A Pink Noel

I had a scrap of muslin on my desk that kept shouting of my to either use it or put it away, so I had a play and came up with this flower.  I love the soft, wispy look I managed to get, perfect for wintry Christmas cards.

The flower was a doddle to make, I just adhered scraps of the muslin (that I frayed a bit) onto a 1” punched circle of card, I did this 3 times, using smaller scraps on each layer then finished off with a glizty bling spacer and button.  The chippie is from a Dovecraft (or is it Papermania?) set that I got from The Range.  I painted it with white gesso then coated in Distress Glitter.

The little white fabric blossoms are from Wild Orchid Crafts, I love the ethereal look of these flowers and are the perfect touch for the icy look I was going for with this card.  The silver pearls are also from The Range, I think they are from the new Forever Friends range.

A better perspective of the depth of the flower.

Man!  I LOVE how this card turned out.  Uber quick and easy so perfect if a lot are needed in a hurry.

Fabulous Wonderful Friend

A floral explosion today lol.  I wanted to use the new Flower Power stencil from Noor Design so came up with the idea of using it on designer paper to give a watercolour effect.  I painted through the stencil using watered down gesso and then went over the flowers with Distress Glitter.

You can see the stencilling effect better in the picture below.

How CUTE is this butterfly, which is from the new Flower Power Paper Art sheet.  I used two glued together and finished off with some pearls (yeah. I think apearl explosion is also going on here lol)

I used the delish 0460 Circle with Flower die to mount the sentiment (Anna Griffin) on to.

Last pic, promise.  I loved how this card turned out, even though I kept the outside shape as square I think the shaped template that I used for the top layer really pops off the dark background.

Noor Design Products used:

Wild Orchid Crafts products used

MIXED PURPLE/LILAC MULBERRY PAPER MAGNOLIAS QVR-075
WHITE ENGLIGH ROSES MKX-606
2-TONE LILAC MULBERRY PAPER SWEETHEART BLOSSOM FLOWERS MKX-339
MIXED PURPLE/LILAC TONE OPEN ROSES MKX-662
WHITE MULBERRY PAPER OPEN ROSES MKX-013
PURPLE/LILAC SELF ADHESIVE PEARLS - ⅕" (5mm)

Two little angels

Morning!  My project today is a shabby Christmas plaque that I had such fun making.  I love mixed media, there are no rules!

I started off with some very old Anna Griffin striped cream and pink paper which formed the background.  I then used a text stencil and some stencil paste to add some texture.  Before the paste dried I poured on some fine glitter for a little bit of bling.

Once this was dry I die cut a frame (Marianne Designs die) twice and glued together for added strength.  Before adhering this with foam pads I glued on a border of pearls around the edge.   Then … I went crazy with the embellies.

The poinsettia are actually lilies which I pulled apart, cut some chunks out the edges so the petals weren’t so uniform, spritzed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Nantucket Pearls inks then reassembled with stamens in the centre.  I coloured the white stamens with some shabby shutters reinker.  I die cut the holly leaves and spritzed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang inks and twisted whilst still wet then gently unravelled once dry.  Did you spot the angel wings?  Man I love that silicone mould so much ♥♥♥

Once everything was stuck in place I went over the highlights with either white gesso or Viva Inka Gold wax.

Products used:
Angel print – Inkido paper
MDF Essential Oval plaque from Noor Design

Wild Orchid Crafts products:
MIXED PASTEL TONE MULBERRY PAPER LILY FLOWERS MKX-333
MIXED PINK TONE OPEN ROSES MKX-661
WHITE MULBERRY PAPER OPEN ROSES MKX-013
WHITE MULBERRY PAPER GYPSOPHILA FLOWERS GST-225
White Stamens MKX-470
WHITE PEARL STRING-4mm MKX-533
WHITE CABOCHON ANGELS MKX-189
VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON – WHITE MKX-472

 

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Seaside Puzzle

I had a play and came up with a simple mixed media piece.  Man!  I love getting inky!

I started off by giving the new puzzle piece (from Noor Design – links below) with a couple of coats of gesso, then got out the texture paste and added some texture with the new squares stencil which you can see on the left side of the picture.  Once that was dry I glued on the softboard dots in a few places (just cut them up randomly)

Then I die cut some of the circles (bottom left) – I think they look like bubbles , glued two together to give a deeper look then glued them in place.  I also glued on the ships wheel and compass charms and the mini bottle tops and glued some twine to give a swirly look.  Once this was all dry I coated everything again in a couple of coats of gesso.

Then I spritzed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang mists (love love love that stuff!!) and once dry glued the alphabet pieces in place and finished off with some sea shells and a bit of stamping to give the effect of stitching.  And …. job done.  My daughter claimed this before it was even dry lol.

A really quick and easy project

Daffodils

I know spring is a dim and distant memory (did we even get spring here in the UK??) but I had to colour up this gorgeous stamp from Noor Design.  Soooo pretty!

Copic colours used: E43, Y19, 15, 11; YG67, 25, 03, 21

A peek at what’s inside

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
White Magnolia QVR-028
Pale Yellow Daffodils MKX-362
Pastel Tone Cosmos Daisies MKX-376
White Open Roses MKX-013
Yellow/Ivory Open Roses MKX-663
White/Cream Hip Rose Buds GST-013
Mixed Green Pearls MKX-494

Noor Design products used:
8 point die
Clear Daffodil Stamp
0032 Vintage Flourishes Leaf Die
Berry Sweet Strawberry Dies (leaf)

Hydrangea flower – Magnolia die

Birthday Wishes

I had a play on the weekend and had plans of making a card using only blue and white.  Yeah that didn’t quite work out – I ended up adding some red to make it pop.  This was super quick and easy to make, I love how the sentiment stands out.

I raised the top layer of paper with foam pads, not sure you can see it in the picture below.

 

Whimsy Stamps Birthday Greetings sentiment set

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
Magnolia
Trellis Rose
Apple Blossoms
Sweetheart Blossoms
Stamens
Tuscany Rose Buds
Pearls
Flower Shape Flat Back Pearls

Noor Design Products used:

Happy Hello

I was in the mood for a little vintage/shabby this week and came up with this tag.

This deep lace is just perfect for the shabby papers as it doesn’t cover them up or swamp them.  I love how well the Zentangle Bird stamp works with the papers and colours.

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:

White Magnolia QVR-028
Pastel Tone Lily MKX-333
White Sweetheart Blossoms MKX-328
Pastel Tone Apple Blossoms MKX-469
White Open Roses MKX-013
Mixed Green Tulips MKX-147
Flat Back Ivory Pearl String MKX-614
Ivory Galoon Lace MKX-404
Ivory Dragonfly Embellishments GST-276

Noor Design products used:

Viewmaster Die
Zentangle Bird clear stamp

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Happy Birthday

I think I could get hooked on making quick cards – this one didn’t take long to do and I love how it turned out.

Love this Prima doily die, the detail is phenomenal.  I hope you can see the tulle trim buried under all the flowers ….. I got a bit carried away gluing things on oops.

The sentiment is chipboard slathered in white gesso

Products from Wild Orchid Crafts
Magnolia
Lilies
Open roses
Hip Rose Buds
Pearls

The leaves are die cut from a Cheery Lynn border die, the tiny little hydrangeas are made using coffee filters and a Sizzix set.

Friends Forever

I had a play with my new Pergola die from Noor Design – love it!  It started life out white, but then I decided it disappeared into the paper so I attacked it with the gold paint.  Much better

The little key (from my mountain of keys stash!!) got blinged up with some Inka Gold wax.  Man I love that stuff.

A closer look at the gorgeous pergola, the detail is just amazing.  The trailing leaves are part of the die set.

A really quick and easy card that didn’t take long to make, yet still has lots of detail.

Wild Orchid Crafts products: Magnolia, wild roses, sweetheart blossoms, apple blossoms, open roses, hip rose buds, pearls.

Noor Design products used:

Wee Shelley

Seeing as we’ve had a hint of summer this past week, I cracked out Wee Shelley from Whimsy Stamps to colour up.  Not very summery colours but I was in a cool pastel mood …… and these papers were to hand.

The image was coloured with copic markers:
Skin: E11, 00, 000, 0000, R20
Hair: E49, 29, 23, 50
Lilac: BV02, 02, 000, 0000
Blue: B02, 01, 000, 0000
Rock: W5, 3, 1, 0, 00; E33, 30
Turtle: E33, 31, 000, YG95, 93, 91

Lots of Wild Orchid Crafts products used on this one:

Lilac/Purple Trellis Roses MKX-094
Blue Tone Tea Roses QVR-021
Blue Tone Open Roses MKX-074
Purple/Lilac Open Roses MKX-664
Purple/Lilac Carnations MKX-109
Mixed Green Open Roses MKX-075
Blue Tone Rose Buds MKX-251
White Tuscany Rose Buds MKX-620
Oval Cameo Frame MKX-235
Pearl Faltback Flowers GST-167

Something Old, Something New

It’s a new month, so a new challenge at Noor! Design.  This month we’re working with the Something Old, Something New theme.  I’ve used the new MDF Berry Sweet set and the new strawberry die set for my something new, and the butterfly die set (one of my favourites) as well as the two leaf dies for my something old.

I painted the fine lace with two coats of gesso to give it a wrought iron fence sort of look.

And a close up of the flowers and leaves which I cut from scraps from the Botanical paper pad

Noor Design products used:
MDF Berry Sweet set
Botanical paper pad
Berry Sweet strawberry dies
Butterfly die
Vintage Flourishes Leaf die (2)
Vintage Flourishes Leaf die

Wild Orchid Crafts products used
25mm wild roses
Open Roses 15mm and 20mm
Cosmos Daisies
Hip rose buds
Rhinestones