Love

I made this card for my parents' recent wedding anniversary, the colours match their living room walls.

I love the 3D embossing folder I've used, it has such deep definition. It's called 'Studded Leather' and I've used cream Liquid Pearls to highlight each 'stud'.

The sentiment die is by Simon Says Stamp.

Love

Quatrefoil and stitched rectangle dies are from Craft Stash's Card Making Magic range.
Flowers are by Prima and I've added some smaller ones made with a SU punch, leaves are also SU punch.
Sentiment die by Simon Says Stamp

Hugs

Background made with various inks, smooshed about a bit with a spray of water.

'Hugs' die is by Simon Says Stamp. I've layered three or four of the die-cuts, heat-embossed with gold powder, and then covered with Glossy Accents.

Love

For this card I've used Sue Wilson Caribbean dies, it's a set of four and I've used three of them.

 I wish they'd put better pictures of the dies on the packaging, it's really difficult to tell which die is separate to which and if any of them are embossing only rather than cutting. They could just print in a different colour or something, that would help!

The intricate bits on this card are two separate dies, the large oval does not cut an outer edge but used in conjunction with the rectangular die you get the effect here.

I've added some liquid pearls to highlight the frame, sentiment is a Simon Says Stamp and the panel it sits on is raised on 3-D foam.

(seam binding triple bow covering up a Liquid Pearls error)

Merry Christmas

Snowflake die -  Memory Box
Sentiment -  Simon Says Stamp
Scallop die -  Spellbinders
Patterned paper - Papermania

Hugs

My kind friend Maria sent me some tag-shaped cards recently.
I've used Tilda paper and die-cuts and added some stitching and seam-binding.
'Hugs' die is Simon Says Stamp

Hugs

Die is by Simon Says Stamp
I used it to cut some double-sided adhesive sheet attached to a piece of card. I gradually pulled back a section of the release/ backing sheet at a time and added one colour of glitter before pulling back another section and adding the next colour.

Thought this would make a nice notelet card rather than a specific occasion card.

Birthday

I had some left-over scraps of spritzed cardstock from previous cards plus some left-over glitter card.
Normally scraps get thrown into a baggie, all the baggies sorted by colour, but this time I decided to use them straight-away.

The 'happy' die is by Simon Says Stamp and the 'birthday' is Papertrey Ink.
The scallop border is Spellbinders.
Spritzing ink by Docrafts.

Hugs

Sentiment die is Simon Says Stamp
Doily die is X-Cut
Spritzing ink is gold Artiste by Docrafts

Hugs

This is the die-cut related to the previous post, die is by Simon Says Stamp.
I used spritzing ink by Docrafts and the left side of the card had a heavier layer of ink so I chopped it off and re-mounted it to the right for a bit of interest before adding some sequins.

Hugs

The 'Hugs' sentiment was made by spraying ink through the negative of a die-cut.
The die itself is by Simon Says Stamp, I'd cut it to use on another card but rather than throw the negative away I was experimenting with a new bottle of spritzing ink.

The ink is from Docrafts Artiste, colour is 'mint', and it has a lovely shimmer to it that the photograph does not show. It's the first time I'd used this product, I think it's good value at £4.95 a bottle.

I know some people aren't keen on Docrafts, when I first started crafting it was so readily available that I bought a lot of it (Anita's peel-offs and rubber stamps that I couldn't stamp without getting a halo round each image!). My local garden centre is just over a mile away from our house and they stock Docrafts so it's really handy for nipping in for basics.

The other dies I used for layering are by Quickutz and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

Love

Not sure about this one, perhaps a candidate for the reject pile.

The paper on the left is recycled (Emma Bridgewater catalogue) and the 'love' die is Simon Says Stamp.
I die-cut the sentiment five times and stacked them together, then added Glossy Accents to the top layer.
The card didn't look right so I tried embossing the right-hand side...anyway I still don't like the finished result but there we go!

Thanks

Die is Simon Says Stamp
I used gilding flakes on double-sided adhesive paper.

(After I took the photo I did neaten the card up a bit, sorted out that top ribbon and glued down the sticky up 'k')

Thinking Of You

Butterfly is by Quickutz
Sentiment is Simon Says Stamp
A little hard to photograph but the right-hand side is vellum so in real life it looks more delicate.

Love

Butterfly is by Quickutz
Sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp