Peony Scroll Corner

Hello and happy Friday! Can you believe that it’s half term already next week? This year is flying by to quick! I have to say that I love when the kids are off school, I just like having them with me … we have some serious craft time at half term .

So today I’m sharing with you a card using some of the fabulous florals from Altenew...



The flower, leaves and swirls are from Altenew ‘Peony Scrolls’ and the sentiment from Wplus9 ‘Valentine Wishes’, I just love how this sentiment can be used for all different cards even though it is from a Valentine's set.

I would really love to know what you think of my card! If you would like more detailed intructions please pop over to my blog 'Lydia Evans Design' (the link is in the side bar).

Hope you have a beautiful day and I hope to see you again soon!

Hugs Lydia xxx

 

Love You Still

I have used the Valentine Wishes from Wplus9, I know I use this set all the time but the sentiments are just too darn amazing not to use ;)....

Now instead of stamping the wreath in the colours I wanted to use I stamped it in a really really light green ink to I could go over it with my coloured pencils to add lots of different colours and shades to the otherwise solid stamped image. It adds more of a sketchy/artsy look to it I feel. The banner I have used Copics to shade and colour and I do have to admit that this BG11, BG32, BG15 have to be one of my favourite combo. I went with the current trend of adding my layer diagonally and sticking off the card. 

Hope you like my very late night make and I'm actully really chuffed that it still looks ok in the daylight :)

Hugs Lydia xx

Hugs And Kisses

Very Happy Valentine's Day!!!! Sorry I'm a little late posting today, I surprised my little family with a Valentines breakfast this morning and have only just finished cleaning up.... I'm just soooo good at making masses ..hehe ;) 

So today I thought it would be apt to share a Valentine's card with you. 

I really do love this set from Wplus9! The large sentiments in 'Valentine's Wishes' are such a great font and the size is fab. The wreath is such a great idea to .. you know how I love unsymmetrical wreaths ;) And although this is a Valentine's set this can totally be used all year and fingers crossed I'll be able to share some of those ideas with you next week.

Hugs Lydia x

Bold Blooming Heart

Good Morning - today I'm getting a little smoochy - well it is nearly Valentine's Day AND the very large order of Papersmooches has landed in the UK and will be in Store early this week once it clears customs and I can go and pick it up :-D

I die cut a heart mask from a sheet of scrap paper and stuck it over my card base and then stamped an arrangement of flowers and leaves from Papersmooches Bold Blooms through the mask onto the card (if you try this technique with large stamps like the leaf I used, a good tip is to not use an acrylic block - just put the stamp on the card and hold it in place with one hand but press it with the other - I find this gets you closer to the edge of the mask)

I stamped the sentiments from WPlus9's Valentine's Wishes over the top in Versafine black to make it stand out and then I traced around the die with a black glitter pen to tie it all together.

Both these sets are currently in stock but there are some gorgeous new botanical stamps in the Papersmooches delivery that will be here in a couple of days.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  I do hope this non-stop rain is not affecting you all.

Tara

Wreaths aren't just for Christmas.....

So Flourishes week is over and we're now back to normal on the blog so I'm sure the ladies will be  bringing you lots of lovely inspiration with their new goodies this week.  I know the fact that we can no longer stock Flourishes is a big disappointment to lots of you and I will keep checking in case they change their minds, but in the meantime I am looking to see if we can find some new brands that may appeal to Flourishes fans - if you have any you'd like to see in Store then do please let me know.

Right, time for some eye candy and I've been playing with a couple of new WPlus9 sets this week and wanted to show that wreaths don't have to be only for Christmas.

For this first card I used the new Valentine Wishes stamp and matching die set.  I die cut the large wreath shape from white card and then stamped the wreath using two markers to ink up the leaves and flowers. I'll let you into a little secret though - I have symmetry OCD so found the little gap in the leaves on the right a little off-putting so I drew in a couple of leaves by hand rather than adding the flowers in the gap - easy to do if you share by compulsion ;-)  I added a sentiment to the centre and added a couple more flowers around it and added glitter to all the flowers for interest.  I stamped the sentiment that is intended for one of the ribbons just onto a band of matching colour to show they work OK without the ribbons too.  The sentiments can be used for much more than Valentines day too.

For this one, I used the delightful Fresh Cut Wreaths - you get both a heart (ideal for Valentines, Weddings and Anniversaries) and a round wreath that can be used for pretty much anything.  The flowers match both the Fresh Cut Floral sets too which gives them near endless permutations.  I stamped the wreath in green then added the pink flowers in one go (there are flowers that fit in solid stamps ready to go) and then added the purple ones individually so you can build them up where you want.  I went for a simple sentiment.  A little DP, distressed edges and some sheer ribbon and we're good to go - very quick and easy card.