SATURDAY SPECIAL GIVE-AWAY CARD ~ HAVE A TRULY FABULOUS DAY!

Hello and welcome...

Today's card is an 8" square and I think  it's down to the pretty pinkish/neutral colour paper that's 'made' the card

The paper is from my stash (bought in Canada a few years ago) and I used a Martha Stewart Corner Punch on all 4 corners 

The row of 'crystals' is also from my stash.  The sentiment was stamped and fussy cut several months ago and I thought it would suit the card.  I sprinkled Glitter Jewels 'Diamond Snow' over it then added mounting foam to the back and adhered it to the card

I used 3 Spellbinders's swirl dies (nameless I'm afraid), glittered those and arranged around the sentiment

I applied Diamond Stickles by Ranger on various parts of the butterfly and around the edge of the sentiment

To complete I added a short verse from one of many paper pads I own.  The paper isn't as bright as shown here, it is really a muted colour

If you would like to give this card a new home just leave me a comment please for today's post.  You have until 9am Monday morning to do this and the winner will be picked at random later that day

We ship international too and it doesn't matter if you have won in the past

Card inside

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June x

FESTIVE FRIDAY 2

Hello and welcome...

Never work with children or animals.... or mirri card!! lol

I have spent longer attempting to get a decent photograph of this card, that wasn't showing me in the background, than it took to make the darned thing!

If you want to click on the photograph you may see the lovely detail on the baubles

As previously said, a quick card to make, the embossing folder, by Crafter's Companion, does all the work (the mirri card doesn't lol)

I cut gold mirri to an 8" square that was also the same size as the embossing folder, and ran it through my Spellbinders's Platinum Machine.  I adhered this to a slightly bigger black card base

The finishing touches were to add a black gem to the ribbons of each bauble and to die cut and emboss the sentiment (Creative Expressions) in black card and gold mirri

A verse is yet to be added, providing I can bring myself to engage with said card at a later date!  lol

Look forward to seeing you back tomorrow for our Saturday Special Give-Away Card and I can assure you not one little dot of mirri will be featured :)

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

ENJOY

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A little colour today after 2 days of black and white cards and this cute little card is only 11cm x 14cm

I am also using several other stamps from the freebie set 'Garden Retreat' by Joanna Sheen that came with last month's Creative Stamping Magazine

I cut the white card base to the above measurements for two reasons, the first, I do like these 'note' cards and second, I wanted a size to frame the main focal point

I started with a white card from Papermill Direct and placed it in my MISTI then positioned die 6 in the pierced oval dies/Creative Expressions on the inside and added my stamp in the centre of the oval.  I removed the die and stamped the bird table image using an Onyx Black Versafine Ink Pad/Tsukineko

I used several water colour pencils by Derwent Watercolour to colour the image, although I didn't use any water this time

I used Orange Chrome for the petals, Deep Vermillion for the centres, May Green for the leaves then Olive Green for the centre of the leaves.  I also added a little of the May Green on the grass.  Copper Beach for the bird table, and I coloured this twice, the second time to create a deeper colour in places

The bird and the sentiment was stamped with the same Versafine Ink Pad then the bird coloured in using Gunmetal and Kingfisher Blue

I replaced the die back onto the image but this time had the die with the cutting edge facing upwards, I then added the shim and embossing folder and ran it through the Platinum Machine/Spellbinders.  This left an excellent impression on the top part of the card.  I removed the die, opened the card fully and placed the die back onto the embossed area on the card front.  This was then die cut

Using dies 6 and 7 I cut and embossed white card 3 times to give me a narrow frame for the top of the card.  The 3 ovals were glued together then adhered to the card

The flower is one I had tucked away in my stash, I made it years ago using Pink Candi/Craftwork Cards and adhered this to the top left of my card.  To complete I added several small dots of 'Morning Dew' Nuvo Crystal Drops/Tonic Studios around the flowers and leaves

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I do read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

BLACK AND WHITE.... AGAIN!

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As we have CAS cards, and for new comers to card crafting that is 'Clean And Simple', I've decided to call this card a QAE, Quick And Easy!

