Birthday Sweet Poppy Butterfly Card

This card was made with a Sweet Poppy stencil for the main image. I have used an 8x8 card blank and matted and layered centura pearl purple and white card stock. One of the layers has been embossed with a rose-patterned Embossilicious folder for some added texture. The main panel has been made using Sweet Poppy translucent paste through the filigree stencil, and then removing the stencil to apply some super fine glitters. Once you tap the glitters off, they become mixed into another combined colour. I have used this new colour to make the best wishes sentiment, also from Sweet Poppy. The final touches are some flowers from the Heartfelt Creations 'Sun Kissed Fleur' range, stamped onto shades of purple vellum and heat embossed with Wow white detail embossing powder. In the middle of the flowers I have some purple stickles to draw the eye in. A few gems to balance the card and all done.

Fairy Romance with added Sparkle!

I was actually really pleased with how this card turned out for me! When I started, it just seemed a rather busy mess, but a little more play and I got what I wanted. The 6x6 craft card blank has been layered with coordination card stock in matching colours to the inks I chose: Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade.The main panel is matt cardstock, coloured using layers of ink graduating in colour. I have then taken a script stamp and stamped over the lot in the palest of the inks. On top of this I have stencilled through the Sweet Poppy stencil (dandelion like) in various layers of ink and again tried to graduate the colour. The mushrooms are a Lavinia Stamp, as is the fairy couple. I have gone over the fairies with a layer of Wink of Stella (clear) and have grounded the fairies by creating a small hill using torn paper as a stencil. The top sparkly dandelions are from the same beautiful stencil, but this time pasting some Champagne Sparkle Medium through it; I love this colour, more subtle then gold, but still a great feature. The card has been finished with a Crafter's Companion Cute Companions sentiment stamp put on a Spellbinders Basic Oval. The dark brown matt is a D-lites die. The small brown pearls bring the eye in. Overall I think I like mixing up lots of layers and textures!
Thanks for looking!

Glistening Silver Baubles

Apologies for the dreadful photograph here - there was so much sparkle it was a tricky one to capture! This is a 7x7 white card blank, layered with silver mirri card and white Centura Pearl cardstock. The sprigs of holly were cut from the same silver mirri using one of Sue Wilson's dies called 'Holly Sprays.'
The sentiment is from a Crafter's Companion Sentimentals stamp plate - 'Mistletoe Kisses' and has been stamped with black Stazon ink. The gorgeous baubles themselves are a Sweet Poppy metal stencil used with Imagination Craft's Sparkle Medium in silver. A small silver ribbon bow was added to each and done! I quite like how the simple colours turned out.

 

Sparkle Medium Snowflakes

Amazingly, I made my first Christmas card! Again, I was playing with my Sparkle Medium! I have used a small square card base, and added some acetate on top. The acetate has been secured on the left front of the card using a Memory Box die cut with some glue behind. The die cut has also been covered in some Stampendous! Stamp 'n' Bond powder, then I have added some pearl mica powder on top. I have used a Sweet Poppy metal stencil  to add the snowflakes using Turquoise Sparkle Medium. The sentiment is from the Just Rite Noel Christmas Ornaments Set.