Today its your Birthday!

I'm sharing this card today for the CCIDT !

I used some of my scraps from my paper pad for this!

I love using things up, it gives me a good excuse to go shopping!! lol

I have a confession .........

That double bow..... Looks good ???
I cheated!! I tied the loops and then cut and glued the tails of the bow

I know ......... But I just couldn't get my fingers working today!

Here is what I used on my card:

Die'sire Leaf 2

Die'sire Flowers for all Occasions

Die'sire Squares 

Die'sire Scalloped squares

Vintage Floral paper pad

Sentimantals Love is all you need

All Purpose Glue

Other Items: Peeled paint distress ink for leaves, gem, ribbon, black card, Black ink

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Happy Crafting !! 

Best wishes

I thought I would share this card I made for the lady who

looks after my youngest at Pre-school.

She leaves today and Isabella is so upset bless her!!

Isabella has been going since she was two and has made a real

attachment to Susan, who is wonderful with her.

So I thought to show my appreciation for everything she has done

I would make her one of my cards .............

The flowers are the Botanical Rose, papers and sentiment all

from Heartfelt Creations.

Hope she likes it!! 

If you read this Susan, thank you for everything

we really appreciate how you have looked after Isabella!

My Thoughts are with you

Here is my first project this week for Heartfelt Creations!

Oh gosh I am LOVING the papers !

There are some fantastic projects on the Heartfelt Creations blog

check them out by clicking on the pic below!

This is a super easy card to make!

Here is what I used to create the card:

HCDP1-250 Birds and Blooms Paper Collection

459222 Blossom Tool set

HCD1-757 Leafy Branch Die

HCD1-756 Birds and Blooms Die

HCD1-743 Raindrops on Roses Die

HCPC-3645 Leafy Branch Cling Stamp Set

HCPC-3644 Birds and Blooms Cling stamp set

TSMP800 Memento Rich Cocoa ink

TSMP900 Memento Black ink

Other Products Used : White card, 3D foam pads, gems, Promarker 

pens Ivory, Powder Blue and Cornflower (birds), Victorian Velvet and Peeled

paint distress inks, die cutting machine, Spellbinders Circle die

Cut a 5 1/4" x 4" tent fold card. Cut two matching card front from the paper pad.

Adhere one to the inner of the card and cut a circle of white card adhering it to

the inner of the card also. Adhere the other to the front of the card. Die cut the

Raindrops on Roses die, ink the edges and adhere with 3D foam pads to the card. 

Stamp the sentiment and die cut with a circle die. Ink the edges and centre of the 

image while still inthe die. Adhere to the card with 3D foam pads.Stamp and shape 

the flowers adhering a gem into the centre. Stamp and colour the leaves with peeled 

paint ink. Stamp and colour the birdies. Adhere the flowers, leaves and birds to the 

card and your project is complete.

Happy crafting !! 

Happy Birthday !!

Thought I'd share this card today that 

I made my cousin for her birthday!

I made the card using Spellbinders Heirloom rectangle die.

And then cut rectangles of white card, inking the edges 

in the same colour as the flowers for the larger rectangle.

Stamp the sentiment onto the smaller piece and colour.

The flowers and leaves are Botanical Blooms are from

Heartfelt Creations as is the sentiment.

I glittered the flowers but after taking the photo

I decided to add stamens to the flowers so it didn't quite

look like this when I gave it to her !! 

I am loving making these flowers!

Have a great day!

Happy times together

The postie dropped my new Create a Card dies through the letter box.....

I headed straight out to craft with them!!! lol no messing!!

This is what I came up with for the Daisy Dreams die!

Honest, they cut so well and this was so quick to make!!

I figured this die didn't have to be used one way or another, and

you know I like to make white cards lol!! So I decided

to create a tent fold card and have the circle offset to the right.

To make the card I used the following:

Delicate Flower die (leaves)

Leaf 2 die

Vintage Floral - Phrases stamp set

Daisy Dreams Create a Card die

White Centura Pearl Card.

Pearls and flowers from my stash.

Leaves are inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink.

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Happy Crafting !!!

Emboss Resist Flowers

Thought I'd just do a quick tutorial on how I used the emboss

resist technique to create flowers !!

For these flowers I used the following from Heartfelt Creations:

Botanical Rose Stamps and die

Arianna Blooms Die (for the stamens)

Olive Pastel ColorBox chalk (Leaves)

Rose Coral ColorBox Chalk (flowers)

Other items I used: Clear emboss ink, White embossing powder, white card

Now to make the flowers!!!

First of all stamp the flowers and leaves onto 160gsm card and

heat emboss with the white embossing powder and die cut.

Using the Rose Coral Chalk colour the centres of the flowers.

Lay the colour down heavier in the centres.

Turn the flower over and gently spray with water.

(I usually do this away from the table, holding the flower in my

 fingers! but to take a pic I did it like this)

Using a small shaping tool randomly dot over the petals to 

break the fibres of the card down.

Now turn the flower over.

Take a petal and pleat it together to create a distressed look.

Sort of pinching it ......... 

Leave the flower to dry, it doesn't take long!

Now turn the flower to the back and in the base

of the petal roll a medium balled tool to create depth.

Turn the flower over and roll the tool around the centre so the leaves 

come up and create shape for the flower.

Now the leaves........

Stamp, emboss and die cut the same way as the flowers.

Using the Olive pastel chalk colour the leaf centres,

Turn the leaf over and shape.

Glitter the flowers petals 

I used Stickles glitter glue here  (Star dust)

Now you could leave them like this if you wanted.

Or ................. 

I die cut the centres from the Arianna Blooms and adhered them

with a pearl to the flower centres

Or ..........

Another option I used was to put beads into the flower centres

There are many other options you could use!

Have fun making flowers!!!

Here is a card I made using them !! 

Happy Crafting and thanks for checking this out !!

You are AMAZING !!!

I have another card to share with you today 

for the Crafter's Companion International Inspiration team !!

I made more flowers and leaves than I needed last time

so I figured I would use them on this card too! 

I think this has to be one of my favourite Create a card dies,

I've certainly used it the most !! lol!!

For the card I used the following:

3D glue, All purpose glue,

Snow white with a hint of silver Centura Pearl card

Die'sire Delicate Flower die

Die'sire Leaf 2 die

Die'sire Create a Card Enchanted

Sentimentals Ornate stamp set

Flowers and leaves are coloured using ink pads,

peals and gems from my stash!!!

Check out the Crafter's Companion UK website 

click on the pic below

Have a great day! And Happy crafting !!

Love Joy Happiness

Here is my third card this week for Heartfelt Creations!

I made this ages ago and realised I hadn't posted it !

You know I love my white cards made with dies ......... !!

This was very quick to make and is so effective!

Here is how I made the card:

459222 Blossom Tool set

HCD1-756 Birds and Blooms Die

HCD1-743 Raindrops on Roses Die

HCPC-3644 Birds and Blooms Cling stamp set

HCPC-3568 Moments with you Cling stamp set

TSMP800 Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Other Products Used : Spellbinders Circle die, Decorative labels 42 die and

Labels 42 die, Victorian Velvet and peeled Paint Distress ink, gems,

die cutting machine, 3D foam pads.

Using folded white card die cut a card with Labels 42. Die cut the decorative 

labels 42 die, ink the edge and adhere to the card front with 3D foam pads. Stamp 

the sentiment with the Rich cocoa ink and die cut with the circle die. Die cut the 

Raindrops on Roses die. Ink the edges and adhere the sentiment to the Raindrops on 

Roses die; adhere to the card. Stamp, cut and shape the flowers and leaves. Adhere gems

to the flower centres. Adhere the flowers and leaves to the card and your project 

is complete.

Happy crafting !!

Dream in Beauty

Wow I am loving the ColorBox Chalks!!!

The colours are so vibrant and they stamp so well!

This is my second project this week for Heartfelt Creations

Have you checked out the blog yet???

Click on the pic below to do so !!

Caitlyn loved this card when she saw it, she even tried to sneak it upstairs

so she could send it to her friend !!! lol

Make your own I said !!!! hehe !!! I'm such a cruel Mum !!

Here is what I used to make this card:

459222 Blossom Tool set

71053 ColorBox Chalk-Berrylicious

71082 ColorBox Chalk-Harvest

HCD1-758 Botanical Wings Die

HCPC-3651 Botanical Rose Cling stamp set

HCPC-3655 Dream in Beauty Cling Stamp Set

Other Products Used : Peeled Paint Distress ink, White card, 3D foam pads,

glitter glue, die cutting machine,

Cut a 5" x 5" tent card. Cut two 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" squares and ink the edges

with the Berrylicious chalk. Cut two 4 1/2 x 4 1/2" square and stamp the image

on one. Adhere one smaller square onto a larger and adhere to the inside of the 

card. Adhere with 3D foam pads the image to the remaining larger piece and

adhere to the card with 3D pads. Glitter the edge of the pink layer and all

along the lines of the stamped image. Stamp, cut, colour and shape the flowers 

and leaves. Glitter the flowers. Adhere the flowers and leaves to your card

and our project is complete.

I just wanted to tell you ....

Its Wednesday and that means I have some

Heartfelt Creations Projects to share with you !!!

Today I am sharing my first project, I have a second tomorrow 

and a third on Friday! Make sure you stop by and check them out!

Make sure you pop over to the Heartfelt Creations blog

and see the amazing projects the DT have this week!

Click on the pic below.

I love the colour of this card, such a feel of spring!
Still I want some deep snow before spring comes!!

Yeah I know ........... but ...... !!! lol

To make the card I used the following:

HCDP1-250 Birds and Blooms Paper Collection

HCPC-3512 Antique lantern cling stamp set

HCPC-3651 Botanical Rose Cling stamp set

459222 Blossom Tool set

HCD1-748 Arianna Blooms die

HCD1-758 Botanical Wings Die

TSMP900 Memento Black ink

TSMP800 memento Rich Cocoa ink

71082 ColorBox Harvest Chalk ink

71053 ColorBox Berrylicous Chalk Ink

Other Products Used : White card, 3D foam pads, pearls, Peeled paint distress 

ink, die cutting machine, glitter glue, water spritzer, all purpose glue

Cut a 7" x 5" tent fold card from white card. Cut a card front from the

paper pad and cut the centre rectangle from it. Stamp the sentiment in black ink.

Adhere the outer piece to the card with glue and the rectangle with 3D foam pads.

Stamp the flowers in brown ink. Colour and shape. Die cut the stamens and colour 

with Harvest chalk ink, adhere a pearl in the flower centres and glitter.

Die cut the leaves and colour with Peeled Paint distress ink. Adhere the flowers

and leaves to your card and your project is complete.

Happy crafting!! 

A Daughter is ......

I made this card for Caitlyn for her Birthday.

She loves looking to see what I have made when she

comes in from school so I thought she would be disappointed

if I didn't make her a card this year with flowers on !!

I LOVE these flowers! I used three Heartfelt Creations collections

to make these. The Leaves are from the Birds and Blooms Collection,

The stamens are from the Arianna Blooms and the flowers are the Botanical Roses

from the Butterfly Medley Collection !

The paper is a card front from the Romantique Garden collection,

the sentiment is a very very old stamp I had sat in a box

I haven't looked in for too many years ............ !!

I used ColorBox chalks, Harvest and Berrylicious on the flowers,

Oh I am in love with the chalks ! 

They are so easy to apply and so vibrant ! 

I am certainly trying to get more colours of these chalks!!

Well I really hope Caitlyn likes this ............. 

Her birthday isn't for a while yet so I might make another ........

Happy Crafting!!

With Love

I am so excited !! I have some news !!!

Many of you know due to personal reasons I had to step

down from the Crafter's Companion Die'sire team...........

It was a tough thing to do and I missed them all.......

HOWEVER !!!!

The wonderful Taylor as I left asked me to join the International Inspiration Team !!

I was so thrilled and now I am in a position to finally take up her offer!

So ...........

Here is my first card for the team !

Now you know I love white cards ........... !!

I thought this could make a great Valentines card, 

Mother's Day card or Anniversary card!

I guess it could be a wedding card too!! lol ! 

I am so happy to back with the CC family !! Love you guys!

To make my card I used:

Snow white with a hint of silver Centura Pearl card

Gothic Script embossing folder

Die'sire Essentials Hearts

Die'sire Delicate Flower die

Die'sire Leaf 2 die

Vintage Floral A6 Sentimentals stamp - Greetings

Flowers and leaves Coloured with distress inks and chalks.

Gems and glitter from my stash! 

Click on the picture below to go to the Crafter's Companion website!

Happy Crafting!!! 

Gift bag

Here is my second project this week for Heartfelt Creations!
I bought a paper mache bag on sale and just had to cover it !!!

I made these flowers a little differently to the ones from yesterdays project.

They are so versatile to be able to create different looks!

Another favourite flower set ........... oh ok they all are lol !!!

Here is what I used to make my bag:

459222 Blossom Tool set

TSMP800 Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

HCD1-758 Botanical Wings Die

HCD1-759 Butterfly Medley Die

HCPC-3650 Butterfly Medley Cling Stamp Set

HCPC-3651 Botanical Rose Cling Stamp set

HCDP1-251 Botanical Medley Paper Pad

Other Products Used : Beads, White card, Victorian Velvet Ink, Ribbon,

glitter glue, glue, paper mache bag, die cutting machine. Promarkers

(for the butterflies) pale pink, cocktail pink, tulip yellow, ivory, tan

Cover the bag in paper from the paper pad. Stamp, colour and shape the flowers 

and leaves. Adhere beads to the centre of the flowers and glitter the petals, 

Adhere the flowers and leaves to the bag. Stamp, cut and colour the butterflies 

with the pens. Glitter the butterflies and adhere to the bag. Cut a tag from

the paper pad and adhere by the handle. Tie a bow around the handle and your

project is complete.

Thanks

It's Wednesday and I have a new release from Heartfelt Creations

to share with you today !!!!

The Butterfly Medley!! Oooh its so pretty!! 

I had great fun with these flowers, I spritzed them with

water to create a more distressed look to them.

Plus they hold shape better that way as they become hard !

Check out the blog, the DT has some amazing projects to share!

I have another project to share tomorrow!!

Here is what I used to make the card:

459222 Blossom Tool set

71082 ColorBox Chalk-Harvest

HCD1-758 Botanical Wings Die

HCD1-759 Butterfly Medley Die

HCPC-3651 Botanical Rose Cling Stamp set

HCPC-3654 Botanical Swirls Cling Set

HCPC-3652 Botanical Wings Cling set

HCDP1-251 Botanical Medley Paper Pad

HCPC 3512 Antique Lantern Cling set

HCD2-751 Cut Mat Create 2A die

Other Products Used : Peeled Paint Distress ink, White card, 3D foam pads,

glitter glue, die cutting machine, Memento inks Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly,

Spellbinders Fleur de Elegance die, edger tool, beads.

Cut a 7" x 5" tent fold card. From the paper pad cut two 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"

pieces and distress all the edges. Adhere one to the inner of the card. On the

other piece stamp the butterfly swirl image in Lulu Lavender and adhere the paper

to the outer of the card. Stamp the sentiment and die cut with the Spellbinders die.

Ink around the edges and adhere with 3D foam pads to the card. Stamp and die cut the

butterfly, glitter the butterfly and adhere beads to the centre. Adhere the butterfly

to your card. Stamp, cut, colour and shape the flowers and leaves. Die cut the leaf

swirls. Glitter and adhere beads to the flowers. Adhere the flowers, leaves and leaf

swirls to your card and your project is complete.

Fluffy Birdies

Here is another project I created this week

for Heartfelt Creations!

Told you I was loving these birds !!! lol !!

I have more for you !!! lol! 

Well this is a short post as I'm going out for coffee with my husband ! 

Which is a big deal as he says we can have coffee cheaper at home !!!

He is so Yorkshire !!!

The saying goes for my friends overseas that Yorkshire men

are very very careful with money!!! 

Here is what I used to make my card:

HCDP1-250 Birds and Blooms Paper Collection

HCPC-3646 Fluffy Birdies Cling stamp

459222 Blossom Tool set

HCD1-757 Leafy Branch Die

HCD1-756 Birds and Blooms Die

HCPC-3645 Leafy Branch Cling Stamp Set

HCPC-3644 Birds and Blooms Cling stamp set

247027 Fantastix blending tool

TSMP800 Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Other Products Used : White card, 3D foam pads,edger tool, gems, Promarker 

pens Ivory, Powder Blue and Cornflower (birds), blending fluid, Victorian 

Velvet and Peeled paint distress inks, Spellbinders Floral oval die set, 

Blue card, die cutting machine.

Cut a 7" x 5" side fold card from white card. Cut a card front from the

paper pad and use the edger tool on all sides. Adhere the card front to the 

card with 3D foam pads. Stamp the image on white card and colour with alcohol markers.

Die cut in blue card the oval and draw around the inner of the die over the stamped 

image and cut out. Adhere the image to the blue die cut oval and adhere it to the 

card with 3D foam pads. Stamp and shape the flowers adhering a gem into the centre.

Stamp and colour the leaves with peeled paint ink and blending fluid. Stamp and colour

the birdies. Adhere the flowers, leaves and birds to the card and your project is complete.

Happy Birthday

Here is my second project this week for Heartfelt Creations.

I am just loving the colours on this !

Make sure you pop over to the Heartfelt blog and 

check out the projects there! Click on the pic below.

Have you seen the sneak peek of the next release ???

Oooh !!!! Check it out HERE 

Right I best get on!! Its Thursday so my daughter comes

home from school for lunch today!! Now what to cook............. !

Here is what I used to make the card:

HCDP1 249 Garden Romantique Paper Collection

459222 Paper Blossoms Tools

HCD 736 Classic leaf die

HCPC 3545 Open Leaf Cling stamp set

HCD1-734 Sun Kissed Fleur die

HCPC-3533 Sun Kissed Fleur Cling stamp set

HCPC-3600 All Occasion sentiments set

TSMP900 Memento black ink

Other Products Used : White card, Glitter glue, 3D foam pads, pearl gems,

Victorian Velvet and Peeled Paint Distress inks

Cut a 5 1/4" x 4" tent fold card. Cut two card fronts from the paper pad. 

Adhere one to the inner of the card. Cut the rectangle out of the second 

and adhere the outer to the card. Stamp the sentiment on the piece you cut

out and adhere with 3D foam pads to the card. Glitter the edges of each 

layer and the swirls on the papers. Stamp, cut, colour and shape the leaves 

and flowers. Adhere a pearl to the centre of the flowers. Adhere the flowers

and leaves to the card and your project is complete.

On Your Special Day

Its Heartfelt Wednesday again !!!

I loved creating the Chalkboard effect when I did it

last time so I thought I would have another go!!

I have a mini tutorial on how to do the technique here.

Click on the pic below: 

To make the card I used the following:

HCDP1 249 Garden Romantique Paper Collection

459222 Paper Blossoms Tools

HCD 736 Classic leaf die

HCPC 3545 Open Leaf Cling stamp set

HCD1-734 Sun Kissed Fleur die

HCPC-3533 Sun Kissed Fleur Cling stamp set

HCPC-3640 Home is where the heart is Cling stamp

HCD1-728 Timeless Amour Die

Other Products Used : White and black card, Glitter glue, 3D foam pads, 

pearl gems, Victorian Velvet and Peeled Paint Distress inks, die cutting machine,

White ink, white embossing powder and heat gun.

Cut a 7" x 5" tent fold card. Cut two card fronts from the paper pad. 

Adhere one to the inner of the card. And adhere the second to the outer of 

the card. Stamp the image on a piece of black card 5 1/2" x 4" in white ink

and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Smudge white ink over the image

to create a chalk board look and distress the edges. Adhere to the card front

with 3D foam pads. Die cut a heart in white card. Glitter the edges of each 

layer and the swirls on the papers. Stamp, cut, colour and shape the leaves 

and flowers. Adhere a pearl to the centre of the flowers. Adhere the heart, 

flowers and leaves to the card and your project is complete.

Quick Valentines Card

I have been having a tidy up of my craft things.......

I almost got rid of a whole load of old embossing folders!

Well thankfully I didn't!!! But used one instead!

And I got out my box of stamps I haven't touched in oohh I daren't say !! lol!

The sentiment I found in it fitted perfectly inside the die I wanted to use!!

This card really is a quick card and I know Caitlyn will say to me

Mum, thats not your type of card again when she sees it!!

I embossed a Cuttlebug embossing folder Heart Blocks onto Kraft Card,

cut it down to the embossed area and then cut a tent fold 

card 1/4" larger than the embossed card and inked the edges of both.

And adhered the embossed piece to the card with 3D foam pads.

I used Heartfelt Creations Cut Mat Create 1B die set for the arrow,

and their Timeless Amour die set for the heart.

I inked around the arrow and adhered both the heart and arrow 

to the card with 3D foam pads. The sentiment I don't know 

where it came from now its a clear stamp on a sheet with others and no packet!!

Have a great day and happy crafting !