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.

GET WELL SOON CARD FOR MY MOM

Wow this is probably the most important card I've ever made.  I just wanted it to be so good.  My mom is going into Hospital tomorrow to have a Hip Replacment.  I know there's nothing to worry about.  Thousands are done every year etc...  But it's my mom and I've been through so much pain in my life and I hate to see other people suffer from pain too.

So I made this card for her using Marianne Dies, Heart Felt Creations Dies and Stamp for the Flower, Centura Pearl Paper and Card, a sentiment topper that I've had for years in a drawer, so I'm not sure who made that.  The Leaves are also from fake flowers and leaves that i buy randomly when ever I see any.  And I then went mad with the Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue pearl dots around the card.  Maybe a couple too many I think.  For the inside I printed a simple message on Centura Pearl Paper then cut it out using a Tonic Die, and for the leaf corner embellishments i used one of the Spellbinders Die-lites Die Fantastic Flourish Two.

Here's the card;

ANNIVERSARY CARD FOR MY DEAR FRIENDS.

I've not been crafting for a while.  Sometimes when I have no birthdays or occasions to make cards for I take a break from it.  I don't sell any of my crafts.  I don't think anyone would buy them, and they cost far more to make than I would get if i sold them.  I do the cards for family and friends and the other crafts for me, family or friends.  Having comments from followers is wonderful and It gives my confidence a real boost when someone says how lovely a project is that I've made.

Anyway here's an Anniversary Card I have made for my Dear friends.  It's nearly all Centura Pearl Paper and Card, Spellbinders Dies, Sentiment Dies by Britannia Dies and Heartfelt Creations dies and Stamp set with a few Flowers and Gems.  Oh and the Sue Wilson Technique of doing Pearls around the card using Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue in Cosmic Pearl.