New Nellies Stamps

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made using the new stamp from Dawn's Stamps, part of Nellie Snellen. This one is a little girl with a Birthday Cake.

This card is sone a a 6x6" card blank. The image was stamped in Black Memento ink and then coloured in with my Promarkers. This was then die cut with Nesties Label 18 on my Big Shot. The image was then gently inked through the die with Worn Lipstick Distress Inks. The backing paper is from the Summer Breeze paper pad from First Edition.

The image was then layered onto a pink labels 18 and a brown labels 18. Both of these sheets came from the same pad and match beautifully. The flourishes are cut from the same brown paper with the D-Lites Flourish 2.
The sentiment is from Lili of the Vally and has been stamped in Brown ink and then die cut with scalloped circles nesties.

I hope you like this creation.

 Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Another Whimsy Stamp

Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you another card made using a Whimsy Stamp image. This time I have used the stamp Wee Love you Bunches.

The card blank is made from Raspberry Bazzill, and cut to a 6x6" size.

The image was stamped onto white smooth card, and coloured in using promarkers. This was then die cut using nesties Marvelous Squares, I love this die ! 

Not sure of the background papers, they are fairly old stash. The strips of paper vertical and horizontal were the leftovers from yesterdays card :) Again they were matted onto the raspberry bazzill. The flowers are from the Prima Got Flowers and the leaves are from Wild Orchid.

I hope you loke my take on this image.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A Lili of the Valley Card

Good Morning

Hope the snow isn't too bad for you all today.

Today I would like to share with you a card made using the Lili of the Valley Image All Wrapped Up .

This is 6x6" card blank, not sure of the backing paper as I have had it a long time and am not sure of the make, sorry. The image was coloured with Promarkers and then Die cut on the Big Shot with Nesties, Labels 28. I also Die cut this twice in Blue Bazzill and then layered them at right angles. The flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks Wild Orchid challenge, Coming up Roses.
Also to enter it into the Lili of the Valley challenge, Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Good Morning

Good morning,

I hope the snow is not too bad where you are. Stay in and craft seems like to order of the day.

Today I would like to share with you two cards I have made using some Forever Friends die cut decoupage.
Both cards are made from a 7x5" card blank.

The first one is ideal for a female birthday or even Mothers Day.

This first one was matted onto Pink cardstock which had been die cut using the Marriane Ovals die. Before I took the die cut out of the die, I inked through it with Distress Ink in Fired Brick first. I the matted the decoupages image onto the die cut and then onto spotty paper which I inked the edged with the fired brick as with the edge of the cardstock.

This second card is more for the Man in your life.

Again this is a 7x5" card blank. The stripy paper was from my stash. This time is used Blue Bazzill cardstock in the Marianne Die. This was cut with my Big Shot. I decided not to ink threough the die on this one as the embossing was very deep, however it doesn't show up very well on a photo :(

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Ooops where did that week go!

Hello there

Today I would like to share with you a couple of cards I made up yesterday. They are using Tatty Ted Decoupage. I made the decoupage toppers up in the autumn, but then they got hidden under the Christmas stuff.

This first card is an A5 card blank. The papers are so old I forget who they are made by, Oops. Tatty Ted was die cut and decoupaged, this was matted onto Pink Bazzil card which had been die cut using scalloped Oval nesties. The flourish in the top left corner is one of the new D-lite nesties, Fantastic Flourish 2.

The second card was also an A5 card blank, backing paper from the same sheet as before. The flourish in the top right hand corner was again pink Bazzill and was D-lite Fantastic Flourish 3.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Another Birthday Card

Hello there

Hope you are all keeping warm in this cold weather. I have stayed in and crafted to keep warm.
Today I would like to show you a 10th Birthday card.
This is a 7x5" card.

The papers are from Lili of the Valley/Nitwits Promises paper pad
The Die cut is from the Cuddly Teddy die cut sheet, it has then been die cut using the Marvelous Squares nestabilites. The purple spotted paper was then die cut with the larger nestie, through my big shot.
The frame at the bottom was die cut using spellbinders d-lites Frame-1
A peel of sentiment and job done.

I would like to enter this into this weeks Lili of the Valley Challenge of using 2 patterned papers.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

1st Birthday Card

Hello there

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made for my niece's little boy who will be one at the end of the month. (I think that makes him my great-nephew??)

This is an 8x8" card. I have used papers from NitWit's Bonnets & Bowties collection.
The image is a Lili of the Valley Die cut from the Cuddly Teddies sheet.
The purple bazzill card behind the image was die cut with Spellbinders Marvelous Squares on my Big Shot.
The '1 Today' and Leighton's name were cut out on my Silhoutte electronic cutter.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks Lili of the Valley challenge, Use two backing papers.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Birthday Card

Good morning

Ooops don't know what has happend this week, Where has it gone :)

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for a dear friends birthday which was on Tuesday. I wanted to make sure that she had got the card before posting it on here.

The card is made on a 5x7" card blank. The papers are from NitWit's Bonnets & Bowties pad. The image is 'Best Friends' by Lili of the Valley. The image was coloured in with Promarkers and then die cut with Nesties Labels 2, the backing was pink Bazill Bling cut with the same die.The image was then gently inked, whilst still in the die, with Tattered Rose distress ink. The flowers are Prima No5 flowers in Blue and Pink. The green flourish at the top is a Marianne Die Tiny Flowers 2. The flourishes at the bottom are die cut from the Vines die by Whimsy Stamps. These were all die cut with my Big Shot.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

More Christmas

Good Morning

Today I am going to share with you another two Christmas cards. These two cards are both 7x5" landscape cards.

This first card was folded tent fold (With the crease at the top)The paper came from an SEI Joyeux Noel paper pad. The Forever  Friends topper is a pyramage which is matted onto white card which had been die cut with the nesties scalloped oval die. This had been inked with Iced Spruce distress ink. The sentiment was put on with foam pads. This was finished off with three nailheads in the top right and bottom left corner.

The second card is also landscape. The paper comes from a Marianne Paper Pad. The Forever Friends Decoupage was matted onto gold mirri card as was the sentiment. This time I put three gems in the top left corner and then one in each corner of the main image. On the bottom left hand side of the paper I went over the flourish with a quickie glue pen and then just highlighted with glamour dust glitter.

 

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Christmas Fair Goodies

Good morning

Today I want to share with your a couple of goodies I have made for a Christmas Fair I am attending on 25th November 2012. The fair is to raise funds for Francis House Children's Hospice which is a hospice for children with life limiting illnesses. It is such a worthwhile cause and they bring so much joy to these children.

I have made some 'Snowman Poop'.

The red card was embossed using the cuttlebug snowflakes folder, Then cut to size (i found that for the normal sizes of Tic-Tac's 10.5 cm x 7cm was about the best size. The snowman image was printed from a free Whimsey Doodles template.

 Inside is the little rhyme which you can also print off from this site. A length of ribbon approx 9" long stuck along the middle ties the project together. These are great for children of all shapes and sizes (my hubby has already 'borrowed' some of my packets !

For the 'Grinch Pills' I have used the same idea. This time I have used green card stock but again I have embossed it with the cuttlebug snowflake folder.

 The verse and picture on the front I got from here . The verse reads:- Feeling kinda grouchy! Holiday spirit can't be found! Just try these 'Grinch Pills' They're the best medicine around. Whether eating a whole handful or munching one or two,These tasty little 'Pills' take the 'Grinch' right out of you!

So sorry that the photos are not the best, my camera is playing up.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

More Christmas !

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you another two Christmas Cards. I hope your not getting bored with these, but at the moment it's all that I am making.

Both these cards are made with 7x5" card blanks and using the 'Me to You' Tatty Ted decoupage range. 

This first card uses the bottom left hand corner of a Carol Wilson 12x12" scrapbook paper. The silver Mirri card was die cut on my Big shot using the Nestabilitie scalloped ovals die. The sentiment is from the die cut sheets and also matted onto silver mirri card.

This second card used the bottom right corner of the paper and then this was turned 180 degrees so that the snowflakes are in the top corner. Again the decoupaged topper was matted onto a silver mirri card which had been die cut with the scalloped oval die. Again the sentiment topper was matted onto silver mirri.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

A Monochrome Christmas

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card which may end up being 'my' card this Christmas! I was playing with a Bauble Tree embossing folder by Couture Creations. I put through different colours and weights of card through my Big Shot using this folder.

To make this card I used a 5x7" card blank. The tree was embossed onto Pearl card. I then used my Quickie Glue Pen to highlight certain areas of the embossing and covered with Crystal Glamour dust. I then used a corner punch which nibbles a bit out of the corner (like a set of lips). This was matted onto black mirri card which also had the same corner punch used on it. I then put 4 small black gems on the card, one in each corner and then added a black greeting peel off.

The embossing folder, quickie glue pen, glamour dust, card and gems were all bought from The Stamp Pad, Saddleworth.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Christmas Cards

Good morning

Today I have blogged another couple of cards made with Forever friends pyramage toppers.

This first card is a 5x7" card blank. The red snowflake paper is from a Papermania A4 pad. The base is a Gold mirri card which has been die cut on my Big shot using nestabilities deckle ovals. The message was matted and layered onto Gold mirri. Three gold nail heads top right and bottom left, the holly motif was die cut from green card using a Marianne Die. I then highlighted the berries with Red Stickles.

 This next card is one of my favourites (well today's anyway :) ) Again a 5x7" card, the paper is an old one from a couple of years ago ( I forget which designer, sorry). The pyramage topper was then matted onto a white card die cut. This was cut using the Marianne die Petra Ovals and then inked with Iced spruce distress ink. The card was finished off with three pearls in the top right and bottom left again.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Gothic Clock

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a project which I made on a workshop last weekend at The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth. The workshop was run by the talented Andy Skinner.

The project we made was a Gothic Clock, the basis of the clock was from  Tando Creative. The clock base was a good weight chipboard, and comes complete with the clock mechanism. I used part of a sheet of Graphic 45 paper cut into a circle to show through as a clock face.

The outer 'case' of the clock was embossed with an embossing folder ( I used one called heavy duty). This was then painted with a brown paint, over this we used a wash of red oxide paint. The 'rivits' are just circles of a heavyweight paper which were stuck on using a mat medium before we added the paint.
The cog was covered with Terra paint as was the clock hands to give them some texture.

The top black piece was embossed using a floral embossing folder and then painted with black acrylic paint. The numbers for the clock were also painted in black. To highlight all the raised embossed areas we rubbed over them with a graphite pencil just to enhance them. The back piece of the clock was embossed again with a floral embossing folder and then painted red. When dry this area was then  given a wash of black paint to take away the brightness.

The pieces of compass were cut from another Tando Creative set, this had the compass, crown and cog in.The compass pieces were cut to suit and then painted in black acrylic and highlighted with a graphite pencil.

The front of the clock was then given a wash of yellow oxide paint and this was allowed to 'run down' the piece and this gives the project a real look of old rusty metal. The front and back of the clock were then stuck together to with high tac glue.

I really enjoyed this workshop and learning lots of new techniques!

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Hello There

Today I thought I would share with you some more Lili of the Valley images.

This First one is a stamp called Big Present. Again he was coloured in with Promarkers and then Die cut using Nesties Labels 10. The papers are from the fabby First Edition Pads Isabella and Summer Breeze.
All sections of the card were inked with Distress inks.

This second card is made with a stamp called 'The Little Things'. Again it was coloured in using promarkers and the die cut with Nesties Labels 10. A Marianne Flourish and two corners finish this card off.

I hope you like these cards
Thanks for stopping by


Gill

Hello

I would like to share with you a card I made for a friend's birthday.

Now my friend is known in work for her love of shoes and bags. When I saw this stamp from Lili of the Valley it just shouted out to me for my friends birthday card.
The paper is by First Edition 'Boho Chic', The image and mat were cut using Nesties, Labels 18 on my Big Shot. I also die cut the two flourishes from Marianne Dies on this as well. The gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts, and the ones which were a little too pale, I inked with distress inks to match the card! The image was coloured in with Promarkers.

I would like to enter this into the Lili of the Valley Challenge - My Favoutite Craft Tool (Big Shot & Nesties).
I would also like to enter it into the Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes

I hope you like this card

Thanks for looking 


Gill

Hi All

Well today I would like to share with you some more cards made using the gorgeous First Edition pads. 

This time the pad used was Boho Chic.

 For this first card we teamed the papers with a fabby raspberry red plain card. The whole thing was matted and layered, the stickers are by Simply Creative. The sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.

This next card is a little different in that where you can see the punched line is the end of the front of the card. The card actually stands on the edge of the Nesties Labels 22. The rest is just matting and layering. The lovely little stamp in the middle is from a set of Hampton Art stamps. These are currently on special offer at The Stamp Pad. They are a fantastic price!

Again this is a different style of card in that it doesn't actually open up! The patterned piece in the back puls out and would make a fantastic invitation. The blank is made from two 6x6" card blanks stuck together and then the opposite corners removed and stuck down. The scalloped ovals were die cut with nestabilities using my trusty Big Shot. Again the sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.

Happy Crafting 

See you soon 

Gill

Hello there

Sorry I haven't been blogging recently, I have had a number of family issues to deal with and this has taken up a lot of my free time. Anyway I thought I would share with you a couple of card I have made using the Fist Edition Pad 'New Leaf'. I love these pads as you get a variety of papers , some double sided and some with Glitter on.

This first card is A5 Landscape. The die cut shapes were cut on the Big Shot using the Sizzix Damask Frame.These dies are fab as as well as use for matting and layering, the outer die has a decorative edge. A couple of decorative nail heads and some fabby stickers from a company called Simply Creative.

This next card is a 6" square card. On this one the glittered paper (although it is more a cardstock weight) was matted onto pale blue card, A strip of the flowery glittered paper with a punched edge of pale blue. Then two squares of matching papers from the same stack, again matted onto pale blue. A blue ribbon bow, some of the flower stickers from Simply Creative and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Another Christmas One

Hi There

Just a quick post from me today, work is very very busy and making me extremely tired :(

This is two photos of the same card. One with a poinsetta flower an one without. The card was die cut with a marianne die through the Big shot machine, the stamp is a Dawn's Stamp from Nellie Snellen. Coloured with promarkers, the card was inked whilst in the die with distress ink Victorian Velvet. The fur on the little girls collar and cuff and also
on the pom pom on her hat are all glittered with Glamour dust as were the snowflakes, which don't show up very well :( The I threaded red ribbon through the Hole in the card and tied it in a bow at the top.

So come on then, do I leave the flower on or take it off ? ? ?

Good Morning

Hi there

This morning I would like to show a Christmas card I made using a new set of Die cut images I bought from the Craft show at Leigh last weekend. The images are by Mo Manning and the sheets were bought from The Hobby House.

I loved this image as the cheeky child show all the fun of Christmas. This is a 6" square card blank, Red card stock. The stripy paper is from the Craftwork Cards Warren Christmas Collection. Three prima poinsettas and 2 gold holly leaves. The 2 swirls are die cut on my big shot using a Marianne die.

I hope you like this card.