Thanks a bunch - Craftwork Cards

I have no idea where the last week has gone. All I remember  of it was the dull, miserable weather having to put the light on throughout the day and how cold it was - yes, I am moaning....

That's the great thing about crafting, its cheers you up when your down.
Just browsing paper and stash cheers you and once I had decided it didn't take long before I was  cheering myself by making some Thank you Cards - always handy to have ready when you need one.

I have used pretty floral papers from Craftwork cards, nice fresh colours and you can't beat flowers
My favourite colour - Turquoise and you have a recipe for the perfect card.
I've added a Tattered lace die cut into the mix to lift and seperate(as we used to say)
The ideal thank you card for anyone who has helped you out, given a gift or if you just want to send a card to someone for being a friend

I love the fresh colours and it makes me happy just looking at it.
You can see the dimension from this side angle photo.
You will find this and many more of my cards in my newly opened

ETSY SHOP
Have a great week, it can only be better than the last one.....
Happy Crafting
ju x

Seahorses......

I would love to have an aquarium, but I don't have the time to put into one, I just love seahorses, and when we go to the garden centre I can spend most of the time looking at them, while hubby is off looking at bags of compost.

So I have made my own aquarium in these cards, my under the sea versions, using my loved distress oxide inks, ink tense pencils, white graphmaster pen a little water spritzing and lots of imagination

layer upon layer of stamping and colours
and having lots of fun, which is what crafting is all about....

You can find these for cards for sale in my Etsy shop thanks for looking and come back this way again soon
Happy Crafting ju xxx

Keeping your Watercoloured or Spritzed Images Flat!!!

Keeping your image flat once you have watercoloured or spritz your card isn't easy.

The old fashioned method was to place it under a pile of books for the duration, just like we did when pressing flowers.(the good old days lol)

The Modern Method is to pass it through your die cutting machine, as long as your plates have no indentations in them I find it works well to an extent.

I have the ebosser and so I have 2 large thick plates at the bottom of my sandwich, in which I place my pieces of card
also at the end of the night I place all my card pieces in little piles between the sandwich and then place my ebosser machine which is very heavy on top.

I also place them under my workmat when I am at my workdesk,
altho this sometimes means I forget about them and find them again when its too late, as I did with some christmas toppers I was making. I have just found some layered between scrap paper, ah well they will help me towards next or should I say this years cards......

How do you flatten your images???

This week I have been playing around with shell stamps, heres a sneaky peek, and you will find them in  my ETSY SHOP now open and ready for sale.....

Happy Crafting
ju x