Wedding Anniversary Pocket card

Well we are half way through January and of course we now start to think of those special cards we would like to make, before we know it Valentines day will be here.

Although this is an anniversary card I think it would easily make a Valentines card too

The size of this card is 8" x 8" 

I matted red spotty paper onto craft card

I then used a Spellbinders die to make the edge for my pocket which is stuck down on 3 sides with red liner tape leaving the opening at the top for the tags to slot into 

My flowers are made by rolling up lace ribbon, which is something I learned from Sue Wilson's blog

My images are Lili of the Vally, which I coloured with Copic Alcohol Markers which are matted onto patterned paper and then onto craft card which is cut into the tag shape.

I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to read my blog 

Best wishes 

Vanessa xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges 

http://www.addalittledazzle.com/dazzling-diva-challenge-58/ - anything goes

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ - colouring

craftingforallseasons.blogspot - Ribbon, Lace and Pearls

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - Sweethearts

http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/ag-ch-16.html - Anything Goes

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - Bling and a bow

Moon Fairy

This card has been made with the Lavinia Stamp Challenge in mind and I just had to use the Moon Fairy as my main focus on the card

I started with a piece of card 10cm x 10cm and I brushed Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink spherically around the edge of the card getting lighter towards the centre, next I used a sponge to darken the edges for more depth.  I then stamped the Moon Fairy centrally on the card.  I then used the Willow stamp repeatedly along the bottom of the card and the Vine stamp along the top of the card.

I used a black card base which is 5 3/4" square and embossed some Centura Pearl card, which was glued onto the card base.  I matted my main image onto black card and used foam pads to add a little dimension.  

To finish off I added Cosmic Shimmer Icicle Blue Twinkles glitter glue to the fairy's wings, next I added some dots to the sky with a white gel pen and added some highlights to the fairy.  I then used Cosmic Shimmer Silver Twinkles glitter glue dotted in the sky and edged the card with it too

I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to read my post

Best wishes 

Vanessa xx

I will be entering this card into the following challenges 

Lavinia Stamps - Anything Goes

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/cmc64-make-it-sparkle.html

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything Goes

Things with Wings

Things with Wings is the theme for this Months Clarity Challenge so here is my take on it

In my head this is a place I would very much like to visit, it is calm and tranquil and of course warm 

the only sounds to be heard as I sit looking out to sea are the birds in the sky, wouldn't you just love to go there

Well I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to read my post

Best wishes

Vanessa xx

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

http://claritystampchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/challenge-23.html - Things with Wings

http://craftstamper.blogspot.co.uk/ - Take a Stamp

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ - It's All New (my stamps are new)

http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.co.uk/ - Blue & White

http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything New (my stamps are new)

Special Friend

Hello everyone I hope that you are all well today

I thought that I would share with you a card that I made for a very good friend of mine 

The size of this card is 8" x 8" 

I started out by stamping my Stamping Bella image onto card and then colouring in with Copic alcohol markers, then I trimmed the image to the desired size and rounded of the corners with a corner punch.  Next I matted some pretty floral paper onto craft card and then stuck this to my card base.  I then took a different floral paper and cut it to about 12cm x 12cm and matted this onto craft card too.  I then used the Granada Die from the Sue Wilson Spanish Collection to cut out a mat for my focal image to sit on, the paper I used was a wallpaper sample but fit my colour scheme perfectly, I mounted this onto foam pads and placed it centrally on the smaller floral square.  I then matted my main focal image onto craft card and stuck this to the frame using foam pads

To finish off the card I used the Sue Wilson Finishing Touches complete petals and open petals to cut out my flowers and a few nice leafy flourishes.  some sentiments and wooden heart buttons finish off the card completely, and I am happy to say that my friend loved it

I hope you like it too and thank you for taking the time to read my blog 

Best wishes 

Vanessa 

I will be entering this card into the following challenges
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk - anything goes
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ -anything goes
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/challenge-1.html - anything goes
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/2015/01/challenge-133-anything-goes.html
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything goes
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/qkr-stampede-challenge-120-anything-goes.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/challenge-88.html - Anything goes
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - January Challenge, Stamps and Punches
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Monochromatic

Dragon's Lair Designs Challenge - New Beginnings

Well good morning everyone and Happy New Year

I hope that 2015 brings you much happiness 

The Challenge Starting today on Dragon's Lair Designs is very apt indeed and is all about New Beginnings, now a very dear friend of mine is going to have a baby very soon so I decided to make a New Baby card, which is very much a new beginning indeed 

I decided to make a Diamond Fold card and used the Baby Giraffe as my focal image

To make this card I started with a piece of card 6 inches by 12 inches

I then scored the card at 2 inches, 4 inches, 8 inches and 10 inches, then took a pencil and made a mark on the top and bottom of the card at the 6 inch score line, what you then do is turn the card diagonally and make an x pattern between the mark and the first score line (this will be the 2" and 10" line) then you need to burnish all of your folds

I then made a template to enable me to get the right sized backing papers 

To make the template I drew around the middle diamond of the card and then made it slightly smaller all the way around by 1/16 of an inch, this then made it very easy to cut out my papers, to get the right size for the smaller sections of the card, simply cut out a whole diamond shape in you chosen paper and then cut this in half and then in half again

Once I had lined up all of my papers I inked all of the edges with a light brown chalk ink

Then I printed off and coloured my image and cut him out, I then stuck him to the front of the card using foam pads.  I then attached some wooden heart buttons to either side of the panels and stamped the New Baby sentiment and die cut it out, I attached these to the card on foam pads too.  One of the things I love about this card is that it folds up nicely to fit into a C6 sized envelope and yet still looks stunning when it is on the mantelpiece. 

I hope that you like my card and that I have given you some inspiration to enter the challenge yourself.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and please do feel free to leave me a comment they are all very much appreciated

Happy New Year Everyone 

Vanessa   

xxx

I am also entering this card into the following challenges

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - all things new

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/week-293-new-and-cute.html

Dragon's Lair Designs Challenge - Christmas Time

Good Morning everyone hope you are all well today and starting to get into the Christmas Spirit and 

if you are you are going to love the new challenge that is starting over on the Dragon's Lair Designs blog as this month it is all about Christmas Time

For my inspiration this month I have used Jiggy in front of fire 

To make this card I started with an 8" x 8" blank card and used a corner punch on all the corners for a nice decorative effect I then found some nice paper from my stash to cover the card with, next I took some pretty holly paper and cut a strip from it measuring 10cm and backed it onto green card which I then added 2 strips of lace ribbon to, I then added some foam pads to the back for dimension.

After I had printed off my gorgeous image and coloured him with my Copic Alcohol Markers I punched the corners to match the card and matted him onto green card and again added foam pads to the back to raise the image up for extra dimension.  To add some sparkle I added some glitter glue around the edge of the image and around the edge of the card and some green glitter glue along the strip.

Next I die cut some snow flakes and holly leaves and used some pretty flowers to frame my image which I attached with silicone glue and a Christmas sentiment almost finishes off the card, all that was left to do was to add some glitter glue to the centre of the snowflakes and to the stockings on the image

I hope that you like my card and that it has given you some inspiration to enter the challenge yourself

Thanks for taking the time to read this blog and please feel free to leave me a comment

Best wishes and Merry Christmas

Vanessa xxx

Inspiration project using Franceska Collection by Dragons Lair Designs

Hello everyone today I have some inspiration for you using the Francheska Collection from Dragons Lair Designs

So I started with an 8" x 8" white card base and then printed off the backing paper that I wanted to use, I matted this onto some kraft card and glued this to the card base.

Next I printed off the Francheska Collection Elements, the Journalling Cards and the Tag Sheet 

I chose one of the tags from the tag sheet and die cut it out using the Spellbinders Grand Labels One, I used the smallest one for this and then inked around the edges with a mix of Vintage Photo Distress ink and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, I then matted this onto Kraft card, to get the smaller mat I drew around the die that I used to cut out the tag and then cut this out with scissors, this was then mounted onto foam pads and placed in the top left hand side

After this I fussy cut out all of my elements, some of which needed a craft knife to do so but the result was worth it and didn't take too long and for those of you who don't own a die cutting machine this pack is just lovely.  Next I added foam pads to 3 corners of the Journalling Card and then glue on the corner where it was going to overlay the floral tag and then glued my leaves into place, I added foam pads to the back of the flowers and positioned them over the leaves and glued my two butterflies down.

I then added glitter glue to the centre of the flowers and once this had dried I added glossy accents on top of this to really give dimension to them.  I then glued gold and black gems to the bodies of the butterflies and black gems to each corner of the card.

I hope that you like my latest piece of inspiration for you and if there is anything else you would like to know just let me know 

Best wishes

Vanessa 

xx