Mr Bear

Here in the UK, it is Father's Day on June    In honour of Dads, Grandads everywhere I made this card for my Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with a Die design inspiration.

I used the Sizzix Die Loving Bear to create this using brown card and a pearlised gold for the frame. The background and sentiment were created using Serif Craft Artist.

Make sure you pop over to HLS Anything Goes with a Die to join in with the June challenge. There is a prize!

I am entering my card into the following challenges :

Crazy for Challenges - Make it Masculin

Craft for the Craic - Masculine

Calendar Girls Craft Challenge- Father's Day

Through the Purple Haze - Use a Die

All is calm, All is White

Its very rare that I use white on white in my projects, but I am pleased with the result. The inspiration started at The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge. I am so hoping that I can finish this challenge, but as the big day gets nearer the days get busier!

I took inspiration from Linda's tag in the form or the three small tags, the snowflakes and flowers. 

First I embossed the background with a snowflake embossing folder and my Sizzix machine. Then I applied Perfect Medium and WOW! Embossing Powder  - Hologram Sparkle. The tags were cut with a die and the snowflakes punched from silver mirri card. The letters are Thickers which I have had in my stash for some time! I mounted the tags onto the background with foam pads. The flower embellishment was made from the same embossed card stock and vellum, cut with the Tattered Floral Die. I finished the card off by mounting it onto grey card and then Silver Centura Pearl.  So now its onto stage 8 of the challenge!

I am also entering these challenges:

Crafts Galore  - Christmas

Crafty Musketeers - Layers

Christmas Card Challenges - No Stamping

Glitter 'n' Sparkle - Add some Glitter and Sparkle

Crafty Hands - Sparkle and Bling

Simply Create Too - Snow or white only

Wired Heart Card

Its that time of year for hearts and flowers! This card I have made for a couple of years and is proving to be one of my best sellers in my online craft stores. So I thought I'd finally get round to sharing it with you!

I cut the heart with my Sizzix machine and then wrapped it with wire threaded with beads. The background is cut with decorative scissors and inked with Distress Ink. Finally I used alphabet rubons for the greeting.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Craft Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage.
Happy Daze - Love is All Around
Totally Papercrafts - Make Your Own Embellishments
LadyBug Crafts - Love

D for Dry Embossing

This week at The Alphabet Challenge we have reached D which is for Dry Embossing.  I made my card using embossing folders and a Sizzix machine. I used Core'dinations card stock to emboss the butterflies and then sanded it down afterwards. Do go over to the blog to see more inspiration and to join in the challenge.

Other challenges I am entering :
Samuel Taylors Crafts - Butterflies

Love is in the air

I'm slowly catching up on my blog posts, I have been snowed under with card orders this week! At Its Crafting Time, the theme for this week has been pink, white and red. Love is in the air at the moment, so I made this card with that in mind. First I die cut the birdcage and bird from the Tim Holtz Sizzix die from pink card which is embossed with dots. I lightly distressed the card with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. I fixed these to the card with foam pads. The heart I diecut from a Sizzlits Sizzix die "Hearts". For the sentiment I used the saying from the Creative Expressions Birds stamp set. I stamped it onto a die cut heart using Versamark ink and embossed it with WOW Apple Red super fine powder. Finally I added pink spotty ribbon and paper roses to decorate. Visit the online shop to buy the items you need to make this card.


Other challenges I am entering:
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Love is in the air
Fussy and Fancy Friday - With All My Heart
Crafting When We Can - Valentine / Love

Vintage Sewing Card

Today it is my turn to share my take on this week's theme at Its Crafting Time which is Newspaper. I used newspaper print paper from the Tim Holtz Lost and Found stack of papers to make this card. Firstly I die cut the mannequin from the Sizzix Sewing Room die out of card covered with newspaper. I then dry brushed this with white acrylic paint and then edged with Walnut Ink Distress stain. Before attaching this to the card I pleated dusky pink seam binding across the front. The tag I made from a digital sentiment and layered onto a tag, again distressed with Walnut Ink Distress stain. Using the cotton reel die cut from the same Sizzix Sewing Room die, I made a covered reel of cotton using embroidery thread. 

Grungy Monday (10 ) Entry

This week's challenge at Grungy Monday is to use Tim Holtz's Distress Inks. I used Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire. The text stamp is by Crafty Individuals. I diecut the Sewing Room elements and then embossed the mannequin with an embossing folder. I then applied the Distress Ink. I then wrapped the cotton reel with variegated cotton.

Also entering Just For Fun challenge which this week is anything Tim