Specially For The Crafty Owl

Today I received a lovely surprise, a wonderful card and some Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!  I don't have any of this and have been swithering whether to buy it or not, and it seems it is now on my list lol.

So here is the card I made just for Joanne.

Some Tip Top Taupe as the base stamping with Sahara Sand on Typewriter Text stamp and Grout Gray on the Dotty Angles stamp.  

This is the gold DSP and I die cut a tag and used Bold Butterfly and gold velum with white hammered card underneath.

I added gold sequin from my stash and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

I hope you have enjoyed this extra blog and Joanne it had to be the gold just got you as you're precious xxx. See you tomorrow with another card.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Timeless Elegance Card

Recently I bought the most gorgeous paper collection from Stampin' Up! called Timeless Elegance. It's always a bit scary cutting into paper you adore for the first time, weird but true I'm sure you all agree.   Here is today's card.

The envelope is stamped using Tip Top Taupe, a butterfly front and back.

The card base is the new thicker Stampin' Up! Whisper White specially for card bases.

Inside I die cut Very Vanilla and Tip Top Taupe in the Stitched Rectangle dies from Die-namics and My Favorite Things.

I used my Die-namics die to cut the base using the large stitched die from the Blueprints 15 collection.  I then cut two pieces of the Designer Series Paper around 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" each.  I adhered these to the page leaving a gap at the top to place the peg.  The peg is secured with a glue dot.  

The butterflies are die cut from Tip Top Taupe and velum using the Sizzix Basic Shapes Bigz die.  The was then placed on foam dots and rhinestones added to embellish.  A foam dot was also placed between the butterflies to add depth and dimension.

I took some Whisper White and some retired DSP and made flags which were stapled together using my new stapler from SU.  I stamped my sentiment in Tip Top Taupe and added rhinestones.  The flag ends of the flags were raised onto foam dots to lift them off the page and secured at the stapled end onto the page.

I hope you have enjoyed today's card and your day has been good to you.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Watercolour Wings Birthday Card

The Today's card is rather special. Not only because I have used the wonderful new stamp set from Stampin' Up! but also how I have made the "you".  I have also used my favourite die sets from Die-namics Blueprints 15 and Stitched Rectangles. Here it is. 

There is a lot going on in this card and it took me quite a while to make.  The "happy" and "to" were stamped and die cut using the Stitched Rectangle die set from Die-namics.  I needed to run these through my Big Shot several times to makes these individual sizes.  The "birthday" was stamped using my new Rotary Alphabet stamp then die cut also. All the words were stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink onto Whisper White card.  

Here is a view from the side.  Crystal Effects was also used on the butterfly to create a glossy finish.  A glassine die cut butterfly was added onto the larger butterfly and rhinestones added for embezzlement. 

Here is a closer view of the "you".  To achieve this look I die cut it out 4 times, 3 in white and once in the melon mamba card. I then adhered each layer individually using Crystal Effects as this has a small tip and also dries clear. This creates depth and height without using foam dots as the word is so delicate it would be impossible to achieve this using them.  It is time consuming and took quite a while and a steady hand.   Crystal Effects was also put on top as when dried this brings a glossy finish. 

Here is the inside die cut and rhinestones added for embellishment.

The dots at the side were stamped in Melon Mamba ink and then cut to size and raised on Dimensionals.  Rhinestones were added to the front of the card for embezzlement. 

Pals Paper Arts Weekly Challenge

Admittedly I find I struggle to follow prescriptive sketches, you would think it would be easier lol.  Must be how my brain processes and what parts of my brain are clicking in that I find being entirely imaginative a lot easier.  That said creating this card using this paper collection was always going to be delightful.     

White space, or in this case Very Vanilla, isn't usually part of my card making style but I am respectful how this card requires 'clean'. I think today's card is ultra clean lol.

The circle underneath the butterfly is watercolour card and is thicker and has a texture to it whereas the paper is flat so this was important to me to create this difference.  The brad is from my stash, which is expansive lol, but I can't remember where it comes from.

The "you" was die cut twice, once in the Very Vanilla and once in the same paper as the smallest flag on the front of the card.  These were layered together using Glossy Accents.  The butterflies on the envelope were stamped in Tip Top Taupe which I am in love with.

Well I hope you have enjoyed today's card and why not go over to the Pals Paper Arts blog and check out others folks cards, simply click 

See you tomorrow with a new card, if you like this leave a wee comment, I love to hear what you are all thinking.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Stampin' Up! Friend Card

Joy isn't just for Christmas is it?  Today's card has been inspired from Pinterest.  I think this design is pretty cool and as it's been left blank inside can be a great birthday, hello or thank you card.

The paper is retired DSP, Designer Series Paper, from Stampin' Up!  

All the products except the Tip Top Taupe heart are from Stampin' Up!  For the circle I used a 1" punch, the butterfly is punched from the Elegant butterfly, Joy is from Wonderful Wreath framelits and the wooden circle element was from an embellishments set.

I hope your Monday is not blue but full of joy.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

I Love My Blueprints 15 Die-namics Die Set

Ok, I do have an obsession with my new Die-namics Blueprints 15 die set.  With such amazing shapes and angles it's easy to create something beautiful and I'm loving how my cards are turning out.

I have used retired DSP, Crumb Cake, Sky Blue and Silver Foil paper all from Stampin' Up!  The inner die cut and the butterflies have all been raised on Dimensionals with rhinestones in the centre of the butterflies and on the edges for decoration.

White cotton thread has been used for interest and decoration.

The butterfly is Crumb Cake and velum.  The whole page has also been raised on Dimensionals.

Inside are die cuts using the Stitched Rectangle set also from Die-namics and Sky a Blue card.  The sentiment has been stamped in black Archival ink and raised on Dimensionals with a rhinestone added for decoration.

I'm not sure when my obsession will end but I will try and use some other products do not yo bore you all lol.  Hope your day has been good fun.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

More Die-namics Blueprints 15 Cards

Today I have been playing more with my new Die-namics Blueprint 15 die set.  I'm so in love with these dies.

The sentiment has been stamped with Archival ink in black onto velum which has been secured at the back to avoid glue being seen through the velum.  Pearl accents adhered either side of the sentiment.

The butterfly has been die cut from Sizzix Basic Shapes die in gold foil paper and velum, both Stampin' Up!  The paper is retired DSP and Basic Gray for accent.

A pearl and butterfly adorn the inside too.

Turning the card to the side shows the sequin, rhinestones and silver foil strip along the bottom off great.  The sentiment has been raised on Dimensionals.  These butterflies are silver foil paper and velum also from Stampin' Up!

The pegs on both cards have been adhered to the card with Stampin' Up! glue dots with the butterflies simply held in place with them.

Rhinestones on the inside for decoration.

You can see the silver foil paper really well in this picture too.

Gold Glitter and Mint Macaron Card

Stampin' Up! New colours for 2015/2017 are glorious and I particularly love Mint Macaron.  This shade works perfectly with either silver or gold.  For today's card I chose gold.

I used Mint Macaron for my base, gold velum to make an envelope and both gold foil and glimmer paper to punch the tiny hearts. 

I made the bow with the Bow Builder punch and assembled this with hot glue.  I sandwiched a gold paperclip in between and this can come off the card to keep in a diary or personal journal.

The butterfly was punched from the Bitty punch and to coordinate I used my Crop-a-Dile to punch tiny gold circle to decorate down the centre from the gold glimmer card.

Pretty.  Hope today brings you peace and happiness.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Pals Paper Arts Weekly Challenge

This week the challenge is to use Night of Navy, Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush.  I found a card on Pinterest by Joy Taylor and used this as my inspiration.

Here is my interpretation and design.

I used Gorgeous Grunge stamp set throughout, one of my all time favourites.  I stamped the background in Watermelon Wonder.  I then made a velum coin envelope and placed some white cotton thread in a messy bundle on top secured with a glue dot.

I then heat embossed with white embossing powder using different stamps onto all the card.  I used a 1" circle punch and 1/2" width in the Watermelon Wonder and the Night of Navy.  I first punch using a Elegant butterfly but felt I needed a larger one so I used my Basic Shapes Sizzix die instead.  

Here is the card embossed with the shapes cut out to see more of how I achieved this look. 

I used a Dienamics die around the "happy birthday" raised this on foam dots and added rhinestones on either side and one on the butterfly.  Both the circle and butterfly were also raised on foam dots.

Love it.  

Why not head over to Pals a Paper Arts and check out other designs.  Simply click here 

Hope today is good for you, now I'm off to watch Wimbeldon x

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Watercolour Wonder

Today's card I have used one of my favourite techniques; watercolouring.  I use an Aqua brush and paint the lines and I have used three different colours, Mint Macaron a new in colour for 2015/217, Pool Party and Bermuda Bay inks.

I then adhered this to Lost Lagoon card to coordinate with the inks.  I then used my 1" circle punch to punch a circle from pink card from my stash, very similar Blushing Bride. I then took a piece of gold velum and separated it to create two flags.  I adhered some white cotton with Crystal Effects and put the butterfly punched from the Elegant Butterfly punch onto half a  Dimentional placing this on top.

The sentiment has been embossed with gold embossing powder die cut and layered onto another piece of Lost Lagoon card then Dimentionals added to create some depth.  Gold sequin were also added adhered with Crystal Effects.

Inside the card has been stamped in Mint Macaron.  Sorry, this stamp set has since retired.

This card is been made especially for the TGIF weekly challenge.  This week it is a mash up of the previous weeks.  Here are the challenges.

  

Can you guess which I used?

Why don't you check out more great cards over on the tgif blog, just click here 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you all have a glorious weekend.

Tale care of you.

Pauline x

Velum Butterfly Card

I have loved making use of velum again and today I have used this to add another layer onto my card.  This paper is retired DSP and I used a 1/4" of Irresistably Yours to add more strength before adding the silver twine from Stampin' Up!

I again used my Dienamics die to create the sentiment having used Tip Top Taupe ink from Stampin' Up!  I then added silver sequin and rhinestones.  The top of the velum I used my Cinch then snipped out to create a notebook effect.  Dimensionals were then added behind to lift this off the page and add interest and layering.

The butterfly was created using the Elegant Butterfly punch from Stampin' Up! and the retired DSP.  This was then layered with Tip Top Taupe and Dimensionals with rhinestones added.

Hope you are having a wonderful day.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Tip Top Taupe From Stampin' Up!

Today's card continues to make use of Stámpin' Up!'s new 2015/2017 in colours.  I love Tip Top Taupe and find the versatility of this neutral card so wonderful to use.

I have used Tip Top a Taupe to layerwith Irresistably Yours with a tag made using a thinlit from the Project Life die set.  I again used retired designer Series Paper, my favourite so I am very nervous to be using it up lol.  I used my Dienamics die and ran this through my Big Shot a number of times to achieve these angles.  The silver peg is from my stash and added white thread to add layering and interest.  The butterfly was die cut in velum from a Sizzix Basic Shapes die.  I hope you are all having a wonderful day.  

Take care of you.

Pauline x

Stampin' Up! Mint Macaron Obsession

I think I have a serious problem; I can't stop making cards with this beautiful Mint Macaron and silver combo!  I just love it.  It's simple, elegant, summery and really beautiful.

Here is today's card.

Again I have used the Irresistably Yours resist card stock for the tag using the brand new Elegant a Tag punch.  The silver ribbon has been stapled and Dimensionals added to the top part only.  The butterflies have been die cut from my Sizzix Basic Shapes die in velum and Whisper White then stamped in Mint Macaron using the Flowering Flourishes stamp set.  I used the largest of the three stamps.

I used my Bitty butterfly punch and adhered these to the card using wet adhesive.  Using silver thread, a sequin from my stash and Rhinestones from SU I embellished the tag and card.  

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder on the Mint Macaron card.  This was then die cut using a Chalk Talk framelit.

I trust your day has been kind to you.

Take care of you.

Pauline x

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