Ovals & Flowers

Morning everyone.  I hope you had a lovely weekend.

Today im sharing the first card i made after buying a set of large stitched oval dies. To check they worked i cut them all in one go layered together, this gave me lots of frames.

I slightly rotated each oval frame and glued to the one below where it touched, i kept rotating each oval frame until i got to the smallest middle one which worked out so that it was attached back parallel to the original largest one (see below for more details). I then randomly stamped florals and foliage with oxide inks.  I added foam tape to the back and attached to solid oval die cut with the largest die from white card.  I die cut a second large white oval, scored a line on the left edge and attached that to the back of the card to give a back to the card. 

I die cut the smallest oval from white card and stamped my greeting in black, this i attached into the middle.  I inked up white card with oxide inks, using some of the colours i used in the background stamping. Once dry i die cut flowers and foliage.  I built up the flowers with several layers. I arranged this on the base with the foliage. Gems added to the flower centres to finish. 

Close up of the flowers.  As well as the green foliage i die cut some silver holographic card into foliage to break up the colour a bit and it matches the holographic gems i added to the flower centres.

This shows the oval frames better, as you can see i rotated each one starting with the largest on the outside, gluing each smaller one on top of the one below. 

Items Used:

XL Inside outside stitched oval dies

Daisy flower die

Foliage dies

Stampin Up 'wetlands' sentiment

Flower stamps - lost the label but i have a feeling their were Hero Arts - eons old though!

Oxide inks - wilted violet, picked raspberry, salty ocean, cracked pistachio, fossilized amber, 

I was pleased how this came out so think i shall make a few more for the box.  If you like this you may like the cards i made in a similar way with Hexagon dies, the link will take you to the original post and full details.

lots-of-hexagons

Thank you all for stopping by as always.  I can't believe this week we are heading into the month of May, where do the weeks go to.  I hope you all have a good week. Hugs Emma

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G is for Great Outdoors

Good Morning all, time for a new challenge over at alphabetchallengeblog  the theme this fortnight is:

GREAT OUTDOORS

This theme - 'the great outdoors' - keeps making me think of Yogi Bear and Jellystone (Yellowstone) park - so had to think what the great outdoors means here in the UK, to me it means the countryside, wildlife and nature so one of my favourite places to be.

After digging through my stash and thinking, came across this fox stamp and had the idea of looking through a hole in a fence, or through a gap in a shed to see a fox curled up in the corner of a field. 

6x6 white cardblank.  I cut a piece of white card smaller than the cardfront and die cut an aperture - i used a basic leaf shape.  I then stamped the woodgrain stamp and added touches of ink here and there to give it a more aged look.  I cut a piece of white card to fit behind the aperture.

I stamped the fox in red/brown ink and added blue sky and green grass with inks.  I placed this behind the woodpanel on foam tape.  I stamped and fuzzy cut the fox a second time and decoupaged on top of the first one. I then layered onto red/brown cardstock to pick up on the fox colour and adhered to the card front.

I coloured a sheet of white card with distress inks crushed olive & forest moss, i then die cut several ferns using the tattered lace dies and arranged them on the cardfront.  Stamped greeting to finish. 

Close up of the fox.  There is no colouring involved on this one so ideal for those of you who aren't into colouring in images.  A few different colour ink pads and you're ready to go!

Items Used:

Stampin up  - 'the wilderness awaits'

Stampin up - 'wetlands'

Stampin up - Hardwood

Tattered lace fern die set

Spellbinders Oval die

So if you fancy joining in and seeing what everyone else comes up with for the great outdoors, please do hop over to alphabetchallenge

Thank you for stopping by, i hope you all have a good weekend. Emmax

Poppy Birthday

Good Morning all, i hope you are having a good week.

So today i am sharing 2 poppy birthday cards, i again used my wink of stella pens, these are my new fav for colouring in images, the sparkle is amazing and they are so easy to use. 

Chocolate Baroque poppy stamp.  I stamped the image twice and cut out the 2nd one and decoupaged onto the first one.  Sue wilson noble dies used for the card, i die cut the frame and mounted on foam pads onto dark green cardstock.  Stamped sentiment die cut with fishtail banners.  I used a fineliner pen to faux stitch around the outside edge. 

Close up, you can just about make out the sparkle of the wink of stella pens.  I also added some ink splats to the background to add some interest. 

A5 cardblank.  I again stamped the poppy twice and cut the flower heads out to decoupage.  Spellbinders embossing folder, all mounted onto dark green cardstock.  I wrapped with ribbon and added a little butterfly charm.  

Close up

Items used:

Chocolate Baroque stamps - Pretty Poppies

Clearly besotted stamp - little sentiments

Stampin up stamp - wetlands

Wink of Stella pens

Distress inks fired brick, tumbled glass

Spellbinders Mbossabilities - EL-005

Sue Wilson dies - noble Rectangles

MFT - pierced fishtail dies

Thank you for stopping by and all your comments on Monday.  I guess i soon need to be getting into Christmas card mode, the year is creeping on fast. Hugs Emma 

Make My Monday #52 pink & grey

Good Morning all and welcome to a new week, i hope you enjoyed the weekend.

So today is the start of a new challenge over at Make My Monday

the theme this time is

PINK & GREY

I decided this would be the ideal time to use some double sided pink and grey papers i have.  I found this idea on pinterest for taking circles and folding them to make a square.  Turned out not quite as easy as it looked trying to get the folds square (so don't look too close😏).  

First die circles from the double sided papers and score on 4 sides and fold upwards, these i arranged in a square onto a square of charcoal paper.  White A5 cardblank, matted with white hammered card and charcoal grey paper.  I added pink buttons threaded with thread where the squares joined. 

Stamped greeting die cut into an oval and layered on a strip of pink paper. 

A close up of the square circles or round squares

Sorry the photos are a bit dark, we haven't seen much sunshine lately down here.

Items used:

Papers - Crafts you create (B&M) - 'Bold & Beautiful'

Stampin up - wetlands stamp set

Spellbinders Circle & Oval nestabilities

So please do pop over to join in and see what the rest of the team has come up with Make My Monday

Thank you for stopping by as always and i hope you all have a good week whatever you have planned.  Emma