Folding birdcage card

I tried my hand at another folding card, its design derived from my previous card.
Apologies in advance as there is a lot to see on this romantic card.

Cardstock: Bazill Basics and American Crafts.
Dies: Marianne Design and Spellbinders.
Embellishments: frilly pink ribbon, lace and pink organza ribbon from stash, pearls from Anita's.

Paper: Prima design.

Sentiment: Prima paper design.

Stamps: Crafty Secrets and Hero Arts.

Molly Bloom Christmas card (3)

Here is another Christmas card made with Molly Bloom stamps.
I love the vintage feel and look of these stamps.

Colour: Copics, Distress Ink, Memento ink, Stickles, white Sakura Jelly roll pen

Embellishments: Molly Bloom, Marianne Design twine.

Paper: Molly Bloom, Papermania.

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.

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.

Autumn card series with the wizard of Oz (1)

More good use of Graphic 45 papers from the wizard of Oz collection coming up in this post.

 A handmade poppy from tissue paper and sprayed to add colour with Glimmer Mist. The cardstock for the base of the card is from Bazill Basics with Tim Holz kraft card. The images are all from the Graphic 45 collection, even the little postage stamp. The little tag is made with a matching stamp and has been stamped in Tea dye Distress ink covered with Glossy accents.

A close up of the paper tissue poppy in 2 shades of Glimmer Mist. The tag is made with a die from Marianne design.

Come to tea with Alice

I have been playing with my new stamp set from Crafty Secrets; Tea with Alice and this is another gate-fold card to share.

 The outside of my card. It's hard to get a good shot as the card keeps opening.

 I used Marianne Design ribbon border die with ribbon from Paperchase and some Ranger pearls.

The letters are also from Marianne Design and the little tags are punched with Fiskars..

 I coloured the images with Copics and added a shadow border.

 Just a few more shots of the completed card. I am busy working on a 3rd one in this series as I can't get enough of these stamps.

Hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

Wishes in pink and blue

I 'm in the mood. It is so hard to resist Eline's Vintage papers.
I had to use them again. They are just so lovely.
When my DH saw this card. he said:" You're again using the same stamps." I replied that these are my winter/Christmas stamps. Then he said:" Ah, well then I need to get you some different ones this weekend." Isn't he sweet, the supporter of my hobby? So funny.

Here she comes... coloured with watercolors, one of my artworks that I prepared when on holiday.
Spellbinders Create a Flake 1, a button and some Viva pearl pen.
More posts should be following, but first some breakfast: hot coffee and a peanutbutter and chocolate cookie, home made, yummie! I found some Reese's peanutbutter cups and pulled a recipe of the web. Not good for my wasteline, but who cares right now?

Seriously...

... the next one won't be a Christmas card. I promise. Just sit this one out and the next one will be different. I do like this little snowman from Whiff of Joy an I am particularly keen on these papers. So this is a romantic one...

DP: Marianne Design Eline's Vintage

Dies: Marianne Design Creatables, Nestabilities

Stamps: Whiff of Joy, Hero Arts

Embellies: Petaloo flowers, Viva pearl pen, Distress ink and Fiskars label punch.

Coloured with watercolours from Cotman.

Whiff of Joy - Snowman

Good morning,

A rainy Thursday, but nothing can spoil the fun, as I have the day off work.

I have another Christmas card to share and I 'm sorry if you 're not in the mood just yet...

I have a lot to make for this season and I haven't scratched the surface yet.

I have a few stamped images ready, all coloured with watercolours. Although I had a limited color palette, I think they came out alright. They have to look a bit vintage/ shabby.

Supplies:

Stamps: Whiff of Joy, Hero Arts, Sei

DP: Marianne design Eline 's Vintage blue & green

Color: Cotman Watercolours, Distress ink, Stickles, Shimmerz paint

Embellies: Viva pearlpen, MS borderpunch, Nestabilities, Making Memories ribbon, McGill branch punch, Kaisercraft flowers, beadcap, brad, Fiskars label punch.

Celebrate

Hi,
Just posting one of my 2010 Christmas cards. I meant to do them while on holiday, but the weather was good and I had too much fun outside.

Supplies:

DP: Marianne Design Eline's Vintage Christmas in red & blue

Stamps: Hero Arts, Autumn Leaves frame, Sei snowflakes

Dies: marianne Creatables, MS  borderpunch and fiskars label punch

Embellies: Kaiserkraft flowers, stamped with Distress ink and Sei stamps, Making Memories ribbon, Stickles, Viva Pearls and Liquid Applique.

Happy Wishes from Smookie

A little dragon stamp, its name is Smookie, from Nellie Snellen.
I got this stamp from my mom a while ago and never thought I 'd use it. Now finally I felt inspired to use it, mainly because I was looking for a small image and wanted to color with green. How funny is that?
But I like the way it turned out and it looks rather cute, specially with little mousy keeping company.

Again a lot of punching for this card, 5 different types were used on this card. I like this frame-creating with corner punches. I ran into a bit of bad luck this time as my -more than 10 year old punch- collapsed on me. The plastic frame fell apart and all the metal bits and 2 springs popped out. I put it back together, but even the thoughest Locktite couldn't hold it. A good excuse to buy another one...

A close up of the coloring, used a whole lot of different color Copics. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts and the flower stamp at the back of it is from Making Memories. I used Marianne Design Eline's Vintage paper and flower centers are also MD's. Some Viva pearls to create the pearls and some Stickles for the fireworks.

I love the look of many of the Dutch products and they have won over the British market, so it seems. It is now very easy to find their products in almost every craft shop. Bring it on! I browse everything on the Internet and it's good to see some new stuff come over here.

I got to go now. I have the day off, but I 've got errands to run and need to pick up DH by 12:30 for lunch.

And it is raining today and a bit cooler. Think my flowers and the birdies will be happy.

Hello

Just sharing a little card made with a lot of punching and some Nesties.
I learned this technique from Becca Feeken, where she shows you in a video tutorial how to punch different shapes and sizes of mats with a corner punch. I used my pansy punch from MS.
Another technique is on how to punch around a circle with a corner punch. I used an old flower corner punch. Once you get the hang of it, it is really quite easy.

The paper is by Marianne design Eline's Vintage and inked with Shabby Shutters.

The sentiment is from Crafty Secrets.

Just did a whole lot of punching and enjoyed it and of course the trusted Viva Pearls.

Maybe a better picture without the flash, you can see the dimension in the card a lot better.

Tilda with birdcage

Hello blog friends,

I haven't posted much lately.

My holiday is over now and mom went back to Belgium last Saturday. She had a wonderful time and was feeling much better. She is still recovering from her ordeal of last January. She 's still very skinny and wobbly, but we did manage to get out to do some shopping and we also managed a short walk in the New Forest around the Knightwood Oak. I think she loved every bit of it. The weather was good to us too, it was actually hot all week.

Yes, my mom is so much smaller than me, and now my DH took this picture, which I find hilarious. I 'm standing on this tree trunk and mom is behind me looking up into the trees, making her look like a little hobbit, LOL.

This is the card I made, my take on shabby chic. The card is cut with the Wild Card cartridge of the Cricut, such a wonderful cut to work with, I think.

I decorated all 4 sides of the card, clear embossing the back and the front of the card.

I colored the image with Copics and made my own pearls with Viva pearl pen. The papers and flower dies are from Marianne Design Eline's Vintage. Check out Eline Pellinkhof 's blog, it's fabulous and sweet.

I used a Papertrey sentiment and the Spellbinders label tags.

I used a bit of Silver Ice Stickles on the flowers and Martha Stewart butterflies. The note stamp is from Papermania Boutique. The silver pearls are made with Ranger 's Liquid Pearls and do not work as well as the Viva pearl pen.

The front and back of the card are stamped and embossed with Papermania stamps. I used Old Paper Distress Ink to stain the edges.

Hope you like this card, I had lots of fun making it.

Raindrops

Hello,

Not that we have had any this week, I mean raindrops...

I 'm having a fabulous time. I have a week off work and my mother decided to come over last minute.

She arrived on Friday night at St. Pancras International station with the Eurostar. I hadn't been there before and I must say I am never going there again by car. Goodness me! All the way through London to get there. Eventhough it was late evening, the traffic was hectic and the satnav couldn't keep up...

Mom 's going back on Saturday, but we are taking her up to Ebbsfleet International station. Much better.

