New Stamps

After being inspired by my cousin's (Fleur) creations I just had to treat myself to some stamps from Lili of the Valley Stamps - the first thing I did once I received them was to create a box to keep them in.  Because they are unmounted stamps I prepared them with some cling mount (you can get various brands to do this - in fact some people use Pritt glue to adhere them to a stamping block but I find mine always falling off at the crucial time and spoil the card); once this was done I just stamped on some paper and cut it down - this helps you to see the image better.

We were going to a Christening and Lilie of the Valley was one of the few places where they did a stamp for this occasion and it doesn't need a lot of colour to it.

The Stain Glass done in pale colours - flowers coloured in pink for the gender.  Pillow and gown left uncoloured.

Add some stickles glitter for the bling effect

 

 

And this the finished card - a few embellishments and personalisation and there you have a simple, effective card for the occasion.  It is well worth visiting their website http://liliofthevalley.co.uk/

Home Sweet Home

Well I had an eventful few days away with some extraordinary sights - some of which I managed to take some photos of and will make some scrapbook pages - project for the future.

Anyhow whilst I was away I promised you a picture of a card I recently created for a friend's birthday.

 

I don't know if you can see it but I attached the hand written label with white chiffon ribbon coloured with the same Promarker pen used to colour the dress.  I very rarely buy coloured ribbon nowadays for cardmaking as Promarker pens do an excellent job of co-ordinating the colour scheme for you.

 

To finish off the card to the left side of the image was a swirl of pearls and on the other side a cascade of flowers with larger pearl centres.

 



 I think that this is an easy card and very effective for a beginner to do.

Always Learning

I have spent all my resting time today trying to figure out how to post on my blog via my mobile and finally worked it (probably forget how by the next time I want to do it). I was hoping to put on another image of a card contained on my phone but Google doesn't seem to recognise window phones :'( so I will to do later in the week when I am back at home - so watch this space.

Even though I am on holiday I still have brought some crafting to do - my pens and some stamped images (dare I say include Christmas ones). So in the meantime happy crafting everyone ;-)