Pixies Snippets Playground

Sunday came around quickly again and it's time to go over to Pixies Snippets Playground. Last weekend I ordered this gorgeous set of Dies by Tattered Lace and when they dropped through the door on Thursday I was itching to play with them. I had to wait until the weekend as we had our Grandson for the whole week instead of the normal Monday and Tuesday. But it was worth the wait and yesterday I enjoyed the rummage through the scraps box to see what I could use on this card. I used a brand new piece of card for the base but everything else came out of the scraps box. The two glamorous ladies were coloured using pro markers. All I need to do now is make an A5 envelope to put the card into and it's ready for our great niece's birthday next month..

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

Sue

Rudolph Days

As it's the 25th of the month today it's time for the Rudolph Days Challenge. I missed taking part last month as I was away and I shall be away next month in Mexico and will miss it again. My card today has been made using another Create A Card die from Crafters Companion, also bought at Ally Pally. I cut it out using black card stock and then used gilding wax over the top, I love the effect that the gilding wax gives on the black card. The backing paper is from a paper pad also from Crafters Companion, I put this behind the die cut image and then mounted onto mirri card before putting onto a white 6x6 card base.

 Needless to say I did not stop at just one card, I made a small batch but used different colours of gilding wax for each one.

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

Sue

Pixies Snippets Playground

It's Sunday again, so time to go and play in Pixies Snippets Playground. While I was Ally Pally in September I bought the die that I've used for this card. It's a Crafters Companion Create A Card Die and I must say it's perfect for using up those scraps of mirri card that we all seem to get left with. I cut the die first with some Silver mirri card and matted onto the backing paper and a 6x6 card base. Then I rummaged through the scraps and found the small pieces of mirri and just placed them over the baubles that I wanted to cut out, then stuck over the top of the silver. The sentiment is one that I've had for a few years and I think it is a Britannia die.

I would also like to enter this into Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge which is use a sentiment.

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

Sue

Sparkle and Shine With Allsorts

While visiting a couple of blogs this morning I saw that the challenge over on the Allsorts Challenge blog was Sparkle and Shine. So I decided that I would have a play and make something for the challenge. I rummaged around in my stack of stencils and found this one from Imagination Crafts of Snowflakes, then discovered that I did not have the colour that I wanted in sparkle paste. Not to be put off I found some pearlescent texture paste and used this through the stencil onto a patterned background, once I took the stencil off I sprinkled iridescent glitter over the top. When it was dry I matted onto some silver mirri card and then onto a pearelscent 7x7 card base and added a sentiment from Tonic dies.

I would also like to enter this into the Perfectly Created Chaos challenge which is Anything Goes.

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

Sue 

Red Roses

I made this card a couple of weeks ago and just didn't get around to posting it on here. It was the card that I made for my Father-in-law to give to my Daughter on her birthday. The Rose stamp is from Chocolate Baroque and coloured with pro marker  pens, I then cut it out using a spellbinders die and added some distress inks around the edge before popping it onto a doily die cut from Tattered Lace. The Embossed background was a Crafters Companion embossing folder and the Happy Birthday is a All Occasions die which has been placed on top of a smaller version of the doily that the rose is on. The ribbon is some that I've had in my stash for a couple of years now. I used some Silver mirri card for the matting and an 8x8 black card base.

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

Sue

Pixies Snippets Playground

Wow, I can't believe how fast the last week whizzed by, it's time again for another trip to Pixies Snippets Playground. My card this week uses and A6 card base from the cupboard and an image that I stamped a few weeks ago with  Lily of the Valley stamps that a friend bought at a boot sale for me. Then in the scraps box I found the scalloped oval that had been cut in Centura card (I don't know how long ago) and a piece of backing paper, which I think was from a paper pad from Crafter's Companion. I finished by using a stamp that came with a set that they were handing out on the Hochanda stand at Ally Pally in September

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

Sue

Autumn At Stamping Sensations

This months challenge over at Stamping Sensations is Autumn and I could not resist using this gorgeous Lavinia Autumn Fall Fairy stamp for my card. I started with a piece of linen card stock and sprayed with Dylusion sprays in red, orange and yellow. When it was dry I cut the card to the size I needed for the 6x6 card base then I stamped the fairy into the middle of the card with Versafine black onyx ink. I then went around the outside of the card with the  Lavinia maple leaf stamp in various Autumnal colours. I finished by just adding a few dots in a white pen on the more open areas of the card.

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

Sue

Pixies Snippets Playground

Time again for Pixies Snippets Playground and my card this week has been made with a brand new snippet (I will probably post the card that I made with the main piece here tomorrow). It was made using a small piece that was left over from another card where I created a background using Dylusion sprays. For this card I over stamped with a couple of stamps from Chocolate Baroque and then coloured with some pencils. The sentiment is also from Chocolate Baroque and one of my favourites for this time of year.

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

Sue

Perfectly Created Chaos Challenge 3

Time for the third Perfectly Created Chaos Challenge, I was very lucky to have my card in first challenge chosen in the top three. I was away for the last/second challenge but I'm ready for the third. This time Dori is asking that we have three of something on our cards, this could be three of anything, buttons, ribbons, I've gone for flowers. I started with a piece of linen effect card which I sprayed with Dylusion sprays. When dry I used a stencil and some slightly darker ink and inked through onto the sprayed background. I then stamped the Tim Holtz butterfly onto some white card stack and coloured with some matching pro markers cutting it out when finished. The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the butterfly, I mounted this and the background onto some gold mirri card and then onto a matching 8x8 card base. Before finally placing the butterfly I added some gold leaves cut with a Tattered Lace die and also some flowers also cut and embossed using Tattered Lace dies, these I finished by blending some lighter ink onto the flowers and adding some gems to the centres.

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

Sue

Pixies Snippets Playground

Tuesday already and I am only just posting this card for the Challenge over at Pixies Snippets Playground. Last week I was in Cornwall, where hubby and our son were spending the week fishing. Unfortunately we had rain everyday, sometimes only a shower, but it still rained daily, not so good when you have a 14 month old child with you as well. But still it was a break and of course we had gorgeous Cornish pasties too. Anyway enough of that, inspired by the fact that it is our 36th Wedding Anniversary today, while looking through the scraps box I came across this gorgeous photo. I printed it a couple of months ago for another project, but it was a little larger that I needed, so rather than throw it away it made it to the box. Along with some gold linen card where there was just enough to matt the image and cut out the Happy Anniversary. I found some small bits of white that had not quite made it to the bin and with one of my Crealies flower dies I cut the smallest flower  three times and distressed the edges with some spiced marmalade and popped some gems into the middle after adding then to the card. The only thing that did not come out of the scrap box was the card base itself which is a 5x5 size.

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

Sue