Lalliana Twinkle Toes

 Good morning, 

Today I would like to share a card again made with Tracy Easson's Lallianna stamp. 
For this I stamped the image in black ink and then coloured in with my Coloured pencils.

This is an 8x8" scalloped card blank. 

The background paper was made using my gel plate and spray inks. 

Both the square and Oval dies were from Creative Expressions Nobel collection.

The flowers were stamped in brown with a Heartfelt Creations stamp. 

I then used the matching die to cut them out. 

They have been shaped and inked in pink to match the card. 

I then die cut some green foliage to go behind the flowers.

A ribbon, bow and some gems finish this off. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Getting back to crafting

 Good morning all 

Well I am, hopefully back on track after a couple of awful months. Having caught Covid in January, I have now been advised I have Long Covid, so everything is taking a bit longer. Added to that I had to reapply for my job, got made redundant, and applying for jobs. I currently have a temporary role working in the NHS, so at least there is a bit of hope on the horizon. 

I have been playing with a stamp by the lovely Tracy Easson, Just a Girl and Her Imagination, called Lallianna Twinkle Toes. 

This is a large card at 8x8"

The blue background was made using spray inks and my Gel plate. 

I stamped Lillianna and coloured her in with my alcohol markers. 

I then stamped some of the companion stamps in shades of green. 

The silver frame is actually the waste off another die I cut out. 

I matted my background onto silver mirri card. 

Some gems in the corners finish it off.

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Glitter Stories

 Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a paper bag book I made from a subscription kit from Cal Summers. I love these kits and it gives my brain a rest, and allows me to craft along and not worry that it may not turn out. I always find the when you start with 6 paper bags and some 12x12 papers you can end up with something wonderful like this. All the tags in the book were cut from one of the 12x12 pages. 

I hope you like this book. Its a little different to my card making.

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Firework Burst.

Good morning. 

Here is another of my Art Journal pages, using a stencil called Firework Burst.

To make this page, I placed the stencil down onto my page.

I then sprinkled various pixie powders onto the stencil.

I then sprayed water over the top.

I then flipped the stencil over to take a ‘print’ from the stencil. 

This is the last ‘print’ I took from cleaning the stencil.

I love the way the colours change and become more muted the more prints I do. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Orange Floral

 Good morning. 

Today I would like to share this very vivid orange floral card.

This is a 7x5” scalloped card base.

The image is ‘Scented Blooms’ by Jane Gill for Woodware.

I stamped this onto white stamping card.

This was coloured using Cosmic Shimmer, shimmer shakers.

I put a little of the shimmer shaker onto my mat and added water to make a paint.

I used it quite thickly but you can water it down to make it paler. 

I then die cut the image and the gold mirri base with Creative Expressions Double Pierced Rectangles. 

# Creativeexpressions

# Janegill

# Woodware

# Cosmicshimmer

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Playing again.

Good morning.

 Want to share with you some more pictures from my time playing with inks and sprays.

For this I placed the stencil onto the page, 

then I sprinkled Emerald pixie powders around the outer edge of the heart.

I then used Firework burst pixie powder on the rest of the stencil.

When I then sprayed with water this is the result. 

 I then sprayed the stencil again and turned it upside down onto a black page.

It amazes me that the green shows up as blue on this page, 

Also not many of the colours from the firework powder doesn’t show on black.

These are ready for me to use as a background for another project.

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Sunflowers.

 Good morning.

Back to a card for today’s post. 

This is a 7x5” scalloped card blank.

For this card all the layers were die cut with Creative Expressions Double Pierced Rectangles. 

The background is white card which was coloured with 

blue, pink and yellow ink using the shaving foam technique.

The image is from Lili of the Valley.

It was coloured in with Spectrum Noir Classique alcohol markers. 

All ready for a sentiment, or just as is to make someone smile. 

# Creativeexpressions

# Liliofthevalley

# Spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Something New

 Good morning

At the weekend I went into my craft room to make my sons birthday card. I couldn’t decide where to start, so I decided to catalogue my spray inks/mists. I had bought some 4x4” books from Pink Pig for just this project. This lead to me getting some stencils out, and then pixie powders and shimmer shakers. 

As you can see, this shows the true colour I will get, as this is not always the same as on the bottle.

For this page, I laid the stencil onto the page.

Then I sprinkled pixie powders onto the page, through the stencil, trying to keep the colours separate.

Then I sprayed with water, to make the powders burst.

As there is some powders left on the stencil, I then turned this over onto a black page.

This gives a different effect.

I then respirated the stencil with water and took another ‘print’.

Well there is no point wasting all that lovely colour! 

# Cosmicshimmer

#craftynotions

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Lili of the Valley Fairy

 Good Morning,

This card is so cute, I coloured the fairy in with pale pink wings and a lovely purple dress.

The silver mirri card was die cut with the Creative Expressions Ornate pierced rectangle die.

This behind this is a piece of white card I had coloured using the shaving foam technique. 

The image was coloured in with Spectrum Noir Classique alcohol markers.

This was then die cut using the smaller Ornate rectangle die.

Before taking the image out of the die, I inked the image with pink Distress Ink,

I love the way inking in the die give a lovely white edge.

#Creativeexpressions

#Liliofthevalley

#Spectrumnoir

#Distressinks

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Cat and Cake.

Good morning

I would like to share with you a cute cat card. This would be ideal for a birthday card, or just to say hello.

 

This is a 6x6” scalloped card. 

The image is James and Cake from Lili of the Valley.

This was coloured in with my Spectrum Noir Classique alcohol markers.

The background was made using assorted pixie powders then cut to size.

The silver mirri card was die cut with the ‘Swirly leaf’ die.

This card is already for a sentiment to go on. 

#Creativeexpressions
#Liliofthevalley

#Spectrumnoir

Thank You

Good Morning.

Today I would like to share with you a Thank You card. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have done a few of these lately.

For this card I trimmed a 7x 5” card down slightly.

I then die cut the Creative Expressions Leafy frame die out of gold card.

Then I trimmed the gold card to fit the card front.

The background is made from white card which added two shades of purple pixie powders,

Sprayed with water to make the powders burst.

I cut this down to go behind the leafy frame.

From the off cut of the Purple background, I die cut the flowers.

For the flowers I used CE Forget Me Not dies.

I then die cut some leafs from green card.

I then die cut the Thank You and the mat in purple and gold.

#Creativeexpressions

#Cosmicshimmer

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x 

 

Love in the Air

 Good morning. 

Today I would like to share another Love card.

For this I again used a 6x6” scalloped card blank.

The Gold mirri card was die cut with Creative Expressions Swirly leaf die.

The image is from a Lili of the Valley stamp.

Coloured with Spectrum Noir Classique markers.

I then cut the image out with CE Double Pierced Squares, 

but I cut out around the balloon first and popped this over the die so it stays attached.

#creativeexpressions

#liliofthevalley

#spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

New Baby Boy

 Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a card for a new baby boy.

For this card I used a 7x5” card blank.

I then used Sue Wilson Double Pierced Rectangles die to cut the silver mirri card

and the blue paper is from a Cocoa Vannila pack ‘Boys Rule’.

The image is from Lili of the Valley called

This was die cut with Creative Expressions Sam Poole tags die.

The edges were inks with Broken China distress ink.

# Creativeexpressions

#Liliofthevalley

#Spectrumnoir

#Sampoole

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Tulip In a Vase

 Good Morning 

This morning I would like to share with you another floral card.

This is a 7x5” card blank.

Once again this image is from Sandra Rushden Blossoms and Blooms pad.

The image was coloured with Spectrum Noir Classique markers.

I then scanned it on to my Scan n Cut and cut the image out.

I then slightly enlarged the image and cut out a mat from silver mirri card.

#spectrumnoir

#sandrarushden

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Spring Bunnies

 Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you a ‘Spring Bunnies’ card.

For this card I used a 6x6” card blank.

The gold Mirri card from was cut with Creative Expressions Swirly Vine die and 

the outer edge cut with the Creative Expressions Double Pierced Squares die.

The focal image is from a Lili of the Valley stamp (Bunnies in Love).

The image was coloued with Spectrum Noir Classique markers.

This was die cut with a smaller Double Pierced Squares die.

#creativeexpressions

#liliofthevalley

#spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Floral Greetings

 Good Morning 

 

Today I am sharing a floral card. 

This card is made from a 7x5” card blank.

The image is from Sandra Rushton Blossoms and Blooms craft book.

It was coloured in with Spectrum Noir Classique markers.

I then scanned the image into my Scan N Cut and cut it out.

I then enlarged the image and cut out the silver mirri mat.

This card is just waiting for a greeting to go onto it.

#scanncut

#sandrarushdon

#spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Lovely Roses

 Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a card suitable for an engagement, wedding or any other Love occasion. 

This is a 6x6” scalloped card blank.

The red is a piece of Bazzill red card, cut with Creative Expressions Double Pierced Squares dies.

I then die cut the Gold Mirri card using the CE Swirly leaf frame die.

The image is from Lili of the Valley, Close Your Eyes.

It was coloured with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.

This was also die cut with CE Double Pierced Squares die.

#creativeexpressions

#Liliofthevalley

#spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Baby Boy Christening

 Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a Christening card for a baby boy. 

For this card, I used the Creative Expressions Ornate Pierced Rectangles die for the card base.

I then used the next die down and the intricate die to cut the silver mirri card.

The image is from Lili of the Valley, and is called Baby Christening.

This was coloured with Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers.

I inked the edges with Salty Ocean Distress ink. 

#creativeexpressions

#liliofthevalley

#spectrumnoir

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Valentines Day

 Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you the card I made for my hubby for Valentines Day!

For this card I used a 6x6” card blank.

The papers I used are from Lili of the Valley.

I matted them onto Kraft brown card.

The topper is from Lili of the Valley, I cheated and used a ready coloured one,

As I was so tired from helping my son move yesterday. 

#Liliofthevalley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

New Home

 Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a New Home card I made for my eldest son, who moved into his own Flat yesterday. 

For this card I started with a 6x6” scalloped card blank.

The Stamped image is from a stamp by Penny Black.

This was coloured in with Spectrum Noir Classique alcohol markers.

I then die cut the Delicate Garden Frame from Creative Expressions in Gold card, 

And the corresponding mat from Green linen card. 

I used some rose background paper layer onto the same green and gold card.

The sentiments were printed on my PC and matted onto green and gold.

#creativeexpressions

#spectrumnoir

#pennyblack

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

A Flower for mum.

Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you another card. 

For this card I  used a 6x6” scalloped card blank.

All the square layers were sat on my desk as they were the “waste” from the previous cards I have made.

I matted these and the topper onto silver mirri card. 

The topper is a Lili of the Valley stamped image, 

which I coloured with Spectrum Noir Classique alcohol markers.

I added a white organza ribbon and bow.

#Suewilson

#Creativeexpressions

#LilioftheValley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

 

A Butterfly for Mum

Good Morning, 

Today I would like to share with you another happy, sunny card. 

This card is a 7x7” square card.

The gold mirri card was die cut using Sue Wilson Double Pierced Squares dies.

This is the waste from another die cut! 

The background was white card, which had been coloured with Wisteria Chalk Polish and then 

embossed through the Dotty Waves embossing folder.

I then coloured the embossed areas with Pale Pink Chalk polish.

The image is a Lili of the Valley Topper which was matted with gold mirri.

I then added a white organza ribbon and bow.

#Suewilson

#Creativeexpressions

#Liliofthevalley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

 

Pretty in Pink

 Good morning, 

Today I would like to share with you another card I made recently. 

For this card I again cut the card base using Sue Wilson Double Pierced Squares die.

The frame was cut with smaller squares dies from Blossom cardstock.

The background was coloured with Wisteria Matt Chalk Paint and then,

 run through the Bubble Burst embossing folder.

I then coloured the embossed bubbles with Pale Pink Matt Chalk Polish.

The image is a Lili of the Valley topper, which has been edged with Wisteria chalk polish.

This was matted onto Blossom cardstock, again die cut with double Pierced Squares die.

I added 3 gems inn each corner.

The card is now ready for a sentiment to be added. 

#Suewilson

#Creativeexpressions

#Liliofthevalley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Sunshine Yellow

 

Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you a card which makes me think of sunshine! 

This is a 7x7” card. 

I used Sue Wilson Double Pierced Squares dies to cut the card base.

I then used the next two dies down to cut the square frame from Custard Cardstock.

The background is white cardstock, which had been run through the Dotty Waves Embossing folder.

I then coloured the embossed areas with Custard Matt Chalk Polish.

The topper is from Lili of the Valley, this was matted onto Custard cardstock. 

Both these layers were edged with Enchanted Gold metallic Polish. 

I then added 3 gems in each corner. 

#Suewilson

#Creativeexpressions

#Cosmicshimmer

#LilioftheValley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

 

Oh Dear!

 Well that didn’t quite go to plan, I was intending to blog every couple of days, but unfortunately I caught COVID-19 and have been quite poorly for the last week or so! Anyway, I am feeling much better now, if very tired, so I am going to try to make some cards room the images I have been colouring in over the past few days. 

For this card I used the outer die from the Creative Expressions ornate pierced rectangle die, and drew around it to get my base card.

I then coloured some card with Honeydew Matt Chalk polish.

I put this through the Diamond poinsettia embossing folder.

I then went over the embossing with custard Matt Chalk polish.

The image is a Lili of the Valley topper, which was die cut with the medium die from the set. 

I then added three gems along the corners.

I like the bright, freshness of this card. 

#Suewilsondies

#Creativeexpressions

#Cosmicshimmer

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Mother’s Day Make

 Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for Mother’s Day. 

For this card I used an 8x8” card blank which I trimmed down on the right hand side.

I used Creative Expressions Jasmine Embossing Folder.

I then die cut and oval out of the centre using Sue Wilson Double Pierced ovals die.

The stamped image is a Lili of the Valley coloured with Spectrum Noir Classique Markers.

I used the next oval die down to cut around the image.

I then went over the embossing with Glistening Gold Lustre Polish.

I matted and layered with Custard cardstock.

I used the white and custard card to die cut the banners using the Sue Wilson Double Pierced flags die.

I added a double bow to the top right hand side.

It is now all ready for the sentiment to be added. 

#Suewilson

#Creativeexpressions

#Spectumnoir

#liliofthevalley

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x

Long Time, No See

 Well it has been a long time since I posted on here. I have decided that I need to start creating and blogging again. Even if it just for my own mental health. 

So today I am sharing with you a scrapbook page I made in celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year!  Started off with a sheet of 12x12” black cardstock. I then used a sheet of red pearlescent card top. 

I then used some red and white cardstock from The Stamp Pad which had Chinese dragons on. The pictures were matted onto white and then black card. In the bottom left hand corner is the title which I hand wrote in a gold pen, not very straight, but I need to use more of my own writing. In the top right hand corner I added a metal charm with gold ribbon. 

I hope you like this page, I enjoyed making it. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate any comments you have on my creations.

Gill x