Snowflakes

This week I decided to make a couple more angels using the Artylicious CD Seasons Greetings, and one of the snowflake backing papers. Rather than use a punch along the bottom of the angels though I dug out my Fiskers decal edge scissors and trimmed a little off. I then ran a thick nibbed glue pen along the bottom and added some glitter. After looking for something to decorate the front I decided to make some small snowflakes from spellbinders dies. This in turn led to me making snowflake decorations out of some glitter card that I've had in the cupboard for a couple of years. Think I'll have to get back to making Christmas cards tomorrow though.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - On Safari

Well it's my last week as Guest Designer on the CD Sunday challenge blog. I've really enjoyed my stint, and would like to thank the wonderful ladies who run the blog for the opportunity to be part of the team for a short while. For this weeks challenge I've used Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection (this is one of my favorite discs) and the baby elephant design. I used a piece of silver centura pearl card for the card base, and some black card along with the silver centura pearl for matting and layering. I printed both backing papers using the patterned one for the backing and the baby elephant one as a border (the backing paper lent itself to this, as the elephants were in line across the page). I mounted the largest topper and the smallest and used both of them on the card, then just added some card candi to 2 of the corners. I've chosen not to put a sentiment on this card at this time as it will go into my box as a ready card, I can add the sentiment when I need it. 

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 41 - Angels

I can't believe that it's Friday again already, it must be time for Forgotten Friday over at Poppy Cottage. This week I have decided to use a template that I downloaded last year from a blog I visited after seeing these wonderful Angels at Fred Said. There was a very good video tutorial which I'm glad to say was still there, as after downloading the template I put it on the side meaning to make some. One year on and I'm just getting around to it. I'm not going to go into lots of detail on how I made them, as I'm sure that the instructions over on the other blogs are far better than I could do.

This angel is using an image from MCS Paper Craft Library.

This one an Image available to buy from the Fred Said Store.

And finally this one also uses an image from Fred Said.

The bows are some that I've had in my stash for some years, and the feathers were also some that I've had for a couple of years. Unfortunately I have run out of feathers, and have had to order some more, still I can make some more Angels while waiting for them to arrive. The only thing that is missing are halos and I've got some pipe cleaners coming for those along with the feathers.

Forgotten Friday is a great fun challenge to take part in, why not have a rummage in your stash and join in.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Sue

CD Sunday - Trees

This is my third week as Design Team Guest at the CD Sunday challenge blog, and this week the subject of the challenge is Trees. I decided to go with Joanna Sheen's Pamela West Collection 2. I have used this gorgeous picture of bluebells in a wood, with the sun streaming though (a promise of warmer things to come next year I hope). I have used an A5 white card base, and some centura pearl for matting and layering in 2 shades of mauve. The topper has been printed onto glossy photo paper and set at a jaunty angle. The backing paper is a matching one, and I've popped a bit of purple ribbon across the card. The flowers are some from my stash that were a light cream colour, so these I coloured  with the bluebell coloured pro marker, just adding a little touch of aubergine to the ends and the middle. Butterfly and leaves are both from Martha Stewart punches, and the swirl from a Marianne die, with  some pearls added to the middle of the flowers and the corners just to finish.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

Forgotten Friday 40 - Oh Christmas Tree

I can't believe that it's only 36 days until Christmas, and I'm still making my Christmas cards. So this week's Forgotten Friday project is of course a Christmas card. I have used a Christmas tree from the Angels and Trees stamp sheet that last saw an outing 2 years ago, and a sentiment from the Family Christmas stamp sheet, both from Chocolate Baroque. I've kept it very simple, stamping the tree straight onto the card base, and embossing with gold embossing powder. I then added lots of gems from my stash. The sentiment was stamped and embossed onto an off cut of card that has been in a box for more time than I care to remember. I cut this out using an X Cut die cut and just ran a metallic gold pro marker around the outside before mounting it onto the card.

Why not have a go at making something from your forgotten stash, pop over to Judith's blog and find out all about Forgotten Friday.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

Joy To The World.

I'm trying to be good this week and get on and make some Christmas cards. And as I've only been posting for the two challenges that I take part in recently, I thought that I would share this one with you. The stamp that I've used is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped with versamark ink, and embossed with Wow black sparkle embossing powder. I cut the topper out using a spellbinders label, and then made one slightly bigger by drawing around the outside of the die and cutting it out by hand. The backing paper is from Artylicious Seasons Greetings (the wording on the backing paper also says Joy to the world). The ribbon is from my stash and the flower is a Marianne die along with the swirls.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

CD Sunday - Paisley Fun

Another week and another Sunday, time for a new challenge over on the CD Sunday challenge blog. This week it's Paisley Fun and I've used Artylicious Filigree Fusion CD and this lovely Paisley Mandala stamp from Chocolate Baroque. First I picked a colour and printed off two sheets of backing paper in different designs but the same shade and mounted them onto matt silver mirri card. I found some corner peeloffs in my stash and added these, also some silver ribbon across the middle of the top layer of matting. Then I stamped five of the paisley stamp, and embossed them. Next I coloured them in using promarkers in shades of purple/mauve/lilac, then cut out the various layers and put them together using silicone glue. I then stamped out just the middle of the stamp four times and coloured using the same shades as the main image. I cut out the flowers and leaves, then added these to the card. Another rummage in the cupboard and I found I had some pearls in matching colours that I've added to the paisley design just to finish it off. The Birthday Greetings stamp is also from Chocolate Baroque.

Thank you for taking the time to look, your kind comments are always appreciated.

Sue x

Forgotten Friday 39 - Rememberance

I can't believe it's Friday once more. Earlier this week I was rummaging through the cupboard looking for a stamp that I knew was in there somewhere, when I came across this stamp. I knew that this was what I would use for this weeks Forgotten Friday challenge, in memory of all those brave men and women that have given their lives for our Country.

For this card I used the poppy stamp from the Flora and Fauna stamp sheet from Chocolate Baroque, there are some lovely stamps on this sheet, but this has to be my favorite. First I stamped it twice and once again onto some copier paper, then I coloured one completely, and one just the poppies. I thin cut out the one I stamped onto copier paper and used it as a mask over the coloured image. I then coloured the background using distress ink pads. Next I cut out the bottom petals of the poppies and mounted these onto the image with some silicone gel just to give it a bit of depth. I then mounted it onto a piece of red mirri card, then some black card. Lastly I mounted it all onto a card base made with some grey centura pearl card.

Why not have a rummage through you cupboards and stash and join the Forgotten Friday challenge. Pop over to Judith's blog and find out what it's all about.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

Forgotten Friday 38 - Christmas

We've already past Friday this week, and I am only getting around to putting this card onto the blog now. I'm so glad that Judith gives us a week to join in. For this weeks card I have decided to go with a Christmas card, it's coming around so quickly now and I've just realised that I need to get on and make some. The image that I've used is from a set bought from Create and Craft a couple of years ago, and I believe that it's from the Pilkington Lane range. I have tried to give it a cold crisp feel, by making the sky very blue and adding Sukura stardust pen to the roof of the cottage and the snow (not that it's shown up very well in the photo). The backing paper is from my all time favorite Christmas CD, Artylicious Seasons Greetings. I have added a sentiment from Lili of the Valley, mounted onto a spellbinders die. I've also added a poinsettia made from a Marianne die.

This is a fun challenge, so why not pop along to Judith's blog and find out what Forgotten Friday is all about.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x

CD Sunday - Sunset

It's my first week as guest designer for the CD Sunday challenge blog, and this week the challenge is Sunset. This week the sponsor is Caroline (check out her blog, she has some amazing digital artwork on there). I have kept things quite simple for this challenge, using some of the artwork that Caroline provided for the design team to use. The image is from Rob Addams CD Fabulous Folds, which along with some really nice cards with different folds, there are some beautiful images that can be used for cards. As the images are in PDF format I took a snapshot of the image I wanted to use, saved it as a jpg, then took it into MCS to use it with Carolines artwork. The sentiment was also generated in MCS, and I mounted both of these onto some gold mirricard. The card base was made by printing the backing paper from the CD straight onto the card and then folded in half.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue x