Fleur Heart Anniversary

Welcome back - I am glad to see that you have visited.

I made this card as a CASE of one I saw at Paperlicious Designs, but when I went to link to the specific project, it has been taken down.

The main stamps are the same - the heart from the Fleur Hearts, and the words from The Love Chapter set by Layers of Color

The heart was stamped and clear embossed, masked, and the background wording stamped in blue not black.  

The lace is totally different, and I added the pearls and rosette.

I stamped and silver embossed the sentiment directly onto the card base rather than mount it on another layer as in the original.

The panel was stamped on cryogen paper which has a subtle sparkle, and was mounted on the navy base, and two silver lines drawn down either side.

I am linking this to: 

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #123 - Let a Heart stand Out

The Corrosive Challenge #141 - I {heart} you

Ippty Challenge - Something old (rosette) something new (lace) something borrowed (the sketch) Something blue (the card stock)

Lets Ink it up Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

Penny Black January Challenge - Love and hearts

Pile it on Challenge #4 - Add Lace

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #91 - Love

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Lace

Get Hippity with Ippity challenge #13 - Hearts

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Happy Birthday

Greetings  - it is great to be here, albeit somewhat latter than planned.

This week I have used the new release Happy Birthday image from the D'Amour Allure range of images designed by Tiffany Mills that is available  from McMahon Five Design.com

 The image was coloured using chalks and some Stickles glitter glue for accents, and then cut using a Labels 14 die.

The sentiment was stamped with orange ink and clear embossed before cut with a Lacy circle die.

The paper is from the Prima Romantique pad.  The edge was punched and Kaiser chino pearls were added for accents.

The lace was a RAK from lovely Melisa Waldorf, the ribbon some I had purchased locally and some more pearls finished the card.


The team have produced some beautiful expamples of the releases this week - feel free to visit them - the links are on my sidebar.

I am linking this to:

Card Patterns Sketch #148

Random Red Head Challenge - use your favourite papers (Prima Romantique)

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge #189 =- Use Glitter
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Pixie Challenge - We're Going Dotty
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Some Odd Girls - Bling it up

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Orange Dahlias

Greetings to my guests - Thank you for calling by.

It is a soggy summer in my corn of the Antipodes, and today I have been chased indoors from the garden by the rain, so I have chosen this cheerful card to share.

I used the Dotted Dahlias image by Nina B Designs for the focal point, stamping the large one three times and cutting two smaller layers.

They were painted with twinkling H2O s and mounted with foam between the layers to give dimension, and a pearl finished the centers of all three blooms.

The card base was orange card stock, with a green pattern designer paper layer. I made sure the palest corner was where I was going to stamp the quote from Spurgeon.

I finished the card by stamping a Dahlia bud and the sentiment inside.

I am linking this to:

House of Gilli - Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations challenge #56 - Anything Goes

Make It Monday's #71 - Anything Goes

Stamp and Create - Anything Goes

Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge #101 - Lace and/or Pearls

Truly Madly Crafty challenge - Anything goes

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed

Thank You to an Angel in Disguise

Welcome to my blog again, and thank you for visiting - I do appreciate it when you call by.

We recently have had a few disruptions to our usual laid back lifestyle, and during this time we had a friend who visited each day and bought us fresh baking - yummy!!  

This is the thank you card I made for her.

I started by stamping the May Boutique stamp from Layers of Color in black ink on white Cryogenic paper and clear embossing it.  the image was then painted with twinkling H2O's.  

The combination of the paints and paper gave an incredible sparkle to this IRL, and I have tried to capture it here. I then matted that onto a blue card and onto a white base.

  The sentiment was then stamped and cut out and sponged using the smallest die from the Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio.

The twill ribbon was simply folded and held in place with glue dots to make the bow, and the button adhered to the top.

I simple card to make, but one that I was very pleased with, as is the "angel" who received it.

I am linking this to:

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #115 - being thank-full

Touch Twin Markers - Florals Pt1

Woodware USA - Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge #51 - Die Cuts, Punches or both
Sweet Stamps Challenge #36- Clean and Simple
The Stamping Boutique Challenge #17 - Someone Special

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed

A most vexing question!!

Welcome back to my blog - I do love it when you visit.

Recently my DH has not been well, and there was a most important birthday imminent and he did not feel well enough to go and purchase a card - knowing this I relented, and asked if he would like me to make a card, which offer he gratefully accepted. 

The question was, what did he want me to make - and this is the result, which he was most happy with.

I knew he would like a 'romantic' card as he is a big softie, and as the card was for me.... well what else but hearts and flowers, pearls and lace.

The red base card has a gold fleck in it.  The pink layer on top of that was randomly stamped with a small flower from the Layers of Color Merci Bouquet Clear Art Stamp set in Versamark ink, then dusted with red pearl-ex powder. 

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Rocket Red and clear embossed.

The doily was cut using a Spellbinders Floral doily die, the edges sponged with Memento Sky ink, and centre was sprayed with Rangers Perfect Pearls Forever Blue.

The heart from Kiwi Stamping was stamped in Rocket Red and clear embossed, cut, and had the lace adhered to the back of it before it was mounted with foam dots, which gave lots of dimension.

I wanted to add lace to the extended border, but it looked so WRONG I flinched when I tried it, so out came the Floral Doily accents and I used two of those for the edging

DH was so impressed that he paid me for it - as an additional gift.  Trouble is he said I had to spend the money on myself, not card making supplies.  So I think an online trip to a bookshop maybe in order...


I am linking this to:
Stamping Sisters in Christ Challenge 3110 - Anything goes
Creative Inspiration Paints - Inspired by Embossing
I Did It Creations Challenge #76 - Anything Goes
Lets Ink It Up Challenge #16 - Think Pink
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #83 - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes challenge #90 - Favourite Colour Combination
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #76 - Anything goes

Thanks for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Just because....

Welcome once again - it is good to be here and not think of the temperatures outside... 5 oC at the moment and cloud building again - I retreated to the studio this afternoon and made a card that has been brewing since I saw a certain sketch challenge last night.

I stamped the image from the Layer of Color Love Set in Graphite Black on Curious Metallics Cryogen white paper and embossed it with clear detail embossing powder, and cut and embossed it using a classic rectangle Nestablity and layered it on black cardstock.  

A quick trim of lace and ribbon, a bow and an old pearl button, and four rhinestones finished the main panel.

I mounted this on the base of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White card, which made the other (white) paper look cream!  To finish I embossed a line 5mm in from the edge of the cardstock.

I am linking this to :

Simply Less is More Challenge #25 - recipe - a bow and button(s)

Stampin' Sisters In Christ - Use Black and White

Card Patterns Sketch #125

Our creative Corner - All the B's - Black, button., bow and bling

Thank you for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Green Sympathy

Welcome to my blog, and thank you for visiting.

I have a simple card today which I made to have 'on hand', as there is nothing worse than struggling to make a sympathy card at short notice.

I started with a base of light green card, then a layer of a speckled cream card  that had been run through the Argyle embossing folder and the edges sponged with  Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.

The sentiment is from and Our Daily Bread Designs set of the same name. It  was stamped with Pearlescent Thyme ink and clear embossed, cut with a Spellbinders Classic Oval and sponged with the bamboo leaves ink before  the die was removed.  This was set on a scalloped oval of mid green card, green pearls added, then mounted over a ribbon which ran the length of the embossed panel.

The butterfly, from the Layers of Color Flutterescent set was gold embossed on green card, cut out and adhered to the corner of the sentiment oval, with green pearls to accentuate the body.

Over all a very simple card to make, and I was very pleased with the result.
I am linking this to:


Stampin'doodles - animals-nature
Make It Mondays Challenge #43
The shabby Tea Roon - Favourite things - pearls
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Sentimental
Clear it out - Keeping it Simple
Creative Craft Challenges - make your own background paper
Oldie but Goodie #22 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, and comments you may leave are greatly appreciated.  May your day be blessed.