Flower Jars

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

For today's cards I used some card blanks from an old Kanban box. They're tri-fold with a curved edge and I thought they would be perfect for these DL toppers from a  Hunkydory pad (Flower Jars).

I layered the toppers on the front of the cards. There are some beautiful floral designs in gorgeous colours.  

I decoupaged some of the flowers.

I think this my favourite flower.

I also embellished with gems.

I used the matching papers, from  the same pad, to line the inside fold, added a sentiment and embellished with more gems and flowers.

That's all for today. Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx

Hello Autumn

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Hello Autumn indeed! Where has the summer gone? A definite chill in the morning air these days.

 I bought some autumn craft goodies from the Range recently but I was also tempted by their home decor - so many warm colours in cushions, throws, wreaths. I also saw some cute autumn crockery in Asda. I nearly gave in but I don't think I could fit another mug in my cupboard at home! 

For this card I used lots of different papers from the Pumpkin Patch paper pad from the Range using Mojo Monday sketch #500 for inspiration. 

I die cut some pumpkins and coloured them using Cloud 9 blending ink Early Sunrise from Lisa Horton.  The ribbon is also from the Range and the sentiment was die cut from one of the sheets.

That's all for today.  Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx 

Baby Girl

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I bought the latest box kit from Chloe a while ago. The magazine is packed full of inspiration, but something that really caught my eye was a layout that Chloe used for one of her cards. I thought it would be perfect for using little toppers and motifs.

There are a lot of layers to cut but I did enjoy making this card and in the end I made two more!

For the one above I used paper from Cr. Comp. Blush Pastel Plaid and another patterned paper from my stash.  The white circles were embossed with an Embossaliscious  EF. The sentiment is from SW.

For this card I raided my stash of patterned paper again and I think these are from PM. The bow is from Poppystamps and all the lettering is from Spellbinders Baby Step Block Card set ( as are the little motifs in the first card).

For the final card it was more patterned paper from my stash. This time I used an EF from Cuttlebug and the sentiment is from SW.  All the layers were cut with plain and Filigree dies from Creative Craft Products.  I embellished all the cards with punched flowers/gems.

As I said before, I really enjoyed working with this layout. It's a great way of using up paper and little bits.  I've got my eye on making some wedding cards like this as I have some little wedding toppers to use up. I just need to remember where I've stashed them!!  Anyway, that's all for today.  Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting

Fatima 

xxx 

Just For You Button Blooms

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've been playing with some more of Lisa Horton's stencils and embossing folders.  This design is called Button Blooms and features lots of flowers and a cute button like design for the flower centres.

I used lots of different colours of oxides for the different layers. I was trying to emulate the colours that can be seen in the spring garden at the moment. For the smaller panels of this stepper card (using Presscut dies), I added some strips embossed with the same EF and added gems to the flower centres. I finished with a die cut sentiment from The Paper Boutique layered onto some different coloured circles.

Challenges 

Aud Sentiments Blog Ch. #301 water colouring and/or spring

Crafting Happiness Ch #142 flowers

Make My Monday #199 flowers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #204 AG

A Gem of a Challenge #9 AG

Can You Handle the Pressure? anything embossing goes

Creative Creases #56 AG

Creative Fingers #253 AG

Creative Knockouts #493 flower power

Crafty Gal's Corner #242 easter/spring

Just a Note

Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

 

I tried an American A2 size card today to accommodate the Honey Bee Stamps frame die. It's a little bit smaller than what I'm used to but I might use it more in the future as a lot of the cover plate dies I have are A2 in size. I also used the two smaller tulips from the  Lovely Layers Tulips die set, also from Honey Bee Stamps. I inked these with oxides. The dotty papers are from a Craft Sensations pad. The sentiment stamp is from an old magazine freebie set. I finished with some gems.

                That's all for today. Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

                                              Happy crafting.

                                                  Fatima 

                                                     xxx

        

Happy Birthday to You!!

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Let's bring in a little bit of the garden today.  The tulips in my garden are in full flower and add such a cheery touch.

I think yellow tulips are my favourite and I love seeing any yellow flowers in the spring garden.

These tulips are the layering dies from Lisa Horton. I cut everything from white card and coloured with oxides. The background rectangle dies are Lisa Horton Slimline Layered Daisy set and Creative Craft Products Stitched DL dies. Although you can't see much of it, I also added some ombre patterned paper from Craft Sensations.

For a little more detail, I embossed the scalloped rectangle with the Natural Woodgrain EF from Lisa Horton and used some of her Cloud 9 blending ink to bring out the woodgrain pattern. I finished off with a Creative Expressions Wordies sentiment and some gems.

Challenges 

Fab 'n' Funky # 570 use die cuts

Try it on Tuesday- hello spring

Creative Fingers #252 AG

 My Time to Craft #505 Easter, spring flowers

Craft Rocket Ch # 102 layer it up

Creative Knockouts #492 spring is in the air 

Through the Purple Haze for girls

Crafty Gal's Corner #242 easter/spring

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday AG

Little Red Wagon #700 layers

That's all for today.

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima

xxx

To You Both

Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

For today's card I've used a sweet layering stencil set called Songbirds on Branches from Pinkfresh Studio. I thought it would make a nice card for a couple.

I initially stencilled on plain white but it looked a bit 'bland'. So I blended a couple of shades of yellow Oxides for the background and used more Oxides for stencilling the image. I only have the stencils in this set ( there are also matching stamp, dies and hot foil plates) so I pencilled in more detail.  I filled up the branches with punched flowers and added gems to their centres.  The eyelet arch die is from  Heartfelt Creations. The stamped sentiment is from a set I've had for years.

Challenges 

The Paper Shelter #549  anything that flies 

Creative Moments #244 wings and things 

Crazy is our Fame  anything with stencils

Get Creative Challenges #120 springtime blues

Dream Valley challenges #291 any celebration 

613 Avenue Create  AG + Let's stencil 

Crafty Catz #632 AG + add some blue

Cut it Up #275 starts with a b

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting 

Fatima 

xxx

It's Your Day

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I really enjoyed using these cute little mug with additions dies from Pretty Pink Posh.

  I have used elements from the original mug set and some from the Birthday Additions set. I ink-blended the balloons using Distress Oxides and layered onto gold glitter die cut balloons before  adding some highlights with a white gel pen.  I dug out an old Forever Friends paper pad for the starry background paper and dotted some gems around. The sentiment is from the Birthday die set.

                      That's all for today. Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave. 

                                                   Happy crafting.

  Fatima 

xxx

Darling Daffodils

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Today I have another Mother's Day card, this time featuring some cute little daffodils from Lawn Fawn. It's a simple but pretty set of dies. 

I used the Sue Wilson Noble Looped Squares for the frame and layered with some old PM paper. I placed a die cut oval vellum under the flowers and finished with some gems. The sentiment is a stamp from Personal Impressions. 

Challenges:

Allsorts #719  a trio of something

Cardz for Galz #194 use vellum 

Crafty Catz #628 AG

That's all for today. Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx

Happy Mother's Day

 Hello crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Today's card was inspired by the latest release from John Next Door.  I watched  the shows and videos and although I  loved the concept of the layering dies and the results were gorgeous, I couldn't justify purchasing them, not even for the convenience of having them all put together in sets! So I had a rummage through my copious dies and layered them up. It's a mish mash of different brands but I think the result isn't too bad. I omitted the rectangular layer which John included.

I used Filigree dies from Creative Craft Products. The dotty edged dies are some old faithful Tonic ones and the plain edge were from Chloe's. The Cornflowers are from JND. I darkened the petals tips with DI and added Dew Drops from Craft Artist to the centres. The sentiment is from The Paper Boutique. The leaves are from my stash.

That's all for now.  Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave- always appreciated.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx