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

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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

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 :)

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Good morning everyone. Today I have my Design Team card for Heartfelt Creations to share with you.
For lot's of fantastic and inspiring ideas visit the Heartfelt Creations blog HERE......The Design Team have all been very busy creating some gorgeous projects:)

For that Special Day

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC

HCDP1 234 Daphne Paper Collection

HCD 728 Timeless Amour Die set

HCD 701 Posy Patch die set

HCPC 3303 Posy Patch pre cut set

HCPC 3363 Inspire Me Sentiment pre cut set

HCD 736 Classic Leaf die set

HCPC 3545 Open Leaf pre cut set

HCD 735 Gift Ensemble Die

031459 Gold Labels Four

Other Products Used:

Pearl swirls, Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent pva glue – Vintage pink, flat ivory pearls, stickles glitter – diamond, very pale pink, pale green and cream card stock, embossing ink, Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder – Ruby Lapis Lustre, Distress ink – Spun Sugar and tea dye, adhesive, 3D foam pads, heat embossing tool and cutting machine.

Instructions:

Begin with a 7”x7” pale pink card blank. Choose 2 pieces of patterned paper from the Daphne collection and cut one piece 6 ½” square and the other 5 ¼” x 5 ¾”. Distress the edges putting a small tear in the top right hand corner of the 6 ½” square, ink with the tea dye distress ink and mat onto your card base.  Choose a decorative panel and cut out of the paper, distress the edges and mat onto a piece of cream card. Ink the edges of with a little tea dye distress ink and put to one side. Die cut enough flowers to make 1 large, 2 medium, 1 small and 1 single small in pale pink card. Ink and stamp the flowers with embossing ink, sprinkle the embossing powder over and heat with a heat embossing tool.  Make up the flowers. Die cut and stamp with the co-ordinating stamp 3 leaves in the green polka dot paper from the Daphne papers. Die cut 3 decorative leaf flourishes from the Gift Ensemble die set in pale green card.  Die cut the small heart and the decorative open heart from the Timeless Amour die set in cream card. Distress the edges with the tea dye ink. Stamp the sentiment onto cream card and die cut out with the smallest die from the Gold Labels Four.

You are now ready to assemble the card – Adhere the panel to the top right hand corner at an angle using 3D foam pads. Add the 2 hearts and assemble the flowers, leaves (cut 3 small leaves off) and decorative foliage swirls (cut a piece of small foliage swirl off of one) in a cluster to the bottom right of the card. Adhere a flower and the small foliage swirl and 2 small leaves to the top left of the panel. Add the small single flower to the inside of the tear. Add the pearls to the centre if the flowers. Add the pearl swirls. Finally add some stickles glitter and the pearlescent pva vintage pink dots to the outer border edge of the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moments I Treasure With You

Good afternoon fellow bloggers. I promised earlier that I would be back to share the card that I made yesterday at Sir Stampalot and here it is:

These flowers have been made using the Posy Patch stamp and matching die. I have stamped onto the patterned papers from the Daphne collection and used Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder - Ruby Lapis Lustre. I have added a little Stickles Glitter glue - Diamond to the edges.

The sentiment is from the Moments With You pre cut stamp set. I have again used the embossing powder and also used Cosmic Shimmer White Ice around the outer edge.






I have used Heartfelt Creations products:

• Daphne paper collection, Timeless Amour die set, Sweet Juliet flower die, Open leaf stamp and co-ordinating die set - Classic Leaf, Posy patch flower and co-ordinating die set, Ornate Gateway die set.
• Spellbinder dies: Floral Ovals and Standard Circles
• Other products used: Cosmic Shimmer - Embossing Powder - Ruby Lapis Lustre, Stickles glitter glue - Diamond, Distress inks - tea dye, spun sugar, Cosmic Shimmer:Mica powders - Frosted Mallow, Ruby Red, Cosmic Shimmer - White Ice, and Creative Expressions American Seam Binding.

Heartfelt Creations - Peace

Good morning fellow blogging friends. I hope you are all having a good week.
I have another Heartfelt Creations card to share with you today. This time I have gone for an elegant Cream on cream with a touch of gold...... Christmas card. For more inspiration from the other Design Team members hop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog.

   
         

I have embossed the patterned background paper with a Spellbinder embossing folder. Used some Cosmic Shimmer  gilding wax -Pewter and then made a paint out of the Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Mica Powder and painted over the whole background and also on the stamp and Poinsettia flowers. This has given a really pretty, yet subtle shimmer to the card.



Products Used:
HCPC 3553 Peaceful Night PreCut Set
HCPC 3551 Holly Berry PreCut Set
HCPC 3557 Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set
HCD 738 Ornamental Add On Die
HCD 734 Sun Kissed Fleur Die
HCD 728 Timeless Amour Die
088605 Decorative Labels Twenty Eight
031460 Opulent Ovals

Project Instructions:

Other products: M-Bossabilities - Twisted Heart Design A, Persian Accents, Cream cardstock, Creative Expressions Pearl Star Decorative pearls, Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels – White Ice, Distress Ink – Tea Dye, flat cream pearls, small pearl brads, Fancy pearl button, Gold embossing powder, embossing ink, Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Wax – Enchanted Gold, Cosmic Shimmer Mica Pigments – Pearlescent, Cream Organza Ribbon, 1/4" cream satin ribbon, foam pads, adhesive, 7" x 7" card base, adhesive, Die Cutting Machine

Instructions: Begin with a 7" x 7" cream card base and distress the edges with Tea Dye Distress ink. Choose Some light cream patterned paper from the Timeless Amour paper collection. Cut it 6 3/4" square and emboss with the Twisted Heart Embossing Folder. Distress the edges and ink them with Tea Dye Ink. Using your finger add some of the gilding wax over the embossed area. Add a few little tears to add a little shabby look to it. Adhere this to the card and paint over a little with the pigment mica (make a paint by adding some Mica to a little water).Stamp the ‘Peace’ sentiment onto cream card and die cut out using the 2nd from largest die from the Opulent Ovals. Colour the letters and flowers in with some more Mica paint. Die cut a large Opulent Circle and a large Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight in cream card, ink the edges. Die cut 4 Holly Berry Swirls an ink with the co-ordinating stamps. Die Cut, Stamp and heat emboss with the gold embossing ink enough Sun kissed Fleur flowers to make one large, one medium, flower and some single flowers. Paint them with Mica Powder paint. Layer up the Opulent Ovals and Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight using foam pads and arrange the flowers and Holly Swirls as in picture. Die cut 2 Persian Accent Borders and ink the edges. Adhere them along the bottom of the card layering one on top of the other, one a little higher that the other. Adhere a length of ribbon along the top of the border and add some double sided tape. Take the top layer off the tape and add some Cosmic Shimmer White Ice. Make a small organza bow with a fancy button in the centre and adhere just under the flower on the right hand side of the card. Add some Cosmic Shimmer White ice to the centre of the flowers with a small pearl. Add the decorative pearl swirls, pearl brads and pearl stars to finish off the card.

I hope you like my card today:) x If you haven't already don't forget to join in with my Blog Candy giveaway......I will be doing another random org drawer on Saturday x The link is in my sidebar!
Take care everyone and I will be back soon with another creation soon:) x

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday - Shabby Vintage

Good morning to you all x
It is Wednesday again and time for me to share some more Heartfelt Creations projects with you.
Be sure to hop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see lot's of gorgeous projects made by the design team and take a look at the new members creation x

                                                  

For Someone Special - Shabby Vintage Card

 

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCPC 3568 – Moments with You Precut set
HCDP1  237 – Antiquity Paper Collection
HCD  740 – Sweet  Juliet Die
HCD  737 - Ornate Gateway die
Spellbinder Dies:
Stately Circles
Other Products:
Cream Lace, Flat pearls, Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels – White Ice, Small Brads, Tim Holtz Distress Tool, Die Cutting Machine, Distress Inks – Victorian Velvet, Tea Dye, Archival Ink – Plum, Memento Ink – Rich Cocoa, foam pads, adhesive,  cream and brown card, gold shimmer card, 7”x7” sand coloured card base
Instructions:
Begin with a 7”x7” card blank in a sandy colour or use a white card and adhere the sand coloured card on the front. Choose a light colour decorative paper from the Antiquity Paper Collection measuring 6 ¾ square, distress with the distress tool,  ink the edges and matt onto the front of the card. Choose a dark coloured panel from the Antiquity Collection, distress the edges and ink a little with the distress inks. Roll the right hand corner and add a little tear just under it. Adhere this to the card at an angle. Choose a smaller panel from the paper collection and again distress the edges and roll the right hand side corner and adhere this to the left hand side of the card towards the top just a fraction.  Stamp the Moments with you stamp, die cut out with the stately circle die and ink the edges just a little. Die cut 2 decorative arches from the Ornate Gateway die set and again ink the edges a little.  Adhere a piece of lace to the centre of the small panel. Using foam pads adhere the decorative arches and the stamped stately circle to the small panel as in picture. Take some lace and fold the top over and adhere with double sided tape and adhere it about an inch from the bottom of the car. Make a double lace bow and adhere this to the right hand side of the lace.
Die cut 2 larger flowers and 2 smaller Sweet Juliet Flowers and make up 2 flowers using 2 small brads. Die cut 2 leaves and cut them in half to give you 4.
Cut a small sentiment out from the paper collection and adhere this with foam pads under the rolled corner. Stamp the ‘Because I Care’ onto cream card, cut out and add some White Ice around the edge.  Adhere this under the other rolled corner along with 2 of the leaves.  Add one of the flowers to the centre of the bow and the other on the length lace with 2 leaves each side.
To finish add some pearls and some white Ice around the ‘Moments With You’ Stately Circle.

I will be back tomorrow to share another Heartfelt Creations card with you all.
Oh and don't forget I still have my blog Candy which you can find a link to in my sidebar:)
Bye for now x

Belle of The Ball

Good morning fellow bloggers x  I hope you all had a good weekend:) x

 My card that I would like to share with you today:

Items Used:

• Belle of the Ball stamp by Creative Expressions
• Spellbinder die - Majestic Labels Twenty-Five, Fancy Tags Three, Rose Creations and M-Bossabilities folder Cabbage Roses Design A
• Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels - White Ice, Gilding Wax- Pewter, Acrylic Drawing Ink, pearls and lace
• Heartfelt Creations - Open Leaf die and stamp
• Decorative paper and card is from my stash. Versafine ink - Sepia, Distress Ink - Tattered Rose

Instructions:

• Begin with a 7" square cream card blank. Cut a piece of deep rusty coloured card 61/4" square and matt onto the card.
• Using the Rose Creations folder emboss it onto some peach card measuring 6" square (you will need to run the folder through the embossing machine twice). Rub the gilding wax over the embossed area with your fingers or a piece of cloth. Mat this onto some patterned paper that co-ordinates. Adhere this to the card.
• Stamp the image and colour it in using the Acrylic Drawing Paints. Die cut it out and whilst still in the die distress a little using Tattered Rose distress ink. Add some gilding wax to the frame.  Adhere to the left hand side of the card at an angle.
• Die cut the roses out, enough to make 4 flowers onto cream card and add some wet glue and cover with the Glitter Jewels.  Die cut and stamp 2 open leaves. Add a length of the decorative ribbon about 1/2"  from the bottom of the card. Adhere the roses onto the card to the bottom left of the image in a small cluster and one small rose on the top right hand corner.
• Stamp the sentiment from the stamp collection onto cream card and die cut out using the tag die distress a little whilst still in the die with tattered rose distress ink. Adhere this to the card as in picture. 
•  Add some pearls to the centre of the flowers, on the tag and along the lace. Also add some pearl swirls to the cluster of roses and to the single rose at the top of the card.
• To finish I have added some more Glitter jewels to the outer edges of the card.

I hope you like my card today! Don't forget to join in with my Blog Candy....The link is in the side bar. I have already announced this weeks winner but will be doing another drawer this Saturday:) x

 

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Happy Wednesday everyone......It is a special day for me today as I can announce that I will be continuing on the team for another 6 months:) So very happy and honoured to be part of such an amazing company and to get to play.....ooohhh I meant create with all of there gorgeous products:)
It is so very sad to see some of the very talented team move on, however when one door closes another one opens and I am sure they will all do well in whatever path they decide to follow. I wish them all the very best x I would like to also congratulate all the new semi finalists who made it on to the team. They are all so very talented and I am sure they will bring so much creativeness to the team:) To see who will be joining me over the next 6 months hop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog. Also check out all of this weeks gorgeous creations!

I also hope to be able to share with you all soon some more exciting news, but until then here are 2 projects that I would like to share with you all:

 

Double Heart Wall Decoration

 



 

I have used the Sweet Juliet die to create these beautiful flowers:

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCD 237 – Sweet Juliet Die
HCDPC 1  237 – Antiquity Paper Collection
HCPC 3535 – Sun Kissed Fleur Tags and Basket Pre Cut Set
Other Products Used:
2x MDF Hearts (one smaller than the other), Archival Ink – Plum, Stickles - Platinum, Cosmic Shimmer – White Ice, Pearls, Brads, Decorative Pearls, Pearls on string, Satin ribbon, Twine, Strong wet glue
Instructions:
Cover your 2 hearts in your chosen papers from the Antiquity Collection. Adhere the smaller one on top of the larger one adhering it just over the edge.  Die cut 2x small flowers and 2x large flowers and make them up, use a brad on each through the centre of each flower to hold them together. Add some glue to the flowers and sprinkle some of the Cosmic Shimmer White Ice.  Die cut out about 5x foliage from the Sweet Juliet die in some of the deep plum patterned paper.  Stamp the Sun Kissed tag stamp and fussy cut this out. Cut the ‘Believe sentiment from the paper collection.
Put all of these elements to one side.  Add the pearls on string to the outside of the hearts.  Adhere the ribbon from the back of the hearts so that about 3/4 of it is showing from the front.  (You a can either buy this readymade or you can pleat it yourself). Next adhere the tag at each end so that it forms a bridge over both the hearts and add the ‘Believe ‘sentiment.  Adhere the flowers and foliage, cutting the foliage up so that you can arrange them in a pleasing way and keeping 3x leaves to adhere to the sentiment with a fancy pearl in the centre.  Adhere some fancy pearls to the hearts as in picture. Turn the hearts over and adhere some twine on the back with a very strong adhesive so that you can hang the heart decoration. To finish add a little stickles glitter.

 

                                                          Get Well Card

 

                                          

                                                   

                                                            
                                                

 

Heartfelt creations Products Used:

HCDP1 228 Timeless Amour Paper Collection
HCPC 35 45 – Open Leaf pre cut set
HCPC 35 65 – Recovery Wishes pre cut set
HCPC 3500 – Open Vintage Floret pre cut set
HCD 3502 – Vintage Floret Die set
HCD  736 - Open Leaf die
HCD  737 - Ornate Gateway Die
Spellbinder Dies Used: Fanciful Lattice, Gold Magesty Circles
Other Items Used:
Dusky pink card stock, cream card stock, Deep olive green card stock, dusky pink satin ribbon, olive green organza ribbon, Distress inks – Tea Dye, Milled Lavender, Memento ink – plum, Versafine Ink – Sepia, flat pearls, stickles glitter – Diamond, either readymade fancy pins or make up your own, adhesive, Die Cutting Machine, 3D foam pads
Instructions:
Make your card base – 5 ½” x 7 ¾” from cream card and adhere some dusky pink card to the front.  Layer your chosen paper onto a cream matt and adhere to the card  leaving about a ½” dusky pink border. Stamp the sentiment onto some cream card and diecut out using the Gold Magesty Circles die. Die cut another Magesty circle in the dusky pink card. Cut this in half and layer them under the cream one so that it gives a shadow effect. Where the gap is, adhere some olive green organza ribbon. Die cut the Decorative arch. Distress the edges of these with both Tea Dye and Milled Lavender.   Die cut the large Fanciful Lattice card creator and cut to give you 2 borders and distress with the distress inks.  Weave ribbon into the borders between the lattice.  Adhere the borders to both the top and bottom of the card. Adhere the Decoratice Arch upside down so that the tip just touches the bottom border and it sits in the centre. Adhere the Magesty Circle matt using 3d foam pads so that it sits over the Decorative Arch as in picture.
Die cut a selection of the Vintage Floret flowers using the small, medium small and medium size dies.  Stamp the flowers with the co-coordinating stamps and distress with the distress inks. Die cut 3x open leaves and stamp with the coordinating stamp.  Die cut about 6 foliage flourishes in pink card stock. Make up a selection of the flowers and adhere to the top left hand side of the Magesty Circle (keep a small one for later) along with some leaves and foliage flourishes. (Cut some of the leaves and flourishes in to smaller pieces.  Make a bow and adhere to the bottom right along with a foliage flourish (cut in half) and the fancy pearl pins. Adhere a small flower to the centre.
Add some pearls to the centre of the flowers and along the Lattice borders.  To finish add a little stickles glitter.
Don't forget that I have my blog candy giveaway....you can find the link in my side bar:)
Happy Crafting everyone:) x
 

 

 

Have A Super Day x

 Evening everyone x I hope you have all managed to keep safe in this stormy weather that we have had here in the UK x
My card today mainly consists of Spellbinder dies and lot's of layering. I have used Micro Beads on my patterned paper (a Sue Wilson technique) which adds some gorgeous texture to my card.

 

I have threaded some satin ribbon through the diamonds on the Fanciful Lattice

 



 

 I have made the flower from lace and organza ribbon and added a pearl in the centre

(I will be adding a tutorial for the flower later in the week)

 

Products Used:

• 8"x8" Card base, brown and cream card stock.
• Patterned paper - I have used Beach Bliss by Lily Of The Valley
• Spellbinder Dies Used: Fanciful Lattice, Timeless Rectangles, Persian Accents and M-Bossabilities - Twisted Hearts Design B
• Justrite Stamps and Die - Vintage Labels Four and Birthday Wishes For You
• Cream vintage lace, cream organza ribbon
• Creative Expressions - American Seam Binding, Micro Beads
• Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Wax - Patina
• Flat cream  pearls
• Versafine Ink -Sepia

Instructions:
Cover your card base in brown card. Cut your patterned paper 7" square and cover with a piece of double sided adhesive sheet. Peel the top layer off and take your Micro Beads and cover it making sure that all areas are covered. Matt this onto a piece of cream card gilding both with gilding wax along each edge before adhering together. Adhere this to your card.
Die cut - The largest and smallest Fanciful Lattice onto cream card. A large Timeless Rectangle in brown card and the label from the Justrite Vintage Labels Four in brown card. Put the label through your die cutting machine using the embossing folder - Twisted Hearts, making sure you emboss with the Design B side.  Cut a matt in brown card to fit the large Fanciful Lattice. Add some gilding wax to all of these elements.  Weave the American Seam Binding through the large Fanciful Lattice.
Matt and layer these all on top of each other using 3D foam pads as in picture and adhere to the top halve of the card. Stamp the sentiment and die cut out with the small label from the Justrite die set and adhere with 3D foam pads to the centre.
Die cut out the border from the Persian Accents in brown card and add a little gilding wax.
Adhere a length of lace along the bottom of the card and adhere the border over the top.
Make a bow with the seam binding and adhere this to just above the top right hand side of the border.
Make the lace flower:
Either punch or cut a small circle from card about 3/4" diameter. Take a length of lace about 10" in length and using a hot glue gun adhere it around the circle just off from the edge, rushing or pleating as you go to form a circle. Do the same with the organza ribbon, this time started further in to the centre and again with the lace adhering from the centre. Adhere a pearl or button in the centre.
You can make these in all sizes, which is great if you have lots of oddments of lace to use.  I am in the process of doing a tutorial on my method which should be on my blog by the end of the week.
Add your lace flower to the centre of the bow. To finish off the card I have added some pearls to the border and around the Fanciful Lattice rectangles..

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Autumn Leaves

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well x
Over the last few weeks I have seen lot's of autumnal themed cards and projects around blogland which have inspired me to make an autumnal card myself. Now for those of you that know my style you will know that I rarely make a card either using inking techniques or oranges and brown but lately I have not only become rather fond of these autumnal colours I have also been inspired by my teamie over on Heartfelt Creations Kathy Wright Clement who recently shared on her blog some tags that she had made whilst doing a Tim Holtz online course - Creative Chemistry 102. Now I have over the years seen lots of different techniques using Tim's products and I myself have many a shelve packed full of most of the products, but I have never really found the time to just have a play. So I thought I would enrol in the course Creative Chemistry 101 (I very much recommend it). So today I would like to share a card that I have made using the Nostalgic Batik Technique.....well my take on it anyway:) I am thinking a little more practice is needed:)

                 

 

To create the flowers I have used some burlap which I treated with a PVA and water mix to stop them fraying and then die cut them and used a little distress ink on them.  I did the same with the leaves. The rose leaves are made using brown paper and Mica Powder.

 

I used Walnut Stain and clear embossing powder for the tree which is a Creative Expressions stamp

 

 I made the bow with brown burlap, organza ribbon and some cream jute which I have inked a little 

 

 

Products that I used:

• Cream, brown and light beige and dark beige creamy card stock
• 8" x8" card base
• Spellbinder Embossing folder - Flora design B, Rose Creations die and Branching Out die
• Heartfelt Creations - Open Leaf stamp and die set, Falling Leaves die set
• Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Milled Lavender, Tea Dye, Broken China and Squeezed Lemonade
• Cosmic Shimmer - Mica Pigments - Dark Bronze, Copper, Red Bronze, Polished Silk Glitter - Penny Copper, Clear embossing powder and PVA glue
• Flat pearls, decorative pearl brad or button, pearls on string, embossing ink
•  Creative Expressions - Stamp collections - Falling Leaves and Fancy Foliage, Gilding Wax - Golden Light, Jute

A quick run down on how I made my card:

• First I created my topper using the Nostalgic Batik Technique -  First you ink and heat emboss the tree. You then create you background to how you want it to look using distress inks. Stamp the leaves with  embossing ink and go over it with your Mica Pigments with a brush. You then wipe off any excess. It doesn't stick to the tree as you have embossed it.
• Decorate a piece of light beige card using the leaf stamps. Use embossing ink and the micas to create a background. Adhere this to the front of your card.
• Take a sheet of card in a beige cream and emboss with the  Flora design folder, you will need to do this a few times.  Go over the embossed area with the gilding wax. Cut 2 x 2" strips and 1 x1" strip all 7" in length. Decorate the edges with the glitter using the Cosmic Shimmer glue. Once these are dry layer them onto your base card with 3D foam tape as in picture. Next adhere your main tree image about a 1/2" from the top in the centre.
• Prepare the burlap and let it dry. Once it has dried die cut enough flowers to make 3 main ones and one single small one. Die cut about 10x leaves in burlap and 4x Open Leaves. Adhere them to the top right hand corner in a crescent cluster. Keeping one small flower and a few leaves to one side.
• Make up the bow and adhere this to the bottom left of your design.
• Die cut the tag from the Branching Out die set in brown. Layer a piece of beige card onto it and Glitter the edges. Stamp the sentiment onto cream card, and ink to co-ordinate with the card.(Add glitter to the edges).
• Adhere the small flower that you have left with a few small leaves to the bottom left of the sentiment.
• Adhere some jute to the edges of the main image layer as in picture using the Cosmic Shimmer glue.
• To finish add a length of pearls on string to the bottom of the 2 outer embossed strips and also some jute. Finally add pearls to the centre of the flowers and some tiny pearls to the tree.

Ok, so I know it isn't perfect but I am really liking this effect...... I am thinking I will attempt another one very soon:) x

 



Beautiful Memories - Heartfelt Creations

Happy Wednesday everyone x
It is that time of the week again when I share my Heartfelt Creations project with you.
Be sure to head on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see an array of totally stunning projects from the other Heartfelt Creations Design Team members. It is coming to the end of our term and we are all on tender hooks awaiting to here if we will be on the team for another 6 month term.....fingers crossed:) x
For my project this week I have used numerous collections as well as the new Sweet Juliet flower die and Antiquity Papers......I just love the vintage style of this collection:)
I have lot's of pictures to share with you as there are 10 pages to my book. I haven't done an in depth tutorial for each page as it would take forever, however I have given you a full list of products that I have used and of course you can arrange your elements as you wish.

 This is the front cover of the memory book:

 



This is the inside cover: I have made a pocket to add those extra photos or memorabilia

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCDP1 237 - Antiquity Paper Collection
HCD 740 - Sweet Juliet Die
HCDP1 228 - Timeless Amour Paper Collection
HCD 729 - Decorative Blossom Corner
HCD 727 -  Vintage Floret
HCD 717 -  Layered Scalloped Posy
HCD 728 -  Timeless Amour
HCD 725 -  Decorative Metal Fixtures
HCD  735 - Gift Ensemble die set
HCPC  3563 -  Post Card pre cut set
HCPC 3564 - Blessing To Me pre cut set
HCPC 3500 - Open Vintage Floret pre cut set
HCPC 3502 -  Mini Vintage Floret  pre cut set

Spellbinder Products used:

Adorning Squares, Decorative Labels Twenty-Two, Labels Twenty-Two, Classic Ovals Large, Decorative Labels Eight
Other Products Used:
Deep plum and pale dusky pink ribbon, pearls, pearl brads, pearls on string, lace, Cosmic Shimmer- Glitter Jewels: White Ice, Distress Inks – Milled Lavender & Spun Sugar, Antique metal large charm, Cream Shrink Plastic, Stickles Glitter – Platinum, Adhesive, Pearl Swirls, Burgundy and cream card, Archival Ink – Plum, Memory book, cream shrink plastic
Instructions
Choose your chosen papers and adhere them to each side of your memory book pages.
Die cut all your elements that you think you may need to begin with, you can always add a few more if you need them.  Make up the flowers, again you may need more, but it is easier if you have a few to start with.
For the front cover I have added my elements and also used a large vintage metal charm as a centre piece. I have decorated the flowers and some of the other die cut elements with some Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels. The tag that I have made is shrink plastic. I stamped the sentiment onto the shrink plastic, made a hole using a hole punch and then heated it with a heat tool which then shrinks it.  On the inside cover page I have made a pocket so that the you can keep extra photos or other memorabilia in.
On the pages that you choose a lighter coloured paper distress the edges with Milled Lavender.
Create each page as to your liking, using some of the card panels from the Antiquity paper collection, also some sentiments and sayings from both the Antiquity and Timeless Amour paper collections. Use Opulent Ovals, Decorative Labels Twenty-Two, Decorative Labels Eight or some other decorative die that you prefer for the backgrounds for your photos. Add the flowers, ribbon, lace and pearls to decorate each page.
To finish off the Memory book add some glitter to the edges of some of the elements and edges of the pages and add some ribbon and lace to the rings of the book.
Don’t forget if you want to see more photo’s of my memory book you can find them on my blog