The Little Dog With A Big Handbag

I love new handbags, but on a day to day basis tend to keep to my old over the shoulder bag, which on busy shopping days I can just pop all the way over to stop it falling off. I was asked the other day if I could make a card for a lady who is going to be 60 next month, but is young for her age and loved handbags. This is what I've come up with. The main part of the bag, corners and plate on the front were all cut out after using the Glitter Girls embossing board for the shape, black card for the base and this lovey textured pattern card to decorate. I then added some border peel offs to the edges, after sticking the decorative bits down. The flowers were cut out using a crealie die, and I've added a small silver bead cap and a flat back pearl to the centres. The 60, Joy and Radley were all cut out using the Cricut. I attached Radley with some jewelry chain that I have in my box, and some flat back gems for his eyes and collar.

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

Sue

CD Sunday - Hugs and Wishes

This weeks challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is Hugs and Wishes, and I've managed to combine this with a card that I was asked to make with a Mermaid on. I've used Josephine Wall, Enchanted Dreams CD from Joanna Sheen. There are some lovely Mermaids on this CD, and there is always so much more going on in the picture than first meets the eyes. It's an 8x8 white card base, and for the matting I've used silver mirri card. I chose to use the largest topper on the sheet after printing it off, which was onto some canvas photo paper. I've added some metallic ribbon down the side of the card in matching colours, and some small shells, which are available to buy on Joanna Sheen's website, there are loads in the bag, and they are not too bulky to put onto the front of a card. Finally the sentiment was computer generated.

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

Sue

I Could Have Danced All-night

This weeks challenge over at My Time To Craft is Inspired by a song. I already had this printed off from Debbi Moore's Art Deco Rome, to make a Mother's Day card. She looks as though she is swaying to the music playing somewhere in the background, and then the song, "I could have danced all-night" just popped into my head. The card base is an 8x8 white card and the backing papers have been matted onto gold mirri card. The image was then decoupaged and put together with glue gel. The sentiment was printed on the computer, and the flowers and leaves die cut using crealies dies. Finally the swirls and corners were from Marianne dies.

 Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Traveller

I was a bit unsure what title to give this post, but settled on Traveller in the end. I've made this card for the My Time To Craft challenge this week, which is Men Only. I have a few Male birthdays in March and April so the timing for this one was ideal. This is an A5 sized card base, and I've used brown card for matting. The stamps were, the hiker, from Papermania, Nostalgia range, Pastimes. The larger Travel stamp is a Just Right stamp that I just had to buy when I saw it on Joanna Sheen's website the other day. I thought it was ideal for men's cards, I just cut a small slit around the compass and slid the hiker under the edge of it. Have a great Birthday was from a set of sentiments by Chocolate Baroque. Finally the backing paper is from Debbi Moore's Shabby Chic Vintage Travel.

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

Sue

CD Sunday - Spring Is In The Air

It's Sunday again and time for a new challenge over on the CD Sunday blog, and this week it's Spring Is In The Air. The weather today has certainly made you feel that it could be getting somewhere near that time of year, lets hope that it stays that way. For my card this week I've used Joanna Sheens Holly Pond Hill, and this little bunny sitting amongst the Daffodils and Bluebells. It's an A5 white card base, matted with some green card. I added some small yellow flowers with orange gems in the centres, and then some pink pearls on the corners. It also has a matching insert and envelope.

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

Sue

Valentines

Here we are halfway through February already, where did January go is what I'd like to know. Today I'm posting the two Quintiles that I've made for February's swap at the Chocolate Baroque Group, this month the topic is Valentine. I rummaged into the back of the cupboard for the Damask Hearts set for these. I stamped the hearts onto white card stock (two different designs, one for each quintile) and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then blended distress ink over the hearts to add the colour. I printed two backing papers from the Stucco backgrounds (downloadable from the Chocolate Baroque website), then over stamped with one of the small elements that was on the stamp set, again with clear embossing powder, also I added the words Romance and True Love to the backing papers. Again I used distress ink to colour the edges of the paper. I then added a bow to each of the tiles before popping onto a piece of matting.

Fellow Chocolate Baroque member Judith is a DT member on a new challenge blog Sincerely Yours Creations  that started today, and as their opening challenge is Valentine/Love. As these tiles fit with the theme I will enter them into the challenge.

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

Sue

My True Love

My Mother-in-law is still in hospital, and at the moment we have my Father-in-law staying with us, as he's blind. MIL is up and down, having good days and bad days, so I've made this Valentines card for FIL to give to her in the hope it will bring a little cheer to her. I've used one of the new heart stamps from Chocolate Baroque, called Poppy Baroque. I stamped it twice and after colouring the bottom layer, I then just coloured the bottom parts of the petals and layered them up. The sentiment is from the Damask Hearts stamp set, and has been embossed with gold embossing powder. The background has been made by blending Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold distress inks onto the paper and then over stamping with the Dried Marigold with a swirl stamp from the Glitter Girls. 

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges.
Pan Pastels ................. Love and Romance
Ladybug Crafts .......... Valentines Day and/or Love

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

Sue

CD Sunday - On Your Bike

Time for another challenge over on the CD Sunday blog, and this week it's On Your Bike. I found this lovely little chap on the Faye Whittaker CD  from Joanna Sheen. He's got about 8 layers of decoupage going on here, so this is also a great card to enter into the My Time To Craft challenge, which is Decoupage this week. This is an A5 card using some centura pearl card in pale blue, and the matting is navy blue. Keeping with the seaside theme to this card I've used a backing paper from the CD with lighthouses, lifebelts and a ships wheels on, the shell embellishments are stamps from Chocolate Baroque, and the sentiment was made on the computer.

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

Sue

Let Your Light Shine

This month the challenge at Craft A Scene, is Let Your Light Shine, and they want you to create a scene with Lighthouse's. It was a good excuse to get this lovely stamp scene out and use by Chocolate Baroque, from the Seashore Scenes stamp set. I stamped the scene onto white card using Versafine Onyx Black, and embossed with clear powder. I then coloured with aqua pencils, and cut out using a spellbinders rectangle. This was then place onto one of the new spellbinders dies that were released at the CHA last month. I have had trouble with some of the more intricate dies that they have bought out recently, so invested in some waxed (freezer) paper. By placing this on top of the card you need to cut, it makes the card pop out of the die once it's been through your machine, and the waxed paper just peels off leaving you with a perfectly cut die. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, and the paper some that I've had in the cupboard for a while. It sort of reminded me of sand so seemed appropriate.

I 've struggled the last few months to take part in this challenge due to the family commitments that I've had. So this month I thought I'd get my card made at the beginning of the month, and get in early.

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

Sue

CD Sunday - Showtime

I've had a great day crafting today, and this is even my second post (it won't last). After finishing my card this morning for My Time To Craft, I started on this one this afternoon, and managed to finish it. This one is for the CD Sunday challenge this week, which is Showtime. I love going to the theatre and have seen a few shows, so I tried to think of one that I could incorporate into the challenge. Last year my Mum and I went to see Midnight Tango, written and starring Vincent and Flavia from BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, it was a fabulous show telling the story of the Argentine Tango and it's history. It's well worth going and seeing if you have the chance.

After a rummage around in the cupboard I found Card Creations +, Strictly Card Dancers, and the perfect image to depict the show. Working on an 8x8 black card base, with a mat of a textured silver card, I printed the topper, which is a stacker, and layered up placing the topper onto first the textured silver and then some red card. The backing paper was layered onto some red card and I used some silver peel off's on the corners. After placing this onto the card, I added some more of the peel off corners to that, a border was placed across the middle, before the topper was placed on. I had some red flowers in my stash which were added along with some flat backed pearls and die cut leaves. The sentiment was made on the PC and layered with silver and red card. It's our nephews wedding anniversary on the 12th of this month, and I think that this will make a super anniversary card for him and his wife.

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

Sue

Love Is In The Air

My card today is for the My Time To Craft challenge, and I've gone for a wedding card, as these are always useful to have ready. It's an 8x8 white card base and I've used silver mirri card for the matting. The topper and backing papers all come from Debbi Moore's Weddings CD. The dies are from Marianne, crealies and a Nellie Snellen punch. I've added some flat backed pearls and a sentiment which has been foiled.

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

Sue