Magnolia merry everything

A Magnolia card for a challenge at Simply Magnolia; Sketch challenge.

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda, Magical baubles Magnolia, Hero Arts

Colour: Copic, Fairy dust Glitter, WOW red glitter embossing powder, Distress ink

 Embellishments: wooden heart and flower, branch punch, lace, Fiskars tag punch

 Paper: Kaisercraft, Papermania

Molly Bloom Christmas card (2)

A Christmas card for the boys today with more Molly Bloom stamps.

Colour: Copics, Distress inks, Glossy Accents, white jelly roll pen
Paper: Molly Bloom, Papermania, American Crafts

Stamps: Molly Bloom, Lili of the Valley

Love you...

A cute little girl stamp by Marianne Design is the centerpiece of my next card.

Stamps: Marianne design and Hero Arts.
Embellishments: Tim Holz flower die, Spellbinders circle frames, dewdrops, jewel brads, lace.
Colour: pencila and Distress inks

The sentiment is made with a Cuttlebug die from gold glitter card that matches with the Mariposa cardstock.

Molly Bloom Christmas card (1)

I bought a specialist magazine at WHSmith and it had some lovely papers, embellishments and some clear stamps by Molly Bloom. I have never bought these stamps before but I like the country style of them.

I followed one of the designs in the magazine and made this 6 x 6 inch card.
Colours: Copic markers, Stickles, Distress Ink, white jelly roll pen, Memento ink.

 Paper: American crafts, Molly Bloom, Papermania kraft card.

Stamp: Lili of the Valley sentiment.

A whopper of a birthday

Dropping  a line to say...

Stamp: Crafty secrets Fishing buds
Paper: Making Memories and glitter card
Embellishments: heated white organza ribbon, Prima flowers, dewdrops

Colours: Derwent pastel pencils, Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents, Glimmer Mists.

Sparkle all the way

Here is card #2, made with the free pack of paper.
I stamped Tilda in her Christmas stocking and coloured her with Copics.

 I have put Tilda on a bauble background covered with Doodlebug glitter and mica paper. The sentiment is made with the Dymo label maker and three dewdrops finish off the card.

A close up of the glitter and the fluffy wool border on the stocking. The glitter is quite big and consists of tiny circles. Nice and bright for Christmas.

Season Greetings

Two more Christmas cards made with free papers from a magazine.
The first card is with a die cut from the Cricut from the Christmas cartridge. I have covered the bauble in red glitter from Doodlebug.

The flowers are made from the same paper collection with a Spellbinders die. After rolling the roses, I added a cluster of beads in the middle. The sentiment is made with the Dymo labeler.

U R MAGNIFICENT

A break from all the Christmas card making...
What else to change the mood than a little Penny Black. My happy party goers have taken it in their stride, happy you will be.

More Tiffany papers and a simple little card design. The flower is made with Spellbinder dies and held together with a jewel brad.

The colouring is all done with Caran d'Ache Supracolor on watercolour cardstock. I have combined 3 stamps to create this scene.

I love the little footprints ...

Christmas cards with freebies

I bought some Glimmer Mist from Charmed Cards and Crafts and received a little bag with Christmas acetates. At first I thought: "What am I going to do with this?", but then I decided that as I needed so many cards that I may just as well use something different.
I grabbed my box with leftover cardstock from DCWV, My Minds Eye and Making Memories papers, and put these Christmas cards together.

 A Spellbinders die for the focal point and Glimmer Glaze in pearls and green for the ribbon. Some Anita's half pearls to embellish the diecut and some red/white twine finish the card.

Inside is another acetate and the sentiment is from Me & My Big Ideas and has been embossed.

This card has some diecut letters by Tim Holz for the sentiment and I have coloured them with Distress Stain.

The background has also been stained with Picket Fence stain. Unusual colours for Christmas, but I think it still works. Not everyone likes red and green all the time.

 The journalling circle is from Me &My Big Ideas and is embossed in gold as is the sentiment.

I am making an effort to always decorate the inside of my cards as well. Here I left a large white space to write. I am busy making a lot more Christmas cards and those are completely different to the ones shown here. So if you don't like them, just stay tuned and understand the frugality of the idea.

Hugs and kisses

Marianne Designs brings out lovely papercrafting goodies several times a year. As I am always tempted by a good bargain, I found two lovely stamps from this designer at Emerald Crafts in Lyndhurst.
One of these stamps is the focal point of my next card:

All papers and cardstock, metallic, glittered and textured, are from DCWV Mariposa collection. I used 3 different Spellbinder dies to create the frames. The sentiment is from Cuttlebug. The flowers were originally white and are from Hero Arts. They have been altered with Glimmer Mist to add colour and shine. The little white roses have been glammed up with some Stickles. Some lace and 2 butterfly punches from Martha Stewart finish off my project.

