A Rehash of Heart and Flutter

Hello friends

Today a card that is a rehash!

I created a similar card to this one some time back and enjoyed making it

so thought I would recreate it using different colours.

The die set used is Heart and Flutter - a die D-Lite.

I start by sticking a panel of patterned paper to the front left hand side 

of my card.  Open out the card, position the heart centrally

and die cut the aperture.

The Heart and the Flutter is cut from red cardstock,

insert the heart through the front aperture to affix - 

ensures exact alignment.

Tied twine around with a stamped tag.

And don't forget the all important butterfly!

Here it is in a different colour....

It's interesting to visit previous projects and rehash them.

Take care friends, back very soon.

The International Ambassadors are blog hopping

Hello friends

  Some of the Spellbinders International Ambassadors are having an

informal blog hop and this time we have chosen as our theme

the new Stacey Caron Deco Art collection dies.

I was instantly drawn to the Astoria design, it's clean lines and I've used a 

combination of Astoria Labels and Astoria Decorative Elements

for my predominantly white card.

 To achieve the silver shadow I die cut a piece of glitter card 

using Astoria Decorative Element die #2.

Sliced this in half horizontally, inserted it behind my white die cut,

slightly offset to create a shadow top and bottom.

I stamped the smallest die cut with 'Forever Grateful', inserted silver 

ribbon and added some silk flowers.

I think it's pretty much 'all-white'!

For more art deco inspirational projects please hop along to my fellow

Ambassadors' blogs -  have fun!

Christine Emberson (You are here)

 Christina Griffiths

Linda Lucas

Yvonne van de Grijp

Thanks so much for stopping by.

We will be back with more!

 

Simply....Best Wishes

Hello friends

Today sharing a card that I made recently for the 

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog.

It is simple and speedy!

I double matted the white card using 5 x 7 Matting Basics,

Foliage die is the central aperture and those little flowers are....

yes you've guessed it - Marisa's Bouquet.

There's a full tutorial on the Scrapbook Adhesives blog here so feel

free to pop over there and if you would like to...leave a comment :)

My posts have been a bit brief recently (aside from 'My Boy' one),
that's speed typing them either very late at night or very early in the morning!

As usual I seem to be wading through lots of 'to do' lists although I did 

sit down finally and watch Dickensian - yes that was on at Christmas!

Absolutely loved it - did any of you catch it at all?

Take care friends,

Friday Die Day

Hello friends

Today's Friday Die Day is featuring one of the new 

Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace collection dies 

Lacework Buttons and Flowers - these are due to arrive with retailers

later this month.

There are six dies in total, three circles and three decorative lacy ones.

This is how they look cut/embossed.

There's a few options with these dies, the circles fit neatly inside the

lacework buttons.

Or you can inter-loop the lacework buttons like this...

I personally loved the look of this especially cut from mirror card.

I prepared a white card base, matted silver mirror card and my embossed

background is M-Bossabilities Regal.

I created two of the Lacework Button strips for either side and the 'Thank You'

is again a new Amazing Paper Grace die set called Inviting Words.

I think these dies are going to be really useful,

either used individually or linked.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, take care.

Seth Apter Workshop

Hello friends

Last Saturday I took a trip to Keep on Crafting in Bury St Edmunds.
The workshop was to feature the new Seth Apter dies, these are
mixed media, fun and different.

The project I put together was a book cover featuring Take Flight,
Robo Star, Drip Drop, Robo Circles and Robo Rectangles.
Also features one of his embossing folders too - great collection.

I'm totally committed to these workshops so much so I drove through a
blizzard to get there!  Thankfully it didn't settle and I drove home in the sunshine.

Some of the ladies working hard.

Yes that's chocolates on the table - thank you Chris for bringing those.

And their finished designs, I love how they are all different.

It was really fun to do something that is truthfully out
of my comfort zone but it has definitely inspired me to
do more projects along these lines...so watch out!

Take care friends.

My boy...

Hello friends

Digressing from craft today to talk about my boy.

If you've followed my blog you'll know that he has really struggled 

with his MRI scans, he suffers from claustrophobia and those 

machines are not nice at all!

Anyway after LOTS of searching we finally found an upright MRI scanner

in West London and Monday was scan day.

We broke with tradition straight away and had KFC not McDonalds!

I am delighted to report that he got through the scan and the contrast injection.

The clinic was superb and massive thanks to all the staff there.

We celebrated at a rather posh nearby coffee shop in Piccadilly -

that's a huge double chocolate muffin, chocolate ice cream and

strawberry frozen ice drink (not a Bloody Mary!)

We will know the results shortly so fingers crossed there but right now

holding onto the fact that he got through it.

And yes...hasn't he grown, those daily injections and cocktail of meds

definitely work....this was him 3 years ago...

Thanks to everyone for their kind words and support,

I value it deeply.  And thanks to all those who purchase the 

Charity Kits - there's still a few 

for this month available here as I made some extra.

Take care friends - back to craft tomorrow!

Mother's Day - what I made!

Hello friends

 

For those who celebrated Mother's Day last Sunday I hope it was a great

day for you all.  Mine was lovely, spoiled by my boys and

no cooking - take away!

For my special Mum I made this card that features Spellbinders dies:

 Lace Hearts, Sprigs and Marisa's Bouquet.

I made a point of including the teal colour as that's a favourite with Mum.

 

I like the effect of die cutting the heart and then reinserting the die cut.

 

With regards to the stamp, I was asked last week who made it

and I'm really sorry I'm not sure.  It is one from my odd box but I have a feeling it could

be a US company, one I brought back from my travels.

 

Take care friends, I'm back very soon with more projects.