Forgotten Friday 30 - Adorable Christmas

Two and a half weeks without the Internet, and what have I been up to, Making Christmas cards among other things. Last year I bought the Crafter Companion Adorables Christmas collection, and this is the first time its had an outing, so qualifies for the Forgotten Friday challenge. For this card I have used a large square card base. The backing papers were cut to size, then I went around the edges with a faded jeans distress ink pad. I also did this on the card used for the decoupage, I then added some glitter to the fur on the clothes and the top of the sign post. I found some Christmas peel offs in the cupboard so added on of these to a spellbinders banner.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Just Because...

.... I love the flower fairies. For the last two and a half weeks I've had no Internet, as we have just changed our provider. I'm glad to say that we are at long last back online. I thought "it will only be for a couple of weeks, I can manage that", but it felt more like a couple of months. I missed the fact that I had come in the top three with my entry to the Buttons challenge, Thank You Ladies. For this weeks challenge I have used one of the beautiful Flower Fairies, I will admit to having this already cut out ready to go with the backing papers, I just hadn't got around to putting it together. I used a large square card base, mounted the backing papers and decoupage topper onto some pink mirri card, added some pink organza ribbon and some corners made with a Marianne die.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Buttons

This week the Challenge over on the CD Sunday challenge blog is Buttons. Like the ladies I have chosen to use the Grandmas Buttons CD, having bought this when it was on Create and Craft, it has sat on my shelf and not been used. I don't know why because it has some really beautiful images, backing papers, and sentiments on. There were so many great colours in the backing papers to choose from, but for this card I wanted to keep it quite muted, so that the topper and decoupaged imaged stood out well. I mounted the backing paper and sentiment onto gold mirri card, before mounting it onto an A5 card base. The decoupage was mounted onto a Marianne Die that I coloured with Dried Marigold Distress Ink. I added the buttons to the corners, threading them first with embroidery threads in different colours. After adding the sentiment, I found some flowers that I felt went well with the colours and just added some buttons to the centres.

I have to say a big thank you to Judith who recently sent me a wonderful box of crafting goodies, inside was a little jar with some brightly coloured buttons, these are what I have used on this card.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are always appreciated.

Sue

Friday - Not Quite Forgotten

This has got to be a first for me, two posts in one day. Judith at Poppy Cottage is on Holiday at the moment so there's no Forgotten Friday this week, but I could not let Friday pass without making something  from my neglected and forgotten stash. This week I found this stamp which comes from the Flora and Fauna stamp sheet, available from Chocolate Baroque . I love this gorgeous Geranium, and have several large pots in my garden with these planted in them amongst the other plants. This was stamped with Memento black ink and then coloured with promarkers. I then distressed the edges with a Tattered Rose distress ink pad. The backing paper is from the Essence of Nature CD, also available from Chocolate Baroque. I mounted the image and backing paper onto some green card stock, and added some red ribbon. I decided not to add a sentiment to this card as it will go into my store cupboard.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Sue

Recency Seasons - Bonnets

Today has seen the launch of Nancy Watt's Regency Seasons. This is a MCS Click, Print, Go twin CD, and a Pick Of The Week on Create and Craft . I'm one lucky person, as I got to make some samples for this wonderful new CD. Below are the samples that I've made, as well as the beautiful images used to make these, I've also used mirri card, a couple of peel offs, ribbons, flowers, pearls, gems and Marianne dies.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Bling It Up

The challenge this week over at the CD Sunday blog is Bling it up. For this I have used Debbi Moore's Diamonds and Lace CD. After printing out the backing paper and mounting it onto some gold mirri card, I added a couple of corners cut with a Marianne die, I also added a strip of gold mirri card that was left over. I've added Bling to the border in the form of gems and also went around the edge of the topper and sentiment with gold glitter, adding a gem at either end of the sentiment. I then just added a little iridescent glitter to the dress and a gem in the front of the fur wrap.

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 27 - Fairyopolis

Time once again for Forgotten Friday, how the weeks seem to be flying by, it does not seem possible that we are already over half way through the year. I've been moving things about in my Craft Room this week, and I came across 6 different decoupage from Crafters Companion, Fairyopolis CDs, that I printed and cut out when the CDs first came out and for some reason did not get around to putting them onto cards. So these defiantly qualify for the Forgotten Friday challenge over on Judith's blog. I started by using a large square card base for this card, then printed off a couple of the backing papers from the CD that matched the Poppy Fairy. I mounted these onto gold mirri card, and added some ribbon. The finished decoupage is also mounted onto gold mirri card, I finished the card with two corners cut from a Marianne die.

 

Thank you for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Dreams

The challenge over on the CD Sunday blog this week is Dreams. I instantly found myself reaching for Joanna Sheens Enchanted Dreams CD, there are so many beautiful dreamy images to choose from. The only problem being was which one to choose. In the end I went with this image of a sleeping mermaid from the "By The Sea" section. What I love about these images are, there is so much going on in the picture, you find something new every time you look at them. For this card I have used a large square card base, made from 2 A4 sheets of white card stock. I mounted the topper and the backing paper onto some green mirri card, added some peridot coloured gems to the sides. The ribbon, which is a beautiful pale green colour, has in the photo, come out looking more yellow. When in fact in real life it looks a far better match. The sentiment was printed on a laser printer and then put through the foiling machine with a green coloured foil to match. Again like last week I made this card with someones birthday in mind and as I type this it is already in the post.

Thanks for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

Forgotten Friday 26 - House Mouse

It's Friday once again, and time for a rummage to see what I have not used for a while. This week I found this House Mouse stamp which I bought last year. Although I used some of the stamps that I bought from this range, this one had not been used before. I stamped onto some white card stock and coloured the image using promarkers. I then used a memento ink pad, Cantaloupe coloured to give it a bit a glow around the edges. The backing paper is from MCS Papercraft Library, Volume 10 Winter Whimsies, I thought that it matched this image perfectly. The sentiment is from one of the House Mouse Christmas collection of stamps. I've used some green and red mirri card to mount everything onto, and added some ribbon in both of these colours. The poinsettias and swirls are from a Marianne Die, the centres are from a Nellie Snellen punch.

Why don't you pop over to Judith's blog and see what Forgotten Friday is all about.

Thanks for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Nautical

This weeks challenge at the CD Sunday blog is Nautical, and it fell just right for me this week, as I had to make a card for a male 65th Birthday. I have chosen to use this lovely picture from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kincaid CD. I have been a fan of this artist for a long time, but have never had the money to buy any of his work. This CD means I get to look at it any time I want.

For this card I have used a large square card base, made by folding the end over of an A4 sheet and adding another piece of card to the back. The backing paper is from the maps section on the CD, but the colour was stronger than I wanted it, so I took it into MCS and used the opacity function to lighten it, I mounted it onto some matt silver mirri card. I also took the topper into MCS so that I could add the text to it, this is also mounted onto matt silver mirri card. Then I found some cord that I've had in the cupboard for sometime and tied some boating knots and added them as embellishments.

Thanks for looking, your kind comments are appreciated.

Sue