Gothic Wedding

It's been ages since I've had the chance to add to my blog, but I wanted to take the time to show you an unusual request I had for a Gothic wedding card. The instructions were that it had to be in dark purple and black, with skulls and butterflies. 

This was the end result.   Not something I can say really appeals to me, I'm more a cutie sort of person, but each to their own.  I just hope that the bride and groom for who it is intended think it is great!

On Route to South Africa

Well it's 5.15 in the morning to us but we are sitting in a bar in Dubai airport waiting for our connecting flight to South Africa!  We have been looking forward to this trip for so long and are meeting my sister and brother in law there tomorrow as they are making their way from Spain.
We have so much planned for while we are there, I am sure I will come home brimming with ideas to turn into cards!
Just wish I was able to sleep on the flight here. Mark slept all the way, but I didn't sleep a wink! Hopefully adrenaline will keep me going until we get to our hotel later today!

On A Roll Now!

I have been busy making cards over the summer, just haven't had chance to put them on my blog, so here is another one I made for Joanna Sheen, using her gorgeous 'The Age Of Elegance' CD.

I used an 8 x 8 base card and layered green card on top.  I then cut some white card to size to layer over the top of the green card and embossed it with the Spellbinders M bossabilities 'Dainty Dots' embossing folder, which is just so versatile and elegant.  I tied a length of green ribbon towards the bottom of the white cards and then stuck it to the base card.
I printed one of the topper sheets from the CD and cut the main image using one of my Spellbinders dies, layering it onto cream and coffee coloured layers before fixing it towards the top pf the card using foam pads.
One of the smaller images from the topper sheet I punched out using my Epiphany tool from Crafters Companion and attached it to the ribbon with a tie, using the same ribbon as before.
I finished the card with some artificial flowers I had in my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

Joanna Sheen - Coffee and Cream
 

It's Been A Busy Summer!

Phew - what a summer!  It's been amazingly glorious of course, but also extremely busy both at work and at home and this is the first time I have had chance to blog for ages!

I just thought I would show one of the cards I designed for Joanna Sheen a while ago using one of the Grufflies stamp sets - 'Bearytastic Day'.

I wanted to show how a card can be made just using the small images which come on these stamp sets.  I randomly stamped the paper cases and chocolate image on white paper and coloured them in using Promarkers.  I cut the paper down to size to layer on top of a square card blank and brown card, colouring the edges of the paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink before sticking it down.
For the main image, I used the smaller images of the used coffee cups, which I stamped to the side of a computer generated sentiment and coloured again using the Promarkers.  I then cut the image down to size using Martha Stewarts Punch Around The Page punches along the bottom edge and top two corners.  I stuck a piece of striped coffee and cream ribbon towards the bottom edge and layered it onto another piece of brown card.
I stuck this onto the main card using foam pads, with a small doily placed to the top left hand corner.
I finished the card using paper flowers I coloured with my Promarkers and stuck pearls to the centre.
The colour combination for this card would go lovely with the blog giveaway by The Ribbon Girls  - use this link to visit their shop and see the amazing goodies they have on offer.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

Joanna Sheen - Coffee and Cream

Wedding Belle

I haven't had chance to blog for a while as I have been busy with orders and work, but I thought I would show you one of the cards my sister asked me to make for her friend that is getting married in September.

They all live in Spain, although the wedding is in England and, as his job is arranging golfing holidays on the Costa del Sol, and she works for my sister getting apartments ready for their owners arrival, the brief was to have the bride and groom walking through a guard of honour of golf clubs and something to do with cleaning!

I had a golf club in my stash and managed to find this cute broom on Ebay from the dolls house section.  The figures were cut using my trusted Cricut and the background is a picture of the actual church they are getting married in.

I added to the theme by giving the groom a buttonhole of golf ball and tee and the brides bouquet is a feather duster! Finally, a sentiment was added to the top using a spellbinders banner die.

I hope they like the card as much as I enjoyed making it.

I have entered this card into the Bearly Mine Challenge - dies or punches

Also make sure you check out the great giveaway by The Ribbons Girls
giving you everything you need to beautifully embellish any wedding card.

Pennies from Heaven

I found a really sweet poem on the Katy Sue Designs 'Grandma's Button Box' CD, which inspired me to adapt it a little and create a card based on the old Bing Crosby song - Pennies from Heaven

This lovely Magnolia stamp, aptly named 'Beautiful Tilda' seemed to fit the theme perfectly as my little Angel, tossing down the penny, which has landed in a flower bed!

I'm not sure if you will be able to read the poem, but here is the inside of the card with the poem written in it

Talking of things Heavenly, The Ribbon Girls are giving away a fantastic blog candy this week of hemp twine and vintage pink Anenome flowers.  Have a look and put your name down for a chance to win by the 18th.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
 
Joanna Sheen - Music and Lyrics
Time For Magnolia - Mothers Day
Bearly Mine - Lucky Dip - I used Diecuts, gems and flowers
Tildas Town - Something Old, Something New

Ice Cream Tilda

Well, summer still hasn't arrived properly yet, although we had a brief taste of it last week, so I thought to get in the summer mood, I would make a card using the lovely Tilda and big ice cream stamp.

 

 The flowers on this card were made from tissue paper which had been wrapped around something I had bought previously.  I punched three layers for each flower from two different sized flower punches.  I found this worked best if you sandwiched the tissue paper between two pieces of copier paper and you can easily cut out the three layers in one go.

The leaves were cut using the Magnolia Doo Hickeys fern die and the swirl for the top flower was also a Doo Hickeys die.

I made it into an easel card to fit the criteria of the 'Time for Magnolia' challenge.  I hope you like her!
 
I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Recycle
Tilda's Town - Happy May Day/Flowers
Time for Magnolia - Easel card & a Magnolia stamp
Ribbon Girl - Magnolia Only, add a die cut
Marvellous Magnolia - Special Lady