Noel

Hello folks

Today's card is another Christmas card bring my total so far to 4. Not great I know but I have spent most of this week decorating but it is finished now so I should be able to do a little more crafting. I have a to do list which is growing instead of getting shorter. 

I began by covering a 6 inch card blank with a green striped paper from LOTV's Woodland wishes paper pad. I then cut along one edge of two other papers from the pad with Spellbinder's Classic petal edge dies. I gradually decreased the width of each piece of paper and layered them up as shown. I then attached a piece of cream lace (from the Ribbon Girl) to the centre of the card.

The image is Christmas Tilda from Magnolia which I coloured with the following Promarkers -

• hair - praline, caramel and saddle brown
• skin - satin, blush, dusky pink and coral
• clothes - wild cranberry, maroon, burgundy, ivory, pastel beige, holly and pine
• basket - burnt sienna and walnut
• flowers - wild cranberry, maroon, burgundy, pine and holly
• shadow - warm grey 1 and warm grey 3
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out with a Spellbinder's oval nestie, inked lightly whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and matted onto a Spellbinder's lacy oval cut from another of the papers from the paper pad. I attached the image to the card base with foam pads.

I then cut a Spellbinder's poinsettia (love this die) from scraps of the papers and attached to the card with a foam pad. 

The sentiment is from LOTV's handwritten Christmas phrases which I cut out with a Die'namics mini tabs quartet and attached as shown.

To finish I added some gold gems to the centre of the poinsettia and to the flowers in the image.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 241 - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Time for tea

Good morning everyone

This week's challenge at Allsorts is Time for tea and here is my card for the challenge - 

I began by embossing a piece of pink core'dinations with a floral embossing folder (sorry I have no more information than that. It was in the bottom of my embossing folder box and I couldn't find any name on it) and then sanding it back to reveal the core. I then matted it onto silver mirriboard and then attached some lace (from the Ribbon Girl) and a piece of pink heart ribbon (from my stash) to the centre. I attached the whole thing to a 5 x 7 card blank.

The image is Cutie from Crafter's Companion's Strawberry Kisses stamp range which I have coloured with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• cat - IG1 and IG3
• bow - PP1, PP2 and PP4
• tea cup - PP1, PP2, PP4, DR1, BP2 and GB3
• shadow - BGR1
• sky - IB1, TB1 and TB2

I cut the image out with Spellbinder's grand decorative ovals, inked whilst still in the die with spun sugar distress ink and then attached to the card base with Pinflair.

I cut several flowers using Spellbinder's Blooms 4 from scraps from my scrap box, layered them up and attached as shown. To finish I added some pearls to the centre of each flower.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 269 - Time for Tea

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Christmas on the move

Hello Folks

Today's blog is another Christmas post. The challenge at Winter Wonderland is "on the move". I decided to make a clean and simple card today and here it is - 

I began by stamping LOTV's sledging buddies stamp and colouring it with the following Promarkers - 

• polar bear - ice grey 1
• penguin - ice grey 5, black and gold
• penguin's hat - cloud blue, cadet blue and ice grey 1
• sledge - praline, caramel and saddle brown
• tree - holly and ice grey 1
• snow - icicle

I added lots of glitter to the snow, hat and the trees and then cut the image out using Tonic's layering squares. I inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then added a sentiment from LOTV's handwritten Christmas phrases. 

I then cut a silver mirriboard square and a square of paper from LOTV's Frosty Christmas paper pad using larger layering squares. and matted and layered the image onto them.

I took a 6 inch scalloped card blank and inked around the edge with tumbled glass distress ink then attached the layered image to the card blank.

I cut a Die'sire snowflake from white card, inked the edges with tumbled glass distress ink and added it to the top corner. To finish I added a blue gem courtesy of the Ribbon Girl.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

 http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk - on the move

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Tilda tag

Hello folks

How are we all ? - well I hope. Wasn't it a glorious weekend - I'm loving these hot sunny days but not the muggy nights! Been getting up even earlier to get jobs done before it gets too hot and then enjoying the sunshine in the garden. Unfortunately not a lot of crafting has been happening - the Christmas card count stands at 2 - not a very good start. But I am not complaining - so often during the school holidays the weather is dreadful. I just hope it lasts for our holiday in Suffolk. 

Right, back to crafting -

This weeks challenge at the Ribbon Girl is a Magnolia only one and Mary and Andrea would like to see a tag. Not something I usually spend time doing but I thought I'd give it a go and here is the result -

I began by making a tag using white centura pearl and a Go-Kreate tags#1 die. I then cut 2 more tags from LOTV's Up, up and away paper pad, scored one of the papers in quarters and created a checker board effect on the tag.

I added a piece of lace and pearl trim (from the Ribbon Girl) across the centre of the tag.

The image is Sweet Tilda with balloon which I coloured with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• hair - EB3, EB5 and EB8
• skin - FS1, TN1 and TN2
• clothes - BT3, BT4 and BT5
• balloon - BT1, BT2 and BT3
• sky - IB1

I cut the image out with scissors and attached it to the tags with Pinflair.

I coloured some roses and buds (from the Ribbon Girl) with BT2 and BT4 Spectrum Noirs and then attached them to the tag as shown. I then pushed a piece of turquoise herringbone ribbon (from the Ribbon Girl) through the hole in the tag.

I stamped 3 sentiments from LOTV's sentiment tags set, inked around the edge of them with BT1 Spectrum Noir pen, then cut them out with scissors and punched a small hole at the top. I put them onto a length of Bakers twine (from the Ribbon Girl) and push this through the hole at the top of the tag. I arranged them and then secured them with Pinflair.

I woud like to enter this tag into the following challenge -

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - July Magnolia only challenge - make a tag

Many thanks for stopping by to take a look at my blog. I do hope you enjoyed reading it.

Lesley

This boot is made for walking

Hello everyone and a very happy Saturday to you all

The challenge at I love Promarkers is monochrome and here is my fairly simpe card for the challenge -

I began by making a A5 card blank from black centura pearl and mu Ultimate Pro.

I stamped the image from House of Zandra and coloured it with the following Promarkers -

• boot - ice grey 1, ice grey 2, ice grey 3, ice grey 4, ice grey 5, 
• shadow - warm grey 1 
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's matting basics A and inked whilst still in the die with antique linen distress ink. I then matted and layered the image using my perfect layers tool, black card and a grey paper from my stash.

To finish I added some flowers and brads from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 229 - monochrome

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Golden Wedding Take 2

Hello

Today's card is a commission which I completed sometime ago -

I began by cutting a Die'sire create-a-card Decadence from ivory centura pearl. I then trimmed the die cut to create a square topper. I matted the topper onto a piece of gold centura pearl, trimmed using my perfect layers tools, then matted it onto a piece of ivory centura pearl, trimmed again with the perfect layers tool and then attached to a 8 inch card blank which I had covered with gold centura pearl.

I used the centre of the decadence die cut, turned it on its end and attached it to the centre of the card with Pinflair. I cut several Die-namics plentiful petals from gold cetura pearl and Die-namics flourishes from ivory centura pearl and attached them to the card as shown.

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment and cut it out using Spellbinder's Splendid circles. I inked whilst still in the die with old paper distress ink and attached it to the centre of the card with foam pads.

To finish I added some gold gems to the centre of the flowers.

Many thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

White Christmas

Hello everyone

This weeks challenge at Allsorts is white on white and as it is the summer break (ie. the great Christmas card craftathon) I decided to make a Christmas card.

I began by embossing a piece of white card with an Embossaicious snowflake embossing folder. I trimmed the embossed card to 7 and a half inches and matted it onto a piece of rainbow mirricard.

The stamp is by Chloe (a recent purchase at the Doncaster show) which I heat embossed with a WOW embossing powder (also from Chloe at the Doncaster show) called Frosty snowman.

I cut the image out with a Spellbinder's Grand decorative circles one and attached it to the card base with Pinflair.

I added a Tattered Lace bow cut from white centura pearl card and added a button (from the Ribbon Girl) to the centre of the bow.

I would like enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 268 - white on white

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley