Thursday 29 June 2017

Bee-cause you're special



Today we have a card by the lovely Chris Scott using a technique called "baby wipe technique".

Chris has used a baby wipe to create a stamp pad by adding drops of distress ink refills in different colours onto the wipe close together. You then take your stamp and press into the baby wipe and then stamp onto your card.
 The effect is a beautiful watercolour effect and you can add lots of different colour to one stamped image.

For this card Chris has used the a clear stamp set called Busy Bee by Hobby Art which has lots of designs in the set, including the sentiment Chris used.
The tiny bee's are really sweet too and Chris used glossy accents on the wings to make them stand out more.
To finish the card a few die cut wild flowers are added using the Tim Holtz Wildflowers dies set and these have been coloured using distress inks to match the card.

You can see other artwork by Chris on her blog : 'Always About Colour'.

Products used by Chris, include:



Spiced Marmalade distress ink
Scattered Straw distress ink
Peeled Paint distress ink
Wildflowers die set
Glossy Accents - Clear dimensional embelishment
Glossy Accents
Busy Bees clear stamp set

Monday 26 June 2017

Chrysanthemums



I love the colours of this pretty card by Sara using Sue Wilson dies.

Sara has created a aperture in the card using the Eternal Rings die by Sue Wilson.

Coloured card is used behind the aperture and pearls added to the flower centres to create
a truly pretty panel.

Flowers have been die cut and build up using the Sue Wilson Chrysanthemum die and the leaves are die cut from the Spring Foliage set.

Micro Beads are used to make the centre of the flowers and give a lovely effect.

The sentiment is from a Woodware clear stamp set called Jane's Script and is a lovely sentiment set with words perfect for many occasions and a lovely size to stamp onto cards.

Products used for this card include:
Chrysanthemum die set



Eternal Rings


Spring Foliage
Micro Beads
Jane's Script clear stamp set



Saturday 24 June 2017

Sara's Butterfly Magic



Today we have a very pretty card with lacey butterflies and a glittery background.

For this card Sara has removed a panel from the right side of the card and replaced with acetate.  Then on the right hand inside of the card, added a strip of glittery card so that it shows through acetate when the card is revealed out of the envelope.

A pretty border punch and ribbon add a elegant touch to the left side of the card.

The products used for this card include:
Ribbon and small pearls
coloured card stock
and

Sue Wilson Cutting Die - Finishing Touches Cascading Butterflies
Cascading butterflies
SO: Martha Stewart Craft Punch - Floral Lace
Floral lace punch
Stix 2 - A4 Extra Thick Clear Acetate (4 sheets) 300 micron
Thick acetate

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Cascading Butterflies




This card from Sara is a very pretty card and also as a touch of sparkle to it.  We all love a bit of sparkle :)

Sara has used the Meridian corner die to die cut two corners of a piece of lilac card, then used the butterflies outline die in the centre.

On some white card she has then cut a full set of the butterflies dies and replaced the pieces back in the lilac card base.

Using adhesive film and glitter a sparkling background has been created and then placed behind the lilac card.

Ribbon and pearls add a finishing touch to card.


Products used include:

Meridian edger
Creative Expressions Double Sided A4 Adhesive Film Sheets - 5 sheets
Adhesive film
Sue Wilson Cutting Die - Finishing Touches Cascading Butterflies
Cascading butterflies
SO: DecoArt Glamour Dust Sprinkle on Glitter - Crystal 29.5grams
Glamour Dust
SO: Craft UK Ltd 6x6 inch Cards and Envelopes - White (50)
Card and envelopes

Tuesday 13 June 2017

With Love






"Pretty in Pink" is the card for today.

Sara has made this beautiful card using just pink and white cardstock and dies.
The base is a 8x8 card and a pink slightly smaller piece of card is used for the first layer.
Sara has then die cut the heart design (from standard heart nestie) out of a slightly smaller piece of white card.

Using the Tim holtz mixed media die set she has die cut the fancy corner out of white card and used this behind the heart with some pink backing.  Doesn't it look really effective?
Shows how versatile the mixed media dies sets are.  And how you can mix and match outline dies with fancy detailed details.  Loving it :)

Then to finish off the card, Sara has used the Sue Wilson Spring Foliage die set from the Finishing Touches range and also some lace, glitter and cute ribbon.   Notice how there are 3 shades of the pink flowers and each one has a pearl center - looks so elegant.


Some of the products used for this card, include :-

Sue Wilson Cutting Die - Finishing Touches Spring Foliage
Spring Foliage
Sizzix Thinlits Dies - Mixed Media #2 by Tim Holtz (3pk)
Mixed Media #2
Sue Wilson Cutting Die - Finishing Touches Cascading Butterflies
Cascading Butterflies
SO: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Heart Classic
Classic Hearts
Self-Adhesive Lace - White (1 metre)
Self-adhesive Lace
Pearls

Friday 9 June 2017

Good Luck




A Good Luck card for today made by Sara Rosamond.
 
This is a really lovely and quick card to make and a great way to use the Sue Wilson
Easter Basket die set in a very unusal way. Similar to our previous post where Sara has used the basket handle for the Hot Air Balloon, she's been thinking more outside the box basket and come up with this gem - using the basket handle upside down for a horseshoe.

Thin, 3mm, ribbon is then threaded through and a brad used to make it look like it is hanging on the card.
A die cut of a little black cat is featured in corner and comes from the Sue Wilson kinetics 3D window box die set to finish off card.  

Beautifully simplistic for any Good Luck occasion you need to create a card for. 

Thanks for the inspiration Sara :)
See some of Sara's other artwork on her blog : "inky fingers"

Products used on this Good Luck card, are-
Sue Wilson kinetics Easter Basket set 
Sue Wilson kinetics 3D window box accessories set
6x6 white cards and envelopes
Hobby House pearls





Wednesday 7 June 2017

Up Up and Away






The card we have today is a fun card that would be great for men's cards if you were a little uncertain as to what to make, or prehaps someone taking on a new venture.
Created by Sara, she has used the Sue Wilson Easter Basket set to make the basket for the Hot Air Balloon, and just used the patterned basket part of the die cut. 
To create the balloon itself, Sara has used the basket handle from the same die set and edged the die cut shapes with string/twine.
The background clouds are made using the cloud stencil kit and tumbled glass distress ink.
A sentiment has been created by stamping out the letters from the Hampton art alphabet set and using thread to create a kite tail look.

Products used - 
Sue Wilson kinetics: Easter basket set
Hampton art: alphabet set
8"x8" cards and envelopes in white
Distress ink: - tumbled glass

Thursday 1 June 2017

Easter Wishes


Although Easter as been and gone for this year, I wanted to share with you couple of beautiful projects that Sara had created.  Firstly this lovely Easter card with a Sue Wilson die called Kinetics Easter Basket.
The clouds and grass are die cut from Doo Hickey dies and Sara has used tumbled glass distress ink to edge clouds as well as adding a little glitter too.

This Kinetics Easter Basket die also comes with a rabbit, bow and patterned eggs too.



I love this 3D version of the basket where Sara has turned it into an Easter table favour and added chocolate Easter eggs.  You could easily used this die to make a basket and fill with flowers for a card for anytime of the year or other gifts like a couple of nail polishes as a thank you to a friend, or sugar almonds as the classic wedding table favour. 
Sara has threaded ribbon through the handle, the design will take 3mm ribbon and not alot of it so get chance to sort through your ribbon stash and use up some left overs.



I do like the chocolate idea personally 'Yum Yum'

Products used are over both projects are:

Kinetics Easter basket by Sue Wilson
Sue Wilson kinetics window box and accessories (butterflies) 
8x8 blank cards and envelopes
Distress ink pad in tumbled glass
Magnolia Doohickey grass die
Magnolia doohickey Flag and cloud die