Blue Iris

Good Morning everyone. 

Today is another shaped card using those spellbinders grand labels 4 which i made for my sis in laws birthday.  I used this lovely aall&create Iris stamp which she and my brother gave me for Christmas.

I cut the largest spellbinders grand label 4 from white cardstock and folded it in half.  I stamped the iris in place and then die cut the tim holtz die from the middle of the card front.  I stamped the iris again onto white cardstock and water coloured with wink of stella pens so its really shimmery and the cut it out.  I glued the stems on flat to the one on the card front and then added the flower head with glue gel....to avoid the glue going through the apertures and sticking it all together i added a piece of scrap paper inside which i removed once the glue was dry.

I took a piece of orangy/yellow patterned paper to use as my insert which picks up the orangy/yellow i used in the center of my iris.  Die cut it with a smaller label 4, folded in half and attached inside the card so that it peeks out of the diamond apertures.

Stamped sentiment die cut into an oval to finish.

Showing it stood up side on.

Items Used:

Aall&create stamp set #333 'Iris'

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Spellbinders Grand labels 4 dies

Tim Holtz Sizzix mixed media die set

Sizzix oval die

12x12 paper pad from the works 'basic vintage'

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Thank you all for stopping by and all your lovely visits and comments.  I hope you all enjoy the sunshine and if here in the UK this bank holiday Monday.  Im off to see my nieces for the first time in 10mths so looking forward to it.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-219-for-ladies.html

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Turtley Awesome

Good Morning everyone.  

Today is another pink ink stamp...my new addiction i think😀  Ive made a card with an acetate window

A5 dark green cardbase.  I first die cut an aperture in the middle of my base using spellbinders grand labels4, i then cut a piece of white card to fit and got stamping with seaweed stamps from the stamp set using an ombre inkpad.  I stamped some little bubbles at the top with grey ink.  I then stamped more seaweed on white card and cut out.  The shells were all stamped on little off cuts of coloured papers and cut out. 

I added acetate to the inside front of the card and a lovely patterned paper insert from a paper pad from the works that i felt looks like more seaweed.

I then stamped my turtle and coloured with inktense pencils and cut out.  I added glossy accents to the shell.  I added her to the card front and arranged the seaweed and shells around her.  I then stamped the sentiment from the set, cut out and attached to finish.

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamps 'sea turtle'

Spellbinders Grand Labels 4 dies

Ombre ink pad

Paper pad make & create 'fresh feeling' - the works

Derwent Inktense pencils

CraftUk ltd smooth white card

Dark green cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a good week. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://sweetstamperschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/56-animals-or-critters-or-birds.html

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http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2021/05/creative-moments-challenge-215-anything.html

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Floral birthday

Good Morning everyone.

With my mojo missing i have joined in a challenge with friends, ive combined two, one was to make a floral card with an aperture and the second to use the colours, tangerine, turquoise & tawny.

I first went through my extensive 6x6 paper pads and found this one with muted shades of turquoise & tangerine which ive paired with kraft card to act as the tawny shade.  Its by My Minds Eye 'Indie Chic - citron'

6x6 Kraft card cardbase. With the spine of the card at the top I then die cut the scalloped edger die to the front panel.  I then die cut the circle burst from the centre.  I lined the insider with a pale yellow paper and rounded all the corners.  I then inked the edges with pale orange ink.  I stamped my sentiment on the inside back panel of the card so that you can see it from the front of the card.  

I then die cut several layers of daisy dies from an orange paper and foliage from a blue paper, inked the edges and built up my floral arrangement so its hanging over the edge of the circle aperture.  I die cut a little butterfly from papers in the pad.  Then i just added orange pearls and giltter gems to finish. 

Side on view showing it stood up and you can clearly see the aperture. 

This shows it side on, really showing the circle burst aperture.  This is 300gsm kraft card so it isn't too flimsy after cutting out the aperture. 

Just a close up on my flowers & butterfly. 

Items Used:

Memory box large circle burst die

MFT scalloped edger die

Sizzix butterfly dies

Stampin up curly cute sentiment stamp

MME 'Indie Chic - citron' paper pad 

Flower & Foliage dies

Kraft Card

Thank you all for stopping by, i shall be around to catch up with your blogs soon. Emmax

Sparkly Snowflakes

Good Morning all and welcome to a new week.  I hope you are all well.

So today i am sharing a batch of snowflake and sequin cards i made.  I also used pearlised and a little glitter card, so full on Christmas sparkle!

6x6 white linen cardblank, i have then die cut the border and snowflake into the front of the cardblank.  I then die cut a piece of pearlised card with the same border die and embossed it, this i then added inside the card behind the snowflake aperture. Green and Silver colour combo.

LOTV stamped sentiment, die cut into a banner and backed with a little glitter card in silver.  I added glitter glue around the snowflake aperture and a few sequins in matching colours to finish.  These are flat for posting. 

Trying to show that i didnt glue the embossed panel down completely so you still get some movement and interest. 

Showing it stood up with the shaped bottom

This one is green and gold, snowfall embossing

Red and gold, snow falling embossing

red and silver, snowflake embossing

Charcoal Black and silver, snowflake embossing.

Im still on a stash busting mission so the coloured card is pearlised by core'dinations, 12x12 so i got 4 panels per sheet, so made 12 in total.  I went with a green, red and black colour.  I don't often go for full on bling, but its christmas so why not!

Items used:

Spellbinders snowflake die'Snowflake pendant' S4-286

Die-namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edge die set

Core-dinations 'gemstones' pad

Crafters companion snowfall embossing folder

Crafters companion snowflake embossing folder 

Stickles glitter glue

LOTV handwritten sentiment set

Thank you for stopping by and all your comments and well wishes last week.  I am on the mend at last.  I can't believe its half term all ready, so i have my neices visiting me this week, so looking forward to that. 

I hope you all have a good week. Emma

Set of cards

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

So today im sharing a set of cards i was asked to make after they saw one i had made similar.  A set of 12 cards suitable for different occasions.  

set of 12

Yep sorry its those curved border dies again, last batch i promise!  These 2 use memory box hotair balloon die and cloud dies, ive cut one balloon aperture into the card front and then added two balloons to the front cut in the same paper i backed the card with.  Card size is 3.5x6"

Sizzix butterfly die, justrite sentiment stamps

Joy crafts feather die, after cutting the feather aperture into the front i then used that feather and glued it on the back to show when the card is closed.

Leaf die, 

Memory box Icelandic poppy die, glitter glue dots to embellish

xcut umbrella die, i edge the die with glitter glue. 

link to similar design

Thank you for looking.  Enjoy your day. Emma