Live Your life ~ Spellbinders

Hello bloggers I hope its not too wet and cold for you, we had terrible storms the last few days.  Today's card has a green theme and could be used for any gender, age or occasion.

This card began as a sheet of A4 black card stock that I cut and scored to make a 5.5 square card.   First I cut some green striped  paper to size to make a mat for the topper and adhered it to the card blank.  Next I made the mat for my sentiment using Spellbinders 'lace doily motifs' die set and some green polka dot paper.  I then used the same die to cut another mat from some green pearlescent paper.  Using staz-on black ink pad and Polka Doodles 'sensational sentiments' stamp set ( I stamped my sentiment into the center of the green pearlescent mat.  Next I layered up the mat and the sentiment topper and adhered them to the card.  I added some faux pearls to the sentiment mat.  Finally I added some buttons to the four corners of the card two of them have words on them 'joy' and 'laugh'.

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

Father's Day with Cadbury Dairy Milk

Hello blogger's today I have a card from yesterday (couldn't show it until it had been given).  It's a father's day card but could easily be used for a number of occasions by changing the sentiment.

This card began as a 6x6 white hammered card blank.  First using some navy blue card stock I embossed it  using That Special Touch Mask ' cogs'.  Whilst the mask was still in place I inked through it with faded jeans distress ink.  This was then adhered to the card blank.  Next from some blue pearlescent paper I cut a pocket shape out freehand.  With a blue pen I added faux stitching to the pocket and turned the top over.  Here I added some blue buttons.  Using Polka Doodles ' sensational sentiment' stamp set I stamped out the 'Day' text using faded jeans distress ink.  This was then punched out using a 1.5" circle punch and the edges were distressed with the same ink.  Next using Creative Expressions 'sentimental sayings' stamp set I stamped out the 'Happy' text with faded jeans distress ink, punched it out with the circle punch and distressed the edges.  These were then attached to the card using foam tape.  The 'Fathers' text was created using faded jeans distress ink and some pearlescent paper which was stamped with clarity 'Letterbox' stamp set.  This was then cut down to size and attached to the card using foam tape.  Finally a bar of chocolate was added to the pocket to create a card and gift in one.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Celebrate!

Hello, bloggers today's card is all about celebrating.

This card began as an A6 hammered card blank.  Using That Special Touch mask 'spiral' I inked through the mask using fired brick distress ink.  Next I added some ribbon around the bottom of the card and adhered it inside with double sided tape.  On some white card stock I stamped out the main image three times using aged mahogany distress ink.  All three images were coloured with Promarkers.  The first image was kept complete and die cut using Spellbinders labels seventeen die.  The other two images were cut up to create decoupage for the topper.   I cut two hat pieces, one back leg and two front leg pieces as well as two arm pieces which I attached to the topper using foam tape.  Next from some red mirror board I cut out the same labels seventeen die as for the topper which is the largest die in the set.  It was then cut in half landscape to form a mat for the topper and attached using foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment straight onto the topper and then the topper was adhered to the card blank.  With some more ribbon I hand tied a bow and attached it to the ribbon strip.  Finally I added 3 red button using cosmic shimmer glue.

This card is being entered into the following challenges

Stampin for the weekend - Button it up

You can check out the details here http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/button-it-up.html

Cupcakecraftchallenge - 242 Lots of Layers

You can check out the details here http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/cupcake-242-lots-of-layers.html

Craftybootschallenge -  Celebrate!

You can check out the details here http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/celebrations.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel