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.

 

LEAFY TREE HANDMADE CARD

Autumn will soon be here and my Nephew has an Autumn Birthday so I thought about using one of my new SWEET POPPY STENCILS and using INDIGOBLU FLITTER GLU with their YORKSHIRE DALES GILDING FLAKES onto Black Card. I also heat embossed  "Birthday Wishes" with COSMIC SHIMMER LAPIS BLACK AUROURA EMBOSSING POWDER onto the black card.  I then matted the card onto Gold Mirror Board. 

The background card is a mirror board from CARLEY at CREATA and was embossed by using one of SHEENA DOUGLAS LEAF EMBOSSING FOLDERS.  Then with one of the leaves I added RANGER ADIRONDACK colour GOLD ALCOHOL INK and outlined this leaf with STICKLES colour PATINA.  To finish the card off I matted all of this onto another piece of Gold Mirror Board and edged this with a TONIC PUNCH and added a few black and green gems and a gold bow with a button.  The finished card is an 8 inch square white card.

Sometimes I don't know what size of card I'm going to make and just start of at making the Topper first, then simply just matting and layering until I'm happy.  I then add all this to a card I have in my stash, sometimes having to cut a card down to size, or even make one from scratch.  I find it easier to make the Toppers first, than stare at a blank white card and wonder where to begin and what with.

I hope you like it.  The photo doesn't do the gilding flakes justice. They are actually greens and golds and very light reflective, but not on this photo I'm afraid.