What? A Wedding Card with Chikkins and Cows? You are not Serious!!

Hello there!

Whoosh that is another weekend just flown by.  I am sure weekend hours  go quicker than workday hours or is it me?  I hope you all had a good one.  I managed to do a mix of crafting, housework, gardening, injuring myself and a lickle more crafting, so not a bad one for me.

Now down to business.  A friend of mine asked me to make a wedding card for a member of her family who was a farmer.  My lickle brain went working overtime trying to think of something to do that would fit the brief. 

Penny Black to the rescue...

A little bit of masking with post-its was required along with thorough cleaning of stamp in between stamps. I also had to get the stamper-ma-jiggey fing.   This was the second attempt.  The first attempt left me with two girls...not good for a straight marriage! LOL!  The image was coloured using Copics.

I cut some ivy, shaped it, attached it and then used some Distress Stickles to give it a lickle sparkle.  The border is made using some of the papers left over from my wedding album, and punched using my EK Success punch, and finished with pearls.

It is an easel card.  Been a while since I made one of these  The wedding bells were also from my Wedding Album papers.  The heart strip punched using EK Success. 

Here is some detail of the bottom layer.  Doilies cut using Tonic die.  The "Celebrate" was given to me by one of the girls in work who thought I may like to use it.  I hung on to it waiting for the right project.  Be assured the blue band is straight but the photo is slightly wonkey!

And here is the envelope.  I had to make the whole card as it is slightly too long to use standard sized cards which meant I had to make an envelope to fit.  

Ann was very pleased with my card.  She said something really nice that the reason she likes my cards is that they are nothing like the ones in the shops.  I think she got that right on this one!  Let's hope the happy couple like it too.

I am off down the Snippets Playground now to see what is occuring.  Have a great week everyone. 

I am also linking this up with Penny Black as they are looking for punches and die cuts this month!  Woo hoo!

Hettie

Sweet Poppy Stencil...

Hello Friends

At the end of each month (haa haa) I try to save all my photos to an external hard drive in order to keep them all nice and safe in the event of something happening to my puter.  There speaks the bitter voice of experience let me tell you.

Well I have to confess that I had not done it for a few months so had to spend last Saturday morning viewing, saving and transferring.  Out came the ipod and I got on with the task in hand and came across a few pictures of projects which I have made but not shared with you.  This is one of them......

Yep, my Sweet Poppy Stencil being used to make a butterfly card.  This must be an early easel card as when I started these I soon realised that I had put the "easel bit" too far back on the bottom flap.  The pinkey cardstock is some of the remnants of my Vietnam scrapbook too, but matched this card perfick!

I used all Martha Stewart glitter and VOS brads - I hate to think how old they are!  

I am just going to don my wellies and souwester and take this to the Snippets Playground.  No doubt the ducks in the pond are having fun today!  

Thanks for calling by.

Hettie

Daddy's Birthday Card

Hello Friends

Happy Hump Day to y'all!  Love Wednesdays.  Middle of the week and now the Dancing starts again tonight!  Yeay!  Only I get to play Teacher which is kinda nerve racking as there are 4 teachers in the group!!  

I thought I would share my card which I made for my Daddy recently.  It is fully of my favourite things,  Artistic Outpost stamps, Snippets, ink and layers.  I had to giggle half way through making it as I got the idea when I was in bed not being able to sleep, and half way through I realised I had all but CASed it from a card that was sent to me by my lovely Bloggie Friend Alison.  I did email her and tell her and she was very nice about it telling me to "Case away".  So here it is.....

I used my Old Grist Mill stamps stamping onto Snippets of white card and TH waxed paper.  I just love the crinkled look - bit like my ironing!

I inked and stamped the background - would you believe the card was white?  A little bit of sequin waste I found in the bottom of a drawer.

A Coffee pot and some string from my friend at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Some lovely stringey lace which my wonderful friend gave me a while ago - I keep it for special occasions.  Isn't this old sign just wonderful.  I also stamped some leaves out in the wax paper and cardstock.

I have used some stamps from their other collections too.  All made up into an easel card.  My latest favourite style as you have far more space on there, though it makes it heavy to post!

I even decorated it a little inside to add more layers.  The inks were a mixture of DI and AIs.  My good ole Penny Black birthday stamp was in use again.  I have lots of HB stamps but nearly always go back to this one.

Yes!  My Dad loved it - especially the saying about Simplifying - at 82 it is about time he stopped hoarding stuff in his garage and maybe put a car in there!  Tee Hee - only joking!

Thanks for calling by.  I am entering this into the Artistic Outpost Referral for this month and the Playground.

TTFN

Hettie

Purple Hearts...It's not what you think!!

Hmmn!  It wasn't until I typed the title of this post until I realised what I had created - Purple Hearts!  That will be funny if someone types in Purple Hearts into the Google search!!

I have been playing with my lovely Sweet Poppy stencils again.  This time I used purple glitter, which in case you haven't realised - purple is one of my favourite colours.

I just love this ribbon which I have had a while, but I am what some called "tight! with it and only use it for schpecial projects. It does count as VOS though. The green backing card was bought a loooong time ago.  Some punched Martha Stewart butterflies and it was done.  

All made up into an easel card to pop in my box for when I have one of those "oops" moments.  In fact I have a few birthdays coming up this month including my Boss so I may just use it very soon!

I have used a couple of Snippets being the card the sentiment is on and the punched ribbon underneath so I shall be popping this into the Playground.

The theme over at the Craft Room Challenge is Trees and Leaves - woohoo!  My first time at this challenge site.

Thanks for popping over.

Hugs

Hettie

Lesley's Birthday Card

Hello Buddies

Gosh!  Wednesday already!!  How did that happen?  Happy Hump Day Everyone.

Today I thought I would share a card I made for a friend of mine last week.  It seems very apt colourwise for the Autumn kinda day we are having today.  Lesley is a fan of oranges and yellows hence the colourway.

It was made using a Sweet Poppy stencil, first colouring it with DIs then removing the stencil to dry the inks before repositioning it carefully and using clear paste as you normally do.  

Once you have lifted the stencil VERY carefully, without dropping or smudging it and carefully placing it into a handy bowl of water, get your clear fine microbeads and pour them over.  These microbeads are swines terrible for getting everywhere!  I mean everywhere.   Leave to dry overnight WITHOUT picking at it to see if they are dry yet.  

But the effect is awesome!  Especially in the sunshine.  Top tip - do all your edges etc before you attach the beads cos the little blighters beads get in your punches!

The finishing touches were added, a strip of Snippet card punched with EK Success punch, another piece layered on top.  Punched butterflies - again using Snippets, and some fluff.  The Friends sentiment was kindly sent to me some time ago.  Voila - pwetty card finished and Lesley LOVES it!

Thanks for calling by.  Isn't it nice to see the little kiddiewinks going back to school!!  Though I wish more peeps would walk their kids to school to prevent the queues!

TTFN

Hettie

Wedding Card for my Nephew

Hello There Friends

I hope you have had a lovely weekend.  I have had a fabulous one sharing time (and lots of chatting) with the WOYWW friends that attended The Crop II yesterday.  Thanks Julia and LLJ for hosting such a wonderful day.  I will share some piccies on Wednesday.  

Tonight I thought I would share the Wedding Card I made recently for my Nephew and his Bride Michelle.  The Butterfly Tree is by Poppy Stencil which I bought at Ally Pally with a little gentle persuasion from Playmates, and the glitter is by Hampton Art.  I used a Martha Stewart corner punch and mounted it onto an easel card which I made using Cordinations cardstock.  Tim Holtz flourish stamp.  The small butterflies were punched from a MS punch and embossed with glimmer embossing powder and finished with pearls before mounting them on the card.  There is also a Snippet of ribbon too.

The larger butterflies were made using the same glitter and a butterfly brass stencil which I have had for a loooong time (and never used!).  A Tag cut using a Stampin Up punch and stamp and layered.  

Another butterfly inside and stamping inside with white embossing powder.

And another butterfly on the reverse side.  

Hope you like my card.  All the white cardstock used (except the tree and butterflies)  is from my (groaning) Snippets box so I can share this with my Playground buddies.    Off to see if Miss Di managed to smuggle us some Ducks and Terrapins back to the Playground!!

One question for you....is there another Bank Holiday this week?  I could sure do with another short week!!  

TTFN

Hugs

Hettie