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Where has the summer gone?

 

It has been a very busy summer and I have not got around to posting here for a couple of months.  I have still made a few things in between enjoying the sunshine. 

 

A lovely lady who worked with me was retiring and I wanted to make a special, unique gift for her. 

 

The Roses, Cherry Blossoms and Leaves were bought from Hobbycraft 

the ribbon was from my stash

I don't normally use a hot glue gun when making cards but for this

project I have as I needed instant stick!

The label was cut out of a beautiful backing paper from the Love Letters digital background papers by The Paper Shelter.

 

Wee Stamps - Silver Fairy

I made this card a week or so ago and have been dying to share

her with you but couldn't until I had given it to the Birthday Girl

It is an 8" square Easel Card

The beautiful background paper is Perriwinkle by Kanban

which I have layered onto Centura Pearlescent card.

 

 

The gorgeous Digital Stamp is Silver Fairy from Wee Stamps 

which is coloured with Promarkers , I have sprinkled fairy dust on her wings (Stickles to you and me)

 

  

Anyone who has read my previous blogs will know I am having fun learning how to use my Silhouette Cameo Machine.  These labels were my first attempt using the pens and then cutting and layering shapes.

 

Although the corner looks like metal it is actually card which has been cut on the Silhouette Cameo Machine and then heat embossed using ink and embossing powder.

The gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon, pearls and jewels are from my stash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Silhouette Cameo - Butterfly Floral Lace Square

I am having so much fun playing with my Silhouette Cameo  cutting machine

at the moment.  There are so many things you can do with this machine, the challenge is finding the time to watch tutorials and play.

 

 

This card is a 6" square Cream pearlescent card.

The Butterfly Floral Lace Square overlay file was bought from the Silhouette download store (just 65pence per file) and cut on the Silhouette.

 

I coloured the butterfly and then added  Diamond Stickles 

I have also added flat back pearls to each flower centre.

The tag was written and cut on the Silhouette Cameo Machine with a flower added.

 



Wee Stamps - Amy

I loved making this 6" square card for Bev

This gorgeous digital stamp it Amy from Wee Stamps  

I love colouring this one.  I have cut her out and stuck her on with silicone glue to make her stand out a little.

 

 

The tag, middle border and flower were cut on my Silhouette Cameo Machine .

The backing paper is a digital download from Pink Petticoat. 

I have blinged the tag up with silver embossing dust (a sort of first attempt as a sort of frontage) and tied contrasting coloured ribbons.

The ribbons, doily, pearls and diamante are from my stash.

 

Wee Stamps - Suzi with Bunny

6" square card

What a cute digital stamp!

This is Suzi with Bunny from Wee Stamps  which I have coloured using

Promarkers 

 

     The swirls to the right of the base card have been cut using

my Silhouette Cameo  machine which I have backed with a Silver holographic card and blinged using small diamante's.

The gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

The pearls, ribbon and backing paper are from my stash

 

 

The Paper Shelter - Spring Swing

I made this card last night, 

I must check the settings on my camera as I was going to be all arty today and put several photo's on here but when I checked the images this was the only one which did not look blurred to me.

(perhaps I need new glasses!)

 

6" Square white card

Today's image is Spring Swing from The Paper Shelter 

She is coloured with Promarkers 

The beautiful purple background paper is a digital download from Shery K  this pack had

20 x 12" by 12" papers for $3 with lots more to choose from. 

The iridescent purple fan (bottom left) was an experiment with purple tissue paper.

 

I'm having fun with my Silhouette Cameo Machine at the moment

The shaped backer was cut and edged with a purple stamp pad

The white leaf stem and heart have been added as cut

The butterflies and happy birthday were cut and heat embossed with powder.

Pearls, flowers and ribbon are from my stash

 



The Paper Shelter - Zoe Spring

One stamp, 3 different cards today

I love how different an image can look just using a different colour combination

The digital stamp is Zoe Spring from The Paper Shelter

 

The first card is a 6" square using Orange and copper brown shades

I have used Promarkers to colour Zoe.  The background paper is from the Dovecraft, Tea Party range.  Ribbon, flowers and gems are from my stash 

 

The second card is also 6" square in blue and pink, again coloured using Promarkers 

This time Zoe has been cut out after colouring .

Flowers, ribbon, button and pearls are from my stash

 

 

Last but not least is the blue and pink pre coloured stamp received when purchasing from

The Paper Shelter. This card is an 8" square. 

I have used an old Fiskars Tulip corner punch.

The ribbon, lace, flowers and pearls are from my stash

 

 

Kenny K - Handyman Birthday Card

Isn't it difficult finding inspiration and bits and bobs

to make Male cards (or is it just that I enjoy making girlie cards more?)

We all have special Male friends and relations we don't want to feel left out

so here is my latest effort

 

I used the Handyman digital stamp from Kenny K 

which I coloured with Promarkers 

The tape measures, spanner and vellum with springs were in an old

book of papers which had lost its cover.

The "Happy Birthday" I printed on my PC

 

The inside was decorated to match the front.

Julia 17th Birthday Card

 

My Apologies for the quality of the images.

 

This is another 8" square white pearlescent card made into an easel card

The image is Hopeful from Wee Stamps  coloured with Promarkers 

 

All the papers used are digital downloads from Pink Petticoat 

I had printed several designs in Sweet Bohemia and contrasted them to build the card.

Toned this with purple seam binding, flowers and pearls 

The lettering and badge were cut on my Silhouette Cameo Machine 

 

Princess Rose Red

These colours are beautiful together

I got my inspiration from the Saturated Canary Emerald Blog Challenge

 

 

The digital Stamp I used is Princess Rose Red from Saturated Canary 

which I have coloured with my Promarkers.

