Butterfly wishes

Hello lovely people,

My holibobs is in full swing and I'll share some pics soon but for now I just wanted to stop by and share a card.

For ages I have been wanting to try out some card designs using just die cutting and large sentiment stamps and I finally did it!

I didn't even use any DP, just white card and aqua pearl card with a little embossing and some pearls to add some more texture and detail.

I got to use lots of my favourite dies especially the pretty butterflies and of course, I had to sneak in a little stitching too!

Card recipe;

Sentiment panel: cut with Cricut (Lacy labels cartridge)
Dies:Trellis square base die set - Tonic Studios, Leavenworth butterfly trio - Memory Box, Leaf and swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys
Embossing folder: Flowers - Crafts Too!

Sentiment: Wonderful day - Inkylicious
Pearls: from stash

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Fairy with unicorn

Hello lovely people,

I've just completed the last 2 study days in Bath for my prescribing course and the next time I'm there it will be for the final assessments - eek!

So I think I deserve a few days of relaxation now and I have some exciting crafty things coming up soon that I can't talk about yet but will certainly keep me busy!

But now it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It

and our theme is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...type of embossing
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Freckled Fawn with a $15 gift card

I don't use any form of embossing very much but when I do, it's always the Frantage that I reach for because it is so pretty and perfect for creating a magical feel.

I went back to my Copics to colour this lovely fairy and her unicorn, and added a few pearly dots around the image.

Card recipe;

Image: Octavia Moonfly unicorn - Polka Doodles

DP: My precious daughter - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Fanciful trim - Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions

Charm - star charm - The Ribbon Girl
Embossing powder: Shabby white embossing enamel - Stampendous
Pearl dots: Nuvo crystal drops (neptune) - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/59
Dress: BG72/75
Wings: BV0000/00/V20/22/25
Unicorn body: W00/0/1/2/3/4
Unicorn hair: V20/22/25

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

I hope you are all well and I'm off to craft up a storm!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Heart of flowers

Hello lovely people,

Aaarrrggghhh!  It's deadline week!
I have to submit all my coursework for the first part of my prescribing course by the end of the week so not much time for crafting this week:-(

While I crack on with my essays, it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

WHITE ON WHITE

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Live and Love Crafts with a £10 voucher

I have had the idea for this design in my head for a while and by some miracle it turned out just like I wanted!
I created the embossed background using my score board.
And no, I haven't lost my needle and thread but I just felt this design didn't need any stitching...shocking I know!

I drew a very faint pencil heart outline and arranged all the flowers before shaping them slightly with a ball tool and sticking them down.

Card recipe;

Dies: Perfect petioles, Fancy blossoms, and Adorable posies - all Memory Box
Pearls: from stash

It's a little bit different for me isn't it?  Hope you like it :-)

The DT have made some wonderful white on white samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

CAS flowers on Kraft

Hello lovely people,

I have a pair of cards to share with you today that I made a few months back when I was having a play with some new Clearly Besotted stamps.

I thought these stamps would be perfect for cute CAS designs, which I would really like to do more of as a change to my more fussy stamped and layered cards.

I have always loved the look of colouring on Kraft especially with white embossed lines.  It can be tricky to choose colours that work well as lighter colours just look a bit muddy on Kraft, so the first one I did was a nice hot pink...are you shocked?!

I decided these would make perfect birthday cards for a couple of wonderful blogland friends so I did another one in blue...to better suit the recipient!

I also made the blue one up slightly differently with a white border and think they both look good.

To get the flower stems all lined up at the bottom, I just masked off the bottom of the Kraft card with some scrap paper.  TOP TIP: Do not do this with a Post-it note if you are going to emboss...the powder will get stuck to where the note was...Doh!

When it came to stamping the sentiment, I just moved the scrap paper down a little and used that as a guide to placement.

Card recipe;

Image: Scribbled flowers - Clearly Besotted
Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Beostted

Embossing powder - Opaque bright white - Wow! - from Clearly Besotted
Pearls - The Hobby House

Copic colours;
RV17/34/69
B04/06/37

I can hardly believe what a long post that was for such CAS cards!
I think a lot of us crafters find that CAS designs take a lot longer than you think because the placement of the elements has to be just right, and also there is no room to hide any mistakes so everything has to be done really carefully!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
Papertake Weekly (embossing)

Sweet daisies

Hello lovely people,

I am back as promised with another sneak peek of the new LOTV stamps coming out tomorrow...yes, only 1 day to wait!

I have used another flower panel to make a really quick design.
These new stamps have really inspired me to try a couple of simpler designs as I felt they suited a more CAS style.

I wanted to emboss the background to give a subtle detail but actually don't have very many embossing folders so I used my Stampin' Up score board to create a trellis type design.

I added sparkle to the flower centres, the stamp border and around the greeting circle.

Card recipe;

Image: Daisy panel - LOTV (to be released 4th July)

Sentiment: Greetings postmarks - LOTV

Dies: MFT Die-namics circle stax
Glitter: Crystal glamour dust
Button: from stash

Copic colours;
Pink: R81/83/85
Blue: B000/01/04
Yellow: Y21/35/38

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

New baby girl

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this month is...

LUSCIOUS LACE

Although I love lace I don't actually use it all that often on my cards but it is the perfect addition to a new baby card, as are pretty flowers, swirls and a light sprinkling of Frantage.
Much as I love colouring, I also really love these big sentiment stamps from LOTV :-)

It's been a while since I did any arty shots of my cards but thought it might be nice to show the gorgeous flowers a little closer.  I have really become a big fan of these and the roses are my favourites :-)

I have also started adding charms to a few more of my cards and don't you think these teeny baby feet are adorable?!

I also added a simple little tag underneath the sentiment panel.  The letters were stamped and cut out individually; I didn't worry about them being perfect squares as I think it just adds to the shabby chic look!

Card recipe;

Image: Congratulations statements - LOTV

DP: Coffee in the arbour - Maja Designs (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: Laila - The Ribbon Girl

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia Doohickey, mini heart collection - Memory box
Charm: feet charm - The Ribbon Girl
Frantage: Stampendous shabby white frantage from Live and Love Crafts

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies and from our guest designer :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am playing along with;

1.  A Creative Romance (pink)
2.  Divas by Design (anything goes)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)