The Wedding March

Someone in my daughter's office was getting married and she asked me to make a card for the happy couple.  I bought the stamp at the autumn show at the SECC in Glasgow and hadn't used it yet.  I really enjoyed making this card, the colours are so soft and lovely.

The card and layers were cut out using the Grand Calibre and Spellbinders Grand Labels One.  The decorative paper is by Craft Creations .  The stamp is a Lili of the Valley stamp called Wedding Couple, and now I have to apologise, I can't find the bit of paper with the Copic numbers on it, SORRY.  The stamp is mounted on the normal sized Labels One and embellished with a Memory Box die cut called Madera Corner and a flower made using Spellbinders Rose Creations dies, I've used a pearl brad for the centre of the flower.  The sentiment is a silver peel off coloured by a Copic marker to match the colour of the card and mounted on a tag from Spellbinders Fancy Tag Three set.

 Wish I could find the Copics list for the colours, if I find it when I'm tidying I'll pop it on my next post.  I hope you like this one, I love it.  How come the latest card you've made is always your favourite, this is mine (for the moment).  Have a great weekend.  Hugz, Janice

Sympathy Card

A lovely card for such a sad occasion, hope I don't need this one anytime soon.

Again a lovely shaped card using Grand Nesties Labels One and normal Nesties Label Eight.  The black and silver foliage backing card is from my stash and was bought a long time ago, sorry I don't know who's it is but it's fabulous.  The lovely foliage is Fanciful Flourish from Cheery Lyn Designs, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The sentiment is a silver peel off mounted onto a tag from Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three and the jewels which are hiding a glue mark on the silver mirri card are from Papermania many years ago.

Despite the occasion being a very sad one, I love the card and think it's quite elegant.  Hugz, Janice

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