Easel card

To make this card I used a white scalloped 300gsm card blank and folded the front half in half again, then took another scalloped card and cut it into two giving me one half for the front of my easel, the other half can be used to create another project.

 

Using the fairy kit that came free with Hunkydory's magazine, I matted and layered the bottom of base card with silver rainbow shimmer mirri card, then matted the pink silk art card which I cut slightly smaller than the mirri card to give a border showing just a small amount of mirri card around all edges. Using pinflair glue I then attached to the inside base of my blank easel. I used the same process for the front of the easel but attached the front to only one half of the base white card making sure I didn't stick the front to the back of the easel.

 

Next I made a stopper to prop my card up by making a ribbon strip with mirri card and co-ordinating card that matched my topper, I attached this ribbon strip along the base of the card half way up using foam pads to raise it so it held the front of my easel up. Done the same thing to make the ribbon strips for the main body of the easel but using glue gel to attach them to front of card.

 

With the main image I wrapped lace around it that I bought from local haberdashery, I used extra strong tape and put it around the edges of the back of the base, by doing this I attached the lace with the seam behind the topper. Added foam pads to raise the height to the level of the lace, this also gives dimension to the topper when placed on front of easel card. I used a black ink pad to cover most of the white edges around the card as only wanted a tiny white border, I coloured the spots on the cup with a pro marker and added black stickers to give balance to the card, attached the topper and added pastel purple gems and a bow for decoration.

 

Hope you like and would love to read your comments, thank you in advance.

 

Hugs,

 

I intend on showing this on

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

and entering the challenges at 

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/

  Anything goes

 

http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

  Anything goes

 

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/

Anything goes

 

 http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Anything goes

 

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Anything goes

 

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/

Anything with scallops 

 

 

Xx



Aperture Card

This aperture card was sent in a goody bag swap from a group i am in on facebook called Creative Moments Craft Group, this is the link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/277886629006050/

At first glance it looked lifeless and dull so i chopped it in half and mounted the first side onto a card blank, chose brown with white dots paper for the background, cut the paper into an oval, then made a second oval but this time out of scrap paper i had in my stash, this one i inked around the edges with blending tool stamped a sentiment and used embossing powder and heated using heat tool. Added flexi peel offs around the outside aperture and also the middle aperture.

It already had swirls on the card but they didn't stand out very much so from the same goody bag i inked some swirls that came in it and added embossing powder then heat set it. The stars were already printed on the card so i added pinflair glaze to give them a glossy finish.

Added and placed two die cut butterflies which had been dipped in copper tones glitter and in the bottom corner added the rose also from goody bag swap, before attaching i sprayed the rose with spray and sparkle from crafters companion, added the leaves and attached with silicone glue. I inked the top right corner to blend in with the rest of the card and added gemstones to finish off.

Would love to know what you think all comments greatly appreciated.

I would like to enter this on

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

And show it on

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mim-139-with-saturated-canary.html

And join in the fun at

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/anything-goes.html

Happy Crafting,

xx

Easel Card

This Easel Card is for a swap in a group i am in, link below

http://community.ebay.co.uk/forum/Crafters-Heaven/Welcome-Page/1900001141

The shaped card is from Kanban i used one full one and one half of another, scored and folded the first full card across the middle where the points are, then attached the half card to the one i had scored but only attached from the score line to the bottom of the card. Covered top panel and the bottom panel with backing paper cutting the shape out from the back, butting scissors up to the shaped card give's a neater finish. I added a border strip along the bottom for a stopper to keep easel upright.

The topper is from the Lovely Ladies collection brought to us by Hunkydory, added flower soft to the flowers to give texture then using super sticky tape i wrapped it around the back off topper and attached the lace to frame it. Used sticky pads and positioned it in the centre of the card, added rhinestones for interest.

Would love your comments good, bad or constructive to help me improve on my work.

Happy Crafting

xx

ATC Theme Sewing

This is an atc that i made for a swap in a group that i am in called A Crafters Heaven, this is the link

http://community.ebay.co.uk/findclub.jspa?q=a+crafters+heaven

We chose our own theme so i decided to make my ATC about Sewing.

