Mothers Day

Good Morning everyone

Today is the card i made for my mum for Mothers day yesterday

A5 in size.   I first die cut the poppy die from silver mirror card and then coloured them with alcohol markers in green, orange & red.

I made my white card blank using the largest nesting die.  I then took another piece of white card and embossed with the 3D lace embossing folder, i did the letter press technique and inked one side on the folder with tumbled glass and cracked pistachio distress inks and then run through my machine.  Doesn't show up well in the photo and more noticeable in real life but its gives a subtle background colour. 

I then used the nesting dies and using every other size die to cut the embossed panel into frames.  I adhered the largest outside frame to the card front with 6mm of foam tape, the next size down with 4mm of foam tape and the next size down with 2mm, i then added the smallest piece flat in the middle. This card was hand delivered so i could put as much foam tape & dimension as i liked on it.  Its just a way of adding interest to what is essentially a very simple card. 

I then arranged the mirror card poppies, using 3 of them and cutting up the various stems/flowers to alter them and build them up, i tucked the ends into the frames so it looks like they are growing out of it. 

Stamped sentiment to finish

You can really see the colour on the poppies here, when the light hits the mirror card them really do shimmer and shine. 

Items Used:

Crafters companion 3D embossing folder 'ornate lace'

XL Nesting dies

Pennyblack poppy die

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Silver mirror card

Alcohol Markers

CraftUK ltd smooth white cardstock

Distress Inks ' tumbled glass & cracked pistachio'

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

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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

Poppies

Good Morning all.

Today is a little card using die cut acetate poppies.  After all my acetate cards i have lots of little offcuts so decided to try using them.  Here i used alcohol ink to colour the acetate before die cutting.

I first die cut white card into an hexagon shaped base card and and smaller mat.  To the smaller panel i very lightly stencilled a foliage background with oxide inks patina & pistachio.   I inked the acetate pieces with alcohol inks, i then die cut just the poppy heads, as this is heavyweight acetate i used for base cards the die doesn't cut all the way through, but enough to easily finish cutting with scissors.  I die cut the poppy again from a scrap of white card and coloured the stems with alcohol pens. 

I decided where i wanted the poppy and then stamped the cat, sentiment & dragonfly with a ombre ink pad.  I then glued on the poppy stem and added the acetate poppy heads on top with a little tacky pva 

The oxide ink just lightly shows through the stamped cat which i like on this occasion.  I made this in all that heat last week when i kept spraying water around the room to try and help keep the heat a bit more bearable. I only noticed later some had landed on my cat and given a speckled effect to it which makes me smile as my old cat likes to sit in front of my water spray to cool off too😁

Just a close up on the poppies. The colour on the poppies mostly hides the glue so its not as obvious as it would be on plain acetate.  I didn't glue them on flat so that it has dimension.  

Items Used:

Lavinia stamps - mooch, fairy bugs

Lavinia stamps stencil - 'foliage'

Sentiment stamp

Pennyblack poppy die

Hexagon stitched dies

Distress oxides - cracked pistachio, patina

Kaleidacolor Ombre ink pad 'Caribbean sea'

Tim Holtz Alcohol inks - red pepper, watermelon, yellow

CraftyUK ltd white linen cardstock

Hunkydory acetate

Thank you all for stopping by and all your comments, i really do appreciate you all taking the time out of your day.  Enjoy the rest of your week.  Hugs Emmaxxx

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Red Poppies

Good Morning everyone.

When looking through my large dies i found these spellbinders grand labels4 that ive hardly used and knowing how much they cost all those years ago im now on a mission to get some use out of them...hopefully you won't get sick of seeing them😁

For these 2 little cards, i die cut the labels 4 and folded in half.  1 is die cut from card coloured with brushos and 1 is plain white using the brusho'd card for the mats. The poppies were die cut from scraps of white card and coloured with alcohol markers.  Stamped sentiment and mini butterflies i had on my desk to finish.

This poppy was smooth white card coloured with alcohol markers. I added a little glitter glue to the butterflies for a little sparkle.

It stands up well.  Think i will make a few more like this for a bit different shaped card

Are this poppy was cut from a scrap of pearl cardstock, i used the same pens to colour them both and it looks totally different.  The pearl still shines through when the light hits it.  

Showing it stood up, i added a coloured paper insert to pick up on the colour of the poppies

Items Used:

Spellbinders Labels4, Grand labels 4 & fancy labels 4

Pennyblack poppy die

Brusho's

Alcohol markers

CraftUK hammered white cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again. Hugs Emmax

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Thank you Poppies

Good Morning everyone.

I hope the storm hasn't caused you too much trouble this week - its certainly been good crafting weather this week.

Today im sharing a couple of thank you cards to send to people who spoilt me with a birthday present.  I stamps i used in the background were one such present. 

5x5 cardbase - i rounded 3 corners - just for a quirky touch. I took a previously inked sheet of card -  blue shades of distress inks, cut to size and got stamping with the grungy stamps using various shades of colorbox inks.  I stamped my sentiment in black to stand out.  I had the curved borders left from another project so used them as the ground for my poppy.  I then die cut the poppy & butterflies from mirror card that has been inked with alcohol inks - this one wild plum & twilight.  

Dots of glitter to finish.  I don't 'do' loose glitter so have always used rangers stickles glitter glues, but thought i would try cosmic shimmer biodegradable glitter glue but im sad to say im not overly keen on them, its not as smooth and very lumpy and not alot of sparkle either and also it doesn't dry hard like stickles so that if you put something on top it squashes - which i found after placing a few cards on top of each other. 

Version 2 is using gold mirror card inked with red pepper, yellow & watermelon alcohol inks

I love using alcohol inks on mirror card - and its amazing the difference of using them colour inks on gold & silver mirror card - you still get the shine come through.

Items Used:

Grunge stamps?

Sentiment stamp - magazine freebie

MFT stitched edge die

Pennyblack poppy die

Patterned paper

Gold Mirror card

Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Cosmic Shimmer twinkles

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Poppy Birthday

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

Today im sharing a birthday card made with the lovely poppy die. Mostly made out of snippets and left overs again.   Always feels good to make a small dent in the scrap box😀.  That is my plan for this year to try and use as much of my scrap box as possible.......

5x7 White cardblank. For the background i started with 2 pieces of small card, the green script piece and blue polka dot, in the end i cut the green piece in half lenghtwise and the polka dot in half shortwise.  This just meant as i knew they would be part hidden behind my topper that i could 'stretch' them to make the pieces look bigger.  I mounted them onto a piece of chocolate birthday script card and then the base. 

The white window die cut was left over from my Christmas cards.  I backed it with a piece of beige birthday card.  I die cut poppies from red and yellow left over pieces.  The red is candied apple oxide ink and the yellow is fossilized amber and marmalade oxide inks, they had been stenciled over the top in the same oxide inks.  I added one whole poppy die cut to the left panel and then made up the rest and the yellow ones by cutting the die cut poppy up into the poppy heads and then arranged them in the window panels.  

Green foliage die cut from green inked card scraps and mini butterflies also from little scraps of blue inked cardstock. Glitter glue highlights and gems to finish.  I haven't added a main sentiment as the background is covered in Happy Birthdays to get the message across. 

Close up, you can really see the stencil detail in the poppies.

Items Used:

Pennyblack Poppy die

MFT window frame die

Memory box tiny butterfly dies

Foliage die

Birthday printed card, polka dot card - Anna Marie designs

Oxide inks

Stencils

Stickles glitter glue, diamond & waterfall

Thank you all for stopping by, i always enjoy reading your comments too.  I hope you all have a good week.  Hugs Emma

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alohafridaychallenge/139-in-garden.

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Poppies

Good Morning everyone.  

Where do the weeks go to? 

So today im sharing a birthday card i made for my sister in law.  She loves poppies. Ive coloured them with my wink of stella pens so very blingy for her. 

6x6 Kraft cardbase.  I die cut a square of kraft card smaller than the card front, i die cut one of the Tim Holtz dies into this panel.  I cut some gold glitter card to fit behind the cut out and glued that in place on the cardblank, i then mounted my top panel on top with foam tape.  

I die cut the poppy die twice from white cardstock and coloured the flowers with orange & red wink of stella pens, i coloured the stem green with a marker pen.  I decoupaged the flowers using the second die cut, first shaping the petals where the cut lines are and glued with glue gel. 

I splashed some of the wink of stella pens over the background to add some interest - they really shimmer when the light hits them.  Stamped greeting in black. A little butterfly - i cut 2 and layered up, a gold glitter one and then one coloured with the wink of stella's on top. 

A close up.  It doesn't really show the glittery effect of the wink of stella and the glitter card.

As i was rather happy with the outcome i made another couple for the box

Yellow poppies and pale green glitter card, i used a different die from the TH mixed media set this time.  The only poppies that really love it here are the little yellow welsh poppy, they line the paths and verges - so delicate and pretty.

I also added some white gel pen highlights just to the edge of the poppies.  Yellow and orange wink of stella pens used

Blue poppy and silver glitter card.

Im not really very good at colouring in - no patience😊, I did these with a wet into wet technique.  Wet the poppys with water using a brush, then added the pale blue ink first and then dab the dark blue in where it would naturally be darker. They then bleed into each other.  I tend to add some of the ink to a mat first and pick up with a paint brush for a bit more control than adding the pen straight on the cardstock. 

Items Used:

Pennyblack poppy die

Tim Holtz Mixed Media dies

Sizzix butterfly dies

Clearly besotted sentiment stamp

Kuratake Wink of stella pens

B&M glitter card

CraftUK ltd kraft card

Thank you all for stopping by, i had a lovely day last Monday for my little niece's birthday.  I hope you all have a good week. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the red poppy card 

pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-347  - the glitter card, poppies and butterflies all cut from snippets/off cuts of card