The last wedding anniversary card

Hi folks

Yes as the title of this post says it is the last one for a while and it is very simple this time - 

I cut a piece of ivory centura pearl to the required size and cut an aperture using Spellbinder's die delights Vines of passion (love that name - real Mills and Boon don't you think?) in the centre. I stamped and heat embossed in gold embossing powder using a Papermania sentiment and I then matted it onto a piece of gold mirriboard. I made a card base from another piece of ivory mirriboard and embossed one side using Spellbinder's hearts embossing folder. And that was it - very simple but I rather like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

Punk birthday celebrations

Hello everyone.

Happy Saturday to you all. Today will be the usual round of children's sports watching but also a celebration of my friends 50th birthday and here is the card I made for him - 

He is a big fan of the punk band Stiff Little Fingers hence the image which I downloaded from the internet and cut out using a Spellbinder's circle nestie. I inked the image lightly with black soot distress ink whilst still in the die and then used the same ink to edge the circle once I had removed it from the die. The background paper is from Boofle Christmas paper pack and I scrunched it up and sanded over the creases to distress it, then I ran a pair of scissors around the edge to distress the edges and then inked the edges with black soot distress ink.I then matted this onto a piece of black card at an angle.

To create the 50 border I cut a strip of black card and stamped the number 50 randomly using a Clarity number stamp and versamark ink. I then heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I added this to the card base at a random angle. To make the ribbon border I pushed silver brads through a piece of black ribbon and then fixed it to the card diagonally. I added a length of silver chain across the lower part of the card and pushed a brad through the card at either end of the chain. 

Then I added two skull charms to the chain. I distressed a piece of union jack ribbon with scissors and black soot distress ink and added it to to the card base as shown.

I then fixed the topper onto the card base with foam pads. To finish I attached the base to an 8 by 8 inch card.

Tonight we are off to a punk themed party - one way to embarrass the kids!!

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Simply Christmas

Hello

Today I have decided to let the die do all the work (and I'm rather Christmas'd out) - 

The die in question is Spellbinder's 2012 Holiday tree and I have cut it from gold mirriboard. I matted onto a piece of ivory centura pearl and stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from LOTV handwritten Christmas sentiments.

I then matted it onto a piece of gold mirriboard. I made the card base from ivory centura pearl and embossed it using a Crafter's Companion snowflake embossalicious embossing folder.

 
I then added the topper and some gold gems to finish.

 

Thanks for stopping by.


Lesley

Time to have fun

Hello everyone

Here is today's card -

The image is from Lili of the Valley and is called Toot, toot (ST421 ). It has been coloured with the following Spectrum Noirs -

• car - DR3, DR6, TN9, GB1, GB4, GB6, GB9 and GB10
• skin - FS1, FS3 and FS5
• hat and gloves - GB8 and GB11
• hair - TN9
• sleeve - TN7 and TN8
• scarf and smoke - EB1
• ground - EB1
• sky - IB1

I have cut the image out using a rectangle nestie, inked whilst still in the die with Antique linen distress ink and added faux stitching. I have then matted the image onto a piece of paper from the Country gent paper pad from Lili of the Valley. The other papers used are from the same pad. I have made the border using an EK success punch and have added a LaLa Land flag banner to the top corner. The sentiment is from Mixed circular sentiments (set 9) from Lili of the Valley which I have cut out and layer onto a circle nestie. To finished I have added faux stitching to the sentiment although you can't actually see it very well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

Ribbon Girl giveaway

Hello everyone

There is a fab giveaway over at the Ribbon Girl blog. You can find the blog here. All you have to do is tell Mary and Andrea what you would make with them. To me they shout anything wedding. What do you think? Leave a comment on their blog and you could be a winner.

See you all tomorrow

Lesley

Christmas is coming

Good morning

Yes I know it's a long way off yet but it doesn't hurt to be prepared and the big day will be here before you know it.

The image is a Lili of the Valley (LOTV) called A star on top and has been coloured using the following Promarkers - 

• polar bear - ice grey1 and blossom
• penguin - ice grey 1, ice grey 4, ice grey 5, black, gold and berry red
• tree - pear green, marsh green, pine, henna, umber, berry red and gold

I added some glitter to the snow, tree and star. I cut the image out using Spellbinder's fleur de lis rectangle and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. When I released the image from the die I then inked around the outer edge with peeled paint distress ink. I matted and layered the card base with papers from the Docraft's Boofle Christmas paper pad and some gold mirriboard. Then made a border using a piece of the paper and an EKsuccess punch and a piece of Christmas ribbon from the Ribbon Girl.

 I then cut 4 Memory box snowflake corners from gold mirriboard and arrange in each of the corners.

 I attached the image to the card using foam pads and stamped a sentiment from LOTV's Handwritten Christmas phrases which I matted onto a piece of gold mirriboard.

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

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Winter cheer

Good morning everyone

Today's card uses one of my older stamps. It is from Crafters Companion's SWALK winter cheer range and is called Warm heart -

I have coloured the image using the following Spectrum Noirs -

• hair - TN5, TN7 and TN8
• skin - FS2, FS4 and FS6
• hat and coat - BT3, BT4 and BT5
• boots and gloves - GB8 and GB9
• penguins - GG1, GG3, GG4, GG5 and CT4
• shadow - GG1
• sky - IB1

To create the background I embossed a piece of core'dinations whitewash card with a music Embossalicious embossing folder and then sanded it back to reveal the blue core. I cut a Spellbinder's Lacey oval using the reverse of the core'dinations and then embossed it with an Embossalicious snowflake embossing folder. Then I matted the image, which I had cut out with scissors, onto it.

I then cut 3 snowflakes from white glitter card using a snowflake Die'sire die. I attached one to the card base and then I attached the image to the card base using foam pads for dimension. I layered the remaining 2 snowflakes on top of each other and then attached them to the card as shown using a foam pad. To finish I added some silver gems.

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

www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/2013/09/01/september-challenge-and-be-our-guest/

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Wishing you luck

Hello and a happy Saturday to you all.

Today is a big day for my friend and her daughter - she (her daughter) is off to university. This is the card I made to wish her good luck - 

The image I have used is from Crafter's Companion Bamboo range and has been coloured with the following Promarkers -

• Bamboo - cool grey 1, cool grey 4, cool grey 5, black and pale pink
• flower - pink carnation, fuchsia pink, lush green, pine, duck egg, turquoise and marine
• butterfly - duck egg, turquoise and fuchsia pink
• shadow - ice grey 1
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's Grand decorative circles one and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. The papers I used are from First Edition's  New bloom paper pad. I matted and layered the papers as shown but used my Xcut border punch to punch the corners. I made a border from the papers and my Xcut border punch. I think it is called Daisy but I'm not sure. Then I added some ribbon to the centre and attached it to the card. I attached the image to the base using foam pads.

I fussy cut some flowers using Spellbinder's jewel flowers and anemone flower topper dies and added then to the card. The sentiment is from LOTV grungy everyday sentiments.

To finish I added some butterflies from Spellbinder's jewel flowers and flourishes and some pearls.

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Just Peachy

Good morning folks

This week at The ribbon girl blog the colour challenge is orange and peach and this is the inspiration picture they gave - 

  

This is my card for the challenge - 

The papers are from Boho Chic paper pad from First Edition and the image is Poppy Tilda which has been coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• skin - almond, putty, dusky pink and pastel pink
• hair - chestnut, burnt sienna and henna
• dress and shoes - soft peach, peach, mango and bright orange
• flower - soft peach, peach, bright orange, pear green and marsh green
• sky - pastel blue
• shadow - ice grey 1

The image has been cut out with an oval nestie, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted onto a larger oval cut from a piece of paper from the paper pad. Lace from the Ribbon Girl was then pleated onto the back of the oval. The papers were cut and arranged on the card base as shown, a piece of peach ribbon added and then the image was added using foam pads for dimension.

Then flowers were arranged in the corners of the card.

To finished I added some peach gems. The flowers, gems, lace and ribbon were all from The Ribbon Girl.

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

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/september-colour-challenge.html

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Girly Christmas

Good Morning folks

Here is today's card and it uses once again my Snowy Tilda stamp. This is fast becoming my favourite Christmas stamp - 

Once again I have made an easel card by folding one half of a 6 inch square card blank in half. I have coloured the image using the following Promarkers - 

• coat, hats and boots - antique pink and carmine pink
• hair - sandstone, cinnamon and caramel
• snowman - ice grey 1, sunflower, gold, blossom and pink carnation
• trousers - ice grey 2 and ice grey 3
• skin - almond, putty, dusky pink and pastel pink
• broom - caramel, cinnamon, pastel yellow and mustard
• snow - ice grey 1
• sky - pastel blue

I also added some glitter to the snow and the hats. I cut the image out using Spellbinder's Grand decorative circles 1 and inked whilst still in the die with spun sugar distress ink. Using papers from a Docraft's Winter wonderland paper pad I covered the card base and the easel and cut 4 Memory Box snowflake corners which I then added to the card as shown. I then added the image using foam pads.

I stamped a sentiment from Lili of the Valley's Christmas handwritten phrases onto white centura pearl and cut out using the smallest die from Spellbinder's Stately circles. I inked through the die with spun sugar distress ink and added it to the card base with foam pads to act as a stopper.

I then cut a set of Memory Box precious snowflakes from a piece of the Winter wonderland paper but cut off the bow ties. I layered the 2 together and added them to the corner of the image. to finish I added some Papermania pink sparkly dome stickers to the snowflake and the corners.

Thank you stopping by.

Lesley

Shall we dance

Good morning

Today is my other sister-in-laws wedding anniversary and here is the card I made for her and her husband - 

As you can see it's an easel card. I started with a piece of A4 white centura pearl which I scored and folded in half. I then cut a grand oval but left part of the die overhanging the card to create a spine. It takes several runs through the Grand Calibur but it does eventually cut through all the layers of card. I then folded the top part of the card in half to create the easel part of the card. I then cut another grand oval the same size, embossed with Spellbinder's hearts embossing folder and added it to the folded part of the card. The papers I have used are from First Edition's Dreamcatcher paper pad. I cut two Spellbinder's floral ovals and added one to the base and one to the easel. Then I cut two smaller ovals and added them to the card. The image I have used is a Lili of the Valley stamp called Shall we dance (ST304) and has been coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• Mr Bear - cinnamon, caramel, pastel pink, ice grey 1, ice grey 5, amethyst and purple
• Mrs Bear - sandstone, tan, pastel pink, amethyst, purple, orchid and lavender
• shadows - ice grey 1
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out and matted onto the easel part of the card with foam pads. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley's Everyday grungy messages which I have cut out and inked with milled lavender distress ink. I matted it onto a Spellbinder's floral oval and added it to the card base using foam pads to create the stopper. I fussy cut three flowers using Spellbinder's Jewel flowers and flourishes and anemone flower topper and added them to the easel. To finish I added silver gems to the centre of the flowers.

Only one more anniversary to go!!

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Snowman and Snow dog

Hi everyone

Crafter's Companion are launching a die for the Snowman and Snow dog -

If you pop over to Leann Chiver's blog you can see how the very talented lady has used them and also be in with a chance of winning them.

Good luck

Lesley

Deck the halls

Hello everyone

Here is today's card -

The image I have used is from Crafter's Companion's Barkley collection and is called Home for Christmas. I have coloured the image using the following Spectrum Noirs -

• door - IB1, IB2, IB3, IG3 and IG5
• wreath - DG3, CG3 and DR4
• Purrdy - EB1 and PP4
• Barkley - BGR1, BGR2, BGR3, BGR4 and BGR5
• hat - TB5, TB6, TB9, GG2 and GG3
• bricks - EB1, EB2 and EB3
• snow - GG1

I also added some glitter to the snowflakes, snow and Barkley's hat. I cut the image out using Spellbinder's floral ovals and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I then made a twisted easel card using a 6 inch square card blank. I scored and folded one side of the blank in half diagonally to create the easel. Using sliver mirriboard, white centura pearl which I embossed with a snowflake Embossalicious embossing folder and a paper printed off a Mulberry Wood Christmas CD. I then matted and layered the papers onto the card blank making sure not to stick the whole of the easel to the card! - what's that old saying - learning from your mistakes! I added the image to the easel with foam pads for dimension.

To make the stopper I cut the 2 smallest dies from the floral ovals die set and inked them whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set diagonally in the corner of the base and then added the stopper with foam pads.

I then cut some holly using white centura pearl and a Die'sire die and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink which I then added to the card as shown. To finish I added some blue gems form the Ribbon Girl.

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

www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog  - be a guest designer

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Wishing on a star

Good morning 

How are you all this Monday morning? Well I hope. 

The challenge this month at Crafter's Companion is embossing and this is my card for the challenge - 

  The image is from the Mulberry Wood range and is called Wish upon a star. I have decided to go with a monotone colour scheme so I coloured the image with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• owls, stars and leaves - GG1, GG2, GG3, GG4 and GG5
• tree - BGR1, BGR2, BGR3, BGR4 and BGR5
• hat and stockings - DR2, DR4 and DR6

Then I added some glitter to the snow, snowflakes, the stockings and the hat. I matted the image onto a piece of silver mirriboard. I then embossed a piece of black magic centura pearl with a snowflake Embossalicious embossing folder and sanded it back to reveal the white core. I then took a piece of white centura pearl and embossed it with the snowflake embossing folder and matted it onto a piece of silver mirriboard. I added this to the centre of the card. I then cut some snowflakes from white centura pearl using a Die'sire snowflake die. I added one to the top corner of the card and then put the image in the centre of the card using foam pads for dimension. I layered two snowflakes on top of each other and added them to the card using a foam pad. To finish I added some silver gems to the snowflakes.

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

 http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley