Another Butterfly card with Etsy Digital artwork

Hi everyone, remember that personalised Butterfly card I did a while back, well here is a very similar, non personalized version, with slightly different pearls etc

The dotty papers are from Craft Creations and the floral papers from Etsy, which you can purchase HERE.

The glitter used on the butterfly (after it was coloured lightly with polychromos pencil crayon), is glamour dust and a quickie glue pen for precision.

Sorry this is a quick post, but I am trying to tidy and multi task today!

Craft Creations Romantic Decoupage DCD589 Young Couple + Etsy artwork

Morning everybody, popping in with a card I meant to share a while back - the fabulous die cut decoupage is from Craft Creations and I designed this card to make it suitable for Engagement or Anniversary celebrations

You can find the decoupage here.

I used some fabulous Digi artwork which I purchased from Etsy and you can purchase HERE too.

Here are some more photos to show the layering and more detail on the flowers..

... and the inside verse which I made up myself :)

Kits and supplies available online

Hi everyone, just a heads up on something new - for those of you looking for the odd few supplies, some of my kits are available online along with the odd few supplies like card boxes and thin foam pads etc. You can find them on my Etsy webshop by clicking on the Etsy logo below:

If you are concerned about postage costs and are interested in using Parcel Motel and need more information please email me at creationsbyjess@eircom.net and I will forward on some more info.

I will be planning a crop / mini workshop in the next few weeks, and will post details as soon as this is arranged.

Baby boy card with a stork theme

Time for something in blue I think, so sharing this new baby card using digital artwork - not a coloured image to be found today for this card share.

This artwork is just so cute, I love it and resizing etc makes it so versatile to fit into the die shapes I chose.

I know it looks black, but the colour scheme was chocolate brown and powder blue, one of my favourite colour combinations.

Some more photos..

The gorgeous pale blue ink used for stenciling /shading inside the die cut is Tumbled Glass Tim Holtz distress ink.

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.

Butterflies and Pretty Etsy papers

Hi everyone, I have two posts to share today, both with a definite spring and pastel feel to them!

First up is a butterfly themed card for a young lady, a special request with a special verse inside, so a pleasure to make.  

For this card I used kraft, rose pink and white card and some quickutz dies for the lettering, some dotty papers and the floral papers are from Etsy.  

The butterfly stamp is from Hero Arts, as is the text stamp.

Gathered Twigs is the distress ink colour I used to stencil the circle with, and toffee crunch memento ink is the ink I used to stamp the text with.

The butterfly was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa.

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:

Wedding Card with a Simple Party Theme

A simple brief is often the most difficult right?  Well almost LOL... but I had an idea after seeing the invites for this wedding - I knew for sure that the card needed to have some sparkly thread and bunting.. the lanterns came later as a way of 'embellishing' the party theme chosen by the couple for their Wedding Day.

The lanterns are made with a Christmas ornament / bauble die, and the texture with an old Cuttlebug branches folder - very pleased with how they turned out!

The bunting was from an Etsy seller, and you can find it HERE.

Love the texture on the lanterns, I have to make more of these!!

... and the inside of the card made to match the outside, with bunting and 'bling'.

Vintage Cameo Pink and Grey soft feminine card

Back with another share, this time in pink feminine colours.  Yes I know I use these cameo dies a lot but I really like them, they are one of my favourite shapes.

Last year I invested in the Sue Wilson border and bow dies, and the ornate strip is from that set - yep I never used the bow but the strip as an accent die - very versatile these dies turned out to be.

The papers were from Etsy and you can purchase them HERE. They're called Shabby Chic Garden.

I used pink distress ink on the pink oval and also on the papers, to pick up the subtle pink tones, keeping it all muted.

And another little change from the norm - a coloured card blank instead of the usual white :) - the envelope was white so it all came together well.

Graduation Card with an Irish Flavour using Flourishes Stamps

Am back with another commissioned order, for a young lady who earned her degree in Irish and Geography.. a lot of head scratching as to what I was going to make for this celebration! 

Anyway in the end it was a mixture of scarlet ribbon, digi papers, a Flourishes stamp set and the generous help of an Irish speaking lady called Neasa over in Galway - thanks Neasa, I am learning the odd Irish word slowly :)

The stamps are called 'From the Desk of', which you can find HERE on the Flourishes website - another stamp set  from Flourishes which I love and treasure - their designs are timeless! 

The maps I used, were purchased HERE on Etsy, and the inside of the card was also decorated with the same papers, which were muted slightly using image software (numpty here forgot to save a picture, sorry)

Hope you liked this one, I was pleased with it - simple but effective, and I keep using those spellbinder labels - the shape mixes with any of the spellbinder ovals really well.

Silver Wedding Anniversary

Just a quick post with another make and some more photo's to look at :)

This time it's and Anniversary card for a Silver Wedding celebration.

I made the flowers for this one and added touches of green, with a glitter encrusted bead for the centre of the large flower. Distress inks and memento inks used on the flower..

the papers I purchased from an Etsy digi seller as I loved them the first time I stumbled on them and they happen to go so well with one of my favorite cuttlebug flourish folders.

A view of the complete card, the champagne glasses are from Cottage Cutz and I used some heart confetti which has been in my stash for ages LOL

The inside of the card was decorated to match the outside..

closeup of the dies and little flower..

.. oh and gems for bubbles!!

Here's a photo to show the dimension of the flower.

That's all for today.

Will be back with a colourful wedding card this weekend.