Angie's card designs: Hello again everyone,it's like buses at the mo,you...

Angie's card designs: Hello again everyone,it's like buses at the mo,you...: Hello again everyone,it's like buses at the mo,you wait and wait and then 3 come at once lol. Anyway I have some more cards for you.

Hello again everyone,it's like buses at the mo,you wait and wait and then 3 come at once lol. Anyway I have some more cards for you. They are my design team cards for the Die'sire team at  http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/ in readiness for the 4DD on http://www.createandcraft.tv/ on Monday,starting at 8am and they are the new Christmas Edge'ables dies which I very much enjoyed using as although they are detailed they come out of the die with ease and were a delight to use as I am finding with all the Die'sire dies. 

Edge’ables Christmas Carol die CC black card CC spray sparkle CC poinsettia die from classiques set CC ivy die from classiques set Silent night song sheet Piano keys Red ribbon White Christmas ribbon

Edge’ables Christmas bow die Wreath die from Classiques set Holly die from Classiques set Poinsettia from Classiques set Textures 8x8 embossing folder- Distressed Textures 8x8 embossing folder - Basket weave Gold gilding wax Red glitter card Gold card Red ribbon (my own)

Edge’ables Snowflake die CC Christmas trees CC Centura pearl white/silver CC Tis the season stamp CC tacky glue CC 3d gel glue Blue miri card Blue sparkle melt dust Backing papers (my own)

Edge’ables Holly bells die CC santa sleigh die from Classiques set Purple miri card White card CC Hessian embossing textures folder CC spray and sparkle pearlesant Backing paper ( my own)

Edge’ables Bethlehem die Three wise men from classiques set CC black card Gold embossed card (my own) Copper miri card

Good morning my crafty friends,I hope you are all keeping well and if not that you will soon be feeling better.
It's that time of month when I post my latest house mouse DT card for http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/ This month it's anything goes as always with the option of summer fun. The prize for the winner is generously provided by  http://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/ and is a beautiful rubber stamp

Materials used - Crafter's Companion 8x8 knit one pearl one embossing folder
                           Image from Joanna Sheens House mouse paper pad
                           background sheet is a graduated colour changing paper I had
                           Crafter's Companion Kraft card
                           3D glue gel
                           Crafter's Companion tacky gluehttp://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/

Good morning everyone,I hope you are all well and enjoying your crafting. I thought I would share with you some design Team cards I have made with the new 5x7" texture embossing  folders from http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/. They are great if you like to make smaller cards or only have a smaller size machine. I must say I don't normally make smaller cards,always 8x8 but I really enjoyed working with them. You don't have to over complicate the embellishments because the embossing is so nice that you don't want to cover it up to much. They are very good with co-ordinations cardstock to as it adds another dimension when you sand the embossing down to reveal another colour and I have since had a go at using them on darker card and guilding them. I am definitely going to be making a lot more smaller cards from now on,especially at Christmas when I need to make so many.

 5x7 Texture folder Distress, Hessian - Die'sire Ivy Die from Christmas Classiques set - Itsy Bitsy quilling die - Core'dinations card stock

 

Textures 5x7 Leaf vein folder - Ivy Die from Christmas Classiques set - Lace - Pearl Pins (my own)  































 5x7 Texture: wood grain folder -Poppy die from Crafter's Companion Inspiration Magazine - Die'sire Ivy die from Christmas classiques set - Core'dinations card stock 

  

5x7 Texture folder: Stone wall - Itsy Bitsy bloom quilling die for the border - Core'dinations card stock - Kraft card 



                                                                                               

Hi everyone,what a beautiful morning,the sun is shinning and I am super excited to show you my first batch of design team cards for the super new Christmas Classiques dies from Crafter's Companion which are featuring as the new weekender deal on Create and Craft all weekend. 
I can't put into words just how proud it makes me to see my cards shown on create and craft and the rest of the design team make were stunning. If you missed the shows then they are definitely worth seeing on catch up.  
There are to many cards to go into how I made each one individually so I will put pic's up and products used but if you have any questions about individual cards and how they were made then please feel free to ask. So here goes,I hope you like them and they inspire you to have a go with them. It's never to early to get started on Christmas cards,I try getting ahead by making one every time I make an every day card and then it means I am well ahead when Christmas arrives.

      

    

Church window die
Ivy die
CC Kraft card
Dry stone wall embossing folder
Co-ordinations card (biege)
Materials roses ( my own from Hobbycraft)
8x8 card blank (my own)
Sentiment ( Kanban)

Christmas fireplace dies
Traditional Christmas tree
Backing papers ( my own)
CC centura pearl/silver card
Green and red card (my own)
CC black card
8x8 card blank ( my own

Santa sleigh die
CC christmas tree dies
CC tiny dots folder
Tonic circle die
Backing paper ( my own )
Glitter paper (my own)
8x8 card blank (my own)

             

                  

Three wisemen die
Nativity die
CC black card
Coloured background sheet (my own)
Fence and Gate die for border
CC Kraft card
Gold card (my own)
8x8 Card blank (my own)

Church Window die

Poinsetta die
Ivy die
Co-ordinations card white
Texture folder-Dry stone wall
Red card (my own)
8x8 card blank (my own)
Silver card (my own)
Sentiment ( Kanban)

Home for Christmas die set
CC Kraft card
Wreath die from fireplace set
CC Christmas tree dies
White card (my own)
Textutes folder Distress
Merry Christmas tape (wilko)

Christmas wreath die
Poinsetta die
CC A4 dotty folder
Green card (my own)
Green ribbon ( papermania)
Noel sentiment ( Kanban)
8x8 card blank (my own)

Frosty the snowman die
Christmas Stockings die
Snow is falling die
CC centura pearl card/silver
CC acetate
Light blue card (my own)
Dark blue card ( my own)
White ribbon (my own)

Jingle bells die
Ivy die from bundle 2
gold mirri card (my own)
Bronze mirri card (my own)
Gold distress card (my own)
Sentiment ( Kanban)
Sheena douglass swirly folder
6x6 card blank (my own)

Christmas window die set
Robin and foliage set
fence and Gate set,used for the border
CC Kraft card
CC centura pearl card/silver
Co-ordinations card white
Dry stone wall folder
CC acatate
8x8 Card blank (my own)

Postbox and robin die set
Holly from bundle 2
White and Red card (my own)
Red ribbon (my own)
6x6 card blank (my own)
Button and sparkle (my own)

I’m in love with these fantastic new Christmas dies that Fiona Clayton ­ Crafter’s Companion will have on Create & Craft TV this weekend!! She’s got lots of fabulous demonstrations planned, so don’t miss her! Get all the info about the shows and a look at all the dies here: http://bit.ly/1HxR
I thought I would show you a sneak peak of my one of my favourite sample cards I produced,although there are so many favourites.

Christmas wreath die
Poinsetta die
CC A4 dotty folder
Green card (my own)
Green ribbon ( papermania)
Noel sentiment ( Kanban)
8x8 card blank 

Good morning everyone,I hope all this sunny weather is keeping you all happy,I must admit to not coping with the heat but I must not complain,I am happy in front of the fan doing what I love..... CRAFTING 
First of all I have some great and exciting news to share with you all. I have joined the Crafters Companion Die-sire design team. You can imagine how excited I was when I got the email,and nervous at the same time lol. So you can expect to see lots of creations using the crafters companion products on here from now on. I really need to get my craftroom organised though but have hit the ground running at the moment with my first assignment so it will have to wait until I have got my samples ready for that but it is now a urgent task. 

So back to the task in hand for now and my latest make, my DT card for http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/ The theme this month is Anything goes/Lazy days and our sponsor this month is  who are giving the winner 7 digi's 
http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
I hope you will all join in and have some fun with these beautiful images,every one makes a beautiful card,they are fail safe I think.
I had so many images that I fell in love with but in the end had to make a decision so I went with this adorable image of the mice and bunny relaxing. 
As always I took my colour inspiration from the image and looking at it I decided that it would look good on a circle easel card so it looked like it was on a plate. I used a grand circles die to cut out the card and another circle for the face of it in this lovely purple glitter card and layered it up with some pale green card to give me a base then I added the base picture in a smaller circle which I printed from the House Mouse triple CD. I decoupaged the image using 7 images as I do love to bring these little critters to life as much as possible. Then I used my Xcut alpahabet dies to cut out the z's and the relax from both purple and green card and layered them up to give a shadow effect. I am sorry but I can't remember the name of this die I used to cut the lattuce out but it is a Sue Wilson one. I cut it out of the green bottom circle and put it on top of the purple and added some liquid pearls to give it dimension. Then I used a purple stamped happy birthday and edged it with the purple glitter card. Then I found this beautiful green ribbon from the many boxes I have collected over the years and also this lovely striped button for the centre and used the bow as my stopper. I was very pleased with the finished card and it has become my latest favourite LOL, I hope you all like it to and it inspires you to get crafting. 
Enjoy the sunshine and I will be seeing you more often in the future,take care and happy crafting x

Good morning my crafty friends, I do hope you all weathered the storms last night,it is still very wet outside and lots of branches came down from my oak trees.
It's time for another House Mouse card for the halfway reminder for http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/ This month it is Anything goes with the option of Lavender and Lace.
this months sponsor is http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

For this card I used                   Dies used                                                           Embossing Folders

8"x8" blank card                         Tonic heart dies                                                 
White card 300gsm                     Spellbinders latice background                          
Silver miri card                           Tattered lace free die from No 2 magazine
Lavender card

Good morning my crafty friends,it's house mouse time again. I am a bit late with this months post as I swapped with another design team member due to my daughter being unwell and having to look after my grand children so she could rest,I didn't have time to get a card done. So this is for the halfway reminder for this months challenge for http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/ this month it's anything goes/die cuts and the sponsors are http://www.disdigistamps.com/ with a prize of $10 digi stamp.

As I have been so busy and not well again myself I didn't have time to do a 3D decoupage one this time,but then house mouse are such lovely images they are very much stand alone images anyway. As you can see I decided to make a easel card this month and started as usual by choosing colours from the picture,so I chose greens and cream. I used a image from the triple cd and used a tonic happy birthday die for the front cover and used a trellis die "sorry I don't remember which one" to create the stopper for the base. The dragonflies were a free gift on a magazine which came with the die and stamp to create these lovely dragonflies (the photo don't do them justice). I also embossed the base with the embosabilities  leaf folder.

I hope you like what I have done and it would be great to see your creations over at Gruffies and Guests

Good morning my crafty friends. I am sorry I am a bit late going live with this post but I had a really bad night and got up a little late. I am having a bad spell with my arthritis at the moment so I am glad I had this card made ready for today. This weather is not helping,I hope the weather warms up soon. I hope you have all been well and those of you who have not I hope you get better soon.
Anyway on to the task in hand,my latest DT card for Gruffies and Guests challenge blog , this months theme is Patchwork or anything goes,so as always it would be lovely to see your makes,so please pop over and enter.There is a prize supplied by http://www.bugaboostamps.com/ to.
I found this lovely image of the little mice making their own patchwork quilt and thought it was perfect. As always I started with taking the colours from the image,the image did have stacks of material in the background but I wanted just the foreground as I felt it made it less busy. That is the beauty of 3D decoupage,you can include what you choose to. I started with decoupaging the image up to give it chance to dry before adding it to the card,I always use silicone to layer my decoupage as I find it gives you much more control over the depth and shaping of each layer.
Then I chose to use this oval die from Tonic for the aperture as it best fitted the image. I chose this lovely soft pink card and started by cutting the aperture with one of the scalloped ovals and then I used the crafters companion patchwork embosabilities folder to give it extra interest and texture. Then I used a miricard in this lovely irridesant  blue and cut to size so that it gave a border around the edge. I then laid the pink layer over the top so that I could possition the slightly smaller straight edged oval die through the the first aperture to give a blue border,which I think frames the image nicely. I forgot to mention that I have used a 8x8" card as always,I just love the area it gives to create. I then chose a pearlesant off white card for the background which I cut just a bit larger than the aperture and stuck to the back of the blue layer,then layered it all together with double sided tape ( I prefer to use tape as I have found in the past that glue is ok but in time it seems to dry out and my cards have fallen apart. I know a lot of people I give cards to like to keep them and there is nothing worse than knowing they will fall apart) Then I added the now dried image and thought it would be nice to have this little mouse that was in the background I left out on the edge of the frame looking as though he was running around it. Then as usual I couldn't resist putting a bow on it but didn't have the right colour. So I used my alcohol markers to colour a white ribbon and placed a heart button in the centre. Then added a few buttons and some pink twine and a sentiment.

I hope this has inspired you,any question for anything I have forgotten to mention,please don't hesitate to message me and I will gladly get back to you.
Have a good Easter weekend everyone and happy crafting.