Heartfelt Blazing Poppies

     Poppies are beautiful flowers that have great significance during November but sometimes get overlooked during the rest of the year. These projects were made with red flowers to be used in shop display at Albright Of Diss but could just as easily be made using any other colour.

      The vase and single flower was stamped on white card, covering the vase with scrap paper the flower spray was stamped over that to create a full bouquet. It looked a little odd at this stage with overstamping but this was covered with a die cut flower later so it wouldn't show. The image is coloured with alcohol pens and then the panel was die cut, as some of the leaves would have been cut off they were trimmed around and tucked outside the dies cutting edge.
     The edge of the image panel has been coloured with Distress Ink Bundled Sage before being mounted on a die cut black layer.

      Another vase was stamped, then over stamped with the fern from a different Heartfelt set and coloured before being cut, shaped and stuck over the original vase.
     The dimensional poppy was stamped and embossed on red card, cut out with the matching die, shaped and then stuck together. This flower is stuck over the main flower in the vase so it hides the overstamping.
     The background is cream card coloured with Distress Ink Pumice Stone, then stamped with a script stamp using the same ink pad. The corner spray is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa in one corner of the card. Cut to size and corners punched it is then mounted on a thin red layer before going on to a black card.
     

      Using the poppies to make a card is great but what about using them to decorate a gift bag to match the card.
     Using a sheet of Kraft card the poppies are stamped and embossed in the corners, then mounted on a thin red layer of card and stuck on to the bag. I found trying to stamp directly on to the bag wasn't very tidy, when flat the folded in sides and handle ends are lumpy so it's best to work on a sheet of card and add this to the bag.
     Three more stamped and die cut poppies are added to give dimension and match the greeting card.
     With the addition of a die cut greeting the bag is complete and ready for the gift, a little red tissue on top to cover the gift and everything matches.
   
   

      I would like to enter these projects in the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Retarte - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting -Anything Goes

Butterfly In The House

     This month at the House Of Cards we have 'Add a butterfly or use the colours' challenge, if you wish you can do both.
     I have opted for a simple card this month, I felt the sentiment lent itself to a basic design. It is a stamp set from Heartfelt Creations called Hydrangea Posy, it comes as rubber on cling mount and pre cut.
     I have stamped in Archival Ink Jet Black and embossed in clear, I also stamped a small spare piece of card so I could cut out one flower. The single coloured flower has been painted with Cosmic Shimmer Drawing Ink Lilac Blue on the front and a blue alcohol marker on the back. Once cut out and stuck on to the flower head I have glued a small pearl in the middle.
   

     The butterfly is a Sizzix Mover and Shaper die cut in white card, then stamped in Archival Black using a JustRite background stamp, embossed in clear and painted with Cosmic Shimmer Midnight Blue drawing ink. I have glued three tiny pearls down the body of the butterfly after colouring the back with a blue alcohol marker.
     The main image panel is mounted on mauve pearl paper and then on to a white card blank, with the flower and butterfly being added at the end.
 

     We would love you to join us at the House Of Cards with your interpretation of this challenge, you have a month to come up with a card that has a butterfly or fits the colour challenge or both.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Come Fly With Me
Mod Squad - Tic Tac Toe (Butterfly,Die Cut, Dimension)

J&C Creations November Challenge

 Today sees the beginning of Novembers Challenge over at J and C Creations Challenge Blog, pop over and see all the lovely Floral cards the DT have come up with.
This beautiful Hydrangea head is from Heartfelt Creations. It's a rubber stamp that comes already cut and mounted on foam so all you have to do is open the packet and start stamping.
I chose to stamp with Perfect Medium and emboss in white on black card. I stamped a small area on white card and cut out the flower I thought I would like to highlight, this is coloured pink using a Sakura Stardust pen. All the flowers have a tiny white gem in the middle but due to my amateur photo skills they don't really show too well. The greeting comes with the flower head and there is also a lovely floral branch in the set which I shall use another day.
The butterfly is a Joycraft die, I left the die in place and used Perfect Medium to dab through the decorative holes which I then dusted with Cosmic Shimmer Mica powder. The edge of the butterfly has been coloured with a Distress Marker - Picket Fence, so that it shows up a little better.
The main picture is mounted on a small layer of pale pink and then onto black again. It's an easy and relatively quick card to make, perfect for a last minute make.

Heartfelt Die-versity

 Just like a real butterfly this little fellow started life as something quite different. If you would like to see the whole process of how he got from humble but beautiful frame to sparkling butterfly, then hop over to the J and C Creations blog and take at look at the transformation.
Todays post is short and sweet as life here is rather busy at the moment. It's half term, jubilee and there's some more news to come soon. I hope you enjoy your long weekend.

All that glitters meets 52cct

 Here is my entry for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week.
It is also a card made as part of my design team work for the J and C Creations Challenge Blog, this months theme is All That Glitters.
This card has concertina sides so it gives some depth to the images used. The picture at the back is a lovely snow scene from Heartfelt Creations stamped in Distress Ink Dusty Concorde. I then used a damp paintbrush to blend some of the ink from the stamped image into the fence, trees and windows. The sky has also been blended with the purple ink leaving the roof and ground white. Clear glitter has been added to the trees and the roof to give a little sparkle.
The big tree was stamped on acetate using black Stazon, then glittered from the back using Frantage Crushed glass Glitter in green. the acetate layer has been fixed in the centre of the three folds on the side so it appears outside the window but in front of the cottage.

The beautiful window frame is a die from Heartfelt Creations cut out in white card and placed over the hole cut out of the front card. Once stuck down the filigree cut outs were glittered with Frantage Halo Glitter Mix in silver.
The foliage at the bottom was stamped with a Feather Grass Flourish from Heartfelt Creations and embossed in silver. The flowers were cut out with a Marianne die Poinsettia in silver mirri card with centres covered in Gala Glitz Lavender and Blue Glitter.
I found getting a really good picture a little difficult due to the shine on the acetate but I hope you can see lots of sparkle and shine in these two pictures.
All products used can be bought from J and C Creations.