Inkadinkado Bird Feeder Card

Hello everyone, hope this post finds you all well. Popping in with something a little different, suitable for lots of occasions and for lots of ages, masculine or feminine.

I bought this stamp in an EK success web sale last Christmas and only got to use it now. when I tried to add a link I got a lot of conflicting information on google searches, so if you want to source the stamp, its either of these numbers... I think!  Stamp #860491 or #60-00499... you will recognise it when you see it and it is available on eBay. I will make a spring like bright and summery card with it next year too, I am sure, maybe using Grey Flannel memento ink instead of the Espresso truffle I used here.

So that embossing folder is one of the first cuttlebug folders I ever bought, along with my cuttlebug machine (my first ever die cutting and embossing machine!) and had used the folder seldom, but it was perfect for this project. the blue strip has an old cuttlebug folder as well.

The tag die was from Go Kreate and is just so like a parcel tag shape, I love the inked stenciled effect on this one. Hope you liked this card, and will be back soon. I have developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome so my crafting is a little limited at the moment, but I will pop in now and again :) New wrist splints ordered to help things a little.

Civil Partnership and Doily Dresses!

Hi everyone from a much brighter day today - the rain is holding off for a bit so the sunshine is out here for a little while :)  I love this time of year and the colours of the leaves, but the light makes for a hard time taking photos of my crafty makes, even during the daytime. 

I grabbed a bit of sunshine when I took photos for this card so the texture of the card came out well!

this is the first Civil Partnership card I had to make and I saw the idea for the doily dresses ages ago, had never tried them and decided I just HAD to make them!  I used an XCut doily die, parchment paper and used the tutorial found HERE 

Some more photos showing the bunting - the bakers twine was threaded through each little 'flag'

To make the top bodice part of the dress, I used two spellbinders oval dies side by side and cut through a layer of white card and parchment (the parchment had already been put through the doily die) and then a spellbinders heart shaped die to cut the top neckline shape.

Ribbon and pearls to finish the dresses...

Love the light feel of the parchment paper.

Thanks for stopping by, hope this card inspires you to tackle a more challenging marriage card yourself!

Masculine card for a change - Harley Davidson themed

Hi everyone, sorry it's been a while since I popped in but busy as usual LOL. I took some time out today though and had a fabulous day with two crafty friends, just experimenting with a new technique, having lunch, some yummy homemade cake and a longggg natter - just what I needed and thank you to my crafty friends - you know who you are and I appreciate you popping in to say hello!!

On to today's card share then, which i meant to post AGES ago - a digital image of a motorcycle printed onto hessian embossed card and layered with embossed card.

The embossing folder is from Darice and its fabulous for men's motoring themed cards.

the inside of the card using word art for the circular text and quickutz number dies for the 50th in numerical shapes

card stands as an 'easel' shape

That's all for today, will pop back soon with some more, when I get time to get photos together.

Peppa Pig is making an appearance today!

A really cheery card to share with everyone today, for a little girl's birthday!

This is my first Peppa Pig card and I had loads of fun creating this little scene.. when something 'works' you just cant put it together quick enough LOL

Lots of photos so you can see the dimension / depth and shapes..

Used an image I got from google for Peppa and this card was just so perfect for me to use the Martha Stewart punch around the page farmyard set

One of my new dies - stitched hills / slopes from Simon says Stamp die range

Summery Wedding card

Another wedding card to share, this time in fresh bright colours, using that same scroll punch again which everyone seems to like! The fresh colours were very suited to the occasion as it was a wedding away somewhere sunny.

I used a Sugar Nellie stamped image and some sea green card, inked the handmade flowers to match and used lots of die cut leaves and heart shaped fronds.

I am sure this is a crafters companion embossing folder.. maybe someone can help me with that one, as I lost the packaging.

Some close up photos..

So now I definitely need to try that new shade of Tim Holtz Distress ink, cracked Pistaschio - I think that new shade would have been fab - for this card I had to ink using sky blue and evergreen bough and it took a few attempts!

That's all for today, but I will be back as have a few more to share but for now I need to create a couple of more bits on order :)

MR Designs In The Garden Papers for a feminine horse racing card

Hi everyone, am back with a very different card - a tall order but I think I cracked it!?

A 'feminine' feel horse racing card is really hard to achieve, so when I came across Michelle's In the Garden papers, they were the perfect solution! Green, rural with the tiniest hint of a delicate white flower, and they were the answer to my needs - you can purchase the papers HERE if you fancy them.

I don't have any horseshoe dies :( so had to improvise with some spellbinders nested ovals, a brocade embossing folder and some distress ink to ''age'' the horseshoe.

Finished off with some flourishes and a post card which I designed in some graphics software (very basic skills used but I managed to use overlays in the form of a postcard wording in french and some stamps bought from an Etsy digi shop and added these to a vintage racing image to make the post card). The design of the postcard took a while, and happy with it so I might make some more

Inside view of the card and a close up photo so you can see the detail in the papers.

This card was heavily distressed and inked, using Peeled paint and vintage photo inks which accentuate the green shades of the digi papers.

Navy and Ivory Floral Wedding

As promised, here are photos of the navy and ivory wedding card

The navy card was dark, so hard to photograph, and you will see more detail in close up photos.

I used Spellbinders / Heartfelt Creations Posy patch dies which I crumpled and distressed / shaped and then added shabby frantage embossing powder to the edges.

Different brands of dies and punches used for the leaves and flourishes.

The flourish is and EK success scroll pattern punch, which I doubled up to decorate the box and card with - really like this punch, and it's my first time using it, so no doubt it will become a favourite.

Girly pink with glitter!

Back with another make, this time it's one from a few weeks ago, which I forgot to blog. Lots of pink and white glittery stuff for a special Girly Birthday!

So was time to use the toe tapper template which hasn't been out for a while and make a shoe / slipper card!

White glitter card from Craft Creations which is available in A4 or A5 sheets does a fantastic job and doesn't shred any glittery bits when cut!

Some more photos - the leaves are a magnolia die cut with pistachio green textured card from PDA

OK I wouldn't normally mix pearls and gems, and usually use one or the other, but using both worked well in this case LOL

LOTV Man's Best Friend

Time for a general greeting card for a guy in this post, using a Lili of the Valley stamp which I had neglected to use until late last year. New years resolution is to use the perfectly fantastic stuff in my stash which has been neglected!!

                             For those of you who like the stamp, you can purchase it HERE  

I added texture to the sign post (made with Sizziz sign dies) by using an old cuttlebug branch design embossing folder, making it look like wood and added my own 'sign post' by rounding the edge of a strip of brown card. The wording on the sign is computer generated.

...and the side on view to show a little layering

Flower Power 50th Birthday Celebration

LOVED making this card, because I know the recipient and because it was so fresh and funky and fun to make!

I used a Redonkadoodles digital image which was coloured with polychromos pencil crayons and some digi papers from Etsy again (yep Etsy has some fab stuff... too much maybe!)

I wanted the tag and ribbon on the card to be unusual to my normal style so I made a 'buckle slider' with the sentiment tag.

Those funky flowers are a cuttlebug die.

Close-up of the coloured image. - I spent ages colouring the flared trousers ;)

The inside of the card: