Sunday 31 March 2013



Fabulous Shoes


Every lady likes Shoes and these are Fabulous.

The above card is A5 with a torn layer to add detail.We have used a Multi Function card with dimensional Butterflies as a topper stamped with one of the lovely Shoe stamps.The Butterflies have been coloured with Distress inks,but any medium can be used.The sentiment is from the co-ordinating sentiment stamp set.



This card is stepped and is quite easy to make .Cut a piece of cardstock 297mm x 150mm and with the card landscape measure and score in at 3cm ,6cm ,7.5cm and 10.5cm in from both the left and right hand sides.Valley and Mountain fold the score lines.
The sides have been made using  Spellbinders Label Seventeen die-cuts which have been cut lengthways and layered.The front panel has been decorated with a large die-cut and a smaller one which has been stamped with a lovely shoe.Again we have used Distress Inks as waterclours.

Products Used:-

Fabulous Shoes Stamp Set 1 (0510057HZ1)
Fabulous Shoes Stamp Set 2  (0510058HZ2)
Fabulous Sentiment Stamp Set (0510060HZ4)
Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen
Distress Ink Pads - Rusty Hinge,Scattered Straw.Faded Denim
Peeled Paint,Spiced Marmalade,Bundled Sage and Pumice Stone

Wednesday 13 March 2013


Going to Seed

Woodware have released these lovely clear stamps designed by Jane Gill which work very well together.They are great for creating backgrounds and toppers alike.


The following two cards have been created using the above stamps and by just using different colours they can be used for Men and Ladies.



This card is 6" x 6".Cut a piece of Dark Pink Card 14.5cm x 14.5cm,a piece of Mid Pink Card 11.5cm x 11.5cm,a piece of Gold Mirri Card 9.5cm x 9.5cm and a piece of Light Pink Card 9cm x 9cm.Layer all these together and mount onto front of card.
Cut a piece of white textured cardstock 8cm x 8cm,stamp the Grasses using a Perfect Medium /Clear Embossing Pad and Heat Emboss with clear embossing powder.Take a Distress Ink Pad - Victorian Velvet and run the ink pad over the embossed image covering the whole area.Leave to dry as the ink will soak into the cardstock giving a canvas look.Once dry mount in the centre of the card.Trim the layers with various border peel offs.






A5 Card -Cut a piece of white cardstock 14.5cm x 20.5cm and ink the edges with Distress Ink Pads graduating the colours to create a background.Mount this onto the front of the card.Cut a piece of white card 13cm x 19cm and a piece of mustard card 12.5cm x 18.5cm.Mount together and stick centrally to the front of the card.Trim around the edge of the background with Black border peel offs.
Take an A6 piece of cardstock,cut out an aperture.Lay over another A6 piece of white cardstock,ink through aperture with Distress Ink pads graduating the colours.Make sure the ink is dry before stamping the background stamp in black ink and heat embossing with clear embossing powder.Faux stitch around the edges.Mount in the centre of the card.
Cut a piece of white card 12cm x 4cm.Stamp with sentiment using graduated colours in Distress Inks.Trim with brads 1cm apart down both sides.Mount onto front of card across the background.


Products used:-

Woodware Clear Stamp -Going to Seed (JGS300)
Woodware Clear Stamp - Grasses Background  (JGS301)
Perfect Medium Stamp Pad (PPMED)
Clear Embossing Powder
Distress Ink Pad -Victorian Velvet
Distress Ink Pad - Forest Moss
Distress Ink Pad - Spiced Marmalade
Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw
Peel Off Borders - Various Silver and Black

Wednesday 6 March 2013

The Easter Bunny is coming and we have been creating cards for the occasion.

This is a 6" x 6" square card.Cut a piece of green card 14.5cm x 14.5cm,a piece of White/Green Dot Paper 14cm x 7cm and a piece of Green Gingham Paper 14cm x 7.5cm.Stamp the White /Green Dot paper with the "Happy Easter" banner stamp.Mount all the pieces together overlapping the Dot and Gingham Papers to give a neat edge.Trim with apiece of ribbon along the join.Mount onto front of card.

Stamp the Happy Easter banner , Egg and Bunny onto white cardstock.We've used Distress Ink pads as waterclours ,but you can use any media you choose.Cut out Letters ,Egg and Bunny.Die cut the Wrought Iron fence in green cardstock.Stick coloured letters over the stamped banner and the arrange the Fence ,Egg and Bunny at the bottom of the card.



This card has been created using the Easter Blessing stamp set from Personal Impressions.


Cut a piece of white cardstock 7" x 10" score and fold in half to create a 7" x 5" card.
Cut a piece of Green Patterned paper 17cm x 12cm,trim the corners with Yellow Gingham ribbon.Mount onto front of card.
Die-cut 2 x Spellbinders Labels Seventeen.Score the middle of one and glitter the edges,Cut the other one in half and trim the edges so they do not show behind the other one.Mould with a bone folder to give some shape and then stick the two half behind the glittered die-cut.This gives you a book effect.Attach pieces of ribbon so they hang down the spine of the book.Stamp 2 x Crosses ,1 x Scene and 1 x Cross with Daffodils onto white cardstock.We have coloured the stamped images with Distress Ink Pads.Cut out ,sandwich a piece of ribbon between the Crosses and attach to the spine.Mount other images onto book with foam tape and then mount the book onto the card with 2mm foam tape to give dimension.


Products used:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen (S5-025)
Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites - Wrought Iron (S2-011)
Personal Impressions Clear Stamp Set - Happy Easter (CICCST001)
Personal Impressions Clear Stamp Set -Easter Blessings (CICSA6006)
Distress Ink Pads - Mustard Seed,Frayed Burlap,Forest Moss ,Peeled Paint
 Scattered Straw,Tumbled Glass and Worn Lipstick
Fabulous Shoes by Sandra Wright
 
Every lady loves shoes and we now have available 3 sets of clear stamps and a set of sentiments which all work beautifully together.

These are just a few of the examples that Sandra has made.
There is also a CD Rom which includes Toppers,3D Decoupage,Card Templates and much much more...
You can have endless fun creating with these Fabulous Shoes

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