June Swap - The Cards

[Victoria]

I'll start the ball rolling ...

This card has been made by JSC and I've been trying to work out how it's been made!! I'm still not sure, but I do know this - it's really effective! It's got different textures and layers, and both themes have been incorporated - Lavender and Lace. I initially thought that the central 'disc' was some kind of clay, not card. Please tell us JSC which products you used! Thank you very much.

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[Little Jan]

What a lovely card
well done JSC

[Mitzi]

Ooh JSC that's gorgeous.

LJ your beautiful card arrived this morning. I've taken a photo and I'll try to upload it tonight but I'm still struggling to finish my card for JSC. Oops! I think I'm nearly there, though.

[JSC]

Thank you girls for kind comments. I made the card from using a mask lace design, filled it in with cosmic shimmer paste,cut round the shape. simple but affective .

[Little Jan]

My Lovely card from waterlily
I am so sorry that the picture does not do it justice but I could not get the light right due to all the sparkle
The background is a lace effect made with lavender glitter.not sure how this was done but it is very effective
a lovely stamped coloured and cut out flower lavender fairy has been mounted.onto the base card and lacey paper border runs down the edge
Thank you Pam
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g474/LittleJan/IMG_0876.jpg (http://s1103.photobucket.com/user/LittleJan/media/IMG_0876.jpg.html)

[Victoria]

I find it difficult to get good photos of some cards too, especially if they're textured. But I can make out the unusual background above, what a different idea!

[Victoria]

Thank you girls for kind comments. I made the card from using a mask lace design, filled it in with cosmic shimmer paste,cut round the shape. simple but affective .

Thank you for the details JSC. I thought it might have been the sparkle medium from Imagination crafts. Whatever the product, the end result is very effective. I love the texture.

[lovepaperstroking2]

Lovely cards everyone..

[Waterlily]

Beautiful cards everyone

My gorgeous card from Victoria. Thank you very much Victoria, I love it.


http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k158/PamE24/Victorias%20June%202014%20swap/June2014swapVictoria001_zps82434eaa.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/PamE24/media/Victorias%20June%202014%20swap/June2014swapVictoria001_zps82434eaa.jpg.html)

[Mitzi]

Sorry haven't managed to upload the picture yet.

My card for JSC is going in the post today, first class. I hope it makes it OK and the postie doesn't take the stickers on the envelope too literally. (You'll see what I mean when/if it arrives.) Edit: I've added a note to the postie just in case.

[Little Jan]

Lovely card Victoria

[Mitzi]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/mitzi/Art/Craft%20Telly%20Swaps/2014JunfromLJ.jpg

Here is my lovely lavender and lace card from Little Jan. The white base card has been embossed, then there's a shimmery purple layer, then a shimmery white/gold layer cut with an Anna Griffin flourish die. None of the shimmer shows up in the photo; sorry. The image is a digi stamp from Joanna Sheen's Daisy & friends, coloured with Stampin' Up markers. The dress has been paper-pieced and layered with a delicate lace ruffle. Her waist sash is a real ribbon and she has two pearl buttons.

Thanks so much, LJ, for all the info and for my lovely card.

[Summer]

Beautiful cards everyone - so much work has gone into them

[Mitzi]

And now I'm online at home, I can see the pics of the cards made by Victoria and Waterlily. Lovely cards, both of them.

I remember making a load of glittered lace backgrounds a few years ago but don't know what became of them all - perhaps they're in my storage unit. I used some but definitely not all of them.

[Victoria]

I love the flourish die LJ - so lovely with the dark background. What a pretty image too.

[JSC]

Thank you very much Mitzi for your card, the postie had a good chuckle at the envelope. will upload ASP.

[Mitzi]

This is the card I sent to JSC (she's happy for me to post it):



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/mitzi/Art/Craft%20Telly%20Swaps/2014JunArsenicampoldlace1.jpg


For some reason, "arsenic and old lace" popped into my head soon after I read the theme, and I just couldn't get it out! So that's what I made! My cryptic references to the envelope earlier were because I put several "Arsenic - poison" labels on it, then thought that the postman/woman might think it was for real and there could be problems, so I added a "dear postie, there isn't really any arsenic" kind of note.

[Little Jan]

Great card Mitzi
you really thought out of the box:up:

[JSC]

Thank you once again Mitzi for posting up the card . It was a great idea arsenic and lace. X

[Dax]

Fabulous cards from everyone.

[lovepaperstroking2]

Lovely cards everyone.

[Victoria]

How different is that Mitzi! I have to admit that I had to look it up, as I had no idea what it was all about!

[Mitzi]

I haven't even seen the film (or play) so I have no idea why it popped into my head and then took up residence. I'm going through a bit of a weird phase... although my July swap isn't creepy in the least - not yet, anyway, and I've pretty much decided what I'm going to do. I seem to have a lot of ideas at the moment; just wish I had more time to try them all out. Then when I have the time, my mojo deserts me!