Thanks

Hello,
Today I am sharing a thank you card at All sorts week 499/500 the theme is 'thanks a bunch' and requires a thank you or a focal flower. I think my card has both:

This is a unusual card for me to make and I have decided that I like it so will have to have a go at this sort of thing more often.

The background was smooched with Distress Oxide Inks and left to dry. The flowers are layered stamps from JustRite Clear, and the thanks die is from Create a Smile as is the scalloped frame die. I was so pleased to find someone that makes frame dies to fit A6 cards. I wrote the sentiment on velum with my Scan 'n Cut.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
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A Special Christmas Card

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Today I am sharing the Christmas card I made for my husband. As usual I got all my other cards done and then remembered I needed a special one for my special husband. I used a stamp and die set from Crafters Companion.

Here is my card:

The 2 stamps were stamped with versamark and heat embossed in silver. The die cut was cut from silver holographic card, I then cut an aperture with the outline die from the panel and the underlying card front. I covered the hole inside the card with some vellum and then drew in the string for the stamped bauble and fixed the string and bow for the special bauble with silver thread. Here is a close up:

The sentiment was also heat embossed. You may be wondering why I made the hole in the card and put vellum behind it, well this is why:

I put a battery operated tea that changes colour inside the card and the light shines through. I think it enhances the effect of the 'special' bauble. What do you think?

I am quite pleased with how this turned out and am sharing it at the following challenges:

1. Time Out #125 Inspired by words

2. CAS on Friday #148 Make a Christmas Card #2

3.AAA Cards CAS Game #130 3 of something




My apologies for the slightly dark pictures.

Happy Christmas everyone.

Hilary
xx

November Card Chain Challenge

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Today I am sharing the card I made and sent to Helen in Ohio as part of the November card chain challenge, I chose the theme of deer for my card from the options found here.

The deer die is from Clarity Fresh Cut Dies, I cut it from my base card and then backed it with a piece of velum covered with a sheet of double sided adhesive. I then sprinkled a translucent glitter over the adhesive until the adhesive was fully covered with glitter. I cut the little red birds using my Scan n Cut and also wrote the sentiment with my Scan n Cut. Here is a close up:

The glitter really shines when the light catches it and the velum makes it translucent so light shines right through it. I was pleased with the clean and simple look and the contrast between the white and the red. I have made a batch of these for my Christmas cards just changing the message to Merry Christmas.



Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. I would love to hear what you think about my cards.
Thank you
Hilary
xx

Twofer Challenge #11

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Today I have two cards that I am entering in the Twofer Card Challenge #11 with the code word wreath.

Here are my cards:

The wreath stamp was free with a magazine I bought some time ago. The first card is my favourite.

I stamped and heat embossed the wreath in gold, I then used brusho paints all over and picked out detail in the flowers with my Zig clean colour real brush pens. I spritzed the whole thing with cosmic shimmer, heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and painted a strip on the top and bottom of the card base with a gold pen.

Here are a couple of photos that show the shimmer and detail better:

My second card was a bit more of an experiment but I am fairly pleased with how it turned out:

I decided to focus on the contrast between black and white. I heat embossed the wreath stamp in white several times. In my first attempt I tried colouring the flowers with metallic colouring pencils but it didn't really work so I started again and decided to highlight the wreath by using a while pencil. I used a white gel pen to fill the black areas with dots and heat embossed the sentiment in black. Here is a close up:

I quite like the way the black stands out in the wreath.

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

Clean and Simple

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Today I needed to make a quick card for my cousin who is going to have knee replacement surgery soon, I spotted the Freshly Made Sketches #363 and thought I would use it to help me create my card. I knew I wanted to make a blended ink panel (I am on a roll with these after winning my first challenge with one last week), so I used the sketch to dictate the layout. here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I wanted to keep the colours vibrant so I went for reds and oranges (distress inks). I then die cut the panel from bright green mirror card and heat embossed the sentiment using black embossing powder. I seem to like shiny things these days!

Here is a close up:

I hope you like it.

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