Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
ATCs
Good
evening everyone
Really
sorry but the card I intended to share with you has been photographed
– given to the lady that ordered it and I haven't yet got the
photos sorted!
So
instead of nothing I thought you might like to see a few ATCs I made
for a recent swap
We
all had to do 8 backgrounds then send them to the hostess to swap
around and return – then a twist – some of them you had to
actually use to make up your atcs and then return to the hostess
again!
So
this was what I did with the 3 backgrounds I had been sent..
I
used my favourite decoupage sheets – and matched them to the
backgrounds – or I hope I did!!!
Oh
and the group should there be any ATC makers out there looking for
endless swaps
I
am sure all new members will be made very welcome!
And
that's it for me
I
will try update the blog tomorrow and over the next few days but
there wont be any cards!!
Take
care – and I will be back as soon as I can
Hugs
to you all
Angie
x
Monday, 18 March 2013
Wonderful Wings
Hello my
blogger friends
Today's
card was made using a new cd by Debbi Moore called Angels of
Inspiration
When I
first got the cds I was expecting the images to be more for sympathy
cards so was pleasantly surprised at how pretty they were and also
how they can be used for all events.
The theme
for the cards this week on The Sunday CD Challenge Blog is Wonderful
Wings and I know this is fits perfectly into that!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
cream A4
card
printed
sheet of pretty backing paper from the cd
Decoupage
sheet
Sentiment
verse stamp from Inkylicious
Narrow
strip of acetate
Assorted
gems and some chunky glitter
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
I folded
the cream card in half to make the card blank.
The
backing paper had a lovely design across the top so I used this along
the left edge which I thought went perfectly,
It was
stuck to the card leaving a very narrow border, then I used my corner
punch that leaves a little nick in the corners.
The
sentiment was stamped using a Memento Sweet Plum ink pad
After
cutting out all the decoupage and building up using small sticky pads
I mounted the image onto a pretty patterned pink holographic mirri
card and cut out to leave a border all around it.
Versamark
was rubbed over the wings and then covered with print magic crystal
and heated to give a pretty shimmer to them.
This panel
had a strip of quite thick acetate attached to the back then to the
inside of the card – I positioned this so the angel flies above the
sentiment!
I added
some gems of different sizes to the card including some peel off
gems.
I hope you
like the card – its pretty – but I can see its not to everyone's
taste.
It is
another for the use or sell box
Catch you
again tomorrow – same place folks
x
Sunday, 17 March 2013
A Pretty Fine Shoe!
Hello my
blogger friends
Well this
card has taken me almost all day to make!
I knew
what I wanted to do – doing it was a challenge though
But I got
there in the end.
I was
itching to use the fabulous new stamps I bought from
www.chloescreativecards.co.uk
And also
some fab super thick high shine chunky glitter
And use
them I did!
I just
hope the person this has been made for likes it as much as I do....
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
white
plain 8x8 card
2 sheets
burgundy 8x8 scalloped textured card
2 sheets
smooth white card
Stamps –
DEC06 large shoe, DEC08 Floral scroll, birthday sentiment
silver
sparkle WOW embossing powder, black embossing powder
Fran-tage
silver halo mix glitter
Martha
Stewart Cherish corner punch
purple
glittered flowers
grand
nestability shapes
purple
organza ribbon
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
I folded
the card to create the 8x8 card blank, then stuck a full sheet of the
burgundy scallop edged card using double sided tape and ensuring it
was central to leave the white border all around.
I used a
fancy nestie to die cut my shape from white card then cut another a
few sizes smaller.
Next I
used the floral scroll stamp and a versamark ink pad and stamped the
design around the edges of the largest piece first then sprinkled
with the silver glitter embossing powder and heated.
I repeated
on the 2nd white piece.
So now I
used double side tape on the back of the largest white piece and
stuck it centrally onto the burgundy card.
Another
piece of burgundy card was cut down to size – I removed the
scalloped edges – then punched the corners with the Martha Stewart
Cherish corner punch.
Large
sticky pads were then used to attach the card to the white embossed
piece.
