Flora Grande

Hello, I have another card I designed for J&C Creations using Heartfelt Creations Flora Grande 2 stamp set.

Using the smallest flower stamp 5 flowers onto yellow pearl paper using a Memento Cantaloupe dye ink pad and cut out.  Go over the lines with a Promarker Sunflower pen to define the petals better.

Die cut a lattice using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Expandable Patterns Basic Lattice die (S5-151) from brown pearl card to resemble a wooden trellis.

Die cut some of the foliage from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage Two (S5-129) and arrange these and the flowers on the "trellis".  I used Stickles Glitter Glue in Orange Peel for the flower centres.

All the items in red are available from J&C Creations on-line shop.

The background paper is from a First Edition Hideaway pad.

Tattered Flowers

Hello, today I have a card I designed for J&C Creations.  I have used one of the Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms Swirls stamps and coloured the image with Promarkers.

The die is Spellbinders Floral Ovals and the mauve crepe paper flowers were cut with the Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms die.  The leaves are cut with Spellbinders Foliage Two from green Core'dinations card.

The backing paper is from a First Edition Dreamcatcher pad matted onto mauve Core'dinations card.

Ruby Anniversary

Hello, today I am showing the card I made for my dear friend's Ruby Wedding Anniversary today - not that the colour gives it away!  I hope it is safe to post it now as they rise very early in the morning and will be preparing for loads of guests arriving later.

The fronds are a new Magnolia DooHickey die called Sprawling Ferns but to me they look a bit like feathers.

Distressed Birthday

Hello, today I have a birthday card using Fishtail dies and Core'dinations card.  I have distressed all the turquoise card.  I am not sure now about the colour of the raffia though.

J&C November Challenge - Floral Delights

Hello, today I have the card I designed for J&C Creations Challenge for November - Floral Delights.  Pop over to the Challenge website to see all the team's entries and details for entering your card into this challenge to win a £20 voucher to spend on their website.

Items used from J&C Creations:

Heartfelt Creations Delicate Aster Vase stamp (HCPC3498)

Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements – Decorative Labels Eight (S5-148)

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight (S5-019)

Marianne Creatables Flower Set (LR0145)

Marianne Creatables Anjas Leaves (LR0226)

Memento Tuxedo Black

Versafine Imperial Purple

Coconut card

Fab Scraps 12 x 12 paper – Organic Herbs (C47007)

Mauve pearl brads (x3)

Sticky foam pads

Lavender & Green card

You will also need:

5” x 7” blank white card

Promarkers: base Ice Grey 1 and 2; leaves – Olive Green & Marsh Green; background – Satin & Vanilla; jug – Khaki & Pastel Green; asters – Lavender, Orchid & Amethyst; aster centres – Sunflower & Gold

Winsor & Newton Iridescent Watercolour medium

  

Method:

Stamp the Delicate Aster Vase stamp onto coconut card using the Memento ink.

Colour with Promarkers.

Using mauve card, die cut a label using the largest Decorative Labels Eight die and cut out the middle using a Labels Eight die.  Paint the frame with iridescent medium if required.

Using the Fab Scraps paper, die cut 3 flowers using the Flower Set dies and paint with the iridescent medium.  Assemble using the brads.

Using green card, die cut 2 leaves with the Anjas Leaves die.

Stamp the sentiment from the stamp set using the purple ink and cut out the words when dry.

Gold Tatters

Hello, today I am posting another card created for J&C Creations (phone 01622 729154 to check for availability of the items I have used).  

The backing paper is Script Pointsettia by Penny Black on cream card.

The white pearl card is embossed with a snowflake embossing folder and inked over with a glue pad so the raised parts are sticky and then sprinkled with gold glitter.

The snowflakes are cut from gold mirror card using Spellbinders Shapeabilities 2012 Snowflake Pendant (S5-117).  I have used the middle die and the small die together top right of the card and the largest die is under the flower which is die cut using a Sizzix Bigz die - Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals.

I cut the first flower using red mirror card and the second using gold laced material.  To assemble, match the material die cut onto the mirror card die cut and then glue them together.

The sentiment is from Tim Holtz idea-ology Seasonal chitchat stickers. 

The Snowman

Hello, this is another card I designed for J&C Creations.  The backing paper is from the Wild Rose Studio Xmas Bella paper pad plus a bit of pink mirror card.

The Snowman is die cut from a Marianne Creatables die - Snowman (LR0246) using Coconut card, coloured with Distress Markers and matted onto an oval cut from holographic mirror card using Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements Floral Ovals (S4-356).

The Snowflake is die cut using mirror card and Marianne Creatables Snowflake (LR0125).

The flower is a Gardenia (plus added glitter glue) from Wild Orchid Craft and the leaves die cut using silver mirror card and Marianne Creatables Mistletoe Twigs (LR0245).

Unfortunately the sentiment doesn't show up very well but it is from the Penny Black T for Transparent set Christmas Cheer using pink pigment ink.

Blue Anniversary

Hello, this is the second anniversary card I made.  

I have used a page from Bo Bunny Weekend Market Collection with a die cut image from Little Clair which I bought at the Sincerely Yours craft show in Biggin Hill in September.  The words are cut using Britannia dies again.

This one is a bit LIM for me and another reason why I don't enjoy doing men's cards particularly - I like flowers not wooden buttons with a bit of twine!

Pink Anniversary

Hello, I have been away for the weekend down to Battle.  The hotel was very comfortable but apart from Saturday, the weather was awful!  We couldn't walk the battleground at Battle Abbey because the rain had turned it into a quagmire and it had been closed on safety grounds!  Still, it was a lovely rest.

Today's card uses an old Hobby Art wooden stamp called Blooming and has been coloured with Polychromos pencils with Sansodor.  The background pink foiled card is Hunkydory and the paper Spring Flowers from cArt-Us.

The flower is 2 die cuts from the middle-sized Tattered Blossoms die from Heartfelt Creations and available from J&C Creations.  The leaves are from the Magnolia Doohickey Leaf and Swirl die.

The "Happy Anniversary" has been cut using Britannia word dies.

Snowflake Rosette

Hello, today I have a card designed for J&C Creations using a Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Snowflake Rosette die.  I have also used a Marianne Creatables Snowflake die (LR0185) and a Cheery Lynn small Merry Christmas die.

The backing paper is by Best Creation (GP172) and the white snowflake cut from foundation paper.  All these are available from J&C.  The backing card is Core'dinations.

Contemporary Christmas

Hello, Today I have the card I made for J&C Creations October Challenge - Contemporary Christmas.  If you pop over to the J&C Creations Challenge website here you will find all the details of how to enter.

This is a take on the article in November's Craft Stamper called "Glittering Ice" by Joanne Allison on page 12.  I have used the same embossing folder - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fade: Cracked but used the snowflakes from Spellbinders Shapeabilities 2012 Snowflake Pendant (S5-117) and Marianne Designs Creatables Snowflakes (LR0125) both available from J&C Creations on-line shop.

I used pearl card for the embossing and silver mirror/glitter card for the snowflakes.

Candy for World Card Making Day

Hello, Today is World Card Making Day 

J&C Creations are celebrating by running an extra challenge and offering one lucky winner the fabulous candy shown in the picture below.

J&C will draw the winner next Saturday - 13th October so you have plenty of time to enter.

To be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize, J&C would like to see your cards celebrating "Friendship".  To find out more about what you need to do for the challenge, pop over to the J&C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog by clicking HERE to see all the details.  You will also find some cards by the Design Team to give you some inspiration.

Here is my card:

Wishing you lots of luck.

Cozy!!

Hello, today I have a card designed for J&C Creations.  The image is from a Penny Black wooden stamp called Cozy!! and coloured with Promarkers.  The background paper is Papermania "Home for Christmas".  

I have used a Spellbinders Nestabilities Majestic Elements Exquisite Circles for the mats and Fall Foliage for the green branch and pine cones.  The flowers are from WOC.  The berries and ribbon are from stash and the sentiment is from LOTV Christmas Grungy Messages 

Delicate Twining Asters

Hello, today I have an "inky" Anniversary card using one of the new Heartfelt Creations stamps available at J&C Creations called Delicate Twining Asters (HCPC 3496).

I have used just 2 Distress Inks to colour the image and the stencilled background - iced spruce and seedless preserves.

One Scoop!

Hello, today I have a card I designed for J&C Creations.  The stamp is a Penny Black wooden stamp called One Scoop!

The backing paper is Echo Park Very Merry Christmas.  The Poinsettia is LR0121 and the doily is Winter Birds - LR0186 both Marianne Creatables dies. I have used glitter and Frant-age Shaved Ice for the snow.

The sentiment is from the Penny Black Slapstick stamp - Carolling Penguins and I have used a snowflake punch.

All the items in red are available on the J&C Creations website.

Blooming Anniversary

Hello, today I have a card with a stencilled background using a mask with Adirondack Color washes.

The butterfly stamp is from Crafty Individuals, the leaves from Cheery Lynn and the flower is a die from Simon Says Stamps called Bella Bloom.

One Scoop!

Hello, today I have the card I designed for J&C September Challenge - Cute Christmas!  Please pop over to their Challenge Blog to see what the other designers have come up with and enter the challenge as Jenny & Denise are offering a £20 voucher to the winner to spend in their on-line shop.

If you have any questions please email me.

Items used from J&C Creations:

Penny Black wooden stamp One Scoop! (one of the new releases)

Glitter

Ranger White Opal liquid pearls

Holly Leaves from Marianne Creatables LR0127

Marianne Creatables LR0205 Fence

Artificial Snow eg Stampendous Fran.tage Shaved Ice

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

A4 Coconut White Foundation Card

Green card

You will also need:

White 6x6 square card

White pearl card to fit the base card

Crafts Too Embossing folder - Sleigh

Red organza ribbon

Promarkers

Artificial snow

Red gems for holly berries

Small poinsettia flower

Merry Christmas sentiment

  

Method:

Emboss the white pearl card with the Sleigh embossing folder and attach to the base card.

Die cut 3 fences using LR0205 and the holly leaves from LR0127.

Attach the fences across the card about the level of the snow line left by the embossing folder.

Attach red ribbon under the fence.

Attach the image to the card over the fence.

Make a bow and attach with the poinsettia over the centre of the bow.

Attach the holly leaves to the top left of the card.

Add glitter to the tassel and “fur” of the cat’s hat and artificial snow to the image, fence, sentiment and holly.

Dot liquid pearls around the cat.

Dainty Dancing

Hello, today my card is a quick one using one of the die cuts from the newest release from LOTV Mini Masterpieces and this is on Sheet 22.  The name is from the rubber stamp they sell with the same image.

I have used Dovecraft's Princess Fairytale as the background paper and the flower was from Craftwork Cards

Christmas Tag

Hello, today I have posted a tag I made for J&C Creations showcasing Tim Holtz products.  I have used Bigz Alterations Tag & Bookplate and Holly Branch dies with some recycled christmas decoration berries, some tinsel and sparkly ribbon.  

The bookplate has been embossed with metallic powder and the letters are Alphaparts.  The background was coloured with distressed inks and I went over them with the new Distress Stain Brushed Pewter.

Tranquil Scene

Hello, today I am showing the card I made for my dear friend's birthday.  I experimented with a sentiment but wherever I placed it it spoilt the design so I put it inside instead.

The beautiful paper is printed from a CD by Artylicious called Essence of Nature and I love the colours but I think they look better in real life.  The stamp is by Clarity.