Hollyhocks for mum

Good Morning everyone

Today Im sharing the card I made for my mum for Mothering Sunday.  I used metallic flakes, printed acetate and my very old well loved hollyhock die to make a DL card for her.  Nightmare to take photos of though with all the shimmer and shine!

DL (8x4") white linen cardbase which i lightly inked the edged with cracked pistachio and tumbled glass distress inks.  I die cut a lacy panel from white linen card and added to the front.

I adhered a sheet of double side adhesive to white card and on the other side rubbed in the metallic flakes and then die cut them with the hollyhock die.  I die cut foliage from pale blue and pearl teal cardstock.

I have packs of 'clear prints' from stamperia which is very very heavy weight acetate with beautiful printed images, so I die cut a jar from one fo them.  Now this acetate is so thick the die doesn't cut right through but enough that i could then finish cutting it with scissors and get a clean edge.  I added this to the card front with pinflair glue gel and then got arranging the flowers and foliage. 

I added a torn scrap of green paper under the jar to 'ground' it

Side view of the dimension.  I added curve to the hollyhocks with a ball tool

The acetate jar has a lovely shine which adds interest and another texture.  I debated where to put a sentiment but decided against it, I know mum will have this on display for months so doesn't really need a sentiment on the front. 

Here you can really see the colours better, the metallic fakes really are shimmery and gorgeous but I do so hate them! lol

No matter how hard I try every time Ive used guilding flakes or metallic flakes they go everywhere and stick to everything - for weeks afterwards they turn up somewhere, for days the cats had red speckled fur - one even had a red sparkly nose for a few days,  the hoover has a lovely coating of them where they stuck to the warmth of the outside plastic areas.  So I did use the whole pot up in one go adding to adhesive sheets to get it over with - I still have them to use.  I was give the pot as a Christmas present and the effect if beautiful with the different colours in them but yep a product I still Hate to use😒

Items Used

Cosmic shimmer metallic flakes

Stamperia clear prints

Impression Obsession hollyhock die

Jar & foliage dies

Various printed papers 

Distress Inks - tumbled glass, cracked pistachio

Thank you for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a great week. Emma

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Hollyhocks

Good Morning everyone

Today is a summery DL card using one of my most used dies - these lovely hollyhocks from Impression Obsession 

 I die cut the hollyhocks from inked card scraps left over from making these cards

DL card (approx 4x8")   I inked the edges of the card with pink & yellow distress inks and that matted a white die cut on top.

I die cut lots of hollyhocks, these dies are great as can use the smallest strips of cardstock so ideal for left over snippets. The pieces that aren't big enough to cut the whole flower stem from are ideal to build up a bouquet by tucking in the top behind everything else.  I die cut foliage from green cardstock which again was scraps. Jar die cut from piece of blue paper in my bit box and a bow die cut from yellow inked cardstock.

I curved the jar and added with glue gel so that the top is unstuck for me to tuck the flowers and foliage into.  I then got building my  arrangement.  Sentiment stamped onto die cut tag to finish.

Just a close up, i had added shape to the hollyhocks with a ball tool and adhered the front ones with pinflair glue gel.  The photos don't pick it up but the pink is shimmery when the light hits it.

Hopefully we soon get some proper summer weather, although we have had a couple of nice days this week

Items Used:

IO hollyhock die

Foliage & Jar dies

Distress Inks - 'squeezed lemonade, riper persimmon, picked raspberry'

Dylusions simmer spray 'bubblegum pink'

Brusho powder 'yellow'

CraftUk ltd white linen card

Had this mummy hedgehog with 3 hoglets turn up this week, we have at least another 2 babies as well which is lovely....there is actually a food bowl under them😀    

  I hope you have a good week. Emma

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Marbled Hollyhocks

Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend.

Today im sharing a card i made for my sister in laws birthday, i die cut up some of my marbled card using my most used flower die - hollyhocks.  

6x5x5" white cardbase.  I die cut the Tim holtz corner die in the top left corner. I used a black & white patterned paper for my insert so that it peeked through the corner die cut and helped my multi colour flowers stand out.  

I die cut several hollyhocks from marbled paper, using a ball tool i gently shaped the flowers into a cup shape.  I first stamped my greeting and then using the same colour inks i used for the marbling i added ink splashes to the background.  I then arranged my hollyhocks.  I added a strip of the black and white paper to the top and bottom edges.  Glitter glue highlights to finish. 

A close up showing the side so you can see how i added the insert and the mix of colours in the hollyhocks. 

Items Used:

IO hollyhocks die

Tim Holtz Mixed Media corner die

Sentiment stamp

B&M paper 'B&W'

Spectrum Noir aquatints

Stickles diamond glitter glue

CraftUK ltd white card.

If you missed my marbling post you can take a peek here   Thank you for all your comments on my marbling - and im pleased to hear a couple of you had fun trying - i wonder who first came up with the idea of using shaving foam? Very inventive.

I hope you all have a good week whatever your plans are. Emma

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Sympathy Cards

Good Morning all. 

Well today im sharing a couple of sympathy cards, not the kind we like to make.  These were for 2 very good craft friends. As i had to make them at the same time i used a similar design and the same inks.

5x7 Cardblank.  Unusual for me i went for pastel colours.  I first inked a sheet of A4 white card with oxide inks in pistachio, tumbled glass & distress ink in shaded lilac. I then die cut the wheat a few times. 

I cut the circle wreath into the front of the cardfront, i then cut a panel to frame it using circle dies, this bit i inked with the same inks, i then took a piece of white linen card slightly smaller than the cardfront and cut a circle into the middle to fit around the star aperture, this panel i added with foam tape.  To line them up i actually found it easier to cut the circle in the top panel first and then draw a pencil line around it onto the card front so that i then knew where to put the star die. 

Stamped greeting in grey as its a bit softer than black.  I then arranged my die cut wheat and added a bow from cotton cord. 

Close up of the wheat, shows the colour a bit better, you can see that you can peek through the stars to the inside, i added a lilac pearl insert that does shimmer through the stars.

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And the second card, made the same way as the first one, i just used my very well loved hollyhock flower dies.  I will admit i got a grey ink splodge on the front, hence i added a few loose flower heads and turned them into part of the design.

Close up, you can really see on this one the star apertures peeking into the middle of the card. 

Items Used

IO Hollyhock flower die

IO Wheat die

Star circle wreath die (unknown brand)

Spellbinders circle dies

Clearly besotted sentiment stamps

Distress Oxide inks - cracked pistachio, tumbled glass

Distress ink shaded lilac

CraftUk Ltd white smooth & linen card

Payper box lilac pearl paper

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good weekend and see some sunshine. We've had lovely weather this week in Cornwall, starting off with our usual mizzle and then brightening up late morning. Emmax

Hollyhock Shaker Card

Good Morning Everyone, tis chilly out this morning.  So today im sharing this birthday card i made for a wonderful friend, using my all time favourite die, hollyhocks by impression obsession. 

First i die cut lots of hollyhocks from white card and then coloured them with wild honey & ripe persimmon distress inks. Die cut leaves from green card, i then die cut 2 mason jars from white card, uisng a knife i cut out the middle of one and backed with acetate, fill with glitter and mirco beads and added the 2nd one to the back, these i coloured with tumbled glass distress ink.  Brick embossing folder from Stampin Up and woodgrain from sizzix to give the jar something to sit on.  I was sad to see this one leave home but knew it was going to a loving home😎.  

Thank you for looking and all of you wonderful people leaving amazing comments, you make my day. Warm hugs Emma x