Flower Fairy

I don't think that I am going to be one of these people that blog everyday as it's been 2 weeks since I last blogged. I also need to learn how to add links then maybe I can take part in a couple of challenges. Today I thought that I would show you a card that I made using the Crafters Companion Flower Fairies Discs. I love the Flower Fairies and always try to have a couple of cards made.

I used 2 sheets of plain white card to make a 8X8 card base, matted and layered using silver mirri card and 2 sheet of backing paper printed from the CD. The topper was decoupaged but I cut the first layer using a spellbinders nestie, then added the layers. To finish I added some silver corner peel offs and a bit of pink organza ribbon. Inside I used another sheet of backing paper and then added the right verse for this fairy (The Candy Tuft Fairy) from the Mary Cicely Barker books. It will then do for anyone from child to adult for any occasion.

The sun is shinning here in Hampshire today, it's cold outside but lovely sitting inside by the window, you could pretend that it's Summer.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

18th Birthday

This past week has been a very busy one for me as hubby and I celebrated our Pearl Wedding Anniversary, my eldest Niece was 20, my youngest Niece was 18 and my Daughter 27. Next week it's my Great Niece's 3rd birthday. Today I thought I would show you what I made for my Niece who was 18. I want to call it a card but it's not. When I went to a show at Farnbourgh earlier this year I bought a template for this display box. The images inside the box were from MCS Deco Follies (I love this CD). I built up the picture in MCS placing figures onto a background, I then printed the background without the figures and cut out the curtains and decoupaged them so that it looked as if they were further back in the room. I then printed the 2 figures in the foreground 4 times onto decoupage paper and cut them out. I then made a small cube from card to mount them onto so they were further forward than the rest, giving the impression that you would be looking in onto a party.
I used some gold pearly card for the box and popped a couple of peel offs on to it.
My Niece loved it I'm glad to say.

Thank you for looking.

Sue

Sister Card

Today I thought that I would show you the card that I have made for my Son to give to his sister tomorrow. I love the images on this CD, it's from Shoes in Bloom from Ooh La La Creations. I printed 2 of the backing papers and 1 topper then mounted it onto red mirri card. I punched a border with a Martha Stewart deep edge punch, added a couple of roses with a touch of stickles. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Sue

Daughter's Birthday

Yesterday on Create and Craft The Glitter Girls launched a new product called Sparklessence and Velvet Touch Kit. It looked really good but at £29.99 a little bit more than I would like to pay at the moment. However as I watch on, thoughts running through my mind, a light bulb suddenly came on, I have a high tack double sided tape and 2 boxes with glitter in. I also have a foiling machine, so had odd bits of foil in a box. Below is my own take on the Glitter Girls sparkle. As It is my Daughters Birthday this Sunday I had already started the card below, so rather than adding a ribbon to the side, I added a little bit of bling. I'm pleased with the result that I got. I used the Art Deco Card Creations plus Cd for this card, and my Nellie Snellen punches for the flowers. I think I am fairly safe that my Daughter will not be looking at my blog before her birthday.

Thank you for looking, I'm off to have a rummage in the cupboards to see what else I have that can be used.

Sue

MCS 3rd Birthday Samples

Last night saw the launch of the new My Craft Studio 3rd Birthday collection. I am very lucky to be on the Sample making team for My Craft Studio. Below are the samples that I made, they were all made from the Nursery Rhymes CD.

This first one I made as a gift for a baby using the images from Monday's Child, cutting them with a spellbinders die and mounting onto a large shape the same. Then using ribbon joined them altogether so they could be hung on a wall in a Nursery. Below are 2 of the images. On the reverse of each picture is the right line of the verse.

The next 2 pictures show an expanding book with the verse on the cover, then 1 picture and the right line of the verse each page.

This next image was a No Stamp Required image of Tuesday's Child. I made this card as a birth congrats for a girl. It was coloured with Promarkers, cut out with a Nellie Snellen die, and coloured around the edges with distress inks. Like the card above this card has been made using a No Stamp Required image, this time Thursday's Child. Again coloured with Promarkers. This one for the birth of a boy. This next sample is a gift of notelets. I decorated the outside with backing papers from the disc, the words were cut using my Cricut and the Plantin cartridge, then I used some flowers from my stash. The last sample is made using a topper that is made up of all of the images from the rhyme. I printed it onto acetate the glittered from behind after running it through the Zyron machine. I added a couple of swirls again cut with the Cricut, a ribbon and three Roses that I made using a punch with 6 petals. I was very pleased with the roses as it was the first time I had tried making them.
Now that my Holidays are over and my sample making is done, I am hoping to have some more time to do so crafting (and blogging) for me. I need to start making Christmas Cards, Someone said today that there are 90 days left to Christmas, and I'm sure they will fly by.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Sue

Deco Follies Ruby Anniversay Card

Today I would like to show you the card that I have made for My Sister-in-laws Ruby Wedding Anniversary. I used My Craft Studio and Deco Follies, there are some wonderful images on it.

I printed onto a semi gloss photo card and matt and layered it onto some silver mirri board and black card stock. I embellished it with a punched heart using a Martha Stewart punch and some flowers from my stash. The centres of the flowers were done using a flattened end cap which I bought from a bead shop, and then topped with flat back pearls. Sue

All That Jazz Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

I thought it was about time that I posted on this blog. I have no excuses, except that I'm reasonably new to blogland.

I thought that I would share this card that I have made for my Mother-in-law to give to my sister-in-law and her husband who are about to celebrate their Ruby wedding anniversary. I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to do, so I made it double sided in the end. I used the Glitter Girls open hearts board. After cutting it out I then edged the card with glitter. This side I made with flowers that were bought from Wild Orchid Crafts.


This side I used the Glitter Girls new Cd All that Jazz. Finally I made a box using the Cameo Card Craft template which has a heart shaped window in it. I am really pleased with the end results, hopefully they will like it as well.

Hope you all have a great bank holiday weekend.

Sue

Christmas In July

Well I finally gave in and made my first Christmas cards today. They were made using the new Cute Christmas collection from Flower Soft. And that's just what the images are. So far I have not added Glitter or Flower soft, but I'm sure that I will.

These cards are decoupaged, then mat and layered onto a plain white card. The sentiments (also on the CD) were then cut out and mounted onto silver mirri card cut with a Spellbinders nestie. I'm sure I will be making many more of these.

MCS Tattered Lace

Last night saw the launch of the new My Craft Studio Blockbuster, and I am very lucky to be on the sample makers team. I was sent a small portion of the vast amount of art work that is on the CDs and below are the samples that I made. Unfortunately the 5th card down has come out very blue in the photo, when in fact it was a beautiful teal colour. Here's run down of what I used.

The 1st, the topper I printed onto acetate and then used silver leaf on the reverse after running it through the Zyron. I finished it with some silver ribbon and a couple of flowers from my stash, which I sprayed with Crafters Companion Silver Sparkle.

2nd, I used my Martha Stewart punch and Nellie Snellen flower punch adding a flat back pearl to the centre of each flower.

3rd, I made the topper by sizing it to fit one a Spellbinders circle die and the matching it to a scalloped edge spellbinders die. The butterfly was made using a Marianne Creatable die, this I sprayed with Glimmer Mist before mounting onto the card and adding a few flat backed pearls.

4th, This was made with a piece of Centura Pearl card folded to make an A5 card. I then took one of the overlay images on the CD and made this a size to fit my card and printed it onto acetate. I wrapped this around the card and made a narrower wrap using a Martha Stewart edge punch, this I added some ribbon to, and then cut out Friend using my Cricut.

5th, This was made using one of the backing sheets, which I used the emboss feature and then cut a square using the digital punch feature to make a topper with just a small section. Then I coloured the backing sheet to match. I made a backing sheet using the new colour picker and cut a border and a square to mount my topper on again using a Martha Stewart punch. I finished by using flat back pearls in the scallop on the borders and a bit of ribbon.

6th, I colour matched the mat and layering sheet using the colour picker and then decoupaged the flower around the edge of the frame. Added a ribbon top and bottom and a few flat back pearls.

Handbag Card

I can't believe that it's been over a month since I last posted. I've been back from my holiday for over 2 weeks now. There has not been much time for crafting what with catching up on washing and ironing, sorting mum-in-laws carer problems, and visiting my sister in hospital. My sister seems to be making some progress and has put on about a stone now, best of all she is beginning to look better. She still has some very low days, but is keeping very positive.

Here is one of the cards that I did manage to make last week. This was for my daughter's partner's sister. I made it using the multi-bagz board from the Glitter Girls. I used card from Crafters Companion and some flowers that I have in my stash.