Sending hugs & love

Good day everyone! Well here we are almost another month gone by, and Valentines just around the corner. I still have a few more cards for an order I'm working on for a friend.

I was going through my dies and noticed this background die of hearts which has only been used a few times, so time to use it again.

I started by die cutting the heart die (Simon Says Stamps - stacked hearts)  twice and then glued together.  I sponged some distress oxide onto the background - candied apple & dried marigold, the spritzed with water, and also splattered some gold metallic spray.

I die cut the background using The Greetery - Nordic Frames using the largest die. I cut a heart from a PTI heart die from vellum, and the 'Sending' (Simon Says Stamps) from antique gold (cut twice and glued together).  The sentiment  (Simon Says Stamps - tiny words) on the heart was embossed using gold ep.

I used the stacking heart die to cut a few hearts from the antique gold paper and added them to 3 of the hearts.  Finished off with some clear sequins.

I appreciate your visit today.  Have a wonderful day!

LOTV Watering can

Hello everyone!  Well it's a new week, so thought best to pop in a share another card I coloured last week.
Sometimes you just need to do something 'cutsie' to change things up a bit, and this LOTV image did it for me.

I grabbed a few images when they were on sale, so this one was one of them.  This is called Watering can.

I used Polychromos pencils to colour this.  I then sponged some distress oxide ink salty ocean and peeled paint for the sky and grass.

To make the white frame, I used Spellbinders Square dies and used a larger one, then a smaller one to create the frame.

Paper is from my scrap basket.  I also cut a flower and leaves from Creative Expressions - finishing touches - Camellia open and complete petals.  Sponged some ink on them and they were ready to go.

To finish off I added a pink glittered enamel dot to the center of the flower and some Simon Says Stamps unicorn dust to the centers of the flowers in the image.

Well that's it for me today, gotta head out to work.  I hope your day is fabulous!!

Till next time....

Pauline

Little birdie - Love you

I'm back today to share another Valentines Card.  I just happened to be on the Etsy site - All Dressed Up to check out what was new in the digi world and came across a couple of images I just had to have.  One of the reasons I love All Dressed up digi's is that the outlines of the images are very fine.  I'm not a big fan of bold chunky outlines.


I love the whimsical look of this, and it was fun to colour!

As I was colouring this I had in my mind how I wanted the finished card to look.  Well that did happen. But nevertheless I still love it.

I used MFT stitched clouds to cut the top of the image.  The row of hearts along the bottom is a die from Papertrey Ink. The background was sponged using distress ink Salty Ocean. 

For finishing touches I added 3 enamel hearts from Doodlebug, and Nuvo clear  glitter pen to the flowers.

I appreciate your visit today.  Wishing your a wonderful weekend! (Today is my Friday as I am off tomorrow - yay 3 day weekend, gotta love it!)

Pauline

Be Mine

Hope everyone had a good weekend.  We had a major storm on Saturday for most of the day, so we didn't venture too far from the house, other than to shovel us out!

I actually made a few cards as well.  Slowly getting back at it. I have a few Valentine orders to do, so thought I best get tackling those. 

I'm using a die from Ink to Paper.  I love this background called On the Border - From the Heart frame die.
There are 3 pieces to this die - the main leafy flourish, the heart and then the leafy heart.

I cut the frame using white c/s, then cut another piece using the just the center heart, which was cut from gold shiny c/s, it is actually a brushed gold, really pretty in real. 

For the background I started with a piece of Bristol watercolour paper 140 lb, then sponged distress oxide spun sugar, worn lipstick and abandon coral.  I then spritzed with some water, the sprayed it with Sheer shimmer craft spray - sparkle, and also flicked on some gold.

I embossed the sentiment (Ink to Paper - Just sentiments- Valentines) using gold embossing powder onto some white c/s.  To cut the sentiment and the banner flag strip behind I used some dies from The Greetery.

Once everything was together I added some Nuvo crystal gems for some sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by,  have a happy day!

Pauline

Fall Warblers

Hello everyone!  Well I don't have a card to share with you today, still working at getting my mojo back, but I realized I have lots of bird photography pictures from late summer and fall that I have not shared with you yet.

I will just leave you with the pictures below to view.  Not a lot of explaining to do with these. These were taken in September 2019 about 40 min from our house.

This was taken in our backyard.  As the warblers start to migrate either in spring or fall we always manage to get a few that stop on their way through.

Hope you enjoyed these.  Have a wonderful day!

Pauline

Summer sketches

Hello everyone.  Is anyone else struggling  to get back at card making after the Holidays?  Well I certainly am!  I haven't made anything since mid Dec, but my card today is one that I made for one of my orders.

I'm using The Greetery - Summer Sketches stamp and matching die.

I started by stamping  the outline of the floral stem in green ink on the card base. I then stamped the summer sketches and cut it out.  For the top piece of the center layer I cut a piece of  background paper I made using oxide sprays. I die cut it with the rectangle stitched die which lined up with the white piece.  I added a piece of gold peel off where the two meet.

Stamped Happy Birthday in a dark olive ink.  Added some rhinestones to finish off.

Have yourself a wonderful day!

Pauline

Magnolia Sunshine

Happy New Year everyone! Did you stay up to ring in the new year?  Not I, I think I made it to 9pm, then that was it for me, as I am an early riser, usually up between 5 - 6 am on my days off, 5:30 for work days.

I thought I would pop in today to share I card I made for one of my card orders last year. 

I already had the image coloured for some time, it was sitting in my partially finished basket, so just had to come up with a layout.

The image is from Power Poppy - digital Magnolia Sunshine.

I used copics to colour, not sure of the colours as this one done some time ago.  I then used a SB oval die to cut it out.

The white frame is from PTI and the coloured layer underneath was some backgrounds I created.  The soft colours seem to work well with the image even though you can't see much of it.

To finish off I added some foam tape to pop the image above the frame, added some sequins, pearls and some silk ribbon.

I've been off on holidays since Dec 12th, and my intention was to make lots of cards for my stash, but needless to say I have not made one card.  I have a few days left before going back to work on the 6th, so I hope my creative juices start to flow.

I appreciate you stopping by, have yourself a wonderful day,

Pauline