Lili of the Valley Birthday

Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you a Birthday card i have made for Lili of the Valley 's upcoming 9th Birthday. 

This is a 6x6" card where I have folder the front of the card back on itself. I then decorated the inside and then the outside.

The card blank eas made from Purple Bazzill cardstock.

The papers are from Lili of the Valley Promises paper pad.

The image is Lili of the Valley Best Friends.

It has been coloured with Promarkers.

The purple lace on the right hand side was punched with a Martha Stuart Punch.

The lace was from my stash.

The Flowers are from Wild Orchid Flowers.

The flourish was die cut with a Marianne die.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Anniversary Card

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I was recently asked to make for a Coral Wedding Anniversary, (35 years married).

This is an 8x8" card blank, although it doesn't show up well in the photograph, the backing card was coral coloured. The white card was then punched using a Martha Stewart Punch around the page, eyelet lace. The image is a Lili of the Valley Wedding Couple which has been coloured in using promarkers.

The flowers are by Prima as are the leaves. The ribbon tied around the spine of the card is a champagne colour. The wording on the card was typed on the computer.

I would like to enter this card into the Lili's Little Fairies Pastel Colours challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A Wedding Guest Book

Hi there

Today I would like to show you a wedding guest book that I made with my Bind It All and the box which was decorated for the book to go in.
I really enjoyed making the book. I used A5 heavyweight paper for the pages stamped around the edge with a swirly stamp and spun sugar distress ink. The covers were made from 2 mm thick greyboard which was slightly bigger.

The book was covered with papers from Best Creations wedding range. The ones I used had glitter and glaze on them already. I used the sheet with a picture of a bride and groom on it for the front of the book. The back has the same paper on, just without the picture. I then added some flowers in to the front to hide the printed flower and give it some dimension. I then used 2 prima white birds on the front as well.

For the box I used an old iPad box. This was already white so I just cut panels to go on each side of the box. The top of the box was them covered with some fabby handmade paper ( the sort you will all have hidden away in your stash!).

I then layered up white and black lightweight card edged with the Martha Stewart eyelet lace punch. Then I added flowers and leaves to accent the box and some gorgeous pearly swirls. The finishing touch was a prima glittery butterfly and some ribbons along the binding wires.

I hope the blushing bride enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.

See you all soon!

The Book Inside

Hi There

I would like to show you the book which was inside the box from yesterday!

This is both the front and back pages of the book. Although it doesn't show very well, her name (Carol) is on the front of the book. The sentiment says Friends are the Essence of Life, the epoxy sticker was matted onto cram cardstock, cut with an oval nestie.

This is pages two & three. The edge on page two was cut with a GoKreate Die (frilly squares 2). The pocket on page three was edged with a ribbon effect sticker. The tags have sayings on them such as 'Thanks for being a great friend' and 'We will always be friends'.

This picture shows the flap lifted on page two, to show the hidden photo mats.

Pages four and five. These were decorated using 2" squares from the patterned paper, I added rub ons stickers and gems in different corners.

Inside page four, another sentiment and  a place for a photo, with another rub on in the top corner.

Inside page five, another sentiment and another photo mat. Yep another rub on in the top corner :)

Pages six and seven. Page six has a pocket on with two tags in, to be journalled onto or photos stuck on them. The pocket has a border made up from two stripes of the co-ordinated papers and a die cut flower at one edge. Page seven also has a pocket, this time the pocket was cut on an angle and edged with a Martha Stewart Border punch. Some more rub ons and an epoxy sticker finish this page off.

Again all the goodies to make this were bought from The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

Happy Crafting

A quickie from me!

Good morning

Just a quickie from me this morning as I am off for a full weekend of crafting with the lovely girls from The Stamp Pad.
I'm afraid its another Christmas card from me again, mind I still have lots to do.

Another square card! Green backing paper and red cardstock, edged with a Martha Stewart  punch. Overstamped with snowflakes in Forest Green. The die cut was layered with Nestabilities eyelet circles. The die cut was gently inked with fired brick and second stamped with a snowflake from inkadinkadoo. A Pri,a poinsetta and there you have it.

Be back soon and show goodies I make over this weekend.

Hi There

Well another day closer to Christmas, how many cards have you made yet??

I have decided this year to do some smaller cards as well as my usual 7x5" and 5 or 6" square. I find these a little less daunting, especially when you have quite a few to make. And after all, small things come in small packages!

 Both these cards are 4" square. The die cut shapes are by Mo Manning for the Hobby House. Althought the die cuts are on white card, this didn't look right on my card so, I inked it with Forest Moss distress ink and the matted it onto green cardstock which had been die cut with Nesties Labels 1. I then stamped a few snowflakes on the backing paper as well. A strip of green ribbon down the left hand side. Red card stock was punched with a Martha Stewart punch. A poinsetta and tow green punched pine branches.

This second card is again a 4" square card. This time the die cut was inked with Fired brick distress ink and stamped over with another snowflake stamp. The die cut behind the image is a Marianne die cut out in red card. A green ribbon over the join of the papers and some more Wild Orchid flowers and a red heart pin finish this card off.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them.

A Wedding Card

Hi There

Today I thought I would showcase a wedding card I made at the weekend.

The card was made with an 8x8" scalloped card blank. I put a sheet of pale pink card stock on the card s a mat. This was then overlayed with a square of vellum, which had been edged with Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace punch around the page punches. The die cut Forever Friends topper was matted onto more pale pink card stock and all corners nipped in with a fancy corner punch. Pale pink sticky pearls in the corners and on the greetings. A length of ribbon around the spine of the card tied in a bow finishes the card off.

Happy Crafting 

A Birthday Card

Hi There

Here is another birthday card I have made. This time I used the wonderful Fizzy Moon designs.
This is a smaller card 4.5" x 4.5" as I like to have some of these ready for when my children come home from school and tell me they need a card for a friends Birthday, Tomorrow!

The background paper is from the Fizzy Moon paper pack, however any patterned paper would do. I cut this just over an inch shorter than the size of the card (by accident!), stuck it to the left hand side. Then I cut a strip out off Pick Bazzill and punched the flower trim (from a Martha Stewart punch), and stuck it down the right hand side. The topper is from a sheet of FM cardstock sticker matted on the pink Bazzill and then onto white card. The corners were punched with a corner punch which just nicks in the corner. Some people I know call it a 'lips' punch, others call it an 'A**e' punch ! The cardstock greeting and star were stuck on the bottom panel. And there we have it, a relatively quick and simple card which I think looks quite nice.

Happy Crafting

Hi There

Well sorry for not having posted for a while, I had a weeks holiday booked and then my router for my pc died. 2 weeks without internet access has seemed sooo long. What ever did we do before the internet????

Anyway I have still been crafting and would like to share with you a card I made for a Male 30th Birthday. I don't know about you but I find male cards very difficult.

This is a 8x8" card. I have used 2 shades of blue. The paler one, when stuck on was edged with my Martha Stewart dotty scallop punch. The darker card was then also edged with the same scalloped punch and then offset slightly. Using the same colours I then matted and layered the car topper. Using the darker cardstock I embossed it through my BigShot using  a Cogs and gears folder. This was then sanded back to reveal the embossing. I cut the greetings out on my Craft Robo and also the mat for the greeting. I added a cork paper 'gear' which was also cut on the big shot to the bottom right hand corner. A few black gems to finish it off. (A girl needs bling!)

Hope you enjoyed me sharing this card,

Happy Crafting

Alcohol !

Hi there

This is to show you some things I have done using Alcohol Inks. Yep, I too thought that alcohol was just for drinking after a bad day at work ! :)
I cut a sheet of A4 acetate down to A6, The I went to town on it using Terracotta, Raisin and wild plum, with a little mettallic gold for good measure. I had just been playing with my Alcohol inks and had this background sheet for a few days wondering what to do with it.

The card is a Craftwork Cards bracket edge card blank, with the bracket bit folded back on itself. I then stuck the acetate under the folded bit and worked out where my topper would be before sticking under there as well.
The stamped image is a Crafters Companion SWALK, coloured with promarkers. This has been die cut with Nesties labels 4 die, cut in my Big Shot, and inked with tattered rose distress inks. The green flourishes were die cut from green bazzill bling using 2 Marrianne Dies. The flowers are from Prima held in place with a faux gem brad.
The backing paper on the inside is just some pale pink paper I have had for a while (you can probably read that as years :rolleyes: ) I punched the edge with an EKSuccess punch and then added 2 more Marrianne flourishes. The blue pearls on the topper were from a Pearl pen which you can squeeze out aas much or a little as you need. The flower on the card was also done with a Lilac pearl pen.

All the products used to make this card were bought from The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

Happy Crafting


Edit :- My hubby has just asked me if there is any techniques I havent used on this card. How Rude! !

Charity Cards

Hi
Following on from yesterdays post this is a card I made using the left over papers from Saturdays Lili of the Valley challenge card.

This is a 7x5" card, I edged the Pink Bazzill with the Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace border punch set. Then I used the rest of the A4 Lilac glittered paper and cut arount the individual flowers and leaves on the paper to create the border on the left hand side. A Tatty Ted decoupage topper from my 'toppers' box, inked the edge with distress ink and there you go, a card using the bits left from another card!

I am finding this easier as you have already decided on a colour scheme, and lets face it, how many of us crafters have 'bit boxes' of stuff to use 'later', and yet most of us still get out another full sheet of card before checking the 'bit box'!

Hopefully I can keep this up and the charity can help more children.

Happy Crafting

More Cards

Hello there
Well after getting my Lili of the Valley die cut sheets out recently I decided to do a couple more cards with them. I am having a stall at my friend's Church Craft Fayre this weekend.
These are fairly quick and simple cards which I can do without much brain power, especially when the weather is this hot!

This is a 6x6" scalloped card blank, pale pink backing paper. The topper was die cut using Nesties Labels 5 as was the Pink Bazzill mat. I then took some of the pink Bazzill cardstock and cut out the figure of 8 lace border using a Martha Stewart punch. This is laid on top of some flowery white paper. Not sure if it visibly very well on the photo but i then Glamour Dusted her wings.

I am trying to go with the theory that every time I make a card for myself, a friend etc, I use up the rest of the paper and make a card to donate to Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital. They do such a wonderful job there and look after some very poorly children. Even if by doing this they only make a small amount, it will help all those children and their families at a difficult time.

So far, I have managed 2, but as I only decided on this at the weekend I will keep going.

Happy Crafting

Another Card!

Good morning

Just a quick post today. This is a card I made recently.

The card is an A5 landscape card in pearlescent cream, matted with navy card. The top paper is Anna Griffin the bottom paper is BoBunny double dot. A Martha Stewart border punch along the bottom, some cream lace coving the join in the papers. Some stunning blue ric rak ribbon at the top of the lace. The stamp is a Clarity stamp on pearl cream card die cut with Nesties label 1 and again matted on blue card. The scentiment was stamped on the same cream card and matted onto blue.
All these goodies, and more, available from The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

Happy Crafting

Wedding Order

Hi There

I have not been crafting much this weekend as I felt a little under the weather. So I have decided to show some cards I made for an order I received for a 30th Wedding Anniversay. All 3 cards were for the same couple, so all had to be different!

The first one was a 7x5" card. Forever friends decoupage matted on pearl pink and pearl white card, die cut with nesties Labels 1. The sentiment was printed onto white pearl card and then cut out using the scalloped rectangles. Some organza ribbon and pearl stones finish it off.

This was an 8x8" card the pink paper was inked with distress inks. Again a Forever Friends decoupage and pink nesties labels one die cut. The pearlised paper was edged with Martha Stewart eyelet lace around the page punch. Printing done on computer and then die cut with rectangle nesties. Adhesive pearls in the corners and on the main image.

This card was an A4 sized card. Peach pearl card made up the front  with pearlised paper edged with the MStewart around the page punch. Die cut decoupage matted onto peach pearl card flowers layered up in bottom corner and trimmed with adhesive pearls top left and bottom right.

This just shows that although the die cut decoupage are very cute, they can be used on larger than normal cards. I was a little worried at first when I looked at the size of the topper and the size of the card, but as long as you plan a little bit more than normal, they can look really nice.

Happy crafting.

Mojo Monday 195

Hi There

This is a card I have designed using the Mojo Monday sketch.

I used a 7x5 card blank. The green paper is BoBunny Shabby Princess as is pink paper. The green strip across the middle was edged off with Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace border punch. The pink dots are Pebbles Inc Candy Dots in raspberry. The die cut shape is made using the nestabilites eylet circles, inked with victorian velvet distress inks and the green was snother distress ink. All these things can be bought from The Stamp Pad.  The stamped image is a SWALK stamp called 'Best Friends'. Finished off with some pink and brown spotty ribbon.

Happy Crafting

More Christmas Cards

Well I have really set to, in making my christmas cards.

This is another Lily of the Valley, die cut sheet. As i have said before these sheets come with a number of square images on one sheet. I die cut is with the GoKreate dies, matted on Christmassy red card. The border is from the Marianne Ole Fashioned Christmas Paper pack edged with a Martha Stewart border punch. The flowers and leaves are by Prima. All these goodies were bought from The Stamp Pad.