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

 

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

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

Blog Candy Winner

Good evening everyone! How are you all? So it is almost the 12th day so all my Christmas decorations are coming down.....how about yours?  Every year when it is this time I say that next year I won't put up so many, but I am guessing I probably will:)  Oh and how much tidier my house feels without them and so much bigger lol
Well I promised to announce my January blog candy winner today.....Thank you all for participating and don't worry if you didn't win as I will be having another one next week:)
First of all I have put a few things together including a Creative Expressions stamp set -  Belle of The Ball, a selection of ribbon, a selection of card, and a few other crafty bits....oh and of course a my card ' Our Friendship is Priceless'
So here is the winner as chosen by random org  ....................................................................
Number 11 who is Sheila - Ginger........ Congratulations Sheila! If you would like to email with your details at nikki@sepad.co.uk I will get your crafty goodies sent off to you.

Here is my card that I would like to share with you today:

Products Used:

• Card stock: Foundations
• Stamps: Justrite -  Black Eyed Susan and Vintage labels Five
• Dies: Justrite - Labels Five and Six
• Embossing Folders: Couture Creations - Large Joes Garden
• Masks - That Special Touch - Funky
• Inks: Distress Inks - Milled Lavender and Broken China, Stazon - Teal Blue
• Stickles Glitter: Diamond, Turquoise
• Embellishments: Creative Expressions - Satin edged organza ribbon, Pastel Bakers Twine, Frosted Blue Dazzler,

Sorry it's a late post, but I got there in the end after a very hectic Saturday:)
Take care 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.

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 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

Celebrate

Good Morning fellow bloggers:) x
Happy Thanks Giving to all my American friends and followers....I hope you all have a good one!
Today I have a just quick post! It is a very exciting day for me today and I am busy preparing:).....I will reveal very soon so do keep a look out on my blog and Facebook:) x
My card today is another 3 in 1 Couture Creations card that I made for Julia Watts Creative Expressions Create and Craft shows a few weeks ago.
 For this one I have used the Ornate Frame set again.

Products that I have Used:

• Couture Creations 3 in 1 set - Ornate Frame
• Spellbinder die - Fanciful Lattice and Ribbon Banners
• Creative Expressions: paper pad by Teresa Collins, Pearl Swirls, Cosmic Shimmer Mica Powders: Dark Bronze, Copper, Red Bronze and Stickles Glitter - Platinum
• Ribbon is from my crafty stash

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day:)

As seen on TV......3 in 1 Couture Creations

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all well and had a good weekend:) x
I have another card to share with you today which I made for Julia Watts Creative Expressions shows a few weeks ago featuring the fabulous 3 in 1Couture Creations sets....Stamp, emboss and cut. These really are so versatile....

 

 Products Used:

 

• Couture Creations 3 in 1 set - Pattern Quilt.
• Paper Pad - Creative Expressions by Teresa Collins
• Ribbon - Creative Expressions
• Spellbinder dies: Gold Majestic Circles and Jewel Flowers and Flourishes by Julianna Hudgens
• Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Drawing Inks and Gilding Wax - Golden Light
• 7" x 7" card base.
• Black Dazzler - Creative Expressions

Sorry this is just a quickie post today, but I am a busy crafter at the moment spending most of my time making more samples.....by the way did you see the Heartfelt Creations shows yesterday with all those luscious stamps, dies and the Antiquity paper pad? .......I was again so excited when I saw my cards and box amongst the other gorgeous samples:) I hope they all inspired you!
I will be sharing the box with you all on Friday with a tutorial on how I created it and all the other samples during the next few weeks.....and that exciting news.....Soon to be revealed:) x
See you all tomorrow :)

As seen on Create and Craft - Couture Creations 3 in 1 set

Good morning fellow bloggers. I have a card to share with you all today that was a sample card shown on Create and Craft last week on Julia Watts 3in1 Couture Creations shows for creative Expressions.
I made 6 cards in all for the shows and will share them with you over the next few days.

Couture Creations - Ornate Frame:

The set comprises of a clear Stamp set, co-ordinating Embossing folder and butterfly dies. These sets make it easy for any level crafter, whether you are a beginner or have been crafting for many years.
You can use different techniques to produce lot's of different effects just using the one set as the Creative Expressions design team showed in there amazingly inspiring projects they all made for the shows.
Products that I have used:

• Couture Creations 3in1 set - Ornate Frame
• Papers - Teresa Collins -Creative Expressions
• Stickles glitter - Diamond
• Spellbinder die - 5x7  Detailed Scallops