Heart with blossoms card

 Good afternoon everyone, bit showery here today but  still warmish !  Today I have another DT card made for  'Beccy's Place'  to show you.  This time it's using Beccy's 'Heart with blossoms' digi image. I really enjoy using Beccy's lovely flower images & this was no exception. I used my heart nesties to make an easel card for a  change. I just cut and resized Beccy's image for the  front part and for the matching small heart too.I  decoupaged two of the pretty flowers and added some  pearls .These flowers are so pretty I would also  cut them out and use them separately on other cards. Have a lovely day everyone, I am going  to be making some  rhubarb and ginger jam now :)  ps. A big welcome to Eret as my newest follower and also now fellow team DT member for Beccy's Place too :) Please don't forget today and tomorrow are the last  days to enter Beccy's 'August challenge'  too. For a chance to win some of her super digi's or  be chosen as guest DT for Sept !  

 Card Recipe Image   'Heart with blossoms' Beccy's Place Card    Linen card white Promarkers & Copics Pearls from stash Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Challenges  Repeat Impressions DCC829- Flowers challenge I love Promarkers Must use Promarkers #132 Anything goes Penny's challenge # 91 Sparkle & shine

Wedding bands card, box and tag

Good morning everyone, another lovely sunny day here today. I have another DT card  made for 'Beccy's Place' again using Beccy's digi image 'Wedding bands'. I also made a box and a tag. Such a pretty wedding image to use,it  just  had to be pink of course lol. A big welcome to my latest follower too, welcome aboard. ps. I made a card yesterday using my new dies, a more elaborate card than my usual CAS style. It took me almost the whole day to complete it  though, just as well I am not on piece work ! I will post it soon :)

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Card Recipe Image   'Wedding bands' digi 'Beccy's Place' Card   Linen  white Copics and Promarkers Butterfly   clear stamp cArt-Us Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Sentiment    Computer generated Box Heart nesties Damask  (?) Cuttlebug embossing folder Lace from stash Organza ribbon   Wild orchid crafts Roses   Wild orchid crafts Butterfly ( see above) Pin  The  hobby house Tag  Image ( see above) Ribbon from stash TH distress ink ( for edges) Picked raspberry Sentiment    computer generated Roses   ( see above) Copics and Promarkers

Be unique card

 Good morning everyone, bit cooler today  here so  it's an  ideal time for a crafting session I think. It's week 82 over at 'Less is More' & this time it's a Recipe which is.......... 3-2-1

"All that you need to do is to incorporate 3 of something,

 2 of something and 1 of something else!"

Well that sounds an easy one this week, thankyou so

much Chrissie and Mandi , us LIMettes do like easy

sometimes :) My three 'something's' are three butterflies,

two strips of card ( the blue ones) and one gem. More PP

 brocade papers again I do love them ( as you may well

 have guessed by now lol).I am loving using blue too for

a change, maybe it's all the heat we have had lately,

 such a cooling colour blue.Sorry rambling again I fear,

I will just show you my card now :)..... have a great

 bank holiday everyone  whatever you have planned !

 

 Card Recipe

Card   Linen  white

Papers   Pink Petticoat Brocade Duck egg blue

Sentiment   Pink Petticoat New Simple Sentiments

Butterflies   Tonic punch coloured with Promarker

Heart gem from stash

Glamour dust

Quickie glue pen

Challenges  'Less is More'

ATC & cards with Attitude week one Anything goes

CAS-ual Fridays Banners & flags

The Poodles Parlour Things with wings

Daffodil card

Here is a card I made as guest DT for  the lovely Chrissie over at  'Christine's digi adventure'.I have known Chrissie  a long time,as we both started crafting around the same time.  She draws some beautiful digi's now too, do pop over & have a look HERE,or link on my sidebar too. Chrissie kindly let me use her beach huts image recently. I posted the card image a  while ago ( but will add it here too as a reminder if you missed it.).  Here is the daffodil digi, such a pretty image, I  enjoyed colouring  it too.Check out the other DT cards on her blog & all her other  great digi's also.Have a lovely weekend everyone whatever  you have planned.We have just had our grandson  Charlie  here for a visit again  today. I swear they both grow by inches  every  time I see them just lately !  

Reminder of the beach huts digi & card

 

 

Card Recipe Image    Daffodil digi 'Christine's digi aventure' Card Linen white Papers   Papermania Lemon Sorbet collection Sentiment    computer generated Nesties   Curved rectangles Promarkers Chalks   Dovecraft Butterfly punch   tonic studio's ( tiny one) White pearls from stash Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Challenges   Digidoodlesshop #122 Use pearls Movingalongwiththetimes  Anything but a square Papercraftingjourney   Anything goes Papelitosstamps  celebrations

Lion card

Good afternoon everyone, another lovely sunny day again here. Today I have  another DT card ,made for 'Beccy's Place' the  last in the safari animal digi's set. This time it's a 'Lion', most appropriate for me seeing as I am a Leo. I decided to go for a very bright card for a change. The image reminded me of a lion basking in the midday sun, surrounded by lots of sunny yellow. So I used distress ink for my card , I hope it reminds you of the hot sun we have had lately ( well here anyway). The summer arrived after a long time this year and was most welcome.A big  welcome to my latest followers too.Do look at Beccy's August challenge too for a chance to win some of her digi's or be chosen  as a  guest designer for September. ps. I have had terrible mosquito bites on my legs. I always react badly  to them anyway but these looked horrid.Serves me right sitting in the  garden one night later than usual .They are getting better now I  am glad to say.  

Card Recipe Image   'Beccy's Place' digi 'Lion' Card   Linen white Nesties   Labels 2  Ink   Distress ink   TH Mustard Seed TH Antique  Linen Gems from stash coloured with a Promarker Challenges  StampwithSarahKay #175 Animals Whoopsidaisy  add a sentiment  Craftycatz #146 animals  Pinkgemchallenge #53 animals or teddies  Great impressions anything with animals

Rhinoceros card

 Good afternoon everyone !..... bit cooler today but still in the  twenties here. Loving all this glorious summer weather, I hope you  have it too. Here is another DT card made for 'Beccy's Place'  again. We are still following an animal theme and this time it's a 'Rhinocerous' . I think Beccy has drawn some amazing animal digi's. Just one more to go then we have a wedding theme :) I used some Pink Petticoat papers again but this time I cut into them to make them look like grass.I coloured him as if he had just  been wallowing in mud....well I think it's a he . Have a great  day everyone !  

Card Recipe Image   Rhinoceros digi 'Beccy's Place' Card Linen white  Pink Petticoat  paper Woodgrain new leaf Promarkers

Swirly sea card

It's week 81 over at 'Less is More' & this time it's a theme Tearing I decided to use my watercolouring paper for a change. I didn't make the mistake of using it as a card base this time as I find any card warps when you wet it....lesson learned  there. I just used them as panels , the swirliness of the blue  reminded me of water and foam swirling around, although  it could also be sky too I suppose.Anway I went with a sea  theme and added white embossed swirls and then some deeper  blue inking .I used some tearing at the bottom of each panel & added some glamour dust amongst the 'spray' .I will add a sentiment when I decide who to send it too. ps. another hot day here again, we are in and out of the pool . My son and family came yesterday and are coming again today lol ....the draw of the cool  swimming pool is enough I think. My grandson  joined us too this time for a brief paddle  and loved it, pic below.  

 

Card Recipe Card   Linen white & watercolour paper Watercolours  Windsor and Newton (?) Stamps   Anna Griffin  clear stamps ( old set ) Ink   Color Box Frost white Versacraft   Ultramarine Embossing powder   Heat it up Seafoam white Glamour dust   Crystal Quickie glue pen Challenges    'Less is More' theme Tearing

Yellow flowers card

Good morning everyone, hope you are well and enjoying this fabulous weather. Summer has arrived at long last! Just had a lovely swim ( we have an above ground outside  swimming pool) , managed to get it cleaned and sorted at last. Not an easy job, hoovering/adding chemicals etc. but we got  there in the end. We are expecting our youngest son and family  for a swim later and a bbq :) Just got time to add this card with the yellow flowers on I added a tutorial for yesterday. Then I am off to make scones for afternoon tea and more swimming again. I think  these flowers look far better on a card than they did just by  themselves do you agree?? Have a good weekend everyone  whatever you are planning :)  

Card Recipe Image   Braid in my hair ( A day for daises digi) Card   Linen white Papers   Papermania  Lemon sorbet Butterfly stamp   cArt- Us Nesties   Curved Rectangles Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Promarkers & Copics Flowers   handmade ( see tutorial on previous post) Challenges   Cardcrafterscircle challenge #36 Rich & earthy colours Craftpunked challenge #33 Flower power Dillybeans challenge  Bright colours SNSDC67 3D flower embellishments   

Flower tutorial

Hi everyone,another hot day here again, hope you have the sun too. I have been asked by a few people to do a tutorial on how I make my handmade flowers.Not that I am at all brilliant by any means  but they look ok...I think. I have tried several methods and adapted  other tutorials I have seen so won't leave links to other tutorials here. There are plenty about if you look  but these are just what I found  works best for me. I will just show you pictures as I am not into  doing videos etc. I am afraid :) First I cut my flower shapes out. These will make two finished flowers , I make mine two at a time  anyway.You will need three flower shapes for one basic flower,  but feel free to add as many layers as you please. I often use four or five. You can either use fancy scissors or dies/punches but you are after a round shape ( if using fancy scissors) or any flower shape you choose if using dies. If using  fancy scissors cut a circular shape then starting  from the edge  go in concentric circles until you get to the middle.Then you just use a cocktail stick and wind it around loosely,let go, then glue  at intervals. Colour the same as below, either with a Promarker or distress inks. When using dies I found I like the TH Rose Creations dies or the TH Tattered  floral dies best & also an Xcut punch too for the smaller middle flower.  I use card mostly as it stands up to 'wetting' better than paper  but you can  use paper if you want. Just make sure the paper is quite  thickish  though. Here I used some linen  card 255 gsm, I use bits left  over from making my square cards. I first cut six flower shapes, four from the die below & two cut with the x cut punch. Then   I used a yellow Promarker (  Summer sun or Canary) to  shade  the edges. I then take the first two I coloured & lightly spray with water, don't wet too much. Start to crinkle them, ( that's a technical term he he). I wrap the ends around a pencil and squidge them a bit side to side and up and down.Do it VERY gently or it will tear. I then dry them using my heat gun, holding them down with a pair of tweezers. The next two flower shapes are coloured with some distress ink ( I used TH mustard seed). Just dab it all over,( I  dab the ink onto an acylic rectangle, then I  use a sponge ,then spray with water again.That part is VERY messy, your hands will be yellow....very yellow! Crinkle as before and dry those also ( if you are impatient like me...otherwise leave until dry.) Colour the remaining two flowers with the Promarker again but  this time colour it all over. Crinkle, then dry.These last two flowers  are crinkled a lot ! 'scrunch' and 'crinkle' them well :) Leave the last ones crinkled almost completely as you dry them  as they are for the centres.He he... so much 'crinkling' and 'scrunching', even I am laughing at this description now! All  very technical terms you  understand ....ahem. Right next we have 'assembly', the easy part I am  glad to say.I use Anita's tacky glue but any strong glue will do really.  Start with the flower you edged with the Promarker,add a bit of glue to the  centre then atatch the next flower. Then add the next one, then the  'really scrumpled' up one in the middle.I add random bits of glue to some  edges, then cover with glamour dust. That's it, two pretty flowers. .......................well I hope they are lol. Hope that was clear enough. I will make a card with these two flowers next just to show you how  they look on a card :) Update!....I added a card with these flowers on the next day, see next post !  New update July 2013.......I tend to use TH distress inks to colour my flowers now.  

   

I used 4 of the bottom flower shapes here ( Tattered Floral Die)

I used 2 of these flower shapes

Here they are cut out

Coloured edges and right one is wetted and crinkled

Two right ones crinkled, middle ones are done with distress inks & crinkled, right pair still left white

Last two on left coloured with a Promarker

After colouring and 'crinkling'

After assembly !

Dot bits with glue & add glamour dust for sparkle !

Elephant card

Good morning everyone ! we have lovely hot sunny weather here today, I hope you have it too. It's my DIL's birthday today so we are on babysitting duties later. Just time to post this card. It's another DT card made for 'Beccy's Place' again, another of her sarafi animal digi's.I think such a lot of people love  elephants so I hope this is a popular image with everyone. Anyway enough rambling......here is my card with Beccy's lovely 'Elephant' digi. I used my ribbler/crimper again for the white layer and added some stripes with a Promarker too.  

Card Recipe Image   'Beccy's Place' digi 'Elephant' Card   Linen white Pink Petticoat papers   'Woodgrain' in Golden rod Nesties   Deckled rectangles Promarkers Tools   Ribbler/crimper Clear gems from stash

 

Camel card

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you all have this lovely hot  weather today. I sat outside for a while but it was boiling, so I have come inside for a while to do this post.  Here is another  DT card made for 'Beccy's Place' again. As you can see we  are still on safari yet lol. This lovely 'Camel' digi image was so  easy to colour . There are another three images to come yet in this  series, an Elephant, a  Rhinoceros & a Lion.All such outstanding  digi's too, I just didn't know which to play with first ! I used PP  papers  again and also my ribbler/crimper to add a bit of texture  to the card.Hard to see though, it's the stripey bit which is  horizontal here. I used Beccy's uncoloured image which comes with a matching sentiment. There are three images with this digi, (as with all of this  particular set) a  coloured one, a black and  white one and a black and white one with sentiment.  Don't forget Beccy's August challenge too!  

Card Recipe Image   'Beccy's Place' digi   'Camel' Card   Linen white Promarkers Ribbon    from stash Gems  from stash, coloured with Promarkers Papers   Pink Petticoat   Ribbon stripe Sand colour Tools   Crimper/ribbler

A little birdie told me....

It's week 80 over at 'Less is More' & this week it's the dreaded ..........  One layer card  and this time the subject of your creations should feature Fur or Feathers These are just two very quick cards this time as I have been sooo busy I haven't had much time to play.Sorry if I missed leaving comments for you last week also. ps. our big family party went very well btw. and the weather was  brilliant for once too.   

Card Recipe Image   Digi stamp boutique  'A little birdie told me' Card   Linen card Nesties   Labels 18 ( top card) & Labels 2 Promarkers various Chalks  Dovecraft Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Challenges   'Less is More'