Cute Bears from Lily of the Valley

 

Images from Lili of the Valley never fail to make a nice card.  I used their new digi paper and image and overlayed the image onto the paper, I love this idea.  

I used Arteza pencils to colour the image.

Kraftcard Woodland Leaves

I used Distress Inks to colour the leaves, Fossilised Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, Forest Moss.

The nesting die is from the Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken, at Spellbinders.  And the sentiment is from Susan's new stamp set.

I added tiny drops of Glossy Accents randomly to the leaves and also to cover the ladybird.

Dies used:

Woodland Garden Leaves

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamps Set:

Autumn Quotes

Framed Button Chrystanthamums

 

I used and Olive Promarker to colour the leaves and blended a little Forest Moss DI to the edges to give a little dimension.  

I used white cardstock to cut the all of the flowers, then coloured them  with Adirondack Ink in Lettuce, Distress Inks in Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany using a finger dauber to add the ink  till I was happy with the colours. 

I used Nuvo drops for the berry branches.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Everything else used is from my own stash.

Die sets used are:

Daisy Chrystanthamum

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Button & Daisy Chrysanthamum Frame

Everything was cut from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker and Distress Ink. The Daisy Chrysanths were coloured with Tulip Yellow Promarker, and orange PanPastel applied to the inner part of the petal.  The Button Chrysanths were coloured with Burnt Orange and Amber Promarkers. 

The Woodland Leaves were coloured using finger daubers and Distress Inks in the following colours, Barn Door, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters, Fossilised Amber and Aged Mahogany.  Leaf details were added with Susans leaf tool and fine tweezers.

The berry branches were cut from brown cardstock, and Nuvo drops were used for the berries.

The coloured panel was made with Distress Inks.

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set. 

Die sets used are:

Button & Daisy Chrysanthamum

Woodland Leaves

Foliage

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Teapot Full of Coreopsis

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, everything else from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker and Distress Ink.   

The Coreopsis were cut from burgundy cardstock and added a touch of Picket Fence Distress Ink to the tips of the petals.  The light Coreopsis were cut from white cardstock and coloured with Promarkers in Baby Pink and Pineapple Crush  The centres were cut from yellow card stock, and sprinked with yellow pollen.

Leaves were coloured with Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss, and Picket Fence for the Eucalyptus leaves.   Details were added with Susans leaf tool and fine tweezers. 
 

The coloured panel was coloured with Distress Oxides and a little water. 

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set.   

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird. 
 
Everything else used is from my own stash. 

 
Die sets used are: 

Coreopsis

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set: 

Autumn Quotes 

Oriental Poppy Bouquet

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, the rest of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss.  

I used very pale pink and a red cardstock for the Poppies and added a little black ink in the centre,  The stamens were cut from black card to which I added charcoal pollen to the tips after shaping them.  After I coloured the leaves with Olive Promarker, I blended a little of the Distress Ink on the edges for a bit more definition..  I also added Distress Ink to the Eucalyptus and blended Picket Fence Distress Ink on the leaves.  

The background was made using Brushos and a little water.

Everything else is from my stash.

Die sets used are:

Oriental Poppies

Foliage & Ladybirds

Envelope of Woodland Leaves

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, and everything else from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker and Distress Ink.  

The Woodland Garden Leaves were coloured using finger daubers and Distress Inks in the following colours, Barn Door, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters, Fossilised Amber and Aged Mahogany.  Leaf details were added with Susans leaf tool and fine tweezers. 

The berry branches were cut from brown card and pearl drops added for the berries.
 

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set.   

 
I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird. 
 
Everything else used is from my own stash. 

 
Die sets used are: 

Woodland Garden Leaves

Foliage & Ladybirds

 

 Stamp set: 

Autumn Quotes

White Autumn Hydrangea

I used white cardstock to cut the all of the flowers and leaves, then coloured petals  with Adirondack Ink in Lettuce, using a finger dauber to add the ink very lightly so it gave me a soft shaded look to the Hydrangea.  A Promarker in Olive for the leaves, with a little Forest Moss Distress Ink blended on the edges.  Once assembled I added tiny art stones into the centres, which I had coloured with green ink (I don't have Prills but these worked the same). 

After attaching the flowers to the base, I finished of with a quote from Susan's new stamp set.

The nesting die is from the Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken, at Spellbinders.

Anything else is from my stash.

Dies used:

Autumn Hydrangea

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp used:

Autumn Quotes

Oriental Poppies, Gaillardia and Coreopsis Frame

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, the rest of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss.  I also added Distress Ink to the Eucalyptus and blended Picket Fence Distress Ink on the leaves.  

I used red cardstock for the Poppies and added a little black ink in the centre,  The stamens were cut from black card to which I added charcoal pollen to the tips after shaping them. A white gel pen was used for the centre markings.  

The Gaillardia were cut from yellow cardstock and coloured with Pink Lobster and Carmine Promarkers.  The centres were also cut from yellow cardstock with brown pollen added.

The Coreopsis were cut from white cardstock and coloured with Baby Pink and Pineapple Crush Promarkers and the centres from brown cardstock with yellow pollen added.

After I coloured the leaves with Olive Promarker, I blended a little of the Distress Ink on the edges for a bit more definition..  

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set.

Anything else is from my stash.

Die sets used are:

Oriental Poppies

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Purple Button Chrysanthamums

I cut the flowers from white cardstock and coloured with Distress Ink in Seedless Preserve, Adirondack in Lettuce and Spectrum Noir in Crushed Velvet.  

I used the same colours to make the backgroun piece.

All leaves were cut from white cardstock and coloured with Olive Promarker.  The berry branches were cut from brown cardstock and red pearl maker for the berries.  The Woodlands Leaves were coloured with Distress Inks in Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters and Fossilised Amber.

I cut the berry branches from brown cardstock and used pearl maker for the berries.

Anything else used is from my stash.

Die sets used:

Button Chrystanthamums

Foliage & Ladybirds.

Woodland Leaves

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Burgundy Coreopsis

I cut the flowers from burgundy cardstock and added a touch of Picket Fence Distress Ink to the tips of the petals.  The centres were cut from yellow card stock, and sprinked with yellow pollen.

All leaves were cut from white cardstock and coloured with Olive Promarker.  The berry branches were cut from brown cardstock and red pearl maker for the berries.

The nesting die is from the Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken, at Spellbinders.

The sentiment stamp is from my own stash.

Die sets used:

Coreopsis

Foliage & Ladybirds.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Falling Woodland Leaves

The Oak leaves were cut from white cardstock and coloured with Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany, Fossilised Amber and Rusty Hinge, applied with finger daubers.

I used the leaf branch die from the Foliage & Ladybird set, for the tree branches, which were cut from white card and coloured with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

The sentiment is of course from Susan's new stamp set.

The nesting die is from the Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken, at Spellbinders.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used:

Woodland Leaves

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamps set used:

Autumn Quotes

Autumn Hydrangea & Daisy Chrystanthamums

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, the rest of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with  Promarkers, Adirondack Inks and Distress Ink. I used and Olive Promarker to colour the leaves and blended a little Forest Moss DI to the edges to give a little dimension.  I also added Distress Ink to the Eucalyptus and blended Picket Fence on the leaves.  

I used white cardstock to cut the all of the flowers, then coloured them  with Adirondack Ink in Lettuce, using a finger dauber to add the ink very lightly so it gave me a slight varigated look to the Hydrangea.  Once assembled I added tiny art stones into the centres, which I had coloured with green ink (I don't have Prills but these worked the same). 

I also used the Lettuce ink pad to colour the centres of the Daisy Chrysanths. The centres were cut from yellow cardstock, once the assembled and dry, I sprinkled art stones, again coloured with ink, randomly over the top.

I finished off with a sentiment from Susan's new stamp set.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Everything else used is from my own stash.

Die sets used are:

Autumn Hydrangea

Daisy Chrystanthamum

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Simple Oriental Poppy

Everything on this project are leftovers from my other samples.  Leftovers make cute cards, don't you agree......

The Poppy was cut from red cardstock,  and a little black ink added to the centre,  The stamens were cut from black card to which I added charcoal pollen after shaping them.  White gel pen was used for the centre detail.

The leaves were cut from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss, blended round the leaf edges. 

I cut the berry branch from brown cardstock and used pearl drops for the berries.

For the background I sprayed a little ink onto plain white card.

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used are:

Oriental Poppies

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp Set:

Autumn Quotes

Gaillardia

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, the rest of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with  Promarkers and Distress Ink. I used and Olive Promarker to colour the leaves and blended a little Forest Moss DI to the edges to give a little dimension.  I also added Distress Ink to the Eucalyptus and blended Picket Fence on the leaves.  I used brown cardstock for the berry branches with crystal drops for the berries.

I used yellow cardstock to cut the Gaillardia, then coloured them  with Promarkers in Pink Lobster and Carmine.   The stamens and centres were cut from the same yellow cardstock and added brown pollen to the stamen tips.    

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

The sentiment is computer generated, everything else is from my stash.

Die sets used are:

Gaillardia

Foliage & Ladybirds

Woodland Leaves

Coreopsis For You

 Everything was cut from white cardstock and coloured with various inks/markers. I started by colouing the petals with Fired Brick Distress Ink to create the darker centres, then applied Mountain Rose Adirondack Ink for the paler outer petals.  For the centres I used Spectrum Aqua markers in Marigold and Gold.  The leaves were coloured with Olive Promarker as were the small leaft branches, and the tips blended with a little Forest Moss Distress Ink.  The berry branches were cut in brown card and lemon coloured liquid pearls for the berries.

The hand is a die by Spellbinders called Handing You A Smile.

The nesting die is is from the Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken, at Spellbinders.

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used are:

Coreopsis

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Woodland Garden Leaves

Another project using dies from the new collection Autumn Flora by Susan Tierney Cockburn.

This set of woodland leaves is just fab!  As soon as I saw them I knew just what I wanted to do with them.  First I made the frame, using a die from Tonic, then cut lots and lots of leaves and of course picked out a selection of Distress Inks for colouring them all.  I used Distress Inks in the colours Barn Door, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters, Fossilised Amber and Aged Mahogany, then I got busy blending a mix of colours on all of the leaves.  

Once coloured I added the veins, using the leaf tool from Susans tool kit and shaped them using the tweezers from the same kit.  I used crystal drop on the berry branches, which are in the Foliage die set.

I printed the sentiment from the computer and cut it using a circle die.  Next I arranged the leaves around the die cut circle till I was happy, then went back and glued them down.

Die set used:

Woodland Leaves

Foliage & Ladybirds

Daisy & Button Chrysanthamums

Everything was cut from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker and Distress Ink. The Daisy Chrysanths were coloured with Tulip Yellow Promarker, and orange PanPastel applied to the inner part of the petal.  The Button Chrysanths were coloured with Burnt Orange and Amber Promarkers. 

The Woodland Leaves were coloured using finger daubers and Distress Inks in the following colours, Barn Door, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Shabby Shutters, Fossilised Amber and Aged Mahogany.  Leaf details were added with Susans leaf tool and fine tweezers.

For the background I blended Rusty Hinge Distress Ink through a stencil by Tim Holtz. 

The sentiment is from Susans new stamp set.  

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used are:

Button & Daisy Chrysanthamum

Woodland Leaves

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Framed Autumn Hydrangea

I cut all of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss.  I also cut the petals from white cardstock and coloured them with Cranberry and Oregano Adirondack Ink using finger daubers with different pressure to achieve the softer 'not perfect' look.  After colouring the leaves with Olive Promarker, I blended a little of the Forest Moss Distress Ink on the edges for a bit more definition.. 

The background was embossed and a little Cranberry Adirondack Ink blended round the edges. sentiment is from Susans new stamp set, and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  The watering can was cut on my Cameo.

I added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used are:

Oriental Poppies

Foliage & Ladybirds

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes

Framed Oriental Poppies

The Eucalyptus leaves were cut from very pale green cardstock, the rest of the leaves from white cardstock and coloured with a Promarker in Olive and Distress Ink in Forest Moss.  I used very pale pink cardstock for the Poppies and added a little black ink in the centre,  The stamens were cut from black card to which I added charcoal pollen to the stamen tips.  Once I coloured the leaves with Olive Promarker, I blended a little of the Distress Ink on the edges for a bit more definition..  I also added Distress Ink to the Eucalyptus and blended Picket Fence on the leaves.  I cut the Berry Branches from brown cardstock and used Nuvo Drops for the berries.

The background was made using Distress ink and a little water and the sentiment was cut on my Cameo.  

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Die sets used are:

Oriental Poppies

Foliage & Ladybirds

Golden Gaillardia

Today sees the start of my sample cards as a DT member for Susan Tierney Cockburn, along with Susan's brand new collection, released today with Spellbinders Paper Arts, Susan's Garden Club Autumn Flora.  

Susan's flower cutting dies are the best I've ever used, lovely to work with, and they produce the most realistic looking paper flowers ever, and she always makes a video for each die, showing us how to use the dies to create fabulous flowers.  They will be on Spellbinders channel on Youtube, and also on Susan's Facebook page 'Susan's Garden Club'.  Susan's videos are very detailed ensuring everyone is able to create the flowers.  She also includes new card styles.  What more could we want, apart from having a one to one class with Susan.....  If you love to make flowers, you really need to give Susan's page a visit.

Anyway, on with my first card from this new release.......

All flowers and foliage were cut from white card, then coloured with Distress Inks, applied with finger daubers, shades used are Spiced Marmalade for the centres and Fossilised Amber blended for the tips of the petals.  For the tiny pieces that make up the very centre, I coloured with a Promaker in Tulip Yellow and once assembled I added tiny spots of glue and sprinked 'pollen' onto them.

For the foliage I used another new die set, Woodland Leaves (love these), coloured with Forest Moss Distress Ink.  I used Picket Fence Distress Ink for the eucaluptus leaves, which were cut from pail green cardstock.  

The berry branches were cut from brown cardstock then Nuvo drops added for the berries.

The sentiment is a stamp from Susans new stamp set and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

The coloured panel was made using the same shades of inks.

I also added Glossy Accents to the ladybird.

Moda Scrap, Happy Frames dies were used for the frame.

Dies used:

Gaillardia

Foliage

Stamp set:

Autumn Quotes