‘Scented’ Quadrant Card – for Creative Expressions

Posted on 19th March 2014 by perfectly4med

Oh I’m so not at my creative best at the moment with a head ~~full of snot~~ cold threatening to drip on my creations (too much info?)… And this card isn’t highly perfumed because of my lack of a sense of smell at the moment! Despite feeling rotten, I managed to continue using the perfume-themed stamps sent to me this month by Creative Expressions – this card features silver embossed ‘Scented Corner’ and ‘Scented Border’, coloured with Cosmic Shimmer Iridescent Watercolour paints and embellished with coloured PVA.

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Scent-sational Apertures (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 12th March 2014 by perfectly4med

Also in my DT pack this month are two more Singles stamps featuring cut-glass bottles or perhaps they could be decanters – Crystal Cut and Murano Glass. Both are two stamp sets – the bottle and a ‘scent-iment’. I wanted to highlight the glass element, so created two cards using apertures and acetate. Clean and simple designs, they show off the stamps wonderfully. Oh, and don’t make the same mistake as me: remember that the image on the front of the pack is not actual size… That’s how I ended up with the ‘close up’ in the aperture!

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Two watercolour effect cards (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 5th March 2014 by perfectly4med

This month’s Creative Expressions Design Team projects include two new Singles stamps: Get Well Soon and Thank you. I’ve embossed the outlines onto watercolour paper, adding to the attractive distressed look and coloured using Distress Markers and a water brush. The clean and simple look is finished off with matting onto card and a few dots of coloured PVA from Cosmic Shimmer.

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Ickle Birdy House (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 26th February 2014 by perfectly4med

As well as the two background stamps I got sent to use this month, Creative Expressions also sent me their Pronty MDF bird house. This comes as a flat pack, with laser cut elements still attached. Not satisfied with it remaining flat, and becoming a fan of assemblage and shadowboxes, I decided to make it deeper by adding a foamboard frame and roof, decorated it up with acrylics and embellished mercilessly with flowers and distress ink.

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Mother’s Day Garden Card (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 19th February 2014 by perfectly4med

While I’m working on next week’s 3D piece, I thought I’d just do a quick Mother’s Day card using the Floral Background stamp from Creative Expressions again. I sort of hoped it would remind the viewer of a woodland walk, so used their fabulous Bark embossing folder as well. Bit of grungy rust-effect as well and the look was complete 🙂

You can download a worksheet here, or read on for making instructions…

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Four Hole Flower Frame (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 12th February 2014 by perfectly4med

Continuing the white-on-white theme I started last week (and probably ending this week!), I’ve created this shabby chic home decor piece using the Pronty MDF Photo Frame with Four Holes, stencils, texture paste, gilding wax, stamps, embossing powders, die cuts and white PVA glue.

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Wedding Cards (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 5th February 2014 by perfectly4med

Clean and simple this week – a couple of quick makes showing off Creative Expressions’ featured background stamps for this month’s design team makes. The A6 size makes them ideal for card making, and I’ve combined them with pearlised embossing powder, spray and ribbon for a classy (and classic) white-on-white finish. Continue reading →

Sewing Room Assemblage (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 29th January 2014 by perfectly4med

I’m glad there’s five Wednesdays in January this year, as it’s given me more time to work on my final project for Creative Expressions using this month’s featured Antique Dressforms stamp set. This sewing room assemblage was fun to put together and features many of my favourite techniques as well as some innovative uses for some of the other CE products. A room-by-room guide follows and a printable worksheet is here. The complete assemblage is available to purchase – contact me for details.

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Bijou Hexagonal Card (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 22nd January 2014 by perfectly4med

Back to the bags this week – specifically the Creative Expressions Bijou Bag Singles pack, containing the bag and the sentiment stamps. I decided to quilt the bag just to give a bit of a different appearance and texture. The principle is simple enough to make the card, though it’s not a quick make due to all the fussy cutting! This would also work well to frame some home decor pieces too.

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Sewing Room Door Plaque (for Creative Expressions)

Posted on 15th January 2014 by perfectly4med

Another of my projects featuring Creative Expressions’ Antique Dressform stamp set. This one is sporting a few embellishments that I wouldn’t consider to be my normal style, but the ribbon roses (also from CE) matched the theme perfectly and made a great pin cushion for the various pins I nicked from my quilting stash. No step-by-step photos this week, but there’s still a kit list and instructions for those that want them: