Feathers

Hello everyone

Happy Australia Day.

Below are two cards I have made for FatCats Card Corner using the Crafty Ann Feather die set.

I'll list the other dies I have used below each card.

The embossing folder is the Crafts Too 5x7 lattice

Corset is the Cheery Lynn Corset with Angel Wing 

I made the Dream catcher by cutting a circle with a couple of Spellbinder circle dies and then wound ribbon around it, the center is the Memory Box Whimsy Circle Die.

I created the background by cutting some of the feathers and used them as masks to sponge on some ink.

Thanks so much for visiting

Enjoy your Australia Day.

Best Wishes

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all safe,whether it be from the heat, cold or wet depending on where you are from and the weather you are having at the moment.

We have just had four days of over 40° C here and am happy that today is much cooler.

This card I made a while back and haven't shared with you, I don't know the maker or brand of stamp this is, it was a gift for my birthday.

I coloured her with copics, and used Spellbinders Floral Ovals to cut her out.

The flowers are made from Martha Stewart's Hydrangea punch and a small daisy punch.

The leaves are the Elizabeth Craft Designs Curvy Leaves and the Poppy stamps Lovely Tendril.

The hearts are Impression Obsession Heart Stems and Best Wishes is a Cherry Lynn Die

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR 

I hope it's filled with love, good health, happiness and of course lots of crafting.

My family had a wonderful 5 days away camping for our Christmas and although the weather wasn't the kindest we still all had an amazing time.

Not a lot of card making has been done since getting home so I'll share one I made before Christmas.

I have discovered a love for old Singer sewing machines and have been lucky enough to be able to purchase two.

I have a 1906 15K model converted to electric but I'd love to get an old treadle cabinet to put it into, and I also have most recently got an 1929 99 model that is a hand crank.

So when I found this digital image I just had to colour it and make a card.

The embossing folder I used is the Couture Creations Entangle which reminds me of the stippling quilters do on their quilts and the other dies used are from the Di-namics Sew Nifty set.

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today.

The Geisha

 Hello  Everyone

I've not been doing a whole lot of card making other than Christmas cards lately but I did put together a card using The Geisha digital stamp which I bought from Prairie Fairy Designs   I coloured her with copics, fussy cut her and then layered her onto a Spellbinders Floral Oval. The flowers I made using Sakura punches and the leaves are Curvy leaves by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Roses

Hello............

I got out my spellbinders Rose creations die set and made some roses, I wanted to see the difference between using card stock and paper, the ones on this first card I made with the card and the yellow ones were made with paper, I'm still not certain which ones I prefer so will probably continue using both when making them, most likely depending I on what colours I have on hand when needing to make them.

The colour on these cards looks like a tan colour but is actually a dark/dirty dusky pink.

I also used the Spellbinder Foliage die for the leaves and I made these by sponging Peeled Paint Distress Ink ink onto a piece of white card stock cutting our the leaves and then sponging more of the Peeled Paint round the edges of the leaves.

Also used on the above card was the Spellbinders Basic lattice Die.

The Joanna Sheen Signature Die Flourish Corner.

The Joy Crafts label 2 Tag tie.

and the butterfly is from the Stamp It siset034 stamp set.

On the card below I also used one of the dies from the Spellbinders Floral Ovals Die set.

I cut apertures in the front of the cards and placed the Basic lattice in behind adding another layer of the card stock on dimentionals on the inside behind the lattice.

Using strips of waste paper

Hi Everyone.............

Do you have a box or drawer full of all those little pieces of design paper that you can't bare to through away.

I have and decided to use some of them by making striped backgrounds for my cards, I cover a piece of card stock slightly bigger than I need for my card with a piece of Jac paper (double sided sticky sheet) or you can just stick your strips on with whatever method you use for adhering your layers, then I just start sticking on my strips when finished I trim the piece to whatever size I need for my card. For my card below I used ½ inch strips but you could use any size even odd sized strips and you don't have to lay them straight like I have, lay them on an angle or whatever else you can come up with.

Herr's the list of dies I used for my card .......

 Poppies Stamps Petite Four Die

Marianne Craftable Circle Die

Die- namics mini Royal Rose Die set

Joy Crafts Billes Flourishes leaf 2 Die

The bow I think is Memory Box Perfect Bow

and the sentiment stamps is from the Stamp-it set siste046