You're just my cup of Tea!!

Wow, Well the launch of  'The Vintage Tea Party' One Day Special certainly went down a storm. I am so pleased for those of you who have this collection ordered and on it's way, I know you will love it. Today I am sharing a sample I made for the show, using one of the embossing folders and some other elements from the collection.

For this card you will need:

Teariffic Sentiment Dies

Toppling Tea Cup Dies

Botanical Border Embossing Folder

Basic Oval Die

Deep Blue Core'dinations

Matt black card

Sheena Stamping card

Weathered Wood Distress ink

Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink

Navy ribbon

Paper flowers

Adhesives

Step 1: Take a 5 x 7 piece of the Core'Dinations, run it through your embossing folder. Colour the raised design with the deeper blue ink. Layer this onto black card leaving a generous border.

Step 2: Cut the cup and saucer die along with the oval from Sheena stamping card. Select the parts of the embossing folder and the position on the elements to look best. Then colour with the same ink. Blend around the edges with Weathered Wood to add more dimension.

Step 3: From the Core'Dinations card cut out the sentiment, It only needs one. However I also cut 2 further sentiments from black card and layered them up for more depth. Secure this in place to you Oval using Tacky glue.

Step 4: Position your cup and saucer on the card using 3D glue gel for a little dimension.Use the waste from the kettle die to add steam to the tea cup for a little extra touch.

Step 5: Using foam tape, secure the card to your base card, here I have used Centura Pearl as it gives a wonderful card base. Finally add a Navy Bow and a paper rose to match.

Thank you for taking the time to visit today. I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial and the finished card I have shared. I would love your feedback on what I am sharing with you, so I know that I am keeping the blog interesting, If there is any changes that would be good and that I am not here on my own.lol For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx

Oriental Roses

Another release of the wonderful 3D Embossing folders from Crafters Companion gave so much inspiration. Once I had chosen the colour of my card, I decided to add an oriental feel to the card, using  'A Little Bit Oriental' stamps from Sheena. The folder I have used here is French Lace, it really is beautiful.

I embossed the design onto 3 pieces of Core'dinations cardstock, here I have used Fired Brick from the Tim Holtz Distress Collection. I used Pebeo  Empire Gold Gilding wax on the lace portion of the embossed design. The roses (my favourite flower) are beautiful, to bring out the detail further, i rubbed over the surface with Fired Brick Distress ink.

Taking one of the additional pieces of card, I created a pocket to house a simple ATC card, This was decorated in the same way as the background.

A wooden tag was coloured with Distress Ink to match, the 'Fortunate' along with the symbol from Sheena were stamped using Black Versafine Ink.

Next I moved onto the ATC, The lamps and leaves were stamped with paper mask made from copier paper. The I stamped the silhouette leaves using Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I then backed the ATC with the 3D embossed card to match.

To make the card larger, I joined 2 of the embossed sheets with Collall Tacky glue.

The join was easily hidden with the ribbon, you can see from the photo that the design is easy to match up.

I added the embellishments using Collall 3D glue gel. I then backed the piece onto black card before adding it to a base card made from Ivory Centura Pearl.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed your visit and I really hope to see you very soon, Back on Monday.xx

Making Memories

Morning, I so enjoyed making my 'Autumn Lady' project and I had so many wonderful comments that I decided to make a variation to share with you. On Hochanda a few weeks ago Leonie brought us some wonderful stamps from HOTP on her 'Let Leonie Loose' show. The set I am using is called 'Dancing Flowers',for this project I have coupled them up with the 'Ladies Profile' from Bee Crafty. This is such a versatile stamp and can be used for so many different looks.

To create the look, I needed some masks, to ensure that the flowers didn't overlap. I stamped these onto copier paper and cut them out. These stamps are quite detailed, so it's best just to choose a few of the larger one, too many and it can soon look messy.

I took a sheet of Super Smooth card measuring 8'' square and stamped the profile using Memento Black Ink.

I chose my sentiment and arranged the larger stamps around her head using my masks. To soften the edges of the card I used the mall group of butterflies and some of the smaller flowers.

I coloured the main flowers using a selection of blue and teal alcohol markers. Then for the butterflies I chose apricot and peach. For the face I used fairly light skin tones from my alcohol markers. Once again I felt that the white background worked best for this design rather than shading the card with distress inks.

To finish, I layered the piece onto teal/blue Coredinations cardstock to compliment the colours in the image. I tried various colours and this one worked the best.

Thank you so much for visiting today, hopefully you have lie the project I have shared and the step by step I have included for you. I hope that you will visit again very soon.Take care xx