Sugar Nellie Funky Kits Wedding Card in Ivory and Burgundy

Hi everyone, hope this finds you well. Some terrible things happening in the world over the last few hours :(  All those people, relatives, loved ones, families - we are thinking about them and they are in our prayers.

Onto today's card share then, another wedding one (well you will be seeing a bit more Christmas but in the meantime I am getting up to date with some projects I meant to post)

Used the EK success flourish punch again on this one..

I had included more information about what was used in an earlier post where I shared this card in a different colour, but if you need any help with products etc just leave me a comment :)

I have been playing with new graphics software over the last few weeks, hence the scarce posts, and I will share what I have made soon, am sure you will like it - after a mixture of what were frustrating times and eureka / light bulb moments, I am now getting to grips with it and its LOADS of fun and great for anyone creative - more uses for all those digi papers and images !!

Coffee n Cream Coloured wedding with a hint of pink - Sugar Nellie revisited

Another card I have improved on since the first version - funny when you look back at old photos and think ewww I should have done this or that!! It's good if our own criticism has a good effect on future work, don't you think?!

Anyway this is the same layout as before, but used a different shade of distress ink for the edges plus I added a hint of pink. Sometimes it's easy to get carried away with the ''need'' for die cut shapes but for this card all I did was mat and layer and use ONE corner punch, the double rounder.

Embossing folder is my original oldest cuttlebug flourish one and the Sugar Nellie stamp can be found HERE.

Navy White and Silver Sugar Nallie themed Wedding card

Another Sugar Nellie card to share similar to a previous post, but this time in royal blue, white and a hint of silver

The daisies are made with EK success daisy punches - mental note: when these eventually wear out I need to find replacement dies the same shape!!

only a little colouring was required on this image and a close up of the embossing and layers shown below

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 :)

Sugar Nellie Funky Kits Wedding card

Just popping in for a quick hello and posting some cards as catching up with the blog now my Christmas projects are underway!

The image used for this card was from sugar Nellie / Funky Kits which you can find here, stamped on cream card and coloured with twinkling H2O's. the embossing is from a cuttlebug folder and the ink is antique linen TH distress ink. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The leaf die cuts are from a Magnolia Doo Hickey Die and the box was made for the card with the same cardstock used for the card blank.

will pop back later with some more

tis the season for love n hugs..

hi everyone and sorry this is so late, am trying to move photos off external hard drives etc and get the posting up to date here on the blog. not as many closeup photos as I would like, but hopefully have things back to normal in next 1 - 2 weeks, how I miss my pc!

Its the season of love, so for those who attended a recent workshop, here is a taste of what we made (tried to use different stamps and as much as I could, and as much embossing as possible this time LOL!!)

PS I will be adding links to products I think people want to source themselves, on my new page from now on, so the posts on the main page can be kept as relevant and full of photos as possible! please be patient as this takes ages to find sometimes when products are in demand..

The first card is using two Penny black hedgie stamps, the blowing bubbles one is from 2002 and the car one from 2012 - imagine that, 10 years between them and they go SO well together.

this is a twisted easel card...

and some close up photos below:

The next card is the second I have made with Di's Digi downloads Tending Snowdrops digi - use the Di's Digi download label to search for more cards and the other card made with this same digi image. 

This one is decorated with a Marianne D die for the green foliage and an EK success daisy punch to make the white flowers, and is coloured with twinkling H2O's.

An easel card again..

The next one is using a Penny Johnson Stampavie Stamp called Blossom Birds - this stamp is ideal for any love theme but also for feminine birthdays and lots of other

occasions. 

 

and here are is a close up of this one too..

... and for a change from stamping a wedding or anniversary image (versatile for both) from Craft Creations - when I can get the camera sorted and able to download, will add some more photos.. check back soon.. oh and the sentiment is a just rite stamp..

on this card the sentiment tag in the pink is made from combining two fleur de lys spellbinder dies.

So the next card has one of my favourite colour combinations for weddings - white and silver, and the stamp is from Sugar Nellie called Happily ever after - shock horror when I found it with no sign of ink and tucked in a box from last year which had half finished cards in it - what a crime, which was soon remedied!!

this card has partial cuttlebug embossing and lots of layering and texture so once again more pics will follow when i get the tech issues sorted .....

this one unlike the others has been coloured with a minimum of pro marker colours and mostly greys..

the bells tinkle too!

The last card to share is another Penny Black stamp called Tom and Tilly from their newest valentine release - again a versatile stamp with such a thought provoking image too awhhhh.

This one was coloured in a quick and 'loose' watercolour technique using twinkling H2O's (its different to the usual smooth blended colouring you might normally see me use and I will be doing a lot more of this technique to show shading a bit more and because it is really exciting when you paint like this - mental note I HAVE to find time to paint again soon).

 hope you like enjoyed these cards and please leave some feedback when you visit, as I receive a lot of traffic and few comments (constructive criticism is useful too lol).

... will be back with another wedding card shortly.. one that's a bit different! ...

some more makes

 a few more bits to show you in today's post, first of which are some 2 - 5 - 7 - 10 favour boxes, done in a butterfly theme.. the original tutorial you can find HERE.

these boxes are really easy to put together and lend themselves to decorating for all seasons, so I am sure I will be making more of them.. 

here are some closeup photos, and I used the nestabilities beyond the edge technique on them too..

 

next is a wedding card made with last year's Lily of the Valley Wedding / Occasions release..

you can find the stamp here, and the punch used is an EK success one. the partial cuttlebug embossing was done with a hallmark / country companions embossing folder I think it was (a recent release from last few months)

here are some closeups to show the embossing

and the Marianne Creatables leaf / branch die.

 my last one to share is a baby card made with a Funky Kits' Sugar Nellie Stamp called Pringle.. so cute for children's birthdays or baby birthdays even...

 

the lettering on this one is cut out using a Quickutz alphabet called moxie - the first alphabet dies I ever bought about 5 yrs ago!! that seems like ages now (!!)

and another closeup to show the nestabilites beyond the edge.

Some more Penny Black and Elizabeth Bell..

Have three cards to share today, and the first is one I made from a stamp from Funky Kits from the SugarNellie Range 2008 and its called Flowers, designed by Elizabeth Bell.

Yes its a girly card but not in very girly colours, I wanted to do something different!

Martha Stewart Punch was used on this one and a cuttlebug embossing folder too.

The edges have been inked with colorbox chalk ink pad and the image coloured with twinkling H2O's again.

the next card is made with a Penny Black Stamp, and can honestly say I LOVE this stamp and have used it several times, and its one of the very first stamps I ever bought!

this card is suitable for a man or the woman and the paw print card stock I have had for ages in the stash cupboard and is from PayperBox if I remember .. roll on when they bring out some more!! 

You might not be able to see but the picture has white paw prints and they aren't embossed onto the card, they are punched into the black card, but by adding a white insert, which is great for writing messages on (unless you use a silver or white pen to write with!!) you also get the white insert shine through to highlight the punched bits..

and the last one is another Penny Black bunny one in very soft shades and I used the partial cuttlebug embossing on this one too, which technique is fabulous for getting more out of your embossing folders.

The bunny is coloured with twinkling H2O's and I added stickles to his ears and tail.

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

thanks for looking and I will be back with some more soon!

Meslyn DT Challenge #4

Been bit busy all week, so not many posts, but should be posting some more over the next few days, and to start, here is a card for the latest Making it with Meslyn Challenge.

The theme is pink / girly and glitter and sparkles set by Caroline. I used a Sugar Nellie Stamp called Lola with Flowers which was stamped in brown ink, before being coloured with pencil crayons and the sansador spirit technique.
The flower and flourishes are cut with dies and funky foam, so are nice and thick, but still delicate with the pastel colours.

here is a close up view so you can also see the partial cuttlebug embossing:


Gems and stickles added to finish and the punch used is the fiskars apron lace one.

Special Christmas

Here is a special Mom and Dad card - I saw this stamp last weekend and had to buy it, even though I had all of my christmas cards made, I knew just what to do with it the minute I saw it (I wish that would happen more often!!)