Stars Card

This card is a card a CASEd from a pin I saw on Pinterest here.

I started by sticking strips of paper onto a backing paper, this is what I used at the bottom behind the die cut.  The stars I cut out of core 'dinations "brights" and popped up on 3D foam.

Thanks for visiting.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities "Stars", Memory Box "Piestra Tile"

Cardstock - Core 'dinations "Brights"

Sentiment - Woodware "Happy Birthday" Singles

Dragonfly - CBS Challenge

Here's my second post of the day, and another entry to the Clearly Besotted Challenge!

I saw this dragonfly in this month's release and just couldn't resist.  I have made a variation on another card I made last month "Dotty Birthday".

To start off with I just had the detailed wings set on top of the solid butterfly, but it didn't look quite right so I cut another detailed dragonfly out of white card and sandwiched it in between and I thought it worked much better.

As you can see it's been beautiful weather here this weekend so I did some alfresco photographs!

Jacqui x

Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps: Background Builder, Woodware: Happy Birthday
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities: Circles, Clearly Besotted Stamps: Dragonfly Die Collection
Ink - Tsukineko Memento Dye, Morocco

Cardstock - Core 'dinations: Brights

Floral Frame

Just a quick post from me as there are lots of other things I should be doing.  This is a card I made for my Grandma, sorry about the awful photograph but I made it in the evening and had to get it in the post straight away!

It was a very simple card to make but I love these stamps.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Clearly Besotted Challenge - "Anything Goes"
Time out - Challenge #7
STAMPlorations - June Challenge "Stamps and Borders"
Addicted to Stamps - Challenge #99
Sweet Stampin'


Jacqui x


Supplies:
Ink - All memento: Pistachio, Lulu Lavender, Lilac Posies, Rose Bud
Glossy Accents
Rhinestones from stash
Stamps - CBS "You Are", Woodware "Happy Birthday" Singles

Wedding Birds

This is a card I made for a friend to give at a wedding she's going to next weekend.  I wanted to keep it simple, and also use a die that I recently bought from CBS, which I think perfectly fits the wedding theme.  I haven't (yet) bought the coordinating stamps to go with the dies, so I drew the birds free hand.

I'm going to enter this into the current challenge at clearly besotted...anything goes.

Jacqui x

Supplies: 

Dies - CBS: Love birds, Dienamics, circle stax

liquid pearls, silver

Chop-a-dile, corner chomper

Card; core 'dinations

Father's Day

Nowadays I need to make two Father's Day cards...here's the first one I'm sharing.

As usual I was stumped trying to think of a masculine card to make, so I trawled Pinterest and found this lovely card, which I have CASEd.

Because I have used the CBS "Background Builder" stamp I will be entering this card into the Clearly Besotted Challenge.

I scored the sides of the cardstock onto which I 3D mounted the letters using my Martha Stewart Score Board which I recently bought.  I have held off buying this for a long time but now I have it I love it and can see I will use it a lot!  The letters I printed using my computer (sorry can't recall the font), I then stamped the wording on top.

The twine is actually gardening twine I had, and the button from a (very) big tin of buttons my Grandma had collected and my Grandad just passed to me...hope she'd approve of it's use.  Due to the twine being so bulky I stuck the button on using 3D foam.

Jacqui x

Supplies: 

Stamps: CBS - Background builder

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe

Twine and button from stash.

Christening Card

Today I am sharing a card I made for a friend's baby's Christening.  I wanted to add the personalised details to make it special.  

The images I stamped onto patterned paper and free cut (I need to buy the dies!!).  The writing I printed using my computer and a standard font on Microsoft Word, sorry I can't remember which one.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps, Little Onesie

Sailing Boat

I asked my husband what design he'd like me to make for his Dad's birthday, the answer - "a sailing boat".  Well, they only images that gave me were suitable for a child...so to Pinterest i turned! I found the below card, but wasn't hopeful of finding any driftwood in my garden! But alas after a bit of searching I found the below piece of wood, and even a twig to make the mast with.

Because the wood is so 3-dimensional I stuck the sail on foam pads to give it some life.

Of course my next challenge was an envelope...I could have just put it in a jiffy bag, but it didn't seem quite right.  So I made a box and stamped a small sailing boat onto the front to keep with the theme.  Unfortunately I didn't take a photo before giving it to my Father in law.

Inspiration: 

That's all from me today.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Paper - from stash

Wood - from my garden!

Colour Inspiration

When I sat down to make the card below i had no ideas what so ever...I had a route round my stash and came across the ribbon that I've used at the bottom of the card - and bingo.  You may recognise the ribbon, I saved it from a top I'd bought!

I had colours that perfectly matched the ribbon in my stash, so used these to create the elements of the card.  To make the stars pop I added some glossy accents.  Otherwise I wanted to keep the card flat as I knew I'd be sending it in the post.

Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities 5 Stars, Memory Box - Happy Script Die, Birthday Script Die.

Glossy Accents

Card and ribbon - from stash

Girly 30th Birthday

This is a card I made my sister, it was a few weeks ago but I never got round to sharing...so here it is!

I layered up the two sheets of paper, glued, and then die cut a circle from them to frame the "30".  From the bottom of the green section I die cut the "birthday" and inlaid a die cut I'd made from white card.  The happy is again inlaid into the pink card.

Recently I've started thinking more about the inside of my cards.  I generally add a paper insert, but not always, especially if it's a white card or colour that can be written on.  For this card I decided to add a strip of the patterned paper to the inside of the card, as you can see on the bottom photograph.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Paper - Dovecraft - Garden Party

Dies - Memory Box - Happy Script Die, Birthday Script Die, Large Typewriter Number Set

Enamel Dots - My Minds Eye

Card - Core 'dinations - Brights

Masculine In The Frame

I'm back with another card I've made with a stamp set I received for my birthday.  I have again used colours inspired by the CBS challenge.  I kept it simple as I think the strong frame works well without needing anything else too fussy.

To balance the card I wanted to add some enamel dots...but a lack of suitable colours made me search for some suitable stamps.  I found the little stars within the CBS "Signature Christmas" set, and I'm pleased with how they look.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - In The Frame, Signature Christmas, Good Times
Card: Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Dye - Morocco, Tuxedo Black

Dotty Birthday

I have another card today that I am going to enter into the CBS Challenge. 

The card panel is popped up on foam adhesive pads, as is the central circle.  

Here's the card I took inspiration from:

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps, Background Builder, Personal Impressions, Happy Birthday
Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities, Circles
Punch - Hobbycraft, 1" Butterfly
Ink - Tsukineko Memento Dye, London Fog, Morocco

Orange Good Times

Today I'm sharing a card I made using a stamp set I've wanted for a while and happily got bought for my birthday.  I couldn't wait to use them, and I already had an idea of what I wanted to do.  Thanks to the CBS colour challenge I had some direction of what colour to use.

Thanks for visiting.

Jacqui x

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink Dew Drop Pad - London Fog, Morocco
Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps -Good Times, Woodware crafts - Mini Happy Birthday

Masculine 30th Birthday

I am back today to share a 30th birthday card I made for my brother-in-law.

The "happy" I die cut and stuck onto the white card, whereas the "birthday" I sunk into the white card, just to add different textures.  The 30 I coated in Glossy Accents to make it a little more interesting.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Dies - Spellbinders: Nestabilities, Memory Box: happy, birthday, Large Typewriter Number Set, CBS: Honeycomb Die
Cardstock: Core 'dinations "brights
Glossy Accents

Mother's Day #2

This is the second Mother's Day card I made.  Partly due to my limited stamping supplies, but also because I was pleased with the first card I made I used the same set and colour combinations.

As you can see in the close up, I die cut the "happy" from the main card base and inlaid the pink die cut...this is a technique I have seen used a lot around blogland and I wanted to give it a go.  The flower I free cut as I haven't bought the dies, but as I'm using the "You Are" set a lot I think I might have to invest!

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps - You Are - Clearly Besotted Stamps
Ink - Memento - Pistachio, Lavender, Elderberry, Lilac posies
Enamel Dots - MME
Dies - Spellbinders, Nestabilities, Memory Box, happy
Sentiment - Printed directly, designed using MS Word

Mother's Day #1

This is one of the card's I made for Mother's day, which in the UK was a couple of weeks ago.

I was keen to use the "window" style card base as I was given these for Christmas.  I had no idea where this card was going when I started but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Jacqui x

Supplies:

Stamps - "You Are" CBS

Sentiment - Printed directly, designed on MS Word

Ink - Memento - Pistachio, Lilac Posies, Elderberry, Lavender

Enamel Dots - MME

Masculine Valentine

Sorry for being absent for so long...life has gone manic recently but I have managed to find a little time in between for crafting but not blogging.

Today I am sharing the card I made my husband for Valentine's day.  As with many people I really struggle to make cards for men.  I used an earthy colour pallet for this card which helped stop it being too feminine.

Supplies:

Heart - free cut from core'dinations "darks" cardstock
EF - Swiss dots by Cuttlebug
Embellishments - from my stash

Sentiment - Personal Impressions - Everyday Words Happy Birthday

Ink - Memento - Pistachio 

Die - Circle - Spellbinders Nestabilities