Craftwork card.

Hi there. This is a card that I have also featured on my Pinterest board My 'handmade cards' so please look on their for lots more Inspiration.
I started this card by using a 6x6in square scallop card from my craft stash. I cut a piece of pink decorative paper at 14x14cm square and a piece of white pearlesent embossed paper at 12x12cm square. I matted both onto my card with cosmic shimmer glue ( it gives you a slight wiggle time to get it right before it sticks down ) I cut a torqoise circle and two Marianne design leaves and arranged onto my card with the Craftwork card topper and sentiment banner and glued all to the card as shown below. Thanks for taking the time to look at this post and happy Crafting
Love sharon xxx

Merry and Bright.

Hi there. Thought I'd share this quick and easy Christmas card with you today. The inspiration  for this card came from a card I saw on the Pinterest site. There are so many lovely cards on this site and so many talented designers.
I love the white on white effect and the touch of colour with the red centres of the poinsettia's. It is so simple but very affective.
The dies are from trimcraft and are part of a set and the sentiment was from a free stamp set sold with a craft magazine.
Hope you like it!! Please call in again and happy Crafting. Love Sharon
 Xxx

Craftwork Cards Continued...

Hi  everyone. Thought I'd better do a blog post today. I have just been so busy i haven't found the time to make any cards, let a lone my blog, so sorry for those of you that followed me. I shall try and get back on track and make some cards for you to see...
These cards below are a continuation of the last card I posted back in the summer ( these were made at the same time )   featuring one of my favourite products Craftwork Cards. I sent the first card to my niece for her birthday. I shall keep adding to this collection, so call back to see what I have added.

 

Beautiful butterflies.

Hi everyone. Hope you are well on this Sunday afternoon. Today I thought I'd share this quick and easy card with you. The papers and toppers are from Craftwork cards, stamps, gems and embellishment flowers are from my crafty stash.

I started with a DL card. I happen to have 3 spare squares cut out from another project which just fitted on my DL card perfectly. The measurements are 6.3cm x 5.7cm. I fixed foam pads onto my butterfly layers to make them look 3D and stuck them onto the squares on my card base.
I stamped half a ornate frame over the top of the squares. I made my stamped message fit underneath each square which turned out well. To finish i decorated with pink gems and a flower on each butterfly. I think it would be a good idea to batch make a lot of these and stamp the message on later. I hope you like it
Thanks for calling in and happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xxx

Purple card.

Hi everyone. On this Thursday morning. I thought I'd share this card with you today. I made it last week at the craft class I go to. We all made this lovely card with Chloe's stamps, using lots of lovely wow glitter embossing powders, embossed onto acetate and vellum. What a treat!!
I started  by distressing a square piece of dotty purple card with a distressing tool. I mounted this onto my base card. The die I used (sweet Dixie die ) had three circles to it. I cut all of them together on white card. I kept the largest circle, discarded the middle bit for another project and the smallest circle i used to mount the sentiment onto. I arranged the circles onto the purple dotty background and adhere to the card. Next I took a piece of purple vellum and stamped with veramark and emboss the small. Medium and large flowers ( repeat this 3 times in the sizes ) with wow glitter embossing powder. I cut out and layred them on top of one another ( keeping the same sizes together) adhere as you go then add a pearl on each flower. Emboss the swirls onto heat resistant acetate and cut out roughly. Arrange flowers and swirls onto the card, when happy Adhere to the card. Add sentiment and pearls to finish.
Thanks for calling in and happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xx

Vintage car.

Hi everyone, what a beautiful day it is today, just looked on the weather station it's 30oc the hottest day of the year so far.
I have just finished this card featuring a background technique i found on sue lehrer's blog ( still stamping with sue ) called camouflage or camo technique.
I have followed the technique but instead of using stampin up ink pads I have used distress ink pads and used water instead of rubbing alcohol.
This is my take on this technique...
Scrunch a piece of cream paper up. Open it out. Rub with vintage photo distress ink over the creases. Spritz with water to make the ink work and to make it more manageable to work with in your hands ( don't wet the paper to much it will tear ) Scrunch up again but in different area's of the paper. Open out and ink with peeled paint distress ink and Spritz again. Turn over the paper and flatten with a bone folder then leave to dry. You may go in with more colour if you think it needs it. Cut to the size of your matt and add a topper. I choice a car but it would suit anything with a outdoors theme like walking, climbing, military etc.
Thanks for calling in and happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xx

The harbour.

Hi everyone, Hope you are all OK on this showery afternoon. We don't seem to be having much luck with the weather in the UK yet again the weather as stopped play at Wimbledon and they are also having to play tomorrow to catch up. I hope the player's don't have to hang around to long before play resumes today.
My card today is a bright and sunny seaside inspired card  very indifferent to the dull and cloudy weather today. This quick and simple card was put together with a few matts and layers. I backed the topper onto black card, added a nautical knot with twine and found a sentiment to match.
Thanks for visiting my blog and happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xxx:-)

Summer garden.

Hi everyone, hope you are well on this Tuesday morning. This is a card I made the other evening with the same technique as my pink rose card. This is how I made it below....
Stamp part of the bouquet stamp ( creative stamping magazine free stamp set or any other flower stamp will be fine ) with versa mark onto a piece of white card 13.5x13.5cm square. Sprinkle with white embossing powder all over the area, shake off and return to the pot, heat emboss with a heat tool then mask this area and repeat the first step until the entire bottom half is covered. Use the same technique for the butterflies's described above minus the masking. distress the edges and the tops of the flower's with broken China distress ink, then colour the butterflies's and  flower's in with Mica paints.
Decorate the flower's and sky with gem's and stamp a sentiment. Matt onto pink card and back onto a card base.
I love the pearlesent finish the mica gives off and the gems give it that extra touch.
Thank for calling in and happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xxx

faith, love and hope.

Hi everyone. I hope you are well this Sunday morning. last week i joined a Craft class with eileen lead by a lovely lady called Jane. It was such a brilliant class and the other ladies in the room were so nice and welcoming.
We made this stunning wall hanging. I was so pleased with the end result that I had to share this with you all.
This is how I made it..
I started by painting the 3 MDF plaques with acrylic paint. I used a heat gun to quicken the drying process and sanded back to give a distress look. I stamped faith, hope and love ( indigoblu ) onto the plaques with versa mark ( as is on the photo below ) then embossed with a black sparkly embossing powder (papermania) I applied blue distress inks through a stencil with bubble's on it and various stamps to make a lovely border. I then used a black momento pad to stamp the flowers, leaves and butterfly stamp (Jofy) and painted them with sparkle paint's with a lovely array of colours ( imagination crafts ) I finished by taking a length of blue twine and threading the plaques up, securing the ends with a knot.
I hope you have been inspired by this beautiful project. I can't wait to have ago myself,  please leave a comment to share your thoughts, call in again to see what I make next time.
Love sharon xx:-)

With love.

Hello there, hope you are enjoying this glorious sunshine we are having at the moment.
I would like to share this card with you today, it's a tonic inspired card made with mink & white pearlesent cardstock, the embossing folder has a gorgeous rose design running though it, but I'm clueless to what the make is? The rose border embossing folder is from tattered lace, the die-cut behind the rose border is the lych gate wish from a strip die set from tonic studio's which i cut top & bottom to make a border strip, the swirl I used to decorate the rose border panel and wooden heart is the waste from the lych gate wish strip die ( you can easily see it in the die ) i used lots of pearls on this card to give it a elegant feel and a sentiment to finish.
Thanks for viewing this post and please call again.
Love sharon xx :-)

New life cross.

Hi there. Hope you are all well this Wednesday morning. I would like to share this sympathy card with you today, we all have to make sympathy cards from time to time and I think the new life cross ( faith collection ) from tonic studios is ideal for this occasion. It can be useful for other occasions such as wedding's, christening's and Easter card's.
The card is very quick and easy with its simple matt and layers and embossing, made with cream cardstock, gold mirri and gold matt paper.
The swirl behind the cross is from cherry Lynn. I added pearls to the cross and a sentiment in black ink.
Thank you for looking at this page and call in soon
Love sharon xx :-)

Pink roses.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this Sunday morning. I must confess I have not been very proactive on the card front just resently, but decided I must challenge myself to make at least one card a week and share it with you. let's hoping!!
This is a card I made from the free gift on the simple cards & papercraft magazine.
I started my project by stamping my first rose image off the card ( 12cm square )  with versa mark. I then embossed this with white embossing powder and stamped a further two roses, one at either side with the masking technique. I embossed in the same way as the first rose, then painted the roses with distress inks watered down ( victorian velvet, peeled paint ) then added a touch of mica paint to shade the roses in too.
I stamped the sentiment from the free gift set in black ink and added a few silver sequins to balance the card up. I Matted it onto black cardstock 12.5cm square ( the black perfectly frames the image) then patterned pink paper ( 14cm square ) to bring out the pink in the rose petals and then mount onto a card base to finish.
This is the finished card below...
Thanks for visiting my blog  please call in again and happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xx:-)

My fair lady.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this rather rainy Saturday afternoon. Today I thought I would share with you a card I made some time ago, it's a little bit warped with the weight of other cards on top of it, but I think it's still worthy of sharing anyway.
The papers are from tilda, the die panels are from the couture collection ( adoring hearts ) the oval die is spellbinders and the cameo is Marianne.
The card fold is featured in Everyone needs a houghie 2 project book, it's a really good resource book for all your different folded cards, boxes and special effects.
This is the card below..
Thanks for calling in and Happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xx:-)

Vellum flowers.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this Friday morning and looking forward to the weekend ahead. I have a number of cards to share with you, but decided to show this card first, only because I like the embossing on the stamped vellum flowers, it makes them stand out form the rest of the card.
My inspiration for this card was taken from a card i saw on pinterest website, there are so many beautiful cards on the site, every time i look i am inspired by the talented designers.

This is my first vellum project for a while and I had forgotten how nice it is to work with, the white embossing powder really makes a difference to the coloured vellum flowers and I love the sentiment too. I shall definitely be making some more cards with vellum in the future.
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xx:-)

A house is not a home...

Hi there. Happy Wednesday to you all. I hope you had a lovely Easter break last week and spent lots of quality time with your family and friends.
I am aware i haven't kept up with my blog so I do apologise to those of you who are regular visitor's, but i will try to report back as often as I can.
Anyway as it happens I have a few cards prepared for you to view today.
I have used some of the free stamps on last month's Simple cards and papercraft magazine and combined them with different background paper's. There is also an embossing folder which i havent even used yet, but as you can see there is so much scope with this kit, great for animal lovers. I know who I will be sending them too...
Thanks for calling in and Happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xxx:-)

Spring baby.

Hi everyone. Here's a card I wanted to share with you featuring one of the toppers from a selection of freebie papers out of Making cards magazine called paint splattered animals, these are so adorable and I love the paint splatter effect on the coloured drawings.
Start with a card blank measuring 15cm square, emboss ( me to you embossing folder ) onto a piece of orange toned paper. Matt onto the blank card leaving a border around the edge.
Cut one of the toppers out of the sheets with a circle die and Matt onto a black circle. Cut a length of burlap and dotty brown ribbon, place across the card and lay the topper on top and decorate with buttons on either side. Finish with a sentiment on a strip of white card, distressed around the edge's with black ink.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs
Love Sharon xx:-)

Sweet little card.

Hi everyone. Here is a quick and simple card I wanted to share with you today. The papers, bows and candy are from craftwork cards, and the stamped sentiment came from a free stamp set off a magazine, which I use quite alot on my cards. I think the font suits the card so well.
I started this card with a 15x15cm card blank. Cut three panels from the craftwork card papers, position these on the front of the card then stick down with adhesive. Assemble 2 craftwork card bows and put 1 on top of the other to foam a kind of rosette, pop a candy in the middle of the rosette, apply glossy accents onto the surface to give it shine then stick to the right of the card with adhesive. To finish Stamp a sentiment in black ink onto left of the card. I love the simplicity of this card and the colours look so clean and fresh...
Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs.
Love Sharon xx:-)

Spring burst.

Hi everyone. I thought I'd share 2 simple cards with you today. The rosette flowers were made on the hougie board out of everyone needs a hougie project book and the papers are from a papermania 12x12 paper pack called spring burst which isn't available anymore.
( you may have purchased this when I did, a long time ago. )  I like the combination of the purple, green and orange. I particularly like the starburst paper from the pack which i cut a piece out of to fit on my small card. It beats having to cut all the rays out to piece together, these are the cards below...

Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs.
Love Sharon xxx

Celebration balloons.

Hi everyone. Here is my card featuring the generation stamping technique as promised in my last entry. It's the same technique but I have added colour to the project as well.
I stamped the balloon out of scrap paper first for my mask and then stamped the first balloon impression on my cardstock. I took the mask and covered the balloon up and stamped my second impression, overlapping it, repeat with the third. Take the mask and cover the first balloon and generation stamp with a star in different coloured inks, continue in the same manner with the others, overlapping as you go. I think it makes the balloons pop forward and gives that impression that the stars are behind.
It's a fun technique and great for a beginner to try too. I hope you give this technique ago.
Example 1... With the simple technique above.
                                               

Example 2... Paper piece the Balloons in coloured cardstock below.

I decided to go one step further and paper piece the balloons with coloured embossed dotty cardstock ( use foam pads to give the balloons diminish ) and glossy ascents on the highlights. It's entirely up to you how you finish your project, whether you leave the balloons plain or coloured its down to you. I quite like them coloured, they match the stars perfectly.
Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs!!
Love Sharon xx:-)

Generation stamping.

Hi everyone. I must share this simple technique with you. It's a technique by which you stamp an image several times without re-inking between each stamped impression. The idea meaning that the first stamp image will be the strongest  then the second fainter still and so on until you can't make the image out.
The stamped images on my cards have been inked with a archival ink which i had to hand and it was quite tricky to get a good first impression right and so on after that. I have learnt since that dye and pigment inkpads are better than quick- drying ones and the stronger the colour the more impressions you will create than lighter inkpads and the better you ink up the stamp the first time the better your first image will be and the images after that.
It certainly takes some practicing but its a fun technique when you get the hang of. It's especially great for adding movement to a card like I have with this racing car.
I made this card by using the masking technique as well, this gives the impression that the cars are all behind one another and moving.
Firstly i stamped the car out on a piece of scrap paper to make myself a mask then stamped my first image on my card, cover it over with the mask and generation stamp over the top of it then repeat until the ink runs out. In my next post I have used the same technique but added colour to my project... Please call in and check it out next time.
Thanks and Happy Crafting!!
Love Sharon xx:-)

Valentine.

Hi everyone. Valentine's day is just around the corner so here's a quick card I made this week for the occasion...
I stamped a heart in the middle of a piece of vellum measuring 8.5cm x 16cm with a versa mark ink pad then heat emboss it with white embossing powder. Set aside a while and cut a piece of pink card 14cm square, emboss this with an embossing folder. Cut a die-cut heart out of teal card adhere this onto the pink embossed card. Next wrap the vellum around the pink card making sure the embossed heart is over the teal heart. Take a length of pink ribbon wrap this around the pink card and secure both ends with tape. Mount the pink card onto a square card blank. Finally add a wooden key decorated with a pink gem and a stamped sentiment in black ink.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for calling in and Happy Crafting!!
Love Sharon xx:-)

Blooming marvellous

Hi everyone. Thought I'd share this floral themed card with you all today.

I do like those nice lattice cards that are out there at the moment, so I decided to make one too.
I started this card with a scallop 15cm square card blank. I then attached the lattice panal ( spritzed in a red and gold mister ) behind the white narrow frame with tacky glue ( I cut this out of 2 nesting dies, the largest being 13.5cm and the inside 11.5cm square ) when dry. I then stuck foam pads on the back of the frame and mounted it onto a piece of white card spritzed with gold mister then Adhere to the card base.
I then decorated with a die-cut gold swirly florish ( cherry Lynn ) die-cut flower's and a lovely stamped sentiment to finish.
Hope you like it!!

Thanks for dropping by and Happy Crafting!!
Love Sharon:-)