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