Springtime vintage

                     An easy square card, using the new springtime vintage designer series papers.
I used rose red as the card base, I'm really loving this colour at the moment, then I cut a pink pirouette and very vanilla mat and embossed both of these with the perfect dots embossing folder, using the big shot machine, the card I had was slightly bigger than the folder but I found them quite easy to line up the extra part and run through again. I cut my squares using a punch and ran them all through the same embossing folder. I die cut the flowers using the lovely Fun flowers exclusive die and embossed each layer with the dots embossing folder. I shaped the flowers slightly before layering them, adding a button with elastic thread on the top. I added a small piece of ribbon before attaching the flower. A quick and effective card. I hope you like it. Happy crafting Dawn x

Happy Birthday

A belated Happy Birthday to my Dad, it was his birthday while I was poorly, and this is the card I made for him.

Build a blossom

This card uses something from my new stash out of the mini catalogue. I have used a stamp set called build a blossom, (lots of the new Stampin' Up! stamp sets are available in either wood mount as they always have been or new clear which are in fact still the same red rubber with all its quality but without the wooden block, saving space and money, the clear sets come packaged in a dvd style case and cling to an acrylic block.
I chose the largest petal, stamping in rose red onto whisper white for a dramatic look, there is also a matching large punch, to help with all the "cutting" out. The sentiment is from the new level two hostess set "something to celebrate" which I inked with a marker to add the spacing I required to fit in the large oval punched out shape, I layered this onto the new decorative label punch. The backing paper is from Springtime vintage paper pack, this pack contains some beautiful floral papers.
I hope you like it, Happy crafting Dawn x

Apologise..

Firstly I apologise for not posting for a while, the whole family were hit one after the other with a horrible violent bug, that has wiped us out for a while, we are finally recovered. So I will post some new cards, shortly.
Whilst I was gone Stampin' Up! have released their new mini catalogue and WOW, it is in my opinion the best one yet, and unfortunately I had to buy lots of new things to play with, I know its awful, isn't it? So, you will see some of these in my future projects. I think the worst thing was having a delivery of wonderful new toys and being to poorly to play, argh! Probably the biggest news is that SU have brought us the big shot machine (we have been asking/begging on your behalf, for a while now) and with it some gorgeous new dies and lots of them are exclusive to SU, so watch this space. Anyway enough of my rambling, I'm off to upload my photos and then I will be back........

Autumn Splendor

Here is my third male card.

Firstly, a huge apology for the awful photo. The theme for this card was leaves and trees. I started with a soft suede base and using versamark ink stamped leaves from my autumn splendor set all over, I then added mica powders in golds and greens. I stamped two trees from Lovely as a tree set on to whisper white card (I love this card!) using chocolate chip ink and then die cut with a leaf shape nestie, I added pieces of chocolate chip grossgrain ribbon to form the trunks. I stamped leaves using stazon on to acetate and cut them out, I stuck them on with glue gel, unfortunately you can see this in my poor photo, I added the trees using foam pads.
I hope you like the effect, Thank you for visiting Dawn x

Beware Pirates!

Here is my second card with a male theme.
I used crumb cake card for the base, I stamped the ship from Beware Pirates along the bottom edge with crumb cake ink, so it looks like a water mark and the words "Beware Pirates" across the top. I stamped the ship onto very vanilla card using chocolate chip ink and tore it in to a "square", I inked the edges and then in towards the middle. I placed the ship approximately where I wanted it, made a pencil mark and then removed it while I stamped the speckles (a very versatile stamp from my Bird on a branch set) using real red ink, first in a square shape near the centre and then randomly over the front of the card. I then stuck my panel on with foam pads. I tied some twine across the corner to finish. I was pleased with the results, I hope you like it too. Dawn x

Beware Pirates!

I'm on a mission to make more cards for men and here is my first I have to show you, the others are coming soon.

Here I used sahara sand as my base card (yes its another square card!) I used the Stampin' Up! spritzer tool to help achieve the background colour along with a stamp from my Bird on a branch stamp set, using Early espresso ink for both. I cut two thin strips of card as an accent and stuck them down the left hand side of the card blank. I stamped the skull image in Early espresso and Real red ink onto vanilla card, I punched the red skull with a circle punch and layered it onto the espresso image, with foam pads, after I had torn around the edges (I was way out of my comfort zone for this, tearing I mean) I tied some twine across one of the corners as an accent and added the "greeting" on the bottom edge with red ink. I added a plain insert to finish the card. I hope you like it, please feel free to leave a comment.

Fast & fabulous

 Here are two cards I made using my fast and fabulous stamp set, this stamp set is a hostess set, you earn it for free with a workshop of £300 in sales.
I used rich razzleberry and whisper white as my colour combo. Below I tried a ribbon technique I had seen, I'm not sure I have quite "got" it yet.

Two quite simple cards, I like them, I hope you do too. Please leave me a comment, any help or advice with ribbon techniques would be greatly received. Until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Cheeky mouse

I adore house mouse and when I saw this stamp I knew I had to have it. Coloured with promarkers, a simple mat and layer, a couple of hand made flowers and punched leaves and it was complete. I know easel cards have been around for ages but this was my first attempt and I was happy with it, I hope you like it too.

Growing Green

Last Thursday was a lovely ladies birthday, Sandra, and this was the card I made for her.
I used daffodil delight card for my base and stamped using whisper white craft ink around the edges (it doesn't really show in this photo, its very subtle) I then stamped onto a mat of very vanilla also using a stamp from my growing green set, adding an icon from my tiny tags set. I heat embossed the greeting onto vellum and attached using brads. I made an insert and stamped with matching ink for a clean and simple card. I hope you like it. Happy crafting Dawn x