Royal Purple and White - Special Birthday Wish

Good Morning Everyone,

Phill is busy at Creative Expressions HQ today so I am doing today's blog. I hope you like it.

Products used: (which are all links to Phill's website) :-)

8 x 8 Card Blank
White Card stock
Centura Pearl Royal  Purple  Card Stock 
Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Frosty Heather Twinkles
Frosty Heather P.V.A.
Sentimentally Yours Scribbled Sentiments
Sentimentally Yours Elegant Milestone Birthday A5 Stamp Set
Spellbinder Dies Labels 47
Sue Wilson Dies Caribbean Collection Border, Accent & Tags
Sue Wilson Dies Perfect Peony Complete Petals
Sue Wilson Dies Perfect Peony Open Petals
Sue Wilson Dies Petite Vinery
Spellbinder Die D-Lites Flutter Flight
Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue

To create this card I cut a 7.75 sq piece of Royal Purple Card and attached flat to the main card blank.

Next using Plain White Card Stock I cut a 7.5 sq and using the Accent Die I cut each corner.

Then using the Sentimentally Yours Scribbles Sentiments and Dusty Concord Distress Ink I stamped across the top . Then attached flat to the card,.

Using Plain White card Stock and Spellbinder Labels 47 I cut out the largest die and backed this onto a piece of Royal Purple card,

Then using the Elegant Milestone Birthday Stamps and Dusty Concord Distress Ink I stamped the sentiment and attached this to the card using pads to give dimension.

Next using both Complete and Open Petals of the Peony Dies I cut out several of these in scraps of lilac card, which I shaped and glued to the card using Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue. I then cut out 2 of the Petite Vinery Dies using scrap pieces of white card, and attached to the card.

I then cut out the butterfly and attached to the card.

Finally I added Frosty Heather Twinkle to the wings of the Butterfly, and Frosty Heather Pearl P.V.A. to the centre of the flowers.

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Frosty Heather Christmas Card

Good Morning Everyone,

It is overcast here in Nottingham so a good time to spend the day in my craft room.

Once again I have had received some lovely comment on my previous blog and I thank you all so much.


On with today's card:

Products used:- (which are also links to Phill's website) :-)

8 x 8 Card Blank
Frosty Christmas Holly Paper pad
Frosty Heather Gilding Was by Phill Martin
Frosty Heather Twinkles by Phill Martin
Frosty Heather P.V.A. by Phill Martin
Frosty Heather Colour Cloud Blending Ink
Christmas Holly Verse Stamp Set A5
Embossing Folder Snowflake Lattice
Sue Wilson Die - Caribbean Island Collection, Border Accent & Tag
Silver Embossing Powder
Dazzlers
Seam Binding
Stick pins

The first thing I did before creating this card was to cut a piece of White Seam Binding, enough to make a triple bow and swags. I then coloured it with Frosty Heather Colour Cloud Blending Ink.

1st Layer
I cut a piece of plain white card to 7.75 square, then I used Frosty Heather Gilding Wax  around the edges.

Using a sheet of Frosty Heather Christmas Paper I cut this to 7.5 square and then attached both layers
to the main card.

Next I cut 2 pieces of plain white card to 2" x 7.75 then using the Border Die I cut them both out before Embossing them with the Snowflake Lattice Embossing Folder. I then attached both to the card.

Sentiment

For the Sentiment I used a Verse from the Christmas Holly Verse Collection and heat embossed it using Silver Embossing Powder.
I then attached this to the card using pads.



Finishing Touches

I added Frosty Heather P.V.A. Pearls to the centre of the snowflakes, and Frosty Heather Twinkles to the edges of the border and around the edges of the sentiment.
Then making sure the ribbon wad dry I made a triple bow with swags and added this using a large Dazzler.

Finally I added a matching insert form the Christmas Holly Paper pad insert.


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Cosmic Shimmer New Colour Reveal No.3 - Frosty Heather

Good Afternoon Everyone

As promised, here is the reveal of my new Cosmic Shimmer Colour no.3, which is,.. Frosty Heather :-)

This is a really beautiful lavender/lilac shade with a lovely aubergine undertone,.., the colour is also reflected in the new Frosty Christmas Holly Paper and Insert Pads too :-)

Here is the card..
It's an 8x8 and I will give you all the instructions on day 6, with the final colour reveal :-)

I've done the exact same card in all 6 new colour ways, it's my favourite way of showing you how different they all look :-)

And here;s your close up..

Hope you're having a great day!

Until tomorrow!

Happy Crafting!