It Is Your Day Today

Hello everyone, how are you all?

Its been quite a week for us, we went away on Monday for a few days in the caravan but unfortunately Natalie got took into the RVI hospital on the Tuesday with suspected Pneumonia. Thankfully its not that & its a chest infection, she is quite poorly but at home now. A long time ago we brought blood pressure & sat monitors etc so we can keep an eye on all those.

Anyway I thought I would show a card that I've not shown yet, I have a few I've not shown yet but lets start with one I made back in January I think it was lol.

I had an order for 4 cards off a lady & one of the cards had to be vintage & purple.........so here it is....

The gorgeous papers that I immediately went to are Pion Design.....unfortunately I could not decide between 2 collections.........so I used both together.

I used paper from 'Scent Of Lavender' & 'Where The Roses Grow' both collections from Noor Design UK.

I added some gorgeous white lace along the bottom which you can just see peeking out & then some fablous purple lace with flowers on on the top. I've also added Cheesecloth under the image too.

All of these from Noor Design UK.

Of course as always I decorated inside, sorry I forgot to take pics of inside & of course this card went a very long time ago lol.

The image on the front is from the 'Where The Roses Grow' collection off sheet 'Images From The Past' I cut it out with a postage die & cut out a sentiment from a Pion sheet along the bottom saying....'It Is Your Day Today'

The butterflies are also Pion & I added crackle accents to them & some fine pearl string to the centre.

Doilies are from my stash & I added lots of WOC flowers & the leaves were made using Rosy Owl dies from Noor Design UK.

Thats it from me I will show you another card tomorrow. I also made a card for the Maja Design Mood Board beginning of this month so will show you that over the weekend.

Hope you have a super weekend, hopefully the weather will be nice, its awful here today.....wet & miserable!! 

Take care & thanks for stopping by.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Magnolia & Dreamerland Crafts

Hello everyone how are you all?

Hope all you mums in the UK had a lovely Mother's Day, I hada lovely one.

I'm here today with 2 cards for Noor Design UK, the first one uses Dutch Doobadoo Card Art & a Magnolia stamp & the 2nd card is using one of the yummy Dreamerland Crafts stamps.

First here is a card made using the Dutch Doobadoo A4 Kitchen Aid card art using Maja Design papers.

I used 2 different sheets of Maja Design papers from the Summertime collection, I added a different pattern to the bowl.....a shabby chic Kitchen Aid in my favourite colours for a kitchen.

Of course the Recipe Collection from Magnolia was perfect for this & not forgetting the Joy Crafts Strawberry die.

I added lots of pearls on this & of course it had to still have the flower treatment.

I also added a wooden rolling pin & a Kitchen Aid charm.

The fabulous stamp is called 'Made With Love Tilda' & again she was stmaped onto Fabriano & coloured with distress ink refills.

Here is the cardmade using one of the new Dreamerland Crafts stamps, these stamps are due any day now over at Noor Design UK. This beauty is called 'Enjoying The Breeze' & I stamped her onto Fabriano & coloured her with distress ink refills.The apples in her basket I coloured red & green, I also added pearl dots around her using a pearl pen.

These are fabulous to colour up I enjoyed colouring these soooooo much. There is not one stamp I dont like......they all have such an innocence about them & are so adorable!!

I've used Scrapiniec Leaves & some WOC flowers, the centre flower I made with Foamiran. I also added a bow made with Organza & heat shriveled to add to the shabby look.

This card is made for someone who wants 2 cards the same as my last Dreamerland Crafts card here but as I make no 2 cards the same as I like each & every card to be one of a kind.

So I used a different shape, a different stamp, paper etc. The things I kept the same was the tag with the LOTV Birthday Recipe on & I still added a bow with bling, only this time the bow was also made with oragnza ribbon & the other with seam binding I dyed myself.

I also used my favourite lace on this one & a piece of scrapiniec with a clay heart.

If you want to order any of these gorgeous Dreamerland Crafts stamps pop on over to here as any day now they will be arriving at Noor Desgin UK.........could even be today, I've got 8 of these babies coming & I'm soooooooo excited but would like them all, greedy I know lol. They really are a dream to colour........looks like they have the right name.

Well thats it from me, thank you so much for stopping by.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.....
Magnolia-licious - Anything Goes (Magnolia card)

Dreamerland Enjoying The Breeze Stamp	Magnolia RC-17 Made with Love	Magnolia RC-17 Beater and rolling pin	Magnolia RC-17 Medallion & Cutting Board
Maja Design - Summertime Smell the Roses	Maja Design Summertime - Light Scarlet	NEW Pion Design Palette Dusty Rose II	Rose Linen - Pion Design Where The Roses Grow
Borders - Pion Design Where The Roses Grow	Scrapiniec Mehendi Frame	Scrapiniec Indian Summer Big Leaves	Little Darlings Fancy Rectangle & Layers Die
Berry Sweet Strawberry	010-Pearl Pen White	Card Art A4 Kitchen Aid	Double Row Pearl Trim
Lace Grace	Button Marie	Pearl Trim Lace	Fabriano Artistico Extra White Smooth 140lb (300gsm) Watercolour Paper
Distress Inks	Rosy Owl Flower Dies 1	Rosy Owl Flower Dies 2	Foamiran Baby Pink
Fantasy Helianthus Die	Canvas Corp Mini Gift Bag White	Wild Orchid Crafts BABY PINK Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts IVORY Open Roses
Wild Orchid Crafts RED Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts DEEP RED Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts LILAC Open Roses	Dutch Doobadoo Gesso White

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Tutorial Tuesday At Noor Design UK

Hello everyone how are you all?I am typing this up just after I've come back from the gym & I'm soooo sore.....I'm certain now my sons really are trying to kill me!! lol.

Ok so its Tutorial Tuesday over at Noor Design UK & this one is a requested one.

I was asked to do a tutorial on a Crealies die, its Crealies die Create A Card No.1

You can go onto you tube & watch all the Crealies video's on their dies, the one I watched was not in english & I wanted to see if there was a simpler way. 

Now this is VERY photo heavy so grab yourslef a cuppa & a biscuit or 2. Hopefully the tutorial will make sense to you.........the end result certainly looks nice.

Ok so the basic tools you need are as follows....

Crealies Create A Card No.1

A4 or 12x12 Cardstock

Designer Paper of the same size (A4/12x12)

Scissors

Pencil, eraser & ruler

Glue

Masking Tape

Die Cutting Machine

To use this die you also need to go to the Crealies website here & download the template & instructions here. You will need to print off the template.

Now for some reason my printer would not print the whole template out, it did 95% of it but you see the dotted lines going around it....well it missed off 2 lines. So as it printed off the corner of the dots I used my ruler & drew the lines in that were missing.These are just there to cut around........

So after you have cut around the dotted lines you then put the template onto your cardstock to draw around...........

...........or you can just measure & cut the sizes wrote here....

142mm x 272mm then cut it out.

You then do the same with your designer paper. I did it this way as I didnt want a band a white card around the edge. I think it looks better if the paper goes to the edge.

Now the first time I cut this out I cut out first the cardstock, then used the die. I then cut the paper & then used the die. Problem was if you are not exact the paper does not marry up properly to the cardstock...........you can just below the watermark where it was wrong & did not align ;-(

So I decided to try it a different way.........this was after I got out of my huff from ruining Maja Design paper lol.

First though attach sticky tape to the top & the underneath of the Crealies die. The photo above shows the tape on top, there is also tape underneath in the same place. The tape is to keep things in place.

So you get the die & make sure the cutting edge is facing up & you align it up with the shape on the template........(the same shape is on the right side but in reverse).

Once the die is in place you then line up your cardstock on top & then line up your designer paper on top of that. Using masking tape I taped the corners so they didnt move whilst die-cutting.

The tape on the die keeps the cardstock in place...........but you must align the cardstock up with the template underneath.

Then run it through your die-cutting machine. Make sure your machine is wide enough for this.

Once cut this is what they will both look like, the cuts will be in exactly the same place. If when you peel the tape off your cardstock it takes some of the card do not worry as the paper will cover it & then you will also be putting something else there later on as well anyway.........so all will be hidden.

Now leaving the tape on the left side attach more tape to your die underneath & do exactly the same for the right side as you did with the left. Alinging the die with the shape on the template.

Then put the cardstock on top again, aligning it with the template underneath. The firstpart that was cut out you can align with the shape on the template & the tape you left there will keep the cardstock in place once again.

Then do the same with the designer paper, again taping down the corners so nothing moves. You want everything to stay in place whilst it is going through the die-cutting machine.

After you have run it through the die cutting machine, line both the cardstock & the paper up against the template.

You will see it says 'platform' along the top & in the centre there is a dotted line. With your ruler draw a line going down the centre & then score a valley fold, making sure you run your scoring tool up & down a few times to score through the cardstock & onto the paper.

On the middle parts of each side (just below my watermark) there is a line in the centre that the die made, you now need to score these in a mountain fold. Again running the tool up & down to go through cardstock & paper.

This is what it should look like, the centre I did the valley fold as that's where the card will fold in half & then in each window you score a mountain fold.

Next apply wet glue all over the cardstock. Wet glue is the best thing to use as it allows movement while you are getting it in the exact place it needs to be.

With your designer paper, starting in the centre at the fold rub down one side of the paper to the cardstock..........

......then rub down the right side onto the cardstock, aligning the paper up with the card below.

Once dry I then went over all my folds again.

Then on one side of the mountain fold in the window apply wet glue, the place where my watermark is shows you where to apply the glue. You are putting the glue on the shorter part.

Then attach the image you want to place there. Make sure this is no bigger than that window to allow it to move when opening & closing the card.

Do the same on both side & wait til they dry. 

You can see on the left photo that the image or sentiment you put there is only going on one side of that mountan fold you created. Lie it flat while it dries.

Once dry you can now decorate as you wish.

Here is the finished card. I love the look of this I think its so pretty, it would be fab to use with stamped images, digi images, nice sentiments or even photo's.

This is a photo of what is in each window. I made a frame using one of my favourite dies, yes the LDRS Fancy Squares. I used the large & small die & using them together to cut out a frame.

I added pearl dots using a pearl pen & also some pearl trim.

Below is the links to items used which are all from Noor Design UK. Why not pop on over to see the other Crealies dies, why not try one yourself. If you try this one leave a comment on my blog & I will pop over to look & leave you a comment so you know I've been. I would love to see more of these cards made using this die.

Ok thats it, if you have made it this far then well done...........if you understand my tutorial then even better lol.

Thanks for sticking with me in this looooong post, you all totally rock mmwah.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Rose Meadow - Pion Design Where The Roses Grow	Images From The Past - Pion Design Where The Roses Grow	Crealies Create A Card No.1	0456-Autumn Ivy Die
Flatbacked Pearl String 4mm White	Little Darlings Fancy Squares & Little Things Dies	Chiffon Rose With Pearl Lace	010-Pearl Pen White
Wild Orchid Crafts BABY PINK Open Roses	Dutch Doobadoo Gesso White

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