Live Everyday ~ Lillies

Hello bloggers I can not believe that we are almost at the end of March already times does seem to fly by these days.  Onto today's card with a sentiment and flowers.

This card began as an A4 sheet of pink Topsy Turvy card stock that I cut and scored to make a card blank 4x4.  Next I cut a piece of pink glitter card to slightly smaller than the card blank to form a mat.  This was adhered into place.  Using black soot distress ink and Creative Expressions 'festive florals' stamp set I stamped the Lily image onto white card stock.  Once stamped I fussy cut it out and coloured it using ProMarkers.  Next onto white card stock I stamped my sentiment using the same stamp set and ink pad.  The sentiment was then die cut using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  The sentiment was inked around the edges with a pink ProMarker and then it was adhered to the top left of the card.  Finally the lilies image was adhered to the bottom right of the card.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel

Birthday Smiles ~ Looney Tunes Porky Pig decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope you had a lovely day yesterday we had glorious sunshine, so I managed to get into the garden for a pre-spring tidy up.  Today's card is a cheeky Porky Pig birthday card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of Centura card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5" square card blank. First I cut some blue pearlescent paper down to slightly smaller than the card blank to form a mat, this was then adhered to the front of the card.  Next I printed out a porky pig backing paper and decoupage topper using Looney Tunes CD-ROM.  Once printed the elements were fussy cut out.  The decoupage topper was layered up using foam pads.  The porky pig backing paper was cut to size to make a smaller mat for the front of the card.  Next using some blue pearlescent paper I die cut a mat for the topper using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  The mat and topper were adhered to the card.  Finally I added a sentiment from the same sheet to finish off the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Mother's Day ~ Bunch of Flowers

Hello bloggers I hope you had a great day yesterday, again we had sunshine here in the UK, but snow is forecast for Friday. :(  Today's card is for Mother's Day and has been made using handmade paper.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I cut a mat from some red card stock slightly smaller than the card blank and adhered it to the card.  Next I cut some turquoise handmade paper to slightly smaller than the red mat and adhered it to the front of the card.  In each corner I added a faux pearl.  The topper was stamped using staz-on ink black and was stamped using a stamp from a stamp club so I can't remember which stamp this is.  It was then coloured before being die cut using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  Next using the same red card stock as above I cut a mat for the topper using the same die set.  The mat and topper were added to the front of the card.  Finally using a 'Happy Mother's Day' stamp and black staz-on ink I stamped the sentiment onto red card stock.  This was then punched out using a circle punch before being adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Engaged Is A Wonderful Place To Be ~ SWALK

Hello bloggers I hope you are all well and had a good day yesterday.  Thankfully I was well enough to do some crafting which resulted in today's card.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I stamped my topper onto white card stock using vintage photo distress ink and Crafter's Companion SWALK  'engaged' stamp set.  Once stamped this was die cut using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with tattered rose distress ink.   Next I die cut the ribbon banner using Spellbinders 'ribbon banner LG' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked through with tattered rose distress ink.  I then stamped the sentiment with the same stamp set as above using Victorian velvet distress ink.  Next I cut some pink handmade paper to 5x7 and laid it over the card.  I then adhered the topper and sentiment to the handmade paper. I then added adhesive to the handmade paper but only in the areas that the topper and sentiment were so that the adhesive didn't show through the handmade paper.  Next using some red handmade paper I die cut two hearts using Marianne Creatables 'hearts' die set.  Once die cut they were adhered to the top of the card.  Finally I coloured the hearts on the topper with a red ProMarker to give the topper a little colour and to tie in with the red die cut hearts.  My original idea was to colour the topper but i then decided it didn't need it.            

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Birthday ~ lounging bear upcycled

Hello bloggers today I have a card made by upcycling an old card.

This card began as a pink A4 card stock that I cut and scored to make a card blank 4x4.  Next I adhered some floral patterned paper to the front of the card.  I then die cut my old card using Spellbinders 'labels A' die set.  Onto glitter card I drew around the outside edge of the same die and out it out by hand to give a mat for the topper.  The topper and mat were adhered to the card.   Finally a sentiment from my stash was added to the top right of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel