Congratulations Layered Heart

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Finally got around to having a play with some new dies from Creative Expressions.  I've used the lovely Layered Heart from Sue Wilson's background collection. It has little lift up elements in the flowers.

I created my own pearlescent background using Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish in Mint and then cut the detailed die. I also used some square dies from Lisa Horton and Carnation Crafts.  The sentiment was cut and layered up using  an Hunkydory die.  I also used an Xcut punch for some extra flowers.  I finished with black gems.

Challenges 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #171

A Gem of a Challenge 

Allsorts #653

A Bit More Time to Craft #147

Crafters Cafe #279

Crafts Galore Encore #94

Love to Craft #65

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

Just for You layered rose

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've been having a go at some layered stamps today. I like the effect you get without too much effort and the lifting of the final stencil to reveal the finished image is always exciting!

I chose to use Altenew ink pads as they come in colour families with the right shades of colour together.  The stamp was from Sara Sig. Rose Garden. The rectangular die was a magazine freebie, the sentiment was a Marianne Design die and the papers were from Craft Sensations. I completed the card with some spotty ribbon and clear gems.

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

Have a Wonderful Day

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Doesn't time fly is all I'm going to say :)

 On to today's card. I fell in love with this stamp when I saw it - butterflies and flowers, my favourite combo.

I stamped this Creative Expressions image onto Hunkydory stamping card with Memento black ink and coloured with my Promarkers.  I also added a generous amount of glitter to the flowers

and butterfly.   The colours chosen go well with the Gina K papers which I also fell in love with.

 (It's easy to fall in love with Crafty stuff. It's an affliction we all suffer from I think!!). I completed the card with gem stones and a dimensions butterfly sticker from PM.

Other items used:

Dies: SB Labels 18, SD Sig. Torn Note Paper, border from The Works

Sentiment stamp from Dovecraft Sweet Paris

Challenges:

Passion for Markers #615

Krafty Chicks #583

Fab n Funky #537

Creative Moments #225

I love Promarkers #446

Crafty Sentiment Designs 

Lemon Shortbread #157

TTCRD 

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

Glittery Birthday

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I dug out some old tonic die and EF sets recently ( trying to use more old stash!)

I used gold linen card and black glitter card. I quite like the black and gold combination. I did a second pass through my machine to bring out the embossed detail.

The sentiment die is from Yvonne Creations with a Tonic floral flourish die behind.

I added some die cut and punched butterflies.

Thanks for visiting and any comments.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

x

Sparkly Heels

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've finally found the time to visit blogland! I'm continuing with my quest to use up older papers, toppers and kits. 

For this card I used a leftover smaller topper from Hunkydory and cut into it using a Gemini Inverted  Circle die. I used a Tonic pin dot die for the base layer and a Hunkydory EF which I cut out with a Lisa Horton scalloped square. Some gems and a ribbon finish off the card.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #17

Allsorts #637/8

Creative Fingers #213

Cardz for Galz #153

Thanks for visiting and any comments.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

Paper Posies

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Today's card uses the lovely Paper Posies papers from Dovecraft.

I've used a favourite SB die ( Detailed Scallops) for the first layer. I love to use this die with 7 x 5 scalloped cards as the scallops in the die seem to nest nicely with the scallops of the card. Other dies I've used include Time for Tea, Stamps by Chloe (flowers) and a selection of Sweet Dixie leaf dies. The acetate butterfly is from Hunkydory.

Thanks for visiting and any comments.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

First Wedding Anniversary

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I have lots of Hunkydory topper books but don't use them enough. They're great for quick cards. As the image was already done, I was able to take more time ( and enjoyed) embellishing this card.

I used a MB border and Sweet Dixie corner, flower and leaves dies. I also added lots of pearls and glitter glue. The Paper was from First Edition.

Challenges

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 

Crafty Calendar 

Allsorts  #629

 Aud Sentiments Ch #277

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima

xxx

Special Day

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

A quick and simple card today.

I've used a Card Deco Slimline die for my card shape - I love the rounded corners and stitched detail.  I used the central die to cut out the 3 apertures and then stuck two back in, slightly raised with pads. The flower was fussy cut from the lovely Pawsitivity paper pad. I stamped a Honey Doo sentiment in the  centre aperture and finished with an assortment of gems.

Challenges:

Inkspirational #241

Creative Fingers #210

Aud Sentiments Ch #275

Creative Knockouts #405

Craft Rocket Ch #82

Through the Purple Haze 

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx

Together Forever

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Here is my card for today.

I coloured in this cute stamp from Hunkydory with my Promarkers. No patterned paper on this card just lots of die cut layers ( TL., Cr. Comp., SW.)

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed and I doodled a border with a white pen.

Challenges: 

I love Promarkers #436

Passion for Markers #594

Cute Card Thursday #689

Crafty Catz #554

Colour Crazy Ch. AG

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

A Rose For You

Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

A different shaped card today.  I seem to be more interested these days in cards which are not the regular square or rectangle shape, so expect to see more!

The die (Studiolight Essentials)  did all the hard work for this card, I just layered up the different elements. I wanted to keep the rose theme running through the card and used an old magazine freebie die for the rose inside the card. I inked up the flowers with Victorian Velvet DI and embellished the butterflies which are from the paper pad (Sara Sig. Caring Thoughts) with some gems.

Here is the closed card. It wanted to spring open so I had to weigh it down with the paper pad and some scissors to take the pic! It does fold nice and flat and stands up very well too. 

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments Ch #275

Cardz 4 Galz #147

C.R.A.F.T #599

Krafty Chicks #561

Crafty Creations 

Crafty Gal's Corner #219

Little Red Wagon #603

The Paper Funday #26

Sisterhood of Crafters 

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx

Celebrate

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I love embossing folders but feel I don't use them enough. So I decided to have a little play and try some different techniques.

 This 3D folder (Blooming Peony) from Lisa Horton is fast becoming my favourite. I was very impressed with the depth of embossing and decided to further highlight the flowers by going over them with a white Spectrum Noir pigment ink pad. I think this technique  brings even more life to the image.

I didn't want to cover up too much of the embossed area with a topper etc so I die cut a heart (MB)  and a sentiment (Poppystamps), layering each one several times for more dimension. I framed it all with Lisa Horton Stitched Scalloped Squares. It's hard to make out but the heart and sentiment are covered with Sparkle glitter pen and a couple of pearls finish it all off.

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs 

Lemon Shortbread #145

TTCRD

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday 

The Paper Funday #26

Aud Sentiments Ch. #274

Let's Craft and Create #171

Just Us Girls #583

My Time to Craft 

A Gem of a Challenge #10

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima

xxx

It's Spring

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've had this stamp for a while and now seemed the appropriate time to use it. Having said that, I don't think the poor seeds and plants in the garden know whether to start growing or not with all this wintry weather we've been having in the UK!

After stamping in Memento Cocoa on watercolour card, I decided to colour the image using my Inktense pencils. I love the bright intensity of colour these pencils give, which can then be muted with water.

 I used paper from the same Craft Consortium Cottage Garden collection as the stamps and as well as the Gemini Inverted Scalloped Rectangles, I also used SW and Lisa Horton flower and leaf dies. A brush of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen added some glitter.

Challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft #139

Crafty Animals #50

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Ch. 

Mix It Up Ch. #49

Dream Valley #247

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #157

Lemon Shortbread #145

Sisterhood of Crafters from a garden

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting 

Fatima 

xxx

Floral Posy - Lisa Horton

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

The colour challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog caught my eye, especially as it includes my favourite colour turquoise.  

I used the  Edgecutz dies from Lisa Horton to cut into my card. I inked onto another piece of card in turquoise and green DIs and stuck this behind.  I used the extra flower dies to cut more flowers - solid out of inked turquoise and navy cards and  outline from  gold mirri card. I finished with a few gem and pearl clusters.

If only there were real flowers in this colour, they would definitely be in my garden!

Other dies used: Carnation Crafts Shabby Stitched Rectangles

DP: Craft Sensations 

DIs , gems and pearls

Challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges #582

As You Like It - favourite season: it has to be spring.  Something to look forward to during the dark months and when it arrives, everything is bursting into life in fresh, vivid colours ( which tend to dull over summer).

Krafty Chicks #557

Sisterhood of Crafters - from a garden

TTCRD AG

Lemon Shortbread  #144 

Crafty Creations #420 

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx

Echinacea

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I love echinaceas (or coneflowers ) - one of the highlights of the late summer garden, and so I couldn't resist treating myself to one of the new Woodware stamps.

I really enjoyed colouring this with my Promarkers. I kept the layout simple using some Bright Ombre Cardstock from Craft Sensations and a Pinkfresh Studios frame die.

I chose warm colours this time but I know I'll be colouring this stamp in many different colours.

Challenges 

A Gem of a Challenge #9

Allsorts #621 3 colours of the rainbow - red, orange and yellow

Sweet Stampin - no squares allowed

Krafty Chicks #556

Creative Fingers #206

A Bit More Time to Craft #138

Crafter's Cafe #264

I love Promarkers #433

Colour Throwdown #639

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Arianna Blooms

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I have a slimline card to share today. 

I blended distress oxide ink to create the background behind the apertures and dug out a favourite Memory Box die Arianna Bloom to die cut the flower, swapping the colours over for the central flower.

    

I shortened  the stem a little bit and added lots of sparkle with a Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen.

I didn't want to waste the swirls that I snipped off the flowers , so I glued these back onto the card. I finished with some sequins. The dies I used were from Gemini, MB and Pinkfresh Studios. 

Challenges

Inkspirational #237

Creatalicious Ch. # 209

Die Cut Divas - windows/ apertures

Love to Craft #57

 A Gem of a Challenge #8

Cardz 4 Galz #144

Sisterhood of Crafters - yellow mellow

Thank you for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx 

Spring Picnic

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

No teddy bears in the woods today - only these cuties enjoying their picnic! 

The weather today is perfect for a picnic or just a walk in the woods and I can't wait to visit my local woods soon to enjoy the bluebells and wild garlic :)

This cute topper and papers are from Craft Consortium Bluebells and Buttercups.

I have also used dies from Carnation Crafts, MB and JND.

Challenges:

Cut It Up #222

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #154

A Gem of a Challenge #7

A Bit More Time To Craft #136

MAWTT #128

Make My Monday #145

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Spring Bloom

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

For today's card I have used a favourite digi stamp from LOTV. 

I've coloured this cutie with Promarkers. 

Dies used include Chloe's, Gemini and Craftwork Cards. The papers are from Sara's Beautiful Butterflies.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #6

Inkspirational #235

Cute Card  Thursday #678

Paper Shelter #461

I Love Promarkers #431

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Happy Birthday

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've gone for some ink blending today using some oxide inks and a bit of water splattering.

The tulip embossing folder is a magazine freebie which I die cut into square shape. I added a  sentiment to the centre and finished with some sequins.

Dies used:  Sara Signature, Daisy Mae, Lisa Horton  and Tonic.

Challenges:

Just Add Ink #545 

Colour My Heart  # 435

Simply Create Too # 168

Craft Rocket Ch. #79

Thanks for dropping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Daffodil

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Another Mother's Day card today.  I've used a daffodil die which came free with a magazine and framed this with some eyelet dies from Heartfelt Creations which I also used to create the card.

I've added some die cut  grass along the bottom and stamped the sentiment.

The papers are from Craft Consortium, with lots of spring flower names and phrases.

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx 

Happy Mother's Day

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you. A gloriously sunny day today. Hope there's some sunshine wherever you are :)

The topper and papers are from Craft Consortium Cottage Garden.

Dies used are from Pinkfresh Studio, Memory Box, Marianne, Heartfelt Creations and John Next Door. Tonic butterfly punch.  Pearls and drops to finish.

Thanks for popping by and any comments.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima

xxx

Shoes and handbag for 50th birthday

Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you in these turbulent times.

Gosh, I can't believe it's been that long since my last post!! Time is definitely flying past!

I've just been so busy with work and things happening at home. Crafting has had to simmer on the back burner for a bit but I did manage to make this card for a colleague to give to her friend. 

The colours are the recipient's favourites and she likes her handbags and shoes. 

I used a Chloe EF - once in white for the base,  then again in black and fussy cut the bag and shoes and finally in mustard for the bows, flower and tassle. I used another floral EF in the background and finished with die cut flourishes and black gems. The sentiment was done on the computer. 

Thanks for popping by. Hope to be back soon!

Take care.

Fatima xxx