A Beautiful You

Hello to you all x

I have used Maja Design - Vintage Spring basics to create my card today. Using it both on the lower background paper and for my flowers:

 

• I have taken a 6.5"x6.5" card blank. Cut a piece of shimmer pale blue card 6 1/4" square. The stamp that I have used for the background is a small fancy flourish from JustRite Stamp Kindness collection. I have Heat embossed using Cosmic Shimmer Artic Lake Lustre embossing powder. I have distressed the edges just a little with a Tim Holtz distress tool and adhered it to my card base.
• Take a piece of patterned paper measuring about 3"x6 1/4", distress the edges a little and adhere to the bottom half of the card. I have added some lace and ribbon across the top edge of the patterned paper, which to be honest you can only just about see.
• The Sentiment is Heartfelt Creations -Bold Vintage Floret Backgound stamp set. I have stamped and embossed using the  Artic Lake Lustre embossing powder on to some of the shimmer pale blue card and die cut out using the 2nd from largest die from Spellbinder Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight. Next I have layered this onto some white shimmer card cut out using Spellbinder Labels Twenty-Eight. I have then layered these onto the largest die from the Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight cut out using some more papers from Maja Design - Vintage Spring Basics.
• The large flowers I have made are Spellbinder Spiral Blossom and the smaller ones are Bitty Blossom. I have die cut them out onto the Maja Design patterned paper and added pearls to the centre.

• The foliage are Heartfelt Creations Open Leaf die and stamped with the co-ordinating Open Leaf Stamp set. I have finished off the left hand side flower cluster by adding an organza bow with a pearl in the centre.
• To finish of the card I have added some pearl flourishes, flat backed pearls around the sentiment and some Cosmic Shimmer White Ice Glitter Jewels around the outer edge of the card.

 I hope all have nice day x

Happy Friday Everyone

Afternoon everyone. I hope you are all having a good Friday. This is just a quick post from me today as I am off away for the weekend:)
My card I would like to share with you is a using a mix of Heartfelt Creation products, Teresa Collins Papers, and Spellbinder dies. I have made the flowers using Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret stamps and dies and the small roses are Spellbinder Bitty Blossom. I have used Spellbinder Majestic Labels Twenty- Five to frame the sentiment.

 

I have layered the large flower in the centre onto a small Stately circle and added some lace around it. I have distressed the edges of the paper a little with Black Soot distress ink. I have finished off the card with a little Stickles glitter - Platinum around the edge of the card and a little on the flowers too.

Happiness Is A Day Shopping

Good morning everyone:) A quickie post today as I am off to London tomorrow to spend the weekend with my wonderful son Daniel....who I am so, so very proud of:) It is also my youngest daughters birthday tomorrow and she will be 13 (where has that time gone), so my card today reflects what I am going to be doing this weekend:).....Lots of shopping I am thinking:) x

• I have used a black 7"x7" base card.
• The patterned paper that I have used is designed by Teresa Collins for Creative Expressions.
• I have stamped onto the black paper with a heartfelt Creations stamp - Sun Kissed Fleur Swirls in black Archival Ink. Matted this onto some co-ordinating minty green card leaving a small border and adhered it to my card base. I have the used strong double sided tape around the edge of the black patterned paper and adhered some micro beads onto it. Rub the micro beads gently with your finger to help them adhere to the tape.
• I have then stamped the Handbag which is another Creative Expressions stamp set called Bags Of Style onto the tiny spot minty green paper from the paper pad, I cut this out with the Spellbinder Labels Four Small. I then have die cut the 2nd largest die from the Spellbinder Timeless Rectangle out of the black patterned paper that I have used. I have matted this onto some black card (I used the A2 matting Basics A Spellbinder die). I have now adhered this at an angle on the left hand top corner of the card.
• I have stamped the sentiment on to the minty green patterned paper and die cut out using Labels Four Small and adhered it onto the bottom left hand corner of the card.
• I have then used Blooms Three from the Die D-lites Spellbinder range to make the flower in the right hand corner. The tiny flowers that I have added are Spellbinder Bitty Blossom. The swirl foliage that I have used is Die D-Lites - Sprigs.
• I have made a bow using co-ordinating satin ribbon and added a black Dazzler to the centre.
• To finish off the card I have added some black glitter and Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Sprinkles.

Sweet Juliet - Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

A very good morning to you all, I hope you are all having a wonderful Wednesday:)
When I first saw this new collection from Heartfelt Creations I new in an instant that it was going to be 'another one of my favourites'......Ok I love them all hehe:) However this collection, 'Sweet Juliet' is just amazingly beautiful!
This collection is inspired by the beauty of ancient rooms locked away and laden with antique treasures. These rooms are filled with yellow candlelight and dusty vases. Crinkly letters lay scattered around, turning crisp and fading more every day. A postcard lays covered in thick dust, forgotten in a dark corner. Wildflowers lay around, as crisp and crinkled as the beautiful wallpapers. Using these detailed floral and typographical stamps, complemented by black, gold and burgundy papers will enable you to create an outstanding classical creation.
Don't forget also that you can have a chance to win the whole collection worth $150, so be sure to hop on over to the Heartfelt Creation blog and leave a comment and also check out the other Design Team members beautiful creations.
I have 2 projects today to share with you all today.
The first is a card, pretty simple in style with not to much fuss......I know! this was a little difficult for me, but I do have a few weeks more where I will be sharing some well lets say a little more over the top projects with you.

 

Because I Care

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCD 740 – Sweet Juliet die set
HCPC 3563 - Post Card pre cut set
HCPC 3568 – Moments With You pre cut stamp
HCDP1 237 – Antiquity Paper Collection
Spellbinder dies used: Stately Circles
Other Products Used:  7”x7” Burgundy Base card, burgundy and cream card, Pearls brad, Cream lace, decorative pearls, pearls on string, small flat ivory pearls, Versafine ink – Vintage Sepia, Stickles Glitter Glue – Platinum, Distress Inks – Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet and Milled Lavender, distressing tool, grand Calibur,
Instructions:
Die cut a small flower in burgundy card and a large flower in some patterned paper from the Antiquity collection. Make the flower up using a brad in the centre. Die cut a 2^nd smallest Stately Circle and the smallest Stately Circle in burgundy card. Die cut 3 of the foliage that come in the Sweet Juliet Die set in cream paper/card and distress with Tea Dye ink whilst in the die. Cut the foliage in 1/2 . Stamp the sentiment ‘Because I Care’ onto cream card, cut out and distress a little with ink.  Stamp and cut out the Post Card using the Sepia ink onto cream card. Distress the post card with a mix of the distress inks listed above. Layer the post card on to a piece of burgundy card with a small border. Choose some paper from the Antiquity paper collection (I have used a 6”x6” panel)  layer on to burgundy card again leaving a small border. Take some cream card and adhere to the card base leaving a ¼” border.  Now adhere the 6”x6” panel matt and the post card onto the card as in picture.
Layer the foliage and flower onto the 2^nd smallest Stately Circle and adhere to the bottom left hand side of the postcard. Make a lace bow and adhere this to the top right hand side of the post card and adhere the sentiment to the centre. Adhere a length of lace about an inch from the bottom of the card and add a length of decorative pearls on string along the centre of it. Finish by adding a few pearls to the top left and bottom right of the postcard and a small one in the centre of the sentiment.  Finish of by adding some stickles glitter around the edges of your layered matts on the card and a little to the flower.

 

  Now my 2nd project that I am sharing with you today is an altered box. I just love making these type of projects and because the Heartfelt Creations paper collection are all 12"x12" they are perfect for covering these types of items.

  You Are A Blessing

 

 

 

Heartfelt Creation Products Used:

HCD 237 – Antiquity Paper Collection

HCPC 3564 – Blessing To Me precut set

HCD 740 – Sweet Juliet Die

HCD 737 – Ornate Gateway Die

Spellbinder Dies Used: Standard Circles and Stately Circles

Other Products Used:

Deep plum/burgundy card stock, decorative, cream lace,  buttons/brads, decorative pearls on string, stickles, glitter – Platinum, small single flat pearls, distress Ink – Tea Dye, Adirondack ink - Current and MDF or similar box

 Instructions:

Die cut 5x large Juliet Flowers and 5x small Juliet flowers. Make the flowers up as you require them to look and put them to one side. (I have glued mine as I have used pearls rather than brads). Die cut 3x the decorative arches from the Ornate Die set in deep burgundy/plum card.

Choose some paper from the Antiquity Paper Collection and adhere to the box and box lid. Choose a co-ordinating paper and adhere around the edge of the lid. Distress a little with the Tea Dye distress ink.  Stamp the sentiment ‘Blessing To Me’ onto cream card with the Current Adirondack Ink. Die cut out with the 2^nd from largest standard circle die.  Distress with the Tea Dye ink.  Die Cut out a large Stately  Circle in deep burgundy/plum card.  Adhere these to the box lid.  Take the decorative arches cut away about a ¼ from the top of each and adhere from the inside of the lid so that they have an equal gap between them.  Take 3 of the flowers and adhere these around the edge of the lid in between the gaps of the decorative arches. Make a lace bow and adhere to the top of the sentiment on the lid. Take the other 2 flowers and add one to the centre of the bow and the other opposite the bow. Decorate the box with the pearls on string and the flat pearls.

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

Roses

Good morning fellow crafters. I hope your weekend is going well and you are maybe going to be finding the time to do some crafting!  After all it is World Card making day:)
Today it is another new challenge over at The Hobby House and the theme is 'Roses'....we would love to see your beautiful creations :)

I have had this wicker heart hanging in my craft room for months, just waiting for me to embellish it. 

• The Topper that I have used is Winter Fairy  Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet. I have layered it onto a scalloped circle die cut available from The Hobby House and Spellbinder Stately Circle.
• All of the gorgeous roses, ribbon, pearls and charms are all available from The Hobby House
• I have used some Pinflair snow dust and Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels on the image and on the roses to give a little festive feel to my heart wall decoration.
• The die cut snowflakes are from Heartfelt Creations Banner And Trees Die Set.
• The paper is from my stash.

We look forward to seeing all of your creations. For all of the details and challenge rules please visit The Hobby House Blog HERE

In The Pink Challenge

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well:)
Today I would like to share my DT card for In The Pink Challenge where the theme is Luscious Lace.....an easy one for me :)
I decided to use some gorgeous black lace on my card and have also made a lace flower:)
This is my last card that I will be making for In The Pink as I have stepped down from the design team. I have stepped down from quite a few over the last few weeks as I want to concentrate more on my demonstrating and classes. It is such a shame, but I just don't have enough hours in the day so I have had to make some rather tough choices, but on the bright side I get to do the thing I love most and earn some pennies too:)...so that I can buy more stash hehe:)
As you probably know I did a demonstration for Sir Stampalot a few weeks back which went extremely well and Janice invited me back to do a class:)  So I have a class on 9th November...which I do believe has already sold out, but don't worry there are going to be more to come:) I will keep you informed on dates.
So here is my card:

• I have used a black card base  7"x7"
• The stamp set is Belle Of The Ball by Creative Expressions. I have coloured the gorgeous dress in with Cosmic Shimmer - Acrylic Drawing Ink. I have used the border stamp on the pink card which you can just about get a little peak at.
• I have matted and layered my paper (Maja Design) onto black card and adhered it to my card at an angle.
• I have used Spellbinder die - Decorative Labels Eight and die cut it in pink card. I have added black lace around it from the back to give it a black lace border. The Spellbinder die that I have used die cut the dress out from is - Opulent Ovals.
• The corner dies and foliage flourishes are Die D-Lites - Corner Flourish and Sprigs.
• I have added my lace flower and pink roses in a crescent cluster at the bottom of the dress.
• To finish my card off I have added a small pink organza bow with a rose in the centre and the tag is again stamped with a sentiment from the collection which I have die cut out using the smallest die from the Decorative Labels Eight. I have cut another one out in black, cut in half and adhered to the back so that it gives you a shadow.
• You will also notice that I have also added a little frantage to my card.
• To finish I have added a few pink pearls, cream pearls and a little stickles:) x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Fab and Funky - Ribbon

SisterHood of Crafters - Tag

Inky Chicks - 2 different die cuts

Through The Craftroom Door - anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Flowers

 



Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

A very good Wednesday to you all....although we have rain where I am today:( Another reason why I can spend the day in my craft room:) Hubby is having a lads day out on a track day, I did all my housework last night before I went to bed so that today I could craft away with out any guilt...hehe.
Don't you just enjoy crafting much more when you have know distractions!
Today I have 2 Heartfelt Creations cards to share with you.
The first is what I would call maybe a little over the top, but I really just wanted to show you how the dies can be used:

Winter Wonderland

 



 

Winter Wonderland

Heartfelt Creations products Used:

HCD  739 – Banner and Tree die

HCD  710 – Decorative Oval Window

HCPC1  225 – Frosty Blanket Paper Collection

HCPC 3543 – Winter Season Precut set

HCPC 3559 – Delicate Holly Swirls precut set

Spellbinder Products Used: Decorative Labels Twenty-Two, Timeless Rectangle, Grand Decorative Labels One, Fancy Framed Tags Two, Grand Calibur

 Other Products Used:

Blue and white cardstock ,8”x8” card blank, embossing ink pad, Clear embossing powder, Memento ink – Paris Dusk, Pinflair Snow dust, Sparkle white glitter, glue pen, Rhinestone Sparklers, Small self adhesive gems, stickles glitter – crystal

Instructions 

Begin by die cutting all of your die shapes that you will need: 4 large snowflakes and 4 small snowflakes, 1x med/lge and 1x sml/med grand labels One in your chosen blue patterned paper from the collection,  2x lge Decorative Labels Twenty-Two (one white and one blue), 1x sml/med Timeless Rectangle in blue card, 1x tag from the Fancy Framed Tags Two die set, 2x Decorative Oval Windows,6 x Trees.

 

Stamp the Christmas Scene using the Memento ink and heat emboss with clear sparkle embossing powder onto the white Decorative Labels Twenty-Two that you cut out earlier.  Do the same with the sentiment, but stamp onto the label that you die cut.

Adhere blue card stock to the front of the base card and stamp and heat emboss with clear sparkle embossing powder the holly swirls.

Cut the trees into individual segments which will then become the decorative corners on the card.

Cut the Decorative Ovals Windows in half.  You are now ready to assemble your card as in picture, using some foam pads to the smaller Decorative Labels One to add dimension. The Decorative Oval Windows that you cut in half intertwine onto the corners of the  Decorative Labels One.

Once you have assembled your card, you are now ready to put the finishing touches: add Rhinestone Sparklers, gems, glitter, and snow dust. If you wish you can decorate the inside of the card.

 My second card I think I would describe as a little Victorian and quite regal:

 

Joy

 

 

 



Joy

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCD 734 – Sun Kissed Fleur Die

HCPC 3557 – Poinsettia Precut set

HCDP1 225 – Frosty Blanket Paper Collection

HCPC  3551 – Holly Berry Precut Set

HCD 738 – Ornamental Add On Die Set

Spellbinder Products Used: Majestic Elements Labels Twenty-Five

Other Products Used:

Deep Burgundy card, Gold Gilding Wax, Cream Card Base (8”x 5.5”), Ranger Perfect Pearls – perfect gold, Embossing Ink pad, gold embossing powder,  Stickles glitter glue – Platinum, Decorative  swirl pearls, flat self adhesive cream pearls, Cosmic Shimmer Olympic Gold pva glue.

Instructions:

Adhere your chosen burgundy coloured paper from the paper collection.  Die cut the Majestic Elements Labels Twenty-Five  as in picture in cream (gold gild just a little),  then die cut just the  inner in burgundy card and Stamp the ‘JOY’ with the embossing ink and dust with the Perfect pearls.

Stamp the Poinsettia flowers, heat emboss with the gold embossing powder, and die cut them out.Make up one large flower using 3 of the flowers. Stamp the Holly Berry swirl foliage with embossing ink and sweep with the perfect pearls and die cut x4.  Diecut 3 decorative ornaments and add a little gold gilding wax.  Add some gold gilding wax to the outer edge of the card.  Assemble the card (using foam pads on the burgundy inner Majestic Elements Label Twenty-Five to give a little depth) as in picture. Add some stickles glitter and the pearls to the card. Finally add the Olympic Gold Pva dots to the card as in picture. Remember to let these dry before handling your card.

 So these are my 2 cards, if you hop on over to The Heartfelt Creations blog HERE you will find lots of more inspiration from the design team. Also there is a sneak peak at next weeks new release - 

Sweet Juliet. Oh and don't forget you can also vote for your top 5 favourite semi finalists and top 5 design team members that most inspire you......you could be in with a chance of winning a $50 voucher :)