Elegant Stag

I am in the midst of making my Christmas cards using our newest set of Christmas stamps.

This card is very Sue Wilson-stylee - quite simple but luxurious.

To start I took some pink cardstock, and used a corner rounding punch.

Laying the largest die from the Spellbinders Persian Motifs

onto the card, I ran it through the Grand Calibur using the embossing plate and mat. This embosses the snowflake-like shape into the card stock without cutting it.

I stamped out the Elegant Stag and stars

onto a die cut circle and mounted onto the centre of the Persian Motif with foam pads.

Using a lot of patience, I laid the Creative Expressions Gem Swirl

across the centre of the card - only pressing it into place once I was happy with the position of the swirl.

Once I had stamped out the sentiment I mounted the panel onto the card base.

The outside edge of the card was embellished using Black Pearly PVA glue.

I placed the larger dots first, then randomly filled in the gaps with smaller dots and left to dry overnight.

Mel xxx

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Friends

This is the last in the Ease of Embossing series which appears in this month's Creative Cardmaking.

To make this card you will need - 

Couture Creations Seedling Nouveau Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Bird Flourishes die set

Creative Expressions Thoughtful Sentiments Stamp Set       
    

Vintage Ribbon - Eggshell/Teal     

Creative Expressions Black Gem Swirl

Creative Expressions Black Hat Pins

White/Teal Cardstock

Memento black ink pad
Button

Instructions to make:

Fold some white card stock in half to create your card blank and trim to 5 inches wide.

Stamp the sentiment and emboss the bottom 2 inches of the card with the Seedling Nouveau embossing folder.

Emboss a strip of white card and mount onto a slightly larger strip of teal card.

Mount onto the front of the card with foam tape.

Take a length of white and teal ribbon and tie around the card in a bow.

Die cut two flourishes from the Bird Flourishes die set and adhere behind the bow, then decorate with hat pins and a button.

To finish, add a Creative Expressions black gem swirl.
And that's it - a nice and simple one!
Mel xxx

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Dance like no one is watching

This card was created using the new gorgeous stamp set from Creative Expressions - At the Ballet.

The sketchy ballet dancers are perfect to make cards for older and younger ladies alike.

I created an 8x8 inch card base in black and dotted the white Pearly pva glue around the edges and set aside to dry.

Taking a white 7x7 inch sheet of card, I chose two of the dies to fit my ballerina and sentiment from the Spellbinders Labels Six set.

Arranging the two dies onto my card, I ran them through the Grand Calibur. Then, keeping the dies in place, I embossed the card with the Adagio embossing folder - running it through the machine twice to cover the width of the card.

Along the bottom strip of the card (which has not been embossed), I stamped a row of ballerinas in clear Versamark. I embossed them with clear powder to create resist.

I covered the whole sheet with Spun Sugar Distress Stain

which highlights the embossing and the ballerinas.

Taking the Spellbinders labels again, I cut and mounted frames for the ballerina and the sentiment, embossing them with the Creative Expressions Floral embossing folder.

Taking another sheet of white card, I laid the die cut sheet over the top and marked in pencil the position of the two apertures.

Once the two images were stamped in the apertures, I positioned the dies and used them as a stencil to blend Spun Sugar distress ink around the edges.  I mounted this sheet behind the embossed card using foam pads to give dimension.

After layering onto the card base, I decorated the front with the Creative Expressions Gem Swirls

and Zipper Roses

Hope you like it and enjoy playing with ballerinas!
Mel x

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You Make My Heart Flutter!

This week I have been working on my submission for the CRAFT Colour Combo challenge.

I found this colour scheme quite a challenge as it is not a pallet I would usually use - which makes it all the more fun!

Here is the card I submitted:

I used the carriage silhouette stamp from Clarity

 mounted onto a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die cut

and layered onto two Heart Squares dies set at an angle:

I used the Adagio embossing folder for the background:

The sentiment is from the Creative Expressions Thoughtful Sentiments stamp set:

and has been die cut using Fancy Tags Two 

I cut some of the flourishes off the tag to fit it onto the card.
The card is embellished using Spellbinders Foliage

and Rose Creations

When matting and layering the card, I rolled back the cerise layer to reveal the orange colour on the reverse. I glued the rolled paper into place using Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue - although you do need to hold it in place for a minute or two to ensure that the rolls don't unfold!

The corners of the card are decorated with gems

And not a ribbon in sight!!
I hope you like it!
Mel xxx Pin It Now!

Vintage Dressmaker

This week we are entered a card into the Top Tip Tuesday blog challenge.
The theme was "Anything Goes" so a chance to try something different.
This is my entry:

I used one of the new Couture Creations embossing folders - Vintage Dressmaker:

I embossed the image three times on different coloured card, cut the images out, inked them and layered them up.
The background papers were embossed using the Replacements embossing folder:

I embellished the card using Black Vintage Ribbon:

And some black gem swirls:

Quite a different card for me style-wise - hope you like it!
Mel x Pin It Now!