Cookie Jar flowers Birthday card

 My card today is one with cookies and flowers, two things that I love and this one was made for my sister in law a few months ago.

Last year I sent it to their old address my mistake, as they had just moved and this year, I nearly forgot to put an insert inside, as I always add a personal verse inside. Next year perhaps, I will get I right.

I wanted to use these beautiful chrysanthemums from the  Tattered Lace Pressed Rose collection because not only are they huge as die cut flowers go but they look so life like too. I added the foliage from some Fleurs dies that I had which matched these flowers perfectly.

I also used the mason jar from the  Grandmas Kitchen collection by Tattered Lace, along with the two smallest dies from their cookie cutter die set for my biscuits, then added a little swirl of pearl drops for icing on the top. I also die cut an acetate panel for the front of my jar to complete the look.

The backing papers were printed onto some cream velvet card from my stash using the Grandmas Kitchen USB collection. This paper just gives my card a more textured feel for my shabby chic styled card. I then used the large lacy circle Lace die by the Dreamees along with their oval border die to make the panel for another layer.

A little white lace and dusky pink taffeta ribbon between the layers and sentiment in the style of a recipe label (also from the usb) to finish the card off with some rose pearls.

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I thought it would be a change to add a sentiment to the front of one of my cards.

I was attempting to make smaller cards earlier in the year but the size is creeping back up as I do like making 7 and 8 inch cards when I have flowers to add to them.

Fortunately, I was able to give her the card this year as we saw each other before the second lockdown. I think we are all hoping for better things next year or even an improvement on this year at least, but more importantly, stay safe, healthy sane where possible ......

   Happy Crafting

Birthday Roses Card

Today I am sharing a birthday card made for my sister-in-law with a decoupaged topper of roses. It is also my DT card for our blog challenge this month on Daisy Chains.

 For my card I have used: -

• Tattered Lace Rose Bush die and matching charisma paper. Free charisma download for the Pressed Rose collection
• Tattered Lace Fresco diamond frame dies
• Tattered Lace zig zag triangle die
• Glittered/embossed paper pad from The Works
• Snow white centura pearl cardstock
• Dreamees apple green 5mm flat backed pearls
• Tattered Lace rounded corner essential diamond die (for sentiment)
• Tattered Lace sentiment die from the Hexagonal Heaven A4 sentiment set
• Ranger glossy accent for morning dew on the roses

I thought the roses on the cardstock matched up with the rose topper really well and particularly liked the citrus green cardstock which is a good sturdy quality.

I used  4 parts of this 5 part die set the outer die to get the overall shape of the topper in the polka dot apple green card with the embossed glittered dots.

The lacy triangle panel with the centre oval die and the centre lacy panel using snow white centura pearl cardstock.

I liked the soft edge of the zig zag rectangle die with the same paper as a layer which was them backed onto some more snow white centura pearl card.  I saved the patterned rose backing paper for the last layer so that it wouldn't take too much detail away from the decoupaged roses on the front.

I decoupaged two of my rose die cuts with pinflair glue gel for some dimension, adding some glossy accent for dewdrops on the petals and leaves.

The Dreamees pearls matched really well, to finish the card off.

Unfortunately, my card got lost in transit so my sister-in-law never received it, which is such a shame and I was gutted as any crafter would be but never mind, these things happen. I hope the recipient enjoyed it whoever they were.

Have a look at the inspiration from the rest of the design team and what our crafters have been making for our blog challenge this month.

Happy Crafting

Michelle

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Open book card using - Rosie

Sharing my DT card for the challenge over on Daisy Chains Blog Challenge this month with the theme  "flowers."

I particularly enjoyed making this card and really love this combination of dies from Tattered Lace, which fit this months theme perfectly.

I absolutely adore this Rosie die from the Pressed Rose collection. The Rosie die was exclusive to Create & Craft TV but the download was free to download from their website. Unfortunately, it sold out within the first half hour of the show and was a one off. The rest of the collection was so popular that it didn't last long either.

Rosie's dress layers up perfectly as a rose I also used some of the flowers from the collection to accompany it.  For the card base, I used the Tattered Lace Notebook die set and some shabby chic papers from my craft stash. I also added a little shimmer to her dress using a Spectrum Noir sparkle clear overlay pen.

The deep embossing on the flowers along with the colouring from the matching charisma papers makes the flowers look so lifelike.  These were printed on 250gsm white super smooth cardstock.

I was really pleased with how this card turned out. A special card for a special girl.

Rosie

Notebook

Have a look at the rest of the design teams inspiration for this month over on Daisy Chains as well as the blog entries.

Happy Crafting