More art nouveau

Good evening,

I hope you are keeping warm!  It has been pretty nippy round here!  I found a little hedgehog out and about during the afternoon.  I know enough to know that means they are in trouble, so I brought it in and kept it warm, offered food and water and have now found a lady who will look after it properly.  Hopefully it will make it through the winter and maybe I'll get it back to release in the garden in spring. I weighed it and it was far too small to hibernate, hopefully it will have a chance now.

So looking forward to spring, the cards today are floral and spring coloured.  Both done using the Clarity designer card and the Art Nouveau stamps

The main image is stamped and coloured.  The Snowdrops are left white but have some glitter pens over the top.
I tore round the frame and mounted on dark green cardand tore round that too.
For the background, I chose a matching piece of designer card, blended dark green ink  through bits of the stencil and stamped 'For You' in the same green ink round the background.
I tore the card in half and curled up the torn edges, then attached to a white base card.
Attach the main image to the front and add gems/sequins to finish.
Stamp the word 'Snowdrops' on a spare piece of card and add to the front of the card
Stamps used:
Art Nouveau Snowdrops and Tulips
Art Nouveau Sentiments
Abstract Squares stencil

For the second card, I stamped and coloured the Poppy Fields image and stamped the words in place.  colour in, cut ti size and mount on matching card
Stamp the image again on spare card, colour the flower heads and cut out.
Choose a matching piece of card from the designer card range and cut into squares and rectangles.
Arrange on the base card and add the main image and loose flower heads
Stamps Used:
Art Nouveau Bed of Roses and Poppy Fields
Designer card packs - Petite Edition

Thanks for visiting, I can hear the little hedgehog rummaging around, so I hope that is a good sign!
Janet xx

Valentine's card

Good morning,
I hope you are having a day filled with love, actually it would be good if that happened every day wouldn't it?

this is the card we made last Saturday at the Diva Red workshop.  It could be made to suit other occasions, not just Valentine's day.

The heart is actually cut from a beer mat! 
Start by die cutting the alphabet and stick it to the beer mat, then die cut the heart - it is a Sizzix Bigz die.
Paint with black gesso and allow to dry then paint and distress with different acrylic paints until you like what you've got.
Finish by coating with a clear gloss or metallic glaze. Allow to dry.
For the background, stamp the script from the Journalling set
Stamp 'Be My Valentine' from the Art Nouveau words set and cut out.
I added some crafters wire round the heart, then attached the words.
Edge the card with gold paint

All stamps used are from Claritystamp

Thank you for visiting today
Janet xx

Simple card

Good evening,
Have you got your snow shoes  We had some snow this morning, but it has all gone now - it is still pretty cold though, but only to be expected, it is winter after all!

Today I am showing a very simple card.  The stamps for this one were on the Hochanda show last weekend.  They are lovely stamps, I can't choose a favourite set, they are all fab!

  I die cut the lovely border, it's a Sizzix die, into the white card and cut round it to give a 4.5 x6.5 inch card.
I stamped the Just a Note in place then matted it onto a piece of the new 5x7inch designer card
On a different piece of the card, I stamped the beautiful rose and the two corners.
I also stamped the flower heads on another piece of the designer card, cut out and stick over the top of the stamped image.
I coloured the leaves with promarkers and matted it onto the same designer card
Add some pretty thread round the stems and mount onto the main card

Stamps used: Art Nouveau Floral Spacer
Art Nouveau sentiments
The die is from the Pete Hughes mixed media collection.

Just a point to note: The card on the topper is actually the same colour as the background card, it just shows up whiter when I scan it because it is raised.

Thanks very much for popping in
Stay warm!
Janet xx