Flamenco

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all having a good weekend:)
Today my card I am sharing is another from my show back in January using the gorgeous and very elegant Dress stamp - Flamenco along with lot's of other Creative Expressions products!

Card details:

• I started with a black card base measuring 6 1/2" square.
• I then cut a piece of the Teresa Collins paper and put it through my Grand Calibur with the Couture Creations embossing folder - Taylor. I then used Gilding Wax - Enchanted Gold over the embossed area and matted this onto my card.
• I have die cut the Couture Creations - Irish Dreams in white card and matted it onto a black piece of card. I then adhered this to my card.
• Next I die cut a Spellbinder oval in the black patterned paper from the paper pad. Using the Couture Creations die set - Ivy Doily, I die cut 3 in black and 3 in the black patterned paper.
• I then adhered these to my card as in picture.
• I have stamped the Flamenco dress in black Archival ink and coloured it in using the Mica Pigment powders - set 6 Luscious Greens. I then fussy cut the dress out and adhered it to my card.
• Next I added some black lace. I have stamped the sentiment out onto white and cut it out and adhered to the bottom of the card.
• To finish of the card I have added some Stickles Glitter -Pine Needles and a few Creative Expressions black pearls.

Unusually for me this card doesn't have any flowers or ribbon bow , but I wanted to keep it pretty simple and give the impression that the dress is on a 'Catwalk' as in a fashion show......not sure if I have achieved this though!
I hope you like my card choice today:)
Take Care x

 

Live For Today

Afternoon everyone. I hope you are all well! x
I thought I would do a quick post today and share a card that I demo'd on my show earlier this month....this is another favourite of mine:)

 

 I created the background by randomly stamping the background stamp in Archival Olive ink and Peacock Feathers and Broken China Distress inks.

Products Used:

• Foundations Cardstock:  Cornflower Blue and Coconut White
• Stamps: CE Dresses - Flamenco, Baroque (sentiment) Feather Background Dresses Border and Dresses Corner
• Embossing Folder: Couture Creations - Extra Confetti
• Cosmic Shimmer: Gilding Wax - Patina, Mica Powder - Set 6 Luscious Greens, Fine Detail Black embossing powder
• Creative Expressions: Guipure Black Scalloped Lace, Cobalt Jade iridescent ribbon, Sparkler, black flat pearls and Swirls from the Star Rhinestones
• Other products: Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Broken China and Archival Ink - Olive.

I hope you like my card today. I will be back tomorrow with another Heartfelt Creations card:)
Take Care x
PS: Don't forget to join in with my blog giveaway.....I have some gorgeous goodies and a card for the winner which will be announced on Saturday x (click on the link in the sidebar for all the details)

Blog Giveaway

Good morning fellow bloggers! I hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend :)
Todays post is a short and sweet one, but I thought today I would do another giveaway......so to be in with a chance to win this card and some crafting goodies just leave your name/comment on this post:)
I wish you all the best of luck! x
My card today is what I class as one of my more crisp and clean style...

Sorry my post is so short, but if you have any questions about the products and techniques I have used to make my card please do not hesitate to ask......I will upload the products etc that I have used hopefully on Monday.x
Take care,

Altered Box

Hello everyone!
 As promised I am sharing my box today that was shown on my show a few weeks ago using the gorgeous Creative Expressions Dress stamp.

 You can use any type of box, either a recycled one or mdf .....you could even make your own.

Here you can see the top of the lid in more detail! I haven't overloaded it with embellishments so that the inside of the box is easily accessible.

I first painted the box with some creamy beige paint. I cut some panels from the Teresa Collins paper pad to fit all the sides and the sides of the lid, leaving just a small amount of the edges of the box showing. Before adhering the panels I used the Couture Creations 'Taylor' embossing folder to give them some texture. I used the Patina Gilding Wax to add a really luxury finish.

 You can see here that I have adhered the ribbon and lace all around the bottom edge of the lid.

Products Used:

• Papers and card: Foundations cream card and Teresa Collins
• Stamps: CE - Dresses Viennese,  Dresses Baroque, Dresses Border and Dresses Corner
• Dies: Couture Creations - Irish Dreams, Spellbinder - Bitty Blossom, Detailed Scallops
• Embossing Folders: Couture Creations - Taylor
• Cosmic Shimmer products: Mica Powders - Set 6 Luscious Greens, Embossing Powder - fine detail gold, Gilding Wax - Patina
• Creative Expressions Embellishments:, cream flat pearls, cream Guipure Scalloped Lace, Cobalt Jade iridescent ribbon
• Other products: Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Stickles Glitter - Diamond

  This really is an easy project to create....and actually took less time to make than most of my card!
I will be back soon,
Take care

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Good morning everyone.
I have enjoyed a few days in my craft room....I have been itching to get back to crafting since I got back from CHA:)
Today I have a Heartfelt Creations card to share with you using the January release - Majestic Morning.

 

 

 

Products Used:

•  HCD 742 Majestic Blooms Die HCPC 3582 Majestic Morning Bouquet pre cut stamp HCPC 3587 HCPC 3578 Majestic Morning Background pre cut stamp HCDP1 239 Majestic Morning Paper Collection 088603 Spellbinder Majestic Labels Twenty Five
•  Other Products: Cream, white and sage green cardstock, cream lace, twine, Stickles glitter, Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Drawing Paints and Distress Ink - Dried Marigold and Picked Raspberry. 

For the full instructions on how I made my card and lot's more inspiration from the design team visit the Heartfelt Creations blog HERE. You won't be disappointed .....the design team totally amaze me every single week with there creations!

That's it from me for today, but I will be back tomorrow with a box which I created for my January 7th show!

Take Care x

 

  

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Blog Candy Winner

Hi everyone!  How are you all? Sorry it is another late post today!
I am now back in the UK.......rather jetlagged and still coming down from the high of being amongst so many talented crafters and of cause all those yummy crafting goodies:)
I think the high light of my trip was......meeting the one and only Tim Holtz, ummm maybe meeting the Spellbinder President Stacey Farneth Caron or was it meeting the girls from Couture Creations......to be honest the whole experience was totally unforgettable.
I would like to say a special thank you to Sue and Lysanne for making my trip to CHA so very special:) x
Before I share my card it is time to announce my blog candy winner.......... Jennifer Scull you have been chosen by random org:) Congratulations! If you email me your details I will post your crafty goodies off to you x

Now for my card. I have chosen another card from my show. I think this is probably one of my favourites:)

Products Used:
Cardstock: Foundations - Lilac and Rich Plum
stamps: Justrite -Autumn damask, CE - Waltz (the dress), Viennese (the sentiment)
Dies: Couture Creations - Ivy Doily, Spellbinder - Decorative Labels Twenty Eight
Embossing Folder: Couture Creations - Extra Confetti
Cosmic Shimmer Products: Silver and black Detail Embossing Powder, Vintage Plum gilding wax, Luscious Greens set 6 Mica Powder, Antique Rose Ultra Fine Glitter
Creative Expressions embellishments: Black Pearl Swirls, Black Flat Pearls, Pale Blue Organza Rose, Guipure Layered Scalloped Black Lace, Grape Fuchsia iridescent ribbon

Take care and I hope you all enjoy your weekend x

Another Blog Giveaway

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well x
I have arrived safely in California:) Wow! it is amazing:) CHA doesn't start until tomorrow so I will be doing lot's of sight seeing today:)
Today I am launching another giveaway which will continue to run until next Friday.
I will include some gorgeous Creative Expressions goodies and a card made by yours truly:)
The card that I have chosen today is one of my favourites that I made using the Creative Expressions Dresses stamps. I just love this shade of blue with the darker navy blue card stock:)

 

 

 

I would love to know what you think of my card choice today!
Products used:
Card: Foundations ( will add the exact colours that I have used when I get back)
Stamps: Creative Expressions - Baroque including the sentiment
Dies: Dazzling Doily Fantasia Collection
Embossing Folder: Couture Creations - Cheerful
Embossing Powder Cosmic Shimmer Detail Silver Shine
Glitter: Cosmic Shimmer Ultra fine Ice Blue
Gilding Wax: Cosmic Shimmer Enchanted Gold
Ribbon: Creative Expressions Iridescent Midnight Marine
Embellishments: Creative Expressions - Swirl Pearls, Organza Flowers

So that's all from me today. Enjoy the rest of your day x
Take care x

Black and Red

Good Morning fellow bloggers! I hope you are all well:)
This is just going to be a short post today as I have got to go into town to buy a new fridge freezer:After 4 attempts at mending and lots of food wastage Mr Know How insurance man has finally said we are entitled to a new one under the conditions of the insurance we took out when we brought it:) Yay! finally :)
So my card today that I have chosen is this rather regal black and red card. I am also thinking that this card, with the sentiment removed would look lovely in a frame!  What do you think?

 

I have made the flower using Spellbinder Labels Twenty Four which is on my list of 'to do tutorials'.

 

 

Products Used:

• Cardstock: Foundations
• Stamps: Elegant Corners Labels Four Background, Vintage Oval Labels, Vintage Floral Labels
• Dies: Fancy Framed Tags Two, Labels Twenty Two, Labels Twenty Four and Labels Four
• Stickles Glitter: Diamond
• Embossing Powder: Cosmic Shimmer Detail Black
• Embellishments: Creative Expressions Black flat Pearls and clear Sparkler

Sorry it is short and sweet! Take care and enjoy the rest of your day:) x

Don't forget I have a blog giveaway if you haven't already entered. Click on the blog giveaway on the side bar and it should take you to the post! x

 

 



 



 

 

 

Our Friendship is Priceless -Blog Give Away!

Good evening fellow blogging friends. So that's Christmas almost over and I hope it was all you wished it to be! This year has been an amazing year for me both personally and in my crafting and I am looking forward to seeing what 2014 brings:) I especially look forward to getting to know all of you.....if only through my blog and Facebook! Without you I wouldn't be where I am today so 'Thank you'....I know I have probably said this before but it really does mean so much to me to read your comments and little bits about yourselves.
So as a 'BIG THANK YOU' I will be doing regular blog giveaways which will include a card and a few crafting goodies too. I will put all of you into random org so you will all have a chance of winning and I will make the first drawer next Saturday:) So good luck to you all!!! x  Just leave your name/comment on this blog post!

I love the rich colours of purples, gold and olive green on my card today! I hope you like it too!

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Products Used:

• Cardstock: Foundations
• Stamps: Justrite Stamps -Vintage Oval Labels
• Dies: Justrite - Vintage Labels Six,  Spellbinder - Labels Thirteen  Bitty Blossom, Card Creator - Detailed Scallops, A2 Matting and Layering Basics B
• Embossing Folder: Couture Creations - Jazmyne (fussy cut out for the leaves)
• Stickles Glitter: Mercury Glass
• Creative Expressions: Pearl swirls
• Distress Inks: Milled Lavender, Crushed Olive, Seedless Preserves

A quick run down on how I created my card:

• I started off with a cream card blank measuring 19.5cm x 14.5cm and inked it a little at the edges with Crushed Olive.
• I took another piece of cream card and used a mix of the above Distress inks and stamped the small decorative stamps from the Justrite set to create a background. I then matted this onto some deep purple card and adhered it to my card base.
• I die cut the Detailed Scallop rectangle out and then die cut out the centre using a rectangle from the A2 Matting and Layering die set. I have then adhered this onto my card.
• I have die cut the Justrite Vintage Labels Six in the deep purple card and cut it in half.
• Next I have stamped the sentiment and coloured it in with the distress inks a little and die cut it out with the Labels Thirteen die. I have then taken the Labels Six that I cut in half and adhered one at each end at the back and adhered it to the card with foam pads.
• I have made 2 deep purple Bitty Blossom flowers and 2 cream....distressed a little with Milled Lavender.
• Next I have taken the embossing folder through my Grand Calibur and inked the leaves with Crushed Olive. I have fussy cut 6 leaves out which I have then added along with the Bitty Blossom Flowers to the card in a cluster at the bottom right of the sentiment and a single flower at the top left.
•  To finish I have added a few pearl swirls which I have cut up to make smaller swirls and added a little glitter.

Heartfelt Creations

Good afternoon my friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas:)
 I must apologise for being quiet over the last week, but with my sons wedding and Christmas it has been rather hectic in the Payne household. I have had my daughter and my 2 grandsons staying with us since the day before Christmas Eve so I decided to give my time to my family and take a break from blogging and crafting until today! They are still here but understand the need for me to get back to work as it looks like 2014 is going to be a very busy year:)
I have some more very exciting news to share with you all but my lips are sealed at the moment but it really did make my Christmas:) I will be able to share with you all very soon though:)
I have a Create and Craft show date for 7th January - 10am and 4pm.....if there are any changes to this I will let you know! So I am now prepping my samples and demos for the show:)
It is time for me to share my Heartfelt Creations card with you all. Again apologises because this should have been on my blog yesterday, but I honestly thought that I had scheduled the post but unfortunately  with all the excitement of Christmas I hadn't clicked the button and only checked in on my blog today:(
Over on the Heartfelt Creations blog you will find a sneak peek at the January release - Majestic Morning and as always some gorgeous inspiration from the design team! So be sure to head on over and take a look:)
Here is my card for today. You can find all of the product details and instructions over on the Heartfelt Creations blog HERE

I must now leave you all and start my prepping for the show, but I will be back soon with some pictures of the wedding and another card:)

Take care and thank you all for your patience on my return to blog land and your wonderful comments....I love reading them:) x

Sunnier Days

Good morning fellow bloggers! I am hoping you are all well. Today I am putting together the table decorations for my sons wedding and actually now beginning to panic that I will run out of time:)
Although this is supposed to be such a happy time I am beginning to get rather emotional about it all.....although my son moved out 3 years ago and only lives over the road he is my first baby to get married, but when he put his suit on to show me today I realised he has grown into a very fine young man, giving me 2 gorgeous grandchildren and I am thinking maybe another in the future! I am going to be one emotional but very proud mummy tomorrow:) x
I love this card....the stamps are so pretty and I am really liking the yellow and black combo!
What do you think?

 

 

The picture doesn't show it very well, but I have stamped the flowers twice and cut some out and layered them up to add some dimension to the card!

 

 

Products Used:

Cardstock - Foundations

Stamps -Justrite:  Black eyed Susan, Vintage Labels Five

Dies - Grand Squares, Vintage Labels Five, Labels fifteen, Eyelet Pendants

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations - Jasmyne

Stickles - Champagne

Distress Inks - Wild Honey

Creative Expressions Water Colours - Pastels

Embellishments - Bakers Twine - Pastels

 

 

That's it from me today until Sunday:( I hope you all have a lovely weekend and not too stressful:) x

 

 

 

 

Thank you

Good morning everyone!
Thank you all so much for your comments on my cards and understanding that I will not be able to do full instructional tutorial for a while......If I could create more hours in the day then it would be definitely on the top of my to do list:)
I am whizzing through my list of to do's before Christmas though, although I could do with the help of a few little elves to help with the wrapping:). I am so lucky though that my hubby is the cook at this time of year (well actually most of the year) and he has everything planned so I don't have to worry about that part!
I have my hair being coloured today ready for the big day on Saturday.....I have it done at home so I will be able to fit a little crafting in between:) Not sure whether to have my hair cut back into a bob? It has taken me a year to grow it, but I am finding that all I do is put it up like I did for the show.....decisions! decisions!
Oh and in answer to the question...Will I be posting pictures of the wedding and the stationary? I am sure I will be adding a few pictures of the bride and groom:) However I have a little confession....my daughter-in -law to be....Olwen has made everything with a little help from my daughter Sophie. I did help design them though.....but they are gorgeous with a vintage theme. However I am making the table decorations which is on Fridays to do list!
Oooops this was supposed to be a short post today:)
So to my card for today..... A thank you card from me to all of you:)

Products Used:

• Card: Foundations
• Stamps: Vintage Floral Labels
• Dies: Vintage Labels 6, Standard Circles Small, Labels 13, Bitty Blossoms
• Embossing Powder: Creative Expressions Detail Bright Gold
• Stickles: Mercury Glass
• Embellishments: Creative Expressions - Flat Pearls and Scalloped lace

I hope you like my card choice today!
Enjoy the rest of your day:) x

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Good morning everyone!
It's Wednesday!!!! Which means another Heartfelt Creations project:)
I have used the papers from the Floral Key Collection to create my card today, along with  the Tattered Blossom Die and co-ordinating stamps to create a beautiful cluster of flowers in creams and brown tones and finished with a organza bow!

I have stamped the Tattered Blossom onto cream card with Coffee Archival ink and coloured them with Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Ink - Pearl Shine.











Birthday Wishes
Heartfelt Creations Products and Products carried by HC
HCPC 3468 Tattered Blossoms precut set
HCD 722 Tattered Blossom Die
HCDP1 238 Floral Key Paper Collection
HCD 741 Burnished Key Die
HCD 736 Classic Leaf Die
HCPC 3545 Open Leaf precut  set
HCPC 3569 Burnished Key precut set
452255 Grand Calibur
159223 Paper Blossoms Moulding Mat
459222 Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
Project Instructions:
Other Supplies:
Spellbinder 5 x 7 Detailed Scallops
Brown Organza ribbon
Stickles glitter – Platinum
Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic ink – Pearl Shine
Coffee Archival ink
Shimmer gold card, Brown card, Cream card,
Instructions: Begin with a 7 ½” x  7 ½” cream card base. Cut a piece of brown card 7”x7” and adhere to the card base.  Die cut 2 Detailed Scallop rectangles, cut one of them so that when put together it measures 7” square, and adhere this to the card (the joins will be covered with the bow and the flowers).Choose some patterned paper from the paper collection, cut to 6”x6”and adhere this on top of the now square Detailed Scallops.  Choose a rectangle panel from the paper collection and adhere this to the card, just of centre towards the left.
Die cut and stamp the Classic leaves 4 times. Die cut and stamp the Tattered Blossom flowers, enough to make 3 larger flowers and 2 small flowers. Paint the flowers with the Acrylic Drawing ink.
Die cut the tag from the Detailed Scallops die set in cream card. Choose a sentiment from the Paper Collection and adhere to the tag. Adhere the tag/sentiment to the right hand side of the panel on the card. Adhere the flowers and leaves in a pleasing cluster to the right hand side of the card.
Die cut and stamp the heart from the Burnished key stamp and co-ordinating die in cream card and a small key in gold shimmer card. Make a bow and adhere to the bottom left of the card and add the key and heart to the centre. To finish the card add some Platinum Stickles glitter.

Don't forget to have a look over on the Heartfelt Creations blog for more inspiration from the Design Team!
I will be back tomorrow with another card from my debut show on Create and Craft.
Enjoy the rest of your day:) x

Thank You!

Good morning fellow bloggers! I hope you are all well x
I can't say how overwhelming all of your amazing support has been for my debut shows on Create and Craft. I would like to thank each and everyone of you......Now that I have seen the shows for myself I have found myself thinking was that really me:) I do think I did manage to hide my nerves pretty well.....no hand shaking lol! But the real me is a lot more chatty and bubbly than you all saw! I hope in time with a few more shows under my belt you will all begin to see the real me:).......I think I was more nervous about saying the wrong thing and sounding silly:)
So now I have got over my first show I have already started prepping for my 2nd which is hopefully going to be the 1st week in January. I will give you all the date when it has all been fully confirmed:)

My card today was a difficult choice as I have quite a few to share with you and lot's of favourites, but I have decided on this one which is using the beautiful Justrite Black Eyed Susan stamp set. I fell in love with this set as it has so many occasions that it can be used for and I just love flowers:)
I chose not to add a sentiment to this card as I thought it is one of those that you can have ready for any occasion!

• I have started with a black card base measuring approximately 6 1/2" x 8"( an unusual size I know). I then taken some pale pink shimmer card and taken it through my Grand Calibur twice using the Couture Creations Paradise embossing folder. I have matted this onto the black card base.
• I have stamped the Flower image from the Black Eyed Susan stamp set onto some coconut white card measuring approx 5 3/4" x 5 1/4". Next I have cut the Vintage Labels 2 out to create a frame and inked it with Tea Dye to give it a little distressed look.  I have taken my flower stamp again and marked where I need to stamp so that it matches with the main flower image, so it looks like the flowers are over the frame (I hope that makes sense). I have adhered the frame in place with foam pads to add some dimension. I have then stamped the flowers again twice.
• To colour in the flowers I have used the Cosmic Shimmer Water paints - Pink Ultra and Pastel Pink. I have used Jade Green and a little emerald Gold for the stalks and leaves and Enchanted Gold for the centre of the flowers. To finish off my main image I have inked the edges with Milled Lavender, matted it onto some black card stock and adhered it to the centre of the card with foam pads.
• I have made a double bow with pink organza ribbon, adhered it to the bottom of the frame in the centre and added a Crystal Sparkler.
• Next I have taken some black pearl swirls,(one left and one right), cut them in half and adhered them in position.  I have stamped 2 butterflies, coloured these in with the same water paints and added them to each side of the bow.
• To finish I have of course added some Stickles - Pink Taffeta

I hope you like my choice of card for today.....My first official blog post as a Demonstrator for Creative Expressions:)! Such an amazing experience and many more to come I hope:)

Full Product List:

• Card: Foundations
• Stamps: Justrite - Black Eyed Susan
• Dies : Justrite - Vintage Labels Two
• Embossing Folder - Couture Creations: Paradise
• Ranger Stickles - Pink Taffeta
• Cosmic Shimmer: Eater Colour Paints - Luscious Greens, Perfect Pastels and Autumn Set
• Embellishments: Creative Expressions: Black Pearl Swirls, Satin Edged Organza ribbon and aClear Sparkler