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Any one remember the show heart 2 heart ???

2013-04-03T06:00:00.000+01:00

Ok so im showing my age today lol in remembering heart two heart with Stephanie Powers and Robert Wagner and for the life of me I cant remember the dogs name lol
how sad is that when he was the star of the show? anyone remember ? let me know lol
so this card is for the dog that I cant remember the name of lol

I love this card, and yes im loving the dies too lol

This was the first card I made using the spellbinders D-lites dies. I fell in love as soon as I see the heart its called vines of passion and its beautiful.
and I hope I am show casing them as they deserve to be .... the heart of the show.
I see a similar design on Sue Wilson's blog particraft scroll down to SATURDAY, 16 MARCH 2013

and you will see her beautiful card using these dies plus you will see other beautiful cards she designs. she is one talented lady, a true american gem as I called her.

ok I will stop plugging Sue and get on with my card lol.

blank card as usual then I went for white card stock and cut to size, I used the garden delights embossing folder and ran the white card through the grand calibur. another favourite of mine, I then grabbed some shimmer red card and cut that down now I wanted the embossed paper to show more than usual so I measured an inch around so then I knew how big my red card needed to be. Cut it to size and mounted using foam pads onto my embossed card.

i then grabbed my white card again and cut that down. this time I used the double heart embossing folder. I mounted that on to my red shimmer card again using foam pads.

Blew this right up so you can see the embossing.

I cut my hearts out using the same red shimmer card stock and you can see in the picture I inter linked them together so they would fit on my white background which they did ...just!

next step was to glue them together and then on to my card. this time I added pearl gems to the heart . I think they gave a softer finish than the gems from yesterday.

next was the adorable petite tags, I used the other shape this time. I cut out my white card using die cutting machine and then I needed a slightly bigger size as a matt but I had used the biggest petite label. So what I did was on my red card that I had left I placed the biggest die I had used and drew around it on the outside edge I then carefully cut it out using scissors. ha I had made another sized petite label.

That's what I love about spellbinders when you get the packets of the basic shapes if you think about it you always get double bubble. as you can draw around any die and make it bigger giving you another die size.... clever!!!

anyway I put the die back over my white card label as I thought the white needed something on it . I grabbed my Victorian velvet distress ink and blended slightly over the die to give a hint. lifted my die of and hey presto!!

using foam pads I mounted my sentiment on the corner.

last thing to do was?????........... faux pearls

I added them on the red shimmer card and a few on my white background card. you can just about see that in the above picture.

Job done!

and guess what I remembered the dogs name lol Freeway ! so pooch this card is for you lol

now as I remembered that I still have a question for you ... what was the old boys name who always looked after freeway ?

that will bug me now till I know lol

So thats it for today, answers on a postcard please lol

take care folks

see you tomorrow with another new D-lite card

Ttfn xxx

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2013-04-02T11:48:00.001+01:00

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Tuesday is full of love !!!

2013-04-02T06:00:00.000+01:00

You guessed it , My new D-lite spellbinders have arrived. I was so excited to get going with them as soon as.
After much delegation as there are so many gorgeous ones I went for the heart first to spread some love among us all.

Now the front red card was purposely cut like this from another card I made first .....see thinking ahead!!!! which in fact does make a change for me.... did it hurt yes like mad lol
but im trying to be organised for a change.
so there you go a leopard can change its spots lol

anyway now were are away with Easter for another year and we are on downer from all the choccie we ate I thought "spread the love" which is why your seeing this card

Its a really quick and simple one to make and if you don't have the second range of D-lites you can do any style of die you have/ I was thinking back to the sewing ones and I think the tailors dummy would be good to do like this too. so the possibilities are endless.

back to the card. blank card to start you can use any size up to you, then I found some red mirri card from Christmas, I have been digging deep! it has stars all over it hopefully your see that in the picture below
measured the card and using a tape pen stuck it to my blank card, now as I said earlier I had cut a heart out of the red shimmer card so i was just left with the aperture in this card. I rounded my edges of using a corner trimmer and mounted foam on the back as i wanted this card raised,

I then got my heart again and cut it out on gold card stock.I glued the back of the heart and stuck it flat on my mirri card.
Then I added a few gems to the heart. In looking at the picture you can see the raised effect I was after.

then the rest is even more simple, I cut two strips of gold card and two thinner strips of the red card and and made a straight border down the left side and across the bottom, again I mounted these on foam as again I wanted a raised effect.

My other brilliant D-lites set is the petite labels they are adorable. so with that I stamped my sentiment on gold card and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder,
I love these dinky labels they are perfect I liked this shape as it sort of resembles a banner which was the effect I was after. I don't think you can see it on the picture but I kind of bent the sentiment in the middle to raise it a bit. I stuck 2 very small pieces of foam at the very ends of the label kinked it and stuck it on to the banner.

seeing stars on the red mirri card?

to finish the card off I added the same gems that I use on the heart in each corner of my card.
the i couldn't resist adding a line of faux pearls down each side of my borders.
and that was it....simples!!!

To make the faux pearls I use cosmic shimmer pearl glue, you can get it in all sorts of colours including clear, I use a lot of this glue on all my projects because it dries clear and in quick time.
colours i have use before to do faux pearls are black pink, blue, brown, gold, silver and bronze and I think they have more colours but I haven't used them .

so that todays card I hope you like as much as I did making it
tomorrow I will show you the first card I made using the heart die.
I will be spreading the love this week lol.....

so that's it folks please leave a comment let me know if you like the work I do on making my cards, I know my style doesn't suit everyone but if we all liked the same thing life would be so boring!! but its still nice to know that you visit the blog and are interested in what I do....

pop over to the shop the new categories a craft shop is up as well as sub headings... wont be long now for all the goodies to arrive there ...watch this space and remember when the shop opens so does blog candy on here ... exciting!!!!

so see you all Wednesday
Ttfn xxx

Well its a new week and a new month Happy April fools day!!!

2013-04-01T06:00:00.000+01:00

So what did you get up to over the weekend ? I hope you all had a lovely time and I hope your not feeling too choclated ( new word lol) out !

So are you all excited about the candy blog ? I know I am its always nice to give something back to your followers as a thank you .

Now this card is very pink!

I Have used a spellbinders Impressionabilities for the back ground on this, and I will tell you how I did it.

first of all blank card, then I measured my black card so I could add a few more than usual faux pearls down the side I just added them randomly. Set aside to dry while I got on with the rest of the card.

I don't use the impressionabilites that much so I thought I would give it a go.

I ran it through the grand calibur got the impression on the card then while it was still taped to the card I took my Victorian velvet distress ink and blending tool and went over all the card. I wasn't happy with such a dull look so again while taped to the card I went over the stencil again but this time with my perfect medium clear pad. took off the stencil and while still wet shook clear embossing powder over the whole page. shook excess of the dried it with my heat gun.

that's better it had a sheen to it now

which you can see in this picture.

I then took the large standard circle die from the spellbinders range and the largest circle from my splendid circles cut and embossed both my matt was done using holographic silver card (which I love) and the splendid circle cut from black card stock.

I then cut and embossed my butterfly again in silver holographic card stock love the shimmer of different colours this card gives off. See picture

I then added that to my circles. found some nice silver peel offs one with just a note sentiment so I placed that in my black circle and the other were yes you guessed butterflies

before putting the butterfly peel offs on the card I wanted them risen so I stuck them on card stock and cut around them so I could shape them. A bit fiddly but I got there . shaped them and placed them on the card. When I use butterflies I like to add a trail from them and on this occasion I added black pearl swirls.

Last but no means least i added three black gems to the top left and bottom right just to finish the card off.

I am so in to butterflies at the moment I cant stop using them.

I think my daughters will have to hide them from me so I can use something else lol

I was going to start using my new D-Lites spellbinders but im still waiting for them boohoo

hopefully they will turn up now that Easter is over and done with....

so that's it for today hope you have a lovely time what ever you have planned see you tomorrow for yes another card..

Ttfn xx

Blog Candy Coming soon!!!!

2013-03-31T06:00:00.000+01:00

Its Easter Sunday and as I sit looking out of my window im thinking when is spring going to pop by and say hello im here???
so I feel today we need a bit of brightness in our life's, yes we all have the family around enjoying Easter eggs and while im preparing the roast beef dinner im thinking the kids really are not going to eat it . They have stuffed all the chocolate they can in to there tummy,s and there will be no room for the lovingly prepared Sunday roast, kids are so thoughtful aren't they!!
I say kids but mine are all teenagers lol think that makes it worse lol

so as we are talking chocolate i was thinking about blog candy which I know a lot of blogs do
but with my candy you will have to work for it....
but nothing to strenuously.
as most of you know im in the throws of opening a craft supply section in the web shop . orders for stock have been placed so its just a case of waiting for my stock to arrive then it can go live (items im selling)
when this shop does go live as a thank you to you all im going to do candy give away, the contest will be as follows

Very understated!!!!

2013-03-30T06:00:00.000Z

I love this style of card and you can do it with any spellbinder shape-abilities you have.On this occasion I have opted for the butterfly from les papillion set .

I love the simplicity of this card and it is so easy and quick to make. In fact I think I made four different coloured cards in this style the same day.my kids thought I had gone nuts cos usually I don't really make two cards the same. but I was on a roll this day....... and this one was the first and favourite so im showing it to you.

blank card to start. followed by black matt card . I added a gold peel off border round the edge of the black card. I then measured my white card and decided were I would want the butterfly. I choose top right hand corner but you can do it anywhere.

I then just cut out the butterfly using my grand calibur. Ok so I am left with a white butterfly for another card so it wont go to waste but I wanted the negative image for this card.

i then went to my paper stash which we all have in the corner of the room and placed different coloured patterned card behind the image to see which piece I liked best, and I went for this brown and black patterned paper.I used foam pads to mount it on the piece of white card because I want my white card stock raised from the paper. I then mounted the white card on to my black matt card. next my sentiment I didn't want to add any more dimension to the card so I stamped my sentiment straight on to my white card. I would have usually added some swirl gems to the butterfly but I had ran out so in looking at all my dies I found really small flowers from the layered scalloped posy set which are from heartfelt creations for spellbinders.

I cut and embossed 7 of those out and added a flower gem to each and glued them trailing from the butterfly down to my sentiment

I finished the whole card off by faux pearling the edge .

so what do you think no bows no frills just plain and simple.

I hope you like this one it is one of my favs this year and so easy to reproduce. with so many variations you can make these so quickly .

tell me what you think do you like or dislike?

make sure you pop back tomorrow for a card that will bring brightness to your dull days.....and find out what all the blog candy news is about.......

www.taylormadecards.co.uk

another card soon, so take care folks

TTFN xxx

back to basics

2013-03-29T06:00:00.000Z

Good morning a nice simple card today going back to basics. this card is going back to dies we have forgot about of maybe just don't use as much.

I started with a blank card and I found a piece of paper from my stash that I adore I think its from a kanban paper pad , but don't hold me to that. its a lovely lilac and teal colour with roses, a maybe a bit dated for some but this card was for a grandma so it was perfect.

I went to my co-ordinations pads and found a nice lilac card stock to match, matted that on to my blank card. I then embossed my white card using the spellbinder m-bossibilities folder . I placed that card on to my lilac matt I then cut a piece of the roses paper and another lilac card which I ran through the folder too. I finished with a sentiment stamped on to the lacy ovals die and while the card was still in the die I used a bit of dusty concord distress ink around the edge.

I had some paper flowers in my stash I think they were from the glitter girls flower box last year add few of them on one corner . on to swirl that I had cut out .

finished of doing a understated bow, few gems and faux pearls

I hope you like this card!

I was planning on doing a few cards using my new spellbinder D-Lites dies but im still waiting for them. I was hoping they would arrive today but no sign yet......

as soon as they arrive I will let you know so you can look out for those cards.

Tomorrows card will be the most understated elegant card ever......... I love it and I could make this style card all day long.........do I give you sneak peek??????.................no!!!!!!! you will have to pop back tomorrow to see it

so for now my lovelies take care see you soon happy crafting......

www.taylormadecards.co.uk

TTFN xxxx

Spellbinders D-lites gate and fence die

2013-03-28T13:41:00.001Z

Ok todays card is using the d-lites gate and fence dies, and I think they are D-liteful to use.
Start with a blank card, cut out three pieces of different coloured card for my matt and layers started with a gold card then black and lastly what I called a muted gold card stock. I layered those up first them added my faux pearls around the edge of the black card stock.
Using my wax paper I cut my does out just one of each was needed. I cut them both out then removed my wax paper and placed my cut outs onto a cradt sheet, I did that so I didnt make a mess when using my perfect medium clear pad and rubbed over both cut images till they were covered. I then took my cosmic shimmer bronze embossing powder and sprinkled it all over both images till well covered,shook off all access and with my heat gun begain melting.
I took a label die, cut it out then while card was still in the die I took the perfect medium again and just went over the edges see picture, I was really happy with the overall effect I got with the embossing powder, metal looking gates and fence. I stuck the images onto the card and added a few flower gems here and there . And of course a bow.
I was happy with the card which could be used as any ocassion I used it as a thank you card this time
I love using the D-lite dies they have a lovely quaility about them, I hope you all agree,
Tell me what you think its always nice to get feedback
Anyway thats all for today so take care folks

Ttfn xxx

Spellbinders D-Lites poppy die

2013-03-27T13:22:00.001Z

Ok my stock is shipping its way to me as I type,so excited ive got some fab heartfelt creations products winging there way to me, some beautiful stamps and compatible dies, cant wait to use them myself to showcase them, and we have a range of ranger stuff too, stuff that you will use everyday over and over......

Any way todays card is the positive image that I cut out of the d-lites spellbinder die, i used the negitive on one card now im using the postive, just to show you that you can use these dies over and over even using the scraps.
So started with my labels one dies and cut out a big white matt then a smaller black matt, I mounted them together and then placed them one side of my card, I had some pinflair sentiments that I need to use up so found a nice one and placed that on the right side of the card on my gold background.
I found in my scraps a die cut circle which just fits a peeloff on saying best wishes made a little glitter bow to sit just underneath. Then as before I had my poppies cut out in gold and glued them onto my black matt. Faux pearls round the edge
This was a really quick card to do and I think quite effective,
I could have embossed the poppies or coloured them but I liked them just as they are. What do you think?

I will show you a card again really quick and easy using the gates and fence, from the D-Lites , ive also embossed them to give a metal look so look out for that card soon,

Pop over to
www.taylormadecards.co.uk
to see when the craft suppiles are in,

I have a new set of D-Lites to play with tomorrow
So I will be showcasing a few of them soon
So for now happy crafting and see you soon

Ttfn xxx

Poppy card using spellbinders D-Lites dies

2013-03-25T22:48:00.001Z

Hello folks
All going ahead with my crafty suppliers first orders are now in so make sure you pop back to see when the stuff will be on site. i can now say we will be stocking items from heartfelt creations and ranger products to start with
All exciting stuff!!!
Anyway back to todays card poppies, this is using one of the d-lites dies from spellbinders, not seen much show cased on them because they are quite difficult to remove the cut card stock from them, but I have been using some wax paper with them and the card comes out a lot easier.
Ok started with my blank card rhythm used some black card as matt then I wanted two papers the same but tone differance so I went for a very red spotty paper on white then a white spot on red. I cut my die out and wanted to use the negitive part for this card I cut it out of a golf card stock then I used labels one to frame it
I placed my image on the brighter paper more red one as I had poppy image andu used the lighter one as a matt
Stamped sentiment matted that then finished card off with a big bright bow
With faux pearls around edge.
I liked how this card turned out hope you like it too. Let me know
I will show the next card using the poppy image that was cut out of the above card tomorrow.

So for now take care, hope your all safe and warm in this ghastly weather, we have been quite lucky here in the north highland area we have had flurries but nothing like most of you wrap up take care see you soon with another card

Ttfn xxx

Been a while!!!

2013-03-21T06:00:00.000Z

OK so I haven't been on for a while,well before Christmas with one thing and another I just haven't had 5 mins to do anything,
anyway im back how long for depends on when my op is, that's for the trapped nerve I have (yes 2 half years now) but the consultant has decided after numerous visits and scans the nerve needs a op as its badly damaged, so off to neurosurgeon on 8th April to see when they are taking me in, anyway enough of that we are here to see cards....new cards, ive made a few so over the next few weeks I will put them up. I wont say day by day as that never works as something always comes up so I will just leave it at that.....
im also in the throws of getting hold of stock to sell on my site im in chats with a few companies at the moment and all is looking good, you can properly guess what im going to stock but if not i will tell you,
hopefully it will be spellbinders, stamps, glues, gems, and heartfelt creations stock to, I will build up the supplies so eventually there will be a good few extra pages of craft supplies on site,
anyway back to todays card...
a simple card that screams elegance to me

what do you think?

i started with my blank card,then took a milk coloured piece of card and embossed it using the tied together embossing folder, i mounted that on my blank card i then took a piece of red core-dinations card stock and matted that onto my tied together piece,

i then took another milk card and embossed it with the hearts embossing folder

i rounded my edges of the heart card with my corner trimmer, i took the frame one from the d-lites range spellbinders have done and cut that out of milk card stock too

and in the same colour red i did the butterflies

added gems and bow and stamped a lovely sentiment and last but not least faux pearls around the edge

i do lve the look of the card certainly something i would be happy to receive

hope you agree,

hope you like the card, sorry last few pics had to be done by webcam as camera wasnt working you cant really see the colours and embossing but hope the first pic does it better justice

any take care

see you soon

ttfn xxx

Tuesdays Christmas card !!!

2012-10-09T05:00:00.000+01:00

This card is a over the top take on yesterdays .

just to show what else you can do by adding a few extra bits, and adding a bit of colour.

same as yesterday embossed black card cut out holly motif and border this time, i also left the dies over the card when i cut them out and added some antique linen ink to them just to give a slight highlight.

with the bits that you pop out of the motif i had cut it out using green card and added some micro beads on them from a previous card. so i inserted them behind the motif this time just to add a bit of texture,

i added the holly border at the bottom, made a bow in red and added a heart dazzler to it,

Did two peel off borders around the edge in gold and added some gems to the corners and on the holly motif ,and last but not least my faux pearls on the embossed black card and around the edge.

i stamped the sentiment in the middle of the motif and went over it in a black embossing powder,

i finished the card off by spraying some gold glitter spray (crafters companion) is were the spray is from.

hope you like this second take of the same card style

i like both styles what do you think

as aways leave your comments all will be posted good or bad

see you all wednesday!!

ttfn xxx

Monday morning and time for another Christmas card!!!

2012-10-08T05:00:00.000+01:00

As I said on Saturday a card which uses only 2 dies and an embossing folder.

I like this card as it was so quick and simple to make plus i think it looks quiet elegant and stylish, this card is for the person that doesn't like over the top and im sure we all have some of them in our families.

so blank card to start im using kanban blank cards just in case you did want to know what cards i use.

i got a milk coloured card and embossed it in one of my folders, I picked this one as i could put my faux dots over it.

i cut out a holly motif die and a little oval die for my sentiment,

i inked the oval die while still in the die in a antique walnut ink.

i placed the cut shapes in the centre of my milk card and before sticking the card down i added a bow at the bottom, i finished the bow off with a dazzlers gem, i added a silver border peel off around my milk card and 4 little dazzlers on each corner added my faux pearls on the milk card and around the edge of the card and that was it .....finished

a simple but elegant Christmas to which i think anyone would be happy to receive...

what do you think?

comments are welcome...

see you all tomorrow

ttfn xxx

2012-10-06T10:36:00.000+01:00

As promised a card using my new spellbinder die shapes,

in this set you get the stocking and Santa hat and a candy cane stick,

so my first card was to use the stocking,and i must say i love it.You can decorate the stocking in so many ways,

Blank card to start,

I firstly cut out my three stockings, with them all left in the die after embossing i ran over the die with my watermark versa mark pad,i made sure i got all the raised embossed bits.

I then took the die of and sprinkled each shape with white embossing powder, Then i decided i wanted the white bits glittered so with a quickie glue pen,i went over all the white embossed bits,I let the glue get tacky then sprinkled some glitter over i did not do the snowflakes,

I then cut out some mirror board and black card as matts.

I found some dinky pegs in my stash of bits and made a washing line from one side of the card to the other using twine i stuck my pegs in place. i didnt really like the pegs on show so i cut out a decorative rectangle shape to cover them.i stuck the card down onto the pegs. I then found a lovely label die and cut that out in black and stuck a sentiment peel off on to it.

i finished off by putting a holly border christmas peel off around the edge and again my faux glue dots using cosmic shimmer silver, last but not least i went over the whole card with my silver glitter spray

think you just about see the glitter over the card here.

a simple but nice christmas card which was quick and easy to make

tomorrow there wont be a post so i will be back on Monday with yes another Christmas card. a very simple but stylish one, using one embossing folder and two dies

so this will be one everyone can replicate.

please leave a comment always nice to see whose looking at the cards,

but for know folks

ttfn xxxx

day 3 of the xmas card designs

2012-10-05T06:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning to you all, I think its starting to feel a bit frosty now in the mornings in Scotland so i decided i would show you my frosty looking card,

this was a card. i tweaked and tweaked and still didn't know were i was going, one of those cards that takes all day to make.

i was fairly happy with the end result and i hope you feel the same.

as always i started with a 8x8 card blank and picked a blue icy looking card from my co-ordinations Christmas pad.this one has snowflakes on so i sanded it a bit just so they came out of the card a little.

I used a white card and stamped my background onto it this time using a black ink (archival) and before it dried i went over with my ultra thick embossing powder to give a high gloss finish to it. i cut out off black card a elongated flag shape.

i then cut out 2 borders and placed them each side of my embossed card, I then mounted all of that on to my blue card using foam pads to give dimension.

i stamped my sentiment and did my usual faux gems using the blue and silver coloured cosmic shimmer glue.

that was what i thought was the end of the card, then a few hours later i looked at it and thought no its not finished. I reached for my Christmas peel off s and found some melting snow shimmery ones so i added them to the top and bottom of my card were i had embossed. Then added a bow in the similar blue card and that then i thought was finished....

Again a few hours later i still wasn't happy so reached again for the peel offs, this time i used 2 bells again in the shimmery style i mounted them on black card and cut around this time i added them to the bottom corners, i was nearly happy!!!

I went back to my cosmic shimmer glues and decided to place little dots on my embossed card at the end off every swirl and in a few of the snowflakes,

i then just added a dazzlers button to my bow and i was finally happy with the card.....

it was a labour of love ... i have never gone back to card so many times in one day i must have been mad. but you know when something is not right. i feel this has to be one of the most expensive card i have made if you add the materials and time used to create it. but that's what a hand crafted card is all about, and thats the difference between hand-crafted and home-made cards.!!!

i hope you like it and if you do please leave a comment, again i would love to hear your views and comments good or bad!!

just to mention i have brought some new Christmas dies and i cant wait to use them so make sure you tune in tomorrow as i will be using one of them, i havent even seen sue wilson use these yet, soooooo make sure you come back to see the card.

exciting stuff!!!

so thats it for today take care folks

and

ttfn xxx

Day 2 Christmas!

2012-10-04T09:01:00.001+01:00

Good morning as promised another Christmas card, I know I said I would not use a lot of spellbinders dies but I think this one is cute, I really didn't have any idea were this card was going when i picked the window die but i think the end result is a cute Christmas card, What do you think?

I started with a blank card and trimmed down some milk coloured card,i then cut out my window on the same card and matted it on green co-ordinations Christmas card, I cut out a holly border again using my spellbinders and mounted all on my card,

i stood looking at the card and wondered what else i could do to make it christmassy, so i reached for my trusted peel off's.I stuck two bells on to some green card and cut them out placed them on the window,added a bow to match, I did my usual faux pearls around the edge and on the border, added the sentiment let it snow and i did spray some glitter over the whole card to give it a shimmer but in the picture you cant see it,

I was happy with the end result and my windows do still open , This card is plain and simple and not over the top.

What do you think i would love to hear your views ?

Please also pop along to my shop click the link and see which special guest has been in contact with me

taylormadecards

also please pop along to

particraft Sue Wilson

to see were I get inspiration from

another card tomorrow what will it be?

take care folks happy crafting and

ttfn xxxx

wow christmas is coming

2012-10-03T12:46:00.003+01:00

hi Christmas is around the corner so there's no better time to start making our Christmas cards
I have so much fun doing these i will be posting one a day over the next week
please feel free to leave comments likes and dislikes
I haven't been using a lot of spell binder dies in these as I know alot of you haven't got them in fact some of the cards don't use any die so im sure you will be able to replicate them.

This is the first one of many to come , I started with a blank card and used aged mahogany distress ink around the edge,i then took a black piece of card and cut it to size using it as a matt, I chose a piece of Christmas co-ordinations card in red/mahogany and in using my sanding block rubbed over the embossing on it, This card is lovely it has lots of ready embossed christmas themes on it so no need for a embossing machine, i mounted that then on my black card.

i have a stamp which is from just so stamps which i stamped onto black card using versa mark and embossed over it in white embossing powder, i then did my sentiment in the same way.

i mounted that then onto another piece of black card, i then had some peels off's and stuck those onto black card and cut around them, i placed the baubles over lapping each other at the top with a small bow and the tree on the bottom corner, i finished the card off by adding a few gems were i had stamped my sentiment added a bow and as always comic shimmer pearl glue around the edge to make faux pearls,

i hope you like the card as much as i have like making it,

any questions feel free to leave it

more tomorrow so for now folks

ttfn xx

taylormadecardsblog: blog upgrade

2012-08-03T00:25:00.001+01:00

taylormadecardsblog: blog upgrade: ok as you can see i have changed the colours of the blog this is the first of many changes i am going to be making,not just here but on www...

blog upgrade

2012-08-03T00:23:00.000+01:00

ok as you can see i have changed the colours of the blog this is the first of many changes i am going to be making,not just here but on www.taylormadecards.co.uk so i hope you like it,

You know when you have a plan and it goes to pot well thats what happened with me,

i had planned to upgrade this site and my shop a few weeks back but with one thing and another that plan has gone out the window,

i had so many private requests for cards that i have been snowed under and behind on everything with my shoulder,

so im not going to say the next time im going to do something then maybe i will get something done.

not to say i havent enjoyed making the cards as always i loved it,

its always nice to give someone the card they want,

i have a few more to do then hopefully i would have caught up,

so today im putting up a quickie card i have done it for a male but again it could be for either,

I have used a milk coloured card for this with the distress ink called antique linen embossed my card using one of my folders found a striking black and grey card from my stash and made a band to go across, added a small black bow adding a tiny gem to it,

stamped a lovely sentiment cut it out using one of my spell binders dies and i also used a punch on the corners just to take away the blunt edges, distressed it using antique linen put the card together and wolla a really quick and easy card and by just changing the sentiment it could be for anyone,

please feel free to leave a comment as i do like to see what other peeps think of my cards whether good or bad i dont mind

and its always nice to know someone is looking at the blog,

and if you would like to see a certain card for someone maybe ideas for men, a child or your granny, i dont mind requests if it helps all of you to get crafting

any questions will be welcomed too,

well thats it for now folks

take care see you soon

ttfn xxx

I am Back .....

