12 tags of 2014 - February

I know, I know....mid April already! Tag was made a while back, but I have just not had time to post it.

Supplies used:

Paper from my stash

Stamp is Stampingbella " Lucille"

Hearts are Hero Arts "heart sprinkles"

Flower is the loopy bloom from MFT, cut in canvas

Tab is also from MFT and used the Provo craft Circa 18 pts 'dial' stamp. I have no clue what these type of stamps are called, but you move the round discs till you have the letter you want.....being very DUH here......

Heart banner from La la land

Copic markers to colour her in

Gelly roll pens for some highlighting

Dylusions spray for the heart banner, then I over sprayed with a pearlescent finish ( also unknown from my stash.....unmarked bottle...)

Paper clip also from my stash

To finish off, some gold sequins and a gold heart from fab little Chinese shop in Cape Town......

Hope you like it AND surprise, surprise - March is complete and I will post tomorrow

Take care all and feel free to leave a comment

BTW - I really need to sort out a light box.....the photo was taken perched on O's bedroom window sill

Card making - Christmas tri-fold card order

I was asked to make a Christmas card by an extended member of our family. It was for their daughter and her Husband, who just happens to be my Hubby's uncle.

Shirley loves bling and I wanted a feminine touch, but not over the top.

The letter dies are MFT and the Christmas tree is Memory box. The snowflake is also from MFT.

The letters and snowflake were cut from glitter paper. The paper is from my stash- and I sprayed the Crafters Companion glitter spray over them for the added sparkle that I feel Christmas demands.

The patterned paper was then edged in silver marker just to help make it pop. The stamp sentiment was MFT and stamped in silver ink. The base for the sentiment is a Spelbinders die.

I really enjoyed making this card - I googled the instructions after seeing so many on the Splitcoasters gallery that I view daily! It's great for inspiration and there are so many talented card makers and paper crafters out there.

Two more pics of the card, but please excuse the quality of the photo's. Now that I am slowly finding out what you can do on an iPad, I hope to become a little more professional.

That's all for now folks. Planning to try one of those 3d card-in-a-box soon.

BTW: today is the first day of Lent. I have given up alcohol and snacking for the next 40 days. It's gonna be hard not to nibble my way through the day, but my figure may see the benefits!

Take care x

12 tags of 2014 - January

Yay, one tag complete!

The tag I am using has been cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix "Tag and bookplate" onto thick card stock.
I clear embossed the background - stamp from Stamping Up! and then spritzed a shimmer mist over, which has a vintage walnut and purple shimmer.

The barcode stamp is "stamped and coded" from Autumn Leaves and ink was Satin Rose.

The 3 roses are My Favourite Things dies "royal rose" and "rolled rose" medium size. The paper for the roses was spritzed with the glimmer mist before die cutting.

I think the flourish is a Magnolia die, but not too sure. I definitely need to do some catalogue work on my dies!

The ribbon is from my stash and I used 3 different colours.

February is underway, the image is stamped and coloured, however I am at a loss of what to do next.

Hope you like my tag- any comments welcome. I often look at something I am working on, and think what little tweek would have made it awesome! LOL

Must admit that I am loving being back in my little craft haven.

Take care and keep crafting........