Wax, fish and Toadstools, what a mixture !

Morning all , it's Monday again so that means Grandma time.
Yes she is fast asleep , so time to blog.
Missed the  Sheena show this morning but will catch up on my IPad when Mia has gone home. The inkoids had another chance to play with the embossing folders again, ther are so many different techniques you can do with these.

This one uses glossy card and the wax paper technique along with three colours of Distress ink. The card didn't finish like this, I decided to add a wording topper to it, felt it needed something else.

I've also had fun recently playing with Create and Craft's  own card stock for a show Jak Heath was on. Out came all the Spellbinders and Tattered Lace dies along with some of Sheena's stamps, remember these ?

The background stamp is one of Sam Poole's from Creative Expressions which was stamped and embossed using clear EP. I used clear as well with the reeds and cut them out, the fish was stamped in black on an gold piece of the mirror.

Still have more Tattered Lace to show here from the last POD,

Love these Toadstool dies, great to add to those fairy stamps and dies but I think this card would be good for a man's card.

Three cards today and what a mixture , hope you like them.

Happy Crafting.

Sheena show on Monday

Just a quick post here to let you know that Sheena is back on our telly on Monday at 9am and 3pm with the Indian embossing folders. The inkoids had another chance to play with these wonderful Indian embossing folders. Check out the other Inkoid blogs ( link on Sheena's blog ) to see what has been created.

For this card I used Versamark to ink the folder, or you could do Sheena's trick of brayering glycerin on to it. I used clear embossing powder this time and inked over with Distress ink. I repeated the process but cut out the flowers and embossed them with clear powder.

The leaf spray is from the Indian stamps which were on previously.

As I still have a collection of unseen cards here is another Tattered Lace card from the recent POD.

If you saw the demo that Nancy did you will know that this is made from the helterskelter and the Ferris wheel. The papers from my stash led to making it  tropical, the Ferris wheel was cut coloured and glittered to give the look of those sparklers, you sometimes get in cocktails.

Right I'm off to play ( work ) now, something for the weekend. Hint hint.

So Happy Crafting everyone.

What a picture !

Mia day today, but still had chance to watch Nancy with those lovely new dies.
Just watched Nancy do the demo I designed, hope whoever wins it enjoys it, it was fun to make. The idea came from snipping the die cuts about, the base of the Ferris wheel just looked like an easel.

The ledge for the canvas and the buckle came from the spade.

The card below I put on Facebook yesterday.

I used the Grand Squares from Spellbinders to make the frame and the decorative border was made using the  top of the carousel die. The die cut was embossed with clear embossing powder., to give it a glazed look.

The background was made using the wrinkle free distress technique. Wipe several colours of distress ink across a craft mat, spray with water and wipe a piece of white card across it, dry with a heat gun.

To make the banner ,colour some white card with the same colours used for the background, then die cut . Sew together,I used a piece of bakers twine for this.

More samples to follow tomorrow.

Happy Crafting.

A day on the beach

Seem to have neglected to post just recently, sorry......
I have been busy, spent most of the bank holiday weekend in my shed while my Hubby was in his garage. We only seemed to meet up for. meals. Lol
With being busy it means there are plenty of samples to show you.
Tonight sees the launch of a new set of dies from Tattered Lace, I love these and I told Stephanie so as soon as I saw them. When I first started crafting, one of my first loves was scrapbooking, these dies would be brilliant for those  seaside holiday photos. I really wanted to do a page using these dies but  time  ran out. I'll save them for when we take Mia to the coast for the first time.

Do you remember using a wind break ?

I do, on Great Yarmouth  beach, we went there every June  for our holiday when we were kids.

Hanging the beach towel over the wind break to dry.

I wanted to add seashells to this card but could I find any......no but after a trip to a garden centre I found a few. I remember when I was little there were shops  near the sea that sold netting bags of all different shells. Do they still ?

I used torn Kraft card for the sand but on another card I used sandpaper both give quite a good effect.

Coffee stirrers make very good poles for the wind break.

As with all Tattered Lace dies  don't think these dies will only be used for seaside card and scrapbook pages, watch tonight or keep an eye on my blog for other ideas.........

Happy Crafting?

Venetian Fern

How was your Sunday ? Had a great day playing with my new dies, just found out the show will be on the 6th May at 9pm on Ideal World. Plenty more time to play then.

These two cards were on the last  POD.

Happy Crafting

D-Liteful Tree

Morning crafters, just a quick post while I'm waiting to have my hair done.

This is the last card I have to post from the Spellbinders POW, can't wait to show you the cards I've been making with the new Tattered Lace dies. Just have to wait for the go ahead but I know you will love them.

I  have a few other projects to do after this, which I will be able to show straight away.

Today's card used papers I brought from Colemans Warehouse, ribbon from Ribbonbox and roses from Hobby House.

Until tomorrow Happy Crafting.

Woodland Kraft

Just a quick post as it's a bit late and I have another busy day of crafting tomorrow.
Both cards are from the Spellbinders show, the first using the dragonfly which was cut out of Kraft card from Anna Marie Designs. The backing paper was from a paper pad from Lili of the Valley.

The second card was made using the Twigs Unite die, which was die cut twice. Then they were cut apart to widen the gap  between the branches. The flowers were from  a Tattered Lace set of blooms.

Have a good weekend and Happy Crafting.