Buckle cards...

I was looking through my photos and found these of cards I had made a while ago and can't remember sharing so here they are.

They both use Sue Wilson's buckle technique, this was my first attempt so please be kind.

As you can see I embossed the top part of my card and stuck dsp on the lower part. I die cut three frames, choosing my centre one to be slightly different to the outside two, and thread a strip of card backed onto black through the frames, I had to do this a couple of times to get it right (Sue makes it look so easy!) I stamped my sentiment onto the left side and added some black "pearls" to finish.

A close up to show some more detail.

My second card is using the same layout but different dies and colour combo.

This time I stamped the top section and embossed the lower section.

Again a closer look at the detail.

Please leave a comment to let me know which one you prefer.

Until next time, Happy crafting Dawn x

Artful lady 2

Ok so I said there were two ladies on this set and yet I have only previously shown you one of them, well I thought it was about time I showed you the other one and here she is.

This lady is more sophisticated (in my opinion).

I started with a square of paper slightly smaller than my card blank, I added white and blue eco paint with a scrap of card, mainly down the right hand side and around the edges. I dried the paint and then over stamped using the bubble wrap stamp and neutral ink in random places to add the effect of texture. I stamped my greeting also onto the paint. I added a strip of tape down the left hand side and stuck on chunky glitter also for texture. The artful lady was again paper pieced and coloured using promarkers.

The ladies wings have fine glitter.

Here is a close up of the bubble wrap stamp effect on top of the paint.

That's all for now, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Open Sea

Another card using the open sea stamp set from Stampin' Up!

A bright and cheerful card with a blue sea feel to it.

A close up of the anchor and chunky glitter "sea"

Until next time, Happy crafting Dawn x