Floral Die Cut

This card was fairly straightforward to make with a piece of backing paper, a floral die cut from Tonic and a stamped verse using a Chocolate Baroque stamp.The butterfly was cut out twice and layered -  gilding wax added to accentuate the embossed detail.

Floral Card

My card to share today is one made for a family member who hopefully doesn't follow my blog.  I wanted to use the Heartfelt Creations matching stamp and die set called Sunkissed Fleur which I've combined with other die cuts.  The flowers were stamped onto paper printed from Artylicious (now Chocolate Baroque) Seasons Greetings collection and then cut out using the die.  Although these CDs are mainly Chritsmas designs there are quite a lot of generic papers suitable for lots of other uses.  I cut a trellis in green and popped it behind a Spellbinders decorative label 22 die cut as a frame, added a Sizzix swirl and the flower centres are tiny circles with micro beads added for a touch of sparkle.  Message was stamped and punched with Stampin' Up punches and then put onto one of the smaller Decorative label dies.  Obviously the backing paper is the same print as the flowers and the square layer was white card embossed using a diamond mask and coloured with distress ink. A white ribbon to match the frame and that's it - job done although I may make a box for this one too.

Inspired by a Photograph

This week at Make My Monday we've been given a photograph as a starting point to inspire our designs - it has so many interesting elements when you really study it that it was hard to choose a direction.  Do take a look at the photo and also the various lovely items made by the design team where they've each picked out certain elements. Which  would you have chosen to use? I must say I was tempted by the little bird houses on the table but eventually decided on the pink colours with white, the oval shape, the hydrangea and the swags decorating the table. I had various pieces of left over papers from the 12" pad of vintage shabby by Tim Holtz so used a mixture of these 'bits' for the layers along with a scrap of embossed Centura Pearl left over from a large sheet.  The hydrangea was stamped onto a piece of the pink paper using white ink and embossed with detail white powder, the oval layers were cut with Spellbinder dies, the scalloped edges (tablecloth swags) were cut with a Stampin' Up scalloped edge die and embossed with matching SU folder. I decided to leave this card without a message at the moment - besides it is always handy to have a pretty card which can be used for any occasion.

Vintage Shabby

The challenge this week on House of Cards blog is VINTAGE/SHABBY still within the colour scheme for the month. Backing paper here is from Tim Holtz vintage shabby pad, overstamped with leafy swirls (Chocolate Baroque).  The wording is also a stamp from Chocolate Baroque onto a Spellbinder label.  The strip of pattern used a stamping wheel from Stampin' Up and the flowers were stamped using their Vintage Vogue set (retired I think), then cut out with scissors.  The leaves were cut from a scrap of card which I had lying around which had been spritzed with Glimmer Mist - never throw any useful scraps a\way!!. A lacy die cut and here it is - my take on the vintage shabby theme for the week.

Bubbles

Some cool bubbles is what we all need at the moment although they do say that drinking bubbles (or any alcohol) isn't good in the heat.  This lady is relaxing in what I like to think might be a cooling bath anway.  Image and papers all from Papermania and I did some pen doodling to define the edges.  A Sizzix framelits die was used for the shapes and that's it - another card for the box.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you may be doing.

Flower Card

Flower cards are always popular so I used this hydrangea stamp from Stampin' Up to make a card to pop into my box.  Image coloured with Coloursoft pencils then die cut with Spellbinders circles for the layers and a Nellie scallop circle die.  Someone gave me a packet of pretty doilies so I used part of one with an apothecary accents die (Stampin' Up) along with two more of the paper clay roses and a simple greeting. Backing paper was from a freebie pad which came with a magazine. There seems to be no let up with the hot weather so I will be carrying on with 'light duties' as much as possible.

House of Cards

The challenge on the House of Cards blog is still running with the same colour scheme as last week but this week they are asking for CLASSIC AND ELEGANT - I hope my interpretation fits the bill.  I printed some decoupage from Fabulous Fashion by Katy Sue Designs and popped the design onto an embossed top note die from Stampin' Up (Sizzix).  A ribbon bow was added along with a little rose made using SU air-drying clay and a mould - temptations from the new catalogue!!  A simple greeting using circle and label punches also from SU.  I'm enjoying this new challenge and wondering what the technique will be for next week within this month's colour scheme.