Collectables Hot Pink Art Nouveau

Another nice simple card using the Art Nouveau Collectables die set.  An 8" x 8" plain edged card blank layered with black and hot pink.  Three patchwork squares layered with white and black and the long strip cut in black and white with the pattern die cut into the black layer.  All these elements glued together, layered onto the card front as shown with one of the debossed sentiments out of the Idyllics added to a hand tied hot pink bow and finished with some black pearls.

I hope you like it :)

Karen x

Collectables Art Deco - For You Gatefold

Good morning, what a lovely start to the day, the sun is shining, finally :)

For today's card I made a small gate fold card, just under 6" x 6", out of a sheet of black A4 card.  I cut the deco header die into the very edge using the outer edge first, followed by the pattern die, matching them up so they are level.

I decorated the centre of the card with some matt gold card, some soft pink floral patterned paper and a print from the Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CD which was layered onto matching matt gold before being stuck in place.  Two of the small Art Deco corners were cut in black and added to opposite corners.

The front had the small border die cut out twice from matt gold card and stuck either side along the folds.  The card was finished off with a gold and a black square, cut from the layering dies and stuck together before being stuck onto the front of the card as a closure.  The 'for you' was cut from the Pillow Box Die set and glued in place in top to finish off the card.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Collectables - Art Nouveau Love Patchwork

Hello, I love the simplicity and softness of this card.  I enjoyed incorporating some pretty dotty and floral papers which I bought in a 6" x 6" pad from The Works.

I made a square card blank from a sheet of white A4 card which I then embossed with the Rosalyn Embossing Folder.  I cut the Art Nouveau Patchwork die four times into the floral paper which I then trimmed down.  I cut a white square slightly larger and then a layer of dotty paper slightly larger again., these were all glued together and then mounted onto the card front.  The central oval was cut from the With Love Essentials set and the Love wording was cut from the Just Because Sentiments, these were inked lightly with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink before being glued together and stuck to the card front on 3D foam pads.   The Roselily flower layers were cut from the Entwining Trellis set, this was inked before being layered and glued onto the bottom corner with a soft lacy hand tied bow being stuck to the opposite top corner.

The card was finished with a few white pearls.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Collectables Art Deco Bright Blue Thank You

Good morning, another early start to another very busy day here so I thought I had better update my blog before heading out for the day or it will be another day that I won't have the time to switch on again!!

For this Art Deco card I used a shop bought 8" x 8" scalloped edge card blank which I scored at 1 1/2" on both the front and the back.  I added a ribbon in a beautiful shade of royal blue with a pearly ribbon slider, I then added some double sided tape to the inside from the fold to the score line and stuck this portion of the card together.  This gives me my top border.

For the main card section, I cut a layer of bright blue gloss finish card and topped this with a layer of white, leaving a small border showing.  I cut my patchwork die four times onto a square of card, turning my die by 90 degrees for every cut so they are all facing a different way, I used my square layering dies to cut this out perfectly only leaving the smallest of borders, I cut the same size out in white to layer underneath then cut the next sized square in the blue to layer under that.  I glued the patchwork to the white and mounted this on 3d foam before layering onto my blue square and onto the card front.

I cut a frame using the smaller layering squares and cut one of the Keepsake Foiled Message Panels to fit inside, layered these on 3d foam and stuck to the centre of my patchwork.

Finally I cut the small border die in blue and glued it to the side.

I hope you like it

Karen x

Collectables - Celtic Dream Forever Card

I used an A5 kraft card blank for this card with a layer of cream, red and finally kraft card again on top.  I used the long verso inner pattern strip die and cut it four times to fill the top card layer evenly and glued it in place.

The ovals were cut from the With Love Essentials Die Set and the Forever sentiment was cut from Inspirations Sentiment die set and the little heart was cut from the Someone Special Essentials die set, I cut it from red card and thread a small amount of heart ribbon.

I finished this card off with some Buttermilk Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Collectables - Celtic Dream Medallion Card

For this simple card made using the Celtic Dream Collectables Die Set I cut a DL cream card blank and layered with some dark brown followed by a light pink which I embossed with the Martha Embossing Folder.

I cut the outer edge of the longer verso border strip in both cream and brown and cut the pattern into the brown layer.  These were glued together and glued onto the card front.

The Patchwork square was cut out of pink card twice and brown card once, these were all mounted onto cream card with one of the pink layers being backed with a brown square and being stuck in place on the centre strip with 3d foam.  The brown patchwork square was cut down and layered onto the pink, again onto 3d foam and finally the last pink patchwork square was cut down to the very centre cross which again was stuck in place with 3d foam.

The With Love greeting was cut in cream and brown and drop shadowed before being glued to the base of the card.  The card was finished with a small grosgrain bow in a light pink and some pearls which had been coloured with a dark brown marker pen.

I hope you like it

Karen x

Collectables - Art Deco With Joanna Sheen Print

For this Art Deco card I used a 7" x 7" card blank.  I used the header die out of the Collectables Art Deco set and lined the notches on the shape die centrally on the fold line of the card blank, once that was cut, I lined up the pattern die and cut that.

I printed an image from the Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CD and die cut some of the larger Art Deco corners to add to it, just overlapping the print with the centre square of the corner.  I measured what size I needed to cut my pink layer and then cut a gold layer slightly larger, these were all glued into position.

I cut two of the smaller border strip which I glued to each side of the centre print.

I finished the card off with some Bright Gold Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Collectables - Art Nouveau Someone Special

For this card I used a little cream shop bought scalloped edge card and I cut layer of burgundy card and a matching layer of cream card.  I marked the centre of the cream layer and using my ribbon for placement, I lined up the patterned die out of my header die set from the Art Nouveau Collectables set before placing the outer edge die which I like to cut first.  I repeat this to cut the other side then cut end embossed the pattern die into both sides.  This patterned piece of card was glued centrally onto the burgundy layer and the ribbon was added before the layer was stuck onto the card front.  I cut the small oval from the Loopy Lace Ovals die set from matching burgundy card then die cut the someone special sentiment from the Art Nouveau set from cream card and glued these together.  This was stuck onto the card front with 3d foam.  This card was finished with a big hand tied bow and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Buttermilk.

I hope you like it,

Karen x

Collectables Launch Day Celtic Die Set

Hello and welcome to another launch day :) 

Today I have chosen to share a card I made with the Celtic Dream Die Set from the new Collectables range.

I started off with an A5 ivory card blank that I embossed with the Martha Embossing Folder, I then used the Diamond Patchwork die out of the Celtic Dream set to create the main pattern layer out of the pink which I then hand cut along with a cream backing layer and a slightly larger kraft card layer.  Once these were stuck together I layered them onto my prepared card front with 3d foam.

The centre panel was cut by hand by tracing around the actual patchwork die.  The sentiment was also cut from the Celtic Dream set and drop shadowed.

The card was simply finished with some of the Nuvo Crystal Drops in Buttermilk and Bright Gold.

I hope you like it and you are enjoying the shows on Create and Craft through the coming week,

Karen x

Another Selection Of Entwining Trellis Cards

My apologies again for abandoning my blog but I've had a really busy week with my daughters birthday preparations, had to make her card and her cake, 15 already, where does the time go!!

Here's a selection of cards using the Entwining Trellis dies as we have a new release again tomorrow and I still have these left to show :)  I'll just list the dies I've used for each card and if you would like any information on how any of the cards were made then I would be more than happy to explain.

Dies used:

Entwining Trellis Bellus Buttercup
With Love Essentials Die Set
Expressions Die Set

Dies used:

Entwining Trellis Delicate Daisy
Happy Birthday Pansy Topper Die Set

With Love Essentials Die Set
Amelia Embossing Folder

Dies used:

Entwining Trellis Plush Peony
Arboreal Dream Die Set
Thank You Inner Topper Die Set

 Dies used:
Entwining Trellis Radient Roselily
Martha Embossing Folder
Daisy Border Pattern Punch











I hope you like the cards :)

Karen x