floral celebration cake.

Hello there, this is my new creation for today. Another quick and easy card with little effort. I think sometimes the simplest cards are the most effective and less time consuming.
This card came about when I was looking though all my die cuts. I came across a piece of pink card I had edged with one of the elements from the corture collection die set. I descided to mat this on to a pink tent card, then I cut and debossed a piece of decorative card from a hunkydory pack and matted this to my card.
I finished my card with a foiled die cut sentiment and 2 dimensional butterflies. How easy is what!

Hope you like it!

Thank you for stopping by to read this post and Happy Crafting                                                Love Sharon xxx

pink roses.

Hi everyone, thought I'd share this card with you today. It's a quick and easy card to put together for a last minute make for a general birthday.
The shaped card was created by a nesting die the other layers are a mix of different dies, trimmed with a lace and ribbon border, bow to match and stamped sentiment.
I love the pink and green together it looks very fresh and spring
like.
Thank you for taking the time to view this page and Happy Crafting.
Love Sharon xxx

Birds on a branch.

Hello there,thought I'd share this quick card with you today.
I started with a A5 white card blank and matted a piece of gold mirri card on to it. Then I embossed a piece of beige card with a A6 bird embossing folder (I repeated the pattern to make the design wider) then did the same with a piece of brown card but used a A6 bark embossing folder to tie in with the natural look. I cut these to different widths glueing them to my card then covered the edge with a kanban swirly banner to disguise the join. I cut 2 more swirly banner's at different length's and glued down on to my card.
I found some wooden flowers and buttons in my crafty stash and thought they would look nice on top of the borders to finish them off
To finish I added a kanban sentiment.

Thank you for viewing this page and Happy Crafting.

Love Sharon xxx.

feather card.

Hi there, thought I'd share this card with you today.
I used the free feather embossing die that came with Simply Cards & Papercraft and the feather stamp & mask free with Simple Homemade. I can see using the feather for lots of project's and it's bang on trend.
I started my card by cutting a piece of pearlized to a 15cm square card then i cut the  front out with Tonic Studio's indulgence base die. I backed the inside front with a piece of acetate to give it extra strength.
I stamped a sentiment from the free stamp set on to a circle and placed in the centre of my card with foam pads. I then stamped 6 feathers with distress inks two in each colour and cut out with the feather die, arrange them around the circle like a wreath and mount on to foam pads. Lastly I embellished with tiny coloured stars to reflect the stars on the sentiment.

Hope you like it !

Thank you for viewing this post and feel free to comment if you wish.

Love Sharon xxx
 

Button heart card.

Hello there, thought I'd share this card with you today.
It's a pretty button heart card.

The inspiration for this card came from a craft magazine, the heart is similar but the design is my own.
I firstly started the card with a 15cm square white card blank. I covered the entire card with kraft card then I cut a piece of pink candy strip card at 14 cm square and layered on top. I cut a heart from the Tonic affections insert die set from a piece of pink tartan card, inked around the edges and added the buttons.
I cut a piece of kraft card 10.5cm square stamped a sentiment in the corner and wrapped a piece of ribbon than lace around it.I attached this to my card with foam pads and added my button heart to finish.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon

Love Sharon
       XXX

Male card.

Hi there, thought I'd share this card with you today.
It was made at the same time as my last card entry but as taken till now to post it, better late than never.
I have incorporated my inked backgrounds ( previously used in some of my other projects ) into this card and a touch of gilding flakes.
The colours were inspired by a project l saw in a craft magazine. I thought they looked different together.
I begain this card with a A5 card blank. I matted and layered my backgrounds onto my card the orange one you can just see peeking behind the green background appears though the card a lot.
I shall explan how I made the main background you can see.I inked three distress inks together (of your choice) blending them until I was happy with it. I spritzed with water to give an aged look then embossed with Tim Holtz's watches. I finished the effect by applying tattered lace detail glue to a piece of cut and dry foam ( make sure it's soaked in well ) I daubed the glue onto my background, then pressed the gilding flakes on and wiped the excess away, Iastly I inked the edges with distress ink.
I love the effect it as achieved.
I choice the film strip as a border across my card then cut several circles in different sizes, the clock face is from the embossing folder.I stuck these on adding the metal watch, wooden key and kandan sentiment.

I hope you like it!

Victorian Gentleman card.

Hi there. Thought I'd show you my new creation for today. I don't normally make many male birthday cards, so this year i'm determined to make a special effort to make more, instead of going out and buying them because i have left it to late, it seems a waste when I have the materials to make them myself with a little more early preparation on my part.
This card was made with a selection of different topper sheet's from Kanban, the background was embossed with the pocket watches by Tim Hotz and enhanced with gold and silver gilding wax. The rest l added as I went along as you can see from the finished card...
I really like the natural look of this card and the gentleman looks very dapper...

Thank you for viewing this page and please feel free to leave a comment.

                                               Happy Crafting love Sharon xxx