Happy Birthday Circle Flourish

Inspired by two Wonderful Blogs!

I just had to try the amazing technique shown by Becca (Amazing Paper Grace). There is a Video guide which will show you the process!

Also featured is Kath's (All That Glitter) wonderful tutorial on how to tie Fabulous Bows (Non Slip Organza Bow)!

I just had to give both techniques a try and this is the result!

You will find the links for both Tutorials under my 'How To Tutorial Instructions!'

Recipe List:

Wizard Nestie Circles.

Anna Griffin Flourish Punch 45FLO.

Cuttlebug Flourish Embossing Folder.

Hero Arts Happy Birthday Small Sentiment Stamp.

Adirondack Cranberry Ink Pad.

Ribbon from my Stash..........Tchibo Ribbon Box.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Sketches By Tamara ~ Card Sketch #62

Don't you just love this Sketch over at Sketches By Tamara ~ Card Sketch #62....................I loved this Sketch so much I just had to do two Options lol!

Recipe List:

Penny Black ~ Snowy Stamp

Hero Arts ~ A2326 Peace On Earth Stamp

HOTP ~ Christmas Sentiment

My Snowflake Background Paper

Sizzix & Quicktutz Snowflake

Wizard Ribbon Tags Trio

Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch

White Pearlescent Card & Red & Green Plain Card

Ribbon & White Brads from my Stash

Two totally different looks............I hope you like them!

I got to play with my new Hero Arts Holly Flourish Background Stamp................Wooo Hoo!

Recipe List:

Hero Arts ~ S5067 Holly Flourish Background Stamp

Poinsettia ~ QVC Christmas Stamp Set

HOTP ~ Christmas Sentiment

Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

Pirate Gold Embossing Powder

Red & Green Plain Card

Lemon Yellow Liquid Pearls ~ This goes a lovely Gold Colour when dry!

Ribbons from my Stash

Some Elements Attached with Foam Pads.

Thanks for looking.

Hubby's Wedding Anniversary Card

Feeling a bit better than I did earlier...............Good thing really as I had to make this for tomorrow!

Hubby's been hovering...............and has guessed what I'm up to...................told him to go away........said he would make a good detective...............yeh, right!...................Why do they always do that when you don't want them to?

Is it just me or does everyone find mens cards difficult..........Anniversary Cards being no exception! I've tried to make this dramatic and not too Girly (Suppose it could be used as a Valentine Option as well!).

The Hearts have been embossed with dots at the edges and both Hearts and Happy Anniversary have been attached with Foam Pads!

Recipe List:

Stamps

Rubber Stampede ~ 3321R Etched Rose Background (I know, I know.........but you can't tell........well maybe a bit!)

Heidi Grace ~ Cherry Wood Set (QVC)

Santa Rosa PSX ~ F-270 Swirly Wedding Anniversary Wording

Ink

Fabrico Bright Red

Versafine Onyx Black

Other Bits

Cuttlebug Hearts Embossing Folder

Sizzix Hearts

Sizzix Dots Embossing Folder

Black Ribbon from my Stash

Thanks for looking

Wooo Hooo! My Blog Candy Win's Arrived & look at the Card that came with it!

Don't know what's happened today...................My Mojo's gone AWOL and have had a headache all day.................I hope I'm not coming down with something just before I'm due back at work!

I have however had great excitement this afternoon in the form of the Postman delivering my Blog Candy Win from Chris @ Craftling's Crafting!

Don't you think the Card above is the most Beautiful, Gorgeous Card you have seen which arrived amongst the Wonderful Candy!

It has pride of place on my Mantelpiece!

The Blog Candy is Brilliant and thank you Chris, for listing what was in the package..........................it's all appreciated! I'd also like to thank you for the Stamped Images as they are all Stamps I haven't got!

I will go through everything again when my head is a little clearer and not throbing..........I do hope it's not turning into a migraine! I've still got to make Hubby an Anniversary Card for tomorrow............O000h!

Many, Many, Many Thanks, Chris!

Hugs

Now it's been Officially Announced........I can tell everyone! I've Won!

I am the proud, extremely Stunned, Shocked and Delighted Winner of Craftling's Crafting Blog Candy...............................As I've mentioned to you before should you pop by Chris........Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

I will now have to make sure that I am not travelling in the region of one particular Lady in fear of being mugged.................she know's who she is lol!

Not one to Win anything very often, I will have to go and get Lotto tickets for Weds & Sat as this is the 2nd Blog Win I have been lucky enough to Win this month and they say it comes in three's!

Thanks for looking.

Instructions for "Here Is My Card" ~ Blog Link

Hope you like the Pic! I've simplified a Globe made a Link and added People as it's hopefully linking us all together lol!

Step by Step Instructions as follows:
I have include pictures to try and avoid confusion.............Hope this helps!

• Go to New Post of your Blog Page.

• Make sure you're in the Compose Post Section not the Html bit.

• Type in 'Here's my Card!'

• Open another Window with you Blog Homepage, click on the Challenge Post Heading you are wishing to enter so that the relevant Card is open and copy the Address from the Web Bar!

• Go back to your Post Page and Highlight 'Here's my Card' wording with your mouse so it shows blue.

• Create a link to your Blog Homepage using the Link button. (Looks like a link or drunk 8 ~ Next to the T in the Toolbar)

• The box will come up for you to put in the Web address.

• Make sure the http: of the web page is blue and right click on your mouse to paste in your copied Blog Card's Homepage address. You don't want to see two lots of http://

• Click to the Edit Html section..................This is the Code that links back to your Card!




• Highlight all that you see and Copy and Paste this Code into the message section of the Challenge.....................All you will see in the message once posted is 'Here's My Card!'




• Once you've been through this a few times it will become automatic so you can actually write whatever you want as the Link! i.e. 'Here's Mine!' Here's My Entry This Week!' etc.

Hope this is clear for the not so computer minded!
I've also put a link at the Top and under Tutorial Instructions so you don't have to trawl through the Archives to find it later!
Any questions, please leave me a comment and I'll try and help!
Thanks for looking

Tag You're It ~ Week #24 Monochromatic

The Challenge over at Tag You're It! this week is Monochromatic with strict instructions that it MUST be in a monochromatic colour!

Dictionary.com definition:–adjective
1. of, or having one colour.

2. of, pertaining to, or having tones of one color in addition to the ground hue.

Hope Silver counts as I don't think it's really classed as a Colour lol!

Tried to keep it fairly simple!

Recipe List:

White Pearlescent Card.

Quickutz Embossing Folders ~ Flourish Goosebumps & Revolution Flourish.

Quickutz Flourish Die Cutter.

Sizzix Sizzlet Xmas Ornament.

Small Scallop Oval Wizard Nestie.

A Stamp In the Hand ~ F-937 Field Of Sky Rubber Stamp.

Penny Black ~ 2636K Scroll Pattern.

Silver Embossing Powder.

Silver Glitter Ribbon & Star & Spot Crystals from my Stash.

Ornament & Nestie attached to Card with Silicone Adhesive.

Thanks for looking.

Our Creative Corner Sketch - OCCC Challenge

There's a great Sketch over at Our Creative Corner this week! The Challenge Code is OCCC!

This is my 1st attempt with Our Creative Corner but the Sketch so inspired me I just had to give it a go .....................I can see me using this sketch again lol!

I had to give my new Hero Arts Ebay Bargain a work out.........................I haven't bought any Stamps for ages and I seem to have got the Stamping Bug again lol!

Here is a close up of some of the elements so you can see the detail a little clearer if you want to lol!

Recipe List:
Stamps
Hero Arts ~ C3102 Friends & Flowers, E3104 Simple Pleasures & F3105 Blossoms Everywhere ~ From LL939 Garden Wisdom Set.
Hero Arts ~ F3343 Gingham Ribbon ~ From LL992 Ribbons Set.

Ink
Archival Versafine ~ vintage Sepia.
Dauber Duo's DD-13 ~ Lilac.


Other Bits
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Bloom Dots
Sun & Flower Punch
Lilac Prima Flower
Watercolour Pencils ~ Lilac & Brown
Watercolour Paint & Green Card
All from my Stash.
Thanks for looking.

Laura's Sketch #8 ~ 2Sketches4You Challenge

I was again inspired to join in on the Challenge at 2Sketches4Y this week.........The Sketch is Brill and the DT Work is Exceptional!

Sorry it looks a bit drunk ...........it was a pig to photograph and I had to adjust the brightness and contrast in Photoshop so you could see a resemblance of what it actually looks like lol!

Just a little close up of my Heart Motif and a closer look at the background................."What did I do?" you ask!

I started off with my new Rubber Stampede Etched Rose Background Stamp and stamped onto a Plain White Card in Versamark Old Rose.......................Then I took my Hero Arts Italian Poetry Background Stamp and Stamped with my Versamark Watermark Pad and then Embossed with White...........I then took my Heart Butterfly and Stamped twice with Versamark and White Embossing Powder........This bit done!

Took another Plain White Card and Stamped with my Italian Poetry Background with Old Rose ink but only the area's that would be visible washed over with a wet Brush!