I cut a piece of card to 2.5 x 3.5 then covered with coloured paper from the Peter Rabbit collection, i cut that to the same size and used a wet glue to attach to my piece of card. The four corner pieces were scraps that was left from a card kit i had from Hunkydorey and attached with wet glue again, using wet glue gives you a few moments to place exactly where you want it as it does not bond instantly.

The image is from the Peter Rabbit collection also. Popped the die cut pieces out, moulded them in the palm off my hand to give the pieces some shape, decoupaged the image using blobs of silicone glue this gave height and helps to give dimension to the image when i attached to the ATC, then added gem stones which i had in my crafty stash.

Would love to see your comments whether they are good, bad or constructive as they can all help to improve my work. Thank you in advance.

Happy Crafting

I intend on showing this on Make it Monday

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/  

   

XX

Wedding Card

This is from the old version of Wndows To The Heart by Hunkydory, this is the link if you wish to visit.

http://www.hunkydorycrafts.co.uk/

It came pre scored so i only had to fold the pre scored card and burnish using a bone folder tool. I chose this image and added glitter that was in my stash. the accitate which has the sentiment on was added to the side panels, a wet glue was used to position the panels together this gave me movement to get the panels central. Attached the beautiful image to the middle of the card using double sided tape.

The flowers were bought from a well known cheap shop, i arranged them down the side of the inside back panel using pinflair glue gel as it is a good glue to hold the weight of the flowers, then added some pink ribbon to the bottom of the arrangement.

Would love to read your comments and don't mind constructive criticism either as its all a learning curve.

Happy Crafting x

On Your Special Day

First of all would like to give my followers an apology as i have not been around for a long time.

This is a card i made for someone in a group i am in called, A Crafters Heaven, this is the link if you wish to visit.

http://community.ebay.co.uk/forum/Crafters-Heaven/Welcome-Page/1900001141

I cut the heart shape and the sentiment using the Mini Cricut basic shapes which come pre loaded with the machine. I used mat mirri card 250gsm, and scored down the middle, folded in half and this gave me the shape.

For the embelishment's i used feathers, two little rosebuds with leaves from my stash and a flower made out organza ribbon, all were attached using pinflair glue gel, then added pastel pink gems also from my crafty stash. I cut out two butterflies from some paper that i had and used one on the front of card the other was for the inside to embelish the insert, used pinflair crafting glaze, this gave a nice glossy finish to them, moulded them into shape to give them some dimension and again attached using pinflair glue gel.

Would like to thank you for having a lookie and your comments good, bad or constructive would be most welcome.

I would like to show this on Make It Monday

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

Crafty Hugs                           

x

Paintbox Poppets

 

Paintbox Poppets brought to us by http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/ and for the outstanding art work, credit goes to Christine Haworth, it is a privelege to craft with these beautiful images, thank you.

 

I intend on showing this in http://www.panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/ the theme decoupage.

 

 

 

Best Wishes On You Birthday

This is a card made from Peter Rabbit collection brought to us by

 www.craftercompanion.co.uk 

I used a pre scored round scalloped edge card blank, 350gsm from Kanban then using a circle compass i cut background paper into a circle. Using Tim Holtz distress inks i blended 2 colours onto the card, background paper and topper using my blending tool to give it that distressed look. I decoupaged the topper image (frog reading paper) moulded it by hand to give dimension, using pinflair glue gel to attach. The topper was attached with foam pads just to raise it slightly.

For the sentiment i used a die cut image from same collection and distressed that as well, used foam pads to give a bit off dimension to my sentiment then i stamped the distress ink onto craft sheet spritz the ink then mopped it up by using textured ribbon. Faux gems were added for a bit off interest and it helps to balance it all out.

I hope you like and please if you make a comment sugestions on how i can improve on my design would be appreciated.

I intend on entering this into

http://craftingdawntilldusk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/that-craft-place-challenge-9.html

Crafty (hugs) x

Easter

This is an Easter card made for A Crafters Heaven on ebay using hunkydory kit.

crafty (hugs) x

Hexaginol Just For You

This is a card swap at

  https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/173976566002589/

( Hugs) :)) ...X

ATC's Theme Faeries

Paintbox Poppets Faeries ATC,s are for a swap in

 

http://www.dawnscraftycards.net/index.html

These little Poppets are from

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/ 

and the images are the artwork off Christine Haworth.

