New Home Card

My last card today, it's a new home card. I have used much the same idea as the shabby chic birthday card. Using a painted piece of cardboard as the backing layered on top of some jute ribbon.
The twine has been wrapped around the top layer of card. The mini envelope contains a stamped house which was die cut using papertrey ink stamps and dies. The gorgeous little heart tag is also from Papertrey ink. I love their stamps and dies ( trouble is quite expensive to have shipped over here!! )
Again the little tag behind the cardboard is cut  using a punch using Pink Petticoat french script paper.

I love pale turquoise and cream together. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Karen x

Shabby Chic Pink

Hello again,

Another card which has proved very popular with the family to send to friends etc. It has a shabby chic effect to it. I have now made several in different colours to keep in stock for friends and family to send.

The backing is jute ribbon bought from a local sewing shop in town. The card has been painted with white dabber paint from Tim holts and pink paper ribbon has been wrapped around the cardboard. The mini envelope has been cut from a punch in Maja design spring basics paper. The little tag has been punched from Pink petticoat french script paper. Again the little daisy has been cut from a poppy stamp Daisy bubble border.

This card seems to look good in any colour. Particularly with Maja design papers, so pretty.

Thanks for looking.

Have a great day.

Karen x

A Birthday Card for My Daughter.

Hello,
It's been so long since I posted a card but I spend a while this morning doing the LOTV blog hop and it  made me realise I need to get back into it. Such lovely inspiration on their blogs.

Anyway I have several cards to post so here's the first. It's my daughters birthday on the 8th August and this is the card I have made for her. She is going to be on holiday for her birthday so thought this Saturated Canary image was just perfect. It's called pack light,  something my Daughter is not so good at!!!

The image has been coloured with Prisma coloured pencils. The Happy birthday tag is a magnolia one which has been embossed using a cuttlebug folder. The tiny envelope is a punch and the little daisy on the envelope has been cut out from a poppy stamp border die called daisy bubbles. The heart banner is a LA LA Land die and the papers are gorgeous Maja design.

I hope you are all having a good day and if you have a chance pop over to Lili of the Valley and get a sneek peek of their gorgeous new Christmas stamps due out on Thursday.   

Hugs 

Karen x

Emma's Present

Good Morning,

I am sat out in the garden posting this card!! Can't believe spring is actually here.
Hope you are all well.
This card I have made for the Ribbon Girl April colour challenge. The picture to be used as inspiration I just had to print off and stick into my ideas book, such a pretty picture.

I have used LOTV Emma's presents stamp. The papers are from Nitwits Always Forever too. The image I have coloured with Prisma coloured pencils. The flowers are from wild orchid crafts, Carnation, roses and gipsophilia. The little sentiment tag and the butterfly are Magnolia. I have also used a pretty cream lace to go across the centre of the card.

What a fab challenge, I don't know who wouldn't be inspired by such a lovely picture.

I hope you like it.

Karen x

Buttons, Bows and Polka Dots.

Hello,

Back again with another baby card, this time for the Sweet Stampin Challenge. Buttons, Bows and Polka Dots.

Just  about all my favourite things in one card!!!

I love making baby cards. The pretty backing paper is Nitwits Always and forever.  I have used a marrianne creatable die for the pram and a fancy oval die for the background. The flourish is a Cheery Lyn. The cute little heart tag die is a magnolia one that comes with a bigger tag. The buttons are some I have in my stash and the vintage seam binding is from the ribbon girl.
I have added two tiny butterflies and sparkly stars to the corner of the card. Oh and for the Polka Dots I used Maja Spring Papers inside the card.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x

Close Your Eyes.

Good Morning,

What a beautiful day!! Sun and everything.

Today I am showing you a card that I have put together for the Lili's Little fairies challenge.
The stamp is called close your eyes from Lili of the valley. I am entering it into the above challenge and also the totally gorjus spring colours challenge.

I have again used half acetate for the front of the card. The papers are Maja Spring basics and Melisssa Frances.
The cloud die  is a new joy crafts one and the border along the centre of the card is a poppy stamps one. The stamps are a mixture of Marianne design and LOTV.
The fence die is one I use all the time and comes from magnolia. The little butterfly is out of the Maja Spring papers and I have gloosy accented it and used stickles glitter glue underneath. I saw this demonstrated on Nixe-Moni's gorgeous blog.

I have coloured the image using a mixture of distress markers and prisma colour pencils. Around the edge of the circle I have used metalic gilding wax, which I have to say I found a little messy!!! It is the first time I have used it though.


Have a great weekend

Hugs  Karen x

Golfing

Hello,

Today I have made a male birthday card. I find these quite hard but Lili of the Valley have brought out their sketch pads and I have used the Vintage Boys pad.

The lovely thing is you can colour them yourself. I have used distress markers and prisma coloured pencils.

I have used acetate for the front of the card. The clouds are a joy crafts die. The flower border across te centre of the card is a poppy craft die.

The sentiment has been printed on my mac and then embossed with a cuttlebug swiss dots folder.

The papers are Maja design spring basics and the surround for the image is Bazill basic card stock.

Ideas and things I Love file

Good morning,

Today I don't have a card to show you but something else I have been working on. For a while now I've been looking at the smash books. I like the idea of being able to keep all my inspiration and ideas in one easy to go to place.

I bought the file and insets at Paperchase a while ago.

I have decorated the front cover with a pretty Melissa Frances paper and added lots of little embellishments that I have collected over time.

Inside I have different sections like home decor, recipes, shops I love and a family section fro photos etc.
I love collecting pretty pictures from home magazines and the like just to look at every now and again.

Also  I have a plastic wallet inside where I keep web addresses etc for my favourite places that I purchase card bits from i.e backgrounds that I can purchase and download and digi prints.

All in all I'm really pleased with the look of the file and now have my own record of home decor ideas card ideas and just pretty things to look at.

Hope to have a card for you to see soon.

Hugs
Karen x

Front Cover with Melissa Frances Paper.

This is the cover for my Home Decor section

Inside the front cover

Some Home Decor Ideas (colours I love)

Emma Pot Plant

Good morning,

I have a card today which I am going to enter into the Lili's Little Fairies " All Stitched Up" Challenge , The Ribbon Girl April Challenge "just add flowers' and Cheery Lynn Design " Back to Nature"

I have used LOTV Emma Pot Plant stamp.

I have painted it with Distress re-inkers. The backing paper is a Maja Design vintage Spring and the stitched mats are from Nitwits.

I have used several dies. The fence is a magnolia die, the doily is Cheery Lyn and the little birdhouse is a Marianne creatable. I love the die running sown the edge of the card which is a poppy stamp die.
The large tag with the ribbon attached is a magnolia.

I hope to make another card to post today but I'll have to see what I can come up with.

Hugs

Karen x

Saturated Canary Honey

Hello,

I have a saturated canary card today which I downloaded as a Digi Print.

I have coloured with distress markers. The papers are the new Maja design Vintage Spring range and the backing is  a hesian look paper. The doily is cut using a cheery Lyn die. Very pretty die, it's the first time I have used it as it only arrived yesterday.

The little paper shopping bag is cut using a memory box die, a bit fiddly to put together but worth the effort, I think.

The balloons and the number dies are both Quickutz. I have also added glossy accents to the balloons and the numbers.

I hope you like it and I would like to enter it in to the Saturated canary "pretty pastels" challenge, sweet stampin  challenge "oh so girly" and Totally Gorjuss Challenge

Karen x

Mgnolia Ribbon Girl Challenge

Happy Easter everybody,

Hope you are having a lovely break.

Today I have made a card for the Ribbon Girl Magnolia only challenge

This is actually the only Magnolia stamp I own at the moment. I painted her with Distress markers and the papers I have used are a mixture of Maja Design vintage summer, vintage spring and my minds eye lost and found.

I have cut a magnolia tag from maja spring papers and placed it behind the image. The flowers are all from Wild Orchid crafts and the little happy birthday tag is also a magnolia die from the tea tag set.

Hugs

Karen x

A New Home

Good afternoon,

I hope you are all having a good day. I got all my house jobs done this morning and have been up in my little craft space this afternoon!!!

I have made a new home card today in pastel spring colours. I've even used my very precious Maja vintage spring papers!!! It was very difficult to cut up the first piece.

The little house is a stamp which I think I got free with a magazine ages ago, I have painted it with distress re-inkers. It has been cut out using a creatables fancy oval die. it has then been layered on a larger oval die cut and a doily. The pretty flower border is a memory box Fairytale flower die.

On the fence I have entwined the flowers to make it look like they are growing on the fence. The sentiment is a LOTV sentiment stamp.

It's easter weekend which means lots of crafting time.............. Enjoy.

Karen x

Baby Pink

Good Morning,

Hope you are all well. It's a beautiful morning outside, for a change!

Today I am sharing a baby girl card. I have distressed the top layer of the card with the tim holtz distressing tool and torn it in a couple of places to allow the soft pink to show through from the bottom layer.The butterfly heart flourish and the baby sentiment have all been cut from baby pink velum. I think using velum gives a much softer colour.

The clothes on the line are from a LOTV A5 stamp sheet called the baby companion set. I have mounted these on two layers of the fancy oval die. The tiny tag with the babies feet on is a magnolia die along with the pull out tag, which I have decorated with ribbon and a heart shaped button.
The inside of the card is layered with maja design vintage summer basics and a large fancy oval.
The flowers on the inside of the card are a memory box die which I have cut out in tissue paper.

I hope you all have a good day.

Karen x