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!

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.

nautical card with a sailor's knot

Hello again, if you're popping in to catch my next card share. This time it's a masculine one for a wedding anniversary.

The ship stamp was sourced on eBay, I got ages ago, and the script stamp is a hero arts one.

The fancy tag is a spellbinders label tag, cut out from copper centura card, onto which was mounted the personalised sentiment.

Hope you like the sailors knot.. no thick twine at home so plaited two long strands of garden twine before tying the knot - if you want to know how to make these knots yourself, just google sailors knot and there are how - to diagrams and videos - just be patient with yourself!

The colour ink used on the circle topper is chipped sapphire distress ink - a different shade when you apply ink to ivory card!

Wedding card - Marianne Lord and Lady Silhouettes LR0211

Just popping in to catch up very quickly LOL. Been busy at work and at home, so this post is going to be very quick.

a wedding card using the first release of Marianne silhouette type shapes - the request was young and 'vintagey' with cream and lots of white.

Spellbinders labels and rectangles dies used along with Wild Orchid Crafts Mulberry flowers, a Leone Em fern punch and those Marianne Designs rose leaves, all inked. Also used Magnolia Doo Hickey swirl flourish dies again - when do I NOT use them ha ha!!!

oh and I almost forgot the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch and the flowers were glittered with glamour dust.

That beautiful paper is from Nitwit collections but I can't remember which pack as I didnt keep in it's folder, silly me, .. which was stamped using a hero arts script stamp.

Hope you enjoyed the photos on this one. Will be back with more in a couple of days..

Craftwork Cards Warren stamps

OK so I am a sucker for cute bunnies and this one has to be the cutest around. ... also guilty for not inking any of the Craftwork Cards' Warren stamps I got months ago, I decided to remedy that and this was a quick card.

So the next time I try and spend hours making a card, I will try a quick one, as I like the way this one turned out - simple enough, but couldn't get away from layering again LOL.

This one was coloured with pencils and again I loved the texture so didn't end up blending with sansador and another bonus is that the pencils are super quick, fab results in no time at all!

Second Book Card, Paperartsy style

  yay its Friday, I know the sun isn't shining but it means a lie in tomorrow and maybe a cuppa in bed if I am lucky! Popping in quickly to share a card made a few weeks ago (still on catch up with posting LOL).

I loved the Tina Wenke book card so much I decided to make another but loved the idea of combining it with a 'recessed aperture card' made into a book card and haven't seen this combination anywhere else, so thought well why wouldn't it work??

Here is the aperture centre, decorated with the same papers as the front and back.

and another view showing the left hand side inner cover with a tag ready for a message

Here is the view of the 'book' shape, those spellbinders fancy tags are just THE best addition to the spine of the book, oh I love those dies!!

and finally from the front:

The aperture inside is deep enough to hold a folded tie, maybe a pen set or other small gift or for a guy as a bedside coin box... uses are endless for this and its a 5'' x 7'' size which is just about right - oh and the round things are the new card candi from Craftwork cards.

Another Hero Arts Butterfly card!

Popping to share this card which I had completely forgotten to post a few weeks ago!

The two stamps I used were both hero arts, one is a background text stamp, and the other a simple butterfly design.

The background was also distressed with black soot ink and the butterfly coloured with stazon inks which blend when applied over each other.

The embossing is done with Crafts too embossing folder and the corners are a cuttlebug die.

and here is a closeup of the embossing..

some mens cards..

 ..another post and finally catching up with posting everything I need to!!  Three men's cards to show you from last month, the first of which is one with lots of distressing, crumpling and ageing going on with a nautical theme.. and oh embossing as well..

The inks used were TH distress inks, stazon ink and versamark for the embossing, and the stamps are from Stamp Man, aspects of design range which you can find here - have used these before and always go back to them for their versatility and detail.

here is a closeup of the'scroll' and the card candy used for the corners..

the background stamp is a hero arts text one, which you can find here or in loads of other good craft shops - its such a versatile stamp you can use it on almost anything, and would be the first background stamp I suggest anyone buy.

the next card is made with a relatively new Stamp from Wild Rose Studio, and also some new square nestability dies, where I only used one corner of the die and it gives an ornate finish.. coloured with twinkling H2O's this time..

lastly, another very masculine card suitable for all ages and lots of occasions, coloured with twinkling H2O's again - not sure of the brand of this stamp, as it is from eBay and I have had it for ages.

- the silver 'brads' are made with a glue gun and coloured with alcohol inks and the fancy label is a spellbinders fancy tag one..

 

Thanks for looking and will be back with some Lili of the Valley men's ones shortly!