Stretching my Dies !!

I have just got the Simon Says "Modern Flowers Card Wrap Die" and I am trying to think of different ways to use it.  I remembered a while back that Jennifer McGuire used dies to emboss a card by using a silicone mat in her die cutter so had a go.  I embossed the die twice at the top and bottom of my card then blended over Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.

I then gold embossed and coloured some flowers ( to look like Primroses)  using SSS "Artful Flower set" Just added my sentiment and some sequins and voila , love this look.  I shall be hunting through my dies to have another go at this technique!

I am adding this card to both the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Add some Texture" challenge  and also the Simon Says Flickr Group challenge "Anything Goes"

Looks like we might have some good weather at last next week, looking forward to getting out in my garden.  Have a great week.

Hugs
Sally

Another New Stamp Set!

I have just received the Artful Flowers stamp set from Simon Says in the post and wanted to have a play.  With the current challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Blog being "Patterned Paper "I decided to paper piece the flowers for my card.  Used an old BasicGrey pad and stamped and fussy cut all my flowers.  Added pink Nuvo drops to the flower centers and then layered them up on a frame made with Simon Says "Stitched Square" dies, I have certainly got a lot of use from these dies, definitely my favourite.

Lots of dimension with the flowers.

Have a great weekend,
Hugs
Sally

A change from Christmas Cards!!

I really liked how the Christmas Card in my last post turned out so decided to use the same basic design for a small Birthday Card.  Again using the Simon Says "Stitched Square" dies to create the layers in my card, just added some ink splatters and Altenew flowers coloured with Zig Markers.  Also added some wire and a sentiment from Hero Arts. 

I shall add this card to the current Wednesday challenge at Simon Says "Stitch it".

Hugs
Sally

Need more Cards!!!

I have just had a lovely weekend as both our son and daughter came to visit.  Now I find I need to make more Christmas cards as Francesca raided my card box.  This is a really simple card using the Simon Says "Pile of Presents" die and some glitter card stock. 
Adding this one to the Simon Says Flickr Group challenge, which is a Christmas theme again.

This second card is again using dies and and embossing folder from Tim Holtz , again a simple card to make.  Well that's two more need to get cracking on some more.

Hugs
Sally

Get Well cards

I have been really busy over the past few days and have found no time to craft, but I was eager to take part in the challenge at the Simon Says Flickr group with the theme this time of "Dots or Stripes".  Yesterday I at last found some time and made these two cards.  I had run out of get well cards, my 98 year old Aunt is in hospital and as we live so far away I like to send her a card every week to let her know I am thinking of her.

This first card is using the Simon Says Square Stitched Dies, the Striped stamp is "Canvas Stripes " from Hero Arts  and the flower is from Honey Bee stamps. I have coloured the flower with Zig Markers and then fussy cut.

The second card also uses the "Square Stitched" dies from Simon Says and also their "Stitched Scalloped" die.  The flowers are Altenew's "Painted Flower" stamp fussy cut and layered on Pop Dots.  Need to get this one in the post today.

Have a great week

Hugs
Sally

Finished my Cards!!

I was two Christmas cards short so I quickly ran up these two to get in the post today.  This first one is a remake of the snowman shaker I made here.  This time I use an embossing folder for the front panel, I thought it could represent snowballs!  I am adding this to the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says.

This second card is to go with  the little gift box I made here  A very simple card with lots of Die cuts and the Antique Poinsettia from Hero Arts.

I am not sur if I will have time to blog again before Christmas so I would like to wish all my followers and blogging buddies a very Happy Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Craft New Year.

Hugs

Sally X

Snow and Poinsettia's.

I am still making Christmas cards, I have two very different ones for you today both made with my favourite Hero Arts stamps.  This first card is using the Winter Town stamp.  I stamped the image in an ombre blue and then cut it out using my new Avery Elle die,  I have layered it up first on glitter card and then on some blue card.  I attached the vellum sentiment with my sewing machine and adhered the whole thing to a white card blank.  I am adding this to the Simon Says Wednesday challenge "Let it Snow" and also to Virginia's View challenge #21 "All about Glitter", just a suttle amount of glitter but it certainly adds a sparkle.

For my second card I have used the "Peace Poinsettia"  first stamping the Kraft backing repeatedly in silver, then stamping onto red card and embossing in gold.  I have also added a Wink of Stella to the red card for extra sparkle.  I have finished with a sentiment cut on my Silhouette machine and some red twine.

Hope you are having a good week.

Shake it 2

I am enjoying making Shaker cards at the moment, so here's another entry for the Wednesday challenge at Simon Says!!  I used my Silhouette machine to cut the balloon window in some white cards stock.  I cut the image again and coloured the balloons with Copics then adhered them to the cut image.  The base card just has a piece of patterned paper attached for the background to the window.  I added loads of sequins as its quite a large window and I wanted lots of sparkle!! 

I am also linking this card to the Die Cut Challenge at Virginia's View.

The sentiment is cut from this new die from Poppy Stamps.

My DD went to Glastonbury last week and managed to bring home a nasty summer cold with her, unfortunately the whole family has now caught it and we are all suffering!!  Hopefully we will all be better for the weekend as we are hoping to go to a Lavender Festival held locally!

Enjoy your week.

A one layer card and More Glitter!!!

At last I am crafting again, its still busy but I have been missing my craft room!!  This first card is for the "One Layer " challenge on the Hero Arts blog and it also fits the "Anything Goes" Challenge over at Simon Says Wednesday challenge.  For this card I made a stencil using a Spellbinders die and then stamped and embossed through the stencil.  I then coloured with my Distress Markers. A very easy but effective card!!

For this second card I used my new Poppystamps die again, this time going for a more masculine look but still using some glittery card.  It shimmers beautifully in real life.

Have a great week.

Scraplings

 I have made this scrapling for challenge 4 set by Virginia over at the Virginia's View Blog  I have been really busy and hopefully have sneaked this in just before the challenge closes.  A Scrapling is basically the scraps that you end up with after you cut from your 11x14 card stock (when you make a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card). You can easily fold the rectangular paper into a a small tall card .  

My card is much brighter in real life, it wasn't the easiest to photograph , my recycled item on the card is the die cut background which is cut from a paint sample great for an ombre effect.

Just a quick post again as I am about to watch some football with DH.  Have a great evening!!

Die Crazy!!

Another busy week with very little crafting time.  I have however made this quick card for the Die Cut challenge over at The Simon Says Wednesday Challenge,  I decided to make another Shaker card using some fabulous little heart shaped sprinkles that I have had in my drawer for ages.  They seemed perfect for an Anniversary card so here we are.  The die is from Memory Box its called Ringo Tile and I do seem to be using it a lot lately, it really is very versatile!

Hope you are enjoying your week, I am looking forward to Friday when we break from school for half term!!