The 2nd
piece of white embossed card also had large sticky pads over the back
and this was placed onto the burgundy.
As I had
some scraps of white and burgundy I used some smaller nesties to die
cut a burgundy mat for the white die cut to fit on.
The
burgundy panel was covered with sticky pads and stuck in the right
hand corner of the card...
I stamped
the birthday message onto the white piece, ran around the edges with
a pastel pink pro marker then added sticky pads to the back and stuck
onto the burgundy.
And on to
the shoe – I stamped the shoe 3 times with versamark onto smooth
white card then sprinkled with the WOW silver glitter embossing
powder and heated – I cut one shoe out and popped to a side, then
cut the heal and toe front from another just inside the embossed
lines, covered with versamark then dipped into black embossing powder
and heated – I did this 3 times to give a high gloss finish then
added tiny black sticky pads and added to the full shoe.
Next I cut
out the top of the shoe from one of the spare embossed shoes,
squirted some cosmic shimmer PVA onto my heat sheet, sprayed with
water then mixed, next I used a fine paint brush to cover this shoe
top with glue then covered with the beautiful chunky silver halo
glitter and set aside to dry.
Once it
dried I was able to cover the back with sticky pads and carefully
position this onto the shoe itself.
WOW
To finish
I stuck a purple glitter flower embellishment onto the centre of the
shoe top and also onto the top right corner of the birthday message.
I tied a
bow using purple organza ribbon and stuck that to the top left
corner.
And that's
the card all done!
At least
next time I go to make something like this I know what works and what
doesn't so that will save a huge amount of time!
As I said
at the start – I do hope the person this is for likes it as much
as I do – but I am sure she will!
Catch you
again tomorrow – same place folks
x
Saturday, 16 March 2013
My day out
Good
evening everyone
Nothing
to share today – sorry – I have had an amazing day out with a
lovely couple I met through Facebook
So
we went to the Harrogate Show then onto Skipton for a walk around and
finally on to Embsay which is better known as Samuel Taylor's – a
fab craft shop.
So
arrived at the show – as we were with a disabled lady on crutches
we were waved in at 9.30, half a hour before the show was to open –
so it was straight to the MDF man only to be told they weren't ready
so were not opening until 10am, so I went to the next on my list –
Chloe's Stamps – if you haven't heard of Chloe where on earth have
you been?
This
is a link direct to Chloe's website
http://www.chloescreativecards.co.uk/
I
was like a kid in a candy shop – I wanted so many stamps,
especially now she has lots of new and exciting ones....ended up
spending far too much so hope I manage to create what I am picturing
in my head!!!
Then
over to Aly's Inky Fingers – because I am a member of her project
club I get a whopping 20% of stamps so was so pleased to get all I
wanted and a huge chunk knocked off too...again – hope I manage
what I want to create with them...
Back
to the MDF man – I love everything!!!
Bought
a H U G E clock and endless different cogs in all sizes, a door
hanger, a couple of plain plaques...I really could have gone on and
on!!!
Got
a couple of quirky stamps – its a new company but Ive seen then in
the magazines – was talking to the designers and explained I have
to look at a stamp and work out if it will work stamped in black as I
just don't colour and was stunned when they brought out board with
cad samples simply stamped onto a blank card, a stamped sentiment and
a couple of gems or something – so I was hooked – just couldn't
decide which 2 I wanted from the vast range – in the end I went for
some to make cards especially for friends although they could be used
for anyone really..check out their website here...
Picked
up lots of bargains along the way too...
Only
downside to the show – I was on my own – usually I have a friend
with me so we decide what we are buying and what we can split costs
with so missed all that – really didn't enjoy being on my own.
Didn't
buy anything in Skipton and then at Embsay I just picked up the new
Creativity magazine
I
was so pleased to get home, have a drink and something to eat and get
my legs rested – they are a mess now so about to have a long soak
in a lovely hot bubble bath!
Hopefully
I will have a card for tomorrow – really need to get a nice
birthday card made which was one of the reasons I bought a stamp –
hope its goes ok!
See
you tomorrow then bloggers
X
Friday, 15 March 2013
Basket!
Hi
again bloggers
Not
a card today – instead its a lovely little basket!
It
reminds me of my grandmas sewing box – the way you open from the
centre and the boxes just fall over the edge!!!
It
was really easy to make with the help of the instruction sheets –
putting it together was another thing!
So
lets start with the basics
The
kit was bought from www.cardmakingdownloads.com
it is called Cantilever Rose Box and was designed by Macatelier.
The
kit has just 4 sheets of printing which I did onto 128gsm matt photo
paper then used crafters companion stick and stay, sprayed the sheet
backs and secured it to a sheet of pink A4 card
When
all the sheets were ready I cut out all the elements – and there
are a lot – then scored along all the score lines.
Following
the instructions made it so easy – I only used a wet glue – for
me it was Cosmic Shimmer PVA – to attach the base with the lid so
it opened.
The
top boxes were simply folded on the score lines and had a dab of
photo glue on the seams to allow time to get lined up correctly.
For
me the worst part by far was making tiny holes for the brads to go
through – so I used my Silent Setter and the tiniest head – this
made a hole just about the right size for a brad to push through
When
making up the mechanism, it was punch a hole through the mini rose,
the doubled up hinge and the box side – then pushing a tiny brad
through and getting the legs of the brads open and secured.
But
I got there...
Its
a fun idea – it would have been a lovely Mothers Day gift –
filling the boxes with sweets etc
I'm
pretty sure I can find another use for it though...
Would
be interested to hear what you think to the box and also what you
would fill it with!!!
See
you next time folks
x
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Cup Of Tea?
Hello my
blogger friends
This is a
card I made up for my neighbour Julie who shares her birthday with
our lovely Layton
I think no
matter what a card is shades of purple will always be happily
accepted
Despite us
being neighbours since 1995 I still don't know what kind of things
she is in to – we spend hours chatting through the summer while I
am in the garden but never really talk about ourselves
Anyway I'm
sure she will have liked the card
The sheet
is from www.craftsuprint.com
and is called Ice Tea, it was designed by Gillian Hutchinson
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
white
scalloped 8x8 card
Printed
sheet
purple
embossed card
lilac card
spotty
ribbon and gem set gold ribbon slider
lilac
organza ribbon
tiny gems
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
The 8x8
card was folded and a bone folder run along the crease to sharpen it.
The lilac
card was trimmed so it fitted inside the scalloped edges, it was put
in place with double sided tape.
The main
image was cut from the sheet and matted onto a piece of purple card
that had been embossed using a mask through the grand calibur.
This was
trimmed and then stuck to the top left corner of the card.
I used a
length of purple with white spots ribbon, slotted it through a pretty
gem set ribbon slider then secured the ends under the lilac card.
The lilac
organza ribbon was tied into a small neat bow with the tails left
long – I stuck it to the top right hand corner with the tails
draping the side of the card.
The
decoupage was all cut out and fixed in place using tiny sticky pads.
The
sentiment was matted onto a scrap of purple card them attached over
the ribbon at the bottom of the card.
Small
lilac AB gems were used to decorate the card on the corners of the
purple car the 3 down the top right hand corner
2 tiny
gems were stuck onto the sentiment panel.
A quickie
glue pen highlighted sections of the card, mainly the butterflies –
and then glamour dust was sprinkled all over.
This is
another of those cards that can be made up on a square 6x6 card or
added to a larger card and still look good.
It was
lovely to make – the decoupage was pretty easy to cut out even for
newer crafters.
Its a
sheet I will use time and again I'm sure
Catch you
again tomorrow – same place folks
x
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Roller Blading
Hello my
blogger friends
Had some
time in the craft room today so made a few cards just because I like
the sheets.
This card
was made using a sheet from www.craftsuprint.com
and was designed by Lisa Baglietto, not sure what the item number is
because I renamed the sheet and matching insert sheet.
Its simply
a bit of fun but as I said I like the sheet – and that's as good a
reason as any to make a card!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
mid blue
a4 card
Printed
sheet with printed insert
piece
silver card
spotty
ribbon for a bow
tiny gems
Nipped
corner punch
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
The mid
blue card was scored on line 7 – A4 half fold line of the Eazi
Score Board, folded then turned and scored again on line 7 – this
section was cut away to leave the square card I needed
I trimmed
the silver mirri card to fit the card front leaving the narrowest of
a border then stuck to the card with double sided tape.
The main
image was cut from the printed sheet and trimmed so it fit just
inside the silver mat – again leaving the narrowest border. I
punched the corners with the nipped corner punch then stuck to the
silver mirri using double sided tape.
The
pyramage sections were trimmed to size using the paper trimmer than
layered up using large thin sticky pads.
When all
the design was finished I cut the sentiment and used small thick
sticky pads then attached to the card on the left side.
I measured
a length of pretty aqua blue with white spots ribbon, folded in half
then tied a box – cut the tails to show a V – then stuck the bow
to top left corner.
I used 3
tiny clear AB gems in the bottom left corner, 1 was added to the
exclamation mark of Oops! And 3 went on the open jacket.
And that's
all there was to it!
The sheet
came with 3 sentiments – the one I used, Break a leg and Happy
Birthday – I used the Oops! As I wanted a fun card and could just
image friends and me trying roller blading, think we would be saying
rather more than Oops!
This is a
card or the use or sell box.
Catch you
again tomorrow – same place folks
x
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
In The Jungle
Hello my
blogger friends
Its my
adorable grandson Laytons 5th Birthday this Thursday.
Because he is having a party at one of the kiddies adventure play
parks after school that day we wont get to see him but have been
invited to tea on Wednesday so we can take his cards and presents
then
Well
presents are never hard to buy for 5year old boys – in fact we saw
a lads construction type kit just after Christmas so bought that for
him, then 2 weeks ago his mum asked would we buy him some more Lego –
he wanted the fire station and 2 of the 3 fire engines – well the
answer was simple – NO! We agreed to buy a fire engine and they
bought the other – he had one bought fr christmas so now has the 3
– he can save any money he gets to buy the fire station which I
believe is around £40.
Every year
I have decided at the start of the year I will make the lad a really
special card – but as with past years I put it off time and again
until today I knew I had to do something.
So I
browsed some folders and came up with a craftsuprint sheet – it was
to be used as a basic 6x6 card or could be made into a shaker using
the spare frame.
Well I
didn't do the shaker and decided to make the card my way!
And this
is what I did!!
So
materials for this card I used ….
Heat mat
to work on and protect your surface – I always use it...
brown a4
card
Printed
sheet
A5 piece
orange card
4 buttons
peel off
letters and numbers
Martha
Stewart bird on a branch border and corner punch set
ultra fine
flowersoft in sand and toffee
Sticky
pads
Eazi Score
Board & tool
Tonic 8”
guillotine
Scissors
Tweezers
Shaping
tool from www.dimensionstamps.com
Foam
shaping mat – stamping mat or even a mouse mat
To
make the card …
The brown
card was folded and scored then the orange card was trimmed down to
fit the card front.
I punched
the top 2 corners and then used the border punch to punch the bottom
The sheet
was then stuck to the card with double sided tape.
I cut out
the main area of the card, then all the decoupage and built that up
with tiny sticky pads.
The extra
frame was cut out and stuck onto the base frame using thick sticky
pads.
This panel
was then stuck to a sheet of mid brown card and them onto the orange
card – I positioned the panel to fit just under the punched corners
leaving room at the bottom for some peel offs.
I stuck
the Happy Birthday Layton onto a scrap of gold cad then stuck across
the top of the card using tiny sticky pads.
At the
bottom of the card I stuck a large number 5 and the word TODAY next
to it.
To
decorate the card I added 2 green and 2 blue buttons that had a scrap
of white ribbon in each – these were stuck in the card corners
using Pinflair glue.
