die cutting

Happy Spring

Hello everyone. I have a card to share for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Sue J is hosting this time round and she has chosen the theme of ‘Springtime’. Here is my card:

I chose to make use of products from a previous crafty event. The products are from ‘Stamps Of Life’ and the die set creates this stepper card, with added dies for the layers.

I started by creating the card base using the main die, then added layers of patterned paper for the background. Some bright and colourful dotty paper.

I added the two die cut words – also using dies from the same die set.

The two crocus flowers are from The Greetery layered as per instructions, and adding more green leaves for a fuller look.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our ‘Spring’ theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

The Four Seasons Challenge – Spring

Tic Tac Toe – middle column – flowers – Spring – 3D or add dimension

Crafty Calendar – more than one fold

2 Sisters On The Blog – Spring and/or Easter

Creative Creases – anything goes with a fancy fold

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of layers taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

Floral Congratulations

Hello everyone. You remember how I said yesterday that I wouldn’t be using any more Pinkfresh washi for a while…..? Well – I may have just told a little fib. I watched a Jennifer McGuire video and totally inspired to create – but this was using more Pinkfresh washi. I changed the washi to another product suite – Indigo Roses – and created this card:

There are also three other panels I am working on, but this card came together first.

I first attached the washi tape to white card stock, then used the matching dies.

I followed Jennifer’s examples of cutting down another white card to four rectangles. I used an old Spellbinders embossing folder on each of the four rectangles. This one has the date of 2012 on the back……!! It is an ‘M-Bossabilities’ reversible embossing folder called Garden Lattice – two designs for the price of one, and is A4 in size. It’s amazing what you find in your stash when looking for something else, isn’t it?

Taking guidance from the YouTube video, I taped the four rectangles together, attached the die cut washi images, cut the rectangles apart – then attached more images. The video explains it in far more detail and is very easy to follow.

Once the panel designs suited my eye, I created the folded card base, matted some gold, then found some blue card stock from Time 4 Tea Designs which matched the indigo roses.

The mats and layers were created and attached to the card base, then the floral panel adhered to the left front.

A previously created foiled sentiment was added, and some gold gems. I also finished the inside – very unusual for me – but I was in the zone.

It really is hard to put away products you are having fun with, and I have several rolls of washi from different product suites at Pinkfresh Studio. A few of them were from virtual events – there is a lot of washi on each roll…

Thank you for bearing with me for the past few days.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of lucky/St Patrick’s Day not taken

Make My Monday – use a die/punch

Crafty Calendar – more than one fold

Creative Creases – anything goes with a fun fold

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – florals/flowers

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of layers taken

Pink Birthday

Hi there. I am sharing the final project – for now – using the remainder of the Pinkfresh Studio washi. I am sure I will be using their washi tape for future projects, but this is the last project for now:

The background panel was created using some Concord & 9th card stock, and a Spellbinders embossing folder. This adhered flat to the card base.

I used the frame die set from the event to create the white outer frame, and then die cut the smaller label with the same gorgeous gold glittery card stock I have used previously.

Once the middle gold and the outer white pieces were attached, I played around with the large and two smaller images until I was happy, and added a sentiment stripped foiled in black – previously created.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of lucky/St Patrick’s Day not taken

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Seize The Birthday – anything goes birthday – option of anything that flies not taken

Triple B – Birds and/or Butterflies and/or Blooms

Birthday Glitter and Shine

Hello, I am still working through some of the remainder of the Pinkfresh Studio washi tape received as part of a recent virtual event. I only die cut the entire images twice – and there are lots of florals to be used.

Here is my card for today:

For the background on this card I used previously created foiled panel and a Honey Bee Stamps plaid foil plate.

I then created the glittery gold panel using a Pinkfresh Studio die set, and arranged the floral images around and about until I was happy with the design.

I added the foiled black strip sentiment as a stand-out piece – no other black on the card – but I liked how it stood out.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Seize The Birthday – anything goes birthday – option anything that flies not taken

Addicted To Stamps & More – birthday

Just Saying Hello

Hi there. I have another project to share using some of the pieces left over from a previous project:

I again used the stencil from Pinkfresh Studio and there recent virtual event, as well as the washi tape suite.

The washi was adhered to some white card, then the images die cut using the matching dies.

The background panel was created using the layering stencils received as part of this event, and die cut using a couple of frame dies. For this frame, I also inserted the middle back into the frame.

There was too much white visible around the frame and flowers, so I added a panel of Concord & 9th card stock, and glued everything down. The sentiment is a foiled sentiment previously created.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Make My Monday – use a die or punch

A Cut Above – anything goes with a die cut

Stencil Fun – use stencils – option of splatters not taken

Triple B – Birds and/or Butterflies and/or Blooms

Merry & Bright

Hello there. A new challenge has started at ABC Christmas Challenge, and having reached the letters ‘E‘, ‘F‘, and ‘G‘, we want to see your Christmas creations following these themes:

E is for Embossing and/or F is for Focal Sentiment and/or G is for Girls.

Here is my card following the ‘F is for Focal Sentiment‘:

The background panel was kept simple – a piece of gold glittery card stock – and the sentiment die from Spellbinders layered and added onto the top.

I chose festive colours for the individual letters which would match with the gold glitter. No extra bling was needed here as this Pinkfresh Studio gold glitter card stock really is very, very sparkly.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Make My Monday – use a die or punch

Aud Sentiments – sentiment with glitter and bling (or St Patrick’s/green)

Christmas (or not ) Bingo – column I – Christmas – no stamping – free

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Love Hope and Joy

Hello there. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge. The theme is always ‘anything goes Christmas’. Here is my card:

I thought I would have a go at using the Color Cubes by Sarah Renae Clark. My sister bought them for me a year or two ago – and I have never even opened the two boxes. Here is the photo with the card from the cube box I used:

I thought it was quite dramatic and so I went with it.

The background panel was created using a panel of Spiced Cider card stock from Concord & 9th and a Spellbinders embossing folder.

The mistletoe layering dies are from The Greetery, die cut using Concord & 9th card stock and some white glitter card from a UK company called Pink Frog Crafts. (This company is very local to me actually, and they have a fabulous range of glitter card – even non-shedding – and is quite handy when I am almost running out.

The bow is from another die set from The Greetery, also die cut out of white glitter card.

The final touches were the added foiled sentiment, and the clear gems.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Jingle Belles Rock – Christmas and Bling It! – (glitter card stock and gems)

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of lucky/St Patrick’s Day not taken

Aud Sentiments – a sentiment with the option of glitter and bling (or St Patrick’s Day)

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of lets of layers taken

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Hugs & Kisses

Hello again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘X’ and Dawn has chosen the theme of;

XOXO – hugs & Kisses

Here is my card:

I went with a little drama for this card by using a black background to highlight the soft and sketchy floral images.

The background panel was embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder which has little hearts on it.

The floral images are from The Greetery and have a sketchy look which I quite like. This way, even if the layers of colour are slightly out – it doesn’t really matter. It just added to the overall effect,

I stamped the outline and then lined up the other layers as instructed, then used the matching die set to cut them out. I arranged them on the background, leaving a little space in the centre whilst I decided on which sentiment to use – of course – this foiled sentiment was perfect for the challenge theme.

As this was a silver foiled sentiment, I added some silver sequins – you know I like my added embellishments – then adhered the sentiment across the width of the card.

I hope you can come and join us with your projects following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers and optional mood board

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Mix It Up – anything goes- option of layers taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

Happy You Day

Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz has started another challenge. Caz is the host, and she has chosen the theme of:

‘Mother’s Day UK – 30th March – or for a special lady/friend’

Here is my card:

The outer frame and inner frame were die cut using a Pinkfresh Studio die set. The smaller frame was die cut again in white and then embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder. I thought the lattice affect would look good behind the floral images.

These frames were then attached to a white card base, and then the floral and vine images were die cut twice, and several flowers created so I had enough to place around.

All were adhered to the card and the sentiment was heat embossed and placed into the centre.

I added small gems the the flower centres, and then decided to add them to some of the greenery – once I start I find it difficult to stop adding them….

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers – optional mood board

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Thinking Of You

Hello everyone. I had – unfortunately – the need for a sympathy card. A close friend of mine lost her father this last week so I wanted something simple yet meaningful. Here is my card:

I started with the background, and used a Pinkfresh Studio cover plate to create the stitched panel. This was adhered flat to the card base. Onto that I attached a frame created using a layering stencil from a recent Pinkfresh Studio virtual event, and die cutting with a ‘Fancy Frames‘ die set – also part of that event.

I first stencilled a panel, then used the frame dies, and used this one piece adhered flat to the background stitched panel.

Using the washi tape from that event – stuck onto a piece of card then die cut with the matching dies – I chose the floral images I thought would best go around the frame, and adhered them with glue.

The sentiment is a previously foiled strip.

Having lost both my parents over the past 5 years of so, I can appreciate how she is feeling, but it is still very difficult to be able to put that into words, isn’t it?

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Just Us Girls – anything goes with a stencil

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Make My Monday – faux or real stitching (background panel)

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers – optional mood board

Tic Tac Toe – top row (metallic – layers – thinking of you)

Love To Craft – anything goes