Lilac Birthday WIshes

Just a very quick visit this week as am still bottle feeding my lambs, so they are keeping me very busy!

Last week was a very special friend's birthday, so of course I needed to make a special card.  So I decided to go back to my plain and simple roots!

I did it in one of my favourite colours, lilac.  I used pearlised card as really like the sheen on this cardstock.

What do you think??

The recipe for this card is as follows:

Sue Wilson Dies - New Zealand Collection Background die
Coconut White foundation cardstock
Lilac pearlised cardstock from my own stash
Creative Expressions Elegant Stamps
CE self adhesive pearls
Ribbon from my own stash
Cosmic Shimmer Frosty Heather embossing powder

Anyway, that's all from me for now

With love and best wishes

Ginny xx

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

This is a similar card that I made a few weeks back and I ran in a recent class, and they really loved it!

I started by cutting lilac (foundation cardstock) and some pearlescent white cardstock layers with the pierced squares.  In the top white layer I cut the Bellin Butterfly Collage die and then on a piece of coconut white foundation card I used the Inkylicious inkdusters to apply some pastel inks.  This was then placed underneath the top layer.  To finish the card I used the Sue Wilson  Daisy Cluster die cut in the pearlescent card twice and placed the lilac flowers underneath to give a contrast.  To finish it off I used a sentiment from the Pierced Flags sentiment set.

I hope you like it!

Look forward to catching up with you again soon.

Ginny xx

Visible Image cards

Well today's post is something a little different, but I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed doing these cards.

I recently purchased some stamps from Visible Image as I absolutely love some of their sayings/quotes.  I decided to mix these up a bit with the pixie powders as I really need a bit more practice using them.  Well I got all messy and really enjoyed myself!

This is the first card I made. I used the purple violet and peacock green Pixie Powders, with the 'Live in the Moment' stamp set.  I heat embossed with Creative Expressions black detail embossing powder.

The second card I used the sun yellow and scarlet mist Pixie Powders and the 'Vision Inkognito Set' again by Visible Image.  Once again I heat embossed with Creative Expressions black detail embossing powder.

On both cards I used the Sue Wilson Pierced Squares for my mats and layers, and I thought the black set off the embossed areas really nicely.

It is a shame that you cannot see the shimmer from the Pixie Powders and the texture from the embossing powder, as they really do look impressive, even if I say so myself!

I think I might find myself doing more work with the pixie powders as you can get so many different effects with them.  Watch this space!

Until next time, take care and please feel free to leave a comment when you visit my page.

Ginny xx

Wedding Card

Well it never ceases to amaze me how many people pop in to look at my blog on a day to day basis, and just how worldwide they are.  I have people who have dropped in from America, Portugal, Russia, Mexico, South Africa, Romania, Ukraine, France, Ireland, and of course the UK.  I would like to thank each and every on of you for popping in and it is always lovely to receive comments on my cards.

At the beginning of the week I was asked by a friend to make a last minute wedding card, which was a challenge as I didn't have any specific wedding dies or stamps, so had to make the most of what I had!  I hope she likes it, as I am always nervous when making things for people as you never know exactly what they are going to like.

As you know I like the clean and simple look so stayed true to this!  I started by cutting my matts and layers, including the die cut elements before putting them together, with two layers of foam tape added to give a bit more dimension.


I stamped the sentiment and then added the Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies complete petals and just layered these up to create this effect and finally I used the Creative Expressions white pearl corners which I think just finishes it off nicely.












The recipe for this card is as follows:

Foundations Cardstock - Coconut white & Iris
Sue Wilson Pierced Squares
Phil Martin Scribbled Sentiments stamp set
Sue Wilson Heraldic Square
Sue Wilson Herald Square
Sue Wilson Delicate Daisies Open Petals
Creative Expressions Corner Pearls
An assortment of small pearls from my own stash

I hope you have enjoyed this card and look forward to catching up again soon.

Until then, take care

love

Ginny xx

Pixie Powders

I'm afraid it has been a while since I have updated my blog.  The problem is there has been so much going on that I have gotten a bit bogged down.  I now have 9 lambs to bottle feed and a friend has been poorly so I have been looking after her horse too, as well as work getting in the way.

I am pleased however that I have managed to get some time to take part in some craft classes and a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop with John Lockwood.

I had a great time playing with the new Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders and the Sue Wilson dies, which are a real favourite with me.

Anyway, this is the card I produced and I love the colours and the look can be changed so easily by changing the sentiment and colour!

A bit of short and sweet from me, but hope you like the card.

Take care, until next time

Ginny xx

Same Die Different Look!

I really enjoyed working with the Poppystamps Bellina Butterfly Collage last time so decided to play with it again, only this time I used gilding flakes.

Its amazing that by using the same die you can have two totally different looks,  I hope you agree that even though this card is slightly simpler it is very effective.

What do you think?

Well that's all for now but will catch up again soon!

love

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