If Flowers Were Friends

This was my first time using this Die Creative Expressions Paper Cuts -Sunflower Edger and to be honest I was at a loss as to how to use it. It didn't take long though, I put my brain in gear and played for a few minutes and this is what I came up with.

 The secret is to die cut the edger in white and make sure you keep ALL of the pieces.

Choose a background and stick your edger in place. At this point you can start colouring the design in. I chose to colour the loose leaves and stick them back into the design.

Lastly I fussy cut the flower heads from a second die cut and stuck them in place to create a 3D effect.

I've ordered a few Christmas Edgers so I'll post the results nearer the end of the year and after the card class of course lol. x

Pink Ink Dragon Fly Cards

So in class my ladies were given a choice of two backgrounds for this amazing Dragon Fly by Pink Ink Designs one made using distress inks

and one made using a background paper

Both backgrounds were stamped on using black Archival ink and AALL & Create stamps and then highlighted with a Signo White Pen. The Dragonflies were attached to the cards using glue on the body and sticky foam pads on the wings.
I am loving these stamps.x

Christmas Card Bear

Are you a Pink Ink fan? Well I am and this bear will be appearing on a lot of my Christmas Cards this year. So easy to colour in and a great card for a grumpy husband in Christmas denial lol.

The background was made using Distress Oxides , spritzed and then stamped with small snowflakes using the same ink. I also love the way you can move the eyes to suit the card, in this case the bears eyes are looking towards the Christmas hat.