Scribble and Scrap - Poppies

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. We enjoyed the theatre yesterday we had a nice meal before hand. Today will be a quiet  those wedding invitations won't make themselves.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Scribble and Scrap Challenge blog the theme is always "Anything Goes" and there are prizes for the winners. This is my Design Team inspiration piece.

The main image was made with a Sweet Poppy stencil. The paper I used was in my stash I like the flourishes on the design. I went for a central panel and I edged it with a pre gathered lace. 

I used the poppy stencil to create the image. First I used Distress ink to colour the poppies I like how the colours blend. I wiped all the ink off the stencil and then I applied a translucent paste. Once this had been done the stencil was removed and a fine glitter applied. This was left to dry overnight. I usually make a few in one session when I have all the bits out to play. My mother-in-law loves this image so I use it a lot. 

The sentiment is a Kanban one that I had in my stash I thought it suited the design.  

I have made this for my Mother-in-law it is her birthday soon.  I must get on with the wedding invitations. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. 

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

Poppy Card Number Two

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope your week had been good so far. I have been busy at work but I have managed to fit in some crafting. The Save the Date cards I made for our niece and her fiance  have been sent out and they are being well received.

Today I am sharing the other card that my mother-in-law asked me to make. This one is for the lady of the couple who help my in-laws a lot.

This card is is the same size as my last card that is A5. The shape and size of the card  meant that  the design needed to be  quite different from my other poppy card. The central panel was embossed and I found the beautiful lace in my stash.

The image was treated differently as well. I inked through the stencil with Distress ink as before. Once the ink was dry I put translucent paste on the stencil. The stencil was carefully removed and the paste was covered over with CS Iced Diamonds glitter. I left this to dry overnight. I did make two of these so I will be using the other one sometime. 

I tried the sentiment all over the place on this card before I settled on putting it here. I  used  the same stamp as the one I used on the boat card in my last post.

I will be giving the cards to my mother-in-law soon I hope she likes them.

I hope the rest of the week is kind to you.

Happy crafting.

Hugs Jackie

Ribbons, Pearls and Poppies.

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

The weekend is here! I wonder if you have got any crafty plans? I will crafting for most of tomorrow during the day and  then in the  evening we have friends coming to stay for the night. We haven't done that for ages. I have already started planning for my Easter Holiday and a trip to Ally Pally is in the the offing. I have done well for craft shows this year. I do have a very patient husband.

My mother-in-law has requested a card for one of her friends made using my Poppy, Sweet Poppies stencil. She like the one I made for her last year so much. The afternoon started with Translucent Paste, Distress ink and glitter. I have two  images drying to use tomorrow. But I wanted to make a card this afternoon so I decided just to ink one.

I started by inking through the the stencil with distress ink using cut'n'dry foam

I don't mind if the colours overlap a bit I think it adds depth to the image. I have some matting basics Spellbinder dies and I cut the image out with one of those and I was able to cut a red mat to match it perfectly.

The sentiment is one designed by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions.

This poppy was cut with a Spellbinders die and I did a little paper piecing. 

I bought these graduated pearls at the Farnborough Craft show there was an even larger one that I didn't use. I used some extra glue to hold them in place. 

I would like to enter this for the current challenge on the Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog this time the theme is ribbons and pearls.  I have another card for my stash. You might be wondering why this one isn't for my Mother-in-law she actually wanted a smaller card. I know I will be able to think of someone suitable for this one. 

Have a great weekend whatever you are up to. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Butterflies, Butterflies and more Butterflies.

Hi Bloggers

I just want to say thank you for the response to my last post it was amazing and welcome to my new followers.  Today's cards came about because someone at work wanted a card with a butterfly on, like one I had made for a leaving card, as a birthday card for her daughter. I must admit I had been putting this off for a while but all the other cards I had to make were done so I had now further excuse not to have a go.

This is the butterfly, when I made the original card I made three.  The butterfly was made with a Sweet Poppy stencil inked through with distress ink covered with Translucent paste that was then covered with a fine clear glitter. If I am doing a technique like this I often make more than one and save them for later projects.

This is the first card I made.The background was made by stamping two sizes of butterfly stamp with Perfect Medium on to some white stamping card. This was then heat embossed with CS Clear Detail Embossing Powder and  inked with three shades of Distress Ink. 

The butterfly image was mounted onto purple card and a layer of

 silver which was pierced around the edge.

This is the second card and it is quite simple one.The background was embossed with the Sue Wilson A4 embossing folder Art Deco Fanfare. The Happy Birthday was from a Memory Box die that I cut up a bit as it wouldn't fit as a whole. I added a couple of die cut butterflies at the bottom of the card. I will take both of the cards to work and the lady will get to choose and I will have the other one in my stash. I wonder which one she will go for.

As a bit of fun I made this  little card for my stash  from leftovers from the cards I had been working on. I often try things out that don't necessarily work on the main card, like the inked butterflies, but they are too pretty not to have been used.   

Thank you for looking at my blog.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie