FOR YOU

Happy start to the week bloggers and thanks for popping by...

A new challenge starts today at 'Crafty Cardmakers', the theme being 'texture' and this is my contribution as part of the design team.  Take a visit to the blog and see the fabulous ideas and creations from the design team members.

My card is an 8" square with several mat and layers in white and purple.  I used a mask to create the main focal point, and my apologies as I can't find the name of it anywhere!  I applied Cosmic Shimmer Texture Paste by Creative Expressions (CE) over the mask then carefully removed it to allow the texture paste to dry.  I used a Memory Box Die to cut the smaller focal point, 2 in purple card and 1in white card, overlapped them slightly and once the texture paste was dry I adhered the swirls to the card.  The sentiment is from my stash and stamped onto vellum.  A finishing touch of purple gems to two of the corners completes the card

Thank you for visiting my blog, I always look forward to reading your comments...

June x

SATURDAY GIVE AWAY ~ 'JUST BECAUSE'

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Today's 'give away' card is a very pretty 7" square card with thin mat and layers of pale blue and dark blue card stock.  I've used 2 dies from SW's collection for Creative Expressions, adhering the 'pointed' ones to each corner then filling in the spaces with the remaining scalloped edge one.

I've used a Memory Box Die for the centre and cut this once in the 2 blue cards and 1 in white card.  I stamped the sentiment onto the pale blue card then off set the 3 layers prior to adhering to the card

If you would like to give this card a new home leave me a comment and a name will be picked at random on Monday morning and announced here

It's not a problem if you live over sea as I'm happy to post to you

Have a great weekend

Thank you for visiting my blog...

June x

KNIT 1 PURL 2

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I made this card for a relative's birthday, who is an avid knitter.

It's a 6" square white card base and I added a thin pink mat (pink card from my stash).  I cut a smaller piece of white foundation card by CE and embossed it using the Nordic Tiles EF by SW for CE and adhered to the pink card leaving a narrow border.

The ball of wool and knitting needles come as one stamp by Woodware.  I stamped the image with Clear Perfect Medium Stamp Pad, sprinkled WOW Embossing Powder in Princess Pink over the wool and heat set it.  I then very lightly sprinkled a few colours of the Pixie Powders by CE and spritz the image.  I used a water colour pencil to colour the needles then cut out the whole image, added mounting foam to the back and adhered to the card.  From my stash I added a few sequins and added a Birthday Wishes sentiment by CE

Thank you for visiting

Your comments are always welcome and I do love reading them...

June x

TWO SHADES BUT ONE CARD

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I thought I'd show you just how, by adding a little extra light to the same card, can make a huge difference!

The top one is too dark and the bottom too bright LOL!  The colour of the card is actually a very pretty pink

Let me know which you prefer

Thank you for visiting

I always look forward to reading your comments...

June x 

AND THE WINNER IS....

The winner of Saturday's Give Away Card is:

PAM

Congratulations, please email me at poppyfieldcrafts@outlook.com with your postal details

June x

SATURDAY SPECIAL GIVE AWAY ~ HOME

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Today's give away card is made using several new dies by SW for CE.  From the Kinetics range I've used the 3D Window Box and Accessories and the Arched Window/Door.  From the Finishing Touches range I used several elements from the Spring Foliage Dies Set.  I added a piece of acetate behind the windows to give the appearance of glass


If you'd like to give this card a new home all you need to do is comment below and a winner will be picked Monday morning, so don't forget to come back then to see if it's you!


Thank you for visiting, have a good weekend
June x

BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR A FABULOUS DAY

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Teal foundation card by CE is one of my favourite colours and adding white and a little black to the card really enhances the design.  I have to confess of this being one of my older cards so I'm struggling to name the dies used!! The striplet die is by SW for CE and I added Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles in teal to the inner diamond shapes of the striplet card.  A *handy hint is to cut a second striplet and adhere over the previous one and in that way it makes for a neater image.  The flowers and swirls are Spellbinder Dies as is the topper for the sentiment
Thank you for visiting, I really do appreciate you checking in to my blog and taking the time to comment
Tomorrow is the Saturday Special Give Away Card... all you need to do is come back here tomorrow and if you would like to give the card a new home leave me a comment.  The winner will be picked and announced on Monday


Acknowledgement:
*The handy hint is an original by Sue Wilson


Have a great weekend
June x

I LOVE YOU

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This is my first card that I've designed for 'Crafty Cardmakers Blog, the theme is

Love, Love, Love.

Please take a look at the blog and see the lovely cards designed by my 'teamies'  There's plenty of inspiration to get your crafty juices going!!!  You may even decided to enter the challenge too!

For this card I used a 7"x7 white card base and added a thin red mat.  I cut another piece of white foundation card so that it would 'sit' at an angle to the bottom left of my card.  I embossed it using an Embossalicious folder by Crafter's Companion and adhered it to the card.  The heart die and sentiment is also by Crafter's Companion and I cut and embossed both pieces.  The tiny hearts are the  'fall out' cuts from the Trellis Edger Die Set by SW for CE and I adhered these in a 'swirly' pattern across the card

Thank you for visiting...

I do look forward to reading your comments

June x

PS  don't forget to have a stroll over to

Crafty Cardmakers' Blog

ONE FOR THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE!

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The male population do tend to miss out on most of our cards so I thought I would rectify that today!  A very easy card to make.  I cut a piece of white card and adhered it to the black 'jacket' base.  I cut a narrow piece of white card and adhered that to the centre of the card then added 6 small black flat backed gems to give the impression of buttons.  Cutting more white card to create a shirt collar and adding that I then used SW's  bow die  to cut and emboss several layers of black card for the 'black tie' and adhered this onto a black base card that I had previously added red card too leaving a narrow border

Thank you for visiting my blog...

If you would leave me a comment just so I know you've been

June x

BLAST FROM THE PAST! AND THE WINNER IS....

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The above cards are from my album and were made for the males in our lives.  They are 6"x6" cards, the right one I gave a distressed look and added a clock face charm.  The left is merely using different pieces of card stock I had stored, one die and 4 pop out sentiments adhered with brads

The winner of Saturday's card is...

PAM

Congratulations, please email me your address and I will post the card to you

Random Name Picker

Enter all names in the field below, each on a separate line:

Margaret Pam Moya Rebecca

Pam

SATURDAY SPECIAL GIVE A WAY - 'YOU'RE AMAZING EASEL CARD'

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Today's 'give away' card is a gorgeous pale yellow and black design

If you would like to give this card a new home all you need to do is click on the 'follow me' button at the right of this page (not the add to circle button) then leave me a comment.

I will use Random.org name picker on Monday morning and announce the winner

It isn't obligatory to 'follow me' but if you do then you won't miss any of the cards I post or the give aways and starting in February there will be a weekly tutorials!

Thank you for visiting..

June x

WATERCOLOURED BUBBLEBLOOM LILLY

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On this white water coloured card stock by Crafter's Companion I created a background with a few Spectrum AQUA pens.  I used my heat tool to ensure the background was dry.  I stamped the image using  Woodware's 'Bubblebloom Lilly' stamp set (includes the stamp and sentiment) with WOW embossing powder in Metallic Gold Rich then heat set it.  Using a selection of Spectrum Aqua pens, water and a fine brush,  I coloured the flower and leaves.  I used Ranger Archival Ink Pad in Coffee to stamp the sentiment
Thank you for visiting...
Comments or questions are always welcome
June x

TO SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL

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This is an A5 white card base with a thin mat of antique copper foundation card by Creative Expressions then a mat of white card that I embossed with a folder called linen by SW for CE.

I used the 3 section only of the Shadow Box frame  and cut this out using antique copper card I also cut 2 tags with the same card.  I cut and embossed Happy Birthday in white card (die from my stash) and adhered to the first tag, added mounting foam to the back then adhered to the final tag.

I also cut 2 You're A Star sentiments from the Shadow Box Accessory - You're A Star by SW for CE and used a spray glue to adhere them together.  This was then placed below the images as shown.  From the same You're A Star accessories I cut and embossed one football, one rugby ball and the number 1.  I used felt pens to colour each one, added mounting foam to the backs and adhered them into the individual cubbies.  Using an Archival Ink Pad in coffee I stamped the sentiment, from Phill Martin's 'Baroque Border Sentiments' for Creative Expressions to the bottom of the card, added a few bronze sequins and placed a verse inside the card

Thank you for visiting, comments and/or questions are always welcome

June x

SUNFLOWER & A SPECIAL OFFER NOT TO BE MISSED!

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I used ivory linen card for this and stamped the image, 'Sunflower Delight Stamp Set' by Creative Expressions with Ranger's Perfect Medium Clear Embossing Ink.  I then sprinkled Silver Metallic Embossing Powder by WOW over the image and used my heat tool to set it.  I used Spectrum noir pencils in yellow and  two shades of green to colour the flower and gently brushed a 'smoothie', from my stash that already had a little bit of ink on it (sorry, can't remember the colour) to brush a little colour on the background.

I created a wide border using the Double Pierced Squares by SW for CE to form a frame and adhered this to the main card

TUESDAY'S DEAL OF THE DAY!


This beautiful 6 piece die set by SW for CE retails at £19.50, for my deal of the day I am offering it to you for only £16!!  This includes p&p and you will also get, FREE, the 2 Chloe stamps as shown.


I have only this one die set left so please be quick if you would like to purchase this great offer. 


Leave me a message and it will have to be first come first served I'm afraid.


I've enclosed a picture of my card, using the die set, to show just how gorgeous the set is

Thank you for visiting...

June x

JUST FOR YOU BUT PURPLE IS DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE!!!

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Another shadow box card (I love using shadow boxes) BUT this shade of purple has been so difficult to capture on film... just as the title states! lol

This card, again, was for another friend's 50th birthday and I was very pleased with the layout and colour combo.  All the die cuts are shadow box accessories by SW for CE and I used a top folding, white, A5 card base that I matted with wisteria and white foundation card by CE and a beautiful shade of purple pearlised card by Crafter's Companion.  The final white layer was embossed, I added flat backed pearls to one perfume bottle, added Diamond Sprinkles to the middle and bottom bottle and painted the middle bottle top with a silver paint pen, the bottom perfume bottle I coloured the atomiser in purple.  Three flat backed pearls were adhered to the top right and bottom left of the card and I used the same two stamps, by Woodware, for the verse as I had on yesterday's card

Thank you for visiting my blog, your comments and questions are always welcome

Tomorrow I have a special offer available for you

June x

AND THE WINNER IS

The name picked using Random.org for Saturday's card is...

Moya!

Congratulations, please email me at: poppyfieldcrafts@outlook.com

and I will post the card to you

RETAIL THERAPY

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A fun card for today.  I used a white A4 card base, folded in half to create an A5 size card.  I matted and layered this with gold foundation card/CE and a black sparkle card/Crafter's Companion.  I used the frame from the Shadow Box Collection - In The Garden, by SW for CE and cut this out on gold foundation card and added mounting foam to the back, for dimension, I sprayed the frame with Stick and Spray by Crafter's Companion and sprinkled Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels in Diamond Sprinkle by CE over it then adhered it to some pretty paper, in a peachy taupe, from my stash. 

I used several elements from SW's Retail Therapy - Shadow Box Accessory Die Set and for the lipstick and nail polish I add Cosmic Shimmer Clear Varnish Lacquer to give the lipstick and nail polish a sheen.  I cut 4 layers of 'Just For You' in white foundation card, adhered these together then sprayed the sentiment, again with Crafter's Companion's Stick and Spray, and covered it with Diamond Sprinkles.

As this card was for a friend's 60th birthday I used my label maker to print 'Sexy 60' for the nail polish and 'Red Hot' for the lipstick.

I used 2 stamps by Woodware for the verse and stamped these onto white paper using Ranger's Distress Ink in 'Hickory Smoke', this colour gives a softer appearance compared to using a sharp black ink pad, as shown below

Don't forget that for a chance of owning yesterday's card you need to leave me a comment as I'll be announcing the winner tomorrow!

Enjoy the remains of the weekend

Thanks for visiting...

June x

SATURDAY SPECIAL GIVE AWAY

Good morning, thank you for popping by...

Today's pretty 'give away' is a white base 6" square card and I used the following materials

for the design



MATERIALS:

• Wisteria and White Foundation Card by Creative Expressions
• Trellis Edger Die by SW for CE
• Gillian Die by SW for CE
• Maidenhair Fern Die by SW for CE
• Camellia Open Petals and Camellia Closed Petals by SW for CE
• White flat back pearls/CE
• Metallic Linx in Silver/CE
• White tulle
• Silver sequins
• Sentiment stamp by Altenew for Chocolate Baroque
• Adirondack Ink Pad in Pitch Black
• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Acrylic Glue

If you would like to give a home to this card click on the comment section at the end of this post and leave me a message, the winner will be announced on Monday.  To become a follower of  my blog just click the  'follow me' button to the right of the screen then another click on the drop down box and that's it!

Thank you for visiting, have a great weekend and don't forget to leave me a comment

June x

APOLOGIES

Hi bloggy friends and followers

Sending apologies for my absence, all down to being poorly this week!  Normal services to resume tomorrow, and, as tomorrow is Saturday it will be our second 'Saturday Special Give Away'... so please visit then and if you like the card that will be shown all you have to do is:

 1  ensure you are a follower of this blog, if you are new to the blog, there is a blue follow button on the right of this page, click on it, then I think there is on more click from a drop down box and that's it, you will then be a follower!

2  leave me a comment, just click 'comments' at the bottom of the post

the winner will be picked using Random. org and announced on Monday's blog

THE WINNER IS

Using the random name picker the very first winner of 2017, who left me a comment, is

MARGARET BELL

Congratulations Margaret!

Please email me at

poppyfieldcrafts@outlook.com

 with your full address and I will post Saturday's card to you

I will use the random name picker to choose a winner who leaves me a comment about the card published each Saturday