Once that
set I used a Sakura quickie glue pen to outline the white fluffy
clouds then covered with glamour dust – the same with the tiger and
panda face.
PVA was
added to the lions mane quite thickly then I covered with toffee
ultra fine flowersoft.
I did the
same for the sun but covered that with sand flowersoft.
All in all
the card hasn't turned out too badly – has it?
And that's
all there was to it!
I know I
say I want to do a special card but have no ideas at all as to what I
would want – then did this and just know he will like it – he
takes a huge tiger to bed!
Will let
you know what he though of it when I know
Catch you
again tomorrow – same place folks
x
Monday, 11 March 2013
Decorated Plaque
Hi
again bloggers
Yesterday
I shared a card I had made as part of the swaps on Stampers UK –
well this is part of another swap.
It
was called Secret Object swap and the idea was the hostess sent out a
secret item to all who signed up for up the swap.
She
set up a database so we said what kind of thing we wanted – as in
colour and theme – then she matched the object to the partner
My
partner was Jan who chose purple and green and any theme
The
secret item was fab and I really would have loved to decorate it for
me....
I
was so undecided as to what to do – have a long time till it needed
to be sent off but I am still trying to clear up all my swaps so set
to one night when I couldn't sleep...
I
started by painted the front with the lovely B&Q Funky Metallics
paint in purple really called VIVID and once dry coloured the back of
it with a plain emulsion called WATER.
Once
all the paint was dry I set about decorating it – starting with the
back – I trimmed a pretty sheet of butterfly backing paper from
Blissful Butterflies by Hinny Bop to fit and used red double sided
tape to hold it.
Onto
the front – I stamped a lovely verse using a stamp by Inkilicious
in the middle and a swirly flourish under it
Then
I got out my big bag of mixed pop up flowers from
www.diannesdiecuts.co.uk
and luckily had plenty in green and lilac so laid a few out on the
board until I found what I was happy with
It
was the lovely loopy flowers – so the base was in green – then
lilac - then green again – I curled the petals under on each flower
so it stood proud...I left the centre for the time being...but I did
add a couple of die cut flourishes behind the flowers.
On
the right hand side I stuck on a beautiful decorative design made up
of clear rhinestones.
I
had in mind butterflies so went through my box of die cuts people had
kindly cut and sent me recently and found 3 pretty butterflies in
white – so I decided to colour them using Cosmic Shimmer sprays and
then dried it off with the heat gun then spray Radiance Rain Pearl
Lilac for a wonderful shimmer.
I
stuck just the bodies of the butterflies among the rhinestones.
For
the hanging flowers I actually coloured them using Pro Markers –
the greens all worked great but sadly the purple shades didn't I
used lilac, lavender and amethyst but they all look washed out! So I
did purple one side and green the other on all 3 flowers.
Using
my favourite ribbons – the spotty ones from www.meiflower.com
I opted for 2 pieces of sage green and one of purple – I slotted
ribbon through the flower and then through the board and stuck
together with red double sided tape so no real join marks.
It
worked out I used purple coloured flowers and sage ribbon and the
outer ends and the green flower with purple ribbon in the centre.
The
flowers I used were similar to a lotus pop up – still from
Dianne's, I had plenty o lilac but not green so they were coloured
with mown lawn ink pads by Tim Holtz
For
the centre of the flowers I used some lovely purple glittery
embellishments I had been sent from Yvonne – they are flowers and
butterflies in shades of lilacs and deep pinks...
So
it was the glittery flowers I used in the centre of the flowers here
as well as the larger loopy flower at the top.
I
used clear AB flat back gems – added one to each of the petals on
the wooden flowers and then tinier gems on the flowers of the stamped
flourish
Because
the back of the wooden flowers was just plain I sprayed a little of
the Radiance Rain – doesn't look as nice as it did on the
butterflies though!
I
posted this off to my partner this morning so I'm hoping it reached
her tomorrow and that she is pleased with it – would hate to think
it would just be popped into a drawer or cupboard when I could have
used it!!!
Will
let you know what Jan thought of it when she gets it!!
Bye
for now then
xxx
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