Flowers are the music of life ~ button florals

Hello bloggers today I have a delightful floral card made using the button florals stamp set.

This card began as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  To the front I adhered some pink pearlescent card stock.  Next I made a mat 5.5" square using some red waxed paper.  I then embossed it using That Special Touch Mask 'polka dot'.  Using some pink ribbon I wrapped this around the top corner of the red paper and then back round the opposite bottom corner where I tied a bow.  The mat was then adhered to the card.   Next  using a circle punch I punched out a circle from pink card and stamped onto it a sentiment using staz-on black ink pad and Creative Expressions 'button florals' stamp set.  A mat was cut for the topper using some lilac pearlescent paper and Spellbinders 'floral doily motif' die set.  The topper and mat were then adhered to the card.  Using some 2" wide strips of paper I scored and concertina the paper to make some concertina flowers.  On one flower I added a brad and another I added a button the other two were left bare.  Next I die cut some foliage using green ribbed paper and Spellbinders 'foliage' die set.  These were adhered to the card with the flowers.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Back to School ~ spots and dots

Hello bloggers today we have a card for everyone going back to school, college or university as the holidays are nearing an end here in the UK.

The photo doesn't show up the colours very well, the cardstock and papers are green with the spotted cardstock being a jade green colour.  This card began as a white hammered 6x6 cardstock.  To the front I adhered some silver textured holographic cardstock cut slightly smaller than the card blank.  Next using some jade coloured topsy turvy cardstock I embossed this with That Special Touch 'polka dot' mask.  I then inked through the mask with clear perfect medium.  Cosmic Shimmer 'true white' embossing powder was then poured onto the perfect medium dots and then this was heat embossed.  Next I cut the cardstock to make a mat and adhered it to the card blank.  Using Crafter's Companion Popcorn The Bear 'school days' stamp set I stamped the topper image using black soot distress ink.  This was then coloured with ProMarkers and die cut with Spellbinders 'labels H' die set.  I also cut a mat from the topsy turvy cardstock using the next die up in the set.  This was turned over so the lighter colour was showing and adhered to the card.  The topper was then adhered on top after inking the edges with a ProMarker.  Next I stamped the sentiment using the Crafter's Companion 'flower fairies friends heliotrope' stamp set and evergreen bough distress ink.  This was die cut using spellbinders 'labels 14' die set.  A mat was also cut using the same die and jade topsy turvy cardstock.  The mat was cut in half lengthways and adhered to the back of the sentiment.  This was attached to the card on the top left side.  Finally with some jade coloured ribbon I tied a bow and adhered that to the top of the sentiment.

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge 240  ~ Spots and Dots

You can check out the details here: http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/challenge-240-spots-and-dots-and-goodbye.html

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 283 ~ Back to School

You can check out the details here: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/challenge-283-back-to-school.html

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 96 ~ Back to  school
You can check out the details here: http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/challenge-96.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Hello bloggers,  I hope you have all been enjoying the beautiful weather I know I have.

Today's card is a fairy card, I just love the greens in this card.

I began with an A6 card blank in white hammered card stock.  Using a polka dot mask I inked through the mask using peeled paint distress ink to create the background for the card.  Next from some silver mirror board I die cut a mat for the image using a Spellbinders die (sorry can't remember the die name) and Labels 14 die for the sentiment.  I then printed the image topper from A Walk in Wonderland CD from My Craft Studio and die cut it using the same die as the mat but a smaller one and turned it so the dies were offset.  This was then adhered together and to the card blank.   Next using some green pearlised card stock I cut piece for the sentiment.  The sentiment is a sticker from Katy Sue Designs, which I adhered to the green mat.  This was then added to the silver mat and all mounted onto the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel