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Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Purple Cambridge Carols
Monday, 27 November 2017
Sunday, 27 August 2017
Watering can and Robin.
I found this this watering can and robin stamp in farnborough and the Sue Wilson embossing folder in Lyndhurst.
I also found a lot more stuff in the Lyndhurst shop that I bought but haven't made much with... yet.
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Sharon and Terry's Wedding Card.
I used a lily of the valley stamp for the image on this card. I coloured the image with Copic markers and then die cut the image using oval dies.
The background was created by using two deep border die by Sue Wilson and running one down each side of a piece of white card stock.
The flowers were purchased from Hobbycraft and the horseshoe die used was from a wedding set of dies by First Edition.
I chose purple and white for this card as they are Sharon's wedding colours.
I did make and decorate a box to house this card, but forgot to take a photograph of it.
Sunday, 14 February 2016
Quick Valentines Card
I started with a blank red base card topped with a layer of black, then another layer of red glittery paper.
The topper was a layer of black 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and a white top layer, in which I punched out two hearts slightly overlapping. I used fast fuse adhesive to stick a layer of acetate over the back of the heart apertures.
Then I attached a strip of glittery paper to the underside of the acetate ( so that's six layers in total) and stamped the sentiment.
The last step was to stick the topper on to the card with foam pads.
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Blossoms Abound in pink
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Boxed Chocolate Bear
The inspiration for this box for the Lindt chocolate bear came from the very talented Linda Parker.
I am not entirely sure how Linda made her boxes but I think she has four acetate sides on her boxes and I think the lid and base on her boxes cap the acetate. I also think she has made a platform to raise the bear within the box. But I wouldn't swear to that. Sometimes it's hard to tell how something is made from a photo.
I decided to do my own version of this box.
I started by making the base and lid from two squares 3" x 3" of red card, I scored a line half an inch in, all the way round each piece of card and folded on each score line. Then snipped and glued each corner to form two shallow boxes. it is absolutely essential that both boxes finish up exactly the same size or your finished box will look warped and your acetate won't fit properly.
THE FINISHED BOXES SHOULD MEASURE 2"X 2"
Cut a piece of mirri board 2" x 3 1/2" .
At the top of the mirri board run a line of snail adhesive or double side tape close to the edge of the card (on the shiny side.)
Line up the edge of one of your shallow boxes with the edge of the mirri card and adhere (see photo)
Do the same at the bottom.
Using a glue dot adhere the bear to the centre of the base.
To make the hanger.
Cut a square slightly short of 2" x 2"
on the reverse find the centre and punch two small holes.
Thread a length of elastic through the hole and tie in a not on the underside, secure the ends of the elastic with a little snail adhesive.
Apply a stronger adhesive like fast fuse or red line double sided tape along two opposite edges and place inside the top of the lid.
Cut a strip of acetate 6 3/4" x 3 1/2"
Score at 1/4" and fold this edge over firmly.
Place acetate back on score board and score at
2 1/8" then at 4 1/8 then again at 6 2/8"
The final width of the side panels and flaps should measure...in order
First flap 1/4 "
First panel 2 1/8 "
The front panel should be 2" wide
The third panel should measure 2 1/8 "
Last flap 1/4"
Apply a strip of strong double sided tape down the inside edge of each 1/4" flap.
Wrap the flap around the back of the mirri card and press firmly to attach the the flap to the back of the mirri card.
repeat on the other side... you may need to insert something like an ultra thin steel rule or something similar to prevent the mirri card crushing when you apply pressure to the second flap.
I think I used a thin bamboo kebab stick.
I decorated the inside top of this box with some Christmas paper and a little sponging.
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Traveler Meets World Map 2
For the steam I used a white gel pen.
The stamp sets used were all from Stampin' up:
Traveler for the train,
World Map,
Age awareness, for the sentiments,
An unknown brand
Small foliage stamp to stamp trees.
Card stock:
Hello Honey,
whisper white,
Brocade blue
Ink,
Summer sun, But you could use Hello Honey or Crushed Curry
Bashful Blue,
Old Olive,
Additional Tools
Sponge daubers,
black embossing powder,
heat tool,
A selection of green and grey Copic Markers
and white gel pen for the train and grass.
A selection of beige and brown markers for gravel and track.
And here's a shot of the insert. again the sentiments are from the Age awareness stamp set.
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Work of Art
Inspired by a card I made similar to this a few years ago, but then I used the tiny ink spot pads to swipe the colour onto my card this new brushstroke stamp certainly made this easier and the ink has been more evenly distributed.
The new brushstroke stamp will be available to the general public next month when Stampin up launch the new 2014 -15 catalogue . It comes from a new set called Work of Art it contains 11 different stamps brushstrokes, a distressed looking heart, and a circle plus a few sentiments stamps.
I stamped the circle stamps and onto the envelope in the same colours as on this card to look like traffic lights.The motorcycle stamp has long since been retired but I couldn't resist using it as both my dad and my step father like motor bikes.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Wetlands Card.
Brenda has made a video on the making of this card and you can see it on You Tube.
I stamped a bit more greenery on mine to hide a couple of ink spots that were not meant to be there.
I must admit this took me about three attempts as I kept putting my inky fingers in just the wrong place or I smudged the greeting and I ruined the whole thing. But I persevered until I ended up with one that was acceptable.
If you have the Wetlands stamp set from Stampin' Up have a go at this one.
You need five ink pads: soft sky, old olive, pacific point, crumb cake and black Stazon.
Sponge or sponge daubers.
Whisper white, pacific point and crumb cake card stock.
Markers in crumb cake and soft suede to colour the birds.(Brenda used just the crumb cake marker but I added a few dots of soft suede in the darker areas.)
The wetland stamp set,
and some linen thread.
Post it notes for masking or a sheet of paper and the two way glue pen.
I used a white gel pen to add white under carriages and highlights on the birds.
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Sweet Cake
This is the Sweet Cake Stamp set from S.U
The first was created by stamping the image in Wisteria Wonder then stamping the image again using pretty in pink ink, cutting out the just the pink cake image.
Then colouring over the cherry and over the pink cake base using a chocolate chip marker pen.
I stamped the greeting in cherry cobbler ink using the stamp-a-ma jig to get the greeting in the right place.
I used a quickie glue pen over the white area s of the cake topping and applied Dazzling Diamond glitter.
When all this was done and dry I glued the cupcake onto of the Wisteria Wonder image I had stamped earlier.
Then added some layers of cherry cobbler, crushed concord card and Wisteria Wonder DSP for the background and mounted onto Whisper white card stock.
The chocolate & vanilla version was done in the same manner , but this time I stamped the the first image using Versamark ink pad and heat embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder onto Close to Cocoa card stock and cut out the embossed image.
I stamped the image again using a Chocolate Chip ink pad this time on to Vanilla card stock.
Added the greeting and stuck the second image on top of the first embossed one.
Then placed the image on top of a layer of Vanilla card stock which I had embossed.
Then mounted onto a layer of Close to Cocoa card stock Finally mounting all the layers onto an Early Espresso base card with a little Chocolate chip grosgrain tied in a knot.
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Mini Milk Cartons
At long last the school summer holidays have arrived.
I know I am ready for the break and my house is definitely in need of my time and way over due for a spring/summer clean & de-clutter. ( I can hear my hubby's voice in my head saying that'll be the day and laughing his head off )
If you remember last year one week into the summer holidays I fell down the stairs and injured my ankle ending up in plaster and out of action for the following six weeks.
The previous Easter I injured my shoulder and was out of action for that holiday.
So I am going to be more careful this year.
Being the first day of the holiday and sunny I thought I'd start with the washing. Three hours later the white washing was hanging on the line and drying really well in the glorious sunshine.
Half an hour later I had to bring it all in an wash it all over again.
The starling s picked today to attack the cherry tree. The result was my glowing white laundry was covered in cherry juice and bird poop. It's been a very frustrating day, a three steps forward and two steps back kind of day. Not my idea of the perfect way to start the holidays. I am hoping tomorrow will be a better more productive day.
I am banning myself from crafting until I have completed my housework.
Anyway my gift to my seventeen children this year were these mini milk cartons.
The girls had the pretty in pink cartons decorated with the stippled blossom stamp set on to a band of whisper white card and wrapped around the carton. I added a little tag bearing their name.
The inks used were; pretty in pink, regal rose, lucky limeade, and old olive .
The boys had the real red cartons decorated with 1 1/2" strip of SU Halloween DSP (discontinued). I really don't like spiders but I have to say I think this paper is really cool. I wish I had bought two packs of it now.
The boys loved them too, maybe because they knew they were full of sweets though. ha ha.
The Skull and cross bones tag is from one of last years Halloween stamp set call monster munchies ..... I think.
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Mini scrapbookpage
Monday, 2 January 2012
Serene Snowflakes card
I really don't think you need me to waffle on to explain how I made this one, but if you do email me and I will happily email you back the instructions.
Oh , I did add some small sparklies and a touch of dazzling diamonds to this card but they don't show up very well in this photo.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Creative Elements in Pumpkin pie
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Embossed frame card
The embossing was done with a new mini embossing folder from S.U. there are two different folders in the pack.
The finished card is only 3" X 3" I have made more of this style of card and i will be posting them a little later. I don't have the time right now, I am just about to go out to dinner. We haven't been out anywhere for so long I have forgotten how to walk in heels. So I am now off to practise walking in my heels before we go out.
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Nancy's Steam Punk Day.
Nancy (of Nancyz crafts) held a steam punk themed craft event yesterday in conjunction with the Bead Base.
I went along to have a go as I love the steam punk look.
Nancy demonstrated making the background paper using torn strips of paper taken from old books pasting them onto card and then painting over them with gesso.
Once the paint was dry we used sponge and ink to obtain the aged/distressed look.
I have only tried using gesso once and the result was a disaster. So it was great to try this and get a good result.
We then stamped over the paint and added some embellishments.
Nancy had pre cut some flower shapes from an old dictionary, our task was to add the colour and assemble the flowers. I think we all made at least four in different colours.
But having said that, it does come in the most beautiful rich colours that are irresistible, so sometimes it's worth the mess.
I also added a bit more bling and some gold embossing when I got home.
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Jelly Bean Cone
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Margi 's card
Margi 's card was an experiment with hot foiling on dark cardstock which was slightly textured.
This was the result. As anyone who follows the stars will know, I am a bit late posting this, as Leo birthdays are in the summer.
I found some wonderful Zodiac clip art on the internet and used the "Leo the lion" for Margi's card.
I hope she liked it .