Make a wish on your birthday

I love Penny Black stamps. They are so whimsical and funny at the same time.
The little images lend themselves perfectly for a little card making. I have a made a birthday card with a simple design.

The image is stamped on watercolour card and coloured with aquarelle pencils. I am really into good quality pencils. I have always loved them ever since I was a child. Colouring relaxes me, if only I could draw as well then my pencils would get better use.

A little rosette made with elasticated ribbon that I found while on vacation in the Lakes, sits on a Spellbinders die. The paper is from the We R Memory Keepers Tiffany stack.

Three yellow brads from Basic Grey create an extension of the image by repeating the colour and the number of mice. Aren't they cute these 3 little friends? You got to love the napkins tied under their chin...

Happy fall

While everyone is gone trick or treating, we are enjoying the cozy indoors and are relaxing after work.
The weather is miserable so hopefully not too many knocks on our front door, but we have the candy ready. I have decorated the front window a bit and added candles, so the little ones don't get too scared when they come round. We tend to get quite small children with their parents watching from a safe distance. We don't want to frighten the living daylights out of them...

I have made a fall basket for my DH's sweeties. Not that I will let him go round the houses, haha.
Everything is made from scratch, even the pumpkin. I scrap-lifted the idea from a Magnolia Ink magazine and added my own twist. scroll down if you like to see more.

A sweet little Tilda on one side.

 And Edwin on the other side.

The images are coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Edwin and Tilda are sitting on a CC Designs  bench. The pumpkin is made out of 5 ovals each. I painted the with spiced marmalade and inked the edges, then the ovals are glued together.

The lettering has been die cut with a Tim Holz die and coloured with gold metallic pen. The little flowers and swirls are from Magnolia Doohickey dies. Anita's orange gems in the middle of each flower and on the handle.

The design paper is from K&Co and is an old stack I have lying around, but the colours always come in handy.

 Oops... it seems my big ghoul has already been at the goodies.

To someone special

I made a card with some free gifts that were supplied with a crafting magazine in this past summer issue.
Normally I would struggle to use any free gifts as the style or colour might not suit and quite often the quality is not there. This time I just loved the papers and acetates as all the colours were so lively.

The card has a summery feel to it and can be used for birthdays or just to say hello to that someone special.

I stamped this large Hero Arts flower on watercolour cardstock and coloured it with Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils. I added Ranger pearlescent paints in the middle and edges of the leaves.
I used some Spellbinders dies to cut the images and create border and focal point. The acetate butterflies are decorated with some Melissa Frances half pearls.

The inside of the card is decorated with more of the free papers and another writing area made from American Crafts cardstock.

Happy birthday with Wild Rose studio

I have a sweet little birthday card to share with you today. The card is only 5x5 inch and this is my favourite size of card to make and send.
The highlight is this little girl by Wild Rose Studio holding her cat.

The circle sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and the flowers are made by heat embossing an Autumn Leaves flower on pink cardstock and cutting them out. The image is coloured in Distress inks and the edging on the blue cardstock in done with Distress crackle paint.

 The paper is from Websters Pages and I have also used it to decorate the inside of the card.

I finally found a cheap little Dymo label maker in Cardiff. I like the old fashioned look of these labels and it makes a change of always stamping a sentiment in my cards.

Little wonder baby card

An unusual subject for a card from me; a baby card. I don't often make one of these as there aren't many opportunities in my close circle.
Websters Pages paper lends itself brilliantly for the job, so sweet and soft.

 An 8x8 inch card blank from Papermania with October afternoon papers for the background layers.

Spellbinders dies create such lovely borders and accents on the card. The kraft card is from Tim Holz and the brown printed paper is from a reissued magazine.

 Handmade flowers and butterfly painted with Distress ink, Glimmer Mist and Fairy dust glitter are assembled with a dazzler from Websters pages, a little blue acrylic flower and a gemstone brad. Some foam stickers for extra dimension on the card.

The main image has been decoupaged from 2 layers of paper. The Autumn Leaves sentiment has been heat embossed.

The inside has also been embellished with some designer paper and dies to form a little emblem flower decorated with stick-on pearl halves.

The completed card again with all its embelishments.

Autumn card series with the wizard of Oz (3)

A final card - for the time being at least- in this series of the Wizard of Oz. A card for friends and to celebrate friendship.

A really simple card using a lot of Spellbinder dies. The squares, corners and tag are all cut with dies.
Using Tea Dye Distress ink, I stamped the sentiment on white card and distressed the tag while it was still in the die, so the center plaque is lightly distressed as well as the edges. I applied the same technique on the corner dies.
Hope you like all 3 cards and your fall is wonderful. I am hoping for some dry days with sunshine, so we get a chance to enjoy the changing colours.