Flower Fairies Marigold ~ To A Special Auntie

Hello bloggers I hope you are well, had a good week and are ready for the weekend.  Today I have a fairy card for an auntie.

This card began as an A4 sheet of orange topsy turvy card stock that I cut and scored to make a DL card blank.  Next I stamped the topper image onto white card stock using black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion Flower Fairies 'Marigold' stamp set.  Once stamped it was die cut with Spellbinders 'labels 28' die set.  I then coloured the image using ProMarkers and inked the edge of the die cut shape with a ProMarker too.  The topper was then adhered to the top of the card.  Next I adhered a strip of lime green organza ribbon across the bottom of the card.  I then laid a strip of orange ribbon in the centre of the green ribbon.

The sentiment was stamped using the same stamp set as above and dried marigold distress ink.  It was then die cut with Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  I then inked the edge of the die cut with a ProMarker. The auntie text was die cut from some white card stock that I coloured with a ProMarker before die cutting it to get the colour right.  It was die cut using Tattered Lace 'family sentiments for All Occasions' die set.  The auntie wording was adhered to the tag.  Next I added a lime green brad to the tag and adhered it to the ribbon section of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Pretty Princess ~ Decoupage

Hello bloggers today's card is a sweet girl and her toys decoupaged.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First of all I adhered some purple floral patterned paper to the front of the whole of the card.  Next I began to pop out the decoupage from a decoupage sheet from my stash.  After popping out all the pieces I sanded the edges to remove the locking pips.  Once sanded I inked the edges with a black ProMarker.  Next I added foam tape to the pieces and mounted them all up.  The finished topper was then added to the card.  At the top I added  a pretty princess sentiment from the same topper sheet.  Finally I added a metal pink flower brad to a purple flower button  and then adhered them to the to left of the sentiment topper.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Makey Bakey Mice ~ Knit & Natter

Hello bloggers today's card was inspired by what I did yesterday. First I went to visit a friend for a long awaited natter to catch up on each others lives and then when I got back I began knitting a turban to which I am going to attach this crochet flower I made the other night.

So that's where the idea came from for the knit & natter card I have created for today's post.

This card began as a sheet of white hammered card stock that I cut and scored to make a card 5" square.  At first I adhered some pink gingham paper to the front of the card.  I then stamped my image onto white card stock using black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion makey bakey mice 'knit & natter' stamp set.  Once stamped I die cut it using Spellbinders 'labels 19' die set.  I then coloured the image using Pro-markers.  Next I stamped my sentiment from the same stamp set and using the same ink pad.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'back to basic tags' die set.  Once out of the die I inked the edge with the chisel end of a Pro-marker.  I added a felt covered brad to the tag hole and just flattened the legs over the back of the tag.  Next I adhered the topper and sentiment to the card.  Finally I added 3 small pink buttons to three corners of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

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

There's no business like snow business - snowman

Hello bloggers today we have another Christmas related card to cool you down in the hot sun.

This card began life as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  Using some white cardstock I inked through the 'snowflake' mask from That special Touch of Masks using tumbled glass distress ink.  Next I stamped the snowmen using black soot distress ink and Stamping with Dimensions 'snowmen' stamp set.  I then coloured in the crowns and face details using ProMarkers.  The sentiment was stamped using the same ink pad and stamp set.  A metal snowflake brad was added to the bottom snowflake of the mask.  Across the top of the card I wrapped some ribbon around and adhered it into place.  I then folded some more ribbon into a flat bow and wrapped a smaller piece around the centre.  This was all glued in place and then added to the ribbon on the topper.  The whole sheet was then cut down to size and adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel