Joan

Birthday card for Joan, she loves poppies.

Poppy stamp and die are by Heartfelt Creations. Background dies are by Spellbinders.

 

Ice Cream

Ice cream dies are by Tonic

Oval dies by Spellbinders

Gift box dies also Tonic

 

Celebrate

8 x 8 inch card made with DCWV patterned paper and panels
Sentiment die is by Crafter's Companion
Border die is Spellbinders

Shabby

We made this card a while back at the club, unfortunately my sample got a bit battered then misplaced, so by the time I photographed it it was definitely on the shabby side of chic.

Embossing folder is by Anna Griffin, we rubbed a little gilding wax over the surface.
Decorative card panel is Graphic 45, the front panel is a stamp by SU. There was originally another small panel tucked into a front pocket but that has disappeared somewhere along the way.

Border die is Spellbinders
Flowers made from card that has been punched (SU) then dampened with water and scrunched up.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day card I made for my amazing mum. I know everyone thinks their own mum is the best but mine is truly inspirational, she is just incredible.

I made the card using a Spellbinders die set. Stamped sentiment is Inkadinkado, alphabet stamps were a magazine freebie.

Quilted

One of my ladies, Coleen, is an amazing quilter. She made each member of my club a quilted Father Christmas bottle topper plus a neat little lavender sachet. I cannot even sew a button on so am in awe of her skills.

For Coleen's birthday I decided to make her a quilted style card. I used some patterned paper from Hobbycraft with hexagon dies by Spellbinders.
The sentiment has been cut four times, layered, and coated with Glossy Accents then sprinkled with glitter.
Finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

Deck Those Halls

Card is 7 x 7 inches
Embossing folder by Creative Expressions
Stamps are Waltzingmouse
Ornament and oval dies by Spellbinders

Kath

Kath is another of my lovely card club ladies who has been attending for many years. I don't think I have ever, in all that time, heard her complain about anything!

Papers are from The Works (their own brand £2 a pad)
Flowers are cheapies from The Range
Dies are Spellbinders and Sizzix Funky Brush for the letters

Poppies

This was a card for one of my ladies. Joan has been attending our card-making club almost since the very start, January 2004, and has followed me about with the various venue changes.
She is always willing to help put the equipment out and pack away and she adores poppies.


Here I used a Papertrey Ink sentiment embossed with shiny black powder and Heartfelt Creations flower stamps.
The decorative oval die is by Spellbinders, not sure of the make of the scroll die; it's not one I use very much because it's so fiddly.

Finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

Season's Greetings

I managed to find some gorgeous shimmery purple card at one of the fill-a-box places recently and knew it would be great for Christmas cards.
I've used a Docrafts embossing folder on the gold card, and stamped and heat embossed (with clear powder) on the purple using a HOTP swirl stamp.


The bauble and sentiment stamps are by Waltzingmouse, dies are by Spellbinders.
The finished card is 7 x 7 inches.

Birthday

Last week's project at card club.
Card is 8 x 8", embossing folder is by Crafters Companion, we added Glamour Dust to highlight

Sentiment die is by Tonic, others are Spellbinders

Lily

Last week's project at card club.

We used three layers of clear embossing powder on a panel cut from Graphic 45 paper to give a faux enamelled look.
Background paper is also Graphic 45 and we stamped over it with SU French Foliage

My example also had a partial die-cut (Papermania) tucked away in the bottom left but really it was too hidden to have any real impact.

We cut the card ends with a Spellbinders die, making the underneath end longer and attaching the green card, also die-cut, for a layered look.

The card blanks are available from Samuel Taylor, I haven't seen them anywhere else as yet, they are 5 x 7" but are cut landscape style so the spine is at the left not the top. They are much more stable when using heavy-ish embellishments than using the normal style 5 x 7", and obviously easier to die-cut the ends, loop ribbon round etc.

Congrats

Butterfly die is Spellbinders, I've added drops of Enamel Accents to the body
Sentiment die is by Cuttlebug

Special Day

I bought my first JustRite stamps last year...and now seem to be a little bit addicted to them.
Nestabilities that have sat looking sad for a very long time are now seeing a bit of action at last!

When I first looked at JustRite I found them a bit expensive compared to other brands but recently they seem to have come down a lot in price, as have Spellbinders dies, so I've been snapping up some bargains.
(I've been too busy to craft/ blog but online shopping; I'll always find the time for that apparently)

The patterned paper here is 'Helen' by Melissa Frances.
The stamp is from 'Grand Birthday Sentiments', the dies are Labels One and Scalloped Labels One.

I inked through the die using Inkylicious ink dusters, it's more subtle than a foam applicator and gives a speckled effect. I like the 'solid' look you achieve with a foam applicator and distress inks, but the ink dusters are much quicker and easier to use, I think. No risk of the applicator lines that you can sometimes get.

You Make Me Smile

Things have calmed down a little bit now. I'm not crafting every day but I need to get back in my routine!

This was the card we made at craft club today, although everyone did their own version; different colours and sentiments. It's lovely to see the variations and ideas, they are a fab bunch of ladies.

It's a 6 x 6 card-blank and we folded the left-hand side back on itself.
The sentiment stamp is from a Justrite set, paper is old SU.

I seem to still be having issues with my photo editing, I've switched from Microsoft to a MacBook and you know what they say about old dogs and new tricks...

In memory of L.M. who often made me smile.xx.

Mum & Dad

This is an 8 x 8 inch card, background paper is by Phill Martin and I've added some Stickles to the edge.
Sentiment is Sizzix Script alphabet layered using Sue Wilson dies, poinsettia dies by Spellbinders, foliage die is also Sizzix.

Merry Christmas

Embossing folder is by Docrafts
Sentiment dies by Spellbinders

Merry Christmas

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

Deck The Halls

I've used Spellbinders 2010 ornament die plus an oval die. The sentiment is from a Waltzingmouse set that is designed to fit the ornament dies exactly, it's a beautiful set.

Papers are all from my assorted Christmas stash, I've added some distress inks plus gold Stickles.
The outer part of the ornament die is on foam squares to add some dimension.

Birthday

Image is Lili Of The Valley
Embossing folder is Papermania