Sandra Dry Designs

Some Bunny Loves You

2012-01-30T21:53:00.001Z

Hello Folks!.... Well, I've not been around much lately as I have been busy making samples for Joanna Sheen's shows that were on Create and Craft this weekend. Here's one I made for the latest 'Happy Hoppers' release.

I drew the carrot and cut it out on a double thickness of card, to create the shaped card blank. I coloured the carrot with alcohol markers. The cute bunny image is also coloured in with alcohol markers. The letters are die cut Funky Foam and I finished the card off with a green tulle bow.
I'm hoping I'll have a bit more time to catch up with you in blogland.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
Hooked on Crafts - Something Bright
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Animals
Stamp n Doodle - Animal
Pixie Dust Studio - Let's go to the Zoo
Anything Goes Challenge - To the One I love
Pile it On - Just Because

Valentine's Card, stitching, embossing and ribbon Roses.

2012-01-16T20:37:00.000Z

Hello folks!! Wow what a busy start to 2012 I have had. I'm in the midst of making my DT cards for Joanna sheen so this will have to be brief. There is a great card challenge over on Scrapology - you have to 'Say it with Ribbons' and it's a 'Love is...' card. Just in time for Valentine's Day. The challenge is sponsored by Crafty Ribbons and the fab prize up for grabs is a set of 16 ribbons, like the ones used by the DT. Do hop over and be inspired by the wonderful DT creations.

I was lucky enough to be sent some gorgeous ribbon to use on my card. A beautiful rich shade of red... which just screamed out ribbon roses to me. I folded the ribbon over; stitched; slightly gathered; coiled and stitched in place x3 to create the 3 flowers. I embossed the black cardstock with my Cuttlebug and lightly rubbed on some silver metallic rub. I matted it with some silver mirri paper onto a black card.

I used my WRMK Sew Easy kit and the 'love' pricking head to prepare for my stitching. Some lovely polka dot ribbon towards the bottom and the die cut sprigs and swirls to finish the card off.

I was so proud of my little card (very different to my usual style I'm sure you will agree) that I showed hubby and told him it was his Valentine's card..... he promptly replied that it must be a Christmas Valentine's card. I looked at him blankly...... then he pointed out it has no L....Doh!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
My Grafico - Love and Valentine's
Scrapper's Delight - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - Anything Goes
Unstampables - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Die Cuts
One Stop Craft Shop - Spots and Ribbon

Scrapology 'T- is for Texture'

2012-01-06T17:04:00.001Z

Hello folks! It was my sister's 49th birthday in September and another opportunity for the family to get together. We happened to be wearing a right riot of colours and I thought it would be great fun to Scrap these shots. Now, this month, over on Scrapology we're scraplifting a fun double layout by Stacey Hansen and the additional challenge is 'Texture'. As the sketch includes 7 photos I thought it would be perfect for these. There is a fabulous prize up for grabs and inspiration for all from the talented DT here.

Here's a closer look at the LHS. Most of the products used are 'Vintage Blue' by WRMK. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the long edges on the centre strip. On top of that I placed the pink flocked lace - gorgeous texture. I made the photo mats from the Tim Holtz 'Kraft-Core' nostalgic collection cardstock. I embossed the mats on my Cuttlebug and sanded the surface back to reveal some of the Kraft coloured core.

A closer look at the RHS. I used my Nestabilities to cut the circles, brackets, rectangles and scalloped mats. I cut the large arc using the WRMK circle cutter.

The flowers were originally a tag but I cut them out, shaped them, inked the edges and adhered with dimensional glue gel. I added the glitter to the centres of the flowers and also to all the flowers on the patterned papers.

I created the swirls by just dotting some glue and covering with glitter.

I also altered the chipboard letters. These were, originally, much paler in colour. I couldn't resist glittering them up too!!
Ciao for now.
Sandra x

Rapunzel/Princess tower birthday card

2012-01-04T23:55:00.000Z

Hello folks. It's been really fun hopping around in blogland and catching with you. I have especially enjoyed looking at your 'year in review' posts where you share your favourites. So much crafty talent out there. I thought I'd share this card I made to showcase Joanna Sheen's 'Country House' stamp set. I used one of the small stone work stamps on the tower.

I cut the tower itself on my Cricut. All of the layers were cut in white and I coloured the shades of grey with alcohol markers. I die cut the flowers (an old 'Little Claire's' die) from red cardstock and added Martha Stewart garnet glitter. The tiny leaves are punched using my Pinflair Multi-punch.

I plaited some yellow yarn and positioned it on the card using dimensional glue gel. The sentiment was printed out on my Xyron Design runner and I hand cut the banner shape. Then was then shaped and adhered with more dimensional glue gel. I added the tiny red ribbon as a finishing touch.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

The paper shelter - Anything Goes

Stamp n doodle - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's - Fancy folds and shaped cards

Pile it on - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!!

2012-01-02T12:07:00.001Z

Hello to everyone in blogland. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Here's a little 4.5x4.5 inch card that I made for the Joanna Sheen Challenge. The theme this month is 'Celebrations' and, I thought, what better celebration for January than 'Happy New Year'. There are some fab prizes to be had this month, all the details are here. Do hop over to check out the weekly candy too and, of course, the fabulous creations from my fellow teamies.

I wanted to create a colourful, bright and fun card. The backing paper is from my scrap mountain, I think it was DCWV. I coloured the cute image with alcohol markers. I coloured the steamers with MS glitters and the wine glasses with glossy accents.

I coloured the ribbon with alcohol markers to colour match with the design. I finished the design by popping on some black gems to the corners.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Addicted to stamping - New Year
Pile-it-on - Anything Goes
Allsort Challenge - New Beginnings
CES Challenge - Party, Party, Party!!
Just Some Lines - New Year
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - New Beginnings
Squiggles and Giggles - Let's Celebrate
Totally Gorjuss - Something Happy
Wee Memories - New Year

Hanglar 'Congratulations' card

2011-12-19T00:02:00.003Z

Hello folks!! I am so sorry that I haven't been around much lately. The festive season is keeping me on my toes this year. I'm hoping to be able to catch up with you all later on this month.

I made this card for the December Scrapology card challenge which this month is all about 'leaves'. I dug out my favourite Hanglar and Stanglar stamp and coloured it with alcohol markers. The background paper started off life as a sheet of Brenda Pinnick paper. I stamped over it with the large swirly flower and painted with Mica paints. I then scrunched it up, flattened it out and spritzed it with pearl and silver Mica sprays. More scrunching and spritzing on the purple layer too.

I added the sheer patterned ribbon, Prima velvety leaves and clear beads. I just love the gorgeous texture the Prima leaves bring to the design which contrasts beautifully with the clean shiny beads. I die cut the letters from gold mirri paper using my Go-Kreate alphabet dies. I added glitter to the characters wings and the flowers for a finishing touch.

The prize for this months card challenge is a fabulous Kaisercraft set from the Cockadoodledoo range. Hop on over to find out all the details and be inspired by the gorgeous cards created by my fellow DT. I hope you can join in with the fun.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Corrosive Challenge - Anything except Christmas

Sparkles forum Challenges - Anything but a Christmas card

The Crafty Pad - Anything but Christmas

Frosted Designs - Ribbons

Scrapology Dec Layout Challenge - 'F is for Filters'

2011-12-07T21:11:00.001Z

Hello folks!! Ooo I can tell it's December. I look forward to 'The Season to be jolly' all year and when it arrives I remember how busy I always am. Anyhow, back to the challenge over on the Scrapology blog. This month we have gleaned our inspiration from a beautiful layout by Pamela Young. Our additional challenge is to use filter paper. Please hop on over to Scrapology to find out more details about the challenge; see the wonderful pages created by my fellow teamies and drool over the fabulous prize that is up for grabs (Echo Park Merry Christmas Collection kit and cardstock) kindly donated by Jilly from Cardinal Colours.

I had loads of fun creating this page. Isabelle was so little. I'm really pleased I was able to create a page with these photos as I adore them. The patterned paper is by My Minds Eye. I cut the the branches, leaves and little birds using my cricut. I tend to cut on white card and colour the pieces, before shaping and adhering.

I didn't have any filter paper to hand so I used tissue paper instead to make the leaves. I inked them, spritzed them with Mica Mists and cut them into leaf shapes. The large fabric flowers were from a 'mother's day garland making kit' which I found in the clearance section in Sainsbury's a few years ago. In the centre's I popped some Prima flowers.

I cut the large scallop shape with my Cricut from Core-dinations cardstock, scrunched it up and sanded it back a little. I also cut the baby bottle on the Cricut too and added some cardstock stickers.

I used self adhesive gems for the birds eyes an a white gel pen to add the year to the branch. Voila! my first Dt layout for Scrapology :o)
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Winner!! and Challenge No.1

2011-12-01T09:00:00.000Z

Hello folks! Well, it's finally here.... the first challenge over on the official Joanna Sheen challenge blog. A nice and easy one to kick us off 'Christmas Wishes'. My fellow team mates have made delightful creations to inspire you with the challenge and Joanna has given a £30 winners prize voucher for the online shop. A great prize I'm sure you will agree. I hope you are able to join us. All the details are on the challenge blog , if I've missed anything. I decided to make a scrapbook page of my twins on the run up to Christmas in 2008.

I really enjoyed making this page. The patterned paper, chipboard candy canes and sweetie are DCWV. I created my own doeflex (sp?) snowflake template with my gypsy and cricut machine. Through it I scraped Artists Spackle (similar to embossing paste), removed the template and covered with glitter. I rounded the corners of the photos and the mats and added some coarse Martha Stewart crystal glitter to the edges (see above) The small snowflakes, again are created with the Cricut, I inked them and glittered the shadow layer. I cut the letters with a Spellbinders Alphabet set from red funky foam. I printed the large Father Christmas pic from the Giordano Christmas CDrom, matted and layered using my Nestabilities. This layout is so sparkly and glittery in real life.... I'm sorry I didn't manage to catch that on my photos.

Now for the important news of the Blog Hop winner................ My winner, chosen at random is:

Jan

and here is what she had to say..........

Excellent blog hop good luck with the new blog xx Jan

Congratulations Jan! Please leave me your email in my comments box and I can organise your prize. You have 7 days to claim at which point we will do the draw again.

Looking forward to seeing your Christmas Wishes.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog launch Hop!!

2011-11-24T09:00:00.000Z

Hiya everyone and welcome to the

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog Hop!!!

Our blog hop is to celebrate the launch of the Brand New Joanna Sheen challenge blog!!!

If you have landed here from Jane's then you are hopping in the right direction - If not then you need to pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog to begin.

Our DT have had a great time creating with loads of fab Joanna Sheen images for our first challenge which starts on Thursday 1^st December.

As there is a week before our first challenge starts we have decided to do a blog hop where we have some scrummy prizes up for grabs!!!

Each DT member has a fab prize of pretty ribbons to be won so there are 9 – Yes… 9 chances to win!!!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog here and then leave a comment on every member of the DT’s blogs on their blog hop post.

On 30^th November each DT member will pick a winner from their comments and announce their winner on their blog on the 1^st December when the 1^stchallenge goes live so don't forget to check back on all the blogs to see if you're one of our lucky winners.

The order of the blog hop is as follows:-

Paula

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.com/

Suzi

http://wwwsuzies.blogspot.com/

Wendy

http://craftblog.craftybutterfly.co.uk/

Teresa

http://craftingalldayscards.blogspot.com/

Natalie

- http://ngcards.blogspot.com/

Jane

http://thecraftbucket.blogspot.com/

Sandra

http://sandradrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Carol

http://carol-mylittlepieceofheaven.blogspot.com/

Suzanne

http://suzannelily.wordpress.com/

From here you need to go to Carol's Blog to continue the hop!!!

Hop, hop, hop!!!!

Good luck!!!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

The Official Joanna Sheen Challenge blog!!

2011-11-19T14:05:00.001Z

Hello folks! Well here I am with another announcement..... The news is out! .... The Official Joanna Sheen Challenge blog goes live on 1st December and I'm on the design team! Yay! (ok that's enough exclamation marks for now) To celebrate the launch we will be having a blog hop during the week running up to the first challenge. There are 9 prizes up for grabs... one with each of the DT members (super talented gals). It will be from 24th-30th November.

What better way to share the news than with a House Mouse card. I made this one for Joanna's recent HM launch on Create & Craft. The papers are by Papermania. The image is coloured using Alcohol Markers. I have used my Cricut to die cut the the lattice border, the leaves, the oval and scalloped oval frame. The flower is die cut using Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Sizzix die.

I used my Nestabilities to die cut the parenthesis square mats for my sentiment.

And added self adhesive pearls for the finishing touch.

I hope you'll be able to join in with lots of challenges over the coming months. I can't wait to see what we create together.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Frosted Designs - Die Cuts
Whimsy Challenge - Flower Power
City Crafter - Four Legged Friend

Scrapology - November Card Challenge - 'House Mouse'

2011-11-15T16:59:00.001Z

Hello folks! Can you imagine my delight when I saw that our lovely Joanna Sheen is sponsoring this months card challenge over on Scrapology? How apt for my first challenge on the team. Be sure to hop over here to enjoy all the cards made by the talented DT and, of course, Joanna herself.

I had to use the 'Three Wise Mice' stamp set teamed with my favourite Christmas paper by K&Co. I'm sad to report that this is the very last of my lovely paper. Hence the small card... it can't be wider than 5 inches. I coloured the image with alcohol markers, cut and layered using my Nestabilities. I rubbed some gold metallic rub-on around all the brown edges. I added a sheer ribbon bow and holly leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I finished off the card by adding some flat backed red beds and glossy accents to the berries in the picture.

I hope you will be able to join in with this months House Mouse Challenge. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

First Aid kit House Mouse 'Get Well' card

2011-11-13T16:10:00.001Z

Hello folks! Well what fantastic shows on Create and Craft this weekend... including our Joanna and Jo. I though the design team excelled themselves with the gorgeous samples. Well done teamies.

This is the card I made showcasing the House Mouse 'Doctors orders' stamp set. I stamped and coloured the image using alcohol markers and used my Nesties and Cricut to create the tag. The first aid kit bag I drew freehand and cut out. I stitched all around the edge with white thread. I used my Cricut and Gypsy to create the white cross. I attached the tag to the bag with a ribbon bow.

You can really see the stitching from this angle. The handle was colours using the marker too.

Being in the Brighton Congress Hall Salvation Army band I was in the Remembrance Day Parade this morning. The Sun was shining. It was a beautiful day (my hat didn't fly off this year while I was marching and playing going past the pier as it normally does) It was a very poignant moment when our lovely Cyril (in his 90's and still playing in our band) laid the wreath on behalf of BCH. I shall never forget.

Enjoy what is left of the weekend.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Penny Black and more - all creatures great and small

.2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Little Claire's Designs - Shaped cards

Cuddly Buddly - Double Trouble

Stampavie and More - Anything goes.

Heart Songs Inspirations - Anything Goes

I'm on the Scrapology DT...Yay!!!

2011-11-06T14:39:00.000Z

Hello folks! It's the news I've been itching to share with you......... I'm on the Scrapology DT. Hoorah!! Those of you that know me well know how much I LOVE scrapbooking. I take far too many photos and what better way to enjoy them then creating layouts and mini books.

The Scrapology team have given me the warmest of welcomes here. Such a talented team. I cannot wait to create alongside them.

If you want to see a few more of the layouts I selected to share as form of introduction, hop on over to Scrapology Adventures in Scrapbooking.

I hope you will be able to join in with the monthly challenges there. I would love to see what you create.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Fox cub and butterfly card

2011-11-04T17:47:00.000Z

Hello folks!.... a quicky today as I'll be off to rehearsals for our Christmas Show at church soon. I made this card to showcase the Giordano Forest Friends Little Fox set.

This card is actually quite large for me. The bottom portion is an A5 tent fold. The stamping has been done with distress inks and lightly water coloured. I used mica paints on the raised spots.
That's all from me today folks. Be sure to pop back tomorrow as I can share some exciting news :o)
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Creative Craft Challenges - Fancy Edges
Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes
Wag'n Whiskers - Black and ribbon or pearls

Traditional Christmas Card

2011-10-30T21:15:00.001Z

Hello folks. Hope you are well and enjoying your weekend. Here's a card I made using a cute Giordano Father Christmas stamp set. I adore the way the Giordano brothers draw. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a 'cute' fiend. I popped this picture at the top as it captured the true colours a lot better than the one bellow. I'm not sure what happened (my photography no doubt) but just imagine the colours above on the picture bellow.

The tartan backing is actually from a packet of tissue paper that I bought to make Adrian and my first Christmas cards as a married couple back in 1994, making it 17 years old!! I knew it would come in handy again. The flowers are die cut using my Cuttlebug, shaped inked and adhered. The image is stamped, water coloured, slightly decoupaged and finished off with a touch of glitter. Ribbon, decorative corners, a die cut label and some red gems were all added to the mix.

I have been busy with my DT samples which are packed and ready to post tomorrow so I'm hoping to catch up with you in blogland soon.
Ciao for now
Sandra x

Inky Impressions - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes
The paper shelter - Anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year - Halloween colour (I used green) & Die cuts
Christmas Cards - (Optional) Liquid Applique

Fox and butterfly 'magic slider' card

2011-10-24T01:05:00.004+01:00

Hello folks! I hope you are all well. Here's a card I made using the Little Fox stamp set. Another very sweet stamp set designed by the Giordano brothers. I thought I would have a go at making a 'Magic Slider' card. There is a tutorial here. I made mine in pretty much the same way except to stop the whole image sliding out when pulled I added a couple of butterflies to the acetate layer.

I cut my circles and scalloped circles with my Cricut machine. The bottom layer I stamped and coloured with my alcohol markers (I use a combination of Promarkers, Copics and Spectrum Noirs) as I wanted the image to be nice and bright. The image on the top layer is stamped on acetate with Stazon ink.

I adore the cute butterfly stamp that comes with the set and used it to decorate the frame and create the little stopper on the acetate. The tab at the top is also cut on my Cricut. I added some die cut letters and a ribbon bow. The finishing touch was glitter to the butterflies, you can see that better in the first pic.

Have a fabulous week.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

KB Cute Monday - Anything goes
By the cute and girly - Anything goes
Wee Memories - Free For All
Creatalicious Challenges - Distressed edges

House Mouse 'Mice and Cosy' card

2011-10-16T20:46:00.001+01:00

Hello again folks! I hope you have had a splendid weekend. Here's another card that I made with those cute House Mouse stamps, this time from the 'Mice and Cosy' plate.

I took the knitted background image (originally in pinks...see previous post) from the House Mouse inserts CDrom and popped it on my MCS graphics programme and changed the colour from pink to blue. I cut all the circles and scalloped circles on my Cricut. I coloured the image with Prisma colour pencils. The sentiment is stamped from the set. I finished the card off with a ribbon tied button and a larger white ribbon bow.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Truly Scrumptious - distressing

Creatalicious Challenges - distressed edges

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

House Mouse 'Get Well' card

2011-10-15T10:58:00.000+01:00

Hello folks! It's been a while. I hope you are fine and dandy. Here's a card I made using one the the stamps being launched today on Create and Craft. When I saw the little mouse 'mending' his little toy I thought it would make a great 'Get Well' card. I also thought a warm and cosy hot water would be a great card base.

I drew the hot water bottle shape on some sturdy card and covered it with backing paper from the House Mouse CDrom. I stamped, coloured the mice with my Prisma colour pencils, cut them out and layered them up. I adhered them to some loops of ribbon onto the card. The letters are cut from funky foam using a Cuttlebug alphabet and topped with some Stickles glitter glue. I finished off the card with a ribbon bow.

Enjoy your weekend

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Anything goes - die-cuts/punches

Crafty Boots - Zoo/Animal theme

Raise The Bar - Pink is in

Ribbon Carousel - Sparkle and Ribbon

Charisma Cardz - In Stitches

Cog Christmas Tree Card

2011-09-21T21:59:00.001+01:00

Hello folks! Here is a Christmas card I made using Joanna Sheen's 'Speedy Celebration' stamp set. I cut the triangle aperture and stamped through using the cogs and gears from the stamp set. I added the backing paper (handy to cover all the 'over-stamping') and added ribbon, a bow and extra ribbon curls before adhering to the front of the card.

I added some dark red self adhesive pearls to the tree.

The flowers are made up of some die cut (Marianne dies) some punched (Woodware) and some stamped (from the Speedy stamp set) layers and finished off with more self adhesive pearls.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
Stamp with fun - Anything goes
Christmas Stampin' all year - Inspiration
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes
Paperplay Challenges - Punches & Dies

Sea Breezes

2011-09-18T21:28:00.001+01:00

Hello folks! I hope you have had a fabulous weekend. I had fun making this spring card, keeping the colour palette to soft blues, greens and sand. The papers are by We R Memory Keepers. The edges are inked - I find it so difficult to make a card without inking the edges... it just seems unfinished to me. Hmmm maybe I should try harder not too. The image is from a Faye Whittaker stamp set. I watercoloured the image and cut it out with my Nestabilities.

I used a 'Hot Off The Press' template to create the 'fold-it' ribbon swirls. I thought they looked a little like the paper windmills we like to associate with fun days at the beach.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
The Pink Elephant - Vintage theme
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Sky
There's Magic in the air - Shaped card
Stamps R Us - Friendship

Lifebuoy Ring Card

2011-09-13T22:25:00.002+01:00

Hello folks! Here's a card I made using a Faye Whittaker rubber stamp. I watercoloured the image and framed it with a lifebuoy Ring (cut using my Cricut Expression and Gypsy). I had to root around under our kitchen sink to find the rope which was just what I was looking for to add the finishing touch.

Here's a closer look at the image.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
The Pink Elephant - Vintage
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Fun with Shapes and more - What you want
Shabby Tea room - Boys will be boys

House Mouse Christmas Card.... three wise mice

2011-09-11T22:48:00.000+01:00

Hello folks! Just love this House Mouse Christmas stamp... three wise mice. How cute are they? I didn't want to detract from the main image too much so I kept everything else pretty simple.

I made a large 8x8 kraft card blank and layered up with various pieces of square card including some brown gingham (seem to have used a lot of this lately) I embossed the final layer with Cuttlebug 'random dots' embossing folder and rubbed over with metallic rub on.

The sentiment is from the stamp set. I shaped it and adhered with dimensional glue gel. The holly is cut from the main image that I stamped and watercoloured again. I die cut the decorative corners and popped them in place. The final touch was to add glossy accents to all the holly berries and some red gingham ribbon.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
Christmas Stampin' all year.... teachers pet.
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Charisma Cardz - Inspired by a song....'We Three Kings...'
Crafty Catz weekly - Ribbons
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Add a bow
Christmas Card Challenges Christmas
Ribbon Carousel Challenges - Ribbon
Pile it on - Layer it

....the things you cannot buy

2011-09-10T13:07:00.003+01:00

Hello folks! I made this card earlier in the year and it's still one of my favourites. I should have made two as I sent it to Joanna Sheen as a sample for her 'wordy' stamp sets... ahh well, I can always make another one.

I printed a sheet of rainbow paper from one of the MCS CDroms onto pearlescent paper and embossed it with the swirly fiskars embossing plate. I then added Stickles glitter glue to each of the swirls. I stamped and embossed, in white, the image on some more of the rainbow paper. I continued the design by hand stitching with white thread.

I hope this shot gives you an idea of the pearlesence and shimmer of the card. The glitter really twinkles when it's moved.

I used my Martha Stewart punch to add the finishing touches of the butterflies.
Joanna has some fab live shows lined up for this weekend, a great cdrom being launched and of course some more wonderful stamps.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes
Stamp Something - anything goes/the final challenge
Just Us Girls - Text me
Speedy the Cat - use a punch
Card Makin Mamas - Digi image or Papers
Daring cardmakers - Flutterby
The Poodle parlour - Animal antics
Flutterby Wednesday - Open challenge

A floral card

2011-09-06T16:57:00.002+01:00

Hello my lovelies... I'm back again to share a floral card. I do hope you are all well and crafting away like crazy. This card showcases Joanna Sheen's Fantasy Flower Exotic stamp set.

I stamped the image a few times and coloured with alcohol markers. I carefully cut out the main image twice and a selection of the petals and leaves to create some dimension. I created the long slim card blank and covered the base layer with some dark green velvet paper. I then matted and layered with more velvet paper and some gold mirri-card. With some dimensional glue gel; a little Spellbinder die-cutting; a ribbon bow and some coloured pins the card was complete.

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Cup and Saucer Easel card with Jammie cream biscuit

2011-08-14T09:13:00.002+01:00

Hello folks! So glad you decided to visit. I am still here crafting away, just haven't had much of a chance to blog. This'll be a quickie too as we're off on our holibobs after lunch and the twins have a birthday party to go to before that (you see what I mean?)

I thought I would share this card with you as there was some confusion as to whether I had made the biscuit embellishment or not when the card was shown on Joanna Sheen's show on Create and Craft yesterday (...and breathe.... note to self, must use more punctuation)

I sourced the teacup shape from an MCS CDrom and created the oval for the saucer using my gypsy and Cricut Expression. The stamp is from Joanna Sheen's Pressed Flower stamp range. I used Promarkers to add some colour.

Now for the biscuit. I saw this idea in blogland and thought I'd give it a go. I grabbed some cream and tan funky foam. I die cut the circles using my Nestabilities. I cut a smaller circle in one of the tan circles. I then gently heated that circle and stamped into it using a swirl stamp. I then stacked the circles up and glued them together. I used my chocolate Brilliance dew drop ink pad around the edges of the biscuit. For the 'jam' I filled the recess with red liquid pearls and once that was dry I topped it off with a layer of stickles. I adhered to the easel card to make a fun stopper.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the school holidays. I'll see you in September!!
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Yay! I'm the Scrapology guest designer for August!!

2011-08-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hello folks! I have been really looking forward to sharing this page with you. As my title suggests, I'm the guest designer over on Scrapology for August.... (can you tell that I'm a tad excited??) Hop over to Scrapology and you will see the beautiful scrapbook page by IngridG that we are scraplifting this month and also the inspirational pages by the talented design team.
As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to create a page with little Tinkerbell and my beautiful Isabelle. I spritzed the green 12x12 paper all over with Pearl Glimmer Mist. I added my mats, layers and photo. I used my Cricut Expression to cut a large circle frame and used the negative as a stencil for spraying iridescent spray & sparkle (as you can imagine this layout is pretty sparkly in the flesh) I used small star punches to punch through a sheet of adhesive, stuck them to the layout and added glitter. I'm hoping all this sparkle shows Tinkerbell's fairy dust trail and magic!

The feature for this month is 'Ribbon'. I sewed through and scrunched up some sheer white ribbon to create a flower head and did some weaving (I saw Sue Wilson demoing this technique on the telly) to create the flower stem. The leaves are by Prima. I'm really pleased with how the flower turned out.

I cut the title using my Cricut again and, of course, coloured it with more glitter. Tinkerbell herself is a Jolees sticker that I have had in my stash for years waiting for the right page.

I cut some parchment wings for my Isabelle using my Cricut, added some glitter and adhered to the photo.

I hope you are able to join in with the Scrapology challenge.

Looking forward to blog hoping and catching up.

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

I've had time to blog...Yay..!

2011-07-06T18:20:00.002+01:00

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post! I have missed you all sooo much. I have been busy crafting for lots of different projects. From designing for Joanna Sheen to having my very own stall at the The Raystede Summer fair. Needless to say I have lots of creations to share with you, like this card I made for one of the twins little friends.

I love this sweet little fairy, I think she came from a Pergamano stamp set. A really simple card. I can't remember which CDrom the backing sheet is from, but it's a printed sheet that was in my scrap box. I watercoloured the image (cosmic shimmer water colours on her wings - see below) and die cut it with my Nestabilities. The letters are die cut from funky foam and coloured with Copic markers. The finishing touches are the self adhesive pearls and sheer ribbon bow.
It's good to be back and sharing again. Looking forward to catching up with you in blogland.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

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DYSU Challenges - Square

Scrapology Challenge

2011-06-03T13:24:00.002+01:00

Hello folks! Hope you are all well and enjoying this glorious weather we are having of late. I thought I would share my entry to this months Scrapology Challenge. I've got in at the nick of time as the closing date is 5th June. I had great fun putting this layout together as I did so at my recent weekend away Scrapbooking with dear friends of mine in Broadwindsor. There is a great sketch to follow and the requirement this month was to include a 'Vine'. The one I used on my layout is by Prima flowers... I just added a few more flowers once the vine was adhered to the layout. I used papers by DCWV; Martha Stewart border punches (borrowed from my good friend Ann - thanks Ann); Cuttlebug and Quickutz die cut letters; Nestabilities labels dies; Creative Cafe circle date stamp; sheer ribbon and a little journalling block given to me by my good friend Maggie (thanks Maggie).

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Sentimental Sundays - Anything but a card.
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2 Sisters Challenge blog - Anything goes

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Make it Monday - Anything goes

Wedgwood silhouette plate card

2011-05-29T22:30:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made using Joanna Sheen's Silhouette stamp set 'Stepping Out'. I wanted to stamp and emboss the image using white embossing powder which reminded me of the beautiful Wedgwood plates I had admired over the years. So I did... and I went with the plate theme hence all the circles.
I embellished the card with a sheer white ribbon bow, some decorative pins and a punched white flower secured with a white brad.
I would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to my fabulous followers. There are 300 of you now!! :o) Thank you!
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge - Embossing
Truly Scrumptious - Anything goes
Sugar Creek Hollow - Shaped Card
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes

'The happiest of Birthdays...'

2011-05-28T07:10:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! Hope you are all well. Everything is fine and dandy here as my little boy had his cast taken off yesterday. Happy days! Here's a card I made using Joanna Sheen's Wordy Stamp set 6 plate.
I covered the card with a sheet of stripy backing paper an added 2 strips of brown ribbon and a large bow. I made the roses by cutting a spiral in some red cardstock and coiling it up. I secured it in place with tacky adhesive and added some Stickles to it. The final element was the large sentiment itself which I stamped and die cut using a Spellbinder label die.

Joanna Sheen has my Enchanted fairy stamp sets on offer in the clearance section.... head on over if you want to catch a a bargain! (Click here and scroll down to see if there are any left)
Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Creative card crew - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Stripes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Paper Play Challenges - Blossoms and Blooms

Paper Romance Challenges - Distressing

Crafty Catz Challenges - Anything Goes

My Time to Craft - Use a die cut

I did it Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Bright, cheerful and colourful...!

2011-05-15T07:09:00.003+01:00

Hello folks!

I hope this card will brighten your day :o) It's inspired by all those gorgeous images around that depict beautiful ladies with flowers in their hair. Maybe I went a bit far with mine.... hubby says it looks like one of those 1960's swimming caps. Even that brought a smile to my face.

It's quite a clean and simple card.... well it is for me anyway. I printed off a sheet of rainbow background paper (from an MCS cdrom) onto pearlescent cardstock. I stamped and embossed loads of the daisy flower and leaves (from Joanna Sheen's pressed flower stamp range - Narcissi) No need to colour as I stamped onto the coloured cardstock. I cut each one out and shaped some of them.

I drew the ladies face, neck and shoulders straight onto the card base (coloured using promarkers) and adhered the flowers and leaves using dimensional glue gel. I punched what was left of the coloured sheet with a scalloped border punch and used the strips to edge the top and bottom of the card.
The finishing touch was to add some chunky 'ice-stickles' to the centre of the flowers. And that was it. Not much to it really and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything goes

Diva's By Design - Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp- Anything goes

The Crazy Challenge - Anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers
Flourishes, Bring Back Beautiful - Flowers.

A jug o'flowers

2011-05-14T09:04:00.004+01:00

Hello folks! It's Saturday morning and Hubby is downstairs with the kids.... I thought I'd try and sneak a blog post on before they come charging in.
I made this card to showcase Joanna Sheen's Narcissi pressed flower stamps set. I stamped, embossed, coloured and cut out a number of flowers and leaves. I used a mixture of Promarkers and mica watercolour paints to add colour. I created the jug card blank using my Gypsy and Cricut Expression and cut the top layer from blue gingham card stock as I wanted a country cottage feel. I added a large cream ribbon bow before adhering the top layer to the card blank.
A fun card to make, I really enjoyed crafting this one.
Enjoy your weekend.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Flourishes - The beauty of a flower

A 'charm-ing' Hanglar birthday card

2011-05-10T16:51:00.003+01:00

Hello folks. I still haven't had my crafty-blog-hopping fix yet. My little boy had his cast replaced today for a smaller one (from his wrist to his elbow) everything is healing well :o) we just need protection for another couple of weeks. His new cast comes off the day before half term. Other news - I had loads of fun at the craft sale on Saturday thanks to my fabulous friend Becky. We just giggled our way through the day... such fun!

This is a card I made for my friends little boy that recently celebrated his 6th birthday. His big sister is so sweet, she showed me an album where she keeps all the cards that I make for them. iIt was great fun going through it with her.
I made this card using papers from a cute 6x6 Making Memories pad and used a Nestabilites for the red panel. The little character is a Hanglar rubber stamp that I coloured with my Copics and Pro-markers. I cut the letters using a Sizzlet alphabet (night and day) and added a tiny bow and charm to the top corner
Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Scrapology - Charms
My partner in craftimg crime - incorporate numbers
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CES Challenges - fav colour combo

Scrapology April Scraplift

2011-05-01T23:45:00.004+01:00

Hi folks

It has been an absolute age since my last post. I have missed sharing with you all. Lots has happened in the Dry household. My hubby ran the Brighton Marathon in under 5 hours and raised lots of dosh for charity... we're so proud of him. The very next day (first Monday of the Easter holidays) my little boy broke his arm! It felt like we were in and out of hospital for most of the holiday. Poor little fellow had to have an operation to have it manipulated. Doc's said he might be able to have his cast off next week.

Anyhow... back to crafting. I made this page for the April Scraplift on the Scrapology challenge blog. There is still time to enter. You can find the details here.

I really had fun putting this one together. I immediately thought of using the Mickey Mouse iconic shape for the bunting. When it came to the 'tickets' towards the bottom of the sketch I was completely stuck. I didn't have any dies or stamps to help me out with the shape so I thought I would go for one of the borders on my Mickey and Friends Cricut cart. I'm really pleased I did as I love how it turned out. My printer was playing up a bit when I printed the little Mickey pictures but I think the lines it add to the 'TV' effect. I flood filled the screens with glossy accents.
The flowers were from a giant pack of Petaloo flowers from QVC. I added the self adhesive pearls in the centre after I had coloured them with my Pro Markers.

And now for some good news :o) I was thrilled to be the winner of the March Scrapology Challenge. Yay! Details here if you'd like to have a peak.

If you want to grab a crafty bargain this Saturday come along to the Second Hand Craft Sale in Horley. I'm being brave and letting go of some of my crafty stash. Hubby keeps telling me that I have enough stock to open a shop (and he's not kidding there!) I just haven't got the room anymore.... some of it has to go. So don't miss out. I'm clearing out lots of things from rubber stamps to craft tools. I'm unsure whether to take my piles of craft mags... what do you think?

Hopefully see you on Sat 12-3 :o)

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Best of British

2011-04-05T17:23:00.002+01:00

Hi folks!

I just knew I had to make a sandcastle shaped card using sandpaper when I saw these delightful images. I took inspiration for the shape from the tiny sandcastle stamp which was part of the aptly named 'Sandcastle' stamp set by Faye Whittaker.

I managed to use all the images from the set mounting them on circles and scalloped circles die cut using Nestabilities.

I painted the images using Lyra aquacolour crayons and made the bunting with my Cricut Machine. I enjoyed using sandpaper for the background, it added a fabulous texture to the card.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Cute Card Thursday - Couples

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Distressing

CES Challenge - Children

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Texture

Pinboard Card

2011-04-04T15:08:00.005+01:00

Hello folks!

Here's a card I made to look like one of those lovely pinboards that I would love to own one day. It features the stamp set 'Bucket and Spade' designed by the talented Faye Whittaker. I cut a sheet of cork down to 8x8 and attached some ribbon in a criss cross design using brads.

This little panel can be removed and a message added. The little sentiment is from the stamp set mentioned above. I added some prima flowers, loops of ribbon and some stickles in the centre of the flowers.

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and painted it. I printed out some cute little keys that are an embellishment from a digi scrapbook kit that I have and adhered them to the cork board with dimwnsional glue gel and topped them with a cute little bow. ....it's been a long time coming, but there is finally a new post here on my other blog featuring my mini sculpts. So if you want to see more of baby Joy, then hop over.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

The Corrosive Challenge - Pastels

Fab 'n' Funky - Shabby Chic

Scrapology March challenge

2011-03-24T20:13:00.002Z

Hi folks!

There is a great challenge over on Scrapology this month. It's a scraplift inspired by a page by the talented Gabrielle Pollacco and the technique is to add dimension. I've been wanting to scrap this photo of Isabelle for the longest time and took this opportunity to do so.

I have used papers by K&Company. I cut all the swirls, the large circle and scallop mat using my Gypsy and Cricut. The layer under the photo was created using an EK Success border punch.

I used the Tim Holtz tattered florals Sizzix die to create the flowers. I cut the layers; spritzed them with mica sprays; inked the tips of the petals; scrunched them up; layered them and secured them in the centre with a brad which I topped with a small rose. I used a Basic Grey stamp for the title which I stamped and embossed in gold.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Granny

2011-03-13T14:13:00.002Z

Hi folks,
Just had to share this card that I made with Joanna Sheen's, just launched 'wordy' stamp sets. I had the idea as soon as I saw the stamp which has the wording cleverly shaped into spectacles.

I stamped and embossed the image onto acetate (it was just out of my scrapbox and I don't think it was heat resistant, hence the warping.... but I quite liked that) I cut out the glasses shape and used a black copic marker to draw in the rims. To get Granny's shape, I stamped the image onto some copier paper and drew her face. I then grabbed some peachy and grey cardstock and separately traced the shapes onto it. I shaped the pieces with my fingers and a large ball tool and added some colour using chalks. I thought she would look great mounted onto black card (which I had embossed and rubbed with metallic rub-on) which was layered over another piece this time punched with a dainty border and coloured with a pink copic marker to match the flower gems. I stuck all the pieces down with dimensional glue gel and added the mouth and chin details with a black fine liner. I finished the card off with some self adhesive flower gems.

I cut the circle and scalloped circle with Nestabilities and stamped the sentiment which was also from the stamp set.

Such a fun card to make, hopefully it'll make someone smile.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

My time to craft - Jewels

ABC Challenge - Pink

Stampin B's Design Team - Bling

Delightful Day - fairy acetate card

2011-03-11T22:24:00.004Z

Hello fellow crafters.

Here's an acetate card I wanted to share with you using one of my Enchanted Forest Fairy stamps. A simple card with a bit of stamping and colouring, punched flowers and leaves.

I used Woodware punches for the flowers and leaves and punched through glitter card. I shaped them and adhered them to the acetate with dimensional glue. I added self adhesive pearls to the centre of the flowers. The sentiment is part of the stamp set. I coloured some cream narrow ribbon with my copic markers to match the leaves and tied the diddiest little bows.

The fairy is stamped, coloured with pro-markers, cut out and her wings have been glittered. I cut the fairy shape out again on blank card and adhered directly behind the character and on the inside of the card providing vital space to add the greeting to.

I hope you have enjoyed my fairy projects. If you have and would like to start collecting the Enchanted Forest fairies Joanna Sheen has a great offer on one of the sets... here

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Enchanted Forest Fairy gift bag and placecard set

2011-02-28T20:06:00.002Z

Hello folks! So sorry I've been such a bad blogger lately... it's been a very busy beginning to 2011. Work and training have taken over. I have still been crafting and photographed most of my creations, so hopefully I'll be able to share those with you soon.
I made this little gift box as part of my fairy party set. I made the shape using my Cricut and punched the flap with an EK Success. I punched an extra strip of purple pearlescent card and layered this under the flap. I tied a sheer ribbon bow around the flap and secured it in place with a square gem brad. I die cut some more of the purple card this time with my scalloped circle Nestabilities, positioned it in place and trimmed the edges. I stamped, coloured and cut out my fairy (from the Magical Day stamp set) shaped her and adhered her to the front of the gift bag using dimensional adhesive. I added some tendrils of coiled wire behind the fairy. For a finishing touch I added self adhesive gems around the scalloped die cut.

This was a little place card that I made, again using the smaller fairy stamp from the set. This time I cut away the leaves so she could sit straight onto the letters. I made the letters by die cutting funky foam with a Sizzix Sizzlet alphabet set.

Here's a little piccie of the whole set together. I really had fun making these.

I do hope I get a chance to come and visit your blogs soon.... I'm having withdrawal symptoms!

Take care

Ciao for now

Sandra xxx

Fairy Glitter Globe....

2011-02-04T21:46:00.002Z

Well, it's the weekend again... hoorah! Here's a little Glitter Globe that I adorned with a picture of my beautiful Isabelle.

I coloured some of the fairies from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Forest stamp range with a combination of promarkers and Twinkling H2O's. The smaller designs worked better as the Glitter Globe is quite small. I cut the designs out and layered them onto a scrap of DCWV patterned paper. The sentiment is part of the stamp set. I just stamped and embossed it in white before cutting out and adhering.

I punched (Martha Stewart) some butterflies and added some tiny coils of wire for the antennae. I tied a tiny bow and wrapped the ribbon around the very bottom of the card. I tried to catch an action shot of the glitter in motion.... I think you can just about see that in the last shot.

Enjoy your weekend!

Sandra x

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Enchanted Forest Mini Book

2011-01-31T21:28:00.004Z

Hi folks! Boy have I missed blogging. Hope you are all well and that January has been a great start to the year for you. Here is a mini book of my daughter Isabelle that I made to showcase my Enchanted Forest stamp designs which are available on the Joanna Sheen website (here)

The front cover features the main fairy image from the 'magical day' set. I stamped, watercoloured and cut her out. I then inked her up with Stazon, layered on some crystal aurora fusible film and heated the film with a hot iron. The film is then a pleasure to cut through and adhere to my fairy.
Here is another shot of the fairy. Hopefully I have captured the beautiful sheen of the fusible film. I used my scalloped oval Nestabilities to die cut the frame. I added some prima flowers enhanced with flat back gems. All the elements were layered onto some ribbed Kraft card.

Here are the first two pages. Again I used the same fairy but this time she has just been watercoloured. The ladybird and sentiment are also from the 'magical Day' stamp set. The library card holder and tag are Sizzix dies. The beautiful pink backing paper that I have used throughout this project is printed from the Josephine Wall 'Enchanted Dreams' CD rom.

The fairy and sentiment are from the 'Enchanted' stamp set. I have also added a tiny butterfly which I made using a Martha Stewart punch.

I used the smaller fairy from the 'Enchanted' stamp set on this page. I finished the centre of the flowers off with liquid pearls.

Quite a minimal page here, with just the photo, a sentiment and the little character from the 'Magical Day' stamp set.

And finally the last page where I used the main fairy image from the 'funtime' stamp set. I punched and bound the mini book together using my Cinch and added ribbons to the spine.

I've got lots of designs photographed and ready to share with you.... just hoping I'll have more time in February to blog.

Take care all.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

One Stitch at a time - As you like it

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Enchanted Forest Party Bag

2011-01-04T22:39:00.002Z

Hello everybody peeps! Here's a little fairy party bag I made using my little fairy from the 'Enchanted' stamp set and the, oh so versatile, flower from the 'Magical Day' set.

I cut the bag shape using my Cricut and stamped the reverse with the flower stamp (I hope you can see that from the piccy above) I had fun adding some colour to my flowers using promarkers and a sakura sparkle pen. I cut a scalloped circle with my Nestabilities and embossed it with my Cuttlebug. On top of that I popped my fairy. The letters are die cut from funky foam. The flowers are (from the Magical Day set) stamped onto pearlescent card, cut out and shaped with a large embossing stylus. I added a few wire spirals and a large ribbon bow to finish it off. If I do make these for my daughters birthday I'll personalize the party bags for her fairy guests. I would love to host a fairy party for Isabelle but I would find it a challenge as twin brother Ben would not be amused. The nearest we've managed so far is a Peter Pan and Tinkerbell party. Hmmm best get my thinking cap on.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Totally Papercrafts - Time to Party

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HaPpY nEw YeAr!!!!!

2011-01-03T09:41:00.006Z

Hello dear blogging friends and Happy New Year!! I hope you all had great time 'seeing in' the new year. Mine was a quiet one. Children in bed. Hubby was working but managed to get home
10 minutes to midnight. It was lovely.
I thought it would be a good time to look over my creations from 2010 and share some of my favourites. (click on the month if you would like to go to the original posts)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Well that's my little trip through memory lane.

Here's looking forward to a happy, healthy and crafty 2011

Much love

Sandra x

hApPy ChRiStMaS to all...!!!

2010-12-24T10:10:00.002Z

Hello folks! First of all an apology for not being around, we have been consumed by Christmas preparations, and secondly HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all my wonderful crafty friends! I wish you the very best for this blessed time of year.

Just wanted to share this Enchanted forest fairy card with you. The main image and sentiment are from the Enchanted stamp plate. I stamped her directly onto Kraft card and painted her with watercolours. I cut her out with Nestabilities, inked the edges and drew faux stitches with a white gel pen. The scalloped layer is die cut from foam. I stamped the dark brown card with versamark ink and the small flower stamp from the Magical Day stamp plate and swirled perfect pearls powder over it. I punched the border using a Martha Stewart punch. I used my Cricut to create the bracket card shape. I added some ribbon and flowers that I had painted red with layered up with smaller punched daisies and topped off with a self adhesive pearl. I stamped and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.

Ok... off to prep the veg for tomorrow. Have a good one!

Much love

Sandra xx

Enchanted fairy party invite

2010-12-11T20:49:00.002Z

Hi folks! Here is a little party invite I made using the main fairy image from the 'funtime' Enchanted forest stamp plate.

A very simple card. Just some ivory pearlescent card that I embossed with my Cuttlebug. I stamped, coloured and cut out the fairy. I adhered her to the front of the card and cut around her (see below).

I die cut the letters from green funky foam using a Sizzlet alphabet and embellished them with tiny flowers and coil of wire. Then a ribbon bow on the side and some matting and layering on the inside.

I hope all your Chirstmas preparations are going well. There is still lots to do in the Dry household. We're counting down the nativities and various other Christmas performances... another 4 (I think) to go.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Fabulous fairy fun card

2010-12-04T12:14:00.002Z

Hi folks! Here's another card I made using my Enchanted Forest Joanna Sheen stamps. This time I used the larger fairy from all three sets and an unusual card fold. Now the way I created the base was to make two diamond top cards,(tutorial here by Jilly) lay them down, overlap them and glue them together. I then added the extra panel for the fairy at the top and held it in place using the eyelets. Alternatively I have just found this great tutorial, by Meredith, which shows the whole card made as one, with some great flaps added to the front.
Once the base of the card is completed this is a fairly simple card to put together. I just stamped, coloured (using Promarkers and Copics), cut out and glittered the fairies. I used some DCWV glittered floral background paper. I stamped and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and just mat & layered it up.

I used green eyelets to thread some ribbon through and tied them into big bows.

This turned out to be quite a large card, for me. My photography leaves a lot to be desired as I can never quite capture the shimmer and glitter on it. Ah well, I shall just have to leave that to your imagination.

Have a great weekend.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Enchanted Forest Stamp Collection

2010-12-03T11:37:00.004Z

Hi folks! Fairies, fairies everywhere yet outside there is a blanket of snow. I think it's funny how, as crafters, we're moving on to the wonderful colours of Spring with it's floral and fairy themes. Then once we reach the warm Summer months.... we're crafting for Christmas! Bonkers.

I love this card. I'm going to have to make it again as I sent it to Joanna Sheen as a sample to showcase my, recently launched, fairy stamp designs (Available here) I stamped the main fairy designs, coloured them, cut them out and glittered them. The main structure of the card I manipulated on my gypsy and cut on the Cricut. I lined the inside of the card with some pretty patterned paper (DCWV) and also added some acetate to the inside of the front of the card.

I adhered a fairy to the inside and another to the outside using dimensional glue gel. I piled blobs of glue gel 'here and there' on the front of the card and added some tiny punched flowers and spiraled wire. To finish off I added the large ribbon bow.

I have had so much fun creating with my own stamp designs but it has been an absolute thrill to see what the talented design team have made with them too.

I hope you like them and some find their fairy homes at yours.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

LOTV - A few of my favourite things

Moving along with the times - for someone special
Frosted Designs - Glitter

Fairy Knoll - All that Glitters

Sneak Peek at my 'Enchanted Forest' designs

2010-11-25T16:01:00.002Z

Hi folks! The wait is nearly over.... My fairy stamp designs are being launched by Joanna Sheen this Sunday, 11am (Sky671) I can't wait! Joanna always has fantastic videos of samples made by the Design Team on her website and I've popped the one with my designs above. The DT have done a fantastic job.

I'm away at a scrapbooking retreat this weekend. Methinks I'll have to sneak out with the laptop and go find a wifi spot at 11am on Sunday.... There's never a McDonalds too far away, tee hee.

I hope you can tune in on Sunday.

Ciao for now

Sandra x

A family card from Times Gone By

2010-11-22T14:05:00.002Z

Hi folks! Have been meaning to blog for ages...... but I've been soooo busy, please excuse me. Missed you all lots. Hoping to catch up soon. Today I am sharing a card I made using the Glynn Williams 'Times gone by' cdrom. When using a cdrom I always head straight to the decoupage section as I love the dimension they create once the cards are made up.

I printed out the backing paper from the cd. I felt it was a little too strong so I decided to add a sheet of vellum on top. To add a some interest I used my embossing board to score some lines on the bottom half. I thought it gave the impression of wallpaper and so I adhered some ribbon across the middle to look like a dado rail.
Here is a peak at the inside. Just a little matting and layering (using my Nestabilities) a ribbon bow and the sentiment printed from the cd.
Before the school run this morning I took a moment to write down in my diary 'what's happening' in December in the Dry household.....and it's crazy! Nativity shows, carolling with the band (and other band engagements), Christmas fairs, puppet shows (my eldest is in the puppet group at church) Panto show (twins drama club) .... and that's just off the top of my head! I may not be around too much, but I'll try. I really want to share my samples for the next Joanna Sheen show, which is on this Sunday at 11am Create and Craft (Sky671) as it's the launch of my stamp designs as well as the beautiful cdrom by Josephine Wall. I hope you will be able to catch some of the show.
Must dash... school run beckons.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

A card for him.

2010-11-13T13:43:00.002Z

Hi folks! Here's another card made using the Glynn Williams CDrom. This time a male themed card. The images are quite stunning so I kept the card quite simple.

A bit of matting and layering with some silver mirri card and blue glitter cardstock is all that I did. I added some thick string and some nautical buttons anchoring one down (pardon the pun) with some die cut Nestability shapes.

I thought it would be fun to write on a ship shape (I'm full of one liners today!) so I cut this one using my Cricut. A few knotted ribbons finished the design.

Well, I've sent off the first batch of samples using my, soon to be released, rubber stamps to Joanna Sheen. I hope Joanna and her team like them.

I'm a bit late with making my Christmas cake this year, and if I'm going to get it done today I'd better get cracking!

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

A large card and some exciting news!

2010-11-06T10:54:00.003Z

Hi folks! I'm sure you all know by now just how much I love making diddy little cards.... well this one is completely the opposite. It's huge! Almost A4 in size, it's a real whopper.

I used the recently released Glynn Williams 'Times Gone By' CDrom to produce the main image. I printed the backing paper onto pearlescent cardstock which gives it a beautiful sheen. I adhered the main image using high tack double sided tape so I was able to create the curve. I bought some sheets of plastic ,when I was at the show at Ally Pally, which can be heated and moulded (but doesn't shrink). I coloured a section of it with Copic markers and cut some leaf shaped with Sizzix dies before heating and moulding them. I adhered some of them to the card using dimensional glue gel and dangled a few to the ribbon that I tied to the spine of the card. The sentiment is also from the CD and I matted it onto some card that I had punched with an EK Success border punch. The finishing touch this time was a decorative corner that I made using a Cuttlebug die.

Wish I was able to get to the NEC this weekend... but alas, I'm not. I hope everyone has a fantastic time. Lots to look forward to this month. I'm away for a Scrapbooking weekend on 27th. I'm going to have to research where I can find a wifi point nearby as I can't miss Joanna Sheens show on Create and Craft (SKY 671) on the Sunday as she is launching some of my designs as rubber stamps!! I'm sooooo excited, but really nervous at the same time. Every time I think about it I get butterflies in my tummy. I'm having so much fun making the samples for the show. I hope you'll be able to watch too.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

A traditional Father Christmas Card

2010-10-29T10:58:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a jolly Father Christmas card I made using the recently released 'Times Gone By' CDrom by Glynn Williams.

The sweet tinsel backing paper is printed from the CD which I added some gold Stickles to. I punched the corners with my Crop-a-dile corner Chomper (Stub design). I layered the tinsel paper onto some Mirri board and added some deep red self adhesive pearls to the corners. I embellished the main image with some holly leaves cut using a Quickutz die, some flat back plastic beads for the berries and a sparkly gold ribbon bow.

It's another sample card I sent to Joanna Sheen... alas I have yet to start my own Christmas cards!!! Best get cracking on those!!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

'Strictly' Christmas ;o)

2010-10-26T11:06:00.003+01:00

Hello folks! So sorry that I have been such a bad blogger of late. Life has just swept me along. I won't bore you with all the details but I will share that I was lucky enough to be in the studio audience of Strictly Come Dancing this week. Hubby and I had really enjoyed the whole experience. What a week to go.... window boxes, unicycles, and the amaaaaaaazing flying starship-Widdicombe.

Anyway, back to craft.... I printed this glorious winter scene from Glynn Williams 'Times Gone By' CDrom onto photo quality gloss paper. I cut out the layers and decoupaged them using dimensional glue gel. I added some highlights with my Stickles glitter glue (you can see this better on the first picture) I layered the decoupage onto some sliver mirri card.

I wanted to keep the card quite simple so I used white velvet paper on the background. I really love the luxurious texture the velvet paper gives. But then I couldn't leave the design alone so I added the white ribbon (thank goodness for thin double sided tape) and then went completely OTT and added all the self adhesive gems. Sometimes I think I should learn to 'step away from the card'. I would love to make more clean and simple cards.

Here's a pic on the inside. The paper again was printed from the CDrom. I chopped out some of the bricks from the insert paper, rubbed the cardstock with some antique linen ink and adhered the insert on top.

I'll try not to leave it soooooo long before my next post. I am beavering away at my craft desk working on something very exciting being released by Joanna Sheen next month. I don't like teasing but I'm hoping you'll forgive me this time.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Get Better Really Soon!

2010-10-16T11:38:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Hope you have all had a great week. Here's a card I haven't shared with you yet. I made it using the really cute 'Get Better Really Soon' Stamp set by the Giordano Studios.

The card itself is a very simple design. A bit of matting and layering (the stripy paper is printed from the Giordano Puppies and Kittens CDrom) a gold scalloped circle added as the final layer and then I die cut the aperture with a circle Nestability.

I watercoloured the image using Lyra aqua colour crayons and added glossy accents to the puppies eyes and nose.

The sentiment is stamped from the set and the leaves and flowers are made using Martha Stewart punches. A dab of gold Stickles in the centre of the flowers is the finishing touch.

Ok... will have to dash... kiddies hungry... need to make lunch!

Hugs to all

Sandra x

Autumn Leaves...

2010-10-09T15:46:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Wow what a gorgeous day we are having today. The sun is shining and it's t-shirt weather again... big smiles all round :o) I made this card using stamps from the House Mouse Designs Autumn collection, from the plate called 'Leaves'.

The cute image reminded me of a lattice frame shape that I have on my Cricut Gypsy. I die cut one in brown card to use in the background over some Provocraft patterned paper (have had this stack in my stash for years!) I stamped the image and coloured it in with Prismacolour pencils and Sansodor. I then carefully cut the image out with a craft knife. I measured and cut a gold frame for the image.... with a good old fashioned ruler and craft knife. I tied three brown sheer ribbon knots to the frame before adhering to the background with foam tape to add dimension. The flowers are by Prima and I added gems to the centres. The leaves are punched using a Martha Stewart punch.

I had a small strip of the backing paper left so I thought I would put it to good use inside the card. I cut the leaf on my Cricut; the stamped sentiment is also from the 'Leaves' stamp plate; I tied more ribbon to the leaf and distressed the edges with ink. Lots of space on this one for the sender to write their message.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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A 'New Home' card

2010-10-07T20:55:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! As you probably know by now I'm not one for following trends and I'm way behind with this one. Can you believe this is my first Easel Card! It was really fun to create and I can see why everyone loves to make them so much. It's quite a diddy card only measuring about 4.5 inch square when folded down.
I printed off the easel card from the Seraphina & Friends CDrom and made up as per instructions, which included the decoupage. I just added some ribbon bows, glittered the flowers and added some self adhesive pearls for a finishing touch.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Phew.... a House Mouse stinker!!

2010-10-05T14:25:00.005+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another House Mouse card. This time with a cute image from the the 'Berry' stamp set. I stamped the image with smoky grey versafine ink and coloured it with my Prisma colour pencils and Sansodor. The next layer is a piece of brown card that I spritzed with Gold Mica Mist and attacked with a small scalloped border punch (EK Success). The base layer is some crumpled up Kraft paper that I flattened out and gently rubbed some black ink over.

I folded over a piece of patterned paper and used a different scallop border punch to create the fancy edge. I adhered this to the edge of the card and used my Cinch to create the holes. I added lots of ribbon, both sheer and textured, to the card and finished it off with some self adhesive pearls.

The inside of the card is just more patterned paper, some stamping (the sentiment is also from the set) and layering up using Nestabilities.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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Marsh Orchid card

2010-10-01T19:36:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another card I made for the launch of Joanna Sheen's water flower rubber stamp collection. For this card I used the stamps from the 'Marsh Orchid' which has the lovely Kingfisher image included.

The papers are by DCWV. I stamped the images and watercoloured them. I used a tag die to cut out the kingfisher and matted the main image on silver mirri card. I trimmed the card with ribbon and a bow.

Have a great weekend!

Ciao for now

Sandra x

Summer Breeze

2010-09-26T14:03:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Had a great day at Ally Pally yesterday. Totally exhausted, overspent and blissfully happy when I arrived home last night. Had a fabulous time with my crafty buddy.....(Ouchio! that coffee was hot) Hope you are managing to put your feet up today! I am!

Here is a card I made using Joanna Sheen's Marsh Marigold stamp set from the recently launched Water Flower collection. I covered the card with some blue backing paper and inked around the edges. I stamped the image and coloured it with pro markers. I stamped the Heron straight onto the backing paper to retain the ripples of the water. I stamped the bird on another piece of card coloured it and cut it out. I cut the flowers out with the oval Nestabilities and topped onto a scalloped layer of silver mirri board. I adhered the topper to the card and carefully put the Heron in place overlapping the floral panel whilst ensuring the legs were directly on top of the image stamped straight onto the backing paper. I stamped and embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder to to silver mirri board. I die cut the sentiment with a Nestability; cut a couple of slits either side; threaded some ribbon through and adhered to the front of the card.

I added some glitter to the ripples of water and glossy accents to the flowers. I finished off the card with a large ribbon bow.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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House Mouse 'Sunshine Wishes'

2010-09-24T20:16:00.005+01:00

Hi folks! Just one more sleep until I set off for Alley Pally... can't wait! Really looking forward to spending some 'quality craft shopping time' with my buddy... you know who you are (I shall be stalking you for your autograph tee hee)

Here's a card I made using some stamps from the House Mouse Summer stamp design collection. These are from the 'Drinks' plate.

The papers are from my huge DCWV craft chest. I just couldn't leave the sand patterned paper alone so I spritzed it with Gold Mica Spray; screwed it up; flattened it out; gently inked with black brilliance dewdrop pad and tore an apperture in the middle. I coloured the stamped image with my Prisma colouring pencils. The ric rac and zig zag borders are buy Doodlebug. The sentiment is also from the set. I stamped it, die cut it using my Nestabilities and embossed over the whole sentiment with glitter embossing powder. I matted this onto a scalloped layer again die cut with Nestabilities. The umbrella's are also from the stamp set.

I used more of the DCWV patterned paper, stamps and Nestabilities to decorate the inside of the card this time adding a knotted ribbon.

Lots to do before I get some sleep.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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A berry Happy Birthday!

2010-09-19T15:06:00.008+01:00

Hi folks! Hold on to your hats.... two posts in two days, I know... it's unheard of at SDDesigns lately. But I just had to share this little cutie as Joanna has now show cased it on Create and Craft to launch this months new House Mouse stamp designs.

This trio of mischievous mice are from the 'Berry' stamp plate. They have been coloured with Copic Markers, cut out and adhered with dimensional glue gel. It's a small 4.5 x 4.5 inch card which I covered with some purple backing paper and had lightly spritzed with purple Mica Mists. I then Die cut (using rectangle Nestabilities) the frame, decided where I was going to position it and masked the area (using post-it notes) to leave only the aperture area revealed. I then spritzed with more Mica Mists, this time more intensely and using silver and gold. I popped the frame back on using foam pads and positioned the mice using dimensional glue gel. I made a double ribbon bow and wrapped it around the card.

I covered the inside with more patterned paper and again used my Nestabilities and Mica sprays to create the layers. The cute little mouse and the sentiment are both from the stamp plate.

I hope you were able to catch some of Joanna's shows today. The sample makers did an amazing job. It was an extra special show today as Joanna was celebrating her 7 year anniversary with Create & Craft.... here's looking forward to many more!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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Mermaid Birthday Card

2010-09-18T10:47:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's the card I made for my sister. Her birthday was at the beginning of this month. I decided to go for some decoupage and this pretty mermaid.

Quite a simple card to make. I tore some mulberry paper to use for a background I added the layers of decoupage using dimensional glue gel and embellished the final layer with Stickles and Pearlidoodles.

The sentiment is stamped from one of Paula Pascual's sentiment sets and cut with Nestabilities. I finished the card off with a sheer white ribbon bow and some self adhesive pearls.

I'm so sorry I haven't been able to visit you all yet. I'm hoping to catch up with all your crafty makes this week.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Totally Papercrafts - Happy Birthday

The Secret Crafter - anything goes

Christmas Wish List

2010-09-12T16:03:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Goodness! It's been far too long since my last post. My new job is going great, but it's taking me a while to set up some routines and blogging time hasn't quite made it onto the agenda. This is a little notebook I covered using the sweet image from Giordano's 'Winter Wonderland' stamp set.

I sprayed some wine coloured card with gold Mica Mist and adhered it to the front cover of the notepad. I added a layer of pattered paper. I punched a small scalloped border on a small piece of the wine card and adhered it at the top of the notebook. The image was stamped, water coloured, cut out, curled and adhered to the front with dimensional glue gel. The letters were die cut from mirri board using a Go-Kreate alphabet and I cut the photo corners using my WRMK corner chomper. I finished the card of with a sheer ribbon bow.

Hopefully it won't be as long before I post again. I'll try and come and visit your blogs too. Thank you so much for your continued encouraging comments and support.

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

'Santa Stop Here door' hanger

2010-09-04T13:34:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! My new job is keeping me very busy at the moment. So much to learn and I've got to do it quickly. I am really enjoying it and my new colleagues are lovely, I am thrilled to report.

Today I am sharing the Christmas Door hanger that I made with the most gorgeously rotund jolly Father Christmas image that I have seen in ages. He's from Joanna Sheen's, Giordano Christmas 'Our Family' rubber stamp set.

I cut a rectangle of deep wine thick cardstock. I sprayed it with cosmic shimmer mists. I added a panel of Christmas Holly paper that I have had in my stash for years. I think it's by Tim Coffey but do correct me if I'm wrong. I used my Nestabilities Circle die to cut the Circle aperture. I added some knots of sheer wine ribbon. I used a small scrap of microflute card, cut into a circle and used on the bottom left corner of the door hanger. I stamped the image and coloured with Copic Markers. I cut it out and added some snow tex to the furry bits. I sprinkled some glitter onto the snow tex white it was still wet. The letters are cut from Gold mirri card and is Go-Kreate alphabet (London). The holly leaves are cut using Quickutz dies and the berries are flat backed beads.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Ciao for now

Sandra x

Ye olde Christmas Card

2010-08-30T11:46:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another Christmas card this time made with the 'Merry Christmas' Giordano stamp set. I made the background paper by stamping the little drum image (from the set) and embossing with copper embossing power. I used a scrap of copper mirri card, which I scrunched up, and adhered across the card near the bottom. I dug out some microflute card (in my stash for years) tore a piece and applied some copper metallic rub on to the raised areas. I tied some fibre around the microfulte card before adhering. I stamped the image using Sepia versafine, lightly watercoloured, tore around the edges and distressed with inks.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set. I stamped, embossed, cut out, shaped with my fingers and adhered using dimensional glue gel. For a finishing touch I used my Papermania Christmas wax seal set to create the little Christmas tree seal. I embedded some tiny pieces of red ribbon and glitter before it dried.
For the inside I stamped the cute holly image that also comes from the stamp set and repeated the greeting.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

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Jolly Snowman/Santa circular penny slider

2010-08-28T14:33:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! So pleased that this card turned out just as I had hoped. Really love the gorgeous Giordano 'Snowman' stamp set. I made a circular penny slider card. It took a while to get the 'mechanics' right, but I got there in the end.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft. I used Copic markers to colour the stamped image. I die cut the image with my largest Nestability circle. I made a large square panel of the backing paper and cut a circle out using my WRMK circle cutter (this took lots of practice on copier paper to get the size right.) I adhered the square panel onto the front of the card with adhesive foam pads. I then popped the stamped image into the middle also adhered with foam pads. This left a circular gap around the main image for the penny slider to role.

I stamped the main image again, this time only colouring and cutting out the Father Christmas. I also die cut an acetate snowflake (Cuttlebug) and glittered the edges. I then took a penny, popped a circular foam pad in the centre, topped it with another penny then the snowflake and finally the Father Christmas. You can just about see one of the pennies I used in the photo above. I put the Snowflake slider in position and made sure it rolled smoothly. I finished the card off with some decorative corners (Sizzlets) and a ribbon bow on the panel at the bottom.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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Vintage Christmas Shaker card

2010-08-25T02:39:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another Christmas card from me and one of my fav's from the last DT batch that I sent to Joanna Sheen. The image is from the 'Season's Greetings' Giordano Christmas rubber stamp set.

I altered the background paper (Dovecraft) by spritzing with pearl Glimmer Mists and 'That special touch of Mica' gold mists and inked the edges. I stamped the image with Sepia Versafine and lightly watercoloured it. I then popped the image into a little cellophane card bag (the ones that you put finished cards into) and added some tiny beads and little flakes of mica. I then used my hot melt tool (have had this for years and hardly used it... the type of tool that's used for pyrography with interchangeable tips) to melt and seal the edges. Once cooled I added some distressed stickles to the edges too. I cut an acetate snowflake using a Cuttlebug die and changed the colour using a Copic Marker. I attached this to the card using a decorative snowflake brad. I was brave and stamped the sentiment in the bottom left hand corner straight onto the backing paper. I created a few swirls on the front using the tiny beads (Yes, I glued them on individually!) and finished off the card with a large sheer ribbon bow.

More Dovecraft paper on the inside and some mats created with my Nestabilities.
I think I might just have to make this card again so that I can have one at home.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

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Back from Hols & Giordano Christmas

2010-08-24T10:42:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Can you believe that I was a poorly Poppet towards the end of my holiday and really quite ill when I came home :o( I thought holidays were supposed to be good for you! I'm on the mend (Yay) and catching up everything... so I'm chasing my tail as usual. I hope you were able to catch Joanna Sheen's latest live show on Create and Craft. She launched the most adorable Christmas Stamps from the Giordano studios. I made this card using Teddy Christmas stamp set.

I cut the card shape myself. I hope you can see how I did it from the photo above. I stamped and watercoloured the image. Die cut it out using my Nestabilities, Square dies. I cut the gold scalloped layer with my Scalloped Square Nesties. I adhered the main image to the back of the card.

I stamped, coloured, cut out, shaped and adhered some extra Christmas stocking images to the front of the card. The message is also stamped from the set. I curved the card before attaching to the front of the card with a decorative snowflake brad on top of some thin red ribbon. which I had curled to the top of the card.

Hope that's ok.... my brain is still a bit foggy.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Stampin for the weekend - Anything goes

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Off on our holibobs.....

2010-08-07T21:47:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! So sorry I haven't been around much lately. I have been busy creating my latest batch of Joanna Sheen samples. Joanna is launching some more gorgeous stamps (not to be missed) on Saturday 14th 11am and Sunday 15th 11am on Create and Craft (Sky channel 671 or you can watch on their website) Now I'm up to my eyeballs in packing as we're off on our holibobs tomorrow..... hence the card ;o)

Thought it would be fun to revisit one of my buxom beauties. Details here if you would like them. We'll be back in a couple of weeks. No doubt in a flap trying to get ready for 'back to school'. It means more change in the Dry household as my eldest starts secondary school and I start a new job!! I'm looking forward to being a TA in a local primary school. No more working ghastly long shifts, evenings and weekends. I shall really miss everyone at my current job. It's hard work but we make it so much fun and I adore all the residents too. Sometimes you just gotta to what's best for the family...... and so a new chapter beings......

I'll catch up with you all when I get back.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

90th Birthday Card

2010-08-02T10:36:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made for the in-laws to give to a dear friend who just celebrated her 90th birthday. They didn't want anything in particular just a pretty card. So I thought something from the Giordano Puppies and Kittens CDrom would do the trick.

I printed out the image from the decoupage section and put it together using dimensional glue gel. I added some stickles to the centre of the flowers and some number stickers to the label.

I personalised one of the inserts from the CDrom and adhered it to the inside on top of a scalloped edged sheet.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

House Mouse Christmas card

2010-07-30T09:58:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! A simple card from me today. I went for traditional Christmas colours of Red, Gold and Green (Hmmm... I feel a song coming on...) The stamp used is from Joanna Sheen's unmounted House Mouse collection, 'opening presents'.
I stamped the message on green card using a versamark pad and embossed it covering with clear embossing powder. I dry embossed a pattern onto a rectangle of red cardstock using my Cuttlebug and wrapped some gold ribbon around it. I added a bow and some holly leaves cut using QK dies. The holly berries are flat back plastic beads. I stamped, watercoloured and cut out the image and adhered to the card using dimensional glue gel.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

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House Mouse Snoozy friends

2010-07-28T09:55:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Those of you with kiddies at home for the holidays, are they driving you potty yet? I'm not saying a word!

Here's a card I made with House Mouse stamp plate 'Poppy'. These little guys look so happy and relaxed.

I stamped and watercoloured the main image adding a touch of glitter to the flowers. I cut the image with my rectangle Nestabilities. I used my scalloped rectangle Nestie to cut the purple glitter paper. Under that layer I have some lilac pearlescent paper that I embossed with my Cuttlebug and matted onto some black card. I used my WRMK circle cutter to cut the green layer. The final layer I created by spritzing some lilac paper with a combo of cosmic shimmer misters, glimmer mists and that special touch of mica mists. I added a large sheer ribbon bow and finished off the card with a brad in the top right corner which I had glittered with lush green glitter.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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House Mouse... You make me smile!

2010-07-26T20:49:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's one of the cards I made using Joanna Sheen's House Mouse 'ice cream' stamp set. Those cheeky mice are up to no good again! I tried to stick to a couple of colours, pink and brown... kept it simple with plenty of glitter! (could I possibly use any more exclamation marks??!!)

I used lots of glitter cardstock and my Nestabilities to create the mats and layers. I stamped the image with brown versafine ink and painted it with my koi watercolours. I completed flooded the label of the ice cream tub with glossy accents to make it nice and shiny. The sentiment is stamped from the set. The ribbon flower is a sticker that I have had in my stash for years, I think it was a magazine freebie. I finished the card off with a large, sheer ribbon double bow.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Stamp Something - Something Flowery
Colour Create - Pink Brown & White

House Mouse Christmas card

2010-07-24T17:38:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! Hope you are all well. I believe this is the first Christmas card for the year from me... but alas it is a sample to showcase the House Mouse stamps and so my Christmas card box is still empty :o( Really mustn't leave my Christmas card making too late this year.

I made a diamond top card (instructions here) and covered all the surfaces with some lovely DCWV Christmas paper. I thought it was a fun colour combo to have and also the candy canes worked really well with the stamped image. I used my square Nestabilities to cut some black glitter card and a Quickutz holly die to cut the silver glittercard holly leaves. I stamped and watercoloured the image, which is from the 'Opening Presents' set, cut and adhered onto the card with some dimensional glue gel. I finished off the card with some translucent pink half beads.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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House Mouse Cupcake card

2010-07-20T22:21:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another couple of cheeky mice this time tucking into a yummy cupcake. I just knew these little tinkers needed to be showcased on a huge cupcake shaped card. Messy Rabbit CDrom to the rescue as the Cupcake shaped card was printed from there.

I stamped the image, from the House Mouse Birthday 'ice-cream' stamp set, watercoloured and cut it out and adhered to the card front with dimensional glue gel. All I added to the main card was a large double ribbon bow, a couple of decorative pins, some glitter to highlight the icing and glossy accents on the cherry and also the candles. A simple card, but I hope you like it.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

House Mouse float away in bubbles card :o)

2010-07-18T10:52:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! It's been an exciting weekend for Joanna Sheen on Create and Craft . It's the launch of her House Mouse unmounted rubber stamp range. Such adorable and cheeky images. I had such fun playing with these. Now when I saw all these lovely snoozy mice I thought of them floating away in bubbles. A bit of a 'far out' design that needs to be seen in the flesh to appreciate as my limited photography skills do not pick up the shimmer of the backing paper at all!

I printed the sky backing sheet onto pearlescent cardstock which gives a beautiful shimmer. I stamped, watercoloured and cut out the images from the 'Poppy' House Mouse stamp set. I had some lovely self adhesive glitter film that I thought would be perfect to encapsulate the sleeping mice and look a little like bubbles. So I used my circle Nestabilities to die cut the film. I added a few clear glimmer and self adhesive gems to the design. I stamped the sentiment, also from the set, with Stazon ink onto the smallest bubble. To continue the 'floaty' theme I finished the card off with a white feather and sheer ribbon bow.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Dinosaur Birthday card

2010-07-14T13:49:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Hope you are all well. Here's a card that I made for my friends little boy. He loves dinosaurs and I was asked for a green one on his card.

I found the perfect kit to play with on the Nitwits website. Really love their style and I'm sure I shall be doing lots more Digi/hybrid crafting. Most of the elements on this card are from the Fabasauraus collection. I created the landscape by screwing up some beige cardstock, rubbing brown and black ink over the creases and flattening it out. I ripped it into strips and layed it onto the card blank until I was happy. I used my Go Kreate alphabet dies to cut the letters out from Funky Foam.
This is the insert I created using the kit. Was great fun to make.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x
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Cute Kitten Birthday card

2010-07-10T22:12:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made using Giordano Puppies and Kittens CDrom and 'Another Birthday?' rubber stamp set. I printed out the backing paper onto linen cardstock, wrapped some ribbon around and knotted it.

I coloured in the stamped image with Prima colour pencils, Sansodor and paper stumps. I used my Nestabilities to mat cut out and layer up the sentiment. I used the glossy accents to highlight the kittens eyes.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

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Butterfly card

2010-07-08T10:38:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! It's been ages since my last post...sorry! Things are hotting up with 'end of term' activities at school and preparation for my eldest to go to secondary school (my baby is growing up) Here's another card I made for Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew 'Jungle and Wild animal' stamp launch. When I saw these butterflies on the stamp sheet they took me back to the Victorian era and butterfly collectors. Hence the idea for the magnifying glass.

The K&Co paper has been in my stash for years. I was so pleased to finally use it. I used a variety of dies to create the magnifying glass. It was fun hunting through my collection and finding ones that might work. I also covered the large open circle with acetate.

The images were stamped, watercoloured, glittered and cut out. The patterned paper had a butterfly printed on it already which was perfect for the small stamped butterfly which I layered over the top (see photo above) I added some coiled wire for the antennae as I chopped the originals off. I stamped the sentiments a couple of times straight onto the patterned paper and finished the card off with a tiny sheer ribbon bow.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Relax you deserve it!

2010-07-04T16:10:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Just a quickie to share with you today. For this card I used some fabulous designs by Giordano, both rubber stamps and printed from the CDrom. I printed out the beautiful backing paper from the Giordano Puppies and Kittens CDrom onto glossy photo paper. Before printing the large image I played with the opacity on my graphics programme to give a more translucent effect.

I stamped the image (Relax you deserve it!) and coloured it with my Prisma colour pencils (it was so refreshing to go back to using pencils to colour) and die cut it with may Nestabilities. I layered these images up onto some gold mirri-card. I used my Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circle and my Carl paper trimmer to create the scallops around the rectangle. I adhered the layers using dimensional glue gel and added the ribbon bow. For a finishing touch I added glitter to the flowers on the stamped image and a little glossy accents to the puppies' nose.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

How Now Brown Cow?

2010-07-03T10:41:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made with Jayne Netley Mayhews 'Cow' rubber stamp set. In my mind cows are always called 'Daisy' which is why I started off with the idea of a flower shaped card and chose those particular patterned paper designs. The papers have been in my stash for many years, I think they were from a provo craft bumper stack.

The flower shaped card was created using my Cricut and Gypsy. I filled the aperture with some acetate which I had embossed, using my Cuttlebug, to add some texture.

I wanted to add a panel to use the other lovely cow stamp and also a place to write a message but I didn't want it visible through the acetate panel. So I added a decorated flap with a little ribbon loop, so that it could be lifted easily and attached it with a brad.

I added the main image, coloured in with Copic markers, a ribbon bow and the message to the front of the card.

I hope you enjoy this glorious weekend.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Pretty in Pink

2010-07-01T11:21:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! I had fun making this sweet little card. I made the backing paper by screwing up a sheet of pink paper and spritzing it with cosmic shimmer mists. I printed the patterned paper from Joanna Sheen's new Giordano Puppies and Kittens CDrom straight onto some linen cardstock. I then highlighted the flowers with stickles.

I stamped the image (How are you?) and watercoloured it. I used a Martha Stewart boarder punch on another sheet of pink paper and pleated it before adhering to the top of the painted panel and then topped that with a large ribbon bow. I used my Woodware flower punches of various sizes to create the flower and finished them off with a self adhesive pearl.
I have also been busy sculpting. If you'd like to see more of baby Louisa then hop over to Tia Nena's Nursery for lots more pic's

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

'A Special Couple'

2010-06-26T22:33:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Hope you are all well and keeping cool. Here is a card I made using Jayne Netley Mayhew's 'Pig' stamp set. I read the sentiment 'A Special Couple' and immediately knew I wanted to use hearts. I used one of the smaller stamps from the set to create the background paper. I stamped onto the purple paper with versamark ink and swirled perfect pearls onto it with a soft brush.

I used my Nestabilities to die cut the heart shape from deeply textured card and the scalloped heart from more purple paper. I tore and pleated lots of white mulberry paper then adhered it behind the heart mats. The image was stamped and watercoloured. I added a large ribbon bow, the sentiment and some self adhesive pearls.

I used the little piglet from the stamp set on the inside of the card.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Faithful Friend

2010-06-23T20:44:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another card I made for the launch of Jayne Netley Mayhew's new rubber stamp sets. The Border Collie is such a wonderful and strong image, as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to make a simple card in the shape of a rosette.

