Elegant Gifts from Hunkydory

Well that's another Bank Holiday over and done with and quite a wet one for us here today unlike yesterday when it was glorious sunshine all day long which I hasten to add that I spent most of it in my gardening gloves  with trowel and spade in hand, yes you've guessed it down on the allotment cleaning out my greenhouse and emptying all tubs etc ready for the next lot which should already have been planted by now, curse that darn weather I say!! that and not enough hours in a week. Well it was all worth it and we managed to get loads done but as always there's still lots to do, isn't there always????
Back to the craft room before I get carried away and the important stuff, these next cards have been made with stamps from Hunkydory's Elegant Gifts and I have to tell you that there are quite a lot of stamps on this one set ranging from cute cat's to oriental, handbags and shoes not forgetting birds and a cage...... plus more.
I decided to stick with the Geisha girl for our next cards and I have used darker colours in a blue and red theme.....

On this C5 card I have used a Chipped Sapphire Distress ink pad, clear embossing powder, Versamark pen, blue vellum, small crystals and blue and silver Card Candi.
The sentiments both come from the same stamp set as all the other images.
(Hunkydory)

The leaves have been punched and embossed (using blue vellum) with an Xcut leaf Punch.
I have also used some clear embossing powder to highlight the parasol.

 On this 6x6 card I have used Chipped Sapphire and Fired Brick D.I.pads. The flowers and words have been stamped in black Versafine, small pearls have been added to the centre of each flower and the Geisha girl has been stamped in Fired Brick and embossed in clear powder.
The moon has been covered with a glue pen and crystal glitter...
Simple but Elegant with a touch of Oriental..
 Gosh!! I seem to feel rather stiff now since I have been sat here chatting to you all must try and remove myself from this chair before I take root, Oh easier said than done!!!........ OH! my aching bones, must be tablet time lol!
See you soon x
Sheilagh  : 0

Flowers with Alcohol Inks

Morning everyone, hope you all had a good weekend I am rather stiff and a little sore today after spending half of yesterday on our allotment which was very much needed I have to say but there is still so much to be done, how the WEED'S do GROW when your back is turned lol! but at least there is still some blossom on the fruit trees, dare I speak to soon? we'll have to wait and see because last year was very poor due to all the bad weather, say no more hush! hush!
Back to reality for now with this weeks cards and some Acetate and Alcohol Inks yum yum! I have used a set of spotty flower stamps by Woodware Clear Magic and a couple of the Adirondack (Tim Holtz) Alcohol inks.
They turned out quite bright I have to say but at this time of year that's not a bad thing....... we could all do with a bit of brightness as that big orange thing in the sky doesn't seem to make too many appearances these days, oh well ever hopeful!

Here we have a C5 card with the flowers layered up, stamped onto acetate with Black Stazon ink then coloured with the alcohol inks.

Alcohol Inks
Butterscotch
Red Pepper
Terra Cotta
Stream

Black Stazon Ink pad
Anti-static bag
Blending tool with felt pads
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink pad

This card is a 6x6 square and the background has been made from silver mirror card, both ribbons have been coloured to compliment each card and a little bit of lace to add a finishing touch.
Well short and sweet as it was I'm off to visit my sis to see how she is, as I have not seen her over the weekend due to her son and family paying a visit, thought it might be too much for her everyone going at once, see you all soon x
Sheilagh  : )

Say it with Flowers by Woodware

Hello to all, well they say it's better late than never and I am certainly late but with good reasons which I won't bore you with right now instead I will get on with what you have been waiting for the cards for this week and here they are a set of stamps by Woodware - Thinking of You - Flowers....

This is a C5 card (A4 cut in half )
and joined at the folded edge with tape then I have punched holes with the cropodial to thread the ribbon through

 I have embossed the main flowers with
Versamark and clear powder..

On this 6x6 card  I have used Versamark and White embossing powder, the main flowers have been stamped with Aged Mahogany.
Sorry to everyone who has been waiting for my post but it has been one of those weeks and a Christening to go to Yesterday as well which I have to say we all enjoyed ourselves especially the children.
See you all really soon : )  lol!
Sheilagh

Bubble Bloom with Clarissa and Felicity

Good Morning, well first of all I'm sorry that this post is a little late and as you will already know that this weeks class has been moved to Saturday and that I have not been around so to speak meaning that I have not been able to craft or even think about it until this week simply because when I got home from class last Tuesday afternoon I was met with a bad news phone call from my sis-in-law which sent me into sheer panic, so apologies to all the lovely ladies who came to the evening class which I was unable to take due to being at the hospital with my brother-in-law as my sister had been rushed into Preston Royal. Anyway she seems to be doing OK and she has been extremely lucky to say the least and the whole family are praying for her recovery.
Well after all that I did manage to finish the next set of cards for next week, so please meet Felicity and Clarissa by Woodware......Clear Magic Singles.

Here I have stamped Bubble Bloom Felicity and embossed in white powder.

I have coloured the bubbles with my H2O's and Card Candi





Distress Ink pad Tumbled Glass
Versamark
White Embossing Powder
Fine line black pen
Archival or Versafine Black ink pad

H2O's  Sunburst, Gold Dust, Bashful Blue, Buttercup, Fern






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 Here I have stamped Bubble Bloom Clarissa onto a pattered paper and embossed with Black Powder, again I have painted the leaves with my H2O's,
I have also used Card Candi, small pearls, large pearls and some 3D Glaze
which you can just about see in the next photo.

     The background on this card has been created by using the main image stamp then coloured with my Promarkers - Baby Pink, Lime Green and Rose Pink.
More Card Candi and 3D Glaze.













Before I go I would like to share a photo of a young lady who came to class last week as she was visiting here all the way from Italy and seems to be a very talented and budding young crafter, so well done Stella your cards were great and we enjoyed having you in our craft group, keep on crafting  : )
See you all soon,  Sheilagh x

Here is Joyce and Stella after their card making class

Going to Seed? with Woodware

Hi everyone! well it's sunshine and showers here, washing out, washing in, in out! in out! give up and blog instead, good idea considering that the last shower was full of rather large hail stones but now I am sat in front of my PC of course the sun has come out, you tease you! don't think I will fall for that old trick go back out with the washing and I know what comes next, No Thank You I'm staying right here well at least until it's lunch time. Anyway here are the cards I made on Monday using the Woodware Clear Magic singles Going to Seed and also the Vive La Plume which I featured in last weeks cards (love that stamp!) loving this one tooooooo : ) think I might have to have them all lol!.................

I chose to use a black and whit theme on an 8x8 card base. I thought this would show off the stamp at it's best.
Stamped in Black Versafine ink and although you can't really see it I have highlighted some of the design with Ice Stickles glitter glue.
The die cuts are from Spellbinders.

6x6 card base this time
The background on this card is made using the Vive la Plume stamp and a leaf  stamp from a set by Inkadinkado Leaves Cling.
Distress Ink Pads
Weathered Wood, Antique Linen, Tea Dye.
Main image is stamped and embossed in black powder.

This time keeping it very simple I have stamped and embossed in white powder then added Black Soot to colour the background.
The corners have been stamped and embossed with white powder and black powder.



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Again I have added a little of the Stickles glitter glue which you can just about see in this photo, trust me they look much better in real life.
OK now it's lunch time and I'm off to make some pasta yum! yum! so I will see you all soon x
Sheilagh

Vive La Plume - By Woodware

Good morning crafters hope you are all having a good weekend as I am especially since my trip to the dentist on Thursday which I have to say was not as terrifying as I had imagined it would be. He removed my broken tooth and I didn't feel a thing, now I have to decide whether to have the root removed or have a replacement fitted, other than that one small filling and I'm good to go so that's not bad considering I haven't seen a dentist for more than eighteen years plus! Well that's enough talk about that subject my next trip might not be so easy and the cost just don't get me started on that one!
Right down to the nitty gritty, cards for next week -

The image stamp of an elegant lady is from Stampendous but the one I really liked using is the background stamp from Woodware Clear Magic singles and is called Vive La Plume

Distress Inks used - Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet.

Versamark ink pad
Gold embossing powder
Quickie glue pen
Glue gun
Woodware crafty edger border punch

Distress Inks used - Victorian Velvet,
Picked Raspberry

Versamark
Silver embossing powder
Clear embossing powder
Black embossing powder

 The swirl is from a set of stamps by Creative Expressions and the sentiment is from Woodware ( Going to seed )
This stamp set will feature in a class in the very near future so head's up!!
Don't say I didn't warn you lol!

OK that's me done for today off to enjoy the rest of my weekend or should I say the next two hours at most before the beloved family gang show up wanting to be fed and watered after all it's Sunday again back to the slaving over a hot stove for me  : 0
Sheilagh x



 

A Little bit Sheena - with Berries

Hi!Everyone, I'm afraid this is going to be a rather short post today as I have a problem with a tooth which is something I have not experienced for such a long time so I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later! at this point I would normally LOL but it is too uncomfortable to do so, I will just have to think it in my head instead if that makes sense!!? It's a good job that I have finished the sample cards for next week and we will be using a stamp set by Sheena Douglass from her Paint Fusion range called Berries and also the Doily stamp from last week along with a Clear Magic stamp (Patchwork Butterfly by Woodware) which I have in my collection as I thought it just fitted in nicely...........

Distress Ink Pads
Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint,Frayed Burlap (or Gathered Twigs)

Versamark clear ink
Versafine Black ink

Stickles Yellow glitter glue
White embossing powder
Clear embossing powder

Pen Touch white pen

For the second card I used
Distress Ink Pads
Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, Evergreen Bough.

Versafine Black
Adirondack Eggplant
and an Ink It Up purple pigment ink from my stash.

 Well I think that's everything for now
I'm off to find a dentist boo! hoo!
See you all soon x
Sheilagh  : (    

Before I go here is a photo of my youngest grandson Tyler, can't believe he will be turning one soon, he is such a cutie pie! and always smiling............. OH! dentist  dash 'n' bother that's what I'm saying but it's not what I'm thinking!!!!!!!

A Good Friend - Vintage Notes

Hello and good morning to everyone, it's sunny and bright but still very cold here in our crafty corner
Oh well!  we can cope with that for now but it better make up it's mind to warm up even just a little because my allotment is screaming at me "come out and tidy me up, Now!" yeah yeah,  later Al lol! can't you see I'm busy crafting here indoors where it's nice and warm. Now about that crafting and this is what little old me has been up to, but before I show you I would like to say a big thanks to all my lovely family, friends and of course the ladies at classes who all sent me such wonderful birthday cards this week, once again thank you all so much.
Now onto the cards for next week, I chose a sort of vintage and floral theme using quite a muted colour scheme but adding in a little sparkle with my H2O's ..........

The first card is an 8 x 8"
Ink Pads
Versamark
Frayed Burlap
Spiced Marmalade
Black Versafine

White embossing powder
Clear embossing powder

H2O's Buttercup and gold dust

The stamps used on this card -
Urban Stamps - Vintage Notes - Doily
Woodware Clear Magic - Rose and
Good Friend (border)
         

 The second card is A4 folded

As you can see I have used the same stamps again (good friend and doily) with the addition of the Fresh Bloom stamp from Stampendous which we used a couple of weeks ago,

Well that's me done for this week think I should dig out the old welly's but wait a minute
the sun has just gone in, what now?
Back to crafting it is then!
 See you soon : )

** By the way just to let you all know there will be a Molly Bloom Day at the shop on Saturday  4th of May just phone for more details or to book your place **
Tel:- 01257 277324

Hampstead by Papermania

Good morning blog land folk! and a Happy Easter to you all on this bright and sunny Saturday, well what a difference from last weekend. I can safely say that the sun is out and shinning here in our little corner of the world, lets just hope it's going to last for the rest of the weekend. If you cast your minds back to last weekend then some of you will remember it looked something like this, well at least where we live.......

 I took these photo's at  the back of our allotment

 This was the scene that greeted us out side our back door Bbbrrrrrr !! and the front was no different.

Some poor person will have to get cold if they need to move their car today lol!













Anyway enough of the cold stuff onto the cards for next week when we will be using a set of 12x12 papers and stamps called Hampstead (A warm welcome) by Papermania and the sentiment is from Woodware's Clear Magic set Victorian Spray.

The large panel background is a 5 3/4 inch square of white card stock that has been stamped and embossed in white powder then Distress ink's Aged Mahogany, Spiced Marmalade and Stormy Sky have been used to colour in. The die cut panel has also been coloured with Stormy Sky and the flowers have been stamped onto it in a black ink pad then the flower heads have been stamped in Versamark and embossed in the white powder, cut out and glued on top of the stamped image. I have added faux stitching to the floral border with a fine black pen, and a Pen Touch white pen for the small whit dots

 Less is more with the next two cards, simple by design but effective no less.
Quick and easy to make using very little of the paper and no waste.Both cards were made from only four small strips off four different sheets of the 12x12 paper. Each pack contains 20 patterned papers which include 4 glitter and 4 gloss finishes, they are also acid and lignin free which makes them great for scrapbooking and at £6.95 for the pack you can't go wrong.

 As you can see I have stamped the flowers onto coloured card with black ink and then added a little of the H2O paint Majestic Blue to highlight the centres. The small flower border has been stamped using my small Memento ink pads Bamboo Leaves and Summer Sky.

This time I decided to stamp with Versamark and emboss in gold powder just for a different look.Each flower has a gold card Candi centre.
The sentiment stamp which I have used on all three cards is from Woodware's Clear Magic set Victorian Spray and really love the font they have used.
Well that's me done for today I'm off now to do some shopping while the sun is still out, hope you all have a really good Easter Sunday and don't eat too many eggs   Not!!!!!!!!  better still eat them all before the Sun melts them ha! ha!
Sheilagh x