Forrest trail

Hello everyone, 

I've not been on here for a few months as its been a bit hectic with work. Today I have a card to share with you using the Snowfront stamp set from stampin up. This stamp set is so versatile as you can create so many different themed cards. 

The card base was made using whisper white cardstock, I use Magnolia lane DSP which is retired now but you could change this with the Forever Greenery DSP or maybe the Ornate Garden DSP I also used Brightly Gleaming DSP for the stripey panel all sections were mounted on Basic Black cardstock. The image was stamped using Mossy Meadow for the trees, forrest bed and the grass. I used crumb cake for the mountains and grey granite and Crumbcake for the path and Balmy Blue for the sky

Product List

Snow Front Photopolymer Stamp Set [150483]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper [152488]
Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper [152492]	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429]	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820]	Stamping Sponges [141337]
Sponge Daubers [133773]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]

Back On Your Feet

Hello everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks, I've had a tough couple of weeks due to me wee rabbit Daisy hurting her back leg after she jumped out of her cage the wrong way 😢 and well... I've just not been in a creative kinda mood. 

Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to her last Sunday as she had taken a turn for the worst and it would have been too cruel to let her continue on the way she was going. 

This is one of the last photos we took of her last Sunday 🙁 She was 9 years old so had live to quite a good age, she shared my craft room with me too and was usually found hopping around my feet, she was a wee fighter and I'm really going to miss her 😢💕

Today I have made a card for the spot creative challenge blog, it kinda sums up the way I've been feeling too. This card was made using the Back On Your Feet stamp set from stampin' up. It's a clean and fairly simple card to make too. I hope you like it. 

Thanks for stopping by 🙂

Margaret McFadyen 

Jar of flowers

A few weeks ago I was asked to make a card for my Sister in law. 

This card was not too expensive to make and the most it cost me was my time. I used free backing papers that I had downloaded from a magazine a few years ago and trimmed this down to 6 x 6 inch. I used the snow globe scene dies from stampin' up to cut out the aperture in the backing paper, I kept the cut out part too. I then took the piece with the aperture cut out, and placed it on my card. I cut various different leaves and foliage then working and gauging the placement of how my vase would look I began to snip the stems roughly about 1/4 to 1/3 off the base of the stems and place them inside the cut out aperture. I stuck the globe behind the backing paper, put double sided tape around the aperture and red line tape on all 4 sides peeling back just about 1 inch and folding the peeled back  red tape so that it sticks out. I completely removed the tape from the bottom of the backing paper and positioned it on the card on the bottom edge only. I put sequins inside the globe then put the card face down and removed the tape. The rest of the foliage and flowers was then glued into position. 

Thanks again for stopping by

Margaret McFadyen

A girls best friend

I was asked to make this card for my friends nieces 21st birthday. The background paper was the bird ballad from last years stampin up collection. The main image is stamped useing mos digi stamps and a free stamp I got with a stamping magazine. I used various foliage dies and flower dies to make up the surrounding area and a little fencing die for the edge. I got the little key and wee heart gems from The Range craft store. Thanks for visiting my blog today 🙂

Margaret McFadyen 

Flower Box Card

Hello, In my post today I have a Flower box card. I was asked to make a special card for my sister in laws, sister, for her 50th birthday. I have used metal dies to cut all the flowers and some individual petals and shaped and formed all the individual flowers by hand, I coloured some with Copic markers and glued them together with Tombow glue. The number 50 was made using Mirror card and also cut using die cuts. 

This is only the second box card I've made and was definitely easier than the first one.

  The box card is made using 1 full A4 sheet of card stock and scored along the long side of the card at 7, 14, 21 and 28 cm which should leave a narrow border measuring about 1.7cm. Turn the card around with the narrow section towards you and trim at 16½cm then score again at 9½ cm starting from the second panel from the top. Cut down each of the folds to the score lines on the right hand side.

I have put a photo of the main flower box template below

Thanks for visiting today.

If you have any questions just ask and I'll help if I can.

Margaret McFadyen

Bloom & Grow

For my card this weeks Spot Challenge Blog we were asked to create our own background. 

I used the wee foliage leaves & sprigs from Stampin ups Bloom & Grow stamp set

I used the embossing buddy on the Crumb Cake card stock to get rid of any static before stamping the background images in Versamark ink, then shook some white embossing powder over the stamped surface. I then melted this with my heat tool. I then adhered the Crumb Cake card to my card base.

 I stamped the little deer image in Crumb Cake ink onto whisper white card, then without moving the stamp or card stock i placed a post it note over the deer image and stamped the deer image again.

I lifted the post it note off and cut around the image then carefully placed it over the deer image to mask over it. I took the tree stamp and positioned the trees where I wanted them and stamped them in Early Espresso ink Then removed the mask to reveal the completed images together.

I used the Stitched Nested Labels Dies to cut out the image and then mounted it onto the card base using Dimentionals I stamped the thanks sentiment from  the Sailing Home stamp set in Early Espresso then cut it out and mounted it to my card base again using Dimensionals. I cut 2 small pieces of card in Crumb Cake & Early Espresso then notched them using scissors, I added 3 wee gilded Gems to finish off the card.

Thanks again for dropping by

Margaret McFadyen 😊

Product List

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set [149229]	Nature's Beauty Cling Stamp Set [150528]	Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114]
Embossing Buddy [103083]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Gilded Gems [152478]
Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]

Sending Sunshine

Hello!, 

For this week I have another card for The Spot Creative challenge.

Its a sketch challenge.

The lovely wee goat image is from Stampin' Ups Way To Goat, Isn't he cute! 😉

I began stamping to create the background onto whisper white card

I used the new stamp set Sending Sunshine to create the lovely sunrise

The water was first stamped using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Tumbled Glass

 or the wider water image as I couldn't get the water to look pale enough.

The smaller water image was stamped on top in Balmy Blue Ink, 

I then i stamped the sun in Crushed Curry. 

I stamped the wider image again onto a post it note, then cut out the water edge to use as a mask.

I blended Crumb Cake ink to create the sand although I feel it went a bit too dark..oh well 😞

The sky was blended using Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, I stamped the clouds in Whisper White ink again from Sending Sunshine.

I cut the wavy panel from Old Olive card and glued it on the bottom left side of the card.

I stamped the sentiment from Way To Goat in Momento Tuxedo Black ink, the coloured him in using Crumb Cake ink, his wee flower was coloured with Melon Mambow ink, and him horns were coloured in  I fussy cut him out and placed him on the wavy hillside.

I die cut the leaves from Peaceful Moments Dies and the grass clump from By The Dock Dies

The sentiment was stamped in tuxedo Black from the Sending Sunshine stamp set.

Thanks again for stopping by

Margaret McFadyen😊

Product List

Sending Sunshine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152592]	Way To Goat Cling Stamp Set (English) [152657]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683]
Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576]	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601]	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Poppy Moments Dies [151594]	Dockside Dies [151618]