Butterfly Box.....

Good morning, wishing you all well.......

As you know by now I love butterflies and one of my favourites sets at the moment is the Hobby Art Butterflies stamp set and the other week I thought that I would have a play around with a pop up box card as everyone seemed to be doing them.

 

So this is what I came up with......

I really enjoyed making this box using this set it was perfect for it.

 I also used the Script and Grasses stamp set which worked really well with the butterflies......

I stamped the images with Onyx Black Versafine ink and then embossed them with Wow Clear

Sparkle Powder.

 You can see the sparkle on the message.....

I used a wash of Weathered Wood Distress ink to add some colour to the butterflies and used a blending tool to soften off the edges of the box......

Well I hope that you have enjoyed my flutterby inspiration, I will be back soon with some more projects to show you.....

Big hugs Lisa B xx

     

Two quick and easy cards...

Good morning everyone

I've been a bit short of time this week, mainly due to visiting the 

Craft, Hobby and Stitches Trade show at the NEC a few days ago with Lisa and Kirsten

We had a great time and as usual, Lisa is buzzing with ideas

 and has lots planned for the coming months

I have two quick and easy cards to show you using the 

Craftwork Cards Opulence Collection Pack
and a little bit of Lavinia...

 You can see that I cut a square of blue and cream paper
 (from the Lavinia Victorian Print Background Papers) and attached it to a 

Craftwork Card 148 x 148mm blank using Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue

I then cut some strips of contrasting papers and attached them in the same way

I finished off by attaching a sentiment with

Woodware Mounting Foam Tape, some Stickles Glitter Glue and a

few blue sparkly dazzlers before using a brown fine liner pen to draw a 

few squiggly lines

With this second card, I mat and layered two contrasting papers from the 

Craftwork Cards Opulence Collection

and cut a white piece of card to size before embossing it with a lattice embossing folder

 I attached some flowers, a sentiment, some dazzlers and Stickles Glitter Glue 

to add some bling and sparkle!

                        
       

 

More next week - see you then

~Suzanne~

Lisa’s Crafts Too Samples, day three

A good Tuesday morning to one & all.  Kirsten here, with the final four samples that Lisa made for the Crafts Too stand at the Craft, Hobby & Stitch International trade fair at the NEC, in Birmingham.  Many of the UK craft companies will have launched their new product ranges in the last few days & I’m sure Lisa will have returned home last night with information about lots of new things that we absolutely must have in our crafting stash.  I’m hoping she might allow me a sneak peek or two…………  But enough of that, on to today’s projects & Lisa has used the same colour palette on four different pieces.





I like this card very much.  I’m always looking for differently-shaped card blanks & the curve on this one is lovely.  See the floral flourish on the top left?  Isn’t it pretty?  At first I thought it was a rub-on, then I examined it in close-up & I’m fairly sure it's embossed.  Either way, I want it.





I love tags, they’re one of my favourite things to make.  they’re perfect for trying out new techniques – if it doesn’t work, at least you haven’t wasted  a piece of your favourite card stock.  And if it does work, you’ve got the basis for a new project & you can use it as a topper – choose your card blank, add some complementary paper, stick the tag on top & voila!  A lovely card for someone.





This gorgeous wall plaque would fit in perfectly with the current challenge theme.  And you need to see it close up, so don’t forget to click on the image.  The heart is a die cut – so pretty.





Finally, this beautiful box, with a close-up of the lid below – which has a very interesting die cut on it, underneath the flowers.  The black core’dinations paper goes so well with these patterned papers. 





So, there you are.  Three posts full of gorgeousness.  If, by any chance, you missed the first two, you will find them HERE & HERE.  Once I have more product information, I will update you here & on Facebook & Twitter.

Before I finish, a quick reminder about the SALE.  It ends on February 28 & each time I check, there are fewer items left, so if you see something you want, buy it straightaway, Lisa will not getting any more. 

That’s it for now, thank you for visiting, I hope to be back soon.  Until next time, happy crafting.

Kirsten.