Just add Texture

Just add ink have this cue

 

 

I made a small card with embossing as my texture

 

 

Supplies:
Cuttlebug
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Peel off in gold
Flat backed gems in champagne
Embossing Folder:
4 sept

 

Speckled

Curtain call challenge have the challenge
'Speckled'

 

 

I made some small cards and one of them is perfect for this challenge

 

My 'speckled' is actually dots

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Cuttlebug

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Swiss dots

                               Cuttlebug Floral flourishes

Paper: Scrap of blue 80gsm

Flat backed pearls. 

10 april

 

Woodgrain

CASe this sketch have this

 

 

I made another die and embossed card

 

 

I did some faux stitching to complete

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Tori Stowe

 I will also be entering this over at Addicted to CAS where it's

 

 

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
                    old exercise book in kraft
Paper: Scrapes
Cuttlebug
Embossing Folder: Sizzix xtured Impressions A2 660408
Die: Sixzzix 5 star
Pentel black fine liner
23 feb

 

Embossed flourishes

CAS colours and sketches have this lovely clean sketch this week

 

 

I made this card

 

 

I will also be entering it over at Word art Wednesday were the inspiration is

 

 

I choose to focus on the creation of nature.

and at

Simon says stamp Work-it-Wednesday-July were the challenge is to include

'August Birth Stone which is a Peridot'

and thanks to Jane I have found a new challenge AAA cards and will be entering it there too.
The challenge is

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Gold

Pattern: Stitching cards free-flower-bookmark-paper-embroidery-e-pattern

Cuttlebug

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Floral flourishes



3 aug

 

Two sketches

CASe this sketch

 

and TGIF challenges have very similar sketches this week

 

I made these small cards

 

and up close





Supplies:
Cuttlebug
Ebossing folders:  Cuttlebug Floral flourishes and swiss dots
                             Pebbles
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: 80gsm in white, blue and pink
Flat backed pearl
14 July

 

Organic flourish

CASe this sketch has a rather difficult sketch this week

 

 

I finally came up with this design

 

 

I used the same design to make some smaller cards

 

 

 Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: Brand and colour codes unknown

Cuttlebug

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug organic flourish

Flat backed clear gems

Liquid pearls in gold

Pearl beads

Card stock: 160gsm in white

 

(17 march)

Embossing and ribbon

Freshly made sketches have this sketch for the week

 

My take

 

I adhered the ribbon to the card stock prior to pricking the pattern. It as quite a tricky business sticking over the ribbon as the holes where rather hard to see. I hand embossed the leaves. 

 

 

Supplies:

Pattern:Stitching cardsBookmark flower 2

Thread: Brand and colour unknown

Card stock: 160gsm inwhite

Satin ribbon

Hand embossing tool medium

Dtencil

 

Butterfly and Embossing

Back to school today, it's going to be a busy term!!!

I got a really lovely surprise yesterday. I am the featured 'stamper' over at Splitcoast Stampers Featured stamper. What a privilege.

Butterflies and Embossing is the new challenge at Butterfly spot challenge and here is my card. It was made for a friend of my sister when she turned 40.

 

 

I hand embossed the background butterflies.

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching cards free butterfly

Thread: Silver: DMC 415

Peel off sentiment

Martha Steward butterfly stencil

Embossing tool

Butterfly Punch

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Scrap of aqua linen card stock 

Embossing

Week two of my holidays is over, it's the home stretch now unfortunately, although this is sure to be a good week because we are going away to the coast for 3 days. Hubby wants to fish and I'm happy to sit on the beach, soaking up our lovely winter sun reading a book. Heaven.

The challenge at CAS on Sunday is embossing and here is my card or to be perfectly correct, cards. They where so easy and such fun to make that I did three.

and individual ones, not sure why I didn't take a photo of the pink one!

The apricot backing for this one is actually a recycled envelope from a birthday card.

When I made the invites for my last birthday I had a whole lot of ovals left over. I have been trying to think of ways to use them and these cards did the job perfectly.

Supplies:

Pattern: 101 Ideas for Embroidery on Paper by Erica Fortgens

Thread: Apricot card: Brand and colour codes unknown

             Pink: Medium DMC 3326. Other brands and colour codes unknown.

             Blue: Dark blue DMC 0131, Light DMC 506

             Green: colour code and brand unknown

Cuttlebug

Swiss dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Sizzix Oval die

Liquid Pearls Gold
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Paper: Scraps of pink, blue and recycled apricot envelope.

Teaching

Last week I was asked to run a stitched card course for a group of ladies who have never been introduced to the Prick and Stitch method before. This is the card we made.

I prepared all the elements that the ladies would need to make the card. They just needed to complete the stitched section and then assemble it. I have found that this is the best way to run a course as if the stitching is not completed within the time frame then at least the card can be made up later.

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards. Free flower bookmark pattern
Thread: Pink, green and yellow

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Green and shimmery pink

Cuttlebug

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug Organic Flourish

Hexagons and butterflies

There is a new challenge over at Butterfly Challenge and here is my entry.

The requirements are butterflies, of course, and hexagons.

For this card I reduced the stitching pattern to 50% and stitched it in white. I stitched straight onto the cerise paper and then adhered that to the card stock upper. As the holes for the stitching were now very close together I had to reinforce the back with some sticky tape, which I stitched through.

The embossed lines where drawn using my Crafter's Companion. I did the silver outline around each hexagon by hand, they are not prefectly straight but that was the look I was going for. To finish I added three pink flat backed gems.

Edited to say that I am very excited. This card has won me my first ever badge (see left hand margin). Thanks Mrs A

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards. Free butterfly pattern

Complete Crafter's Companion

Thread: DMC in white

Clear glass beads

Flat backed gems in pink

Silver gel pen

Card Stock: white in 200gsm

Paper: Cerise scraps

Sizzix 8 piece hexagon die

Saying Thank You

This time of the year for me involves a lot of thank yous. So today I am going to share some of the cards I will be using this year.

As you know it was my birthday recently so I'll start with the thank yous for that.

I decided to go with a notelet this time instead of a card and as you can see I stuck to the same colour palette and repeated the butterfly theme. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss a border down the side of the card stock. Quick but pretty I think.

This next card is for my colleagues. It's to say thanks for a great year and wish them all the best for the holidays. (the continued butterfly theme is totally unintentional this time!)

I tried to print the sentiment straight onto the card stock but my printer kept on making it crooked so I cut out the 'mistakes' and stitched them on with my sewing machine.

I was inspired by this lovely card

Edited 23/2/2015: I have entered this card in the butterflies and ribbons challenge over at Butterfly Challenge

Supplies:

Embossing folders: Top card Spellbinders Pebbles and bottom Cuttlebug Swirls

Cuttlebug machine

Sizzix 8 circle die

Martha Steward butterfly punch

small flat backed pearls

Pale green thin satin ribbon

Card stock 160gsm

Envelopes: Activity park