Beautiful Flowers

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well, and enjoying the nice weather we are having at the moment.

Today I am showing you a card which you will see on Create and Craft tomorrow (Friday 25th April) at 10 am, on the Dreamees one time only show.

We have some special deals for you all, so be sure to watch and get the Dreamees bargains , there is alot of new products for you to treat yourself too.

The card I am showing you has got alot of likes on Facebook so I thought I would share it on here for you all too.


This is an 8x8 card blank, I have used papers from the Forever Florals cd  also the flowers I have made using the cd , this cd enables you to make 3d flowers so is a great asset to your crafting. I have also used some of the Tattered Lace swirls to decorate the card. I have also used a sentiment from the cd, I think these colours really go well together.  All these products can be bought from http://www.createandcraft.tv/ShowGridView.aspx?showId=2436830

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

Carol xx

Dreamees meets Tattered Lace POTD

Good evening ,

I hope you are all well.

We have had a very busy weekend as it was Hayleys birthday on Saturday she had a nice day although it was mostly working lol. We went out for a nice meal on Sunday too, which was very nice and I didn't have to cook then so even better.

Right getting on with my post today, it is a card which I have made for the Tattered Lace POTD on Ideal World launching at 9 pm on Tuesday 15th April, be sure to tune in these dies are lovely and so nice to work with. As alot of you know I just adore making flowers so this is right up my street.

I first of all used an 8 x 8 white card blank as I had the idea of using the Venetian  Fern as  like a wreath effect, which I cut out using papers from Dreamees cds , I then cut lots of the flowers out of the same papers and two circle and scallop spell binders dies for the sentiment to be stamped onto.
I then arranged the four ferns along each side of the card to make the square/circle shape wreath. I inked the flower edges with gathered twigs distress ink pad to give a bit of dimension, layered two large and two small flowers on top of each other to make a gorgeous daisy shape, I then added a pearl in the centre of each one and arranged these at equal spaces around the centre, then I stamped the Dreamees sentiment stamp in the centre of the plain circle die, attached this to the scallop one which again I added some gathered twigs distress ink to.

All in all I think this card would make anyone smile just like the sentiment says.

Thank you so much for looking and I would appreciate it if you could leave a comment.
Carol xx

Sentiments card.

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well, and remembered to change your clocks last night. Yay this is the start of summer time....... lets hope.

Today I have a monochrome card to show you,
Here is the materials I have used.
Black Card
Black papers from the Pretty Projects cd rom available here
Silhouette cameo stamp available here 
Unique sentiment stamp set available here 
White doily
Dresser stamp set available here
Tattered Lace die Scallop Border Available here
Black ribbon



First of all I made a black base card of 14cm square then matt and layered white, black card,  black patterned paper from the cd , I then placed a white doily to the right hand side of the card. I  printed the script paper from the cd and matt any layered this onto black card, attached this to the base card, I then added a strip of ribbon and a bow across it. I stamped the Silhouette cameo stamp  in black memento then inside of this frame I stamped the sentiment from the unique sentiment stamp set, which all of these sentiments fit inside this frame which is so nice.I cut out the Cameo leaving a very narrow white border added this to the card as my topper. I then cut the lovely Tattered Lace die Scallop Border on the grand calibur  this die is so delicate I love it,  added this cross my card for added detail, I ten stamped and embossed the flower stamps from the Dresser Stamp set and layered these up to make lovely flowers added 3 to the bottom  left of the topper then a small one in the middle of the ribbon bow.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my card. I really do appreciate it.

Carol xx

Life is better with friends

Hello everyone,

I am trying to blog every week, honest lol. I hope you are all well, and enjoying the brighter days we are having at the moment.

We are getting ready for our next shows on Create and Craft which are Friday the 28th, we are live at 1pm with the lovely Dave Bradford, then again at 6pm with Lee Clarke, we haven't worked with Lee before so are looking forward to meeting him.

Today I have a card to show you which was on our last show last week, using the Letters / Alphabet stamp set and flowers which I made from the Dress stamp set, both available from Create and craft.

I started with a 5x5 scallop  card blank, then matt and layered black card , papers from the Pretty projects cd rom available here, then lay some fabulous lace from my stash across the card, I then used a Tattered lace little scallop border, I love these dies they are so delicate. Next I stamped my  message for the topper using the Alphabet Stamp Set this set is so versatile as you can stamp whatever words you like whether it be a personal message a quote or anything. I then matted it onto some black card and cut another tattered lace border to fix across the top to edge it a little. I then stamped and embossed the flowers from the Dress stamp set and layered them up to make a little display in the corner, then added some swirl die cuts again from tattered lace , then dded a few gems to the middle of the flowers and top left hand corner. The card is now finished , I hope you like it.

Thank you so much for looking.

Carol xx

Butterflies and Flowers.

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well. All ok here at Dreamees HQ, its been an extremely busy week which is fantastic we do appreciate everyone who supports us. So a big Thank you to you all.

I am showing you today a card sample I made for our shows on Wednesday this week on Create and Craft, I just adore this card I love the colours, I chose these papers from  the cd Pretty Projects available here and the stamps are from Dreamees Dress Stamp set currently exclusive to Create and Craft so you can purchase these stamps here .
I used the cream and pale blue papers from the cd then distressed them a bit to give a vintage look, I stamped all the flowers, butterflies and sentiment in gathered twigs distress ink pad available here  I also embellished the card with one of our vintage buttons available here  to finish the card off.

Id just like to thank you for looking and hopefully leaving a comment.


Carol xx

Butterfly Dress

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all ok and enjoying this nice sunny weather, it makes us all feel alot better when we see a bit of sun.

Today I am showing you a card I recently made for a sample on our shows on Create and Craft, if you managed to see our show on Tuesday of this week you will have seen it on there.

Here is what I have used :

Black card
Dreamees Dress stamp set
Dreamees cd rom Pretty Projects
Black embossing powder
Versa mark ink pad
Collall glue
Spider web
Black and white pearls
Lace
Ribbon


I have used papers from the Pretty Projects cd available here , I  used black card and spider web also lace and ribbon from my stash.

I used a square card blank in black, I then matt and layered the papers and black card to the sizes I needed, arranged them on the base card. I then embossed the dress stamp, tiny butterflies and sentiment all from the same stamp set available only from Create and Craft at the moment  here . I put the spider web between the layers to give a bit of interest. I added lace and a bow before adding the topper.
I used the dress as the topper of the card and arranged the tiny butterflies down the side of the dress flapping the wings a little.
I then just cut some circles of the patterned paper and black card and made the swirl roses, also added a little pearl into each one, added a few black pearls for interest on the right hand side of the topper. I then finished the card off with a matt and layer sentiment flag.

Thank you so much for looking .

Have a lovely weekend.

Carol xx

Dreamees Heart Tree meets tattered lace dies.

Hello Crafters ,

I hope you are all well, today has been a really lovely day lets hope spring is on its way.

Today I have a card to show you from a stamp set I haven't used for a few weeks it is called The Heart Tree and is available here this stamp set was one of the first to go on Create and Craft on the Dreamees debut show back in November.

I have also used papers from the Pretty Projects cd rom available here , a Tattered Lace die called Victorian Square and it is so beautiful, it actually splits up so you can use different elements of it too, then I have added some string, pearls and lace from my stash.

First of all I cut my card to make  a card blank 14.5 cm square in white.Then I choose the pale pink and brown paper collections on the Pretty Pastels cd, to start the layers which I adhered to the card using collall glue. I then cut the Tattered Lace die out of the brown paper I had already printed, these dies release so well, I didn't have to even tap it or anything the pieces just fell out perfectly with just one push through of my grand calibur. I stamped my tree image onto pink paper using a versa mark ink pad,  I heat embossed it in gold. I  split the tattered lace die-cut up into the pieces I wanted to use, the outer edge being a frame for my stamped image, in which I glued to the stamped image paper then trimmed around the die cut to make it level. I added the layers of the card and some lace from my stash across the bottom half of the card, I then chose the middle part of the die as like a square doily, glued that to the top left of the card, then added my topper using sticky pads so leaving it protruding out a little to give dimension. I then went back to the little die -cuts I had left and thought the corners were perfect to pop  on each of the other three corners to add a little detail. I  stamped my sentiment from the heart tree stamp set, added it to the bottom left corner,stamped  3 large and 3 small flowers from the same stamp set , I used a quickie glue pen to add the glue to the flowers then added some glitter to make them sparkle. To finish off I added a string bow and pearls. Thank you for looking at this post I do appreciate it, and would love it if you would like to leave a comment too. 

Carol x

What you will need to make this card,

Dreamees Pretty Projects cd rom.

Dreamees Heart Tree Stamp set.

Victorian Square Tattered Lace Die.

Versa Mark Ink Pad.

Embossing Power in Gold.

Heat Gun.

Collall Glue

Quickie Glue Pen

Fine Glitter

String

Pearls

Lace.