18th Birthday celebrations for twins Lili of the Valley stamp

I loved making this card, and it would never have occurred to me to use this image for a birthday card either but it WORKS - my customer saw another anniversary card with the image and chose it straight away - well you can't help but like all of the Lili of the Valley images!

So the occasion was an 18th Birthday for twins and the stamp I used for this card is Lili of the Valley's Together Forever which you can find HERE.

I used some digi papers from Bearly Mine Designs with a patchwork theme (sadly due to digi retail and tax implications Donna no longer sells her papers online:( )

Side view of the card - used alphabet dies and some greyboard + glitter board to make the 18 numbers

Inside the card - papers faded out in the centre for the placement of the sentiment - yes it took me ages to come up with the wording!!

A closeup view of the colouring and inking - I used Tim Holtz Weathered Wood shade of distress ink.

Mam to be using Just Inklined Digi stamps

Popping in to say hello and blog a card I forgot to post - came across the photos when having a sort out :). its for a Mum to Be and using all digi products, papers and image.

The digi stamp is from Just Inklined available here, and the papers from Bearly Mine designs called Patchwork Party - a very versatile set which I have used a few times now!

Inside of the card also decorated with patchwork papers..

and a closeup o the partially punched border and colouring / inking.

Workshop Cards

Hi everyone, from a very wet Country Wexford - today sure was one of those days for crafting!

Thanks to everyone who came along for these projects to Caroline in Crafty Cove in Bonmahon last weekend and to Kilcannon in Ennscorthy today.

So full swing into Christmas then, and we made a gift box, pop up note card holder and three other cards, with a mixture of die cut decoupage, stamped images for coloring and printed images, with lots of glitter thrown in for good measure - think we all went home looking decidedly sparkly today he he......:)

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This first card is one of the new Craft Creations due Cut Decoupage designs I really love, called Christmas Birdhouse, with green and a splash of red mini dot satin ribbon

The Christmas Sentiment Stamp was from one of The Snowman set from Crafters Companion which i found in the Crafty Bride Wedding Studio and Craft Shop in Kilkenny - these are just beautiful for traditional Christmas cards!

This next card was by request. I made the original last year and had so  many comments about the cute donkey that I decided to make it this year. 

To make the white pearls blue, use a Royal blue pro marker or peel off pen.

and some partial embossing for the inside layers...

Onto the gable box - reminiscent of the Cupcake Gable box, this one was taller made with either 12x12 or A3 size card sheets, some die cut decoupage (I didn't use the layers though just the main image), a punched border and more dotty ribbon together with stamped and glittered snowflakes.

one of the sides...

and the back..

the next project was a pop up gift card holder, and inspiration came for this from a fab tutorial you can find here

the closure is made with a ribbon tied around the card, and this runs through a snowflake, which is part adhered on the back:

coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils..

Last, is a vintage Christmas card, made with a postcard found here.

finished with distressed, inked papers and soft, muted coloured pearls for an aged look..

if you like the Snowflake paper then you can find it at Bearly Mine Designs, Designer Extreme Volume 3 here.

Lili of the Valley Thistledown Fairy

Hello everyone on this fantabulous sunshiny day! The weather is just great here, blue skies and only a few clouds, great to lift everyone spirits so don't mind the nip in the air!

and this card has a bit of sunshine about it. Had to wait a while before I could post it, and the recipient received it - hope you liked the fairy Laura and had a great birthday with all your favourite stuff!

So I used the Lili of the Valley Thistledown Fairy image for this card which you can find here in rubber stamp form, and its another version of a similar card I made a while back, I just changed things a little. Added different leaves, lots of turquoise gems and coloured with pencils this time.

The papers are from Bearly Mine Designs and are called Floral Fantasy which you can find here.

The flower die shapes are from spellbinders and a good few which nest in the one set and the frilly lacy die is one of the first ones I bought in the My Favourite Things range.

Marianne D Dies - Lord and' Lady Cameo

Hi everyone, here is the lady cameo card using the other Marianne die from the Lord & Lady set:

I used another Marianne leafy die (link below) and spellbinders ovals with Pearls from Cottage Crafts.

The papers on the card are from Bearly Mine Designs's CD Rom Designer Volume II. 

The distress ink used on this card is the Vintage Photo shade. This is a quick post as have to head off and do a couple of other things before time runs away with me (again!!).. Will be back again tomorrow.

    

   

Sarah Kay Vintage Christmas

It's no secret that I like using blue and brown as a colour scheme, like pink and green I just love the way the colours work well and decided to use the cornflower blue and chocolate brown colour again, along with pencil colouring.

For this card, I used brown and blue pearls from Cottage Crafts Jean's range, which you can find here, and my new Spellbinders ironwork motif, along with papers from Bearly Mine designs digi pack, which is called Festive Fun.

This ironwork die looks great with lots of pearls!

Here is another version of the card which is slightly different, using different papers and with the paper edges stamped using Lili of the Valley's Grunge Corners polymer and Grunge Christmas Postmarks polymer stamps.

The paper is from Craft Creations, and you can find it here.

The inside of the card, to match the front, and below some images of the layering and texture.

I coloured this one with Twinkling H2O's, so a different feel again with the same image.

Hope this post got you feeling all Christmassy and festive!

Lenten Roses - Fred She Said & Bearly Mine Digi's

Sharing a card which is going a long way to someone special, my Gran. I hope it gives her pleasure, as she is a green fingered lady who loves gardening and lots and lots of flowers; am sure she lost count of the number of flower arrangements and flowers picked over the years!

  

I used Bearly Mine and Fred She said digital papers and images, the hellebores (roses) were layered and lend themselves to decoupage. 

You can purchase the papers from Bearly Mine and the Roses from Fred She Said, the roses available in pre coloured digi's or black and white should you wish to colour your own.

This is the inside of the card - the papers are pale enough that you can write inside, and below you can see the luxurious pearlescent card used in the layering and for the leaves, cut with a Cheery Lynn Mega Fanciful Flourish Die

Can't remember where I got the ribbon from, it's been in my stash for ages and is wired on each edge, the scallops go so well with the Spellbinder dies.

Meljen's Sketch Challenge

 Hi everyone and welcome to another Meljen's Challenge week. This week's challenge is a sketch and you can enter here.

For my card, I used Fancy Gift Box, which is one of the newer releases and you can find it here - a great digi for making lots of last minute Christmas cards!

I will be back with more photos as it seems to be dark when I am home these last few days!

Am entering my card into these challenges too:

Stamp with Fun - Winter (cool blues, white and silver - icy colours)

Bearly Mine - Blues and Silver

Crazy 4 Challenges - Put a Bow on it 

Allsorts - Bring on the Bling

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

the Bearly Mine papers I used you can find here, they are called Christmas Wishes