Lace and Knitting Stamps Day 2 with freebie

Hello, I'm back again with the next 3 card samples from the Goals you Reach Lace stamp sheet

Here is my first card..

The first thing I did for this card is draw a bodice template to fit the size of the lace stamp , If you would like to use the template I made - here it is... simply save to your computer and print it out for your own use.The first thing I did was to draw around the bodice lightly with pencil. I stamped the small flower border at the top and embossed it.. then stamped the 3 larger flower motifs and embossed those too. Then I stamped 3 extra and embossed them in black - to cut out and layer later. I cut out the bodice using patterned scissors at the top, then I coloured the it using distress ink - Aged mahogony, masking the top area to give it more of a realistic look. I glued the black flowers over the 3 red ones down the middle, the dots are made with a versamark pen and embossing powder. Once I was happy with the bodice I stamped the lace corner twice...embossing one with black powder and one with the red. I cut part of the red and paper pieced it on top of the black and glued it to the bottom of the bodice. I used two layers of black fringing attaching to the back with DST... then finished the bodice off with black and red gems.

I cut out a panel of black card layering with some commercial handmade paper cut to size by moistening the edges and pulling apart to leave the frayed edge look. I stamped the Lace border onto some cream paper and embossed with black embossing powder, cut it out and stuck down the side of the panel. The stitching is a gel pen. I lightly inked the card with Antique linen distress ink, added the panel, then the bodice and finished off with the 30 Today banner with a stamped and embossed bow from the 'Live each moment' Lace stamp sheet.

Here's the second sample card idea I made with this sheet of stamps..

I used the small flower motif boarder to create the word 'Mum'... stamped with versamark and embossed with white powder. I then coloured the panel with blue distress ink. I stamped and embossed the lace border and the bow the same way. A Martha steward punch was used for the top and bottom borders lightly inked in blue with added pearls. I added little tiny blue star gems to each flower in the Mum...I think this card looks obvious on how I put it together .

And here is the third card

This card has lovely Roses backing paper printed from the Jane Shasky CD rom..
I stamped the border 4 times onto cream paper and embossed with brown embossing powder and also the lace corner 4 times embossing this with white powder. I inked over the white embossed corners with brown - wiping after to take the ink of the embossing..leaving it white on brown. I carefully matched the 4 borders up to create a frame and then trimmed each of the lace corners to fit within the frame. I cut a larger circle to also fit the frame. I stamped the verse onto cream card, trimming to fit within the circle to look like part of it, finishing off by adding some pink ribbon, some gorgeous Anna Griffin Roses stickers and gems around the frame.

I hope that these cards will inspire you in some way.
Many Thanks for visiting my blog today, I will be back tomorrow with some more of the sample cards I made for the Lace and Knitting Stamps.

Lace and Knitting Stamps Day 1

Joanna Sheen launched some new stamps today on TV called Lace and Knitting Stamps. I designed them for Joanna Sheen and made some sample cards for ideas on how to use them.

Today I will share the cards using the stamps from the 'Live each Moment' stamp sheet

Here's my first card..
I got the template for this pretty little baby girl dress here. This card is roughly A5 in size. I stamped the pocket flap and a border of lace in white and then coloured it pink with distress inks. The bow is stamped pink as is the the little pocket shape using the little flower stamp on the sheet... I cut the lace in to sections and stuck under the apron hem and small pieces for the sleeves. I finished of with pretty stitching drawn with a glitter gel pen.

Here's my second card idea..
I stamped the border onto a piece of paper the exact size of the card base, masking off the corners so that they would join. On a piece of black card I used a square post-it note as a guide to stamp the four corner lace images and embossed them with white powder. I mat and layered the verse using a nestie shape and placed on top of a square cut to the size of the post it note.. both were inked lightly with Antique linen. A stamped bow and a few gems finish the card.

Here is the last card idea for this sheet of stamps...
I kept finding wonderful cards using the 'Bisque Potter technique' on various blogs and so decided to investigate it for myself and have a go.. I found this lady's blog to be most inspiring called 'Stamping with Di' for this technique using the cuttlebug folders.
I used the Tied together embossing folder for the panel on this card with Antique linen distress ink.
The card base has been stamped with the corner lace image using Antique linen and the border, the bow and the other lace corners around the verse were stamped and embossed with white powder and coloured with Aged Mahogony... the white stays white repelling the ink.
I made the roses using a spiral die cut and the leaves have been stamped lightly with the lace border. I finished with a few little red gems.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I hope that these will inspire you in your own projects.
I will be back tomorrow with the second lot of card ideas using the second sheet of lace stamps.
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Last of the Jane Shasky card samples

The third sheet of Joanna Sheen's Jane Shaskly stamps is called 'Slice of Heaven'

Here is the first of 3 cards I made using it.
ThePatchwork toppers background paper is printed out from the Joanna Sheen In other words CD. I coloured a round doily with promarkers and the image is also coloured in using promarker pens. I made the roses from die cuts and the letters are from Tim Holtz typeset decoritive strip... my new favourite alphabet die Lol!

For the second card 2 die cut frames are used... one has a pretty doily inside and the other the image.. I used both promarkers and watercolour distress inks to colour the stamp. I added some matching style flowers to carry on the look and added the verse in the top corner. The backing paper is from the Jane Shasky CD

Here is the final card, it uses the other image on the stamp sheet. I coloured it with promarkers and watercolour distress inks. Two brickwork embossed large corners were lightly inked and the flowers are stamped pressed flowers by Joanna Sheen. I added a large tulle bow tied with blue ribbon and added the verse on the card to finish.

Thank you for visiting to day and taking a look at my sample cards.

There will be more of my sample cards coming soon after this weekend's TV shows on Create and Craft TV. when Joanna launches some more of my designs as rubber stamps...

More to come....

Jane Shasky Stamp sample cards Day 2

Today's samples are from the stamps on Jane Shasky rubber stamp sheet - Relax and enjoy

This card is 6 x 6" with a gatefold. I stamped and coloured the image with promarkers cut it out and mounted on foam tape onto a pretty shaped card with gems and ribbon added. The inside of the card looks like this...
I used Jane Shasky CD backing paper to show the verse of nicely.

Here is another card made using the same image...

For this card I stamped and embossed 2 images onto black with white embossing powder and then again twice onto cream and black embossing powder. Making sure all the squares were exactly the same size, before I grouped them on to the card I lightly inked the edges of the cream squares and the verse topper...finishing off with a few gems and little silk Roses.
The other image on the sheet is this lovely Window box

The backing paper is from the Jane Shasky CD. I coloured the doily with promarkers. The tag is the verse stamped in Weathered wood ink, then I decided to try to match the tag to the paper (it would have been easy to simply stamp onto a piece of the same backing paper duh!!..).. but it was an after thought... so I used promarkers to colour a similar pattern.. I used a white gel pen to shadow the letters to make them stand out more.. Alot of cards that I make grow as I do them... Lol..
I stamped the image using Tim Holtz weathered wood ink. I carefully coloured all the flowers and leaves with promarkers and decided to leave the window frame and box white, so I coloured the windows pale blue and the outside of the frame grey..I think it makes the image pop out.. heres a close up.

I added a few punched butterflies that I coloured with promarkers..

Thanks for visiting my blog today... and as usual, your comments are very welcome..

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Jane Shasky Stamp sample cards

These sample cards are made using Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky Stamps
I made 3 cards from each sheet for the TV show aired last weekend.

For these cards I used the Sweet Memories stamp sheet

Here's the first card.Both the backing paper and the 'In the garden my soul is Sunshine' sentiment were printed from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky CD - I used 2 of the framed words but glued the stamped image over one of them. The stamped image is coloured with promarker pens. I added a doily, wide mesh type ribbon and finished it off with some stamped and coloured flowers from Joanna Sheen Pressed flower stamps.

For the second card from this sheet - Sweet Memories I used the bird houses image.

..for this card I tore strips of white wash coordinations card, rubbed each piece with fine sand paper to distress it a little, then lightly inked the edges also adding some Tim Holtz distress stickles to the bottom edges.. I stuck these strips directly onto the card after I stuck the punched and lightly inked doily edges... creating a lovely shabby chic looking background. I stamped the image with brown distress inks and used both promarkers and inks to colour it in. Using water to take off the ink by blotting, where the white flowers are. Adding the ribbons and the Tim Holtz die cut flowers etc... finished the card.

For the last card using the Joanna Sheen Jane Shasky Sweet Memories Stamp sheet I have used the watering can image again but this time I coloured it red.

I used a backing paper from the Jane Shasky CD from the herb garden section. After colouring the image with promarker pens, I die cut it and inked the edges. I placed it on the card with some of Joanna Sheen's Pressed flower Ivy leaves and some ribbon roses. Narrow lilac ribbon and tiny red buttons that tie in with the red watering can and finshed the card.

Thank you for visiting today.. I would love to read any comments you might have.. like all bloggers I appreciate all the comments left on my blog by fellow crafty people.

I'll be back tomorrow with 3 more card samples from the Jane Shasky rubber stamps..
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More samples

Where have I been?. I can't believe that time is going so quickly. I have designed more rubber stamp designs for Joanna Sheen and I have been busy making sample cards for Joanna's TV shows, so I haven't had much chance to pop on here to finish sharing the Wedding show samples with pressed flowers. I'll pop them here today and also post the Jane Shasky sample cards in the next post that were on the TV last weekend.
Card making is a kind of therepy for me. I enjoy creating cards and enjoy the challenge of using new stamp designs. The new stamp designs that I have done for Joanna will be on TV this month.

Here are the rest of the Wedding day Pressed flower samples....

I used a fabric glue to stick the tulle netting on top of the lovely die cut frame.. the netting is enough to protect the pressed Roses and it looks really pretty too.

I used a piece from wedding favour tulle round, then embossed some card and die cut a window to go over the top, it matches the pattern on the tulle. I glued tiny rhinestones at every cross over in the pattern to add sparkle.

This was fun to do... I puzzled how to stick the skeleton leaf onto the card without seeing any glue.. .. It's a pity that my xyron machine broke years ago..so I decided to use some PVA , so I applied the glue to the leaf and blotted very well after placing it on the card.. most of the excess comes off and leaves the leaf very well stuck down.. it worked for me anyway.. but if you do have a xyron ... it really would be so much less messy Lol..

The petals where lightly glued onto a pre cut heart then mounted onto pretty pearly paper then I stuck a clear acetate heart over the top using strong clear glue in tiny dots around the edge.

For this invite I added a punched circle after I glued on the background paper... then arranged the rose buds then added a piece of acetate to cover the whole front of the invite using a thin piece of DST.. the ribbon across the top not only compliments the colour of the roses but also covers any DST that would show otherwise.

For this card I sandwiched the Roses between acetate and netting using dots of glue to hold the netting, also adding pretty bridal sequins over the dots to hide them. When I stick it to the card I added a real doily first. The Rose petals with the words looks like confettii and the handle of the bouquet is simple ribbon wrapped around a triangle shape.

Thanks for looking and once again I hope that I have inspired someone somewhere with these designs.. they are fun to make and can take some time but they are really worth it in the end.

See you next time..
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Pressed Flower Wedding sample - Day 6

For this wedding invitation I used two single blue Daisy flowers. It is very simple to do

. I cut a piece of textured card to size. Using a circle punch I punched a hole roughly in the middle of the right hand side . I layed this over the card as a guide to stick my flower then glued a piece of acetate to the back of the appeture. Before sticking the panel down I stamped 'Wedding Invitation' in blue and run some lace across the top of the panel holding it down with DST on the back. Once stuck down I added a few pearls.

For the inside of the invitation I did the same for the panel above on the flap - making sure to add a piece of ribbon to hold the RSVP in place under the flap - the ends are hidden under the panel.
.. adding die cut letters from the same textured card gives a different look.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope I have inspired someone in blogland to have a go at using Pressed flowers.. they are beautiful to use on so many projects.

See you soon
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Pressed Flower Wedding Sample No. 5

The panel on the left side was stuck on. First I crumpled a piece of ivory paper then ran it through my laminator with some lovely pearl foil over it. I love doing this as each time it is different. I mounted the panel onto card - arranged the flowers stuck with clear gel and then covered the whole panel with tulle netting, folding and sticking it down on the back with DST. and then stuck it on the card. I decided to add some pearls for decoration. The punched border was from a Martha Stewart large punch -lightly inked with Tim Holtz spun sugar. I embossed the 'Wedding Invitation' in white embossing powder and then lightly inked the corner with the same ink.

You can see that I added another panel done the same way inside the invitation. Here is a better photo of the lovely sheen from the pearly crumpled paper...

Thank you for visiting today. I hope I've inspired someone to play with pressed flowers and maybe even inspired one of you to make your own Wedding Invites.
See you tomorrow...
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Pressed Flower wedding sample day 4

For this invitaion wallet I used one of Joanna Sheens lovely Lace stamps here - on all the various parts inside and on the flap.

I made a little A6 (4" x 6") RSVP card with a heart window adding one of the beautiful Roses from Joanna Sheens Pressed Flowers covering it with acetate. The little window on the inside pocket also has a rose with acetate protecting it. To make this you will need a piece of card measuring roughly 16" x 6 like the one on sample day 2 post..again I scored 2" from each side and one for a fold in the middle creating 2 areas that will be 6" x 6" approx with a flap at the top and a piece at the bottom to score and fold in and stick to create the pocket for the RSVP and envelope.

Before sticking the invitation panel I punched 2 little holes to thread the ribbon, hiding it under the panel making it easier and neater when tieing the bow. To keep the invite extra secure I did add a small piece of Velcro on the flap as well.

Thank you for visiting today.. I hope this inspires someone to have a go at making their own wedding invitations.

Pressed flower wedding sample day 3

I sort of had in mind what I wanted to do but wasn't sure what to use for this invite so it grew as I made it. The patterned paper border is one of the lovely wallpaper backing papers from the Thomas Kinkade CD by Joanna Sheen but I printed it out onto cream paper and with black and white settings.. I like to try different ways to print out papers and this was perfect for this invite. The grey panel was cut to size and I added 3 Pressed Daisies from Joanna Sheens Pink pressed flower packs and covered the whole panel with tulle, taping it to the back with DST, I added a black ribbon strip with a buckle and then positioned onto the front of the card. I stamped the words onto cream card onto black card and added it to the front.

For the inside I added more of the same printed paper as shown. The panel on the right is a printed out invite layered onto grey card, the panel on the left is a grey panel with a tieable ribbon where I added the printed out RSVP and envelope.. the buckel on the ribbon strip was stuck down with foam tape to create a little lip to stop the paper from slipping. For a last touch, from the same grey card I cuttlebugged the letters for the RSVP down the side.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.. I hope you will leave me a comment letting me know what you think of my invites.
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Pressed flower wedding sample day 2

Here is the second sample from Sundays Wedding show.

This measures 6" sq when closed. To make this you will need a piece of card measuring roughly 16" x 6 and scored 2" from each side and one for a fold in the middle. I added a blue colour card to each flap and then a piece of vintage doily - I spread glue gel all over the back very carefully to stick the doily on well to the card and blotting with a piece of kitchen towel to take away the excess glue.. this worked well for this doily but some might go too soggy with the wet glue.. I suppose if you have a xyron machine you could run it through easier. (I used to have one but it broke grr..) Also, you don't have to use a real doily, there are some beautiful doily dies out there that would look just as pretty or even some large doily rubber stamps embossed in white or cream would also work well for this look.

The tiny blue flowers are from Joanna's Pressed flower Blue pack I only needed a few for this invite and I covered them with a piece of organza, wrapping it around the piece of card with the details and then sticking it down. I glued some gems on top.. this not only looks lovely but adds to the protection of the flowers by keeping the organza in one place.

I embossed a panel for the RSVP part using the Tied together embossing folder, slipping the RSVP in to the pocket.

Finally, I added some velcro to keep the flap closed and stuck a silky bow for decoration.

I hope this inspires someone to have a go using some pressed flowers on their wedding invites or even on cards. Leave me a comment if you would like and have the time

Thank You for visiting to day.. see you tomorrow with another sample.

Pressed Flower Wedding Samples

I made some sample Wedding invitations and cards for the Wedding Show that was aired on Sunday with Joanna Sheen. I will be showcasing one per day over the next few days.

Firstly, here is a picture of all of them for an 'at a glance view'.

My first card is the large Wedding verse card.

I printed the verse in grey along with the oval. I am not sure who wrote the verse that was shared with me some years ago.. I really like it so I put it on this card. All the roses are from Joanna Sheens Roses Pressed Flower pack available on her website and I used pva applied with a toothpick to glue them down. You can see a short video on Create and Craft from Sunday's show here

The close up shows little pearly dots on the card.. I used a glue pen and pearl press on foil..but you could also use a pearl pen for the same effect. I covered the whole of the front of the card with acetate - fixed with DST and hidden by the ribbon down the side of the card.

Thanks for looking

see you tomorrow

Countryside Stamp samples

It's been a while since my last post... not since last year!.. so first of all,

A very Happy New Year!

to everyone reading my blog today. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

Sadly, my husband lost his Mother 2 days before Christmas day so it was a very sad time for us all but we made the best of it that we could surrounding ourselves with our family... Our Grandchildren kept us smiling, they are all so precious and gorgeous!

There were some new Joanna Sheen rubber stamps launched on TV today called Countryside Stamps Jo Channon did a lovely demo using them. Here are the samples I made for Joanna Sheen that you might get to see on TV next time.
First two are from the Garden of Dreams rubber stamp sheet

.. and these two cards are from the Rainy Days rubber stamp sheet

Thank you for visiting today.. I will have more samples to show next weekend with a Wedding theme in mind..
see you later
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