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Cut 2 pieces of plain white card 2.5 x 3.5 . I used pro markers to colour card (fuchsia pink and rose pink ) making sure the edges are darker than the middle section, then with a glitter gel pen draw around the inside of the card to form a frame leaving a margin around all four edges.

Decoupaged and shaped each of the Poppet Faeries to give dimention to the images use pinflair glue gel, add ultra fine flower soft to highlight area's add pinflair craft glaze to wings and the flowers, use sequins as brads and attach with pinflair glue gel i finished off with a pink bow on one of them.

I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as i had making them. Feel free to leave a comment good, bad and anything i could have done to improve upon it.

Thank you for taking the time to have a look.

ATC's Theme Love

These ATC's were made for a swap on http://www.dawnscraftycards.net/index.html

I am going to show this on  http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

Scrap card cut to 2.5cm x 3.5cm. Used two flower panels ( came free in a magazine ) and added fine glitter to the images using sakura pin point quickie glue pen i framed these images using peel off's.

Using super sticky tape ( red ) i attached some white lace at the top and bottom off image with the straight edge underneath, this gave a nice effect, attached these to the ATC's using same tape, foam pads were used to level the middle off the image as it was lower because of the lace.

I added pink ( warm colour )  ribbon using thin fingerlift tape, added pink plastic gems to the ribbon and corners off the pink image. For the blue ( cool colour ) i attached ribbon the same way,  purple ( complimentary colour ) ranger stickles was used to embelish blue one in the same way ( leave to dry ), then added Love sentiment.

Comments appreciated and thank you for taking the time to have a look.

Easel Christmas Card

Humphrey

Best Wishes For You

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

This was made from a kit by Crafters Companion so it was pre cut and scored. I chose this for my niece as she loves cake

I matt and layered it then decoupaged the cake added the acitate, finger tape and silicone glue was used to attach the decoupage and the layering this gave dimension, used quickie glue pen and fine glitter to give sparkle.

Pop Up Birthday Wishes

Front View

Inside View

Used My Craft Studio Encyclopedia and printed off template using 120gsm for the inside. with a scalpol I carefully cut around the sentiment then coloured in with shop bought marker pens, when dry I applied glitter paint.

Centura pearl pink cardstock was used for the main card, cut to size and scored then used a corner punch on all four corners. Embossed two heart shapes using Crafters Companion board and cut out, put the largest through a heart embossing folder to give effect,these then were coloured in added fine glitter around the edges off the hearts to make them stand out.

Attached ribbon with finger tape and used a strip down the middle and dipped it all into fine glitter. The balloons were attached using silicone glue then the hearts were attached on the top with silicone glue to hide the sharp wire for safety. Added peel off stars and sentiments to bling it all up,

Used wet glue for the popout on the inside making it easier to attach and then added peel off strips to hide the workings off the popout. I hope my Grandaughter likes it.

Entering this card on

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Love And Best Wishes

To Make this landscape card I took two pieces off card and scored the top off the back card 1" deep and attached both together with finger tape

Using The Window Of The Hearts collection by Hunkydory I used an A4 topper blinged it up with fine glitter,  used a die cut oval image from the collection and again blinged it in the same way.

Paper doily was used to frame the die cut oval, used pro marker duck egg blue and added self adhesive gemstones to decorate and attached all to topper using glue pen, flowers for embelishment used to finish off design then attached completed topper onto the card using finger tape.

I will display this card on

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

Insert and sentiment

Mans Birthday Card

Image was taken from My Craft Studio CD Rom. Printed it out several times making each layer smaller. Used a pre scored scalloped 250gsm white card blank and inked around the edges. Attached all layers to form pyrimage using silicone glue to give dimension. Quickie glue was used along with fine glitter to highlight parts off the water and boat.

My brother- in- law loved this card, it is my first mans card.

Insert made from blue marble 80gsm paper.