My Latest Stash!!!!

Well I have been soo busy recently, both with work and at the yard with the lambs!  I inherited another poorly lamb last weekend and I am hoping we are through the critical point and he is coming through the other side.  We put off naming him until he was able to stand, so he is now named Elliot!

Anyway, back to my crafting.  I have just bought my Christmas dies from the new release from Sue Wilson.  There are some really nice dies in there and I particularly like to snow globe, which I think might be one of my favourites.  There is also some cardstock and a couple of stamps - I really like the cottage stamp.

Here are some photo's of my latest stash.

I have so treated myself this month!!!!  I buy most of my dies from a company called SET Craft who are based in Pembrokeshire and they are always very competitively priced and very quick with their delivery.

I have refused to make Christmas cards before July, so not long to wait now!  I will be back soon with some sample cards with the above.

Will catch up soon.

Ginny xx

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

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

New Dies!

Today sees the launch of the new dies from Sue Wilson - I have to say I have fallen in love with all of her dies and have had the pleasure of working with some of her design team.  I have learnt so much in the last few month.

Sue has kicked off her blog with the Australian Collection and a beautiful card http://particraft.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/2016-die-release-launch-australian.html?m=1

I have ordered a couple of dies but there are just too many to choose from, so I have to behave myself and limit what I want.  Am hoping they will drop through my door tomorrow morning ;-)

Anyway, have to dash to the vets to pick up the dogs prescription!

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

In the beginning ....................

Well I thought it was about time I started my own blog to record what I get up to in my crafty life ........................ and also my horsey and work life!

You will have to bear with me whilst I work out how all this works

Today I have spent nearly all day in my craft room finishing off my Christmas cards.  It's been a hectic few weeks at work arranging Christmas parties and making gifts for all the members at work!  I have made about 65 bags using a template I got from one of Julia Watts workshops and some Sue Wilson striplets, that I just love!

 

and about half of the bags already made up and ready to go ........................!

 

Well back to the craft room to complete the last few cards