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

Christmas Cards !

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a couple of cards I have made recently. For these two cards I have used Tatty Ted die cut decoupage. Although these sheets are die cut I usually go around them with my scissors as sometimes they are not quite cut as close as I like.

 For this first card I used some pale blue glittered paper with snowflakes on. Again this is from paper from my stash, I am making a concious effort to use stash I already have rather than buying more :) The silver mirri mat was die cut using a Marianne Die cut. This is a fabulous die cut and has a large flat circle in the middle which makes it very usable for so many things. The greeting was also matted onto silver mirri card.

For this second card I used some of a sheet of paper by Carol Wilson Fine Art. This time I matted the image onto a scalloped oval silver mirri card, die cut using a nestsability die. The snowflakes on the paper are already glittered and needed no more, again the message was mounted on silver mirri card.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my cards.

Gill

Hello there

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. Unfortunately life has got in the way.

Any way, Today I want to share with you a couple of cards I have made ready for Christmas (Shhh!).

Both these cards are 7x5" card blanks.

On this first card I used backing paper is from a pad I have had in my stash for a while (sorry don't know the make), The decoupage topper is a Forever Friends die cut one. I have shaped each individual pieces before layering them up. The topper is then layered on an white card which was die cut and embossed using the Marianne Petra Ovals die and I used the Iced Spruce distress ink to highlight the embossed areas. The card was finished off with three gold 'nailheads' in the top right and bottom left corner. The sentiment was also inked with Iced Spruce.

On this second card, I again used a backing paper from an old stack. This time I used the Forever Friends Pyramage set. Again the frame was made using white card and the Marianne Petra Ovals die. Inked the embossed areas with Iced Spruce distress ink. Three small pearl gems again in the top right and bottom left corner finish this off.

I hope you like these two cards. I enjoyed putting them together.

Happy Crafting.

Hanging Trio Frame

Hi there

Today I would like to share with you a hanging frame which I made during a workshop with the talented Julie from The Stamp Pad.

The hanging frame comes as bare wood. This was painted with Acrylic Paint, I used pink paint and highlighted with purple paint. I then used the Indigo Blu wild meadow stamp set to decorate the frame.
In the top frame I dangled a birdie charm using purple fibres. The back of the frame was covered with crinkly pink paper.

In the middle frame I stamped a butterfly in purple ink. I then over stamped gently around the edges of the backing card. I then went over the butterfly with glossy accents to give it the 'enammelled' look.

In the bottom frame I scrunched up pink paper, laid it flat and then gently rubbed the purple ink pad over it. Just enough for the ink to pick up the highlights. Then in the top corner I glued some pink glass glitters. I then cut a adhesive gem circle in half to stick in the bottom left corner.
Using the stamp set, I stamped out some images onto white card then cut them out to adhere to the frame.
I then dangled another birdcage charm from the bottom frame.

I hope you like this project from me. Way out of my comfort zone, being able to use pink and purple. With having 2 boys a lot of my makes are more masculine in colours.

As always I appreciate any comments about my projects.

Wedding Cards

Today I would like to share with you 2 wedding cards I made over the summer months.

They were for two brides who were related so neither card could be 'better' than the other :)

Both cards were made on an 8 x 8" scalloped card base. Both used a SWALK stamped image. The image was coloured in using promarkers.

I then personalised the cards using the individual colour schemes for each wedding.

I then added flowers, leaves and ribbons.

I hope you like these two cards. As always I appreciate your comments.

Thank you

A quick card

Hi there

Today I would like to share with you a 'quick' card.

This card was made for a friends son's birthday. The stamped image is from Lili of the Valley and coloured with pro markers. The paper is from a First Edition paper stack.

I hope you like it.