I started with an A4 sheet of black card stock and scored it in half to give me an A5

I actually used photographic card for the white layers and cut the first piece to 12.5cm x 18cm and adhered it to the base card

On another piece of white photographic card, 9.5cm square, I stamped the heart image, by Clarity Stamp, with a Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad.  I then layered this onto black card 10cm square then adhered this to the main card

The sentiment, also by Clarity Stamp, was stamped using the same ink pad.  No verse inserted today as I don't know who, if anyone, will be the recipient of the card.  I donate cards to charities and if this is where this is heading it will have a suitable verse added

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message

June x

KINDESS MATTERS

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Today's card is, again, a 5" x 7" white card base.  I cut a smaller piece of black card by Crafter's Companion and embossed it with the 'Bubble Explosion' E/F by Leonie Pujol.  This card embosses beautifully

Next, using an alphabet die set by Tattered Lace, I, and I have to say, laboriously, ran the dies through my Platinum machine by Spellbinders, numerous times, until I had the right number of gold and silver letters for the sentiment.  I used mirri card for this from my stash

I adhered the black card onto the base card and arranged and glued the letters to the bottom left of my card

To complete I added a verse and used my favourite Woodware corner punch on all 4 corners of the insert

I think my hand was shaking a little when photographing the verse as it is not so clear, it reads:

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted       

                                                       Aesop (620-560BC)

Verse

A very quick card to make, providing you have all the letters at the ready, I do have a large stash of multi coloured letters but none in silver or gold mirri.  I'll bear that in mind on a cold, wet day!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really do appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

PEARLS, PINKS & CARD WINNER

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Today's card is a white 5"x7".  I used one of a set of 3 dies, 'Beautiful Borders' by Crafter's Companion for the scalloped edge.  This set of dies are 6" long but you can  easily 'refit' the die into the last die cut piece on your card to extend the scalloped edge, as I had to do with my card being 7" long

I added a good size piece of 3D glue by Crafter's Companion to the top left of the card and arranged the pink flowers, from my stash, into the glue

Again, from my stash, and to conceal what remained of the glue, I added 2white butterflies

I cut a piece of my pink 'left-over' card to fit across the base card, then cut a smaller piece of white card to sit on top of the pink.  I embossed the white card, using  a bark effect folder from CraftStash to give it some texture, glued it onto the pink card then adhered to the main card

I die cut and embossed 2 tags, using the smallest tag from Essentials 'Multi-Tag Die Set', one in pink the other in white.  I did, however, stamp the 'Hello' onto the white card before I die cut it, as well as covering the card with a piece of double sided adhesive sheet by Woodware, then die cut it etc.  I removed the backing and sprinkled 'Diamond Snow', Glitter Jewels by Creative Expressions, over it

I glued the two tags together, allowing the pink one to show behind the white, added glue to the edge and tucked them under the border

To complete I die cut and embossed the 'Java' centre die with the cutting edge die from the Indonesian Collection by Sue Wilson in pink card then added 3 pearls to the top right and bottom left plus one in the centre of the 'Java' die cut

I used Random.org Number Picker' (it's on the right hand side of my blog) to pick the winner for Saturday's card and it is....

Littlelamb.... congratulations!  Please email poppyfieldcardcrafts@outlook.com

with your postal details and to claim your card

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration. I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message. June x

FLOATING HEARTS AND SEQUINS

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 I have a DL sized card for you today, 10cm x 18.25cm

I chose 3 different sized hearts from Creative Expressions Arty Hearts P0p-ems Set and covered them with White Gesso by Ranger.  Once dry I then coloured them with 'Rich Red Gilding Polish' by Creative Expressions (CE)

The sentiment and verse both came from the Sweet Wishes Stamp Set also by CE.  The sentiment was stamped to the bottom right of the card using a Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

I used a pre-inked blending tool that had Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Ink on it and lightly rubbed it over a section of the card where the hearts would hang

I used a very fine nylon thread to hang the hearts onto the card base then popped a little dot of glue onto the thread and adding 3 sequins.  The remaining sequins were glued to the card randomly

To complete I stamped the verse onto a pretty neutral coloured paper from my stash

Close up of sentiment

Card verse

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I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

       June x

SATURDAY SPECIAL GIVE-AWAY CARD.... BAKED WITH LOVE

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We have everything for the discerning baker in today's card, even down to the broken egg with runny yolk plus a tray of cookies, although, unfortunately, a little difficult to capture on mirri card

If you would like to give this card a new home all you need to do is leave a comment on this post, you have until 9am Monday to do so.

It doesn't matter if you have won in the past or where you live as we do ship international.
The winner will be announced later that day

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

 I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message

   June x

FESTIVE FRIDAY!!

Hello and welcome...

The first Christmas card of 2017!  I will post 'Festive Friday' right up to 22 December and that way you shouldn't be too tired seeing them... I hope! lol

There may also be one or two for the Saturday Give-Away card

I started with a 15cm square red card base.  I already had white card embossed from a previous make so I used that (this is another good way of using your 'left-over' card stock) to give me 4 x 7cm squares

I then cut another 6.5cm squares 4 times in red.  The final white squares, measuring 6cm are in white card and I punched all the corners using a small round corner punch

The snowflake die was die cut and embossed on white card and I sprayed adhesive over it and covered it with Glitter Jewels in Diamond Snow.  The wreath was die cut and embossed on green patterned paper and I added tiny red gems around it

Card insert

The stockings were also die cut and embossed on red card stock and I added Diamond Stickles to the tops and below the stockings

For the bauble I only added a little 'dot' of Diamond Sprinkles to the middle of the bow

On two opposites squares I ran Diamond Sprinkles all around the edge of the white card

I added a Christmas paper for the card insert and also rounded the corners on that then die cut and embossed the 'Season's Greetings', sprayed it with adhesive and covered it with Glitter Jewels again in Diamond Snow

I hope to see you tomorrow when we have our SATURDAY SPECIAL - CARD GIVE~AWAY

INGREDIENTS:

• red card stock ~ Crafter's Companion (CC)
• snowflake die ~ C C
• bauble die ~ C C
• stick and spray adhesive ~ C C
• white card stock ~ my stash
• wreath and stockings dies ~ Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions (CE)
• Season's Greetings Die ~ Sue Wilson/CE
• Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels ~ CE
• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear PVA Glue ~ CE
• Christmas paper insert ~ my stash
• green Christmas paper ~ my stash
• corner punch ~ my stash
• red gems ~ my stash
• Diamond Sprinkles ~ Ranger
• Platinum Machine ~ Spellbinders
  

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

NEW CHALLENGE AT MAWTT ~ 51. Things That Fly & SECOND POST FOR TODAY!

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It's a new challenge today at MAWTT and the theme is

'Things That Fly'

This is my contribution to the design team



This week we'd love to see your entries that feature things that fly: birds, butterflies, hot air balloons, planes, anything that can take flight!

Why not pop over to MAWTT Blog and see some great inspiration from my teamies to show how versatile a theme it really is


As the winner from a previous challenge did not claim Wendy will offer this stamp set by John Lockwood for a randomly chosen winner

This is a fantastic prize as John's stamps are a dream to work with

For my card I used a Clarity Balloon Stamp, and a smaller stamp from my stash, I stamped 3 balloons then masked them so that I could create the background

I used Distress Inks in several colours to create the sky and the grassed area

I used ProMarkers to colour all 3 balloons

I used StazOn Jet Black Ink to stamp the sentiment, also by Clarity Stamp


Click on the link below to take you directly to MAWTT's Blog and challenge


51. Things That Fly

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.
I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.
June x

THANKS SO MUCH IN BLACK AND SILVER

Hello and welcome...

Today's card is a 6" square black card

I used one of a set of three dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs to create a border and I cut and embossed this 4 times in silver mirri card.  I glued these into position around the card

For the next step I cut and embossed one of the stitched flags die set in silver mirri, then stamped a sentiment, from my stash, onto black card, die cut and embossed it with the next smallest die in the range then adhered it to the silver flag.  I added mounting foam to the back

Two of the 'wispy fronds' from a die set were also die cut and embossed in silver mirri

I used some pretty tissue paper to create the 'sweet William' flower.  I folded the tissue paper over several times prior to die cutting it.  Separated the layers of tissue and glued them together to form the flower.  The tissue paper was actually wrapped around a purchase I made and when I saw it I knew I could do other things with it than wrap a gift!

INGREDIENTS:

• 6" black card ~ my stash
• sentiment ~ my stash
• silver mirri ~ my stash
• black tissue paper ~ my stash
• 1123 - Jewels 1 ~ Elizabeth Craft Designs
• Stitched Flags ~ Creative Expressions (CE)
• Sweet Williams Die Set ~ CE
• Wispy Fronds ~ CE

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration. I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

THINKING OF YOU - TECHNICAL TUESDAY.... WOODGRAIN AFFECT

Hello and welcome...

Yesterday was unfortunate in that we had PC problems and I was unable to post anything.  I had planned to start the month with 'Technical Tuesday' and this is what I had been hoping to post....

At some time or another I think we can struggle making a 'male' card

This one is really quite easy to make and assemble and the wood grain can be achieved with tools you already own

 This is the stamp set and ink pad I used for the card (click on the photo to enlarge)

I started with a 13x18cm white card base and for the insert, as shown above,  I cut a smaller piece of white copy paper and applied a second generation stamp of the vehicle using the Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad.

I placed the Happy Birthday stamp from the set on the blank space under the sentiment  and stamped it 

The wood grain affect is achieved by, cutting a piece of white card, (mine measures 9x13.5cm) and scoring it, vertically, then, using my Hougie Board, I scored the card at 1cm increments.  Next, using 'Walnut Stain' Distress Oxide Ink Pad I ran the pad down the scored card

Depending on the amount of pressure you use to ink the card you will see the different effects that can be achieved.

Once inked I buffed the area with a paper towel then backed the card onto a layer of black card.  I wrapped baker's twine' around the topper 3 times and secured it at the back with red line tape.

I stamped the vehicle stamp onto white card, fussy cut it and added mounting foam to the back.  I removed the backing from the tape and placed the topper onto the wood grain card, applied Cosmic Shimmer Glue to the back and adhered to the card base

To complete I stamped 'Live Your Dream' to the bottom on the card

INGREDIENTS:

• white card ~ my stash
• Baker's Twine ~ my stash
• Going Places Vintage Labels (set of 16 cling stamps) ~ JustRite/Spellbinders
• Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad ~ Tsukineko
• Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink Pad ~ Ranger
• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Acrylic Glue ~ Creative Expressions (CE)
• Wax Paper ~ CE

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

CARD WINNER!

Hello and welcome...

Using Random.org Name Picker, the name picked to win Saturday's card is

Sue McFall

Congratulations!

Please email your postal details to:

poppyfieldcardcrafts@outlook.com

More tomorrow....

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

FOUR CARDS, ONE DIE , ONE UPSIDE DOWN AND THE WRONG WAY AROUND!

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I love this 'stained glass die' from the Stained Glass Collection - Butterfly by Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions, and have enjoyed a little play with it trying out different backgrounds

This card is a 5" square, top folding note card.  I blanked the four sides with masking tape then applied  'worn lipstick' Distress Oxide Ink with a blending tool to the exposed area

I love how these oxide inks have a gorgeous smooth 'chalk' look when applied to card stock

I die cut and embossed the butterfly stained glass die on gold mirri card, applied Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Acrylic Glue/Creative Expressions, to the back of the die cut and placed it over the coloured area on the base card

I added a little glue to the centres of both flowers and replaced the gold centres

The second card is a 6" square

I cut purple card slightly smaller than 6" and embossed it with the 'Linen' Embossing Folder by Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions.  I added double sided tape to the back and adhered it to the card

Next I die cut an embossed a piece of white card stock with the butterfly die, then cut another piece of card the same size as the die and covered it with a piece of double sided adhesive sheet

I removed the backing paper and carefully added the die cut to the card

I covered two thirds of the image with the backing paper to mask the first application of glitter and then sprinkled Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter in Silver Chrome to the exposed area and burnished in the glitter

Next I moved the backing paper further down the card and sprinkled the Polished Silk Glitter in Lavender and burnished that into the card 

Now removing all of the backing paper I sprinkled Golden Sand Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter to that area and this was also burnished in

I cut a small piece of white card, stamped the sentiment 'Have A Happy Day' (from my stash) with a StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad by Ranger.  Added this to a slightly bigger piece of purple card then added this to a slightly bigger piece of white card.  I adhered it to the card and added one purple gem to it

On reflection I would not have added the lavender glitter this way but you live and learn

Card 3, another note card measuring 9cmx15cm (I can't find my half inch symbol on this programme lol)

I die cut and embossed  again, this time with silver mirri card and cut another piece of white card to fit exactly to it

A piece of double sided adhesive sheet was applied to the card, the backing removed and the die cut was adhered to it

Very carefully I added Rose Copper Polished Silk Glitter to the butterfly, Ice Blue Polished Silk Glitter to the larger flower and the leaves then Lavender Polished Silk Glitter to the smaller flower

The remaining exposed areas were covered with Golden Sand Polished Silk Glitter

I chose a sentiment from a new set of stamps by AltEnew, 'Crafty Friends' that said "Do Something Creative Every Day'..... which I thought  appropriate! The sentiment was stamped with StazOn

The final card is another note card, 4"x5"

  

I cut a smaller piece of black card and adhered this to my base card

I added a piece of double sided adhesive sheet to a piece of white card, slightly larger than the size of the die and die cut and embossed it

I sprayed adhesive to the back of the design then adhered it to the black card

As you can tell I used 3 of the polished silk glitters, Golden Sand, Rose Copper and Silver Chrome.  I must say that if I were to replicate this again I wouldn't cover the side panels with the 'rose copper' glitter, I would only add this colour to the centre as shown and continue with the gold and silver


This is the card that, after I added the sentiment to the side of it I realised I had the card upside down.... too late was the cry to change it LOL

I hope to see you back here at 10am to find out who won this Saturday's card

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

YOU ARE ON MY MIND - RESIST TECHNIQUE

Hello and welcome...

Today I've used the 'resist technique' for this card

I started with an A4 hammered white card base, scored it in half then cut it to make a 5"x7" base card

I then masked all 4 sides of the card and stamped the French Rose Background Stamp using Perfect Medium clear embossing pad  then sprinkled 'True White' embossing powder over the image, removed the excess powder and heat set

Using 3 Distress Oxide ink pads (with separate blending tools), 'fossilized amber'/'worn lipstick'/'spiced marmalade' I added colour to the image.  I then 'polished' it all with a paper towel and gave it a gentle spritz with water

I carefully removed the masking tape and stamped a sentiment from the 'Amazing Sentiments' Stamp Sets with a StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad

Insert with verse 

I also used another of the sentiments from the same set to stamp a verse for the centre of my card

Using a stencil I inked one corner of the insert with the same 'worn lipstick' distress ink and the other corner with 'fossilized amber' distress ink

I also used a corner punch on all 4 corners of the insert

Click on the card for a closer look 

INGREDIENTS:

• Hammered card stock ~ my stash
• French Rose Background Stamp ~ JustRite CL-04355
• True White Embossing Powder ~ Creative Expressions
• Amazing Sentiments Stamp Set ~ Creative Expressions
• Distress Oxide Inks ~ Ranger
• Perfect Medium Clear Embossing Ink Pad ~ Ranger
• Corner Punch ~ Woodware
• Stencil ~ my stash

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope my designs have given a little inspiration.

I read all your comments and really appreciate you leaving me a message.

June x

SATURDAY GIVE AWAY CARD - SENDING CRAFTY HUGS YOUR WAY

Hello and welcome...

I have a fabulous set of AltEnew Stamps all relating to being crafty so you will be seeing lots of cards using these stamps and today's card uses 4 of them.  The sentiment, verse and 2 heart stamps 

I've used 3 different Distress Oxide Inks as well as a stencil to create the background, then die cut a frame to go around it

I added a piece of double sided adhesive sheet to white card and die cut and embossed 3 leaves.  Removed the backing sheet and sprinkled gold glitter onto the leaves then adhered them onto the card

I used one of the AltEnew stamps for the sentiment and die cut and embossed it with a pierced flag die then layered it onto a piece of the 'scrap' left-over card from the background

The insert was also decorated using the same method as above and more of the stamp set used for the verse.  The tiny hearts are also part of the set

To complete I also decorated one side of the envelope

If you would like to give this card a new home all you need to do is comment on this post.  The winner will be picked using Random.org Name Picker and you have until 9.30am Monday morning to comment



We ship international so it doesn't matter where you live or if you have won a card in the past

INGREDIENTS:

• White card ~ Papermill Direct
• Distress Oxide Inks/Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Peeled Paint ~ Ranger
• Crafty Friends Stamp Set ~ AltEnew
• Pierced Flags Die Set ~ Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions (CE)
• Autumn Leaf Trio Die Set/Sue Wilson ~ CE
• Double Pierced Rectangles/Sue Wilson ~ CE
• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Acrylic PVA Glue
• Red Line Tape
• Platinum Die Cut/Emboss Machine ~ Spellbinders

Close up of sentiment

Envelope

Close up of the verse






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I read all your messages and  really appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment.
June x