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

Halloween

Hello bloggers another Halloween card today but by changing the sentiment and colours it could be for other occasions too.

This card began as a 12x12 sheet of black cat card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x6 card blank.  Next I cut a sheet of orange card stock to 5.5" square.  I then positioned Spellbinders 'filigree cross' die on the card and die cut it.  I repeated this four times in total to create my background.  I then adhered the orange mat to the card blank.  Next I cut from purple topsy turvy card stock banner using Spellbinders 'ribbon banners lg' die set.  I then hand wrote Halloween using a black sharpie pen across the banner.  The banner was then added to the card.  Finally a purple faux gen was added to each corner of the card.

Happy crafting xx Hazel

Down in the garden ~Sketch

Hello bloggers today's card has been made following a sketch.

This card began as a white 6x6 card blank.  To the front I adhered some mint green glitter card that I cut down to 6x6.   Next I used a piece of green gingham paper and stamped my image onto that using pine needles distress ink and Woodware 'garden babies' stamp set.  This was then water coloured using mustard seed, pine needles and Victorian velvet distress inks.  Next with a piece of plain green cardstock I stamped a daisy all over the cardstock using pine needles distress ink and the same stamp set.  I then inked the edges of the cardstock too.  Using some green patterned paper I die cut a sentiment strip using Spellbinders 'ribbon banner lg' die set.  I then stamped my sentiment using pine needles distress ink.  The flowered background was adhered to the glitter card and the sentiment banner was added to this and finally the topper was adhered on top.  Using Marianne 'butterflies' die set I die cut two small butterflies from some patterned paper and adhered them into the top and bottom right corners.  A further larger butterfly was die cut from the same paper using spellbinders 'les papillons' die set. It was then adhered to the left hand side of the card to finish it off.

This card is being entered into the following challenge

Anything Goes Challenge 100  ~  In the garden

You can check out the details here http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-100-in-garden-midway-reminder.html

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 286 ~  Hip to be square

You can check out the details here http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-286-hip-to-be-square.html

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Halloween ~ spiders

Hello bloggers another Halloween card today well it makes a change from Christmas cards.

This card began as a white 8x8 card blank.  For the front I cut a mat of orange topsy turvy cardstock, slightly smaller than the card blank.  Next using some white spider web type ribbon I wrap a piece around the bottom of the cardstock and adhered it behind with redline tape.  The mat was then adhered to the card blank.  Next I die cut seven spiders using black cardstock and Spellbinders 'spider web' die set.  To each spider I added some eyes using Cosmic Shimmer black pearl pva.  Using the waste from the spiders I stencilled some spiders onto the orange mat using peeled paint distress ink.  Next I tied a ribbon bow using some Halloween patterned ribbon from my stash.  This was then adhered to the card blank.  The sentiment was computer generated and printed out onto white cardstock.  It was then die cut using Spellbinders 'ribbon banner LG' die set.  Whilst still in the die it was inked all over with peeled paint distress ink.  The sentiment was then adhered to the card.  Finally the spiders were adhered randomly to the card and one on top of the ribbon bow.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Sending lots of smiles your way

Hello bloggers today we have a simple card with a lovely sentiment.

This card began as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  To the front I adhered a mat slightly smaller than the card blank using some silver textured holographic card stock. Before sticking this down completely I wrapped  black bakers twine around the mat. Next using some vintage papers from my stash I die cut four banners using Spellbinders 'ribbon banner LG' die set.  I then adhered three of the die cuts vertically down the card.  On the fourth banner I stamped my sentiment using black soot distress ink and Polka Doodles 'sensational sentiments' stamp set.  The banner was then adhered across the card.  Next I stamped my tag using Spellbinders 'holiday tags' die set and black soot distress ink.  Whilst still in the die I inked the tag using antique linen distress ink.  This was then tied to the card using the bakers twine.  Finally I adhered a faux pearl in each corner of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel