Super long time since my last post...

I'm sooo sorry it's been such a long time since my last post, I just seem to have been so busy (and not with crafting, unfortunately). I have been decorating my living room and currently have no table to craft on! I have, however, managed to make a few cards for friends and family. So, without further ado I shall post the pictures below.

This first card I made for my cousin for his 18th birthday. I always struggle with masculine cards so I was pleased with how this one turned out.

I was asked to make these next three cards by my cousin. She wanted one for her friend, another for her work colleague and the final one for her mum.

The next cards my dad asked me to make. The first one is for his dad and the second one is for his sister. I tried to keep the Father's Day card fairly simple.

                                         

                                          

Ok, I'll leave it at that for now. But I promise I will be back soon as I've some more pictures of cards to post.

As always, thanks for visiting my blog and please feel free to leave a comment or ask any questions.

Vicki.

Oops...it's been too long!

I've really been neglecting my blog...Sorry! I have been doing some scrapping but not as much as I would like :( As usual, my children take up most of my time and come the evening I'm exhausted lol. Where is this year going already?!!

I'm nearing the completion of my Ciao Bella album (which about time considering it's almost been a year!) so, hopefully, I will be posting pics in the near future. I thought I wouldn't bother posting any of the album until it's finished now.

I have done a few more cards which I'll post below. The first one is a Valentines card I made for my other half. The second one is a Mother's Day card and the third is a birthday card (also for my mum).

Sorry I haven't given much detail about the stuff I've used but, it would turn into a mammoth post if I tried to cover it all. If you would like to know any more info just leave me a comment and I will try my best to answer you.

Thanks for dropping by and I'll try to keep more up to date with my posts.

Bye for now.

Vicki

New Card

Hi All, I know it's been ages since I last blogged but I have been really busy with my kids (as always lol) Anyway, I had to make a card for my boyfriends mum today. My daughter had a lot of input with this card, hence the reason it looks like a card for a child :-)

My daughter chose the Forever Friends stamp which I painted using acrylic paints. I made all the roses using Tim Holtz "Tattered Florals" die and inked the edges using "Broken China" and "Crystal" Stickles on the large roses and "Milled Lavender" on the small roses. The background paper is DCWV Latte stack and the doily and crystal spray is from "Wild Orchid Crafts" (www.wildorchidcrafts.com). I think that covers everything of significance ;)

Wow, that card took me ages to make! I definitely need to practise more ha, ha!

Thanks for looking

Vicki

New Card

Hi All

I thought I would post a picture of the second card I have ever made (you can see the first one in an earlier post). It is for my boyfriend's sister so I hope she likes it lol.

The background paper is from the "Latte" mat stack by DCWV and "Once Upon a Time" mat stack also by DCWV. All the flowers and other embellishments are from Wild Orchid Crafts (love that online store!) I altered all the colours of the flowers as they all started off as either white or cream and one was a reddish colour. I used gold acrylic paint for the large rose, small rose (which was the reddish one) and the small carnations. I used "Haunted Shadows" glimmer mist by Tattered Angels on the two medium roses and used gold acrylic paint for the accents. I then did a mixture of purple, pink and silver acrylic paint for the other two carnations and accented them with the gold as well. The metal butterfly was a coppery colour but I rubbed the same gold paint over it to match in with the colour scheme.

I hope you like it.

Vicki x

A bit more progress...

Hey everyone. I've managed to get a bit more scrapping done so thought I would share what I've done so far. I decided to tinker a little more with the first page of the Ciao Bella album (I'll think of a title for it some day) so I've included the photos. There isn't a massive change but I'm not losing the plot and just duplicating photos lol.

The swirl was made using Tim Holtz die called "Elegant Flourishes" which I painted with gold acrylic paint. I then added a little bit of bling and a photo mat. I haven't adhered down the corner of the flourish so that a photo can slide underneath. I have wanted this die for ages but it was always out of stock so I was thrilled to bits when I finally managed to get hold of it :-)

The other die I finally managed to get hold of was Tim Holtz's "Tattered Florals" another one that is nearly aways out of stock. I couldn't wait to have a play so the results are below. This is the 3rd page and I still have some tags to make. I'm just waiting for my children's bedtime before I can play again lol.

 So above is the whole page. I used my "Elegant Flourishes" and painted it in copper acrylic paint. I then adhered it to piece of acetate and made it into a pocket. I then used the "Tattered Florals" die to make the flowers in the corner. The edging along the bottom was made using my border punches and they are only glued along the bottom edge so that tags and photos can be slotted behind.

The next photos are just a close up of the flowers and the flourish, with a scrap bit of paper behind the flourish to show the pocket.

I nearly forgot I just made a bow out of some gold ribbon I have and stuck it down using a little bit of hot glue.

Thanks very much for looking and please let me know if you want any more information or if you just want to leave a comment please feel free to do so.

Thanks

Vicki

Finally engaged my brain!

I can't believe how long I have left it between posts! Oops :-( I've been struggling for a camera after mine decided to die on me. My replacement then decided to have a dodgy battery. It would take one photo and would then go flat, so that was rather annoying. And then a light switched on in my brain and I thought "I can use my ipad!" Lol.

Anyway, I've been having a complete block with my mini album but then a few weeks ago I finally got in the mood and completed the second page. This album is going to take forever lol. I also made my very first card (yay) It is completely inspired by a woman called Leanne and her blog is www.luvleescrappin.blogspot.ca. She also has a brilliant youtube channel as well: www.youtube.com/user/Luvleescrappin, so definitely go check her out.

Below are the photos of my recent scrapping. The first picture is of the paper stack that I am using for the mini album. As previously posted, it is called Ciao Bella and is by DCWV.

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave a comment. I would love some feedback.

Vicki

Ok here is my very first card that I made. All the flowers and other embellishments are from a lovely online shop called Wild Orchid Crafts and their website is as follows: http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com. The paper I used was the Latte stack and co-ordinating card stack by DCWV (They are becoming one of my favs). I also got the mat stacks that match as well.

If you would like any information on what I have done please leave me a comment and I will do my best to explain lol.

Thanks again

Vicki

A few pictures

Sorry it's been so long, again, since I last posted! I haven't managed to do any more scrapping but I have managed to take some photos of the album I started that uses the Ciao Bella papers.

I've made a few mistakes on the front cover but these will be covered up once I actually decorate it. I've covered the whole picture of the bird with glossy accents and I really like the affect. The only problem is it caused my paper to shrink slightly hence there are some wrinkles but I can hide them. I was also impatient to dry the glossy accent so I decided to use my heat gun. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying enough attention and it started to bubble as I got it too hot oops! Again I will cover this with flowers or something.

On the first page I did lots of stamping and embossing which I was really pleased with. I have decided that this album is going to be really fussy seeing as though it is for me lol :-)

Anyway, thanks for looking and hopefully next time I will have some more progress for you.

Vicki