"I Do" love wedding cards

"I Do" love wedding cards 

For the past couple of weeks I've been making some more cards for my CraftsAdore shop, in between the colouring projects.

I do love white die cut cards, so there's now a range of monochrome cards in my "Wedding Cards" section, featuring Centura Pearl in Snow White with Gold flecks, backed on black cardstock. Many of my cards feature Tonic Studio Affections Dies, which are simply indispensable when creating wedding cards, but I am also partial to glitter, so there is a few cute cards featuring Stamps by Chloe too.

All Glitter - Stamps by Chloe

All Monochrome - Tonic Affections Dies

Home is Where the Heart is

Home is Where the Heart is

Today I'm attempting to do some simple home decor using Tonic Affection Dies. I adore anything heart shaped, so these are my favourite set of dies and I've used them before individually on my cards, but never as a full set on one project. I've been meaning to do it for a while but never had time to do it. It was quite time consuming to die cut all the layers. I used Centura Pearl Snow White with Hint of Gold, plain black card stock (if I had to do it again, I would have chosen some silver mirror card instead to soften the look) and some "bling" hearts, as well as sentiment stamp from Crafter's Companion.

The hearts are layered on foam pads, to give 3-dimensional effect. All three hearts are then glued onto wide ribbon and are now proudly hanging in my corridor, welcoming us back home after a busy day. I'm not sure about all 3 of them being together, as the design is quite "busy" so I may split them to be displayed individually in the future. 

Have a Magical Birthday - Tiddly Inks Wryn Princess Birthday Card coloured with Spectrum Noir

Have a Magical Birthday - Tiddly Inks Wryn Princess Birthday Card coloured with Spectrum Noir

Today I had to make a "quick" card for a short-notice birthday invitation for my daughter's friend. I chose Tiddly Ink's Wryn, as her princess crown went well with the "princess party" theme.

Birthday Princess

Pretty in Cool Pinks

Every Princess needs a crown

I created card base with Tonic's header dies, and coloured the Tiddly Inks Wryn digi stamp with Spectrum Noir pens:
Hair: GB2, TN1
Skin: FS2, FS4, FS6, FS1
Dress & Shoes: PL1, BP2, BP6
Frog: GT1, GT2
Crown & Wand: LY2, LY1

The glitter is from "Stamps by Chloe", sentiment stamp from Lilly of the Valley, and backing papers & ribbon from stash. The card is finished off with a personalised name tag.

I hope she really does have a magical birthday!

Wedding Congratulations Card with Wee Stamps "Love Me Do" digi stamp coloured with Spectrum Noir pens

Wedding Congratulations Card with Wee Stamps "Love Me Do" digi stamp coloured with Spectrum Noir pens

I've been beavering away, creating some cards for my Etsy shop. There's a few more wedding cards in the pipeline, all nearly there, but my latest creation has just been posted so I thought I'd share it with you.

I love this digi stamp from Sylvia Zet - Wee Stamps - Love Me Do - the couple is adorable, and perfect for an elegant Wedding Card.

Together Through Life

As usual, I've used my Spectrum Noir pens:
Hair Girl: GB2, TN1
Hair Boy: BG4, BG3, BG1
Faces: FS2, FS4, FS1 and FS6
Dress: FS6, blender
Suit: BGR1, Blender
Shoes: BGR1, BGR2
Leaves: GT1
Flowers: PL1, PL2, PP1

Also used Spellbinders Dies, Tonic Dies and embossing folders, as well as pearls, ribbons and glitter, which just add simple elegance to the card.

Happy Fathers Day to all Super Dads!

Happy Fathers Day to all Super Dads!

For all new Dads, or seasoned Dads, and especially my Dad - you are our every day Super heroes!

Enjoy your special day, and take solace in the thought that your children will grow up one day and you will have peace and quiet once again...

My Dad - My Super Hero

The card topper is a 'My Super Boy' digi stamp from Tiddly Inks, hand coloured using Spectrum Noir pens:
Skin: FS2, FS4, FS9, CR3
Hair: EB3, EB5, EB8
Cape & Boots: DR1, DR6, DR7, GG4
T-shirt and jeans: TB2, TB3, TB4
Shield: GB1, GB2, GB4

Flowers handmade using Spellbinders Bitty Blossom dies, and 'Dad' sentiment from Tonic sentiments, all stuck on a ready made A6 cardstock, which came free with a magazine.

Sugar Nellie Mia Card Coloured with Spectrum Noir

Sugar Nellie Mia Card Coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens

This Sugar Nellie Mia card was made for my friend's daughter. The minute I saw this digi stamp at funkykits.co.uk, I just knew I had to do this card for her - she's a perfect fit and the namesake!

Sugar Nellie "Mia" Card with matching box

Handmade Earrings in matching colours

The Spectrum Noir colours used

Hair TN1, EB1, EB2
Skin FS2, FS4, FS9, Cheeks CR3
Lips CR1, CR7
Eyes TB1
Bag BGR1, Blender
Shoes IG1, IG2, IG5
Jeans TB2, TB3, TB4
Jacket GB1, TN2, GB5
Shirt EB1, Blender
Scarf BT1, BT2

Apart from colouring the Sugar Nellie Mia topper with Spectrum Noir pens, I have used Tonic header dies, Crafters Companion Quilling Flowers dies, Tonic Layering butterflies dies, and Tonic Affections and Sentiments dies. To finish the card off, I've added some handmade earings made with Jesse James beads.

Wee Stamps Bird Swing Anniversary Card Coloured with Spectrum Noir

Wee Stamp Bird Swing Anniversary Card Coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens

Today I'm quite chuffed to have finished my first commission for an anniversary card. The topper is done using a digi stamp from Wee Stamps - Birds Swing by Sylvia Zet. These birds are absolutely adorable - they just ooze love, don't they? I love all Sylvia Zet's digis, I've collected quite a few of them now.

Love is in the air

Together Forever

The Spectrum Noir pen colours used are:
Birds BT1, IB1, BT3
Cheeks PP3, PP2
Beaks GB1, GB2
Flowers CR4, CR6, CR7 and a bit of glitter glue
Leaves LG1, LG2, LG3
Swing IG1, IG2

Flowers (and butterflies) are made from parchment, which was embossed with Embossalicious Cable Knit folder, and die cut using Crafters Companion Die'sire Quilling Flowers and Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms dies. The card size is 8x8 gold centural pearl, die cut with Tonic Affections Heart Base die and embossed with Chantilly Frame, and decorated with Liquid Pearls.

If I were to do this card again, I would add more butterflies, and I'd use less blush for the cheek (CR2 maybe?) - I think they are blushing so much, as if they're up to something...

My other favourite colours Spectrum Noir pen combination for these birds:
Birds IG1, IG2
Cheeks CR2
Beaks GB1
Flowers CR6, CR8, CR9 and a bit of glitter glue
Leaves LG1, LG3
Swing IB1, IB2, Blender