Friends are like bras...

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  I made a few cards for different occasions whilst the pain killers were working.   Today's card is for that friend who is always there for you when you need them to be.

This card began as a white 5x7 card stock.  First I took Kanban 'lace' stamp set and victorian velvet distress ink and stamped it twice onto some white card stock.  This was then cut down to size and a piece of pink ribbon was adhered over the join and completed with a hand tied bow.  Next I stamped my sentiment using black staz-on ink pad and Creative Expressions 'frilly things' stamp set directly onto the stamped lace panel.  Onto some pink pearlescent paper I stamped the bra and pants using the same frilly things stamp set and black staz-on ink.  It was then die cut using Spellbinders 'labels D' die set and then adhered to the bottom of the lace panel.  Next I adhered some pink pearlescent paper to the front of the card and then added the lace panel on top.    The topper was adhered to the bottom of the card.  Finally I die cut the smallest die from Spellbinders 'labels D' die set and pink pearlescent paper to create two small flowers.  I die cut four and then used an embossing tool to manipulate the paper.  On two of the flowers I cut into them to create a petal shape which was adhered into the centre of the flowers.  A faux pearl was then added to finish off the flowers and they were adhered to the card below the sentiment.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Tiger Lillies ~ Spellbinders d-lites

Well what a day I had yesterday, a lovely surprise in the morning as I won one of Sue Wilson's cards you can check out her blog here http://www.particraft.blogspot.co.uk.  Then I got wet  and cold whilst having fun building a rocket stove at a local allotment community.   A busy day so a quick card today.

Hello bloggers today's card has been made using the newly released Spellbinders d-lites dies.

This card began as a purple A4 Topsy Turvy card stock that I cut and scored to make a card blank 6x6.  First from some patterned paper I die cut two corners using Spellbinders 'die d-lites corner flourish' die set.  Next the flourishes were adhered to the card blank in the corners.   From some pearlescent paper I die cut the flowers using Spellbinders 'die d-lites tiger lillies' die set.       This was added to the card and faux gems were attached to the center of each flower.   Next I stamped my sentiment using staz-on black ink pad and Creative Expressions 'frilly things' stamp set and pearlescent paper.  This was then die cut using Spellbinders 'die d-lites frame two' die set.  I used both frames together for this then flipped one of them to show the other side of the paper.  They were then set back inside each other and adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

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Friends are like bras...

Hello bloggers, first a little bit of news I entered a blog challenge on Anything Goes Challenge blog with the theme heavy metal and won a top 5 place with my card golden oldies lifes journey, so now have a badge on my blog as recognition.

 Back to today's card it is a bit of fun and stamped using Creative Expression and Kanban stamps.

I began with an 8x8 card blank and using some white card stock I stamped the orange lace pattern with Kanban lace stamp and spiced marmalade distress ink.  I then cut this out and attached it to the left hand side of the card.  Next using spellbinders Venetian dies I cut 2 borders in green and 1 in orange.  These were then adhered to the card blank.  Using creative expressions frilly things stamp set I stamped up the bra and pants using spiced marmalade distress ink.  This was then die cut out using spellbinders labels fourteen die and the edges were ink with the distress ink using a piece of cut n dry foam.  The sentiment was stamped also from frilly things stamp set and inked in iced spruce distress ink, again this was die cut using labels fourteen and inking the edges.   Finally the sentiment and topper were adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel