Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday  

Thankfully, I haven't spilt my tea over this card so it's nice and clean! Yesterday's ... now that's another matter! However, after my disaster with my cards and the cup of tea yesterday, I went on to work on today's card. This card is based on a similar one I made last year. It's my cheats version of the floating card. I stamped 6 of each of the images from Nothing's Better Than stamp set in Memento Black ink. Then had great fun colouring them all in using my Blends pens. I love my Blends. They have such amazing colours and tones that you can match and shade in so many ways.I then had the fun of cutting them all out. I know, I'm crazy but I just love the fussy cutting. It really is relaxing, I promise.

Nothing's Better Than information HERE

Once I had finished, I added Dimensionals to the backs of each and placed them all close together onto a C6 mat in Whisper White which I had embossed before hand using Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing Folder. Then I die cut a Stitched Oval from the centre of the whole mat. I added the mat to the card base, stamped and die cut some messages and a mat, then added a bow to complete this one.

Then, not wanting to waste anything like all crafter, I made another card using the centre oval that I cut from the centre of the first card.

  

2nd card

                   

Again, this card is made in the same way as before,  another simple but this time a slightly fiddly card. These are the cards I made last year which have inspired me for today's cards.

I do hope you can get some ideas from them. :)

Watercolour Wednesday

Watercolour Wednesday #quick card 

Hello again. Well! Am I ever glad that I take photos of my weeks cards as I go because in my eagerness to show the family, I knocked my cup of tea all over the cards yesterday! I was gutted! As Cary and I say thought, it's only paper and ink! Still frustrating after making something it gets ruined so very quickly!

Never mind, today's card is a watercoloured card. I used a C6 card mat and stamped a few of the glasses of cocktails from Nothing's Better Than stamp set on one side and just watercoloured them using Daffodil Delight and Magenta Madness with a small touch of Granny Apple Green for the fruit.

More information on the stamp set HERE

I embossed the mat using the Subtle embossing folder and added it to the card base which is also       Magenta Madness. A simple message for the front and inside with another glass to complete it. I'm too ashamed to show the results after my fruit tea landed all over it but here is the card beforehand.

 As I said, a very simple, quick card today that anyone can achieve easily (as long as their tea doesn't land on it)!