Poppy!

Here is a clean and simple card that I think is rather stylish. This stamp set has retired and I for one was sad to see it go. I kept the card very simple with only a single flower, coloured with su watercolour crayons and the gorgeous red satin ribbon and finished with a simple mat and layer.
Happy crafting Dawn x

How ewe doing?

                                                        
                                                             Here is a simple fun card.

                                                          And a close up of the sheep.

Card; Bashful blue for the card base, certainly celery for the grass, whisper white for the sheep and flowers, basic black for the sheep, Marina mist
Punches; Scallop circle, large word window, 1" circle, Boho blossoms, Scallop oval and large oval

I made a square card base and added a strip of green cut into a grass like pattern by hand. I cut all the parts of my sheep using punches, I drew on the tiny swirls and assembled with tiny googly eyes.
I cut the flowers from white card, I gently inked the edges and then spritzed them with a fine mist of platinum shimmer paint and alcohol, using an embossing tool I cupped them in my hand to get the shape and left them to dry, they dry hard and hold the shape. I added my sentiment and flowers, quick and easy.
I hope you like it, Happy crafting Dawn x

Baroque Motifs

Here is a simple card I made recently. I stamped the swirl in white craft ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder to make it more "white" Then I stamped the little flowers and cut them out by hand, I added a small rhinestone in the centre of each flower.
I stamped an icon from my Tiny tags stamp set, (I love this set its so versatile) on to whisper white card, I cut out the wing using the two step bird punch upside down to line up my design, I also cut a white body and pear pizzazz leaf, finally I added a sheer ribbon down the side and added an insert.

Stamp sets used; Tiny Tags, Baroque Motifs
Ink; Whisper white craft ink, Pink pirouette
Punch; Two step bird
Card; Marina mist, whisper white and pear pizzazz

I hope you like it, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Punch bunch

 Here is a card I cased from the very talented Monica, I follow her blog avidly, I made a couple of small changes and showed it to my crafty ladies, here are their cards...

 And some more....

 And the one that got away...

We used an embossing folder to get the wood grain effect at the bottom of the card. The owl stamp is from the Punch bunch stamp set that is free with an order of £45, this offer only runs until 28th February. We used the bird punch to cut out our branches, and the boho punch for the flowers, a choice of sentiment and ribbon and our cards were finished. I hope you like them, I'm loving the owl, I think they would look great with googly eyes!!
Until next time, Happy crafting, Dawn x

Happy half term

For some children it is now half term and luckily, it is for me too, so I hope to show you some of the cards I have been working on recently.
Dawn x

Gorjuss...

Here is a card I made a little while ago and found when browsing my photos. It uses the gorgeous little felt flowers from Stampin' Up! and a stamp that I love from Gorjuss girls. Pretty, I think. I hope you like it too.
Until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Growing Green

I would like to wish one of my lovely crafting ladies Ali, a very Happy birthday, I hope you had a special day. It was her birthday yesterday and this is the card I sent her. A classic square card made with pink pirouette as the base, which I stamped with craft white ink using my Growing green stamp set, I also stamped with the matching pink pirouette ink for a very subtle effect that really doesn't show in the photo. I cut a simple square of whisper white and stamped this with two soft shades of pink using a flower head from Growing green and a stamp from my tiny tag set. The greeting, from my sincere salutations stamp set, was stamped in pink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder on to vellum and then torn top and bottom, I fixed this with pastel pink brads at each side and added a rhinestone to the dot of the "i" as Ali loves her "bling" I don't think this picture does the card justice as it looked much better in the hand than here, possibly due to the pale colour and my not so good photography skills, (I'll blame the poor light) I have now learnt how to add more than one photo at a time, I'm getting there very slowly.
Thank you for looking, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Happy birthday...

Today is my husbands birthday and here is the card I made for him. He loves wild animals so this stamp set is perfect. I stamped the base card with a leaf stamp from my lovely as a tree set and added mica powders in tonal colours, I also stamped a leaf from autumn splendor on to acetate and then inked the back and added mica powders again. A simple knot with the gorgeous early espresso wide grosgrain ribbon and a little mat and layer and the card is complete.
I hope you like my card, Happy crafting Dawn x

Love theme

 Thank you to all my lovely ladies who joined me today for a workshop with a love theme. Here is one of my cards, the idea came from the Stampin' Up! idea book and catalogue on page 2, as you can see I changed the colour combination and added one of the gorgeous buttons tied with twine as one of my embellishments.


Here are some of the cards we made today.....

 And here are the rest of them, sorry I didn't write down who made which one. I love how using the same items the cards are all different.

Thank you for visiting, I hope you like our cards. Until next time Happy Crafting Dawn x

2 Years...

Yeah, today I am celebrating, no its not my birthday, I am celebrating being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for two years, as you can probably tell I am very pleased with myself.
Happy crafting, Dawn x