I used my Cricut and Gypsy to create the rosette card shape. I covered the front with some red velvet paper and the inside with some stripy patterned paper. I used my Nestabilities to die cut the mats and layers. I stamped, painted with watercolours, carefully cut out and adhered the main image in place with dimensional glue gel.

I finished off the card with the sentiment which was also part of the stamp set and just perfect for the image.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Just to say Thanks! Acetate card

2010-06-21T12:06:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! I hope you managed to catch the fantastic shows Joanna sheen had this weekend on Create and Craft... it was sheer stamping and CDrom crafting bliss. I was really fortunate to have lots of my samples shown. My kiddies were squealing with delight every time one of my cards was picked up. This card was one of Leonie's fav's. It showcases the new Jayne Netley Mayhew Hummingbird stamp set.

I did the best as I could with photography... but an acetate card is not the easiest to capture. I used strong acetate for the card base. I used my scalloped heart Nestabilities to create the card corner (see above) Before adhering this inside the acetate I used the sentiment stamp and flower stamps from the set to decorate the inside.

For the outside I punched (Martha Stewart) lots of flowers from pastel pearlescent paper. I stamped the centre of each flower, it didn't photograph too well but it adds all the lovely 'veiny' detail on the flowers in real life. I then shaped each petal with a ball tool, adhered to the card with dimensional glue gel and blobbed some stickles to the centre of each flower. I punched a few leaves (also MS punch) and the swirls are die cut from a Quickutz 4x4 flourish die. The hummingbirds are stamped, watercoloured, cut out and adhered to the card. Not forgetting to add the smaller bird to the inside of the card adding to the illusion of distance between the flying birds. I finished off the card by adding the sentiment to the bottom corner which I stamped, inked, cut out with scalloped scissors and shaped with my fingers before adhering to the card.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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My first OOAK hand sculpted mini baby!!

2010-06-17T10:27:00.004+01:00

Hi folks! ....and now for something completely different! Introducing precious little Peter, my very first one of a kind (OOAK) mini baby sculpt.

In April this year I stumbled across OOAK dolls on Ebay and just had to find out more about them. I did a bit of research on the Internet, bought some magazines and found out about the Discover Dolls international show to be held in Peterborough in June.

Reborn Artist and Sculptor Cath Roberts was teaching a class on how to sculpt a mini baby which I just had to attend. My precious little Peter (Peterborough influenced the name) was completed on the day. The class was amazing! I learnt so much and it has really ignited my passion for sculpting. It is something I have always wanted to try. It is truly amazing to see a little sculpt emerging from the clay.

I'm really looking forward to making more babies (tee hee) and having a go at making 'cuties' that are more caricatures which I think will be more my style.

I'll be starting a separate blog for my sculpts to be called 'Tia Nena's Nursery'. I had a long think about what I would call the baby blog and all the cute names I could think of had already been taken. Even suggestions by the mastermind of Mr. Dry! So I decided to use a name that is personal to me. I have always been called Nena by my folks and others in my family. Since the age of 10 I have been an Aunty which is 'Tia' in Spanish. So for more years than I care to remember I have been called Tia Nena by my nephews and nieces. Although it may sound a bit weird... it's still very much me!

I hope you like little Peter. Looking forward to reading your comments.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

'A Quickie'

2010-06-15T21:09:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! So sorry I've been away from my pc for so long. Have been working on another project which I will share with you all soon. It's fast becoming my number 1 passion.... don't worry, I won't keep you in suspenders for too long ;o)

Here' a quickie I made using some lovely pink petticoat papers and digi image. I coloured the cute frog with Copic markers. I outlined the flowers on the patterned paper with Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles glitter glue (click on the pic to see the detail). I cut out the black border using a Fiskars border punch and added a large black velvet ribbon bow. The letters are die cut from funky foam using a Quickutz Alphabet set. I finished off the card with 3 tiny punched flowers filled with more of the glitter glue.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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Fairy Wishes

2010-06-09T00:01:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made using one of my favourite fairy stamps. She's from Lili of the Valley. I stamped and watercoloured her, adding glitter and decoupaging her wings and some of the flowers.

I cut the frame using my Cricut, lightly inked and glittered the edges. The beautiful backing paper is from the Tiffany range by 'We R Memory Keepers'. I made the flower by inking a small and a large plain white flower. The middle sized flower I painted with pink Cosmic Shimmer water colour paint. I layered them up and adhered a button to the centre which I had tied a small piece of ribbon through. The leaves are by Prima. I finished off the card by adding the sentiment which I die cut from funky foam using my Quickutz 'dragonfly' alphabet set.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

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Make a Wish!

2010-06-07T08:58:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made using Jayne Netley Mayhew's 'Harvest Mouse' stamp set. The papers are by Cosmo Cricket (still not reached the end of that huge pack)

I die cut the scalloped square with my Nestabilities and just folded a larger square to create the raised folded square layer. The double sided paper is great for this technique. I stamped and watercoloured the image, carefully cut it out and adhered with dimensional glue gel. I added a sheer ribbon bow and popped a stamped and coloured flower (from the Harvest Mouse set) on top. The sentiment is also part of the stamp set. I stamped, die cut and inked it before adhering to the card for a finishing touch.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Matchbook tiny treat holder

2010-06-05T10:22:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! This little matchbook is large enough to hold a small chocolate or sweetie. I used a stamp from Joanna Sheen's Country life collection and it's one from the 'Smell the Roses' plate.

The papers are by Papermania. I over stamped the vines (also from the stamp set) on the green softly polka-dotted paper on the inside of the matchbook. I used my rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities to die cut the mats and layers. The tiny plastic flowers are from an embellishment pack the I sourced from 'The Works'. I added some self adhesive pearls to the centres.

The little sentiment is from the Papermania set. I held the little matchbook together with some large brads. I finished it off with some ribbon tied in a knot. The instructions for making the matchbook are here.

Hope you are enjoying this glorious sunshiny day.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Sandra Dry Digi Stamps - Now Closed :o(

2010-06-04T00:36:00.003+01:00

Hi folks! It is with a heavy heart I announce that 'Sandra Dry Digi Stamps' is closed and I am stepping down from the 'Dare U 2 Digi Stamp' DT. I shall miss working alongside such talented digi stamp crafters, and am sure that I will join in with future challenges when time allows.

I made this card quite a while ago and never got round to sharing it with you. The sassy Rock Chix Singer (one of my own designs and sadly no longer available) was coloured in using Copic Markers. I made the black background card using the skull and wing stamp (by Inkadinkado and available here) which I embossed using clear powder. I die cut the letters from various Sizzix alphabets and backed some of the negative spaces with some red mesh. I used large star shaped brads in the corners and finished off the design by adding gold glitter to the Rock Chix's belt buckle and chain.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

JNM 'Swallows' Slider card

2010-05-28T14:12:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a double slider card (tutorial here) that I made to showcase Jayne Netley Mayhew's new 'Swallow' stamp set.

I have used papers by 'My Minds Eye' and Nestabilities to create the Oval, Scalloped oval and Square mats. The images are stamped and painted with Koi watercolours, carefully cut out and adhered with dimensional glue gel.

I added a decorative eyelet and some ribbon to the bottom panel making it easier to slide open and push closed.

It's my long weekend at work :o( I hope you enjoy yours whatever your plans may be :o)

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

'Sharing and Caring' Budgies

2010-05-27T11:10:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made using the 'Budgerigar' stamp set by Jayne Netley Mayhew.

I think the papers that I used are by DCWV (they were loose in my stash mountain). I used my circle Nestabilities to cut the small aperture and mount. I embossed some of the panels with my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder. Just a bit of matting and layering on this card. The images are stamped and painted with Koi water colour paints. I suspended the embossed circle in the aperture with thread sandwiched between the card and the patterned paper. The sentiment also comes as part of the stamp set. I finished off the card with some self adhesive gems.
Ciao for now!

Sandra x

How are you Duck?

2010-05-25T10:51:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! This is a sweet little 4"x4" card that I made using the 'Duck' stamp set found here.

A very simple little card using K&Co papers, mats and layers die cut using my Nestabilities. The cute corners are die cut using a Quickutz die.

The image is stamped onto Fabriano watercolour paper and painted with Koi watercolours. I have inked all the edges with my trusty Graphite Black Brilliance ink pad. I finished the card off by adding the large ribbon bow made using my bow maker..... I've had lots of folks asking if I use a bow maker.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Country Life - Green fingers

2010-05-24T09:23:00.002+01:00

Hi Folks! Here's a diddy little card I made for Joanna Sheen showcasing the bucket of apples stamp from the 'Green Fingers' set which is part of the Country Life collection.

I used Cosmo Cricket papers and plenty of Antique Linen Distress ink to colour the white cardstock. I used my Nestabilities to create the circle and scalloped circle mats. The brown sheer ribbon and bow is held in place with a large brad. The image is stamped and painted with Koi watercolour paints, carefully cut out and adhered with dimensional glue gel. I finished off the card by adding some translucent dimensional red dots.

If you would like to see this card to scale hop over to Joanna's Videos here

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Country Life - My Garden Bench

2010-05-23T08:24:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's a card I made for Joanna Sheen using her new 'Country Life - My Garden' stamp set.

I used Papermania designer papers. I inked the edges with my Crimson Copper Brilliance ink pad. I used my Nestabilities to create the panel on the inside, the scalloped circle frame and also the mats for garden trowel and fork.

I painted the images with Koi watercolour paints, cut them out carefully (was quite tricky around the basket handle and the ribbons) I finished off the card with some die cut (Cuttlebug) corners and a tiny ribbon bow.

Have a great day

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

You're the Best!

2010-05-22T10:42:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's another card I made for Joanna Sheen, this time using the Squirrel designed by Jayne Netley Mayhew.

The papers I used were from my stash mountain (sorry I can't remember who they are by) I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and painted it with my Koi watercolour paints, cut it out and adhered with dimensional glue gel. I left a small white border around the squirrel to help it stand out against the backing paper. I knotted some ribbon and tied it around the bottom of the card. I used my We R Memory Keepers decorative corner chomper to create the tags. the sentiments came in the Squirrel stamp set. I finished off the card by adding a blob of glossy accents to the squirrels eye.

Hope you enjoy this glorious weekend.

Ciao for now!
Sandra x

A card for Grandpa

2010-05-21T07:00:00.001+01:00

Hi folks! There's a new challenge over on Dare U 2 Digi stamps. This time it's 'One for the boys'. Hop on over and check out the brilliant cards made by me fellow DT.

The backing paper is by DCWV. I made the frame using my Labels Nestabilities dies and embossed it with my Cuttlebug. I threaded some ribbon around and knotted it at on side before adhering the frame. I painted 'Meerkat Youngster' with Koi Watercolours. The sentiment is stamped from set by Paula Pascual. Lastly I die cut the letters from Funky Foam with a Cuttlebug Alphabet die set.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x
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Make a Splash!

2010-05-18T12:38:00.002+01:00

Hi folks! Here's one of the samples that I made for Joanna Sheen from the newly released 'Countryside' rubber stamp collection designed by Jayne Netley Mayhew. A beautiful, gentle collection with some fabulous sentiments too.

I used some lovely K&Co patterned papers for this card. I used my paper trimmer to cut the squares, inked the edges and carefully adhered them using dimensional glue gel. (Great for nudging into place) I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with my Nestabilities oval die. I also used my Nesties to cut the Scalloped Oval, Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle. I stamped the Otter and painted him with my Koi watercolours. I tore around the Otter and inked the edges with Antique Linen distress ink. I added a small ribbon above the sentiment and finished off the card with some glossy accents on the otters eye and nose.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x