Circles galore

Good Morning everyone

A birthday card today using lots of die cut circles. This actually started out as i had little offcuts left over and a few white circles so i cut the rest into circles and hey presto!  I luckily found a paper pad in my stash that went perfectly with my marbled card and green mirror card.  Some of circles weren't whole as I didn't have enough card scraps but that wasn't a problem as i have hidden that edge behind others or off the edge of the edge of the card so no one knows any different😀 

Approx 6x6"  I first die cut lots of different size circles from a marbled background, gold mirror card coloured with green alcohol inks, white card and forest green pearl card.  I found this fab paper pad in my stash that fitted the colours perfectly, i covered my cardfront with a green spotty paper and then die cut the edge with a curved edge die, the off cut/waste i glued to the inside back card so that when the card is closed they join up (see photo below) I then cut another piece of paper with the same curved edge top and bottom to fit across the middle of the card on foam tape.

 I cut lots of circles from white card, forest green pearl card,  green/purple marbled card, and gold mirror card inked with green alcohol inks - so its all very green just broken up with a splash of purple.  I die cut the sentiment from the forest green card and mounted on a white frame. Butterfly die cut from a piece of paper from the same pad. Touches of glitter glue to finish. 

Showing it closed and how my curve lines up

and showing it side on how it stands up easily with the curved front.  I made my marbled card using the shaving foam technique - very messy but great fun. See here if you would like more details.

Items Used:

Circle dies

MFT birthday circle die

MFT curved scalloped edge die

Sizzix butterfly die

Bobunny 'enchanted garden' paper pad

Tim Holtz alcohol inks - greens

'My' hedgehogs this year 

These 3 guys always arrive together so i think they must be siblings

These 3 also always arrive together, baby, medium & large

I also have at least 2 others another baby and a very big one thats been coming for years. Although in my garden revamp ive just put another couple of hedgehog houses in these guys don't all live in my garden....they just found the go-cat and seem to far prefer it to slugs and snails and to the hedgehog foods ive tried over the years😁   The other day on my walk i found a very young hedgehog in a bad way in that awful heat at midday, managed to wrap my cardigan around and bring it home...several phone calls later found a place for it to go to for more expert care than i can give. I always make sure pots of water around my garden for all the wildlife to drink from, especially in that awful hot weather.... anyway hopefully the little mite makes it 

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you have a good rest of the week and weekend.  Stay safe. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2020/09/use-your-scraps.html

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http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/09/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-387.html

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Lots of triangles

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are enjoying the bank holiday if here in the UK.

Today is a couple of birthday cards, i made the background with lots of altenew triangle dies overlayed on one of my marbled backgrounds - looking back ive used the triangles alot with my marbled backgrounds - it makes a not perfect background look different - i still have several of my marbled backgrounds from when i had a day making them...see here . 

6x5.5 cardbase.  I first die cut alot of the overlay triangles from black card - ideal for all those little snippets left over - my little mini die cutter is perfect for a job like this as i can use it on a laptray in front of the tv.  I cut my background to size & I then got arranging my triangles.  I mounted the panel onto black and then the base card.  I die cut the birthday from the same marbled paper and layered onto black and white card.  I die cut a flower in pearl pink/purple picking up on the streak of pinky/purple in the marbling. Die cut foliage in white and a gem for the flower centre to finish. 

A close up showing my marbled background a bit better.

and version 2 was using white triangles & a vibrant blue background made using brushos & pixie powders.  Mounted onto gold glitter card and a orange flower - die cut from snippets of card coloured with pixie powders so it really shimmers in the light.  I love these leafy swirls from spellbinders - had them years but they are a nightmare to get out of the die even using both a tumble dryer sheet & waxed paper together so i rarely use them sadly.

Items Used:

Altenew Shattered Triangle die set

Birthday sentiment die

Spellbinders circle dies

Spellbinders romantic vines

Flower die

White & Black card

Gold glitter card - B&M

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all enjoy your Bank holiday if not working.   Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/08/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-385.html    - all my triangles and flowers are from snippets

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Triangle Trees

Hello everyone, thank you for stopping by once again.  

Now i normally don't even think about Christmas cards until August/September but when i was playing the other day with my triangle dies and my marbled papers i was laying out the triangles in various ways to see what i liked and one of them looked like a tree i thought, so made a couple up.I think come September i shall make a few more. 

5x7white cardbase.  I die cut a mixture of the small and large triangles from my marbled paper and the fancy top layer from white card and adhered together.  I cut a piece of white card smaller than the card front and dry embossed with a snowfall EF, i splashed on some of the same inks i used on the marbled paper.  I layered onto a piece of purple card and then the cardbase. 

On a piece of white card i die cut a curved border edge die and a stitched line die.  I stamped the sentiment using colbalt archival ink.  I then die cut a few stars from the little left over pieces of marbled paper. I added one of the larger stars on top of the tree.  A few touches of glitter glue to finish. 

A close up showing my pink, purple & blue marbled paper better.

Second version using marbled paper in blues & greens.  

Items Used:

Altenew Shattered Triangle die set

Star dies

Stitched Curved border edge dies

Justrite sentiment stamps

Aquatint inks

crafters companion snow embossing folder

If you missed my marbling fun, you can find the details here

I hope you all have a good end of the week and weekend. Emma

Id love to enter the following:

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Teenage boy

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are enjoying the long weekend.

Today im sharing a card i made for a teenage boy, its following a sketch layout that a friend set that really got my brain cells going.  Ive used one of my marbled papers in blue and silver so Ive used Navy blue & Silver cardstock to go with it. 

6x6 Navy cardbase.  I first die cut the solid triangles from my marbled paper and the top fancy layer from silver mirror card and adhered together.  I cut a peice of white linen card smaller than my card base and lightly inked in blue thru a little dots stencil.  This stencil is so useful just to add a little interest but not too much.  I then arranged my triangles, overlapping them slightly. 

I die cut the MFT birthday sentiment die from white card, using my plain circle dies i cut a frame to fit it from navy card, cutting the middle out too.  I arranged it with one of the triangles in the middle, attaching over the top with glue gel.  I stamped to tiny sentiments onto white scraps and cut out, lightly inked with the little dots sentiment and attached in place with glue gel to finish. 

Just a close up

This is the sketch we were set

Items Used:

Alternew shattered triangle die set

MFT circle birthday sentiment die

Spellbinders circle dies

Tiny sentiment stamps

Little dots stencil

Blue ink

Silver mirror card

Navy card - payper box

CraftUK ltd white linen card

My own Marbled paper

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you enjoy your bank holiday Monday if here in the UK. 

Id like the enter the following:

http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2019/05/hls-may-anything-goes-with-dies.html

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https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/05/challenge-16.html

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Marbling Fun

Good Morning everyone.

I recently lost my mojo, so i decided to have a play with a technique thats been on my to try list for eons - yes im well behind the times.  Shaving foam marbling.  So after finally finding the right shaving foam i dug out the aqua tints and really old mica sprays to have a play.  

Well what a mess, i was covered, the carpet was covered and so was the cat, actually it reminded me of my first outing with brusho's where the kitchen lino was red and looked like id got blood everywhere - they went to the back of the cupboard then for many many months until a craft friend convinced me to try them again and now i love them so i wasn't going to be so easily put off this time and coming up with a plan tried again the following day to slightly less mess. 

I cut white card to A6 size (4x6") so easier to handle.  Spray a layer of shaving foam onto a wipeable surface, even out with a spatula, then add your chosen ink colours and swirl around into a pattern.  Place your white card onto the surface and gently push into the foam, you only need to touch the surface, peel off and scrap off the foam.  You are left with a marbled pattern on your card.  Magic really.  You can keep using the foam, as the colour fades add in more ink and swirl again.  

2 Simple cards to start with.  I had some not so great looking marble which i decided to die cut into these leaves and its amazing the difference die cutting can make.  I picked a piece of marble for the background which used the same colours as the one i die cut the leaves from.  Attached it to a white DL cardblank.  

I added the leaves to 3 die cut stitched squares which i attached to the base with foam tape.  I die cut the sentiment from the same card i die cut the leaves from.

A blue/purple version.  I only added glue down the centres of the leaves and gently curled up both sides to add interest and dimension. 

Just a few of my marbled papers.  Like all new techniques to us, we learn each time and hopefully improve.  I need to find something better to scrape the foam off so its easier.   LIke die cutting up the not so nice pieces, even if the whole piece isn't so good if you look you can usually find part of it that you like so cut that piece into a square or rectangle.  I tend to use a view finder like you do if you are painting a picture/landscape. If you fancy a play all you need is cheap shaving foam not the gel and a liquid colour medium - reinkers, sprays, food colouring, liquid paints.

Items used:

Concord & Ninth layered leaves die

Wonky stitched square dies

Simon says sentiment dies

Spectrum Noir aquatints

Cosmic shimmer mica sprays

H2O's radiant rain inks

Cheap Shaving Foam

CraftUk Ltd smooth white card

Thank you once again for stopping by and all your amazing comments.  I hope you all have a good weekend. Emma