Traditional peony

Hi there on this Monday morning it's been a while since my last post so i thought I'd share this quick card with you featuring stamps from crafterscompanion. This stamp set also as a coordinating die set. I used one of the sentiments included in the stamp set plus added a few sequins to finish the look....love this stamp set it's so easy to layer up and the dies give the stamped images a professional look.
Thank you for calling in and happy crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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Wishing you smooth sailing.

Hi there. I hope you are well on this Friday Morning... what lovely weather for ducks 😀 🦆☔ Me and hubby went away last week to the lakes it was the same there but you expect it round mountains don't you...it seems to have its own weather.
Regardless of the weather we enjoyed it so much I can't wait to go back there again but hopefully the sun might shine on us a little more next time which leads me to my card today. A lovely nautical card for the summer ☀️ I based this card around the intricut intricate Anchor⚓ everything else was randomly placed either infront or behind onto foam pads mounted onto a stripey background.
Materials used...
Intricut / intricate Anchor
Crafters companion / seas the day stamps
Background paper
Shell die
Enamel dots
Red Eyelet
Hope you like it
Hope to see you again for more crafty capers and happy crafting!!

Spring bloom

Hi there on this beautiful spring morning, I hope you are enjoying this glorious spring weather this weekend, infact the weather has put me in the mood to make lots of spring time cards in lovely pastel colours. The main element on my card are these cute little wooden bunnies which I adore. I purchased them late after Easter in the sale last year. I put them away and forgotten I had them until I came across them the other week, just in time for spring, what a lucky found!!
I have featured these bunnies on all of my craft projects so far....take a look at this card below.

Thank you for calling in and happy crafting!!!
Love
Sharon
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Grow Strong

Hi there on this Sunday morning. I thought I'd share two simple cards with you today...
The flower stamp was heat embossed with silver embossing powder onto a piece of black card using sue Wilson's double stitched rectangles, I adhered the topper onto silver glitter card, framing the image with a frame in black card which I cut from the double stitched rectangles.
Finally I backed the project onto a small blank card and embossed a silver sentiment underneath. 'Warm winter wishes'
The stamped set I used came from creative expressions winter flowers.

The same technique was used on this card and same dies  but the stamps came from sheena Douglass / A little bit sketchy / Grow strong.
Thanks for calling in and happy crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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Christmas rose.

Hi there on this Monday morning hope you are keeping well. I have deleted google+ from my blog page due to it closing in April but please do follow me until I sat up instragram. Thank you for following me over the years on google+ I have really appreciated all your lovely comments, if you wish to follow me please click on the follow box.... Moving on I made this simple stamped card using white cardstock, distress ink, white embossing powder and a stamped image.
Firstly i took a blank card measuring 15×15 cm with my stamping tool I stamped round the edges with the Christmas rose stamp using peeled paint distress ink then inked round the edges with the same ink.
I heat embossed the Christmas rose on to a piece of white cardstock with white embossing  powder then inked up the card with peeled paint afterwards, taking a spritzer bottle with water in it. I spritzed, dabbing the excess off with a tissue.
I cut and inked a extra flower head, attached it onto the flower image then added a button. Adhere onto the prepared card blank adding a sentiment and sequins to the design.
Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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Warm winter wishes....Christmas rose.

Dreamcatcher

Hi there on this Wednesday Morning. I thought I'd share this easy card today using the acrylic block technique. I have shared various projects like this using this technique it's very useful for quick card making.
I took an acrylic block first covering it with various distress inks. I chose 3 different colours ( not being to careful were you transfer it on the block ) I spritzed the ink covered block with water, allow it to disperse a little then stamp on to cardstock.
Allow to dry or use a heat gun for quickness. I stamped my image onto my finished stamped background and coloured it in.
I chose this dreamcatcher stamp as my main image and this little sentiment stamped underneath.
A quick card for a beginner starting out on stamping.
Thanks for calling in
Love sharon
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Double Dutch fold card.

Hi there on this breezy but sunny Sunday morning. I thought I'd share this Double Dutch fold card today combined with the leftover pieces from the hobby house kit i have been using on my projects all week.
If your fancy having a go Click here to visit beccysplace (tutorial: Dutch fold card/ may 2014 ) The instructions are so easy to follow and well worth a visit.
I think that's it for now. Please drop in next time 🙂

Lots of crafty hugs
Love
Sharon
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Corner pop-up card.

Hi there on this very dull Friday afternoon. I have 2 cards to share with you today featuring the hobby house collection Hopeful which i was working on last time. I wanted to do a different card fold for my next project so I looked on pinerest to found some ideas and came across this corner pop up card.
If you would like to have a go at this card Click here. The instructions are easy to follow and well worth a visit.
I used all the tiny scraps of card for the first project because i didn't realise it was going to fold into such a small card so i made another larger one from a 12×12in sheet of card which worked well enabling me to put a topper on.
I hope you like the cards.
Next time I will share another folded card with you using the same collection.

Small corner pop-up card.

Until next time.
Love
Sharon
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Hopeful.

Hi there wishing you a very late Happy new year to you all. I thought I'd go for something easy to ease myself back into crafting again...so I chose to get my crafting juices flowing with this cute card making kit from Hobby House which I purchased last year called Hopeful, the topper sheet, patterned card and gorgeous embellishments make this a beautiful collection.
A inspirational ideas sheet is provided in the kit which I found really handy but you can use the kit to fuel your own imagination to make different projects which I will share with you as I go along.
I have used some of my own craft stash but most of it is from the kit.
Hope you enjoy looking at my cards l love to share all my ideas.

Until the next time.
Love
Sharon
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Just for you.

Hi there on this Thursday Morning. I made this background at my craft class it was so easy to make and the results are amazing.
With a A4  piece of card start by using one paint colour ( acrylic paint ) aply with your finger in a circular motion then space the same colour out in to different places on the card. Repeat with more colours filling all the space on the card.
To complete the background ink up a selection of stamps in black ink in turn sponge a stencil in white ink randomly all over the background.
Finally stamp the main image in black archival ink using a white liner pen to give the girl definition, cut down to size then back onto black card leaving a small border. Stamp a sentiment onto a blank white card in the bottom right hand corner. Adhere the whole completed project onto the prepared card.
Thank for your company and happy crafting.😊
Love
Sharon
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Delightful fairy.

Hi there on this Tuesday afternoon. I thought I'd share this quick card with you i made yesterday, created with a brusho background.
Here's my creation....
I inked some hills with a torn piece of paper, stamped my image in position along with foliage and stars. I also added a sentiment and finally covered the  fairy wings and stars with glitter glue to make the card pop.😊
Thank you for calling in and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Thank you.

Hi there on this Wednesday Morning, hope you are well and you're enjoying your day. This is another card created with the delightful daisy stamp set as promised. I stamped all this project with the Tonic studios Tim holtz stamp platform which I recently purchased. I filled the flower centre's with glossy accents to make them pop and added a pink bakers twine bow on the stripe were I stamped the sentiment.
Thanks for calling in and happy crafting 😊
Love
Sharon
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Delightful daisy.

Hi there on this Tuesday afternoon. I thought I'd share is quick card with you today featuring the delightful daisy stamp set from stampin up.
It's the first time I have used this stamp set since i bought it last year and what a Lovely stamp set it is. I have had fun putting the card together, there are so many ways you can use this beautiful set. I have quite a few cards made with this set and will be sharing them over the next week or so. Please join me again and found out what I created.

Love
Sharon
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Winter Memories.

Hi there on this Monday Morning, Hope you had a good weekend. I have decided to share this Christmas album with you today. I put the album together by creating 4 individual books, each one with a different Christmas scene inside which I adhered together to form the album.  The scenes came already pre die-cut in a book and ready to pop out to make individual dimensional cards. I thought it would be different to make some of the cards into this keepsake album and to adhere Christmas photos to the blank spaces inside. Hope you like it.
Thanks for calling in and happy crafting.
Love
Sharon
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Pointsettia.

Hi everybody on this Sunny Thursday Morning. Hope your week is going well. Today I thought I'd share a white and gold Christmas card designed on a 8×8 in card blank, with simple Matts and layers, embossed gold sentiment, Sue Wilson's pointsettia dies and swirls.
A simple card to batch make, even change the colour combination and add more elements- flowers, foliage and sparkle?
Thanks for calling in and happy crafting.
Love
Sharon
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Autumn.

Hi everybody on this Wednesday Morning. Hope your week is going well? I went away on a caravan holiday last week but towards the end of the week we experienced stormy weather, putting that aside we had a good time.
since we arrived home the weather as broken and feels autumnal which inspired me to share this Autumn card i made at Jane's craft class a few weeks ago so thank you Jane for sharing this beautiful card with the class.😊
Thank you for calling in and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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