Happy Mother's Day

Hi there, and A Happy Mother's Day to all the mum's out there, hope you are all being spoilt and pampered.

I thought I would share with you all my Mother's Day card for my mum along with the box I had to create to put it in because of the flowers on the card.
First the card

and then the box (it had a plain bottom) and the top was from a sheet of Kanban card.

close up of the flower made from a combination of Spellbinders jewel flowers and flourishes and a Memory Box die, and a  bit of stickles Stardust in the centre. Got to have a bit of bling.

 and both together

Enjoy your day! I am off to visit my mum this afternoon and take her goodies, lets hope she likes!

Hugs Carole

Happy Birthday LOTV

 

Lili of the valley are celebrating their 9th Birthday today! Happy Birthday LOTV

 

 

I am entering this card in their competition.

Have been to the celebrations today......fantastic. They have all worked so hard and the shop looked really nice, lovely balloons, great products (too much temptation) and really nice people. Thank you for all the effort LOTV, I am sure it is appreciated by many people.

Crafty hugs
Carole

Quick and easy.....

But not my usual style. I decided to go a little bit out of my comfort zone on this one and use some bold colours and a large sentiment.

 

 

 

First I covered the card blank with stripy paper from my stash and then cut a piece of red bazzill card  edged it with a Martha Stewart punch and placed it over the bottom of the patterned piece.
The sentiment is a Stampendous stamp. It comes in a pack of two with a lovely flourish. I stamped and embossed with black embossing powder and then inked round the edges to soften a little and mounted on to black card.Chose to go jaunty and finally added some candi to finish. Job done!

Thanks for stopping by
Crafty hugs
Carole

and this years!

 

Just in case you thought I hadn't done one! here is this years Valentine for hubby. Totally different in style. Which do you prefer?

 

 

 

 

I covered the front of a 6inch square card with the stripy paper from my stash and then added a strip of cream spotty paper (bo bunny but can't remember the name). The heart was cut 3 times with a Spellbinders Nestability and the right side of one heart glued to the left of another to make the 3Dheart. I then covered it in platinum stickles and smudged it out with my finger (best tool going the finger). I did try to spray with my cosmic shimmer but it glooped out of the bottle so no go on that one. Anyone else have that problem? The sentiment was a rub on from my stash.Quick and easy if you don't have a stamp.

 

The inside was a try at a technique I saw in a recent making cards magazine done by Emma take a peek at her blog. (I love her work) so I can't take the credit for it and if I had had more time I would have perfected it, but of course I was last minute as usual.

 

 

 

It is a chain of hearts (like the chains of dolls one cut as a child.....remember? well perhaps not!)

I didn't have any letters that would do for the wording so I had to improvise a bit on that one and stamp and emboss with white powder.

 

Enjoy the spring like weather! sunny here but a bit chilly.

 

TTFN Carole x

 

 

 

 

Valentine

 

Thought I would just share last years Valentine card for hubby with you.. Very less is more and I really liked it for a change.I always admire the minimilistic approach but somehow I am always a bit scared of going there as there is so much white!

 

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I die cut a square in an 8 x8 card and stamped round the left edge with a flourish, then inside the card I sponged through a stencil (made from the same square die) with red ink and then stamped the LOVE heart from Magnolia over the top so that when the card was closed it showed through the aperture.No insert either so quick to do.

 

 Die cut two small hearts from red glitter card and addded the rub on sentiment on it's side top left.

 

Now I have to come up with something different for this year! and quickly!

 

Hope you like, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Carole

'Hello Cup Cake'

Hi there friends.

Hope you have survived the snow and ice and kept toastie warm.
A reference to cake but a stamp this time. It is from Lili of the Valley.

Took papers from my stash (have to use them) and coloured the image with copics. My colouring has way to go to be perfected mind and I do have a limited palette as yet though I keep adding to my collection.

After colouring I cut out the image with a Spellbinder Die and inked lightly with Distress Ink while it was still in the die. Added the flowers and punched leaves, ribbon and sentiment and all done. Here is a close up of the image.




I am definately not happy with the colour of the cup and saucer she is holding, but paler colours just didn't show up against her dress.
Anyway thank you so much for taking the time to look, and any comments or advice is truly welcome.It is really nice that people take the time.
I am still battling blogger! - way to go on that one too. Someone write a handbook please!!
TTFN
Carole x

New Year Resolutions

Well hi there, hope you are all keeping warm in this cold snap.The snow has hit today but not staying thankfully. Not that I venture out, I hibernate!

So how are the New Year Resolutions coming on? Made them? Broken them? not bothered or not admitting to them? I always make some to myself and then if I break them no one knows but me.
I shall share one with you.
I have vowed to make a..... sssh..... Christmas Card, yes ! ...sssh..... that C word, one a month! Then I am not all at the last minute. Well 2 weeks of January gone and guess what -- yes so far no card, well Christmas card anyway, but. I have made a quick card from Craftwork Cards products for my future daughter in law who turns 30 today.
I often spend a lot of time thinking about what to do and not getting on with it, so I dug out a Craftwork Cards Goodie Bag and made myself just use the contents, apart from the base card. (another of my resolutions is to use up some of the stash in the craft room, not just buy more!)
So here is the result, no stamping or inking, well a tad to obliterate white edges.

Nice and girly - hope you like!
Let me know if you have any crafting resolutions
Carole