SpecOwl Delivery

Today I am sharing a birthday card made for someone very special, so I decided to use this lovely image of a barn owl, which is his favourite bird.

For my 6.5 x 6.5 inch base card, I used the Dreamees 300gsm chocolate cardstock and then added a shimmery green layer which I created using the avocado sparkle dinky inkie ink pad from the new Shades of Sparkle collection.

I ran the avocado ink pad along the rim of a measured square of Dreamees kraft card to create the illusion of my shimmered layer of card and then added another layer but from the Totally Timber paper pad. 

For my next layer, I used the corrugated embossing folder with a piece of the wood grain design paper from the same pad to add some texture.

I printed out the matching charisma twice on glossy card, for  SpecOwl Delivery die by Tattered Lace which is from the Autumn Allure collection and decoupaged it using pinfair glue gel. I also die cut a plain panel of design paper fro the Totally Timber paper pad for behind the frame of the owl. The colour and texture of the paper seemed to tie in with the die very well.

I made a few flowers using the Build a Peony stamp which have been stamped and heat embossed with bright white embossing powder on pink card. I thought the flowers would tie in well with those on the image.  I also used the sentiment stamp from the Dreamees fire lillies stamp set.

Sometimes you can't always find the right shade of card to blend with your patterned papers when making a card so having these inks that tie in with the design paper in this Shades of Sparkle collection has been a real bonus for me as I can now create me own cardstock layers too.

Enjoy your day, whatever you have planned.

Happy Crafting

Autumnal Wishes

Greetings! The card on my blog today is an Autumnal one which was made for my friends birthday.

Even though I'm always drawn to pinks and purples, I do love the colours of Autumn and with the beautiful paper pads from the Dreamees, in particular, this one I have used today, Autumn Haze, I made a decision to swap flowers for Autumn leaves.

One of my well used Dreamees stamps sets, the Fall & Foliage; which has been stamped onto some coordinations Tim Holtz textured card stock that I had left in my stash, then inked around the edge for a more natural looking leaf.

I find the Dreamees precision scissors a godsend for cutting these out.   Even though I find cutting out a struggle these days, as a crafter who loves making their own flowers and creating a project from scratch, giving up something you love doing is the last resort, so, you wind it down a dozen notches and just go with the flow.

Cut Bun was stamped on craft card. I love  Hayley Bignall's style of drawing all her character stamps and flowers they are simply adorable.

Using the Loops and Lace doily die with one of the design papers from the Autumn Haze paper pad, I added the leaves in a semi circle with a few for the bunny to sit on.

I also added a textured layer by using the Make an Impression Corrugated Embossing folder also by the Dreamees with some coral card that had been inked with the walnut sparkle second gen dinky inky.

My 8x8 card has a kraft card base and I have added some purple frosted berries from my stash purchased in a bundle of lovely colours by Anna Marie at a Craft Show a few years back some plum 4mm Dreammee pearls to finish my card off.

Enjoy your day whatever you are doing.

Happy Crafting