Butterfly Birthday .......

Here is a card to help you send celebratory birthday wishes to a loved one.  I tried to keep it very simple with minimal materials and design elements. A softly coloured butterfly and some minimal stamping in monochrome colour is the essence here !

I started with a 5.5.x 4 inch top fold card and covered with a matt of printed paper as the base.  I then cut another slightly smaller matt from white card.

This was then stamped with Adirondack butterscotch dye ink using grungy stamps from Stampin' up. The matt was then edged with cut'n'dry foam using the same ink.

The butterfly was punched and again edged in the same dye ink had it's wings shaped and body accentuated with a couple of yellow shiny gems.  It was adhered with acrylic glue as shown.

Finally I stamped the words 'Happy Birthday' on the same printed paper in Versafine onyx black ink, matted on white card and applied with more glue onto the card.

Simple is sweet very often !  This card is available for sale in my Etsy Shop.

Sid xx

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Loving Heart

Beautiful day outdoors today.  Here is another little with love card with a hint of pink made from a white card blank with a top easel fold.  It measures 5.5 x 4 inches.

I took a piece of white card and used a stitched heart die to cut an aperture as shown.  Behind this I applied a small piece of pink card before passing the matt through the Sizzix Big Shot in a spotty embossing folder.

This was then mounted on the card front.  Another smaller heart was die cut in rose pink glitter card and this was mounted into the aperture on foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink onto white card which was trimmed and again mounted on foam pads to finish.

I like the simplicity and all the white space on this card and it really shows off that heart aperture with plain and glittery pink.

This card is available for sale in my Etsy store.

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Believe .........

Love 'Shades of Green' as a colourway for fresh looking cards so I decided to make this fantasy card featuring these colours.  The contrast of black against the colours really makes the main image pop !

I started with a white card blank with a top easel fold.  I then cut a matt out of lime green card and layered this onto the card front. I cut another smaller matt from white card and coloured this with Adirondack dye inks on cut'n'dry foam through a butterfly stencil, layering with various shades of green.

I selected a Lindsey Mason silhouette acrylic stamp, inked in Versafine onyx black ink and stamped directly onto the stencilled matt.  The matt was then stuck in place on the card front.

I stamped the sentiment onto more lime green card in Versafine onyx black and trimmed this out before matting onto white card, trimming again and sticking in place.

I then adhered some green acrylic gems onto the card front to finish.  I like the clean lines set off with some bling on the finished card.  Hope you do too !  This card meets the Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge for March whose theme is 'Anything Goes'.

Sid xx

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Fruity Flight ........

This card was made for this weeks challenge over on the Less is More Blog where you are required to use citrus colours in your card creation.

I kept it clean and simple and started with a white card blank trimmed on the top side on the right to reveal the back of the card.  I attached a piece of orange Washi tape on the back left to add a bit of colour.

I then selected 3 colours of textured cardstock in orange, lime and yellow and punched out a number of butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch.

These were embellished with a clear jewel, shaped and stuck in place with glue as shown representing a 'flight' of butterflies.

Finally I stamped the sentiment in black Versafine ink............Clean, fresh and fruity !  This card is available to buy in my Etsy Store.

Sid xx

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Color My World

Here's a simple CAS card I made.  It uses a white card blank, embossing folders, Alcohol Ink Markers, a diecut heart and a sentiment stamp (with Versafine black ink) !  I used spring colours to break the white and edged the heart with a black Alcohol ink marker.

The heart was mounted on foam pads to finish.

Sid xx

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Magic Stars

Happy March everyone and it's certainly been cool but bright weatherwise so far !

Recently made a card using a 4 x 5.5 inch tentfold card the base of which was made from dual coloured card with an overlay decorated matt cut slightly smaller in white card.

For the background I used a set of Tim Holtz stamps called Bitty Grunge and stamped in various colours of Impress Dye inks using Chartreuse, Tangerine, Poppy Red, Celeste Blue and Peony Purple.  The black was all stamped in onyz black Versafine.

I stamped randomly with a grungy star stamp in black also.

Once complete I diecut on the Sizzix 3 sizes of stars from assorted coloured card to match the inks.

These were layered as shown and then hand decorated with designs in white and black Posca markers.

The centres were embellished with a black cabochon and they were then arranged on foam pads as shown. The sentiment was stamped in black Versafine ink to complete. This card is available for sale in my Etsy Store.

Sid xx

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Cherry Ripe ........

Been doing a bit of machine embroidery lately with my Singer Futura XL400 machine which has been mothballed for a while.  I used cream calico as the base for this cushion and it makes a super base material where you want to focus on the design (I used a tearaway stabiliser in the hoop during the embroidering).

I embroidered a large cherry design which was free from Embroidery Library Inc . They have a free weekly giveaway and all you need to do is register !  They also have loads of designs that you can buy.  I used polyester thread from Madeira for the sewing.

Thought this one was nice and fresh looking so used it as the centre on the cushion front.  Once embroidered I used a Greek key fancy stitch in red thread to frame the design and added a small red button on each corner of the border.  The cushion measures 16 x 16 inches.

Sid xx

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Peaceful Rose

This card was made to meet this weeks challenge No. 263 over on the 'Less is More' blog whose challenge is to make a one layer card featuring a stem.

It's ages since I did any papercrafting so I thought I should make an effort and make a card, albeit a simple one !

I have used a 5 x 5 inch white card blank stamped in black archival ink using an old funstamps image of a rose, almost in silhouette.  I have coloured the main petals with pink Posca pen.

The ' Peace ' sentiment was also stamped in black archival ink.  I have freehand drawn the edges of the card with a Micron pen in black and where the lines cross added a pink spot with the Posca pen.

Sid xx

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Tilda Quilt

This small quilt is made using two Tilda Summer Fair Charm packs.  Simple squares make up the quilt top.  I have used Warm & Natural batting and a grey and white background fabric for the quilt back.

I quilted centrally through the squares in one direction only and then quilted either side of the squares by 1/4 inch in the opposite direction.

I hand bound to complete the quilt which is 46 x 40 inches.

Sid xx

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Birdie Cushion

This birdie printed cotton fabric was given to me by Effie about 3 years ago when I attended a machine sewing session in Middlesbrough.  She had made a zipped purse and had the fabric left over.

I dug it out and made a 16 x16 inch cushion with an envelope back.  The backing is cream calico. You know how the saying goes 'better late than never' !!

Sid xx

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