Punched out my Fiskars Border and Flourishes and Embossed with White Embossing Powder.

Stamped my Muse Heart with Old Rose Ink and did a second inking which I can cut around with Fancy Scissors.......................Used Dot Pattern Stamp on edges and again Embossed with White Embossing Powder....................Punched out a set of Wizard Butterflies and again used the Dot Pattern Stamp, Embossed with White and sponged with Old Rose so that the Pink would go into the unembossed bits!

The Flowers are a crochet Pom Pom using some lovely Shiny Yarn that Mum gave me!

With Love Sentiment is Stamped with White Embossing Powder onto a Wizard Ribbon Trio Die and sponged at the edges with Old Rose ink and Pale Pink Chiffon Ribbon is tied to the sides!

Heart & Sentiment are attached to the Card with Foam Pads.............Flowers are attached with the Flower Brads lol!

Recipe List:

Stamps

Rubber Stampede ~ 3321R Etched Rose Background

Hero Arts ~ S1832 Italian Poetry Background

Hero Arts ~ E3390 Muse Heart

Hero Arts ~ E2097 Dot Pattern

Inca Stamp ~ In8348-e 3D Heart Butterly

Santa Rosa PSX ~ C-2509 With Love

Inks

VersaColour Old Rose

Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

White Embossing Powder

Die Cutters

Wizard ~ Butterfly & Ribbon Trio

Quickutz ~ Flourish

Fiskars Lace Border Punch

Other Bits

My Crochet Pom Pom Flowers

Pale Pink Chiffon Ribbon

Pink Flower Brad

Thanks for looking

Daring Cardmakers ~ Getting Funky with the Funky Hand Sketch

The Challenge at Daring Cardmakers this week is a Sketch using Funky Hand Papers if you have them!

Unfortunately I don't but I thought I'd enter anyway cause it's such a Brilliant Sketch!
Yes, it's another Xmas Card lol!
Smaller Pic shows a close up of the Snowflake layers!

This is the Sketch.............Don't you agree it's Brilliant!

I've used a Plain Card and done my usual messing about lol!


Recipe List:Inks
Adirondack - Denim.
Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.

Nestie Circle Dies
S4-114 Large Std Circle.
S4-115 Large Petite Scallop Circle.
S4-116 Small Std Circle.

Other Bits
Quickutz Snowflake Die.
Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder.
HOTP - Xmas Sentiment Stamp.
Pebeo Fresh Blue 106 Gloss Paint.
White Embossing Powder.
White Ribbon from my Stash.

Thanks for looking.

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ 'Autumn Haze'

The Brief this week over at the Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ 'Autumm Haze' is "This week we'd like to see some autumn themed cards - autumn stamps, autumn colours or anything you associate with autumn!"

Well this gave me a chance to get messy again lol!

I haven't Stamped for ages and this Blog certainly seems to be getting me back in the mood!

I've had some of these Stamps for ages..............The Autumn Image has never been used so I think it deserved an outing! I managed to get a bargain with my Hero Arts Ribbon & Stitches Stamps from Ebay so just had to use the Stitches effect here!

I've tried to make this a bit different to my last Autumn Themed Card................I hope I managed it OK lol!

I'm afraid the lighting changed as I took the photo's and I kept getting different results.............I hope the warm tones of the Card comes across!

Left Pic shows the Stamped Image. I have applied Foam Pads to the Nestie Square and also the back of the Stamped Image so it is raised off the Card.

The Pic on the Right shows my Hand-made Flower!

Recipe List:
Stamps Used:
Hero Arts ~ E2322 Autumn Stamp ~ From Holiday Poste Deluxe Collectors Edition.Hero Arts ~ E2096 Woven Texture ~ Textures & Patterns Set.
Hero Arts ~ H2141 Manuscript Background.
Hero Arts ~ F3342 Stitched Ribbon ~ Ribbons Set.
A Stamp In The Hand ~ F-937 Field of Sky.
Kodomo Inc ~ 3942-001 Leaf01 ~ 3942-002 Leaf02 ~ Leaves Stamp Set.

Inks Used:
Adirondack ~ Espresso.
Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen (You must have guessed I love this).
Anna Griffin ~ 19AGR Green.
Light Brown from my Stash ~ Think it was from a QVC Set.
Chocolate Box Ribbon and Tiny Gold Brads from my Stash.
I used Watercolour Paint for my Shading.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Ooh....Ooh! I Can't Believe I've Won Something!

O0h.......Ooh and a Root Toot Toot!

I feel so lucky and honoured to have won the Tilda & Co Challenge #34 - Embossing Challenge!

