Pretty Birthday

I've been busy with all my new dies, this card was inspired by Bev Rochester, she's such a wonderful talented lady.  The decorative paper for this card is K&Co , a Brenda Walton design called Small Wonders, the girl pad.  The colours are soooo lovely and soft and they're double sided so no problem for matching. 

The sentiment is Lili of the Valley circular sentiment - On Your Birthday.

And now for all the dies.  The base for the card is Grand Nesties Big Scalloped Circles and the matting and layering is Grand Circles.  I've also used Large Scalloped Cricles and Standard Circles Large, the sentiment is Tear Drop Circles.

 

And now for the foliage and flowers.  The flowers are Spellbinders Rose Creations and the twiddly bits are a Cheery Lyn die - Fanciful Flourish,  The pine branch is Spellbinders Foliage, the other spray of leaves is from Sissix and it's a borrowed die so I don't have a name for that one.

 

The card took me quite a wee while to do, what with all the cutting out and glueing but for the result you get with these dies, it's not long at all.

I hope you like the card, I am certainly loving this style of card.  I'll be back later in the week with 'YES' another Grand Nesties card.  Hugz, Janice

Flights of Fancy

I'm loving the big Grand Nesties and my Grand Calibre, so here is another card using both. 

 

 A nice Happy Birthday card using Grand Labels 1, Labels 8, fancy tags and the butterfly is also Spellbinders.   

The flowers are from Prima and held together with copper brads. The origins of the stamped swirl stamp set are lost in the mists of time, the only thing I remember is they came from Create and Craft.

 The foliage are Spellbinders Floral Flourishes and a Cheery Lynne pine leaf die.

I sure hope you like this card, 'cos I really enjoyed making it, these cards look good but are so quick and easy to make.

I'm going to Glasgow SECC show tomorrow with some crafting friends, I'm soooo looking forward to it.  I don't really need any crafty stuff  but I guess I'll be looking out for some nice dies, maybe some of the Memory Box ones, they look gorgeous.  Hugz, Janice 

Invitation To Tea

I think I've forgotten how to blog,  I haven't posted since last June.  So here goes.........

This is an invitation for my sister to come to afternoon tea, we only see each other about once a year if we're lucky.  She is in the States just now visiting her son, so this will be waiting for her when she gets home.    It's the first of this kind of card I've made and I really like it.  Thanks to Bev Rochester for the inspiration, she makes such lovely cards, I'm always soooo envious.

I've been practicing with my Grand Calibre and my Grand Nesties, this is the first shaped card I've tried, and I love it.  I think it's very elegant, at least that was the look I was going for.  The base is Grand Labels 1 and the decorative paper is Victoria and Albert, Hanoverian Linen.

The foilage is Martha Stewart branch and frond punches and the flower is a Marianne die.  The lovely foilage flourish is from Cheery Lynne dies and is called Fanciful Flourish and I just adore it, I can see this on many, many cards coming up soon (I hope).

The sentiment is on a Label Five nestie, nesties are a fabulous invention, so versatile, sooo easy to use.  I hope you like this card as much as I do.