Friday Die Day

Hello friends

I missed a post yesterday. I forgot to click the schedule button!

Yesterday's post will catch up over the weekend, 

about the same time as my brain! 

I haven't forgotten today's post - Friday Die Day and this week I'm featuring

one of the Special Moments Collection dies designed by Marisa Job.

This is Flower Background.

It creates an A2 size card (US sizing) 

and the die measurements are:

1st Layer: 4.50 x 5.50 in 10.80 x 14.00 cm
2nd Layer: 4.15 x 5.50 in 10.50 x 13.70 cm

This is how it looks cut/embossed.

I've used both dies and white card to create the solid and patterned die cuts.

I then grabbed some scrap pink card and die cut various sections of the insert die

to obtain the fallout pieces.

I then tipped the edges with distress ink.

Let the paper piecing begin! 

Instead of reinserting them completely I just put the adhesive to the

centre petal so I could lift up the outer edge.

I didn't complete the whole card, just picked out random flowers I liked.

Mounted onto a silver foil card and grey mats.

I then selected grey ribbon, printed sentiment and created

a flower using Cinch and Go Flowers II.

The finished card, I've mounted it onto a white card base with Crafty Foam Tape

and added the sentiment to the bottom.

Pearls added to the flower centres and tiny sprigs behind the larger flower 

to bring in a touch of green.

 Oh yes, I also added another strip of ribbon over the grey,

you can never have enough pink!

Items used today:

Flower Background (available to pre-order)

Crafty Foam Tape

Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine

You may wish to take a look at the full Special Moments Collection,

due in stock end of July, although it is possible it could be earlier.

All the details are here.

Take care friends and have a lovely weekend.

Giveaway Day

Hello friends

It's that happy day of the week, it's Hump Day Giveaway Day!

Last week's giveaway was a a pre-loved die set  

Botanical Dragonfly,

one of the Flower Garden Collection dies and all on sale on the website.

And the winner is...

Jane Willis

Congratulations Jane, please email: 

hope-chances@live.co.uk

with your details and we will post your prize out to you.

Now onto this week's giveaway, a pre-loved die

Floral Gatefold

I've featured this die quite a few times as well as in a charity kit.

If you would like to win this week's giveaway

please leave a comment on today's post 

A winner will be picked and announced next Wednesday.

Floral Gatefold is also on sale on the website here.

Today I'm heading up to London to see a friend and have dinner,

I thought it would be nice to rest up a bit after such an eventful start to the week.

Take care friends, have a nice middle of the week.

Daisy, Daisy...and life is testing!

Hello friends

Sharing with you today a project I created for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

using their 3D Foam Circles as daisy centres, heat embossed.

The full details are over on the Scrapbook Adhesives blog here.

This technique of using embossing powders on their 3D Foam Circles

works so well, not just the circles either, try it with their squares and shapes.

3D Foam Circles are available on the website here.

Sometimes life likes to test us and yesterday was a prime example of that. 

I awoke to find I had a flat tyre on my car, turns out I had driven

over a screw.  Luckily it could be repaired but it took hours.

I came home to discover a smell of gas and thought it was coming from our

lounge fire, called out the people who know about these things and no,

much worse.  The pipes from my gas box outside coming into my home 

have corroded and leaking gas, everything had to be turned off! 

  

So when things feel like they are going wrong left, right and centre, 

what should you do?  

Craft and then craft some more...

it works, blood pressure now back to normal.

And pretty daisies also put a smile on my face.

I'm looking forward to an uneventful day today please, 

engineers are visiting this afternoon to hopefully get all my pipes 

in working order! 

Please stop by tomorrow as it is Giveaway Day.

Take care friends.

It's so Summery!

Hello friends

Did you have a nice weekend?

Very changeable weather here in Kent but got the washing dry eventually.

Celebrated Father's Day with a roast dinner last night, always a favourite.

Talking of favourites, I've used Trefoil Crest again in my latest 

YouTube video. I keep discovering dies that team with it so well.

It's a very Summery card.

The tag and filigree die cut is from Swirl Tags.

The little flowers are Rose Buds (on sale right now).

And to see how it all came together here's my latest YouTube video,

published yesterday afternoon on time...no wine beforehand! 

Items used with clickable links:

Trefoil Crest

Swirl Tags

Rose Buds

3D Foam Squares

Take care friends and wishing you a great start to the week.

My Love...!

Hello friends

Well that didn't take long did it...back to a wine project!

I can't stop creating with these dies and this design 

Time for Wine A2 Card Front is an instant card make.

Onto a 5 x 7 ivory card base I firstly used the outer die to die cut 

a solid rectangle in black cardstock, affixed to the card front.

I then die cut the design in both silver mirror card and ivory.

Applied distress ink to the ivory - Vintage Photo and then 

a touch of red for the wine.

Affixed over the silver die cut to create a tiny drop shadow.

Placed over the black card.

I added grapes and vine leaves, these are from the 

Frame Charms die set - adore those tiny vine leaves.

Final touch was the stamped sentiment - I think this 

rather eclipsed my relationship with wine!!

Also one stray little vine leaf alongside the sentiment.

Items used today for this very quick card:

Time For Wine A2 Card Front

Frame Charms

Video time this afternoon around 4pm over on YouTube,

please feel free to subscribe to my channel.

There is going to be videos every week - Mitchell is a hard task master! 

Also you may have noticed the 'Nominate Us' button 

top right of the blog, this is for the 2018 Crafts Awards.

We are very little fishes in a big big sea but would be blown away to 

even be included in the nominations so if you feel you've had good customer

service from us or indeed if we fall into any other category,

please visit here for the info.  

Take care friends, have a smashing Sunday.

How many layers?

Hello friends

I'm stepping away from the wine today..well in crafting that is,

I may enjoy a glass of the real thing this evening!

Instead, for today's project I've gone all layered and purple.

This is Sweetheart Swirl, one of the Romancing the Swirl dies.

It is a 4 piece die set and handy to be able to leave the centre whole

or use the oval to create an aperture. 

I started with a 5 x 7 ivory card base and applied a strip of purple/lilac paper vertically.

I then cut a solid Sweetheart Swirl from ivory and then a second solid

and coloured with distress inks to tone with the strip of paper.

Placed these onto the card front and proceeded to cut two of the decorative swirls 

from ivory, layered and placed with 3D Foam Squares in the middle.

Stamped sentiment to middle (Creative Expressions) onto the oval die cut.

A total of 5 layers - bit of a record for me.

Finishing touch is my little flowers to centre and card corner.

Lots of pearls added to flowers and around the swirl edge.

And LOOK...not a piece of mirror card in sight! 

Sweetheart Swirl is available on the website as pre-loved here

so it's a nice price.

Take care friends, have a great Saturday and please look out for 

my next YouTube video tomorrow afternoon - I may be on time this week!