2012-07-23T10:55:00.000+01:00

Well where have I been? I haven't been around much since the last blog as I have had one hell of a time, I trapped the nerve in my shoulder which is so painful,

I cant even explain how bad the pain is, its still very sore but I am getting there slowly, well at least I can write now!!!

that's what happens when you twist very awkwardly while decorating lol and no the room isnt finished just yet , I had acupuncture and physio which is helping but been told its going to be a long process and that it may never go away, which sounds wonderful, so we will see how it goes, I must say the acupuncture is working better than the physio and I never thought that looking like a voodoo doll would help but it does, lol anyway

I promised that so much would be changing on my sites but I just cant manage that now so I will continue to put up cards for you to replicate,

I really like this card in fact i made it as a anniversary card,

I started as always with a blank card i got some milk coloured card and embossed it with the embossibility folder called hearts.I coated the folder in red brick distress ink first then layered my card over then embossed it. once the card came out i had a very delicate colour on my card, I didn't want the ink on the raised pattern I wanted it in the back ground and this is the only way to get this effect.

I stamped my sentiment on plain white card and cut out using my spellbinder die shapes a rectangle die and a oval frame to go round my words,

cut a border die out placed that at the bottom, made a bow red being the wider ribbon and polka dot ribbon to go on top ,used some hat pins on the bow, I used my cosmic shimmer glue to do my faux pearls around the edge, to finish off added some pearls swirls in black.

and that was it a very simple card which again you can adapt to an occasion,

Getting there slowly and only few days of CRAFTfest left so hurry over !!!

2012-06-14T22:19:00.000+01:00

I have nearly finished painting my new craft room, but my poor cockatoo (Oscar) really hasn't a clue what's going on, his been moved all around the room bless him .here he is sitting on my hand,im not sure he is liking the new colour scheme lol It maybe a bit bright for him its green lol

anyway I shall be up and creating new cards hopefully from Monday and to be honest I cant wait. I have a commission card to prep for a Golden wedding anniversary that im really looking forward to doing, as its a rather special occasion 50 years married is a great achievement for anyone and I feel honoured to have been asked to do this, so needless to say it will be a rather lovely card, and I need to put more new cards on the website www.taylormadecards.co.uk as im getting a bit bored of looking at the same ones day in day out,
The cards im looking to do are more anniversary,few more Christmas cards and few themed cards like 50th, 30th etc a mum, dad,, brother, sister card and few wedding ones , just to show everyone that I can adapt to anything as most of the cards on site are non generic and I think people are put off by that so I thought if I showed themed cards then you have a better idea of what I do, well that's the plan.
I will also be sorting out the categories making them more specific to the cards I make. tidying up the site if you like,
Its all a bit higgledy piggledy at the moment as I wanted to get the site up and running as quick as, which wasn't the best idea in the world as now I have a huge process of tidying up. so over the next few weeks hopefully you will see a huge difference.
My new saying is new craft room a new organised me, my hubby was laughing too when I said that lol
the new organised me will be hopefully making one card a day (they do take ages to do) updating website on a Monday and Friday, Blogging more Hopefully now blogger is sorted i can do more cards on here. hopefully on a daily basis. fingers crossed, It may take a few weeks to get organised fully to adapt my times etc but by July I will be sorted ( I do give myself no time to do anything, do I?)

so please stay with me to see the new me arrive with a bang on Monday lol
take care folks

and dont forget only a few days left of the CRAFTfest so please please please make sure you pop along and support all the wonderful crafters who have stalls there
you will find them all at http://creative-connections.ning.com/page/craftfest-home

and look out for me under the cards category

well ttfn folks see ya soon xxx

CRAFTfest is well under way!!!

2012-06-11T16:35:00.000+01:00

well the CRAFTfest is well under way and I have been looking at everyone's stalls, and I must say I love them all,
I even like looking at the other fellow card maker's, not to steal ideas but just to see how different everyone's style is, its interesting to know that the card stalls that are featuring at the Craftfest are all completely different from each other, which is a good selling point for everyone there,

Im not putting a card up today due to my craft room has been packed up (shock horror)
no I had a plan and it worked lol
I needed more room so I made as much mess as I could (hubby has ocd) lol well he see the room had heart failure and made the gesture of saying I need more space so I can tidy up (perfect) next sentence was
well dear I could tidy up if my room wasn't so cluttered and if I had more cupboard space and then all would be good, well with that he took his tape measure out measured the room decided how many kitchen cupboards would fit in and then asked which colour worktop I would like with that look of looking shocked that he has offered me my new craft room I said well dear just get me the cheapest worktop it doesn't need to be expensive, I was jumping for joy behind his back lol.
so today I have been painting the room ready for my new units which are coming on friday wooohooo the room colour is lime green not all just 2 walls so the next picture on here will be of my nice new craft room at last !!!

so to keep you all busy pop over to the craftfest have a nose at all the stalls and support us by mentioning the craft fest on twitter/facebook and where ever else you know
http://creative-connections.ning.com/page/craftfest-home
paste this link on everything get the word around please

so thats it for now ttfn folks xxx

CRAFTfest is here!!!

2012-06-09T09:15:00.000+01:00

Ok im will be putting up a card today but its going to be one thats appearing in the CRAFTfest market, this is a huge event that's happening online,
its a week long event ,in which most of us crafters have a stall,
Its called CRAFTfest,
please support us by popping over ,having a look and if you see something you really like buy it ....
http://creative-connections.ning.com/page/craftfest-home

over at the CRAFTfest you will see things for the home, soap, jewellery,greeting cards, things for weddings,baby and child,health and beauty,fashion, art and supply's

its well worth a visit!!!

this is one of my cards you will find over one my stall, its under the cards category,

please do pop over have a look and support the small business,s that have spent hours putting there stalls together, for everyone to enjoy, You never know you may just find that perfect gift/card you have been searching for ,
http://creative-connections.ning.com/page/craftfest-home

happy hunting folks !!! hope you find something you like,

ttfn xxxx

Queens birthday!!!

2012-06-04T19:20:00.000+01:00

Ok with the jubilee in full swing and the Queens Birthday today , its time for another card, I have again kept with the theme of the weekend

I started with a blank shaped card, I used Tim Holtz tape for the back ground this was travel tape, then got a red marker pen and outlined the edge.

then i found a postcard style piece of paper, I added that at a jaunty angle then found 4 blue buttons for corners on the top two buttons I got a piece of twine from one button to the next so making a washing line, i then cut out and made some bunting from union jack paper red white and blue,

found some mini pegs to peg up my bunting I stamped on each piece of bunting a letter spelling out London

I then added a piece of union jack card slightly straighter on my postcard paper

I purchased some GB ribbon a while back and added that to the bottom with a GB bow

I then stamped a sentiment on card and using my spellbinders stamp die I cut that out backed it with black card and used antique linen distress ink over my sentiment

Overall I was happy with the way this card came out, as with any card I never know were it will end, I never set out to do a style I make a lot up as I go along, chopping and changing on the way, I have been known to spend in total 3 hours on one card but that's because im so fussy,

I am sure the queen would have loved to get this card in the post !!!

I hope all you like the card let me know your views leave a comment on here so everyone can see what you think

good or bad honesty is the best policy!!!

and remember you can always shop online at my shop www.taylormadecards.co.uk

I am open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, If you don't see what you like then give me a buzz I custom make cards for you and your needs too!!!!!

take care all have a great day folks

ttfn xxx

OMG so busy!!!

2012-05-31T08:53:00.002+01:00

Good morning folks I have been so busy the last few weeks creating my stall ready for 9th June craft-fest
I have also been busy doing more commission cards this time for a holy communion,
unfortunately i didn't have time to photograph them (I forgot) I really must remember to do this in future,
I was a bit stuck on what to do as there were for two girls,anyway after some research I decided to do crosses using my spellbinders and flowers very pale soft colours,the cards turned out beautiful and the customers were very happy with them,
I have also been up to it in decorating, and de cluttering which sounds so easy but becomes a nightmare when you know you don't need to keep stuff but you do anyway just in case. so my de-cluttering didn't go to well,

my life seems to get busier the older I get,

Today's card

As its the jubilee this weekend i thought i would included a very British card
everyone knows Portobello road,
this was such a easy one to do,
starting with a blank card I edged using my favourite glue faux pearls,
I then using a spellbinder die to match the shape of the card cut out a black backing card and ran it through a embossibility folder to give texture
I had some union jack paper and again using a die cut the shape I wanted I kept to the shape of the card
in my stash of paper I found the Portobello road sign backed it again on black card added some gems on the corners and with foam tape backed it on my union jack paper at an angle,
I found a traditional London bus accent added that and made a bow using red white and blue ribbon,added 3 pins to the bow again red white and blue keeping my British theme going. to finish i used some silver peel of borders to edge my black card.

I hope you like the card, I think this could be used for any occasion, male or female,
anyway that's it for today folks visit my shop at www.taylormadecards.co.uk
see all the different cards available on site

I hope you all have a fantastic jubilee weekend what ever you all do to celebrate it,
and I hope you all enjoy your extra days off
that's all for now folks so
ttfn xxx

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