If you want to see the Card it's Here!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Tutorial for Vintage Woman In Repose ~ Sketch Saturday

As promised, here are the instructions for my 'Vintage Woman In Repose' Card using The Sketch Saturday Sketch #14 sketch.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #14 - 30th August.
The Picture on the right shows the majority of the Items I've used to create my 'Vintage Woman in Repose' Card.

Recipe List:

Judikins ~ Carol's Cube 67191 Plain Square.

Judikins ~ Artifacts Cube 67181 Marble Effect.

Heidi Grace ~ Swirl Florish Stamp(Cherry Wood Set).

Rubber Stampede ~ Woman In Repose 3942F.

Rubber Stampede ~ Wild Rose Background 3258R.

Personal Impressions ~ Butterfly P547 E.

Inca Stamp ~In431-a Queen Of Spain Butterfly.
PSX ~ Butterfly A-557.

Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Versafine Archival, Vintage Sepia, Hero Arts Shadow Ink ~ Rose.

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ D'vine Swirl ~ Fiskars Border Punch ~ Threading Water.

Pantone Pens ~ 115-M Flesh Tone, Tria 698-T Lt Pink, 182-M Pink, 493-M Dk Pink & Colour Tint Green 40% ~ All from my stash.

Pink Chiffon/Organza Ribbon from my Stash.

First take your plain Square Card, Antique Linen Distress Ink Pad and the Judikins Carol's Cube Stamp Block.

Ink up the Plain Square Stamp from the Block as shown on the right hand picture.

You will need to do a fairly random pattern and just stamp squares all over the Card.

Take the Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Rose and daub over the blank areas between your Antique Linen stamping.

Nearly done with the background!

Now take your Archival Vintage Sepia Ink Pad and Ink up the Marble effect section of the Judikins Artifacts cube...........Blot lightly onto a section of scrap paper and then Stamp your Card..........remember to twist the Stamp when stamping so you achieve a random pattern........you should be able to get two squares printed from one ink up!

Create a 2nd square of the same size using the above method for your Embossed D'vine Swirl and Woman in Repose matting layer.

The top Photo shows the edges sponged with Versa-mark Archival Vintage Sepia Ink.

The right Photo shows the corner stamped with the Heidi Grace Flourish Stamp..................Again with the Vintage Sepia Ink.

Take your 2nd piece of created Artwork and draw your half Circle..............I just happen to have my Circle tool but you can use what ever you use to produce circles.

Cut off the remaining Artwork and lay to one side.......this will be used for your matting layer for your Woman in Repose image.

The left-hand Photo shows the half Circle Embossed with the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl Embossing Folder and once embossed I have sanded off the surface so no ink remains.

The rectangle on the far right is your matting layer.

Next take your Fiskars Threading Water Border punch and take the half Circle and place it on the edge of the printed guide (not to the edge of the Punch as you don't want to waste any of the half circle). Punch your scallop edge.

Before attaching the Ribbon sponge the outside edges with your Versamark Vintage Sepia Ink Pad.

Your finished piece should look like the Photo on the right.

Having stamped my 'Woman In Repose' Image with the Versamark Vintage Sepia Ink, I have coloured the image using Pantone 155-M Flesh Tone all over the image.

I then re-coloured over areas to give contour and left some areas with only one sweep of the pen to give the appearence that light is shining on the face.

I lightly applied Vintage Pink Blending Chalk over the eyelids and Cheek bones for a blush effect............To finish off I have taken brown watercolour and brushed it lightly over the hair to give depth.

1st mark the back of the matting layer where you want to see the Image positioned on the front.

Now take your ruler and ball tool for scoring and score lines on the reverse..............I have used my pricking mat as the ball tool sinks into it.

Turn over and Sand lightly over the embossed line and then cut to size.

You have now produced all the main pieces.......Now for the Embellishments.

I have only stamped the remaining items I needed as I had some bits left over from the previous Card.



Again, using the Versamark Vintage Sepia Ink Pad I coloured as follows.

Light Pink tria Pantone 698T ~ All over the stamped image.

Mid Pink Pantone 182-M I ~ Just shaded as seen on image.

Dk Pink Pantone 493-M ~ Just the Tips and Central Sections.

Green Pantone Colour Tint 40% ~ Just the leaves.

Flesh Pantone 155-M ~ Butterfly Bits and Flower Centres.

Now you have all the pieces you just need to assemble as per the Sketch.

I used Uhu to attach the Butterflies to the ribbon...........PVA Glue to attach the Butterflies to the Woman Image and the Flowers have been attached with 3D Foam Pads.

Please let me know if you need any other help.

Have fun and thanks for looking