Jessica

Good morning everyone. I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine yesterday and the weatherman says it's going to last - yipee!

Here's today's card -

This lovely image is Jessica from the Angelica and friends collection from Crafter's companion again (yes I have a bit of a thing for their stamps). Once again it is coloured with Spectrum Noirs and a few Promarkers (the collection of SNs is growing month by month). I have cut out the image using a Spellbinders rectangles nestie and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I have then mounted the image onto the largest Spellbinders Fluer de lis rectangle.  The papers are from my stash - sorry I have filed all the packaging in that special place. I have embossed one of the layers with an Embossolicious embossing folder and added some Spellbinders bitty blossoms and a leaf from Spellbinders folliage set (another well loved set of dies). I have added a touch of sparkle to her wings and the toadstool with a little glitter. You just have to have glitter when fairies are involved - it's the law : )

A close up of the image.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

PS. Please feel free to leave a comment - I would love to read them.

Something a little different

Hello

Something a little different today. It's not a card but a

box! For Christmas last year my wonderful hubby bought me a Ultimate Pro from Crafter's companion and this was one of the first things I made. If you have not got an Ultimate I would highly recommend it. I now make a lot of my own card bases and envelopes and the envelobox is a wonderful invention. No more squashed cards and embellishments.

Well enough of the sales pitch. This is how I made it. 

The card base and top are made from Centura pearl white card with a touch of silver. I then embossed some pink Centura pearl using a Crafter's companion embossing folder. I cut the pieces to the correct size for the top and sides and matted the pieces onto silver Mirriboard. I then cut three flowers from pink felt using Spellbinders bitty blossoms and the leaves were cut in silver Mirriboard from the same set. I have a love/hate relationship with felt. Sometimes it cuts like a dream and looks beautiful when finished and then other times it won't come out of the die and you have to pass it through the Grand Calibur so many times that it ends up stuck in the cutting plate. This time however it worked really well. I stamped the greeting onto a tag from Spellbinders damask motifs and accents sets.

I hope you liked something a bit different today. Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

What no stamping!

Hello

Here's todays card -

This is a little different for me and doesn't involve any stamping at all. Sometimes I do like to let the dies do the talking.
The background is a piece of ivory Centura pearl which has been embossed using M-Bossibilities regal embossing folder. I have then cut one of the largest Spellbinders Floral burst tuck and fold dies from some double sided paper from my stash (think it might have been a freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine) and then mounted the smallest die in the centre and added a pearl. I then cut one of the middle dies and one of the smallest dies and arranged on the embossed background and added pearls to the centre of the die cuts. The leaves and swirls are from Spellbinders Floral flourishes. The whole thing was then matted onto an ivory Centura pearl card blank.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

Magnolia challenge

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Sorry for the late post - computer gremilms!

Over at The Ribbongirl they are having a Magnolia challenge. You must use either a Tilda stamp, Edwin stamp or a DooHickey die and two backing papers. You can see all the details at www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk.  Here is my card - 

The image is Summer flower Tilda and is coloured with my Spectrum Noirs. The colours used are - 

• skin - FS1, FS2, FS3 and PP2
• dress - TB1, TB2 and TB3
• shoes - TB2, TB3, TB4 and BGR3
• hair - GB4, GB5 and GB8
• wings - BT1 and BT2
• flower - LY1, LY2, LY3 and JG3
• shadow - BGR1
• around image - IB1

I cut the image out using Spellbinders Floral ovals and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I used two papers from Nitwits Petal fresh pad from Lili of the Valley and used an Xcut border punch along one edge of the blue paper. I matted both papers onto a card base made from Centura pearl and added a Memory Box Fairytale flower border cut from white Centura pearl. I then added my image using Pinflair for dimension. I added a Memory Box Precious stars die uit in the top left corner and added silver gems.

A close up of the image.

I would like to enter this card into www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - magnolia challenge.

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Lilliana

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Todays card uses a lovely stamp called Lilliana from Saturated Canary. Don't you just love those beautiful big eyes!

She is coloured once again with a mixture of Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs. I don't have a complete collection of Spectrum Noirs so I tend to mix them with Promarkers to give me an extended colour and shade range. I only bought a packet of browns to try and I really enjoyed using them and so my collection started to grow.

 I cut the image out using Spellbinders resplendent rectangles and inked it whilst still in the dye with tumbled glass distress ink. I used black soot distress ink along the bottom of the dye (but was a bit heavy handed so its a bit too dark hence the large flower stuck at the bottom). I then cut out the largest of the resplendent rectangles and matted the smaller one on. The papers are from First Edition Dreamcatcher paperpack.

The flower is cut from Spellbinders blossom 5 which I have cut into and shaped using a mat and a ball tool. I have added a dazzler and some stick pins to finish. the swirls are Spellbinders Die delights floral corner and some Marianne swirls.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

You and me babe

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Todays card is an old one I'm afraid. this was the card I sent to my husband for our wedding anniversary last year and it was his idea to pop it onto my blog. So here it is -

The image is a Strawberry kisses one called babe from Crafter's companion and is coloured with a mixture of Promarkers and Spectrum noirs. I cut the image out by hand and mounted it onto a Spellbinders heart circle cut in mirriboard. I used touch of silver white Centura pearl to make the card base and I also embossed a piece of the same card using Mbossibilities hearts embossing folder. I think Centura pearl always gives outstanding results when embossed. I then matted the embossed piece onto silver mirriboard and finished the card with silver heart gems.

A close up of the image.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

Toot, toot

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Todays card is another Lili of the valley image called 'Toot, toot' (ST421) and is coloured with a mixture of Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs. I have cut out the image using Spellbinders Nestabilities grand ovals and matted it onto the next size nestie using Kraftcard. The papers are from Papermania and so is the sentiment which I have stamped onto Kraftcard and cut out the banner shape by hand. A few black gems complete the card.

 

A close up of the image

Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley