A card!

And another month bites the dust!

Posting regularly on my sister Stampin' Up! blog & Facebook (in between sickness!) has taken its toll on here I'm afraid.

Quite a few commissions I have done in the last few months have used pictures of the recipient and because they are more personal it doesn't seem right to put most of them on here.

That said I made one for a friend last week who then wished some of her pictures weren't available for me to steal on Facebook!

This picture doesn't show it that clearly but each picture was printed twice and the second layer had a letter cut out which spells out 'Forty' going down the card!  Rather fun for something different.

Pack up your troubles

This was the second card we did with Debbie at Liberty Craft In Exmouth recently:

Using a couple of Woodware stamp sets, maps, inks, crayons and shrink plastic we had great fun and it's good to do something a bit different too.

Wine down and relax

I snuck back down to Exmouth recently for another workshop with Debbie at Liberty Craft.

This is the card we made in the morning:

It all seemed rather daunting before we started!
The stamp is a Woodware one called Time to Wine Down, the sentiments are also in the same pack.

We've stamped it and coloured it with distress inks.  The background is also inked and stencilled.

The wood effect on the front was done with wax paper and an embossing folder, a great technique.

We had a well deserved lunch break after this but it was a great project.

Mr & Mrs

Happy Wedding Day to Katie and Dean today.

This is a gorgeous die.  Sadly I have come by it from one of my crafty friends that passed away but I have given it a good home and will certainly give it lots of use.

I've cut the image on some pearlescent card.  It is a Taylored Expressions die and actually cut superbly.

I layered it on some coloured card and another layer of the pearl with some ribbon tied round it and finished off by adding pearls to all the flowers.

A happy and sad card all at the same time.

Fabric flower

The final card we made at Exmouth used the same stamp as the last post:

This time we used the new Woodware craft iron and fabric - another great idea and really effective.

Whimsical spotlights

To finally continue, this is another card I made in Exmouth, this time with Debbie:

This is made using Woodware Whimsical Flower Sally Anne stamp, another great stamp designed by Jane Gill.

We used some masking to 'layer' the flowers and have spotlighted elements which I think looks great.

Thanks to Woodware for another great stamp and Debbie for a super card.
As part of the workshop we got to keep the stamp too so I can make many more.

Sew Wonderful in Exmouth

Recently I went to a crafty day down in Exmouth organised by Liberty Craft and run by the lovely Debbie and Janet.

This is the card we did with Janet which uses the Woodware stamp set Sew Wonderful.  This great design was one that Jane Gill (Woodware Designer of this stamp) came up with.

This is the card ready to go in an envelope.  This picture doesn't really do the colour on the machine much justice as it has a lovely sparkle as we painted it with Gelly Roll pens.

The second picture is then the 'full' card when you pull the ribbon.

Isn't it great?

All the stamps are in the one stamp set and we got it as part of our day too.

Do check out all the workshops they do in Exmouth - contact Liberty Craft or check out the shop and 'Creative Days with Exmouth Crafty Ladies' on Facebook.

I'll be back to share Debbie's cards next time.