With Sympathy

Good Morning everyone

Sadly my uncle lost his fight with cancer 10 days ago, he absolutely loved getting a handmade card from me and over the last couple of years of his battle i sent him many as happy mail so i felt i really needed to make a card for each of his children (my cousins)  Ive had to make a set of 6, which is the most sympathy cards ive made in one go, 3 for me and 3 for my parents to give so they all had to be totally different too - its certainly stretched my little grey cells and a couple are based on previous designs ive made.

A6 (6x4") white linen cardbase.  I die cut the star circle direct into the card front and lined with a lilac paper insert which shows through the stars.  I die cut 3 feathers from white linen card and gently inked the edges with lilac distress ink just to help them stand out a bit from the white backgroud.  Sentiment stamped in grey onto white card strip, matted onto lilac paper which was an offcut from doing the insert.  I rounded the corners to pick up on the circle focal point

Cheerylynn feather dies, unknown brand star circle die, ? sentiment stamp

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5x7" Cream leather effect cardbase, sentiment stamped in dark green.  I die cut a foliage panel from the same ivory cardstock and lightly inked with pistachio oxide ink.  Candles die cut from off cuts of ivory pearl cardstock, i coloured the flame with alcohol markers and added to the middle of my panel.  Flower die cut from soft yellow card to finish - was thinking of the primroses in flower at the moment.

Spellbinders 'branching out' die set, justrite 'large fancy sentiments' stamp (CR-03815), unbranded candle die, sizzix flower die

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6x5" Grey pearl cardstock base, i die cut a cross stitched rectangle from the same grey.  From left over inked and stenciled cardstock i die cut 3 wheat stems and 2 of the smallest cross stitched rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment with grey ink and glued the wheat stems into place. I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered the inked rectangles top right and bottom left just for interest and to break up all the grey.  

Impression Obsession wheat die, Xstitched frames, justrite 'large fancy sentiments' stamp CR-03815

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A6 (4x6") white card base.  I embossed ivory pearl cardstock with a sunray embossed folder and added to the base card.  I die cut my dove from white cardstock and backed the cut out section with gold pearl cardstock.  I added the dove with glue gel.  I then found an ink smudge on the embossing which luckily i managed to hide by adding a little die cut branch - luckily the ink smudge was in the right place to easily cover up!   I felt this card said it all and didn't need a sentiment.

Spellbinders dove die, craft concepts sunray embossing folder

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5x5" Ivory embossed base card.  Sentiment stamped in grey.  I die cut the ivy circle from card previously coloured with brusho's, i die cut the ivy circle twice more from scrap cardstock and glued them together, this gives a chipboard depth and easier than trying to stick foam pads to the back of each leaf, it also gave a nice inset for my die cut dove to sit in.  I die cut the dove twice from white card, cutting the back wing off one, i adhered them together with glue gel and added some shading with grey alcohol marker. 

Ivy wreath die, dove die and clearly besotted sentiment stamp

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and finally, photo not the best as its all a soft lilac.  approx size 4x6"  I die cut my base card and smaller layer from lilac cardstock, on the smaller panel i stamped the sentiment in grey and then embossed with a swirl embossing folder.  I die cut the poppy from an off cut of previously inked with brusho & pixie powder cardstock, i added glue gel behind the flower heads and glue the stems flat to the card front.

Penny black poppy die, justrite 'graceful sentiments' CR-02147 stamp, A4 swirl embossing folder

 Thank you all for stopping by once again, i really do appreciate you taking the time.  

Big hugs Emmax

Happy Mothers Day

 Good Morning everyone, i hope you all had a good weekend. 

Today is the card i made for my Mum for Mothers day, usually i go full on flower power but on seeing this Robin papercuts die thought it would be ideal as she also loves all her garden birds and has loads at the bird feeding area outside the kitchen window, including a few pheasants.  The die is Creative Expressions papercuts under the mistletoe so for Christmas but i think it works just as well all year round and you could easily cut off the mistletoe and you don't just see Robins at Christmas!

Approx 6x5.5" card.  I started with white pearl cardstock, cut to size and then die cut the robins from the front of the card. I then added colour to the robins with oxide inks.  I used a blue paper for my insert to act as the sky for my robins, rounding the top corners.  I die cut a flower from teh same blue paper and foliage from the white pearl card coloured with oxide inks so it all ties nicely together.  Stamped sentiment and large gem to finish.

For the insert i just added a little glue to the front panel and the back so that robins are loose and have movement but protected by the insert from too much damage. 

I can confirm she loved it

Items Used:

Creative Expressions Papercuts die - under the mistletoe

12x12" blue ombre paper - the works

White pearl card

Justrite sentiment stamp

Oxide inks campfire, black soot, pistachio & citron (to make the brown i added a little back to the campfire which i used on their redbreast)

At the bottom of the page is the gift ive made mum, but if you don't like spiders you might not want to look😁    Thank you all for stopping by, i hope you all have a good week. Stay safe. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-79-use-dies-andor-spring.html

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https://thelibrarycraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-78-garden-birdwatchers-bible.html

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http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-452-make-it-feminine.html

And this is the gift ive made for mum.  Its for the garden, to go on the shed i thought, a giant 4" beaded spider and a web for him built around a hanging basket bracket, ive added more light catching beads into the web to glint in the light.  Just for something a bit different. 

Its not quite anatomically correct.  I used the large red and gold glass beads and then diamante beads in the legs.

Ive wrapped half hard black wire around the hook adding in a mix of black and silver beads.   Ignore those loose wire ends, once its in place and its decided on the length drop of the spider i will adjust and wire it in properly.  

Happy Easter Dancing Sheep

Good Morning everyone.  

Today im sharing a set of fun Easter cards i made using my new paperarsty Zinski art stamps, the saying in the set just makes me smile.  Its not often these days I do the skippy hoppy kicky dance thing but i probably will be attempting it today as my 3 nieces are coming down to see me and that usually involves alot of fun & games.....well i shall be at least watching them do the skippy dancing.

6x6 white card base.  For the background i used stenciled panels i made using oxide inks - i have a pile of them that i did when wasn't really in a proper crafting mood but wanted something to do.  After stenciling i die cut them into stitched squares.

After stamping the sheep with archival ink i coloured them simply with inktense pencils & distress inks and then cut them out, i chopped off the arms and legs - no not for leg of lamb😀.  I stamped the sheep where i wanted it on the stenciled panel so that the arms and legs were there, i then shaped the sheep and added with glue gel on top lining up with the base image. 

I stamped the saying onto white card and cut out each word and arranged on the card, i doodled around each word.  Pink glitter drops & glitter glue highlights to finish. 

A close up

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This one uses the other large sheep in the set, i think she looks rather stylish in her Easter Bonnet.  Justrite stamp Stamped sentiment and pink glitter drops to match her pink hat & handbag

Oxide inks squeezed lemonade & twisted citron, cracked pistachio

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Now in this one she has really hit the dancefloor with the strobbing disco lights😁

Oxide inks - twisted citron, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers & salty ocean

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A lovely swirl background for this one, i lightly doodled in ground for them all with a black fine liner pen.

Twisted citron, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers and salty ocean oxide inks.

Now these 3 lasses are sitting on the side lines at the disco, maybe its granny in the middle chaperoning them, she brought her knitting along to keep her busy. 

This one is stenciled with original distress inks - twisted citron,shabby shutters,  shaded lilac, i gently inked around the outside edge with the inks as well.  Orange glitter dots on this one. 5x7 size.

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinski Art stamps ZA26

Justrite sentiment stamps

Various stencils

Stitched square dies

distress inks and oxide inks

Derwent Inktense pencils

papermania glitter dots

CraftUK ltd white card and card blanks

I hope you all have a good week, its so windy so think it will be hats and gloves for me and the nieces today.  Emmax

Yummy Yellow

Good Morning everyone.  I hope you had a good weekend.  

You may remember last month i joined in with the rainbowcardchallenge with Orange Opulence?  Well i decided to join in again this month with Yummy Yellow.  I decided to use my new die - wonderful Echinacea or coneflowers. 

I used a sentiment stamp that says 'May flowers always line your path & Sunshine light your day. May songbirds Serenade your every step along the way'. 

Approx size 7x7".  I first took a sheet of A4 white card and squeezed lemonade (yummy😋) oxide ink, i added the ink to my non stick mat, spritzed with water and kept dipping my card in, then left it to dry.  

I stamped my sentiment in black onto white linen card.  I then die cut it into a hexagon.  I added some little dots stenciling to this background with the lemonade ink. I added this panel onto a larger white hexagon, then layered onto the yellow card i coloured and then onto white linen cardbase, cut to size.  As my dies dont go this big, i glue the topper onto the card, lining up with the straight edge of the spine of the cardblank, i then use my gulliotine and carefully cut alot each side, following the line of the die cut.  I die cut a white frame and added with foam tape.

From the lemonade inked card I die cut the flowers and centres, i shaped the petals and centres with a ball tool.  To add more colour to the centres i used yellow & gold promakers, keeping them darker on the right side.   I arranged them on my card and added glitter glue to the centres.  I then die cut the butterfly both the top and bottom layers.  To the bottom layer i added just a touch of twisted citron oxide ink and then glued the 2 layers together and added to the card, i added a yellow cat's eye stone to the butterfly body. 

From the little left over off cuts of the lemonade card i cut a few leaves and twirls, i added a very light touch of lime oxide ink and arranged around the flowers. 

My butterfly, one of my most used sets of butterfly dies by Sizzix, you get several sizes in the pack and several have the top lacy layer and a solid base layer.  Of course butterflies find flowers Yummy so its yummy yellow😁. 

Items Used:

Dee's Distinctively dies - secret garden 2

Sizzix butterfly dies - 'butterflies intricate' 659971

Inside & Out stitched Hexagon dies

Crafters companion signature foliage & swirl dies

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks Squeezed lemonade & twisted citron

Justrite 'wishing you rainbows' sentiment stamps CR-02118

Ranger Stickles - diamond

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments on my wire suncatchers last week.  I hope you all have a wonderful week whatever you have planned.  Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following challenges:

rainbowcardchallenge-challenge-3-yummy-yellow

For some reason no link coming up at rainbow card challenge so i can enter😕 ...... Yeah finally today 13th the link is available to upload😀

crazy4challenges-c4c474 - add a flower/s

Dads Birthday

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing the 2 cards i made for my dads birthday last month.  The first one is another one of those triple panel cards ive been making and the second one isn't an normal male card but i was given a lovely stamp by stampendous and a Mo Manning lady cycling image and it just reminded me of fun postcards you can get in France which my dad has collected over the years of going to Brittany.  He loved both of them. 

So to make the card blank, take an A4 sheet of card, from the left score 3", 1", 2.5", 1" & 3", cut off the extra on the end.  And then cut as high as you like, i used a 6x6" paper so by the time i added my 2 layers for matting it took the card height to 7".  You can easily change all these figures, but its a starting point for those of you who asked how i made them. 

After picking the tree pattern paper i picked out olive green and Chocolate brown mirror card to mat and layer.  I die cut the MFT leaves from the olive green and chocolate mirror card and layered together.  I die cut an oval from the same cream card i used for the base card and layered up on larger ovals.  Computer printed sentiment die cut into a circle. Copper nail head gems to finish.

Just a close up.

Onto the 2nd card i made dad.

A5 white cardbase. I stamped the image & sentiment onto white hammered cardstock, doodled in some ground and a breton style hat, i then watercoloured with distress inks.  I stamped a second image and cut out and decoupaged onto the first one to add some dimension.  Mounted onto black card and then the cardbase.  All corners rounded. 

A close up.

Items Used:

MFT layered leaves die set

Spellbinders oval dies

Tree pattern paper

Penny Black slapstick Mo Manning 'Enjoy the ride' stamp

Justrite sentiment stamp

CraftUk ltd white card

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good weekend.  Hugs Emma

Using Words

Good Morning everyone. 

Time for the first challenge of the year over at Make My Monday

The theme for the next fortnight is

WORDS

Use Words or a Sentiment 

After digging through my stash i found a fabulous sentiment stamp by justrite it says -

May a Rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may Happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

7x7 scalloped card base.  I first stamped the sentiment onto a yellow patterned paper.  Into a piece of white card i die cut a inverted scalloped circle and kept the 'negative' piece, this i coloured with wink of stella pens in rainbow colours.  I then cut another piece of white card with a circle die to give a bigger aperture window.  This panel i embossed with a flower EF.  

All these layers i mounted up with foam tape to sit over each other.  Mounted onto white card and then rainbow mirror card and added to the cardbase. I added yellow wink of stella pen to the middle of the flowers on the embossed panel.  I then added all the ready made flowers and leaves. 

Red gems following the curve of the circle in the top left corner to finish.  This is a very bulky card but its also for a special person so they are worth it😊

A close up. I also added a small circle frame of white card to the wink of stella layer to help draw the eye into the sentiment. 

Items Used:

Justrite Stamps - wishing you rainbows CR-02118

Spellbinders Mbossibilites embossing folder - EL-005

Spellbinder plain circle dies

Spellbinders inverted circle dies

Rainbow holographic silver card

Wink of Stella Pens

Ready made paper flowers

7x7 scalloped card & white card - CraftUK ltd

Please do hop over to MMM to join in and see what everyone else comes up with using Words.

Thank you all for stopping by, i hope you all have a good week. Im starting my annual craft stash sort out, it always seems to get in such a mess with Christmas crafting.  Hugs Emmax

Lots of hexagons

 Good Morning everyone, what gorgeous weather we are having, i hope you are keeping cool ok.  The cats and i are arguing over the fan😊

Today i am sharing 2 cards i made with my new hexagons dies, idea came by accident really.  When the dies first arrived to check they cut ok i cut them all at once and just put the 'frames' on the desk, when i looked later some had overlapped others and i came up with this idea.  Rotating every other frame and gluing together, gives this rather cool looking shape.  I then stamped it using floral stamps and oxide inks. 

Finished size is just over 7x7.   I first die cut the largest hexagons from white linen cardstock, then glued together as mentioned by rotating every other one, i then dug out some flowers stamps and distress oxide inks to stamp a pattern onto it.  I then mounted it with foam tape onto co-ordinating cardstock - teal and then mounted onto white card base cut to shape.  Stamped sentiment glued back in the middle aperture.  I then stamped extra flowers using the same stamps and ink and cut them out. 

Close up, i also added glitter glue accents. 

and onto version two

Same method as the first one, only this time different stamps and colours, matted onto purple pearl cardstock. 

I coloured the flowers and added a pink glitter glue after fussy cutting them out. 

Just showing the insert.

and the i did a version of the old triple stamping technique.

First die cut 3 hexagons of descending sizes, add a touch of removeble glue to the top centre of the largest 2 and stick together in a stack, one on top of each other and then stamp the design with oxide inks the flowers and the sentiment, then remove the removeable tape so you have the 3 seperate layers,

Die cut purple mat layers and add one on top of each other with foam tape.  Mount onto white card base cut to shape.

I stamped a single flower and cut out and added glitter glue.  Approx size 5.5x5.5"

This one shows the layers before i attached them together.

The same as above just a different colourway and using bigger hexagons.  Approx 6.5x6.5"

Items Used:

Large Stitched Hexagon dies

Stampin up 'fabulous florets' stamps (2nd card)

Sadly Ive lost the label of the first stamp set - its years old too - maybe hero arts

Justrite sentiment stamps

Distress Oxides - twisted citroen, candied apple, peacock feathers, picked raspberry, wilted violet.

Stickles glitter glue, sprinkled sugar, fruit punch

Thank you for stopping by and all your recent visits and comments.  Keep cool. Emma

Things with wings - childrens birthday

Happy Easter Monday everyone, i hope you are enjoying the Easter weekend.

Where do the weeks go, its time for a new fortnightly challenge over at 

Make My Monday

The theme this time is

THINGS WITH WINGS

Ive made a fun cheerful card with children in mind but of course would fit many different people Male or Female. 

This quirky bird stamps came free with the most recent craft stamper magazine.  I stamped him 3 times in black ink and then coloured in primary colours with wink of stella pens so they have a lovely sparkle in the light. I doodled some ground in for them to walk on and added a little green for grass. 

I then mounted the topper onto mid blue cardstock, stamped the sentiment onto white linen cardstock and wrapped with red and yellow twine and mounted onto a blue DL cardbase.  (DL is just over 8x4" or 21x11cm in size)

Items Used:

 quirky bird stamp -Craft Stamper Magazine (April 2018 Issue)

Kuratake Wink Of Stella pens

Justrite sentiment stamp

Red & Yellow waxed cotton cord

Black fineline pen

Blue card from Payper Box

White linen card by craftUK 

So please do pop over to Make My Monday to join in and see what everyone is creating.  

Enjoy the rest of you long weekend and have a good week. Thank you for stopping by and supporting my blog.  Emma

Easter Bunnies

Good Morning all, i hope you had a good weekend.  

Easter will soon be here now, this year seems to be flying so far. 

6x6 green cardblank, i die cut the foliage from the same green which is much brighter than the photo shows, i layered up several of the branches to get the wreath.  Little 'primroses' die cut from yellow card, inked the centre and pearls added to match my bunny.  The bunny was cut from card coloured with oxide inks. 

Sentiment stamped in green archival. 

A close up on the wreath.

and below i made little tags for my nieces 

I first die cut a fishtail banner, glued on a die cut sentiment and then i embossed it.  Little die cut bunny rabbits in various colours, i then mounted them onto matching coloured card.  Ribbon to finish. 

The same as above but just in a large tag shape.  3 are made in the girls favourite colours, of course little baby not got a fav colour yet and she's obviously not getting a chocolate egg from her aunt, ive got her a little something else! She is growing fast, nearly 1 month old now. 

Items used:

Impression Obsession Easter die

Rabbit die

Foliage die

Sizzix flower dies

Justrite sentiment stamps

Sunrays, puff ball, leaves, birds embossing folders

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Thank you for stopping by and thank your comments.  I hope you all have a good week. Emma

Id like to enter the following challenges

movingalongwiththetimes - Easter

simplypapercraftsforalloccassions - anything goes

Seahorses & Flowers

Good Morning all, i hope you all had a good weekend.

Today im sharing another batch of cards that are similar to a design i did before which was popular in my box so just a different theme this time. 

6x6 white linen cardblank.  Brusho/pixie powder mix backgrounds, inverted scallop squares left over from another project.  I die cut into them with the memory box collage rings die and then stamped a greeting.  My seahorse is die cut from contrasting inked card, i then embossed the seahorse die into silver rainbow mirri card and cut around the outside, i then slotted the coloured seahorse over the top and glued together. 

Opposite colour combo

All the blues, 

and on to the flowers

I die cut the tim holtz mixed media dies into the inverted scallop squares and then stamped the greeting.  Flowers made up using stitched daisy dies, die cut foliage from silver rainbow mirri card.

Reds and greens.  

and on top little notelet cards

2 little cards. 3.5x6" white linen base. I die cut the white border using spellbinders lonely hearts die set, and then just cut the outside edge die from inked cardstock and off set them slightly.  Die cut sentiments from the same inked card.  I then added viva enamel drops and a white stitched daisy.

The same as above just a different colour combo.  The first outing of the spellbinders die, so just trying it out.    

You might also like:

thank you cards

Items used:

Memory box ring collage die

Cheerylynn seahorse die

Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies

Stitched daisy die

Memory box Massa leaf die

Simon Says stamp sentiment die

Spellbinders 'loney hearts' S4-483

Stampin up - wetlands (sentiment stamp)

Justrite sentiment stamps

Thank you for stopping by.  Also an apology after Steph (thanks Steph) mentioned comments not always getting through since the moderation is on, so i went investigating and found lots of you in the spam bin😢 - so now ive found a spam bin i will keep an eye on it.  Why it doesn't actually send the true spam (very naughty adult content!!!) comments there i don't know!  I switched on the moderation as got lots of weird messages left with links attached and didn't want any of my followers clicking on a link and something dodgy happening!  So i do apologise those of you who've had to come back several times, shouldn't happen again - hopefully! 

I hope you all have a good week and see some sunshine.  Hugs Emma