loving these create a card dies.......

this is the decadence again done in ivory and sepia.....

the flowers are the Heartfelt sunkissed fleur......

these are such fun to make and my stash of birthday cards is now growing!......

Christmas club challenge #9.Karen P's choice........black white and one other colour..

this week it was Karen P turn to set the challenge....nice one Karen I get to use my new stamp bought for me by Lizzie for my birthday.......

the stamp is our daily bread christmas tree collage.....stamped in versafine...baubles coloured red and glossy accents....red white and black matting and layering...Sue Wilsons embossing folder and cosmic shimmer sparkle PVA  dots...a red bow ...my last piece of this lovely ribbon.....some little red bells.....
Will be round to see all my lovely ladies cards later this evening......

Crafters Companion card creator Aurora.....

yes I am still playing with my card creators......

I used black co-ordinations and sanded back the embossed features a bit...mounted the black on  to ivory centura pearl that I had stamped with my greeting and then micro beaded to give some texture .....
the flowers are heartfelt posy patch stamped onto the ivory centura pearl and cut out using my scan and cut....love this machine....black sparklets for the centre of the flowers and a few leaves....
Doing a bit of crafting inbetween nursing my lovely husband who has been in hospital for an operation.....I may be at this some while...a slow recovery!

Crafters companion card creator.....Decadance....

and I thought what colours do I think are decadant.....mummmmm

so then I thought about the inside and glitter....

so I covered the inside with double sided adhesive and rubbed cosmic shimmer iced snow all over it...then fixed on the centre panel with the sentiment.....a bow and a jem....now where can I write  on...will have to fix a tag to the back of the card!...should have thought about that!.....

Christmas card club challenge #8 Asha's choice...Christmas lights

my choice candles.....

once again I made my own glitter card using double sided ahesive film and rubbing extra fine glitter on....the die cuts are Memory box...merry christmas and Glowing candle.....which I cut out twice once on red with double sided ahesive film and rubbed red glitter over and once in White and set this over the red layer.....the pine branch is Impression obsession  and the holly berries flourishis a penny black die....the mistletoe is a Magnolia Doohickey.....a bit of ribbon ....red and white gems and a sprinkle if cosmic shimmer iced snow....

looking forward to seeing all your lovely creations tonight when I go round all the blogs.....hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.....

playing with my scan and cut.....

I saw Mel Heaton do a demo on create and craft so I thought I would have a go......

so I cut one of the quilting blocks that come pre installed on the machine....using plain and patterned papers....glued them in place....edged with a micron pen with faux stitching.....little flowers are Marianne designs die.....sentiment is a  tonic die.....
Hope you are having a happy crafty day and the sun is shinning for you....today would have been my lovely old Mums 96th birthday and I miss her so.....

our last birthday celebration with her...she so loved to go out and have fun and being ill never stopped her....an inspirational lady....much loved and missed

Crafters companion card creator...Extravagance

This time I scored my A4 card first....and this made the positioning easier.....

Iinked through the die with spiced marmalade distressed ink.....stamped the flowers....heartfelt creations daisy patch...onto 3 different shades of co-ordinations card and cut them out using my scan and cut.....layed them up...some black glitter for the centres....
The inside is a coordinating sheet of embossed co-ordinations card sanded back a bit.....

and affixed a stamped sentiment through the apature to make sure.....
now I told you I had bought all 6 of the dies so thats 2 down....4 to go!....sorry but now that I am getting to grips I need to keep practising.....

crafters companion card creator....Romance

a card made from my first failed attempt at cutting this from a sheet of A4...I just couldnt bear to throw it away....so I inked through the die with vintage photo distressed ink....

 I cut the die cut off  the full A4 sheet as I hadn't got the positioning right (I have now decided to score the card first and that helps to line the die up correctly)...and matted it onto some cocoa co-ordination that I had cut a heart out of with my scan and cut  ..and then matted that onto a 7inch white  card base.....

which I had already stamped with my sentiment..............I made the flowers using the Sue Wilson classic rose die set...cut all 8 of the dies...sanded them down a bit ...made one cut into the centre and glued one petal over the other....layered them up a bit off set....now that was easy....cut the 2 different sized leaves and sanded them down.....job done.

step back from the card.......

you know that feeling...do I add that last embelishment....or not  well I wish I hadnt....

I really should have stopped....and not added the glue dots round the edge.....
this was based on a lovely card made by one of my christmas card club buddies....Lorraine http://raineyscraftroom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/spring-flowers.html.....I didnt think I had this die but there is was and it would have been rude not to use it once found.....
Spellbinders   Fleur de lis....so off I go.....Hero arts sentiment....spellbinders opulent ovals....sue wilson faux quilled leaves....a few flowers from my stash...and I am loving it...but I should have stopped there...ah well done is done......

card in a box.....

I do love making these......

the papers and sentiment are craftwork cards Botanica...the box was cut using my scan and cut.....as were the flowers ...

Crafters companion card creator die......

I just could not resist......

this is the card laid flat....cut fom a 7x7 card and trimmed because try as I might I could not get to work on an A4 sheet of card and then fold over tomake a complete card...the back was smaller than the front...I may need practice...

this is the card stood up and opened a bit so you can see the lovely cuts...I just inked through the die with chipped saphire distress ink...made a flowerusing the heartfelt delicate aster die.....and leaves...

the inside was tricky...I trace the heart appature onto a stickynote cut it out and masked through the appature to get it in the correct place....inked all over with chipped saphire distress ink....stamped over the edges with heartfelt creations feathered friends stamp...again in chipped saphire and then with a waterbrush took off some of the ink to give a but of dimension to the buds...then I stamped the hero arts greeting in the centre of the heart after peeling of the mask....then embossed the whole of the inside flap with a basket weave embossing folder....I think its a Sue Wilson one....
I am pleased with the finished result but it wasnt as easy as made out on the TV to use!...but as I say Imost probablyneed to play more well I bought all 6 of them so watch this space....

get well card

I wanted to make a bright and cheerful card.....

I havnt put a sentiment on yet....
made using card creations plus CD  flowers in bloom 2.....printed onto water colour card...tattered lace chantilly diamond corner....and bow is Sue wilsons lattice and classic bow dies....