Embossing Folder........

I thought I would try and have a go at making my own embossing folder with some die cuts after seeing something similar on Pinterest ( yes I am addicted lol).

The first thing I used was some spare scraps of card ( some bits had practise stamping on which is perfect, mine will not now be going in the bin). Then I used a Britannia Large Flower Die and cut quite a few out.

 

I then stuck four of the flowers on top of each other ( the embossing came out rather deep so possibly 2 or 3 would have done) practise makes perfect lol.

 

The next step, I glued them onto a 5x5 piece of card.

I don`t know why but Blogger is not letting me upload more than one picture at a time bah humbug so it is taking me longer as I am having to come out everytime ggrrrr, if anyone has any ideas why please help.

The next step I ran it through my Grand Calibur. This is the embossed side.

 

This is the de bossed side. The line down the centre is an old a6 card and not part of the embossing folder.

 

I think I shall be playing a bit more to see what other dies I can use. Hope you enjoyed my short tutorial..... A first for me.

 

I have now had a play with a fleur De Lis punch and layered 2 together and that works too although not so deep, I suppose it will depend what thickness of card you use

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monochrome....

Good evening to all my lovely followers and hello and welcome to Lavinia, I hope you have all had a great day crafting.

What a day it has been here very grey and chilly for most of the day so what better way to spend the time making a card with the Indigo Blue free stamps from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine they are lush, and in between I had to do the mundane job of H.......k.

For this I just had to do a monochrome card as it was just perfect for the stamp I used.

 

1. 7x7 white card.

2. Indigo Blue stamps

3. stamped image with Versamark then heat embossed with Heat it Up Black Sparkle, layered it onto black card then white card and once more onto black.

4. Stamped border strip with flourish from same stamp set in Memento Ink.

5. Diecut the flower with Britannia medium flower die

6. Added ribbon and jem from stash

 

I would like to enter this into:-

http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ #1 Anything Goes

http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ #82 Ribbon

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/new-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ No DP

 

 

 

Where has the time gone.........

I cannot believe that I have not blogged since February ooops. I think my mojo went on a world cruise with a slow boat to China, luckily I had made my granddaughters card before it went awol. I even tried looking at Pinterest for ideas and inspiration but my brain just did not want to know.

Thank goodness it came back as it is my great granddaughters 1st birthday on the 8th May, time goes by so quick. I had seen some onesie cards on Pinterest and thought I would have a go and make a template for one. I must admit I am quite pleased with my first attempt. Firstly I will show you the card I made for my granddaughter who loves anything purple.

I made the card shape with my own template on a 8x8 card.

all card and mirror card from stash.

Tonic dies Decorative Holly Rings.

Tonic dies Cocktail

Tonic dies Party Heels

All Occasions Happy Birthday dies.

Brittania Dies Large Rose Die.

McGill Designer Pine punch.

Ribbon from Dunelm.

Onesie

 

I used my template on a large pre scored white card.

Then cut again on Pinflair Flower card pack which I won.

added lace and flower ribbon to edges from stash.

Sentiment made in MCS then

die cut with Spellbinders Floral Ovals.

Teddy image is from Jems Designs PeekaBoo cd

Heart jems from stash

Here is the template if you want to try it.

Take it into any graphics programme to enlarge or decrease or maybe use my measurements.

click image to enlarge the right click to save. Apologies for the black marks, did not realise my scanner wanted cleaning.

 

 

These would make fab invites for a baby shower if made smaller.

 

I am sorry I have not been on all your blogs of late but I needed time away. I shall do my very best to visit and leave comments for you all.

 

I would like to enter the Onesie into:-

Susy Bee`s Bloomin Challenge#24 - Anything goes

Scribble and Scratch Challenge~16 - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze#37 - Anything Goes

In the Pink Challenge#41 - Anything but a Square

Glitter & Sparkle Challenge Blog#80 - Anything But a Square

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

Tulips....

Hi everyone, hope you are all keeping well :).

I meant to upload this on Friday and it went completely out of my head, I blame my age lol.

I was looking through Pinterest and came across a tutorial for making a card with Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles and just had to have a go, you can find the tutorial HERE
  I decided to use my Tulip digi for this one, which is available in my Digi shop above along with all my others.

A. Spellbinders Timeless rectangles cut twice in white card.

B. Tulip digi coloured with Promarkers.

C. Distressed the edges with Versa Color in Canary, then layered onto card.

 

I would like to enter this into:-

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/f-is-for-flowers.html

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  use a Digi

http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/challenge-12-always-anything-goes-3.html

http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  Flowers

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ Flower Power

 

 

 My hubby loves the Minions ( bless him lol ) so made a fun Valentines card for him.

 

A.  7x7 white card.

B. the rest made with scraps from my stash.

 

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

Pansy Time....

Hi to you all...... Are you completely fed up with all this wind and rain!!!!!!!, I know I am. Roll on the summer, sending hugs to all that have been badly effected and hope you are all safe and dry.

Just for a change I have had my Promarkers out and practising my colouring, one or two images have ended up in the bin lol. This is my first which is my Pansy image that was a freebie on a post lower down in my blog, please help yourself if you have`nt already. My second was of my Tulip image which I will show a bit later.

 

 

1. 7x7 white card

2. My Pansy image coloured with Promarkers

3. I was short of black card so I took some white card and coloured the edges with black Promarker.

4. I embossed white card with That Special Touch Mask - Moroccan from Creative Expressions and inked with Dusty Concord and Versa Color - Canary.

5. Used my own template to cut round the image and used Canary again to do edges.

6. Sentiment Die Cuts from All Occasion Dies

7. Ribbon from Dovecraft and jems from stash.

 

I would like to enter this into....

 

Through the Craft Room Door..  Anything Goes

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/.. Add a Sentiment

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/#28 Anything Goes

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

Sisterhood....

I hope you have all kept safe and warm with all this horrible weather about. We have been pretty lucky here. I just found out today that I got top 3 again with my One for the Men card woohoo go me lol.

 

My card this week is a fabulous image from Mitzi Sato-Wiuff of......

 Stamps by AuroraWings and her images are totally amazing. This image is a freebie from her upcoming Challenge Blog which you can find HERE.

She also has a facebook page Stamps by AuroraWings.

 

I must admit this has taken me a couple of days to create as I have only ever coloured faces a couple of times before so I am still in my infancy so please be kind but I would also appreciate feedback.

 

The image is called Sisterhood.

1.  7x7 white card

2.  Image coloured with Promarkers

3.  Backing paper from Pinflair called Flourishes

4.  Layered with silver mirror card and black card

5.  Side Diecuts from Joanna Sheen Signature Dies

6.   Flowers from Cuddly Buddly

 

I would like to enter this into.....

Papertake Weekly Challenge   Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door  Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenges  For the Birds

Delightful Challenges  Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations  Wings, Fantasy and Fiction

Divas by Design   Die Cuts

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

One for the Men....

Good evening to you all and a very warm welcome to my latest followers Dorothy H,  Debbie Fisher and Erin Bentley. I cannot believe I am only 10 away from 300 followers, thank you all so much.

 

I cannot believe its been nearly a week since I last blogged, I have been making cards but for some reason I did not get round to posting.... I`m blaming Pinterest for taking all my time up lol along with other things.

 

Last week I decided to enter a few challenges with my Rose card ( see post below) and surprise I got top 3 over at Incy Wincy, I just could not believe it, that really made my day, perhaps I should enter a few more... what do you think?.

 

Now onto this weeks card I decided to make one for the men or new home

1. 6x6 Black scallop card

2. Creative Expressions Village stamp

3. White card embossed with polka dot embossing folder 

4. lamp stamped and cut out and clear gloss over the top.

5. black Ribbon, candi and sentiment stamp from stash.

 

I would like to enter this into..

Crafty Cardmakers and more... Black and White

Creative Inspirations.. Stamping

Dream Valley Challenges.. No Designer paper

Through the Craft Room Door... Anything Goes

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

Rose...

Hello everyone,   I hope you are all keeping well, sending huggles for those who are not feeling 100%.

Lets get the waffle bit over lol. I treated myself to the new Heartfelt Creations Raindrops on Roses dies and stamp last week and also an A4 embossing board so of course when they arrived the other day I just had to play :), first though I had to get the dreaded h-------k out of the way, boy it took ages... perhaps because I kept stopping for a cuppa, well you just have too lol. Once that was out of the way I then had to decide what I was going to do, as you can imagine lots of things kept popping into my head and I thought oh my goodness where do I start !!!!!!!!.

Well here is the first one, I had to write the other ideas down in case I forget.

 

8x8 white card used for this. The first backing is pink card from stash, I then embossed white hammered card with Picnic Plaid from Die`sire and inked with VersaMagic Pink Petunia. For the main image I decided it was time to get the Promarkers out and and used my own DIGI Image... ROSE, colours used were Blossom, Antique Pink, Pink Carnation, Pine, Grass, and Leaf Green, so glad I printed 2 off as I completely mucked the first one up, still need to practise and hopefully will get there one day lol. I then diecut the Raindrops on Roses and corner die from La-La Land Crafts.

Then I realised I did not have the right colour ribbon.... so off I trot to Dunelm (10 mins away from mine). Shock of shocks they are getting rid of their craft so not much to be had there, luckily the haberdashery dept had loads of ribbon. Last thing added was stick pin from stash.

I would like to enter this into..
Diva`s By Design.. Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge.. Flower Frenzy

 Creative Inspirations.. Ribbon
In The Pink Challenge.. Diecuts/Punches
 

Chris xxxxx

 

Flowers again.....

Good afternoon to all my lovely followers, friends and passer bys, I hope your day is going well. What a day it has been here, we woke late this morning as hubby`s alarm clock did not go off for some reason so instead of being up at 6.45 it was 8 and hubby had to be at work by 8.30, talk about rushing around phew it was exhausting lol.

Well that really put me out of sorts, I was going to do so much today, but in the end I could not be bothered so I decided to have a play with some of my dies and I am quite pleased with the finished card unlike the other day when I used some freebie sewing stamps. Got the card made which I thought was ok but have now decided I dont like it one little bit so it`s in the bin.

Waffle over lol here is my card..... Hope you like it

5x5 white card

Kanban Garden Vistas backing paper which I roughened the edges with scissors then inked with Versa Magic Ink Pretty Petunia. Spellbinders Decorative Labels One cut out in white, then cut  same paper to fit inside. Rose leaves from Signature Dies, McGill punched Designer Pine, flower from Brittania Medium Die sentiment die cut from All Occasion Dies.

I may well have to try this on a bigger card with more flowers.

 

Chris xxxxx

 

Cameo..

I cannot believe we are half way through January already, and it has been absolutely ages since I last blogged oops. Life does get in the way at times.

While I was having a tidy in my craft room last week I came across some cameo`s that I bought from Lakeland when they had a craft department, now that is awhile ago lol, so of course I had to have a play.

 

6 x 6 black scalloped card

Backing Paper was a freebie Prima Botanical Collection pad from

Simply Cards & Papercraft

Cameo from Lakeland

Spellbinders Floral Ovals

La-La Land Corner die

Marianne leaf die

Brittania Dies Medium Rose Die

lace from stash

black card from stash for backing the cameo

 

I really enjoyed making the flowers from scrap bits of card.

 

Thank you for popping by

 

Chris xxxxx