Hearts are always a winner for Anniversary cards

and the Love Hearts cd rom by Jems Designs is perfect for all those romantic celebrations such as Anniversaries, Weddings, Engagements and Birthdays too not to mention Mothers Day as well.
 This cd rom from Jems Designs has 10 different images in a variety of colours with gorgeous backing papers and embellishments too so you'll never be 'stuck' for choice when making all your romantic cards.

This card below was a commission for a Golden Wedding Anniversary and when I was asked to make it I knew exactly which cd rom I would be using, and deciding on the images / colours etc is, I find, what takes the most time lol.

Card size is an 8 x 8inch scalloped card, the main image and backing papers (printed on gloss photo paper) are from the Love Hearts cd rom. The roses were decoupaged and glittered, a couple of faux diamante gemstones and some gorgeous organza ribbon & bow complete the card. The only cutting die I used for this card was a fern leaf die (one of my favourites) from cottage cutz.

Front view

side view showing the matching insert

and finally the matching box.

Thank you for stopping by and all comments are most welcome.

Lesley xx

Mojo - we all have one

but I think the word 'Mojo' probably means different things to different people and whether the person is a crafter or not also has some bearing on the case lol.
Take this morning for instance, I left a status on FB saying I was feeling lost and I have been feeling a bit that way for a while now with regard to my card making. A good (non crafting) friend suggested I think of spring to get my mojo going again, but the trouble is, it's not inspiration I've been lacking but the enthusiasm to get my crafting stash out and make something!!!!
So often lately I walk into my craftroom and after a couple of hours of achieving nothing have walked out again closing the door firmly behind me thinking "tomorrow's another day!"

Anyway, fortunately for me I am on the DT for Jems Designs and have been asked to create the card sample below from their cd rom 'Love Hearts' designed by the uber talented Sheenagh Hulin. Thank you jems for kick starting mojo for me. I hope you all like the card which is a 6" x 6" scalloped easel. Recipe and method to follow, and the cd rom is exclusive to Jems Designs, you wont find it anywhere else and you can purchase it direct from their website by clicking the link.

http://jemsdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/love-hearts-cdrom-1099.html

As always, thanks for stopping by and all your comments are hugely appreciated, Lesley xxx

 

 

 

Cd rom Love Hearts from Jems Designs

Scalloped card blank

White spider web netting

silver linen effect and silver mirror card

Organdie ribbon and some Bling!

 

Printed off a backing sheet and decoupage elements from the cd rom and once layered onto the silver linen card stock covered the whole thing with the spider web netting.

(I do love this netting which has given the backing paper a textured and crackled look)

 

The foliage was cut from silver mirror card using a cottage cutz die. Some of the foliage was placed below the decoupage layers and some was used in between the decoupage layers.

 

I also placed some beaded wire inbetween the decoupage layers to add depth to the image.

Finally I added gemstones to the corners and the centre of the ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Florals & Flutterbys for Mothers Day

I don't know about you, but I find that florals and butterflies are always a winner no matter what the occasion and appeals to such a wide spectrum of ages, and when it comes to selling cards, I think this is quite important. Hooray for cutting dies - how did I manage without them I often ask myself ;)
But Mothering Sunday will soon be upon us - March 30th in the UK, and I have a vintage & craft fayre coming up on the 23rd March so hopefully I will sell a few there. Otherwise I will be knee deep in mothers day cards but then I can always change them to birthday cards I guess!!

The card below is an aperture tri fold card by docrafts / papermania with a clear acetate window, an embossed white card behind, and is approx. an A5 size in the closed position. I really like these trifold card blanks as it enables you to hide all the tape and glue etc resulting in a neat finish / inside to the card.
Card recipe is below and as always, thank you for stopping by, any and all comments are hugely appreciated. xx

 

Card recipe:

Trifold aperture card blank from Hobbycraft

Clear acetate

Silver linen card (for the flourishes)

Holographic silver card (for the butterflies)

Dusky pink roses from hobbycraft

Silver grey silk flower from a hairslide bought at Primani (Primark)

Flourish die by Cheery Lynn & Butterfly dies by Cheery Lynn and Spellbinders

Embossing folder  is Venus Crest from Couture Creations

Jems Designs to the rescue - Man's card!!

Unless you have a selection of card making sets specifically for men from companies such as Hunkydory, making a 'Man's Card' is never easy I find, mainly I guess because as a general rule frou-frou such as lace, bows, gems and flowers is not on the agenda lol!!
But Jems Designs have some gorgeous cd roms specifically with mens themes and their images are so vibrant in colour - wonderful! This is an A5 single gatefold card commissioned this month for a Dad's 80th Birthday. The lady had obtained a 1934 old penny and wanted this incorporated on the card as an embellishment. I do hope you like it and the card 'recipe' is given below.

Thanks for stopping by and as always, your comments will be appreciated. xxx

Front view

Side view

 

 

Card Recipe

 

2 sheets of adorable scorable card stock

Matt gold card stock (for matting and layering on the main card and the toppers)

(Sage) Linen effect Bazzill card stock

2 sheets of vintage backing papers from an old Hunkydory card kit.

All toppers were created using the Cardz 4 Men cd rom by Jems Designs

Cogs and wheels are by Jim Holtz and the Happy Birthday is a diecut made with a die from Tattered Lace







Easel style card with spider web netting

This isn't the first time I have used spider web netting in my card making, but I usually use it as an embellishment in place of ribbon or lace. With this card, I have used the netting to create the background and have to say that I was rather pleased with the result and will definitely be doing it again. The cerise mirror card is a very vibrant colour and I wanted to 'tone it down a bit', and I think the white netting has done just that and also given the background a crackle ice effect too.

This particular Mothers Day card is a 6" square scalloped easel style (card blanks are from Hobbycraft), the foliage and flourish dies are all by Cheery Lynn. The vine design embossing folder used here is by embossilicious and the orchid was found attached to a hair slide in my local pharmacy along with two others.

Card in the open position

Side view

and finally, card in the closed position.

 

I do hope you like the card and would love to hear what you think of the spider web netting.

As always, thank you for stopping by, I appreciate you taking the time and all comments are welcome. xx