Dimension

Hello,

Today I am sharing my card at:

 Less is More #383 Dimension.

Here is my card:

To make this card I masked off a panel and inked it with distress oxide wilted violet and spritzed it with water, I then die cut the flowers (Tutti Designs Rosy Corner), cut them out and stuck them to a sheet of card. After colouring them with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I die cut several more flowers and stacked them on top of each other. Once they were dry I filled the spaces with glossy accents to create the shine effect. I positioned the flowers on the inked panel, and aded the sentiment panel and a few enamel dots. 

I think this technique is so effective and I really like the way it adds dimension to a simple card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
xx

Flowers and Eyelets

Hello,
Today I am sharing a card at:
 Freshly Made Sketches #360

Here is my card:

The background is embossed, the sentiment is written on velum with my Scan n Cut, the wreath is die cut and the die cut flowers are attached with eyelets. I am quite pleased with the overall effect of this card. It looks quite detailed but is actually quite simple although fixing the layered flowers with the eyelets was a bit of a fiddle.



Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
xx

Vellum

Hello,
Today I am sharing a card at Just Add Ink Challenge #429 vellum, I was making a card for my sister's 60 birthday, but I thought it was lacking something. When I saw this weeks challenge at Just Add Ink I thought some vellum might do the trick. Here is my card:

The background is alcohol ink on yupo paper, which I quite liked but it was a bit intense. I didn't want to cover it up completely though, so I cut some vellum on my scan n cut to create the frame. I used the alcohol lift technique to stamp the flower and foliage at the base of the card. Here is a close up:

To make it special I cross stitched a butterfly on paper and attached it with foam pads:

The picture doesn't show it very well, but I stitched a few gold seed beads to the butterfly to create a link with the gold lettering. The cross stitch pattern came from the March 2015 edition of CrossStitcher magazine.

I hope you like it, but more importantly I hope my sister likes it. She will celebrate her birthday next week.

                                 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.

Hilary xx

September Card Chain Challenge

Hello,
Today I am sharing the card I made for the September Card Chain Challenge, from the four options I chose the sketch:

Here is my card:

 I used a stencil and clear glossy texture paste to get the stripe effect on the white panel (you can't see it particularly well in the photo) and mixed alcohol ink onto Yupo paper to create the effect in the circle. I added some foil while some of the ink was still sticky, I love this effect and it is so easy to do.

To finish it off I die cut a circle frame and stamped the sentiment. It went in the post to the USA and is now in the hands of the recipient.

I enjoy doing this challenge as it is great to actually receive a special hand made card and it could come from anywhere in the world. The feedback is even more special when someone has the card in their hands. I think I will take part again.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today.

Hilary xx

Leaves

Hello,
Today I am entering the Twofer #9, prompt leaves. I have had a leaf die for a while that I bought at The Works and haven't used yet. I thought this was an opportunity to see what I could do with it. Both my cards are quite conventional but I really like the inlaid look you can achieve with dies so I have used it on both cards. I am happy with the end result even though I have used the same technique I think they are quite different.
I hope you like them:

For my first card the die cut is inlaid on a piece of craft card, the sentiment is heat embossed and the panel is raised on a piece of craft foam.

My second card took a bit longer, I made a watercolour panel and spritzed it with cosmic shimmer. I then cut the die from it and a piece of copper coloured mirror board and inlaid the pieces. I die cut the sentiment twice, once from the copper card and once from the watercolour background and then offset them to create the shadow effect. I toyed with the idea of putting on some sequins or similar embelishments, but resisted the urge.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Happy Crafting
Hilary
xx