Learn to Fly Again

For today's offering I have used another Visible Image stamp called Learn to Fly Again.

Once again I used the Pixie Powders onto a watercolour card, which also added additional texture to the card base.  I used the ancient copper and pewter which gave an amazing mix.

I heat embossed the wording and birds in black which made them pop a little more. 

I then layered the card up onto black cardstock which I cut using Sue Wilsons pierced squares.

The full recipe for this card is as follows:

Watercolour card

Black Foundation cardstock

Pewter & Ancient Copper Pixie Powders

Inkylicious stamp Learn to Fly Again

Black embossing powder

I am off on a workshop with Julia Watts on Saturday so should have lots of new offerings soon.

Hope you like it!

Until next time

Ginny x

Butterflies & Flowers

For todays post I have used a combination of Honey Doo stamps, vellum and a Poppystamps die.

A few weeks ago I have a play with the Honey Doo Little Lillies and Leaves stamp set. I stamped these with Perfect Medium onto clear vellum, and then applied sparkling white embossing powder and heat embossed it.  Once this had cooled I then applied chalk inks to the back of the velum.  I then cut them out by hand and shaped them.

 

I used a variety of pastel colours and they were surprisingly sparkly!

 

I then used the same colour inks to a piece of card which were applied with the Inkylicious ink dusters (my new favourite crafting item!).

 

I then used the Bellina Butterfly Collage die by Poppystamps to cut into white card, which I then layered up with the coloured card, arranged the flowers and finished off with just a few pearls. This was then matted and layered up to finish it off.

 

I have to say I was really chuffed with the final result, what do you think?

 

 

You can really see the sparkle in this card ;-)

 

The recipe for this card is as follows:

 

Foundations cardstock: coconut white and pink

Clear vellum

Honey Doo Little Lillies and Leaves stamp set

Bellina Butterfly Collage die by Poppystamps

Sparkly white embossing powder

Brilliance ink pads in pastels

Inkylicious ink dusters

Pearls from my stash

Sue Wilson Pierced Squares

Perfect Medium

 

I hope you enjoy this card and would love to hear your comments.

 

Until next time

 

Ginny x

Thanks!

Well today I made a very quick thank you card.  As it was for a man I decided to use navy blue and white, which I always think looks clean and nice.

This is the first time I have used the dragonfly die and really like it layered with the two colours - I did think about using glitter but wanted to keep it low key, but felt it needed a little something so went with some pearls.

For this card I used:

Foundations Coconut White cardstock
Navy pearlescent card (from my own stock)
Spellbinders dragonfly delight die
Intricutz Dies Thanks die
Navy organza ribbon
White pearls

Hopefully you will like this. 

Until next time

Ginny x

Class Cards 22nd February 2016

As promised, here are the cards made by lovely ladies that come to my monthly class in Reading.  There are only a few of us but I really love teaching them - we have so much fun!

This week we only managed to make one card as there were a lot of elements to it, and this is only our 6th month of card making.  They were pretty scared to start with but when broken down into smaller elements it really was quite simple. 

I think they were all really pleased with what they produced, and I made the box for one of the ladies as her sister's birthday was imminent!

It never ceases to amaze me how different the same card can looks in other colours - I really liked their colour choices.  I am so proud of them.

 

 

The items I used for this card were:

 

Cardstock:  Foundations cardstock and centura pearl

Dies:           Spellbinders decorative curved squares

                   Spellbinders curved squares

                   Sue Wilson pierced squares

                   Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies complete petals

                   Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies open petals

                   Creative Expressions pearls

                   Creative Expressions sentiments

                   Creative Expressions blue dazzlers

                   Stampin' Up! ribbons

Everything has its beauty .....................

I have a new favourite colour!  Yes its teal.  Was a little worried about it initially as it is a strong colour but was really pleased with the finished card as it looks very fresh and clean.

As this turned out better than I expected, I decided to give this challenge to the ladies in my class and they did an amazing job, so I will share those with you on another day!

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

I have to say that I really liked this sentiment.

 

As there was also quite a lot of dimension on this card I decided to make a box for it too.  It was quite a simple one which made best use of the colours.

 

 

The items I used for this card were:

 

Cardstock:  Teal foundations cardstock and centura pearl

Dies:           Spellbinders decorative curved squares

                   Spellbinders curved squares

                   Sue Wilson pierced squares

                   Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies complete petals

                   Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies open petals

                   Creative Expressions pearls

                   Hobby Art stamps - Inspirations

                   Stampin' Up! ribbons

 



 

Valentines Day!

Well I couldn't let valentines day slip by without making at least one card! 

Here is my latest creation which really is a very simple card - you have probably realised by now that I really like cards with just two colours, that are simplistic and clean!

This was simple to make but I think quite effective.

I used:

Dies by Sue Wilson Pierced Squares
Dies by Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Heart of Heart die
Cardstock - Foundations Coconut White and red was from stock

That's all from me for now.

Take care

Ginny x

A Bit of Colour Cloud

Today I got to play with some colour cloud and one of the new dies by Sue Wilson.  I have a lot of fun doing this one and was surprised at how well the colour came out. I cannot remember what the technique is called but dare say it will come back to me in the middle of the night!!!

This was all white cardstock that I coloured myself, so was quite simple to do and could easily be replicated in any colour way you like.

I used:

Colour Cloud - chic aubergine

Colour Cloud - lilac whisper

Colour Cloud - violet haze

Dies by Sue Wilson - Pierced Squares

Dies by Sue Wilson - Australian Collection - Sydney

White self adhesive pearls

Until next time

Ginny x

Card Box

Here is the box I made to go with the card I made a few days ago - I absolutely love the Delicate Daisies.  I made the box out of Centura Pearl as it is a slightly heavier cardstock, I decided to do the flowers in the same with the base being the Foundations Periwinkle cardstock.  I think they look fab ;-)

Please feel free to leave any comments as love to hear from people.

Until next time

Ginny x

Lovin' the colour!

I think this one has to be one of my most favourite cards to date!   I absolutely love the Periwinkle Foundations Cardstock and sadly the photo doesn't really do it justice.  I think I may need to make a box for this card too, so that will be tomorrow nights job.

I made it for a lady that works for me who is leaving next week due to ill health.  She has worked for Reading Association for the Blind for a long time so wanted to do something special for her ;-)

 

 



Items I used are as follows:

Foundations cardstock coconut white and periwinkle
Dies by Sue Wilson - Pierced Squares
Dies by Sue Wilson - Blossoming Branch
Dies by Sue Wilson - Scalloped Lattice Bar
Dies by Sue Wilson - Delicate Daisies Open Petals
Dies by Sue Wilson - Delicate Daisies Complete Petals
Pearls from stock
Sentiment by Stampin' Up!

Take care!

Ginny x

Card Class - 23rd January 2016

On Saturday afternoon I held a craft class at work for some of our volunteers.  We made a couple of cards, but will have to share some of the photos at a later date as they were valentines cards!

For the following cards we used pearlescent card with foundations coconut white cardstock, with the Sue Wilson Pierced Squares,  New York Collection Herald Square and the Pierced Flags, with the sentiment from the Daisy Chain Elements by John Lockwood stamp set.

I am absolutely loving the Sue Wilson products.  There are some more out next week and I have treated myself to a couple  will update with some more photos once I have had time to play with them.

Until then!

Ginny x

Workshop with John Lockwood

I thought it would be nice to include some of the cards I have made earlier in the year at some workshops.  Back in October I attended a class with John Lockwood which was hosted by the Crafting for Pleasure group in Bristol, run by Bev Mizen and I had a fantastic day.

These are the cards we made on that day.

For this card we used:

• Sue Wilson Classic Poinsettia die
• Colour cloud - basil leaf, lemon meringue and frosty jade
• CE Double sided adhesive sheets
• Sue Wilson pierced squares
• Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Snow (I think!)
• Blue white American Seam Binding coloured with Colour Cloud basil leaf
• Pearls

We then went on to make another card - it was great to not be doing another Christmas card!!

 

For this card we used:

 

• Sue Wilson Pierced Squares
• Sue Wilson Heraldic Square
• Sue Wilson Charming Lace Trim Configuration Die
• Sue Wilson Foldover Flower Diagonal
• Cardstock - coconut white, peach and white
• Embossing folder - can't remember which one!
• Sue Wilson Stamps to Die For - Regal Blossom inner & outer stamp
• White felt & black twine

I had a lot of fun making this card but I did find it had a lot of different elements which took me quite a while to put together.  Here are a couple of close ups to show more of the detail.

 

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed sharing the cards I have done so far - I know I have enjoyed doing them!

 

 

Until next time

 

Ginny

Christmas Classes

I have recently started running card making classes for some of the volunteers at work, and we meet once a month to have some fun crafty time.  There are currently only a few of us but think it may grow as people get to know how much fun we have!

The last class we ran was at the beginning of December and everyone did a fabulous job of their cards.

This is what we made:

We used the following to make this card:

Memory box die Deer in the Trees
Sue Wilson Merry Christmas die
Sue Wilson - Double Pierced Squares
Double sided  Stick It!
Tattered lace essential frost glitter
Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze cardstock
Coconut white Foundations Cardstock
White ribbon and pearls from my own stock