Mother's Day Card

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? It is just a normal working week for us. I did have lunch with a friend yesterday. After we popped into Hobbycraft and I picked up a couple of masks to decorate. We are going to a masked costume ball in March. The hunt for a costume is on it has to be pre 1900 any suggestions are very welcome.

I am still trying to do catch up on my crafty makes. I have made a Valentine's Day card and now I am on to Mother's Day cards.

I love lattices that is why I couldn't resist the Trellis Edger die set by Sue Wilson when it came out earlier this year. This is the first time I have used it. I did extend the die cut as the image is longer than the die. I think I will be experimenting with this die set a bit more. There wasn't really room for a sentiment on the outside so I popped one inside. 

This stamp is the Classic Rose by Heartfelt creations. I stamped it with Watering Can archival ink and then I coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I really must get some other water based pens I love how the colours move around and what happens when you add water. 

I now just have to decide whether this card is for my Mother-in-law or my Mother. I might wait to see what the other card I make is like. Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter challenge 197 at the DL.ART challenge blog and Challenge 313 at Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge blog. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Classic Rose and some news

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Here we at the start of a new week. I have really enjoyed my  half term but it back to reality now.

Now for my  lovely crafty news. I am thrilled to say that I have asked to join the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog Design team. This is my first card for them. Sometimes I will have digi stamps to use but this time the theme was "Anything Goes".

This 7" x 7" card started with the stamped image which is the Classic Rose by Heartfelt Creations. The other papers I used were in my stash and yes there are buttons on this card too. 

I stamped the image with Black Archival and then I heat embossed it with a clear powder. I put some Distress ink on my craft mat and added some water and I applied the ink to the image with a delicate water colour brush. I mounted the image onto a thin black mat.

I used a Sue Wilson  die to cut out the tag. I cut it twice once in pink and once in white I trimmed the white one so that there was a pink border. The sentiment was cut with a Tattered Lace die. The ribbon is from Creative Expressions and is the  Sheer Wrinkled Edge Ribbon in Dusky Pink

This is the result of a mistake I made when I was stamping. I stamped with black archival but then I heat embossed with a white powder ( all the little pots look very similar). I don't really like wasting anything so I coloured it with distress ink and I used it on the inside of the card like a watermark. 

I hope that you have a good week and have time to join in the challenge at Crafts Galore Encore.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie