Hi, Umm Boo?

Long time no see again!

I have had a huge change in my family life and have had very little time for cardmaking let along blogging. Will try get back to it soon though!

Straight to the point

Hey,
I never know what to write on this bit, you know the lead up to the card so this time I will just get on with it!

I made this card after messing around with some chalks on an embossed piece of cardstock. I wanted to know what it would look like to colour with chalks. I really like the soft effect the chalks make but it is very easy to make a mistake as the dust can go everywhere.

The recipe was:
Silver cardstock for the card
Purple paper from a stack i got ages ago, no name sorry
White cardstock
Purple ink
Bling
Silver ribbon
Cuttlebug
Stylised flowers embossing folder

I wont insult you by going through the process of putting the card together as it is fairly evident from the picture what went where. I did have fun with this card and tried pens/ pencils as well as the chalk but preferred the chalk final image.

What a break

It has been so busy here lately that I have not had time to craft very much. I have been to my crafting group though and made the card below.

I really love the Iris fold and the effects you can get with it. It is so simple yet looks really effective and quite complicated!

The recipe for the card is:
Plain white cardstock for the card and top layer
Red holographic card
various strips of pink and white paper
Pink sparkly paper for the iris
white cord
Red brads
A calligraphy pen for the sentiment

I have a pattern for the balloon iris fold which I found online a while ago. I cut out the balloon shape from the white cardstock and laid a white cord over the neck part of the balloon. I then completed the pattern for the iris fold and layered the card up with the red holographic card.
 I then tied a length of cord to the cord layered on the neck of the balloon and used silicone glue to seal the end to prevent fraying.

One thing I have found with the Iris fold is that it is just as effective to use one layer of paper i.e. no folds, if you have thicker paper. You can also use ribbon for a really cool effect.

Card Craft Group part 1

Hiya,

Myself and a few friends have decided to get together and form a craft group. We meet every week (when we can) and sit, chat and craft together.

The following card was made at the first meet. There were free range eggs (thanks Sue), coffee and a whole lotta crafting going on.

Basically the recipe was:
Purple cardstock for the main card,
Baby Blue cardstock for layering
Multicoloured striped paper from The Little Angels by SMIRK
Glossy Photo card (the kind you print photos on)
Purple Ribbon
Sizzix flower embossing folder
little pearl dots
Purple whispers Ink
Pearlescent Sky Blue Ink by Brilliance
Purple and Green metallic pens by Crayola
Fiskars Threading Water Punch

My what a lot of stuff!
The top layer was achieved by dabbing on the Sky Blue Ink and letting it dry, I then dabbed the Purple Whispers on top of it and slightly rubbed it with a tissue (basically a resist.) For some reason the sky blue really shone through the purple and created a super look.

I put it through the Cuttlebug with the Sizzix embossing folder after it had dried and thought it needed something extra to make the flower really stand out. I found my metallic markers and coloured away! You can still see the purple and blue ink under the purple metallic pen which made it really pretty.

As you can see, I punched all three cardstock pieces and then layered them onto the purple base. The ribbon is threaded through a small slit I made in the card with my craft knife.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

If you have any questions, fire away!

My Lucky Day

Wow, how lucky is this woman here? Well lucky enough to have one some really cool Blog Candy from Jowilna Nolte.

Please check out her blog, not only does she have great opportunities to win she has super cards too.

http://jowilnanolte.blogspot.com/

Birthday for a friend?

Well, I haven't gotton my phone back yet but I did find this card I made a while ago on my computor and decided to share it with you.

Now I am not generally one to go out and just throw a card together. Mine need to be layed out, planned and really thought about. This one however was totally the opposite and I think turned out really well!

I used a basic green leaf patterned paper (from where I forget) and layered on, at an angle some pink handmade paper. I took a plain white piece of cardstock and cuttlebugged it with Cuttlebugs Script embossing folder.

Then came the clever (far me lol) part, I rubbed green chalk onto the writing. I had a nightmare trying to get it on with the silly little brush the chalk people provided so ended up using an eyeshadow brush! It worked wonders and didn't flake off into the white area either!

That was then layered onto the card and the excess chopped off, but you can see that, right? lol I then got two random flowers from the huge stock I have collected form fake flower dropoffs etc and made a brad to stick one down. The other I attached a butterfly charm to the tendrils and stuck it on using clear pop dots.

Lastly I used my Nestability scalloped ovals to make the sentiment holder, inked up my words and stuck it down using pop dots.

I really like this card. I might have to save it for me lol!

Shell

Not Forgotton!

I still have no phone and no camera so cannot take any of the photos I would like to!

Will carry on creating in the hope I get my phone back soon.

I have not forgotton you dear blog, just waiting lol.