Retirement card using the Christmas Rose stamp by Chloe Endean

I made an 8  x  8 inch  Retirement card using Chloe Endeans Christmas Rose stamp. This stamp never ages in my opinion. Its a good size with lots of detail and easy to cut out, especially effective when embossed onto vellum.

The Christmas Rose was heat embossed with super fine Wow metallic silver embossing powder onto turquoise vellum with crystal gems in the centre.

I used white centura pearl cardstock for the card base then layered it up using  Tattered Lace pearl lace circle nesting dies, with more white centura pearl, silver rainbow mirri card and turquoise centura pearl just under the white lacy layer so you can see the colour to coordinate with the flowers.

On the last circle die I have also die cut it using The Dreamees square lacy divine die. I then heat embossed the leaves from the Dreamees sweet sunflowers stamp set onto acetate using Chloe Endeans glitter embossing powder mix in Hollywood Hills.  I used Pinflair glue gel to stick the flowers onto the card and also on the leaves which have been slotted in under the largest topper on the card.

Finished off with some woven ribbon. I added quite a few pages inside the card for people to write their goodwill messages and for pictures and memories to be added inside as a keepsake book.

As this card has a lot of dimension,  it needed a handbag box envelope to keep it in. I carried on the theme with the leaves by using them on the envelope.  I use my large envelobox scoreboard by Crafters Companion to make my dimensional boxes.

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Sweet Sunflowers Birthday Card

For this month's lots of layers challenge over on Let's Craft and Create I would share my

sunflower birthday card made with my Dreamees Sweet Sunflower and matching dies which are also available from Create & Craft depending on stock.

First I stamped the sunflowers stamps out onto the Dreamees Velvet cardstock, which has a lovely suede feel to it.

This cardstock not only stamps but takes the ink very well, giving lots of texture to your project.

 I used a combination of the Spring/Sumer and Autumn/ Winter dinky inkies to colour the sunflowers.

Using the dies I cut out the sunflowers, there was a cd rom which came with this bundle for the other dies in this collection.

I layered up the flowers and then put together my layers for the card.  I was going for a more rustic look to the card, so went with a kraft card base card, driftwood backing paper from my driftwood paper pad from The Works. It was then layered up with some green satin board (from Create & Craft).  I also used the border from the Dreamees square lace die collection. The sentiment is also from the stamp set.

A little lace and some chocolate Dreamee pearls to finish it off.

Follow the link to the Let's Craft and Create blog challenge and have a look at the other projects the rest of the design team have been making and I hope it inspires you to join in too.

Happy Crafting!

Fleurs - Fleurs Flower Dies & Flower Forming Foam Collection Launch - DT samples

Following the launch of the Fleurs flower dies & Mulberry paper Collection launch on 6th August on Create & Craft TV.    I thought I'd share my DT samples with you. These dies can also be purchased directly from Tattered Lace at  www.Crafting.co.uk.  I had the following dies to work with using their flower forming foam.

Edge to Edge Dahlia Dies

An embroidery ring New Home plaque using flower forming foam from the crocus patch collection.  The edges of the petals have been inked to give the flowers a more natural feel to them.

  

Using the same Dahlia flower and leaf dies I have made an acetate front easel card. The flower forming foam is also from the crocus patch collection, using the palest colour in the pack which has then been inked again to give the flowers a different hue of colour.

A DL card using the same crocus patch flower forming foam colour collection but using one of the yellows from the marigold collection for the centre of the flower and Tattered Lace diamond trellis die

Edge to Edge Daisy Dies

An abundance of daisies were my thoughts behind this card, using the forget me not flower foam collection and one of the yellows from the marigold collection for the centre of the daisies. I have used the palest colour in the collection and inked it for a pinky hue.

A flower bauble made using the forget me not flower forming foam and glittered on the tips of the petals. These dies and foam are very versatile to use in many forms of craft.  Make your own baubles and sell them.

  5 x 5 daisy card made using the forget me not flower forming foam and with marigold centres. I have used card to coordinate perfectly with the flowers which I have made more compact.

I had an odd daisy left over so made a magnet out of it.

Edge to Edge Chrysanthemum Dies

  A book of flowers using the chrysanthemum dies and sunflower/marigold flower forming foam with the

 Tattered Lace nested book die.

A gatefold, diamond panel A5 card made using the chrysanthemum dies and crocus patch/herb garden flower forming foam.

A selection of Charismas, papers and projects can be downloaded directly for free from Tattered Lace.

Happy Crafting

ATCs Shine

For this months blog challenge over on Daisy Chains I decided on something different for the anything goes theme.  I have made a set of  ATCs (Artist Trade Cards).

For these ATCs I used the Shine Bright and The Ripple Effect Visible Image stamp set.

The inks used were Tim Holtz spiced marmalade, evergreen borough and scattered straw distress ink.
I used a few drops of glycerine, which helps the ink blend and glide across the watercolour card.

Love this combination of colours and as I am using the Shine Bright stamp set, I thought that they would be an ideal combination.

I heat embossed the smaller lightbulb and 'shine' stamp onto watercolour card using black embossing powder.

Using a blending brush with a few drops of blending solution and the Tim Holtz scattered straw distress ink I coloured the inside of the light bulb and around the 'shine' wording, then cut them out.

Being a lightbulb, I decided it needed a glow so coloured the bulb with a spectrum noir clear sparkle overlay pen.

Using one of the Visible Image The Ripple Effect stamps I heat embossed around the cards using gold superfine Wow embossing powder.

I backed the card onto some orange coordinating cardstock and stuck the lightbulb on with pinfair gel glue to add a little dimension.

Pop over to the Daisy Chains blog using the link and have a look at the inspiration the rest of the design team have been making this month.  Why not have a go too.

Happy Crafting