So I haven't done much crafting, 'cause I 'm either out clothes shopping for mom or enjoying the sun in the garden.

I did manage to finish this card that I started last weekend... can you imagine?

The image is completely paper pieced, even the colored skin tones.

Supplies: Morehead stamps, Whoop De Doo paper from GCD studio, MS border punch, Marianne Design Creatables flower and border dies, Joy! Craft ribbon, Spellbinders label and deckled rectangle die, Shabby Shutters and Old Paper Distress ink, Stickles, pearls, beadcap, brad and flowerthreads.

I 'm trying to show you the design of the border die, it has little flowers embossed in every oval shape.

The stamped image is paper pieced and not colored, except for the skin tones, which have also been cut out.

Bless this Nest

Hello,

I finally got to finish this wall hanging. It's a wooden board and I spray painted it in 2 different shades, a gold and a bronze. Then I applied a creme craquele paint over the top surface.

All the die cut images are from the Sweetheart cartridge, except for the love stamp and the scalloped oval. Everything got a Glimmer Mist spritz. The colours I used are Creme de chocolat, Sand, Bronze, Vintage pink, Rose tea, Marsmallow and Pearl. The hearts and Tilda are colored with Copics. I also used some really old gold glitter. My mom bought the stuff when we were litlle. Not sure what she did with it though. I 've still got 2 tubes of silver and a tube and a half of the gold. It's quite a chunky glitter. I know Martha Stewart is doing the same style of vintage glitter again.

The board has a hook at the back and I attached an organza ribbon with 2 wooden beads at the end. I used Tea dye ink to distress some of the edges of the die cuts. The flowers are from Prima and Hero Arts, the little roses are from Hobbycraft and the 4 big roses are re-used from wedding favors. The dried cinnamon sticksand twigs with raffia and roses, have been in my possession for many years. I bought them in Belgium in Blokker with the intention to use them for gift wrapping. Waste not want not...

The plaque now decorates my hallway. It 's quite difficult to get a good shot, because the item is quite big, but it sure looks good hanging on the wall.

Post update 01-03-2010:

I was able to take a better shot the next morning with the sun coming in through the front door. I have added a few pearls and stars. Funny thing is; my other half really seems to like it. Not too girly for him LOL.

First Tilda for 2010 - One of a kind

Goodmorning,
I wrestled this little card together. I'm still feeling under the weather, but a least I can sit and do something.
I joined 2 stamps to form a scene. I wanted to keep the colors soft and mellow, so it's turned out with quite some pink and rosey accents.

Supplies: Black Memento ink, Hero Arts sentiment stamp, Storybook cartridge for the frame and swirls, medaillion and heart shapes on the inside of the card, heart punch, Deco Art Metallics Champagne Gold paint, Papermania and American Crafts cardstock, paper from Marianne Design and K&CO, lace is vintage, satin roses and pink bow from stash, paper flowers from Marianne Design, felt and organza flower from Making Memories, pearls from Papermania, pearl and sand Glimmer Mist, Plantin Schoolbook cartridge to cut labels for the sentiment, tea dye Distress ink.

This time I decided to also decorate the inside of the card. I had done so much to the front, I could not leave the inside bare.
I really enjoyed making this one. Hope you like it as much, thanks for looking.

Goodbye 2009

Hello on the last evening of  2009,

We are having a quite time. I 've been struck with pneumonia and this is actually the first day that I manage to do something. I 'm on Amoxicillin 1500mg and I think it's starting to work. Although not at night, I 'm giving my other half sleepless nights. Oh, dear.
I 'll keep this short, just a card and a few of my favourite Christmas decorations.

The stamp is from Stamps Happen, cute little birdies. Maybe you feel stuffed like them now. The frame is cut with Storybook cartridge, some flowers from Marianne Design, paper from K&Co Que Sera Sera, rub-on sentiment from Wild Raspberry. I added some Glimmer Mist and pearls from Papermania, sequins from the Beadshoppe and brads from Making Memories. Colored with Copics and some Distress ink.

These ornaments are from glass and are made in Poland and Germany, only the last one is made in China. I love snowmen and have collected quite a few. It's a shame that they all will have to go in hibernation again. Sigh, until next year. Happy New Year everyone and good health. Yeah...