Saturday 29 May 2021

Stamping Pals Colour Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone,
Today I have made a card using ink blending to make a night sky. This was made for the colour challenge on the stamping pals blog







I blended Highland Heather, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie inks onto white shimmer cardstock to create the sky scene. The branches were from and sentiment were form Very Versailles and the little bird were from Sailing Home all stamps were from Stampin' up.
This was mounted onto Basic White Card and then stuck down onto a Basic Black card base. The sentiment was stamped in clear Versamark ink and then sprinkled with white embossing powder and heatset, i then flagged the end and mounted it with foam dimensionals.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a good week 😊

Monday 24 May 2021

Poinsettia Petals FMS486

 Happy Monday everyone, it's Christmas in May!

Today I have made a card using Poinsettia petals dies from Stampin' Up and a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches blog. I know it's not exactly Christmas season but I do love it lol




The card base was made from  A5 Kraft cardstock and folded in half to make an A6 card.
The background paper I used was from the Brightly Gleaming DSP from Stampin' Up but sadly it has retired 😕
I cut a half circle in rose gold mirror card and another in White card stock using a large nesting die, then embossed it using a Christmas sentiment embossing folder.
I cut some sprigs from Mossy Meadow card stock and rose gold mirror card, some poinsettias in red mirror card and finished them off with some pearl gems.
 I hope you like it. 
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a good day.


Saturday 2 January 2021

Enjoy the moment sneak preview

Hello everyone, 
Happy New Year 2021!!
Today I'm sharing a card made using the Enjoy the moment stamp set from stampin up which will be available from the new mini catalogue starting from the 5th of January 😉 I will add more details to my blog when it becomes available.

 
The card base was made using Bermuda Bay card stock, In Good Taste DSP mounted on Basic Black cardstock and embossed some Bermuda Bay cardstock with the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder. The image was stamped in Crumbcake ink onto white card then I lightly blended Crumbcake ink and Bermuda Bay ink to create an age feel to the card I finished off with some Champagne Rhinestones. I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.
Kind regards 
Margaret McFadyen 

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Saturday 12 December 2020

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


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Sunday 30 August 2020

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 

Tuesday 4 August 2020

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

Sunday 26 July 2020

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 

Sunday 19 July 2020

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

Sunday 12 July 2020

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 😊






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