Playing with Apple Blossom dies.

Hello, today I have some fabulous crafty news to share with you. I am delighted to announce I am on the Design Team for the fabulous Craft Stash website! How exciting is that? I know, I still can't believe it! Anyway, enough rambling lol, I was sent some gorgeous Apple Blossom Dies to play, I mean work with and I will share one of the cards just now.

I wanted to try something different for me, and those of you who follow my creations will know this is a whole new style for me.  I decided to use the Floral Nested Frame Dies and keep the focus on the dies and what they can create.  I went for a monochrome colour scheme too as I wanted the card to look classy and elegant, I hope I achieved that.

Ingredients

Apple Blossom Floral Nested Frame Dies

Stix2 Foam Pads, Pick Up Pencil, PVA Glue, Card Blank

Stampin Up Paper & Sentiment

Archival Ink

Pearlised Paper from The Papeterie

I know I will play a lot more with these Floral Nested Dies, they are £14.99 to buy and you can get 20% off your first order when you register for the Craft Stash Newsletter. 

Thanks for popping by today, I will be sharing a few more cards this week so remember and say hello!

Carol x

Going Bird Crazy!!

Hello again, and I am delighted to say I have had a fantastic crafty afternoon which included trying something completely out of my comfort zone - water colouring!!  It was great fun and something I will definitely be doing again soon.

I decided to use some of my Distress Inks as a medium to colour, though picking which ones changed as I went as you can see from this picture! I got all my goodies out as I wanted to sit in one place and concentrate on what I was doing, though the scented candle burning in the background is optional ;-)

I bought the Bird Crazy Stamps & Dies ages ago but hadn't had the chance or mojo to play.  I had no inclination to make a card from this wee play session but you will see at the end that I made a card *happy dance*. I changed my Ground Espresso ink pad for a Cracked Pistachio one.

1  Look out the goodies you will need, Stix2 Non Stick Craft Sheet, Distress Inks, Archival Ink, paintbrushes, water, baby wipes, hankies, watercolour paper.

2  Ink up your stamp with Archival Ink as it is waterproof and stamp it onto the watercolour paper.

3 Stamp your DI's onto your craft mat and use it like a palette 

4  Wet your brush and pick up some of the ink and colour your birdie in.  Leave it to dry for a while, or use a heat gun to dry it if you are impatient like me.

5  Cut a piece of white card down to layer on your card blank, using a distress tool rub the edge of the piece of card with one of the colours you used on the bird.

6  Pick a sentiment, I used one from a Dylusions Set, stamp onto the piece of card, and glue the bird down.

7  Place a scattering of  coordinating sequins on your card to add some sparkle.

8 Apply Glossy Accents to the birds eyes.

Ingredients

Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Stamps & Dies

Distress Inks

Archival Ink

Dylusion stamps

Glossy Accents

Sequins

Stix2 Non Stick Craft Sheet

Stix2 A6 White Card Blank

Stix2 PVA Glue

Thanks for popping by today.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Fashionable Stamping - Words

Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes

Less Is More - Jewel Colours

Looooong time no blog!

*Blows off dust" Well hello, it's been a while *cough*. As some of you will know we have had a lot going on at Domestic Goddess HQ this past few months. My hubby has been rather ill and had an extended(11 week) stay in hospital, I am delighted to say he is now home and is doing well on his long road to recovery. While he relaxes and catches up with all his recorded shows, I am going to try and dabble in crafting and blogging again, wish us luck lol!

I haven't been crafting the past few months, but didn't blog cards I made before things got rather chaotic. Here is the first, it was for a special friends granddaughters Christening, and the brief was pink, butterflies and bird cage! 

I used my trusty Cameo to make a large birdcage, I just love the versatility you get with the ability to change the size of the cut and look how amazingly it cut through really thick mirri card! I am totally loving my Stix2 Pick Up Pencil for adding wee gems and pearls to my cards, it was something I avoided as I was never able to get the precision I wanted. The pencil makes it so easy to get them exactly where you want!

Ingredients

Bird Cage from Silhouette Store

Pick Up Pencil, DST, 1mm 3d Foam Pads, 2mm Foam Pads, PVA Glue from Stix2

Martha Stewart Punch

Marianne Dies

Craftwork Card Papers

Paper and Ribbon from Stash

I will be gradually adding some more cards and creating new ones. Thanks for popping by today!

I would like to enter the following challenges;

A Gem Of A Challenge - One for the girls.

Sister Act - Anything goes.

First Holy Communion Card.

Hello, this month of May is whizzing by! This is traditionally the time for First Holy Communions and I was recently asked by a client to make a card for a lovely wee girl who was making hers.  I had a mini panic as I have never made one of these cards, hard to believe but true!  Thankfully within my ever growing digi stash I had some gorgeous papers that are perfect for such an occasion.

I decided to keep the card fairly plain and simple and let the images do the talking.  I used my trusty Cameo for the Chalice and Cross shapes, and even managed to use the "Nesting" function for the first time ever after watching a fab You Tube video on the British Craft Network, I now know I need to watch a LOT more of these type of videos lol.

How cool is that? All with the click of a button!

I matted and layered the images with pink card, and popped the centre one onto 3D Foam Pads to give the card some dimension. 

Ingredients

Digi Papers

Cross & Chalice from Silhouette Design Store

Double Sided Tape, 2mm 3D Foam Pads from Stix2

Thanks for popping by, hope you liked the card, Carol x

Hello!

Hello from a very rainy and cold Glasgow, my friend has now received this card so I can blog it lol!

Her favourite things are butterflies and anything dotty, and the colour purple so I made this card using the delicious Butterfly Thinlits from Stampin Up, and some of their gorgeous 12x12 papers.

Ingredients

Butterfly Thinlits & 12x12 Papers from Stampin Up

Hello Die

Double Sided Tape & 3d Foam Pads from Stix2

Papers & Ribbons from Stash

Thanks for popping by today.

Fairies and Toadstools!

Hello, today I am sharing a card that has 2 of my favourite things - Fairies and Toadstools.

I decided it was time to look out my Promarkers and Flexmarkers and colour in. Sometimes we all need to escape from real life and take some time out to play. I love the Gorjuss Girl stamps and have one or two *cough* that I like to colour in.  I found a lovely piece of cardstock in my stash and decided to use the colours on it for my Fairy and the die cut toadstools. I have left a wee space at the top right corner so I can pop a sentiment onto once I decide if I can part with it lol.

Ingredients

Gorjuss Girl Stamp

Toadstool & Grass dies

Papers from Stash

6"x6" Card Blank  , DST, Foam Pads and PVA Glue from Stix2

I hope you like this card, and it inspires you to look out your pens and have a play!

Carol x

Thinking Of You

Hello from a very sunny Glasgow! Hope you are having a lovely Easter weekend. We have had a great one so far, lots of relaxing, crafting and chocolate eating!

Today I am going to share a really quick card I made yesterday and it is also quite a clean and simple card. 

I used the Sheltering Tree set from Stampin Up.  It is photopolymer (clear) so super easy to layer up.  I made the trunk grey, then used Versa Mark for the foliage and sprinkled with pink embossing powder and used my heat tool.  I then used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to add some "sky".  The sentiment also comes from the set.

Ingredients

Sheltering Tree from Stampin Up

Memento Grey Flannel Ink

Tumbled Glass DI

Versa Mark

Pink Embossing powder

DST and 6"x6" Card Blank from Stix2

Thanks for visiting today, hope you like the card.x

Inky time!

Hello, my blog posts are like buses, none for ages then all arrive at once!

This is a wee quick post to show a card I made using heat embossing and Distress Inks.

Ingredients

Creative Expressions Stamp

Cracked Pistachio, Shaded Lilac and Squeezed Lemonade

Pool Party Embossing Powder

VersaMark Ink

Card Blank and Adhesives from Stix2

I hope you like the card, thanks for popping by, Carol x

"Hoppy Easter"

Hi, I've been lucky enough to have a few days crafting which resulted in an overhaul of the craft room and 3 cards in 24 hours! I know, I am in total shock!

The first card I am going to share is something different for me as it involves glitter card, not just any glitter card but Stix 2 Stardust Glitter Card which is non shed and great for people like me who are not a fan of bits of glitter everywhere.

Seeing as it is roughly a week to Easter, I thought I should make something Eastery! I bought this stamp set I used ages ago and rediscovered it in my tidy up, it's great when that happens isn't it? It is a set from MFT and comes with a selection of goodies you can stamp in the basket, so you can use it for occasions other than Easter.

I coloured it with my Promarkers, something I haven't done for a wee while.

Ingredients

MFT Stamps

Stardust Glitter Card From Stix2 in Lilac and Yellow

Adhesives - 6mm DST, 1mm 3D Foam Pads, PVA Glue from Stix2

6x6 Card Blank

Corner Die

Flower Card from Stash

Thanks for popping by today, I think I may have forgotten to mention my exciting news that I am now part of the Stix2 Design Team, so look out for more makes using their great products!

Carol xx

Organiser Box

Hello, it's my turn over on the Sarah Hurley 365 Blog and I am sharing an organiser box I made using Sarah's Silhouette Files, Stamps and Washi Tape. Full details are over on the blog.

Ingredients

Sarah Hurley Silhouette Files

Sarah Hurley Stamps

Washi Tape

Stix2 Adhesives

Thanks for popping by! Carol xx

Engagement card.

Hello, today I am going to share another engagement card I made for my lovely niece and her fiance's engagement.  I used my trusty Cameo to make this one as I wanted something pretty modern and unique.

I just love how you can pop a wee sparkly gem in the box!

Ingredients

Proposal Silhouette File

2mm 3d Foam Pads from Stix2

Stix2 4mm Double Sided Tape

Card & Papers from Stash.

Thanks for popping by today, I will be popping on lots more makes soon x

Happy Mothers Day!

Hello, and Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely crafty mummys. Whether you have a kiddie or a furry baby, or are a Godmother or an auntie.

I would like to share a card I made for my sister for Mothers Day as she is my Godmother.

As some of you may know I am a Stampin Up demo, and I have used Painted Blossoms Papers and the fab Lotus Blossom Stamp Set which is part of Saleabration.

 Ingredients

Painted Blossom Papers & Lotus Blossom Stamp Set from my Online Stampin Up Store

Ribbon & Pink Paper from stash

3d Foam Pads & DST from Stix 2

Beacon 3 in 1 Advanced Glue

I just love the versatility of this stamp set, you can use it for any occasion and with any colour scheme you fancy.

Thanks for popping by today, Carol x

Neon Zendoodle Card

It's the first of the month which means one thing, my turn to post over on the Sarah Hurley 365 Blog. This time I have made a neon Zendoodle card, and full details are over on the blog.

Ingredients

Sarah Hurley Zendoodle Borders & Bits Stamps

Sarah Hurley Everyday Sayings Stamps

Perfect Medium Ink Pad

3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Embossing Powders

Stampin Up Punches

Stix2 3D Foam Pads

Card from stash.

Thanks for popping in today, hope you have a great day, Carol xx