Wedding Day

This card was made for a very special couple for their wedding day.  My friend Claire and I created this from the scraps left over from the wedding favour's ... it will just match everything beautifully.

 

The  photo itself has come out a little dark, in real life the colours just look so natural.  The base card is 8 x8 and made using cream pearl card.  We have added another base of pearly white paper.  On top of this there is a base of hessian the leftovers from the favour bags, together with the lace and the gorgeous green ribbon which is the colour of the bridesmaid dresses.

 

  The cake has been made using the stencil from sweet poppy and white paste coloured with lettuce green alcohol ink, a sprinkling of fine glitter makes it extra special.  The tag from magnolia, a do hickey die has been stamped with "on your wedding day" from clarity stamps.

All finished off with pearly swirls and paper flowers.  A beautiful card  we hope you would agree X x

Easter Sunday

Hello, and Happy Easter to all of you out there celebrating with the Easter Bunny.  I have two cards to post today.  The first is another flip top card, using a stamp set from papermania and is very appropriate as I had a hot cross bun for my breakfast this morning!

Instead of using pens or water colours to colour in my Easter characters I have dabbed a sponge lightly onto the ink pad and then stippled this on to the card after stamping, just to give a hint of colour.  I think they have turned out rather well and is a happy alternative to colouring in.

The second card I have made also uses the the Easter characters but this time I have decoupaged them and placed them as though they were looking over a wall.  I am not sure that the ears, chick and egg have come out very well in the photo but I have coloured them in using fluffy paint. and sponged in the same way as the first card.  The edge punch is from Martha Stewart.
Have a wonderful Easter week end and I will be back again soon.  Elizabeth X x

On the twelfth day of Christmas

HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you.
I love this card, it says it all... with the presents wrapped and the wine open all that is left is to enjoy a lovely christmas dinner, whether yours is turkey or something else have a wonderful day and I will be posting again soon X x

For the tenth day of Christmas countdown

Another really enchanting card from the 'enchanted' collection by papermania.  The card is a stepper card, I have kept the decoration simple but just loved making this one.  The background paper is from the set of papers and decoupage.  To make the icicles on the front I used a martha stewart punch (if you use it the other way up it looks like grass! - a really clever idea).
The bauble was cut from fantasy film, I have used fantasy fibres inbetween then passed it through a dotty embossing folder.  Got to go now as I still have presents to wrap! Thank you for poping by see you again soon x x

For the seventh day of Christmas countdown

That little bit of snow soon came and went!  But I don't mind, it was more like a thin white blanket in our garden for a short while, it will be back later in the winter and with it a chance to build plenty of snow men!  In the mean time a very favourite teddy has built his best friend and is sharing his christmas carols... this is a lovely card. I have used a border die to cut the stars and threaded it through with ribbon.  The sentiment is one of a collection from Lili of the Valley, and the snowflake is punched from vellum using martha stewart's 'arctic snowflake' punch.  I hope you enjoy your day and see you again soon X x

For the fifth day of Christmas countdown

Another snowy card.  But don't you just love the little character, he is from lily of the valley, I really love their stamps.  I have stamped him and coloured him in using a blender brush and my ink pads, this gives a really subtle look.  To get the snowball effect I have used a 'mask' with my versamark pad.  Removed the mask and sprinkled a sparkly embossing powder over the top, this gives a wonderful wintry effect.  The card and papers are from stamping up and the punches used were from Martha Stewart, all put together on a Kraft coloured background.  Thank you for joining me, see you again tomorrow X x.