MANS CARD

This next card was made again very simply on 8 X 8 card, using a printed black checked paper as the main background paper.  I then printed off the sky as the next background paper and then four images of airplanes. All these images I then matted onto Black card and used STICKLES to edge each image and dot around the checked background paper. The last thing i did was stamp a simple sentiment and cut it out, adding stickles again around the edges. 

ROSES ARE RED

This card was for my Moms birthday and to be honest was really simple to make. First i started with the usual 8 X 8 card matted and layered CENTURA PEARL CARD cut using GRAND CALIDER SQUARES with the inside of the frames embossed with a smaller square die.  For the aperture I used an embossed swirl CENTURA PEARL CARD and then used glossy accents over the raised swirls.

I then used roses and leaves cut out and decoupaged just using two layers.  I again used GLOSSY ACCENTS over the petals and leaves, but doing a bit at a time and leaving a minor gap between each application so that the petals and leaves really felt very dimensional. I then added a golden swirl and a sentiment and finally added four large pearl flat beads to the corners.

LAVINIA BACKING PAPER WITH STAMPED IMAGES

This is a card using the LAVINIA PAPERS, LAVINIA STAMPS AND GLOSSY ACCENTS. Framed with rectangle labels SPELLBINDERS cut and embossed, using the CENTURA PEARL card. Matted onto black card.  A green fabric flower with pearlised gem is added to the corner to match the green of the paper.
Glitter was added to the glossy accents as it dries and glitter added to her acetate wings. A simple stamped sentiment added to a label was the final finishing touch. 

ANDREWS 50TH BIRTHDAY

This card is very simply made using 7 x 7 inch white card with the toppers matted and layered onto CENTURA PEARL CARD again matted onto black card.  The main topper and background paper were stuck down at angles to the square card to add some movement to the card.

The river was glittered and glossed with STICKLES  and GLOSSY ACCENTS, plus i stickled the edges of the three round toppers and the around the oval in the picture.

MOTHERS DAY CARD

Making a Mother's Day Card Is hard when your Mother also makes cards herself, but I know now that the end result is just lovely and that she really liked it.  It's funny watching someone inspect your card trying to see how it's made, but i also do that myself with any cards that she makes for me.

The card I usually use is an 8" x 8" card made smaller to fit the square layered backgrounds from the SQUARE SPELLBINDERS DIE.  The main topper is embossed, an oval aperture cut our and pink glitter card placed behind the aperture.  The Mothers Day label is again from SPELLBINDERS cut out after I had printed off the sentiment.  The Flowers are from the HEARTFELT CREATIONS STAMPS AND DIE SET.  I finished the card off with a beaded swirl from CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS, a beautiful button from off a market and satin ribbon on the corners also from the local market.  The card used for this is the CENTURA PEARL CARD. I always use this as it gives off such a beautiful shimmer and this one has the gold shimmer, which has actually been picked up by the camera. 

ENGAGEMENT CARD

Engagement Card for Dear Friends and Neighbours of my mine.

Started by using an 8 x 8inch card and using CENTURA PEARL CARD with layers of gold card. The top is embossed using an embossing folder and then a frame topper on top of floral green paper.  I used the TATTERED LACE DIE LETTERS which came with the magazine they produce and added my friends names onto the floral paper.  I also used the TATTERED LACE DIES to make the floral arrangement on the side.  Also adding leaves by Tattered Lace.  I finished the card off with four candy dots, a congratulations label and fine gold glitter all over the flowers.

The inside of the card was matted with gold embossed card, a verse on a spellbinders label and a frame made from the same floral green paper used on the front of the card.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the card.  Never mind.  I also forgot to take a photo of the main card and had to ask my friends to take a photo of it for me and send via our phones.  My mind is getting old.

Anyway i hope you like the card i have made.  I love the new Tattered Lace dies.  I know they cost quite alot, but they are so easy to use.  I'm sure i shall use them as much as the Heartfelt Creations ones that i love too.

VALENTINES CARD FOR MY SON

Here's an 8 inch square card made with a backing card with red hearts and gold swirls.  I then added Edge Borders in Black and Gold made from the TONIC PUNCH on both edges of the card.  I then used  GLOSSY ACCENTS over the little red hearts on the backing card and left it to dry for an hour.

For the next step i had to make the middle panel from Red Glitter Dot Card matted onto Black Card just to give it an edge.  I then hand drew a heart onto Black Card and then cut it out.  I hole punched the top middle of the heart to thread some string threw and hung it from the main red satin bow, then covered the hole punch hole with a big red Gem.

I finished the card off with a sentiment from BRITANNIA DIES, A Gold Corner embellishment by CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS, which i put at the bottom of the heart, COSMIC SHIMMER BLACK GLUE dotted around the rest of the heart and the edge of the card, then finally a few strings of white pearls also from CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS.

COLLECTION OF HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CARDS

Well,  with the pre-Christmas i had, family and friends were lucky to get a card off me at all. It was one of my worst months ever. Anyway when i did manage to sit down and make some, I just hadn't the time to put them on my blog at the time. So although it may seem daft putting up Christmas Cards after Christmas i still thought people might like to see them. All of them are made on 8in x 8in card, using my Spellbinders, Heartfelt Creations, Creative Expressions, Cosmic Shimmer Glues, Marianne Dies and various Christmas papers and card stock.

So here they are and i hope you like them.  Just sorry I didn't manage to get them on  the blog before Christmas.

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU WITH TONIC AND SPELLBINDERS

I'm loving some of the Tonic Dies at the moment and just thought this topped off the Spellbinders Opulent Ovals Die.  I also used a Spellbinders Die-lites flourish Die for the corner on top of some fancy floral paper.  Then again used the Cosmic Shimmer Pink Glue to make border dots around the card.  The card used is Centura Pearl, is there really anything other than Centura that gives this beautiful shimmery finish ?  I then adorned the card with a bouquet of flowers.  It was made for my friends birthday and took most of the day to make and dry. 
So here's the finished card;

MY CARD FOR 65TH BIRTHDAY TO MY STEP DAD.

Well i haven't posted for quite a while, not that i haven't been crafting, just that with Looking after my mom, going away for Christmas, breaking down, expense of car repairs and so much more I just haven't seem to have found time to actually sit down and download pics of my crafting.

This card is obviously for a special 65th Birthday for my Step Dad.  It's a easel card but I'm really happy with the the way the 6 and the 5 intertwine nicely and of the card stock used.

He was really happy and said the words a crafter longs to hear "Wow that's a lovely card, one to keep and treasure"  To hear that, you know all the time taken on a card was worth every second.  I'd hate to think our hand crafted cards were just thrown away with all the others.

Anyway here it is and i hope you all like it too.