Sizzix Flowers

Hi everyone!

I'm back again! Two days on the run. Lets see how long that lasts! Haha!

 

 

In yesterdays post I mentioned that I'd used the sizzix daisies die on cards and scrapbooking aswell as for making the 3D flowers you saw in the post. Here's a quick look at a scrapbook page I did using the die.

All of the photo's were taken on days out last summer. I always take pictures of the flowers and wildlife in the gardens of the manor houses that my family and I visit.

All the card is by Stampin Up. I chose the colours of the card so that it ties in with the colours of the flowers on the photographs. The background card is a lovely pastel green, the flowers are done in combinations of blue, pink, orange and yellow. The mats for each of the photos is the same colour as part of the sizzix flowers so that it all blends together nicely.

The edges of the petals have been sponged using the same colour ink as the cardstock. The camera doesn't pick it up very well but you can just about see it inner, paler pink petals in this photo. Also I cut out the title using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for the Cricut and raised it up using 3D foam. 

Heres a list of all Stampin Up card colours I used -

Certainly Celery

So Saffron

Pretty in Pink

Cameo Coral (discontinued)

Tempting Turquoise

Taken with Teal (discontinued)

Tangerine Tango

Pumpkin Pie

Summer Sun (discontinued)

Daffodil Delight

Hope you like it and it gives you some inspiration.

Bye for now!

Spring has sprung!

Hello again!

Two posts in one day! I must be on a roll haha!

Spring has officially sprung, the sun is shining, the flowers are out... and my hayfever has started :(

So in honour of spring and all things sunny I wanted to show you some flowers I made using the Sizzix Bigz flower daisies die.

The sizzix dies are really good and will cut through a few layers of cardstock at once so you make your flowers really quickly. The die is really versitile too. I've used it for cardmaking and scrapbooking aswell as for making these 3D flowers.

The centres of the flowers are all made with Stampin Up So Saffron and Whisper White cardstock. The large petals of the flowers are a mix of any bright, cheerful coloured card that I could get my hands on., some is Stampin Up, some is Bazzill, some is from the Paper Mill.

There are loads of tutorials out there to show you how to make these flowers. The tutorial I used was on YouTube by a lady called Noel (You can check out the video using this link and you can visit her blog and see photo instructions using this link.) They're so simple and look really nice. I made some for my Gran a while ago and she loves them, and the ones in the photo are in my bedroom window.

The vase and green sand are from Ikea incase anyone was wondering :)

Hope you enjoy. Bye for now!

Mother's day card

Hello everyone!

This is my first post so please forgive me if it doesn't look great. I'm still learning the ropes :)

Anyway, I know mother's day was over a week ago and I'm a little behind the times but I hope all you mums out there got spoilt rotten! I know my mum did! This is the card I made my mum for mother's day.

I got the inspiration for this card from a YouTube video I watched Dawn Olchefske, who is a Stampin Up demonstrator.  Here's a link to her blog where you can see the original card.

I've used cardstock in Rose Red and Baja Breeze. This is one of my all time favourite colour combinations. I used a little bit of vellum to layer, just to add a little bit of extra colour and texture. The lovely ribbon has sadly been discontinued for a while. Which is a shame because its so pretty and matchs the Rose Red card perfectly. Oh well it gives me an excuse to buy more ribbon when it finally runs out!

The stamped image is from the set Easter Blossoms. I just love this blossom image, it just looks like spring :)  In the close up above you can see the individual blossoms which I coloured in using Stampin Up markers. Also you can get a better look at the background. Unlike the original card I didn't use the faux Pearl technique. Instead I simply sponged the background with Baja Breeze and Whisper White ink pads to create a lightly mottled effect which I think is quite nice.

Here's a list of all the products used -

Stampin Up stamp set Easter Blossoms
Stampin Up cardstock in Whisper White, Baja Breeze & Rose Red
Stampin Up vellum paper
Stampin Up grosgrain ribbon in Rose Red
Stampin Up Markers in Rose Red, Regal Rose, Cameo Coral (discontinued), So Saffron, Certainly Celery & Mellow Moss (discontinued)
Stampin Up Ink in Baja Breeze & Whisper White
Staz On Black ink

You can order Stampin Up products from a demonstrator, click here to go to the Stampin Up website and find your nearest demonstrator.

I hope you all like the card. I'd love to hear what you think so please comment :) See you soon!

Hello!

Hello everyone and welcome to my new blog!

I'm just trying to sort it all out and make it look nice and then I'll start posting.

Hopefully I'll be able to start posting pretty soon.

Bye for now!