour cloud - crimson kiss & basil leaf

embossing folder - row of bows from Creative Expressions

double pierced oval dies from Creative Expressions

leaf dies also from Creative Expressions

spring flower stamps from Honeydoo Crafts

There is no coloured card in this design I have used all white card and coloured it with the colour cloud.

If you visit our challenge blog HERE you can enter your own project into the challenge and also see other designs from our design team.

Thanks for visiting today and do take care.

Martini Cocktail

Good morning.  Well have I had a brilliant weekend at Ally Pally again with my crafting chum Wendy.  Spent loads, got loads and I am one very happy crafter.

We have a lovely new challenge beginning at Crafting from the Heart.

Challenge 201 is our usual Anything Goes.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Digistamps4joy.

I have used a lovely digi stamp from our sponsor called 'Martini Cocktail'

After printing out my image I coloured her in using a mixture of Graphmaster and Copics.

The products I have used are as follows: -

teal and white card

fine finials A4 embossing folder from Creative Expressions

hexagon dies from Creative Expressions

DL traveller stamp from Phill Martin

decadent teal lustre embossing powder from Phill Martin

flowers from the heart stamps from Honey Doo

mermaid lagoon distress ink

sentiment from Tonic

Please follow the link HERE to our blog where you can see more designs from our design team and also enter your own project into the challenge.  Also don't forget our facebook page too.

Thank you for visiting today

Challenges entered

A bit more time to craft-ch65 ATG

A perfect time to craft - ch04 Always ATG

Always Happy Birthday - April Challenge

Card Mania Challenge

Classic design team open challenge - April

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge

Creatalicious Challenge - ATG +Optional friends/friendship

Create and Inspire - ATG/All about mums

Creative Craft Cottage - ch106 ATG

Die Cut Divas - ATG April

DL Art - Always ATG

Take care.

Black Lace

Good morning.  Isn't Friday wonderful?  The weekend has begun and I will be on my way down to London with my crafty chum Wendy for 2 wonderful days of crafting therapy at Ally Pally.

We have started a new challenge at Simply Create Too

Challenge 137 has a theme of

Must Use Die Cuts

You can enter any project just so long as you use die cuts.

My card was based, loosely, on a card I saw the lovely Phill Martin make on his last visit to Hochanda with his lovely new stamps.  I loved the layout but hadn't got the stamps so I found a background stamp in my stamp stash and went from there.

I stamped my background onto the black card and embossed it with cosmic shimmer detail black embossing powder.

I have also used another background stamp and embossed the edges again with black embossing powder.

My flower is a die from spellbinders and the flourishes are from creative expressions.

Once I put the flower together I did ink the edges with black colour cloud.  I then finished it off using some black tonic nuvo drops in the flourish and in the centre of the flower.

Pop along to the blog challenge by following the link above or HERE to enter your own project or to see what the rest of our design team have been crafting.

Thanks for visiting today.  You take care.