SATURDAY SPECIAL CARD GIVE-AWAY ~ BIRTHDAY WISHES

Hello and welcome...

I always think red and gold have a decadent appeal, what do you think?

If you would like to give this card a new home all you need to do is leave me a comment on this post, I will use Random.org Name Picker to choose a winner.

You have until 9.30am Monday to leave a comment, remember it's on this post only and I will announce the winner at 10am Monday.

International friends are very welcome to join in

Have a good weekend friends

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

Hello and welcome...

I have a pretty blue sparkle card for you today.  Blue and white is one of my favourite colour combinations

This is one of my older cards so I may be a little vague about the products I used.  So from what I remember we have:

• an 8" square white base card with mats of blue and white card
• on the final mat of white card I used a stencil and a teal texture paste and spread the paste over the stencil, then carefully removed the stencil to set it aside to dry.  I always leave these overnight for drying purposes
• in the bottom left corner I added white tulle then a white organza bow and strands of petite white pearls
• I created a flower in the same blue card and adhered it over the knot in the bow
• in the top right corner I added strands of blue pearls and blue organza flowers as well as one white flower
• I'm sure the sentiment is a Clarity Stamp sentiment and one that I love to use

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 BLOG CHALLENGE AT MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES ~ 47.EMBOSSING WET AND/OR DRY

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As the title states, today is a new blog challenge at MAWTT (Moving Along With The Times), and this is my contribution as part of the design team

This really is a quick and easy card to make and  I've also made a video on what I've used and how I've made the card.

I would love if you clicked on the link below then hit the subscribe button on my video page(you'll then be notified of new videos).

Please bear in mind this is my first video.... and boy can you tell so that means, hopefully, plenty room for improvement LOL

Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/CoUu9EM8as8

Back to the new challenge!

Sue is hosting Team B's Challenge at MAWTT and the theme is

'Embossing Wet And/Or Dry'

if you click on the link below it will take you to the blog and you'll see the gorgeous cards my 'teamies' have made:

47. Embossing, Wet and/or Dry

INGREDIENTS:

• white 8" square card base
• black and lilac foundation card ~ Creative Expressions (C E)
• embossing folder 'Regency Frame' ~ Crafter's Companion
• Frames & Tags 'Alexandra' Collection ~ Sue Wilson/C E
• sentiment ~ Sweet Wishes/C E
• Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear PVA Glue ~ C E

There is one difference on the card on the video, I changed the sentiment because I'm sending that card to my cousin for her birthday

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

SENDING HUGS

I love this 'Hobnail Vase' Die by Sue Wilson ~Creative Expressions!

I have been sorting my card bundles and came across this white base card by Hunkydory.  I'm not so keen on the 'punched hole' scalloped border, but must have liked it at the time of buying!

Now that I have that out of the way let's jump in as to how I made the card:

• 6" square white card base by Hunkydory with thin mats of aqua, black and white foundation card by Creative Expressions
• I did the same for the top raised section and cut a 4" mat of aqua card then black and finally white card
• I embossed the top piece of white card using the 'Falling Hearts' EF by SW ~ CE
• Using a Woodward corner punch I punched 3 corners of the white card and adhered this to the remaining mats, added mounting foam to the back of the aqua card and adhered it in a diamond shape onto the card base.  I only punched 3 corners as I wanted only the black card showing behind the flowers
• I die cut the Hobnail Vase Die in black glossy card and gave it a little shaping prior to adding mounting foam to the back
• I then die cut several Lily Of The Valley Flowers by SW ~ CE in white card and removed the leaves from the larger flowers so to leave me with the white flower heads.  These were then glued to the back of the vase then adhered to the card
• I stamped the sentiment  from the Sweet Wishes Stamp Set by C E onto aqua card using a black StazOn ink pad
• I used the smallest tag die from a set I also found in my stash, I'd like to say it was by Tonic as the packaging is orange and the dies are a light chrome colour (note to self, leave identification on stash!!)
• When this was die cut it sat just so at the bottom right corner of the card and the hole in the tag covered another of the punched holes on the base card
• Using Cosmic Shimmer White PVA Glue I created 3 pearls to the top right and 3 to the bottom left of the card

Close up of the glossy hobnail vase

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

#190 FOR A SPECIAL MAN/BOY OR FATHER'S DAY

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#190 For a Special Man/Boy or Father's Day

Margaret is hosting our challenge today at Crafty Cardmakers, and the theme is

 'For a Special Man/Boy or Father's Day'

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it follows either of our masculine themes.
Please remember our 15 total challenge rule! Click on the link above to see some inspiration from our fabulous DT ~ this is my contribution:

I made this for our 9 year old grandson to give to his dad for his birthday

• I cut a piece of white card a little smaller than the 8" square base card
• I embossed it with a Crafter's Companion 'Sunrays' Embossing Folder
• I then used several Distress Inks by Ranger to add colour
• This was then glued to a mat of black card and 4 brads by Hobby House were added to the corners, then adhered to the base card
• The Woodware Sentiment was stamped onto white card with a StazOn Ink Pad in Jet Black
• I cut and embossed it with a scalloped oval frame by Spellbinders, added mounting foam to it and attached to the card
• To complete a personal verse was inserted

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

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge(s)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Masculine


Unicorn Challenge ~ #22 For The Boys


Glitter n Sparkle ~ #242 One For The Boys

AND THE WINNER IS.........

Hello and welcome...

The name 'Random Name Picker' has chosen for Saturday's 'Card Give-Away' is

Pam G

please email me your postal details and the card will be posted to you

This afternoon sees the start of a new challenge at

Crafty Cardmakers.

My contribution to the design team will be posted on here at 1pm.  I hope to see you all then

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

GOOD EVENING! - WE ARE SAILING...

Hello and welcome...

We have had a busy weekend at Poppyfield Card Craft HQ celebrating a very dear friend's 70th birthday.  He is a master boat builder which is why I'm including a non-related card photo in this post.  Here is his birthday card

The porthole opens on the card

This very talented man was asked to restore a historic lifeboat, the 'George Elmy' .  The Seaham RNLI lifeboat was hit by tragedy on 17 November 1962, after being called to the aid of a fishing coble. 

Some of you will know that I also make and decorate celebration cakes, so I knew what design to make for this special celebration... a smaller version of the 'George Elmy.'

The cake is 2ft long and approximately 8" high, excluding the wheel house sitting on top

The birthday boy loved it and a good weekend was had by all.

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

Saturday's card winner will be announced tomorrow at 10am

June x

YOU ARE AT TREASURED FRIEND ~ CARD GIVE-AWAY

Hello and welcome...

I have a lovely poppy card to give-away today.

I applied 'glossy accents' by Ranger to the poppy head and die cut the flower head twice to add more dimension 

This is an ivory card with thin mats of red mirri.

If you would like to give this card a new home just leave me a comment, you have until 9.45am Monday morning and the winner will be announced at 10am.

International friends are very welcome to comment too

Have a great weekend

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 STOCK & TWO SPECIAL OFFERS

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This is another notelet size card using the Butterfly Die from the Stained Glass Collection by Sue Wilson and 2 beautiful additions to our stock of  the Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Glitter Range

• I used the remaining leftover white card stock  from yesterday's notelet card
• on a separate piece of white card I added enough double sided adhesive sheet to cover the die 
• I then die cut and embossed the Butterfly - Stained Glass Collection Die 
• Lavender Polished Silk Glitter was carefully sprinkled onto both flower heads but as you can see a little 'escaped'.  This I don't mind at all as it gives the card a 'shadow effect' or possibly it could be another flower behind the main two.... that's my thinking and I'm happy to stay with that lol
• the remainder of the image was sprinkled with Ice Blue Polished Glitter
• this was then adhered to the card base
• I die cut the image again on black card and added Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue to the whole of the back then adhered it onto my card

We added Ice Blue & Lavender Polished Silk Glitter and I must say they are so beautiful and so silky smooth to touch.  I'm sure that once you've tried this glitter you won't want to use any other!

the first special offer is free p&p on any of the above pots of glitter

the second special offer is the die I used on yesterday's card,
 Tattered Lace Double Delights Adore Die rrp £27.99 (!!)


I only have 2 remaining at £10 each inc p&p

Should you wish to purchase either of the above please email me at:

poppyfieldcardcrafts@outlook.com

Don't forget that tomorrow is the

Saturday Special Give-Away Card

see you back then

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

THURSDAY TUTORIAL ~ HELLO

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Notelet Card

Sometimes you just need to send a friend or a family member a little note for one reason or another and today's card is ideal for that 

I used the largest die from Spellbinders's A2 Matting Basics B to die cut my white card base as shown above and below 

 

With a piece of Crafter's Companion Pearlised Pink Card I die cut the Double Delights Adore Die by Tattered Lace

Before

After 

I used the Sweet Williams Die Set from the Finishing Touches Range by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions for my flowers, and the flourishes from the Lily Of The Valley Die Set from the Finishing Touches Range

Flowers & flourishes die cut and ready for shaping 

Shaped, then I added Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue to adhere my flowers together.  I also added a few stamens to both flowers.  I sprayed the back of the Double Delights Adore Die with a spray adhesive by Crafter's Companion then placed it onto my base card.  I then glued the flowers together, added a few stamens and adhered the flowers to the card.  The flourishes were glued in place around the flowers

From the Sweet Wishes Range Stamps by Creative Expressions I chose the petite Hello stamp and stamped this using Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee 

The finished card

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

June x

WEDDING CARD COMMISSION NUMBER 2!

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I have the second wedding card commission to show you today

I stayed with a white and silver theme for this card

• the base is a 7" square, top folding
• a smaller mat of white card
• then a mat of silver mirri card
• and finally a smaller mat of white card - I purposely left approximately 1.5" of the base card plain because of all the detail being shown
• I placed the inner heart die from the Jewelled Heart from the Fillables Range by SW for CE to the left of the card then cut and die cut it
• I them embossed the card using the cascading hearts embossing folder by SW for CE
• using both the decorative frame and inner heart die I cut and embossed these onto silver mirri card
• I glued the heart shaped treat cup into place and secured it further by adding tape around the edges (this does not show)
• with more silver mirri card I die cut several of the smaller hearts from the same set and placed them into the treat cup and secured them in place by adding a piece of acetate across the back
• I typed the sentiment then die cut it using the larger of the heart dies from the same set and ran a silver paint pen around the edge prior to adhering to the card and added one silver heart to the top right of the card
• I used foamarin to make the white roses, they did not look as bright in the flesh as they do on the photo! I also added a few strands of pearls to sit behind the floral arrangement
• a personal verse was inserted to complete the 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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ WITH MUTED TONES

Hello and welcome...

• this is a 5"x7" white base card
• I created mats of black and red card and an off white Yupo top card
• the Poppy stamps are by Woodware
• the 2 poppy flowers were stamped with a 'Pale Tomato' ink pad and I apologise as these were in a set I received and I have mislaid the make!
• I then used a similar shade of distress ink and blended darker shades to the flowers, coloured the stems and the 2 leaves
• once complete this was glued onto the thin mats and adhered to the card at a 'jaunty' angle.....  I'm into jaunty at the moment if you hadn't realised LOL
• I'm also into 'splattering' which is what I also did to the card, using the pale tomato ink pad, water and 2 brushes ~ before I glued it to the mats!
• to complete the card I added 3 red gems to the top right and 3 red gems to the bottom left of the card and inserted a verse

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

WEDDING CARD COMMISSION

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This is one of two wedding cards my nephew asked me to make

• I used an 8" white card base and added a mat of silver mirri card to it
• I embossed a smaller white mat using the  Cascading Hearts EF by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions and adhered it to the base card
• Using white card I die cut and embossed the bride and groom from the Special Occasion Collection ~ The Happy Couple Die Set by SW for CE
• I die cut this again in black card and cut the legs from the male and glued them onto the original die cut
• I traced the bride's outline onto the same white card, cut it out and glued it behind the lace wedding dress as shown above.  I added Glitter Jewels in Diamond Snow to the dress and veil
• using a Spectrum noir flesh coloured pen I coloured the back of the bride's neck, her arm and the groom's hand
• From the Frames & Tags Collection I die cut and embossed the Lauren Die using the two largest outer dies in white card stock
• Using the outer die only from the same set I die cut it again onto silver mirri card
• These were then adhered together and the largest oval die, from the same set, was placed into the middle section and die cut, as well as die cutting silver mirri with the same oval die
• I typed a sentiment onto white card stock and with the next size oval from the same die set I die cut it and glued it on top of the oval mirri
• now using the same two oval dies I die cut a narrow frame 3 times, glued them together and adhered it around the sentiment
• Mounting foam was added to the back and placed on the card at a 'jaunty' angle
• I added the narrowest red line tape approximately one inch from the bottom of the card, removed the backing and carefully added the pretty row of pearls
• the bride and groom had mounting foam added to the back and positioned above the row of pearls
• to complete I added a verse to the inside and  two pearls hearts to the top right but left enough room to add a flat back pearl in the centre just for a little contrast

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

AND THE WIINER IS......

Hello and welcome...

Using Random.org Name Picker it has chosen

YOU


Littlelamb

Congratulations

Please email me with your full postal details to:

poppyfieldcardcrafts@outlook.com

Today's new post will be available at 10.30am

 

See you back here then

June x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - WORKING CANDY MACHINE

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Here is today's card, a working and refillable candy machine

I made this especially for my great-niece's 8th birthday

• with the working candy machine die set I die cut the front of the machine in a pale glittered pink card (my niece is a very girly girl :)) and backed it with white card stock
• I cut a piece of pale pink A4 card stock in half for the front and back of the machine
• without using the outer cutting die I placed only the candy machine die onto the pale pink card and die cut it
• I then embossed it to add texture
• this was then adhered to one of the pre-cut foam cores, you need two to make this machine, the second one goes onto the back of the machine

As this is a detailed procedure to make, but well worth it at the end, I'm stopping here with further instructions as  I am hoping to make a video tutorial where you will be able to see this first hand

In the meantime...

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 CARD GIVE-AWAY

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I hope you like today's give-away.  I must say that it is one of my favourites and I think it may have a lot to do with the aqua coloured card!

If you would like to give this card a new home please leave me a comment, the link is at the bottom of this post.

We will use Random.org Name Picker to choose a winner on Monday morning.

We also welcome international friends to join us too

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ YOU ROCK!

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Today's card was made for a dear friend of ours who loves playing his guitar

Today is his birthday and I thought this to be a fitting card for him

• I started with a white 8" square card ~ my stash
• from my files I printed the 3 musical images ~ my stash
• I used an oval die to cut and emboss the musical notes and circular die for the guitar ~ dies by Sue Wilson for CE
• the coloured musical notes were 'fussy' cut
• I typed the sentiment and die cut and embossed  it using one of the pierced square dies by SW
• I kept the sentiment in the die and using a smoothie ~ Creative Expressions,  and without adding extra ink, I gently coloured around the sentiment
• I used other pre-inked smoothies to add a little colour around the other die cuts
• The sentiment had mounting foam added to the back for dimension, all other elements were adhered, flat,  to the card using Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue

From my stash I added sheet music to the inside of the card and my verse was die cut then adhered to the inside as shown below

 To complete I stamped, very lightly, sheet music to the envelope

 

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

THURSDAY TUTORIAL ~ AND NOT WHAT TO DO!!

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It's so annoying when you have finished making a card to then smudge it just as you're ready to photograph it!  I caught the centre of 2 flowers leaning over to position my card which is why I have had to glue a huge black dazzler to the centre of one flower and there's a smaller centre just down from it that was also smudged...grrrr LOL

You will see what I mean now

• the base is a white 5"x7" scalloped card
• I cut mats and layers decreasing an eighth of an inch in sherbet and black foundation card by Creative Expressions

• I then cut 3 circles from white card stock using the doubled pierced circles die set by SW for CE as a 'stencil'
• this was then placed onto the top card 

• I stamped the images using a flower stamp by CE with StazOn black ink 

• as I already had Pixie Powder 'Sun Yellow' and 'Lava Red' in my painting palette I add a little water to activate the powders and coloured in the flowers
• I used a Spectrum noir pencil 050 to colour the leaves

my apologies as I am unable to capture how pretty the pixie powders are, the mica in them really makes them shine and 'pop'

• I stamped two freebie sentiments onto my card using a black StazOn ink pad
• I attached a thin, white satin ribbon around the layers and adhered it to the card
• to complete I added small, white flat back pearls in 3 places and Cosmic Shimmer Black PVA to all the centres of the flowers.... which is how I came to smudge the PVA glue and had to replace 1flower head with a black dazzler! 
  

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