A quick Get Well card

Hi there , welcome to my room . Hope that you and yours are well . Really hot here in Adelaide today , and I am so happy that our unit is easy to keep cool . Great for crafting . Today's card is in my usual style , quick and simple .

We have a friend who has been in hospital for a few days and who,  for one reason or another,  can't have flowers in her room . This,  I thought , was the next best thing  to cheer her up.

The stamp [ Fragrant Letter from Penny Black]   is one I have had FOR EVER.

The sentiment is from Art Impressions. Both inked with Basic Brown.  Envelope  image on Whisper White ,  coloured with various markers and adhered with foam tape . The card and papers from Simply Scrappin set , Love Birds. I added black rhinestones for flower centres.

Fiskars Punch used for decorative edge.

Thanks for calling in .

Time for a cool drink...catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne.

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Hello my friends , hope you are all well . Welcome to my room . Just an update on Doug's progress. Thank you for all the Get Well Wishes he has received and to all those who have kept us in their thoughts and Prayers . Doug is so much more mobile now , not leaning on me at all when using his walking frame . His speech is really  clearer  and his appetite is returning . A long way to go yet but heading in right direction .
Well last night I made a card using a technique I had not thought about for ages .
I don't know the name for it but it's this....

Using an embossing folder and leaving a clear piece/ shape  for sentiment or an image . Mmm.. that   clear , not sure , but I'll try to show you .. This is the card I created

 The image is stamped onto unembossed oval shape . To achieve this I made a template from two pieces of cardboard taped together and  with an oval cut out. This is called a shim .

See how I have drawn shape of folder onto this template so that  I can see where oval cutout will be when I place the folder and cardstock on it . Then I place cardstock into folder as usual

And emboss with Big Shot. EDITTED HERE..

This is where you place the folder and card on top of the cardboard before running through the machine . Embossing is all about pressure , so where the oval is,  will be no pressure for the folder to impress the pattern from the folder onto card. The cardboard acts as a "thickness for added pressure"

For this example I chose this sentiment from Penny Black.

Rose Red card base with Whisper White card for embossing . Basic Black ink for image from Art Impressions. Sponged edges with Rose Red ink and black Rhinestones as embellishing .

Found tutorial for this here . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8mEoNYHdk

Thank you for popping in hope that you found post interesting .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Hello

Hi there , welcome to my room . It's a glorious day here in Adelaide , and here I am enjoying your company , so all is good. Hope you are all well.
Thank heavens for digital cameras ! I have taken 25 shots of this card and this is the best  I could choose . My card today is my take on a swap I had recently from Ally.
The flower panel is a piece of Acetate embossed with Big Shot folder , Elegant Bouquet.

And the reason for the difficulty is that the acetate reflected light in any  angle I tried.

I used a white Pigment Ink Pen to colour the underside of the daisys and a green marker for stems .

The larger  white panel is also embossed and hard to see . The black card under the acetate is embossed with Dots folder.

 The card base is Glossy White with a Basic Black mat . I then adhered a smaller Marina Mist piece. I used more of this card to punch [EK] a lattice work strip, to add to bottom edge. Over this I added a Marina Mist ribbon and bow.

The sentiment from SU Tiny Tags is on Small Scallop Circle edges sponged with  Brocade Blue  ink .

Might have to have another go at this card and photography.

Still I hope you have got the idea , it really looks better in real life .

Catch you again soon cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .

A Gate Fold Card

Hello once more , dear blogging friends . Welcome to my room . Hope that you are all happy and in good health . Just the last few days my mojo went AWOL. So I have been reading,  blog browsing and flipping through my stash of card examples [ swaps] . I ended up finding inspiration  on  Sandy's blog .
Sandy has many creations other than cards and her works of art are truly worth a visit . What inspired me was her  layering of many elements on a card.
So here I am sharing with you today's card .

Cardstock is from SU . The  Old Olive  panels for gate fold have been embossed with Provo Craft Folder for added texture . I have used  a wood flourish , a butterfly , leaves and flowers from my stash  for embellishing . Oh and added self adhesive pearls in corners .

For the inside I have used Old Olive layer with pale blue piece with deckled edges touched  with gold pen. It looked a little bare so I found a precut butterfly in my stash to add to bottom corner .
I am really happy with this card today so hoping you like it too.
Catch you again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne .
     Entering this into ...Moving Along With The Times  Challenge ..Make Your Dream Come True"
                  Because one of my many dreams is to be able to add more than a couple of elements / embellishments to a card .

Pillow Boxes

Hello everyone , welcome to my room . Hope that you are all well and enjoying some craft time .
Just a quick blog tonight because I would like to browse other blogs and see if there  are any challenges that I might be able to enter . 
I will share some thing I tried in my craft morning . Using my bigz Die , Pillow Box and varied

SU card stock along with more from my stash , this is what one of our projects was today.

Once my friends had die cut their 3 boxes I just brought out my stash of flowers ,  ribbons ,brads and stamps and left them to it . These on show here were my examples to inspire them ....hopefully . I think showed them the possible varied embellishing that could be used .
Hope you found them interesting .
Catch you again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne

Birthday Celebrations

Hi there every one. Welcome to my room .
I am sure that you all are aware of the dramatic events that are happening as we speak. I am refering to the States of Queensland  and New South Wales and may be others that I am not aware of , where record floods are devastating lives and landscape. I know that times are tough for many of us and money donations may be hard to find , so do you think that just maybe you could rummage through your linen press or wardrobe and find some items that you could spare for the Red Cross / Salvation Army?  In any event ,please keep all those who are affected by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers .
                             But now onto today's card .
I started out with a man's card in mind but not sure if I ended up with one .

Very overcast here in Adelaide so photo not so bright .
Soft Suede and Naturals Ivory and scrap of blue cardstock  used . Butterfly from All A Flutter, SU. Inks , Soft Suede and Pacific Point.  Sentiment from Upsy Daisy set SU. Chocolate Chip ribbon SU. Scallop Trim Border Punch SU used on Ivory layer and I added little pearls inbetween each scallop. . Butterflys wings are curled and  are both   adhered with foam tape .
In any case I ended up with a creation I rather like so ...all good!
I am off now to go through Kitchen cupboards to see if I really need 3 potato mashers, 4 eggflips , those 6 new teatowels ...
Catch you all again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne