Here comes Spring....

Good morning all

The following card is made with the 

Imagination Decoupage clear stamp set - Tulips available HERE

(currently 25% off)

Using Onyx Black Versafine, I stamped the little leaf background stamp direct on to a 

Craftwork Card Top Notch 148x148mm card blank 

I then stamped the large image on to some pastel pink gingham paper from the 

Craftwork Cards Macaroon Paper Pack (currently 10% off)

Using some scrap pink paper, I stamped the tulips twice and cut them out and also stamped them on to some green card and cut out the leaves

  The pieces were attached to the main image 

with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear glue

I decoupaged two of the tulip petals using Woodware Mounting Foam Tape

and then applied a layer of 3d Crystal Laquer to the leaves and petals to increase the depth

of colour and add shine

Colour was added using a forest green promarker and I finished off with a little

Stickles Star Dust to the tulips

 and matted and layered with some scrap pink and black card to finish off.

See you next week

~Suzanne~

       

      

Thinking of you

Hi! It's Georgina with my regular Thursday post.

Today I have a card to share with you. A simple card when you just need to say I'm thinking of you.

 

 

I used Imagination Tulips stamp set for this card which are 25% OFF at Lisa.B.Designs. Both the tulips and wording are part of the same stamp set. I started by stamping the tulip image onto green and dark pink card using a Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad. I stamped the tulip flower three times and the leaves once of to green and once onto dark green. I used the dark green for the stems. I cut out all the layers.

 

On a 119x119 white card blank I drew a square with a pencil. I used a square metal die as a template. I then drew a square shape as shown below with a black fineliner. I stamped the wording in the bottom right corner of the square, again with the Memento ink pad.

 

I attached the green sections of the tulip flat onto the card. I then added the tulip flower heads with foam pads. Onto both flower heads I added added a petal with just glue rather than foam pads as this gave a different, more subtle, level.

   

Vogue Times Four

Hello crafters, Kirsten here. Is everyone getting back to normal after the Christmas & New Year festivities? Strangely, it seems a long time ago already. I’ve got four quick cards to show you today, all made with the new Craftwork Cards collection, Vogue (still 10% off).

 

I cut & scored a piece of acetate for the front of this card, putting the sentiment on the acetate & adding a die cut circle of matching paper on the reverse to hide the dst.

An offcut of patterned paper on black card & edged with gold diamond mesh. I added some gold liquid pearls as accents.

This is a kraft card blank. I die cut the frame & dry embossed the top layer, then I decided to cut another frame, leaving it plain. I added some Platinum stickles to the peacock’s feathers.

I thought the black & gold papers in the collection would work for men’s cards, so I came up with this one, adding scraps of bakers’ twine to the buttons & some faux stitching around the borders.

            

        (There's still 10% off many items on the website, if you haven't already seen the offers.)

With these collections I find it quite difficult to add lots of layers & embellishments, which, given that I’m by nature a ‘throw everything & the kitchen sink at it’ crafter, is curious. I think it’s because I like the designs & images to speak for themselves. Anyway, thanks for looking, see you next time

 

Happy crafting.

 

Kirsten.

Happy New Year

Good morning and Happy New Year 

The following card is made with the 

Imagination Decoupage clear stamp set - Crocus available HERE

(currently 25% off)

Using Onyx Black Versafine, I stamped the background direct on to a 

Craftwork Card straight edge 119x119mm card blank 

I then stamped the large image on to some smooth white Neenah Card and also onto some

pastel green gingham paper from the 

Craftwork Cards Macaroon Paper Pack (currently 10% off)

I cut out the gingham crocus flowers and attached them to the Neenah card 

with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear glue

I used different shades of green Promarkers to colour the background, the leaves and to shade the edges of the crocus flowers 

Using Woodware Fingerlift tape and Woodware Mounting Foam Tape

I matted and layered the pieces together

I finished off with Stickles Star Dust and a Craftwork Card Sentiment

Happy crafting

~Suzanne~

     

       
 

Tulips

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. It's Georgina here back with my regular Thursday posts.

 

I have a card to share with you today using the lovely Imagination Tulip stamp available from Lisa B. Designs. Which is 25% OFF at the moment.

 

 

To make this card I started my stamping the Tulip image onto smooth white card with a Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad. I coloured the stamped image with ProMarkers. Once coloured I cut the image into four equal sized squares. I mounted these onto four square of brown card, as shown below.

 

 

I used the 'With Love' stamp, also part of the Tulip stamp set, to decorate the card blank. I used Walnut Stain Distress ink pad to stamp the wording. The card blank I used was a Craftwork Cards 148x148mm white card blank

 

I added white faux stitching around each square before adding to the card blank. I added the squares with foam pads.

   

Happy New Year!

Good morning, Kirsten here, wishing each & everyone of you a very Happy New Year.  It’s time for a new challenge, the details of which are on the challenge page & here is the winner of the December challenge………..

Congratulations to Mags!

 

Please contact Lisa at lisabaker1@btinternet.com & she will organise your voucher code.

All the Christmas crafting items have been put away & I’ve finally had a chance to play with the new ‘Vogue’ collection from Craftwork Cards & very nice it is too. I used one of the full sheets for this calendar, matting it on to black card. The dress form is also from the Vogue collection, I added the gold mesh & a scrap of velvet ribbon that I found in my stash.

 

I cut the flowers from another piece of the paper & attached them with foam pads & added Platinum stickles in the centres.

 

The gold diamond mesh adds a lovely accent to pieces & I also used it as the chain to hang the calendar with.

 

I made a second calendar & you can see it on the challenge page.

 

 

     

 

Don't forget that many items on the website, including the CWC Vogue collection have 10% off at present.
 

A huge thank you to everyone who visited the blog & entered the challenges in 2013, we very much appreciate your support. We look forward to 2014 being even bigger & better & we hope you all have a wonderful year. Until next time, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten