Sophie is 12

Good Morning Everyone

My oldest niece Sophie was 12 in December.  She has always enjoyed a cup of tea & she loves baking cakes so i found these fab tea party themed digitals from ZinskiArt on Etsy which i teamed up with a black and white paper pad from the works and made a never ending card (also known as an infinity card). 

6x6" card.  I made up the base card from black cardstock and matted on various papers to each 'section' of the the card.  I printed the images off and cut them out and then got arranging them.  This is the front of the card - i added touches of diamond glitter glue and glossy accents.  Computer printed sentiment cut out, edged with black marker and adhered into place.

The first section opens as a gate fold from the front, this is peeking through

The 2nd section has this fabulous white rabbit among the crockery and cakes.  The fold/opening this time is horizontal across the middle

this  next section again opens like a gate fold, all decorated with images from the digi kit which i printed onto 'craft master - pure print' 140gsm paper from highlight crafts - first time ive used this and the quality of the print out is brilliant, nice and crisp.

and the final section which again opens horizontal across the middle

Opening back to the front of the card again...Id forgotten how much fun these are to make & the girls had hours of fun with it! lol

Images from ElenaZinskiArt on etsy called 'tea party'

Items Used:

6x6 paper pad from the works

Black cardstock

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

Ranger glossy accents

Id love to enter this card in the following:

https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2024/01/ch-85-kuchen-und-oder-muffins.html

https://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/2023/12/548.html  (eating/drinking)

https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/challenge-94-birthday.html

https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2024/01/challenge-9.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/01/double-ds-eighth-birthdayanniversary.html

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and card 2 i made for Sophie uses a Gorjuss girl stamped image a friend sent me, she is huge so the card size is 8x10"   She was the perfect sise for these aall&create butterfly wing stamp which i stamped onto acetate so Sophie can detach the butterfly girl and hang in the window as a sun catcher.  

Sophie's favourite colour for now is green so Ive gone with a mainly green & blue colour choice, with orange as a contrast.

Using A3 cardstock i made up my base card and die cut a frame, the middle piece from the frame i dry embossed with a cloud embossing folder.  On the frame I used blue and green distress inks and stamped sophies date of birth and the month using aall&create stamps.  I stencilled on some foliage with the same inks. 

I stamped the butterfly wings onto acetate, coloured on the back with alcohol markers and cut them out.  I water coloured the gorjuss girl with distress inks, cut out and attached the wings behind her.  I added a small piece of acetate to the back of her head, punch a hole and set an eyelet so that she can be easily hung in the window.  I then attached her the card front with ribbon and twine, leaving the rest of her unstuck she swings with movement. 

I die cut the sentiment from a scrap of orange satin card and adhered to the bottom and then die cut lots of mini butterflies from blue, green & gold mirror card and added them flying around.

Showing her at the window with the light coming through the wings

Items Used

aall&create stamps #322 'floral wings' & #455 'seasons'

Gorjuss girl stamp

crafters companion 8x8 cloud embossing folder

memory box dies 'mini butterflies'

Sizzix birthday sentiment die

Lavinia stencil

acetate

Alcohol markers

Thank you for popping by once again.  I hope you are keeping warm in the cold snap.  Big hugs Emmaxxx

 

Tea 'A hug in a cup' home decor project

 Good Morning everyone and welcome to April.  

So today im sharing the present i made for my mum for mother's day, I made this first and then used the same papers for the matching card.  MDF teapot and cups.  Combining mums love of flowers and tea.  

This first photo shows it hanging up, i connected them all using jewellery chain, its always nicer to drink tea with a friend so you have to have two cups ready.  

The teapot.  First i covered them all with patterned papers from a 12x12 pad, i then edged them all in gold paint, to give the effect of those bone china sets you get with gold rims. And of course tea has to be in bone china😊.  

I made the roses using my old favourite spellbinders spiral flower dies, this flowers are ideal for long term projects as once made up they are very study and take some battering, using a mix of papers, die cut rose leaves too, these i spray varnished with a gloss. Tea bag tag sourced from the internet, pearl clusters and metal charms to embellish and add interest. 

Close up showing the flowers better and the little teapot, chair and key charms.  This shows the colours better too. 

Close up on cup one

close up on cup two, i faced the handles opposite by design.  

Items used:  Spellbinders spiral blossom 2 die

Spellbinders bitty blossom dies

Papers all from B&M 'springtime bouquet' paper pad

Imagination crafts starlight paint 'gold'

MDF Teapot & cups from ebay

Distress ink 'picked raspberry' & 'Clover'

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Thank you for stopping by for a peek and all your lovely comments this week.  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a good start to the new month. Emma 

Tea's Up

Good Morning everyone from a lovely wet Cornwall.

So today im sharing the card i made for my mum for Mother's day.  I went with a tea theme this year as she does love her cup of tea!

First i made the table/table cloth using patterend paper and curved border die, cut some table legs from dark green card.  Die cut and paper pieced the cups, teapot and jug from various papers and dark green card to match the colours in the tablecloth. 

I added glitter glue accents to the flowers.  6x6" size.

This shows the dimension i added to the table cloth, and as i wanted the china to be sat on the table i used lots of glue gel,  I die cut a small spoon and fork in silver mirror card and placed on the top top. 

Again showing the table top, also as the front was quite heavy to counter balance i used the same papers to layer up for a matching insert. 

Im pleased to report mum loved it. 

Items used:  Patterned papers B&M 'springtime bouquet'

Joy crafts teapot & cups die set

Xcut 'tea party' die set

Spellbinders scalloped borders 2 (S5202)

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Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek and all the comments you took the time to leave on Monday, thank you for your condolence messages too.  I hope you are all keeping well. Hugs Emma