Birthday in Blue

This card was made with Periwinkle blue and a metallic grey that I had in my stash.  Again I used Sue Wilson's dies as I have to admit that these are my favourite dies and they make such lovely and quick cards.

I have not had much time for cardmaking recently due to trying to get my mother's birthday present made as well as attending some workshops so to be able to make quick cards is just what I need.

This was for a friends birthday and I used paper from LOTV Beach Bliss pack.  I then cut out the topper in alternating colours using Sue Wilson's Spanish Collection Cordoba die and finished it with her Finishing Touches Faux Quilled Blooms.  The happy birthday was cut out using a Tattered Lace die.

Card for my Niece

I am posting this from my holiday in the US and this is the first time in days that I have had internet access.

We have been on a tour of some of the National Parks of the US and have had no phone, TV or internet - sheer bliss.

This is the card that I made for my niece's birthday.  I started with a Fresh Blue Centura card and mounted some Coconut White card that I had pierced around the border onto this.

 

I then mounted some Periwinkle blue card that I had embossed with Sue Wilson's Art Deco A4 embossing Folder.  I used Sue Wilson's California Frames A and Frames B which I layered in periwinkle and coconut white.  I used Britannia Dies Happy and Birthday words and the Niece from their Other Relatives Dies.

I cut out some shoes using Tattered Lace Platform Show and Memory Box Platform Pumps and used Periwinkle silk Glitter to give some sparkle. 

Once I am back home in 2 days time, I will be able to catch up with my reading blogs - once the washing and unpacking has been done. I did managed to hit the local craft stores yesterday!!!


 

Interlocking Shapes

I am still having fun playing with Sue Wilson new dies.  I thought that I had bought a selection of all the collections but have realised that I have mainly bought the Californian Collection.  

Her dies are quite large and therefore I am making cards a little larger than before. This card was made with the Beverly Hills set.

Using all three of the dies, I cut out the shapes but put the centres aside to use at a different time.  I used Bazzill Bling in a light and dark blue.  These were mounted onto some patterned Mica paper that I had bought from Jayne Nestorenko.  The background card was Fresh Blue Centura Card and I created a border of beads with Cobalt Blue Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue.

The greeting in the middle was stamped onto Fresh Blue Centura and embossed with WOW Blue regular and I then cut it with California Collection Frames Set A and mounted this onto some Core'dinations Gemstones cut with Californian Collection Frames B to finish.

New Sue Wilson Dies

I loved seeing the new Sue Wilson dies on her blog last week and was even lucky enough to win one of the new releases.   I had ordered about a third of them and spent some of the weekend playing with them.  I love the way that Sue has put them all into collections but that they also mix and match.

I started with the Striplet Lattice heart inner die and cut and embossed both ends of some brown card.  I only used the inner die so that the cream coloured card showed underneath.  I then cut out in cream card the largest die from Californian Collection - Basic Frames (Set A).  I then cut out Californian Collection - Hollywood in brown, the second largest dies from Californian Collection - Basic Frames (Set A) in cream, the smallest die from Californian Collection Beverly Hills in brown and finally the smallest die Californian Collection - Napa Valley in cream.  I stamped a greeting on the smallest cut from JustRite - Going Places Vintage Labels stamp set.

I am looking forward to getting the rest of her dies as these cut lovely and really do make some stunning cards as shown on her blog.