Dragonfly Dreams Card and Gift Bag

Today I made a card and gift bag using the 

Stampin Up Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and dies.

I water coloured the card stock 

using Stampin Up! Inks in: Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, 

and Highland Heather inks. 

I then added some texture to the card panel using Stampin Up! Smoky Slate ink 

and a retired stamp from Gorgeous Grunge

Last I added some black ribbon and flicked some 

Wink of Stella on to the bag and card

Gift Bag Measurements: normal A4 piece of cardstock 8 1/2 x11in.
Card Measurements: Card Base- 4 1/4 x11 in., Highland Heather Panel-4 1/8x 5 3/8 in. White Top Layer- 3 3/4x 5 1/4 in.

You can find my video  here

Hope you all are inspired to create.  

Cheryl

Fresh Fruit

I sorted out all of my Stampin Up ink pads today, and got all of the retired colours set aside to use

 for my water colouring (I have a lot of ink pads!!!). I was wanting to use some of the colours

 that Stampin Up have not retired to make a card. 

Am really liking the revamp Stampin Up has done with their colours.

They all seem to work well with each other now. 

I am so tired of all the rain and am wanting warmer/sunny weather now. 

But as seeing as Mother Nature is still sorting it out....I decided to make a bright cheerful card.

Fresh Fruit Birthday Card

Stamp Set Used- Fresh Fruit(retired)

I have had this set for long time and have never used it. Finally pulled 

it out and had a play. I CASED the card layout off google. 

Colours Used-Fresh Fig, Old Olive, and Berry Burst. I did
the rock and roll technique on the plum and then fussy cut it out. 

To finish off the card I added Stickles to the centers of the flowers. 

Thank for looking and hope you are inspired to create. 

Cheryl

Stampin Up Colour Challenge

Today am showing some cards I made for the 

Stampin Up! Colour Challenge over on 

Facebook. 

Sadly I couldn't add my projects to the challenge cause

 I didn't have all of the colours. 

No worries though, soon I will. 

The colours for this months challenge are below. Lovely, almost a country beach feel

to the colours.

I still wanted to join in the fun so I found similar colours. 

I used: Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, 

So Saffron, and Sahara Sand. 

 Stamp Sets Used: 

Blooms and Wishes, Birthday Fiesta, and Gorgeous Grunge

Great challenge and great colours. I hope you will give it a try too :) 

Below is a card I made for a friend.

 

Deer Card

Stamp Set Used: In the Meadow
I started off by stamping the deer image and then I put a mask over it. Next I stamped the tree images. After that I stamped the grass/floral image over the top of the deers to make them look like they are stood behind the tall grass.  I then used a Stampin Write Marker in Old Olive to fill in some of the grassy area. I took a dotted stamp and stamped in
Crisp Cantaloupe in the grass to make it look like berries or small flowers.
I then took a StampinWrite Marker in Chocolate Chip and went down the trunk of the trees. Last I water coloured the deer in Early Espresso and Chocolate Chip and then took the same Stampin Write Marker in Chocolate Chip to go over any lines that faded slightly. Last I added the sentiment to finish off the card.

Older Projects: 

Dragonfly Card

 Stamp Sets Used: Gorgeous Grunge, and Dragonfly Dreams stamps and dies. 

I heat embossed the dragonfly and then I took Stampin Write Markers over the top of the image. I stamped the background and then added the image by putting some pop dots on the back.

16th Birthday Card

 Stamp Sets Used: Stampin Up Number of YearsStamps/Dies 

and Lilly of the Valley Sentiment Stamps.

I designed this swing card/layers in Design Space and then cut the card out on my Cricut Explore. 

I also cut the roses out of my Cricut Explore.

Below images to show how the card stands. 

 

Curtain Fold Card

 I designed the Curtain Fold in Design Space and used my Cricut Explore to cut it out. 

I added a sentiment, pearl and glitter accents along with a flower to finish off the cards. 

Stamped Water Colour Background Card

 Stamp Sets Used: MFT Flashy Florals stamps/dies

I wet the background card and then I inked each image up and then spritzed with water and then stamped down. Once I had all the images stamped I respritzed the background and then took a paper towel and lifted off some of the colour. Once dry I added black ink flicks to the image. I stamped the sentiment and then added the band and stamped flower to finish off the card. 

Some Bunny Loves You

 Stamp Sets Used: For The Love Of Stamps Hoppy Easter Stamps and JustRite Lilac Bouquet. 

I inked up the background using Stampin Up Inks and then used a leaf image and 

heat embossed it on top of the card in clear. I then stamped the sentiment and the bunny. I coloured the bunny using Stampin Up Inks. Added a bit of Wink of Stella to finish off the card. 

Floral Happy Birthday Card

 

Stamp Sets Used : Stampin Up Happy Birthday Everyone

 I inked up the background card using Stampin Up Inks. I then die cut the top layer and then die cut the branch out of it. I flicked ink on the top layer and stamped the Happy Birthday. I flicked Wink of Stella onto the card to finish it off. 

Mother's Day Card

 Stamp Sets Used: Tattered Lace Begonias stamps/dies

I stamped and die cut the image and coloured with my ProMarkers. 

I die cut the background frame and layered it on white. I cut a strip and made a banner, stamped the sentiment and then used glue dots to adhere it to the card.

 I added pearls and flowers to finish off the card. 

Beautiful Day Boho Chic Card

 Stamp Sets Used: Altenew Beautiful Day

I die cut a Tim Holtz die out of the white layer. 

I then stamped and heat embossed the floral image in black. 

After that I used Tim Holtz Distress inks

to do messy water colouring over the floral image. Added Wink of Stella 

and Clear Gloss Liquid Embossing to add little 

clear acrylic spots and some twine at the top of the card to finish it off. 

Butterfly and Feather Cards

 Stamp Sets Used: JustRite Butterfly Kisses Stamp 

and random Feather and Sentiment Stamps.

 I started off by inking up the base card using Stampin Up inks. I then heat embossed the Butterfly and Feather onto the cards in clear.

 After that I used Chocolate Chip ink 

to ink over the whole on the background and then wiped any 

excess ink off the stamped images. I finished the cards off by adding a ribbon and sentiment.

 

Multi Layer Stamped Cards. 

 Stamp Sets Used: JustRite Lilac Bouquet and 

WPLUS9 Pretty Peonies stamp sets.

 I started off by cutting all of the matting layers. Then I took a little bit of double sided tape

and stuck each layer together right in the center (just a little tape).

I then stamped all of the images leaving space for the sentiment. I pulled the stamped layers apart and layered them on top of the coloured base card making sure to line up the layers so the images look correct. I finished off the cards by added glitter. 

Thank you for looking and hope this has inspired you to create :) 

Cheryl

Happy Easter

Hope everyone had a lovely and blessed Easter Day :)

I spent the day with my family. Very relaxed, and lots of good food :) 

It rained here for most of the day, so we stayed in and watched some movies. 

Here is a recap of all the Easter projects I made this year :) 

Enjoy.

Easter Signs

Made these Easter Signs by painting and distressing the wood, 

and then cutting out and adding the vinyl images to the wood.

On this sign I painted the block, then I used a stencil cut from vinyl 

to paint the bunny on. After it was dry I put the vinyl Easter words on top.

Easter Cards

The Easter cards I mad this year for my family.

Easter Banner

The banner I made during the At Home Crafting Extravaganza.

Easter Bunny Treat Baskets

I cut these Bunnies out on my Cricut Explore machine.
I did NOT create this file, you can find

the svg for this file HERE

They were very easy to cut out, I used 12x12 paper for these. 

Used Stampin Up retired stamps

on the little tags. My kids are all older now....but still need 

a bit of chocolate on Easter. I have made baskets 

for them since they were little.

Easter Flower Vases

I made these vases by recycling jars. I painted them, and once dry I used painters tape
at the bottom to mark off the top area. I then used Mod Podge and glitter to create the sparkly bottoms. Last I added some fake Peony flowers.


Thank you for looking, and hope you are inspired to create:)
Cheryl

Baby Card and Older Card Projects

My friend is expecting their first baby over Easter Weekend. 

Such a great and wonderful blessing! 

This is the card that I made for them. 

I used Stampin Ups retired sets called Baby Tee's Gumbo wheel and 

Curly Cute. 

I rolled the gumbo wheel twice and cut out the

baby onsies and water coloured them. I then used pop dots to raise them

up off the card to give dimension. 

I really liked how this card turned out and I hope my friend likes it too. 

Now onto some older card projects. 

Easter Daffodil Trifold Card

 I used Tonic Studio Dies to create this card. I shaped the flower 

dies with my Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Tools. Then hot glued them to the card.

 Watercolured Hydrangea Card

 To create this card I used For the Love Of Stamps-

Flowering Hydrange stamp set. I masked the main flower and then stamped the leaves. 

Added glitter accents to finish off the card. 

Sympathy Card

I don't think anyone ever likes creating these types of cards. 

I used the For the Love of Stamps-In My Thoughts stamp set. I stamped the background

 images and the heat embossed the main flower image. 

Messy Watercolour Dahlia Card

 For this card I used For the Love of Stamps- Delightful Dahlias stamp set. 

I heat embossed the main flower image and then masked the flowers off and stamped and heat embossed the leaves. I then watercoloured the 

flowers and leaves drying between each layer of colour. 

Fairy Card

 This card was made using Tonic Studio dies and stamps. 

Floral Card

 This card was made using Tonic Studios dies and MFT stamps. 

Fairy Card

 I love this Fairy girl, love how its the back of her and she is walking away. 

Floral Dress Birthday Card

I used Tonic Sudios Dies and some random stamps for this card. 

Added pearl accents to finish it off. 

Thank you for looking and hope you are inspired to create. 

Cheryl

Older Easter Projects

Here are some more past Easter projects

 to hopefully inspire you. 

Bunny Easter Baskets

 I designed these baskets for my kids.I used my Cricut machine to cut them out.

 I love how they turned out. And my kids were made up with them.

 Small Easter Baskets

 Again, I wanted something different for my kids for Easter, so I designed this basket and cut it out with my Cricut. 

Easter/Spring Watering Can Gift Bag and Card

This set is from SVGCUTS.com, I made this set for my mother-in-law. 

Thank you for looking and 

I hope you are inspired to create something :) 

Cheryl

Crafting at Home Extravaganza

Hello, todays projects are from the

 Crafting at Home Extravaganza that took place on Saturday

on Facebook. 

I had so much fun taking part and I hope she does it again. The person who 

was holding the event, really made me think

outside the box and put my crafting skills to the test. 

So many people took part and the craft projects from everyone were fab. 

These were my cards I made. 

 We were asked to make backgrounds. The first card I made was using one of those backgrounds. I used Stampin Up inks on a heat resistant mat, sprayed with water and then layed my paper on top and let it soak the ink up. I then dried it with a heat tool and then stamped the images on top. I used the Stampin Up Painted Petals stamp set. 

 My next card was made using the Stampin Up Too Kind and You've Got this stamp sets. This was a colour challenge. 

 The light house card was made using the Stampin Up High Tide and Wetlands stamp set. This was another colour challenge. 

My last card was made using the Stampin Up French Foliage and Because I Care stamp sets. I created the background and then stamped the Hydrangea in Stazon ink and then watercoloured the flower. 

This was also a colour challenge and the last project I made. 

Below are some older projects I have made. Enjoy. 

 I love Poppies and loved making this card. 

 The 14th Birthday Card I made for my daughter using the Stampin Up Number of Years stamp set. 

The next card was made using the Beautiful Day stamp set by AlteNew....LOVE this stamp set. I did what I call Messy Watercolouring on the image. I stamped it and heat embossed over the image and then just allowed the paint to spread out, dried each layer before adding more ink. 

My last card was made using Tonic Studios dies and stamps. I shaped the flowers using my flower shaping tools by Heartfelt Creations. 

Thank you all for looking, hope you are inspired to create. 

Cheryl