For somebody special.

Hi there on this rainy Tuesday Morning. I have lots of hunkydory background and topper sheets to use up, so i thought I'd start making some quick cards for my male family members. I struggle making male themed cards so this was just the ticket.
I cut the A4 background sheet in half and backed it onto gold mirri board. I took a tag from one of the topper sheets and put a eyelet in either end with some twine. I threaded it behind the tag and wrapped it around the gold mirri board. I adhered this to the cream base card with foam tape to give it height. To finished i sat by my toppers onto my card and raised them up with foam pads to give them extra dimension. I'm quite pleased with the overall finished affect. I will share more cards with you made using my hunkdory stash next time. Thank you for calling in.

Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Doily card.

Hi there on this Monday afternoon. I hope you are well and enjoying your day. I thought I'd share this easy card wih you today, to showcase this sweet dixie doily die. When I first got this die I wasn't sure what to do with it, so on this card I decided to make it the focal part of my design.
I off set another doily in gold mirri board behind the main doily to give it a more luxurious feel and finished the centre with an enamel blue dot. I adhered this with foam pads onto my mats and layers. l cut a banner from white card, stamped 'with love' onto it then tied bakers twine around it. I adhered this to my card with foam pads. I think it looks very Moroccan and would be lovely in bright, virberate colours ...I think that's all for know. I hope I have inspired you a little.

Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Winter flowers.

Hi there on this Sunny Thursday Morning. I hope you are well and enjoying this beautiful sunshine we are having today. I thought I'd share these cards with you today featuring a creative expressions stamp set i was lucky enough to win over on Sue Wilson's blog...
I coloured the stamped winter flowers in with promarkers and used backing papers to coordinate with the colours in the flowers
I thought I would keep the cards simple and let the stamps do all the work. They are good in the fact that they have the shading lines on the stamp, so for a novice like me they are ideal to colour in. I think thats all for now. Please call back again for more craftyness....

Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Birthday Celebrations.

Hi there on this Wednesday morning. I thought I'd share this sue wilson inspired card today featuring the beautiful Lyra die from the talented sue Wilson...
I started with a 8x8in white card base. I applied my first Matt to my card ( deep purple card) with cosmic, the second ( gold card ) and third Matt ( deep purple card ) i raised with foam tape to give it some diminish. I cut the Lyra die from a measured piece of white card and bridged the gap with a piece of rose embossed gold card. I secured this to third matt (deep purple card ) with foam tape... I finished off by adding a row of pearls across the top and bottom, two die cut butterflies with a cream die cut rose in each centre and a birthday sentiment in the corner.. I hope I have inspired you
Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Stencil card.

Hi there on this Tuesday Morning. I hope you enjoyed your Easter break and had lots of chocolate goodness.  I thought I'd share this card with you today made with the chrysanthemum stencil I have previously used on another project I have shared.
I started by pre measuring a piece of white card. I layed my stencil on to the card then i applied modelling paste though the stencil, allow it to dry. When dry I took my distress inks in various colours and blended the colours together, leaving the centre of the chrysanthemum lighter . I stamped my sentiment in black archival ink and mat and layered my project to finish.
Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Enjoy your day.

Hi there on this Monday morning. Woke up today and was greeted with quite heavy snow, but it has soon turned to sleet and I'm sure it won't stick around for to much longer before its gone....what unseasonal weather to end the Easter break. Well moving on here is another card made with craftwork card products...
I started by cutting different plain and patterned Matts and layers for my background with my Gemini with the double stitched rectangles die from sue Wilson. I arranged these onto my card and prepared my tag, threading a ribbon though the top and around the tag. I adhered my base layers and tag to my card with cosmic shimmer glue, whilst it was drying i cut my flowers from the pretty petal die ( sweet dixie ) out of craftwork card mix of papers to match the design. I choose a sentiment and found a wooden embellishment that i thought would look nice in the corner of the tag. I arranged the elements onto my card and adhered them to my card ( i used foam pads for the flowers, tag and cosmic for the wooden embellishment  ) I finished by adding buttons to the flowers and small pearls to fill in around the card....I hope I have inspired you
Please leave a comment if you wish and happy crafting
Love
Sharon
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Happy Easter.

Hi there on this Easter Sunday. Thought I'd share this stamped Easter card that I have shared with you before on my blog. I thought it deserved another come back.
I used a justrite stamp, distress inks ( peeled paint, mustard seed and broken China ) card and a sentiment.
I started with a card 7.5cm x 21cm. Matt a blue piece of paper 6.5cm x 20cm on to the card, then cut a piece of white card 6cm x 19.5cm and stamp the image 3 times, making sure they are at equal distances apart. Stamp 'Happy' at the top, 'Easter' at the bottom as shown. Mask the centre image and stamp a swirl at the base, take the mask off and the swirl appears behind the jug. Colour the flowers and jug with distress inks. I watered them down to give it a more lose water coloured feel. ( I must confess i really need to practice more on my colouring in, and master the techniques better )
To finish assemble the card together with cosmic shimmer and finish the daffodil heads with a sprinkling of glitter.
Please leave a comment if you wish and Happy Crafting!!
Love
Sharon
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