Gorgeous new stamps

Hello

Thank you for visiting.

I was very excited recently, as I received my delivery from Chocolate Baroque and couldn't wait to use the new stamps I had ordered.

 

 I bought a flower border set and two baroque hearts which I have been wanting for a while .

I immediately stuck the rubber stamps onto the cling mount and got the clear stamps ready to try them out.

                                           Oh boy!!! Are they gorgeous!!

 

 

I have stamped the hearts onto Artcuts laser cut heart shapes.

The poppy baroque and fushia baroque are such beautiful  images and work perfectly on the hearts, giving lovely bold designs.

 

You will be able to see the samples for real if you are able to come along to the Farnborough craft show at the end of February.

                             Artcuts will be there with a demo table this time.
                                             Look forward to seeing you.

 Please mention that you saw the samples on my blog if you come to see us.

The border stamps are great for making base cards to display the stamped hearts, as you can see above.

I just love the Chocolate Baroque designs and they work so beautifully on the heart shapes.

Hope you have enjoyed looking.
Carole 

100th Birthday card

A century old!!  Wow!!


We had a very special event in the family this week, as we celebrated my mother-in-laws  100th birthday.

I pondered for ages as to what type of card I would make, but decided I liked the format of one I posted previously, which I did as a wedding card.

                            I have used:

       Spellbinders - background die

                         Heartfelt Creations - Stamps and die cuts

  Artcuts - lazer cut butterfly

Distress inkpad - Peacock 

 

 

 

The etched heart above is from Artcuts and I have lightly inked around the edge.The family all signed their names on the back as a memento of the day.



Unfortunately my mother-in-law managed to fall at home, the day before her birthday, and broke her hip, so she spent her special day in hospital. Having had an operation the day before she was a bit "spaced out" and we are not sure whether she really recognized some of us.  She looked surprisingly well all things considered.
Ten members of the family all piled down the hospital and as she was in a room on her own, the ward let us all go in together and we had a little party with cake and tea. All the cards were opened, but pride of place, of course,  was the card from the queen, which she showed everyone who passed.

The staff were great and made her balloons and a special birthday hat and bought cup cakes for her.
She got lots of attention from everyone which she liked, of course.

Not the ideal way to spend your 100th birthday and she was most annoyed that her party had to be cancelled, but we shall have that celebration when she gets out of hospital.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

Bye for now

Carole

Metal embossed card

Hello again.


As promised, I have posted another metal embossed card that I sent to a friend this week.



The flower was stamped onto a light coloured metal , embossed and then coloured with a rose pink metallic paint.

 

Sorry,

can't remember the make of the stamp as I stamped it a while back and had it sitting in my "bits" box. It is a lovely open design which is very suitable for embossing.

This card was also a gift , to a friend of my mum, who is as obsessed by owls as I am!!

 

It has been cut out of metal using a Tattered lace die. I mounted this onto a piece of black felt and cut around it, then attached a brooch pin onto the back.
I think this owl is a very pretty shape. Must get around to making one of these for myself!! The embossing folder is from Sizzix. It is a very useful frame.

                  Hope you have enjoyed looking, and please visit again.

                                                             Carole

Metal embossing

Hello

Just a quick post today, as I haven't done one recently!!

I have been inspired, at the start of a new year, to create some projects with metal.
It is a product I love to use, but haven't actually done much with it recently.


The sample below uses metal tape and is useful when working with delicate stamps.
It can be stuck onto a piece of card then stamped onto with Staz-On ink. The ink needs to be dry before the design is traced over with an acrylic embossing tool. This gives a delicate embossed look.

This is a Hobby Art stamp

 

The metal tape can also be stuck over die cut shapes and then worked with the metal tools. Some interesting designs can be created this way, particularly for book covers.

 

 

Some more metal embossed cards to follow.

Bye for now.

Carole

Christmas eve post

Hello everyone.

Seasons Greetings

 

A few more cards that I sent this year.

It's the first time for several years that I actually managed to make all my Christmas cards. Normally it is left to the last minute and I only get a few handmade ones completed.

 

Little Claire stamp

 

 These two cards were made with some material, patchwork panels I bought. They were mounted onto stiff card before  being put onto the cards.

 

 

Woodware robin stamp

 

Have a great time.

Carole

Three more owl cards

 

 

 

 

A few more owl cards using the lovely stamp from my last post.

 

 

 

Quick and easy stamping !

 

Carole

 

One owl stamp, three designs

A favourite owl stamp

Hello everyone.


I make no apologies that on the samples I have posted today, I have used one of my favourite owl stamps that I have had for years.
 It is an old Santa Rosa stamp but I think the image is beautiful.
Below are three designs that I have done recently.
Hope you like them.

 

 

The image is just stamped and embossed and the background inked lightly.

 

I have used this stamp so many times but still think it's great.

It  has been brilliant for male and female cards, as well as Christmas cards.

 

Thank you for looking.

 

Carole