The flowers and seam binding are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The doily is from Dovecraft the background paper behind the seam binding is a digital download from Pink Petticoat

Gems, pearls and butterfly are from my stash.

 

I would like to enter this card in the

 

Saturated Canary Challenge #43 Emerald

and

Wild Orchid Challenge #76-3 or more different flowers

 

Thank you

Tina Birthday Card

This card was definitely stepping out of my comfort zone

If you hadn't already guessed I prefer to work with

Purples, blues and pinks but decided to be a bit different today.

 

 

The image is Wee Florist a digital stamp from Wee Stamps which I coloured with my Promarkers  The background paper is Trendy Sprinkles a digital download from Crafty Card Making 

The ribbon, flowers, charm and pearls are from my stash

 

 

The inner of the card is finished off in the same style

 

 

The box is from a pack I bought on ebay.

 

 

Joanne 40th Birthday Card

I really enjoyed making this card

My apologies for the quality of the images

 

I recently discovered the Pink Petticoat website,  beautiful digital background papers, sentiments and stamps.  These are fantastic value as most of the design you buy the download is for 38 different colours and in positive and negative.

Solid colours are free!

I love the fact that you don't need to have drawers full of paper and can print as you need.

As you can see I have bought several designs, printed them off in the same colour

to create this card.  The image is Suzi with Bunny from Wee Stamps which I have coloured with Promarkers

The numbers and the lettering was cut on my Silhouette Cameo 

Flowers, ribbon & charm are from my stash

 

Captain Locke - decoupage

What a beautiful Bank Holiday Weekend we had

Much too nice to be stuck in the craft room

 

This card is a bit of a mish-mash.  I have taken the 3D decoupage design

from a Crafts U Print card and layered it onto a backing I designed myself

and personalised with a Happy Birthday tag.

The backing, ribbon, lace, flowers, pearls and charm are from my stash.

The image was pre coloured.  I printed onto photo paper, cut out and layered

 

Vulcan Stepper Card

Something a little bit different today.

Male cards are so much more difficult!  But I still want to make it personal.

 

 

This is my first Stepper card,  with the folding being the hardest part.

The photographs were taken by my husband Steve on our annual visit to Waddington Air Show.

You can see more of his photographs at Valvetec Photography. 

Sister Birthday Card

Friday... the start of a Bank Holiday Weekend :)

Let's hope it stays sunny.

 

Another 8" square birthday card

The image is Suzi with bunny, a digital stamp from Wee Stamps 

Sylvia Zet creates the cutest stamps!  I have coloured the image with Promarkers 

 

 

The sister lattice frame was cut on my Silhouette Cameo Machine   

I then decorated with gold coloured gemstones.

The paper, ribbon, flowers and gold trellis are from my stash.

I used the same paper for the inside as the outside.

Pink & Blue Birthday

The sun is gorgeous outside! so a very quick share today

I love these colours!  another 8" square card

The image is a digital stamp, Zoe Spring from The Paper Shelter 

The image has been mounted onto mirror card

The backing paper, charms, ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

The flowers are a combination of roses, cherry blossom and

white statice which I have co-ordinated with the colours I have used to colour Zoe.

Vicky 25th Birthday

 

The image is Hopeful from Wee Stamps  I have coloured her with Promarkers 

The backing paper is Trendy Sprinkles a digital download from Crafty Card Making 

12 different colours in the same pattern for £1.20,  print them as many times as you like.

 

 

The inside of the card is made to match the front

 

Ribbon, pearls, flowers and charm are from my stash.

Chocolate Bouquets

I had seen these in a shop and have wanted to make them for a while.

I decided to make them as table decorations for my Husbands 50th birthday

 

 

I used funsize Cadbury Chocolate Bars and refresher chew bars.

the bases are cardboard living vases from Ebay (meant for flowers). with Oasis in the bottom.

and a pull bow on the front.

 

As you can see it was a case of experimenting.

I used different coloured tissue paper and cellophane

Each sweetie bar was attached to a wooden coffee stirrer,

 wrapped in tissue paper and or cellophane using a glue gun.

Then arranged as you would flowers.

 

They can be made with any choice of sweets or chocolate

Would be a great gift using someone's favourite chocolate

Great fun to make and everyone loved them.

The Paper Shelter - The Happy couple - Wedding Card, light blue

 

Light Blue Wedding Card

I was asked by a friend to create a special, personalised Wedding Card

This card is 8" square on White pearlescent card

 

The image is The Happy couple from The Paper Shelter  which I have coloured with Promarkers 

to co-ordinate with the requested colour scheme. 

The background paper is Birdsong by Pion which is absolutely gorgeous.

I have used the top left and bottom right corners, cutting the paper to fit and hiding the cut.

 

I made the card an easel with a difference -

it also opens up like a traditional card.

 

 

On the inside cover I have used the 6" paper  and created a pocked which could be used for a gift envelope but in this case has been used for mini postcards with ribbons which the sender can write personal messages on

 

The words of the first dance were printed onto white pearl vellum

 

A very personal message from Mum to her son and new wife.

This is printed onto 6" Birdsong paper

 

 

 

Emily Birthday Card

8" square white pearlescent Easel Card

I really enjoyed colouring Ava a digital stamp from Saturated Canary .

 

the name, doily and Happy Birthday were cut on my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine.

The balloon was glittered with Stickles in diamonds.

the paper, flowers, ribbon,lace and gems are from my stash.