A little bit of pastel

Hi everyone, well it has been a bit busy here to say the least, since my last post we have been back to one of our fave venues for the shows - The National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham - we really do adore it there, the people are so friendly and  love to see Dreamees products and love the demos which Hayley treats them to, we sold out of lots of our new products at this first show for us of 2013.
Tomorrow we are heading up to Houghton Le Spring near Sunderland for the Ross Papercraft Show, we are excited about this one too as we havent been to this venue ( Rainton Meadows ) for a few months, we have lots of new products to show our customers up there which I am sure they will  love.
Anyway today I am showing you a card I made last week - it has been made using the Pretty Pastels cd rom available at www.dreamees.org.uk 
First of all I started with a 13cm square card blank.
Distressed the edges of the base card using walnut stain distress ink pad.
I then printed some backing papers from the cd , matt and layered these onto the base card,.I then cut a square and a rectangle  to use as matt and layers to add interest to the base before I added the topper , in this case  it was a sentiment from the cd to act as topper.
I used a Martha Stewart punch to cut edges for the square and rectangle.
I have used a spellbinders die to cut out a white flower shape, then the size smaller of the same die over the sentiment which I wanted to use from the cd. I then distressed these pieces with walnut stain again.
I added the square and rectangle to the base card as you can see in the pictures.
I then cut various flowers  from the cd in the colours Brown and Teal, to make the display in the bottom left hand corner. I also cut some leaves out from out Cuttables range of cds which are aimed at people with computer cutting machines like the craft robo and cameo as these cds use gsd  files.
I then did a stitching effect around the large spellbinders shape just to give more interest.
Putting everything in place I used double sided tape and sticky pads to raise certain aspects to give texture too.
I then cut 3 small pieces of ribbon and just stuck them unde the shaped edge under the square shape.
then just adding peals to the points of the flower shap die cut, and the centres of the flowers. 
The card is now complete on the front.

For the inside I made a simple tag covered it again with papers from the cd  added a bit of ribbon too.
I then covered the inside of the card by matt and layer with two backing papers, made a strip across the inside of the card to slide the tag into.

The card is now complete. 
Thank you for taking the time to have a look at this project.

Carol xx

A little template card

Here is a little template card I have made, its so versatile and you can decorate it as much or as little as you want, you can also use it for any occassion.

The template I used is called the Triangle Fold Template, I also used the papers and flowers from the cd rom called Pretty Pastels both available from www.dreamees.org.uk

First I cut out the template using black card for the base card, then I cut around  the matt and layer pieces in the template  onto the paper I choose from the cd rom, I  also printed and cut all the flowers leaving a white narrow border  on each one  I needed to decorate the card, then I arranged all the flowers off setting  them to make them look  a nice little arrangment.I used some swirls I had cut out previously from the Dreamees Cuttables range of cd roms for the Silhouette  and craft robo, because these cds have gsd files on.
I then added stick on pearls for extra detail.

Thank you for looking I would appreciate it if you could leave a comment too, thanks so much.

Carol xx

Dreamees meet mdf

Hi Everyone
 I hope you are all well , keeping safe and warm. It has been terrible in Nottinghamshire where we live, with all this snow, I know we are not the only ones so I hope you are all ok. Unfortunatelywe didnt make the papercraft show last Sunday in Hull due to the weather conditions,  our next show at the NMM in Birmingham will be the first for us this year.
Anyway I havent been sitting doing nothing in this bad weather - YES - I have been crafting with our new cds called Blooming Brights and Pretty Pastels and they are beautiful even if I do say so myself.
Hayley actually let me get my hands on one of her MDF book blanks, well I think I have got the bug on wanting to decorate more .
It has kept me amused for a couple of days working on this but I am sure when you see the results you will love it as much as I do.
You can find the cds and lots more products  at www,dreamees,org,uk
Here are the pictures of all the pages then the book put together.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and if you leave a comment thank you so much.

Carol x

Fiery Lace

Good Evening Crafters. I hope you are all well. Tonight I have another card for you to see, I wasnt sure how this one was going to end up, but I must say I do like it in the end.

I have used Dreamees Fiery Flower Stamp
Backing papers from Dreamees Back to Basics Cd
Swirls cut from Dreamees Cuttables range cds ( These cds are GSD files to use with cutting machines )
Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad
Lace from my stash

I stamped  the fiery flower out 10 times  onto cream paper using the  walnut stain ink pad.
Printed out backing papers from the cd in pink, pink stripe onto cream paper, and cream paper from my stash.
I then matt and layered the papers leaving a narrow border.
I then cut a piece of the pink paper 10 cm square to make the topper, matt and layered again as you can see in the photo.
Before sticking this to the base card I run an edge of double sided tape to the reverse , in which I pleated the cream cotton lace. I then used foam tape to attach the topper to the base card.
Then I attached the swirls.
Pulled up the petals on all the flowers attached 1 to each corner of the card, the flowers for the topper I used two for each one again pulling up the petals and glueing two together off setting them. Making the flower look fuller.

I hope you like this card, I adore this fiery flower stamp it is so versatile.

Thank you for stopping by.
Carol xx

Hi there,
Happy New Year to you all.
I am here again today to show you another card I have made with Dreamees products. This card has been made using the Silhouette Butterfly Stamp Set, available at http://www.dreamees.org.uk/silhouette-butterfly-stamp-set-936-p.asp also distress markers.
First of all I distressed the edges of the base card using peeled paint distress ink pad.
I then printed a lilac backing from Dreamees Elegance Collection cd rom  ( http://www.dreamees.org.uk/the-elegance-collection-cd-583-p.asp ) to which I added to the base card leaving a narrow border.
I then cut a small piece of card, and using the stems in the stamp set, used the distress markers peeled paint and dusty concord, brushed these colours straight onto the stamp, making the lovely effect as you can see on the card, I did this several times to give the effect I required.
Then mounting this topper onto another piece of card already distressed with the peeled paint ink pad. I also created a border using the same technique.

I attached the border across the base card, added the topper, attaching a small bow to the base of the stems created.
I then used some teardrop paper lace which will be on sale shortly on our web site and at shows all ready cut for you distressed again with peeled paint .
I added  3 small rolled flowers  swirl and pearls  just to embellish and finishe the card of.

Thank you or looking, I hope you like this card.

Carol xx
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Heart of flowers

Good evening everyone, I am here again with another card to tempt you.
This is a new stamp which will be released on the 1st Jan, so not long to wait.
I have used silver embossing powder for the detail ,stamped parts of the stamp onto white card to then mount on the base card leaving a narrow border.I  stamped it in black memento ink pad, coloured in with pink spectrum noir pens.
Attached the topper onto the main card, then stamped the little sentiment went just around the edge of this sentiment with a noir pen just to give it the edge , then placed this in the centre of the heart.

I hope you like it , look out for our new stamp release on 1st Jan at www.dreamees.org.uk

Carol xx

Members Butterfly card

Hi there, well crafters I am trying to keep up and post on my new blog more regular now, hopefully to give you more inspiration.
Today here is a card I have made from the Dreamees 2013 Members Exclusive cd rom. You can purchase the Dreamees Membership at http://www.dreamees.org.uk/membership-2013-897-p.asp
Here are the details of what you need and  how I made the card.

Dreamees Membership  http://www.dreamees.org.uk/membership-2013-897-p.asp
White card base 13x13 cm
From the cd rom 2 backing paper sheets printed full size
Word and spot backing papers printed at half size through your printer settings
Flower embellishment sheets one printed half size to make smaller flowers
Sentiments sheet printed at half size
Topper sheet printed at half size
Self adhesive pearls

First of all fold your card base in half. I made this card with the fold across the top to give a different effect, the choice is yours.
Attach the plain blue backing paper onto the card base leaving a very narrow border.
Do the same with the checked  paper leaving a narrow border.
Next cut a piece of the plain blue paper size 13cm x 7.5 cm, attach to the base card with foam squares
on top of this blue attach a piece of the spot / butterfly paper leaving a narrow border.
Next cut a narrow strip of the checked paper 1.5 cm wide  and long enough to hang over the edges of the card, cut a V in each end of the strip.
Attach on top of the spot / butterfly paper .
Next cut another piece of blue paper size 8cm x 10 cm, on top of this attach a piece of the word backing paper leaving a narrow border.
Attach this to the card  diagonally as shown in the picture.
Attach the coloured topper to the checked paper leaving a narrow border, then onto the blue paper leaving a narrow border, attach to the card using foam squares.
Leaving a narrow white border around each flower cut out  3 blue flowers, 6 peach flowers, and 3 small peach flowers from the half size printed sheet, . score down the middle of each petal on each flower and pinch together with your fingers. Dot a bit of glue in each layer of flower (3per flower) press in the middle of each flower to bring the flowers into shape. Add the 3 large flowers to the card in the top right hand corner , the small one on the check border to the right hand side.
cut out the sentiment of your choice I have used the tag, layer this onto blue paper and attach with foam squares to give dimension.
Lastly add self adhesive pearls to the centre of each flower, then 3 vertically on the word paper.


Thanks for looking

Carol xx