embossing folder

Happy Birthday Beautiful

Hello there. It’s been a busy few days, so I am here with a card created for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Caz is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of:

An Easel Card

Here is my card:

The main floral bouquet was created using another of the Pinkfresh Studio washi from their ‘Celebrate in Blooms’ suite. I stuck the washi onto white card then used the matching die to cut them out.

The easel crad was created, and I used some blush card stock for the background, and also for the inside of the car, run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder.

These panels were then glued down, and the main bouquet was added on top of a white oval die cut – also from Pinkfresh Studio.

For the ‘stopper’ on the easel card. I gold heat embossed the Pinkfresh Studio sentiment, die cut it, layered a couple more times, then stuck that down.

For the inside panel, I also used some of the washi.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Tic Tac Toe – right side column – fun fold/foliage/pink

CYHTP – embossing folder option of trees not taken

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Love To Craft – anything goes

Mix It Up – anything goes, option of embossing taken (heat and embossing folder)

Pink Peony Thanks

There is a brand new challenge starting from Heart’s Quest, and to show my support for the new challenge and the Design Team, I have created a card for it. The name of the challenge is ‘Heart’s Quest Pretty In Pink’ and the theme is to use mainly pink, with an optional pink washi/decorative tape for this month.

Here is my card:

When I saw that the theme was pink – not my usual choice of the main colour – I thought of peonies. I searched through my CML app with that tag, and decided to use the Honey Bee Stamps ‘Lovely Layers: Peony‘ die set.

I started by die cutting all the floral layers in Concord & 9th card stock, then ink blending a darker pink in strategic areas. To make sure this ink blending was in the areas which would be seen, I placed the next upper layer on top, saw what would be seen, then ink blended. I did this trough all the layers.

The leaves and stems were die cut from a green card also form C9, and then ink blended also with a slightly darker green.

The layers were glued together, then I added some white acrylic splatter and set aside to dry.

I used a 5×7 inch card base – large enough to place all the elements rather than an A2 – and created the background white panel by using a Spellbinders embossing folder onto which I had pressed some green ink, creating this distressed looking basket weave pattern.

The central pink panel was cut to 5×7, but I used Pinkfresh Studio ‘Slim Edgers‘ die to create the stitch and pattern. This piece was then run through with the same Spellbinders embossing folder, and a white pigment ink pad over the top to catch the basket weave detail.

Once the inks and splatters were dry I attached each of the layers, adding the flowers with 3D foam, then gluing down and tucking in the leaves, foliage, and buds.

The final touches was a gold foiled sentiment then some Pinkfresh Studio ombre gems.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Heart’s Quest Pretty In Pink – mainly pink

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of cloud day not taken

Craft Rocket – use dies

Triple B – Birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Ellibelle’s Corner Garden Party – anything in or from the garden

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Unicorn Magic

Hello. I have a card to share following the theme for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. The theme has been chosen by Dawn and is:

Fantasy – fairies, dragons, witches, wizards etc

To create the unicorns, I used a Spellbinders die set ‘Cozy Toes Friends’ with a mixture of Spellbinders and C9 card stock.

The background patterned paper is also from Spellbinders, and glued to a white card base.

When I first placed the unicorns on the paper, they did get a little lost, so I die cut a bright yellow circle, and used a Spellbinders embossing folder to give it some interest ‘Could Nine‘.

The sentiment was stamped and gold heat embossed, to pick out the gold in the background paper, and layered with some gold glitter card.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of cloudy day taken

Critter Crazy – anything goes with a critter

Craft Rocket – use dies

Love Those Pretty Papers – use pretty papers

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of embossing taken – heat and dry

Birthday Tree

Hello there. There has been a lot going on the past week, but I must get back to posting and crafting. I seem to have less time for this despite retiring a few months ago – so much to do…. A new challenge has started at Ally’s Angels. The theme is always ‘anything goes’. Here is my card:

I used an older die set from Spellbinders ‘Flowering Tree’ to create the main image. The sentiment is also part of the same die set.

Once the tree and sentiment were created, I used ‘Alabaster‘ card for the background and ran it through with a Spellbinders embossing folder.

To ensure I had all the elements on there I wanted, the card base is 5×7 inches, the embossed panel cut to that size, and the tree added with 3D foam.

I hope you can come and join us with your projects, the challenge ends on October 12th.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

CYHTP – embossing folder – option of cloudy day not taken

Craft Rocket – use dies

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Ellibelle’s Corner Garden Party – anything in or from the garden

Crafting From The Art – anything goes

Snowmen & Transport

Hello again. We have a new challenge starting at ABC Christmas Challenge. Or Christmas themes this time are:

S is for Snowmen

T is for Transport

Here are my cards:

For my snowmen card, I used a die and embossing folder set from Simon Says Stamp. The images were die cut, coloured with Copics, ink blended round the edge of each snowman, then ran each through the embossing folder.

The background panel is white glitter card – the oval die cut from the centre before adding the patterned paper – covered up the oval missing piece nicely – oval added, then the snowmen added with 3D foam.

The sentiment was stamped then die cut.

For my second card – very die cut heavy – I used a Spellbinders die set from their ‘All Aboard’ kit from several years ago.

All the elements were die cut and assembled – took quite a while – all those itty bitty pieces – then put to one side whilst I thought about the background

I chose a couple of pieces of patterned paper – cream and a lilac shade -ran through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, cut down to 5×7 inch landscape, adding a strip of gold glitter card.

The train was added with 3D foam – this too was a little fiddly to get everything as lined up as I could, then the glitter words and stars added. These were die cut sticky glitter.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one of both of our themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Snowman card:

Peace On Earth – Anything goes Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round – Christmas with R & S – snowman

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Train card:

Addicted To Stamps & More – dies cuts and/or stencils

Daisy Chain Challenge – transportation

Craft Rocket – use dies

Mix It Up – anything goes, option of embossing taken

Jolly Greetings

Hello again. I may not have posted for a few days, but I have been playing in my craft room. I thought it was time to play with my Spellbinders BetterPress system again, and created a lot of backgrounds and sentiments – all ready to go for future cards.

Whilst playing, I found the package from recent ‘Oh! What Fun‘ event, so decided to use some of the rub-ons and ephemera in the kit to enter the current challenge at 52CCT, which is a sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

The two rectangles and the two squares were die cut with Gina K Designs Master Series dies which gave a stitched edge

Once cut, I then used rub-on images for the squares, adding a rub-on sentiment too. I then chose two ephemera pieces from that kit – larger and longer – more suited to the size of the rectangles.

Before adding the ephemera, I used a Spellbinders embossing folder on a white 7×5 inch panel, and ran a small light blue ink cube over the embossed panel to highlight some of the detail.

I ink blended the same blue along the bottom of each square and rectangle, then ran those pieces through the same embossing folder.

The ephemera were added to the rectangles, and all four pieces adhered to the background embossed panel. The final touch being the sentiment.

As an aside, I am going to join the Mona Toth online class this weekend to teach me how to take better photos of my cards – I really struggle with lighting – so hopefully these will be better once I have completed the class.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

52CCT – sketch

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of bees not taken

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round – Christmas with R & S – rub-ons & snowflakes

Kraft & Blue

Hello again. Cardz 4 Galz has started a new challenge, and Sue J has chosen the theme of:

Kraft & Blue

Here is my card:

For my blue flowers, I used a Pinkfresh Studio stamp, die, and layering stencil set. The images were stamped, then coloured using the layering stencils, choosing Pinkfresh Studio inks, and three tones of blue for the florals, and a light brown for the leaves and stem.

I thought it would be fun to do a little partial die cutting on the front, so I laid the floral die onto a card base and only ran it through half way – the image was then hanging over that edge.

I added a piece to the front after running through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, added a thin gold glitter strip, then glued the floral die cut image onto the top.

The inside is layered a piece of Kraft card stock.

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

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Allsorts – embossing – heat or dry

Unicorn Challenge – layer it up

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Kudos To You

Hello there. I’m here with a card where the colours are inspired by the current challenge at Color Hues:

With the colours being yellow and orange, I decided to go with florals and ink blending, merging the two colours on the petals of the flowers. This stamp, die, stencil and embossing folder set is from Altenew.

I first stamped the all the images in the set, then used Pinkfresh Studio inks – yellow first, then the orange for the inner parts of the petals.

The leaves were done in grey, as you see, and then the die was used to cut them out. I did run them through with the latching embossing folder, but I wasn’t hugely impressed with that, as you can’t really tell there is much dimension, even in real life.

The background is a piece of card from Concord & 9th, run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, then cut down slightly to leave a white border on the card base.

Arranging one flower and the two buds with the leaves, I stamped the sentiment – from the same Altenew set – and attached with glue, before adding the florals and leaves with 3D foam.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Hues – orange and yellow

Allsorts – embossing – heat or dry

Stencil Fun – stencils, option of CAS not taken

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Floral Get Well Wishes

The new challenge at Ally’s Angels has started, and I am a little late in posting – I hope Becca and the team will forgive me……the theme is always ‘anything goes‘. Here is my card:

I started by creating the florals and leaves from a Spellbinders die set – Fresh Picked Daisies – adding some ink blending to the centre of the flowers – though it is hard to see – and ink blended a darker green onto the leaves.

The background is a white panel and run through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, and adding a Pinkfresh Studio frame onto the centre.

The flowers and leaves were added by tucking behind the frame and using 3D foam and glue.

The black sentiment strip with silver foiling added, and then some black enamel dots spread around.

I hope you can join us with our ‘anything goes’ challenge – you can enter up to five times. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Inkspirational – word prompt – garden

Allsorts – embossing – heat or dry

Triple B – birds and/or butterflies and/or blooms

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Take Joy In The Little Things

Hello. A late posting today as hubby and I have been out and about in the cooler weather. We visited a maize Maze near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. There’s quite a bit to do for the little ones – of which we certainly are not – but walking amongst the sunflowers and wildflowers as well as working our way through the maize maze took almost a couple of hours – with an ice cream at the end…..

This card was created yesterday, and fitted our little sojourn today:

For the foliage and the butterflies I used a stamp, die and stencil set from Pinkfresh Studio ‘Fluttering Butterflies‘. I also have the washi which goes with the die set but used the other products this time round.

I stamped, ink blended then die cut the images. I did the foliage twice as I wanted plenty on this card.

The background panel was created using a grey card stock, then a Spellbinders embossing folder. I chose a darker colour to enable the colours of the foliage and butterflies to stand out more.

I ran a white circle die cut through with the grey panel and the embossing folder, to keep the pattern aligned – though I ended up covering most of the outside of the circle.

The circle was attached with 3D foam, then the foliage arranged by tucking underneath. I did have to cut some down, but managed to get them as full as I wanted.

Before adding the butterflies, I added the sentiment. This is a pre-printed sentiment, received as part of a virtual event I think, then the butterflies arranged around that. I did have to double-up small pieces of foam tape as my butterflies were half on, and half off the white circle, but this wasn’t hard to do.

The final step was to add some ombre glitter gems.