Floral Finery – Phill's Crafty Place

Top Fold Framed Card

Hello crafters, hope you are all well!

If you watched Phill’s live on Monday night you will have seen him create a beautiful A5 top fold card using the floramusica range of stamps. For his demo he chose to use the bluebell medley, but you also have a daffodil, rose, tulip, hydrangea, iris, dandelion, lily and daisy medley. Each stamp includes smaller images of keys, postmarks, butterflies, dragonflies and much more. For those that want to get ahead with their Christmas cards, there are also four of those too. Get them whilst they are still in stock as once they’re gone, they’re gone!!!

If you would like to watch Phill’s demo again, just click on the image below and it will take you straight there. These demos are so much fun with banter, giggles and of course all the hints and tips.

I had fun recreating Phills card yesterday as well as adding my own little touches (those of you that know me, know that I love to be different). So if you would like to have a go, please read on….

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:

Other Products Used:

Card Layers:

A5 top fold card blank, cut down to 18cm x 15cm
Ice white card cut to 13cm x 16.5cm for layering/glittering
Ice white card cut to 10.5cm x 13.5cm for stamping
Ice white card 13cm x 16cm to die cut frame
Scrap white card for die cutting the banner, butterflies and flowers

This process was repeated on the banner and half of the flowers.

Wilted violet distress oxide ink was added to the edge of the frame and the butterflies using a finger dauber.

Add the ice white card layer to the card base with pva glue.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial and found it easy to follow. Please leave us a like or a comment so that we know you’re enjoying these tutorials.

Until next time…

Floral Finery, Just Saying

Just for You Verse Card

Welcome to another wet and rainy day in the UK, I think we should all be buying boats instead of cars! When will this rain stop?

Did you watch Phill’s live on Facebook and YouTube last night? It’s great to learn new techniques isn’t it? How many of you are going to try it out for themselves? If you missed the live you can watch it again by clicking on the picture below.

Over the last couple of weeks the design team have been sharing their step by step A6 verse stamp projects with you. We hope you’ve enjoyed the inspiration and that it has given you some ideas to have a go yourselves.

Today it’s the last of the A6 verse stamp tutorials and it’s my turn (Sazz) to share my project with you.

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:

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Step by Step Instructions:

Cut a piece of ice white card to 21cm x 21cm and another piece to 21cm x 22.5cm. Score the larger piece at 21cm to form a hinge. Adhere the smaller piece to the hinge to form your card base.
Die cut an 18cm square from elegant ebony card, add foam tape to the back and adhere centrally to the card base.
Cut a piece of ice white card to 17.5cm x 17.5cm and emboss using the classic flourish embossing folder.
Use a brayer to add scattered straw distress oxide ink to the raised areas and a finger dauber to edge with the same ink. Adhere centrally to the card base.
Die cut a 12.5cm square from elegant ebony card, add foam tape to the back and adhere centrally to the card base.
Cut a piece of ice white card to 12cm x 12cm and place into the corner of a stamping platform. Stamp the just for you verse in the centre using nocturne versafine clair ink.
Whilst still in the platform, position the large flourish from the old and crabby verse centrally along one edge, stamp using versafine clair nocturne ink. Rotate your card 90 degrees and stamp again. Repeat twice more.
Keep your card in the platform and position the larger spray from the bigger cake verse in the corner between the flourishes. Ink with versafine clair nocturne ink and rotate as before on the other corners.
Keep your card in the platform and position the heart dots from the old and crabby verse in the corner between the flourishes. Ink with versafine clair nocturne ink and rotate as before on the other corners.
Adhere centrally to the card base and add diamond dust glitter to the outside edge of this layer.
Die cut four of the smaller droplet sprig corners from pale gold lustre card, cut away the droplets and adhere to the corners of the embossed layer.
Die cut the flowers using delightfully dotty from pale gold lustre paper. Add stamens or pearls/gems to the centres. Add a small amount of glue to the petals and sprinkle with diamond dust glue. Once dry, add to the card base with pinflair glue.
Die cut the fabulous frond leaves from olive grove card and tuck them under the flowers adding more glue if needed

Until next time….

Flawless Media, Floral Finery, Just Saying

Birthday Wish Verse Card

It’s been a different week this week. Firstly it was bank holiday Monday and Mr M had a day off (how dare he!!!!!) so there was no live. Then he was on TV on Thursday so no happy hour, but that was rescheduled to last night (Friday) so we didn’t miss out. If you saw the happy hour last night, wasn’t it a great deal? Remember you have to be part of the Crafting with Phill Martin and Sentimentally Yours facebook page to be able to watch and take advantage of these fantastic, never to be repeated offers.

Today we’re sharing a project from Lozzy who’s giving us pictorial step by step instructions to replicate her card. There’s some great techniques in this card, why not give them a go?

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:
Birthday wish special day verse
Floral finery – practically perfect & floral frond dies
Stately debossed double stitched rectangle dies
Traditional top layering stitched tag dies
Texture die – grid
Quintessentially quilted embossing folder
Premium card – white, vanilla & kraft
Chalky acrylic paints – frosted heather & gentle peach
Premium PVA glue
Pearls – ivory shimmer
Brayer
Acrylic stamping block

Other Products Used:
A5 kraft card blank
Versafine clair – fallen leaves
Paper trimmer
Die cutting machine
Glue gel
Fan brush
Organza ribbon

What a beautiful project! Hope you enjoyed Lozzy’s pictorial instructions and this gives you inspiration to try it for yourself. Remember we love to see your creations and it gives others inspiration too!

We will be showing you tutorials from the flawless media shows next week and here are the projects we will be sharing with you.

Until next time……

Floral Finery, Just Saying

Special Day Verse Card

Hope you all had a good Easter and managed to spend time with your family and friends. Can’t believe it’s April already, isn’t this year just flying?

Today we have a project created by Ilona who’s sharing step by step instructions on how she made it. This would be great for a milestone birthday wouldn’t it?

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:
Just saying special day verse
Floral finery – practically perfect & fabulous fronds
Debossed double stitched chic label die set
Premium white card
Silvery moon lustre card
Premium PVA glue
Pearls – silver star

Other Products Used:
A3 card
Foam tape
Versafine clair – morning mist

Instructions:

To make the card blank, take a piece of A3 card, score at 8″ on the long side, fold and cut down to 8″ x 9.75″.
Take the third largest debossed double stitched chic label die and cut from white card. Stamp the flourishes and verse with versafine clair morning mist ink as shown in the picture above.
Create a mat layer by die cutting the second largest chic label die from silvery moon lustre card and glue both together.
Cut a piece of white card measuring 7.25″ x 9″ and glue the topper onto it. Stamp the flourishes around the label shape and in the corners using versafine clair morning mist ink.
Cut a piece of silvery moon lustre card to 7.5″ x 9.25″ and use foam tape to attach to the card base. Glue the other pieces on top.
Die cut the practically perfect flowers and the fabulous fronds from silvery moon lustre card. Shape the flowers and glue together placing a pearl in the centre of each.
Glue the flowers and fronds around the edge of the shaped topper.

We would love to see your creations following these instructions. Remember to share them on the Crafting with Phill Martin and Sentimentally Yours facebook group so that it gives others inspiration too.

Phill will be on Create and Craft this Thursday (4th April), with two shows (1pm & 5pm) spotlighting his flawless media products which include chalky acrylic paints, texture mediums, metallic acrylic paints and radiant lustre pigment powders. Watch him get creative with these and see how clean he keeps his hands!

Keep your eyes peeled for the new monthly challenge and the winner of last months challenge.

Until next time…

Floral Finery, Just Saying

Lovely Day Verse Card

Happy Easter, hope you’re all enjoying the long weekend and have found some time to spend crafting.

Today we have another step by step tutorial and this time it’s Helen’s turn to share her inspiration with you. This card was made with one of the new just saying verses. Not only are they great verses, but each one has flourishes of different sizes to extend the verses and make them look really elaborate. Pop over to the Honeypot Crafts website to check out the six different sets. There’s also 20% discount for the bank holiday weekend on all orders over £20, so why not indulge yourself to your own Easter treat. There’s no calories in craft supplies!!!

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:
Just saying bigger cake verse
Ice white, olive grove & lavender meadow card
Floral finery – perfectly plain & fabulous fronds
Beautiful butterflies die set
Crystal gemporium flat backed gems – ice diamond
Diamond dust
Premium PVA glue
Acrylic circles stamping blocks (set of 3)
Precision tweezers & gem pick up tool

Other Products Used:
8″x8″ card blank
Glue Gel
Foam tape
Versafine clair – monarch
Stamping platform
Double sided tape
Bone folder
Die cutting machine
Ball tool
Embossing mat for shaping flowers

Instructions:

Cut a 7.5″ x 7.5″ layer from ice white card, another to 5″ x 5″ and another to 4.5″ x 4.5″.
Cut a 7″ x 7″ layer from lavender meadow card.
Attach the 7.5″ x 7.5″ white layer to the card blank using foam tape.
Stamp the lavender card using the flourishes from the bigger cake verse stamp set using versafine clair monarch ink. Attach to the card using double sided tape.
Attach the 5″ x 5″ ice white layer with foam tape.
Stamp the bigger cake verse onto the 4.5″ x 4.5″ white layer using versafine clair monarch ink. Attach to the card using double sided tape.
Die cut perfectly plain flowers from lavender and white card and stamp using the little extras in the stamp set with versafine clair monarch ink.
Shape the flowers and glue together.
Die cut fabulous frond leaves from olive grove card and shape.
Attach the flowers and leaves to the card as shown in the picture using glue gel.
Die cut the smallest butterfly from lavender card, shape the wings using a bone folder and attach to the card.
Add diamond dust around the edge of the lavender card and the smaller white layer.
Finish by adding ice diamond gems.

Hope you can have a go at Helen’s card, maybe try it in a different colour, you’ll be amazed at how different it looks. Please share your makes in our Crafting with Phill Martin and Sentimentally Yours facebook group to give others inspiration to have a go.

Enjoy your long weekend and don’t eat too much chocolate!

Floral Finery, Just Saying

Special Day Verse Card

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to our little crafty corner. Make yourself a cuppa and indulge yourself for a few minutes whilst Angela explains how she made her card using the new Just Saying A6 verses.

Why not pop over to the Honeypot Crafts website and check them out, they have a special offer on them at the moment!

Sentimentally Yours Products Used:
Just saying special day verse
Floral finery – practically perfect & fabulous fronds
Fabulous fuschia, totally turquoise & ice white card
Crystal gemporium flat backed gems – aurora
Glitter alchemy – crystal aurora
Premium PVA glue
Precision tweezers & gem pick up tool
Fine spray mister bottle
Acrylic circles stamping blocks (set of 3)

Other Products Used:
8″x8″ card blank
Glue Gel
1mm foam tape
Versafine clair – warm breeze & charming pink
Stamping platform

Instructions:

Cut totally turquoise card to slightly smaller than the 8″x8″ card blank and affix using foam tape.
Cut fabulous fuchsia card slightly smaller than the totally turquoise card and affix using foam tape.
Leaving a larger border, cut ice white card smaller than the fabulous fuchsia card. Place into a stamping platform and line up the special day verse in the centre of the card.
Apply warm breeze ink to part of the verse stamp and charming pink to the remainder. Press firmly onto the white card, repeating as necessary.
Using warm breeze ink, stamp the border in the top centre of the card, turn 90 degrees and stamp again, repeat twice more.
Stamp the trio of hearts using warm breeze ink in each corner using either an acrylic block or stamping platform.
Apply glitter to the outside edge of the 8″x8″ card blank and also the white card layer. Set aside to dry.
Die cut a selection of leaves from totally turquoise card and shape the leaves by gently bending back the tip of each leaf.
Die cut two medium and two small four petal flowers from fabulous fuchsia card. Shape the flower petals by gently rolling the top back around the tweezers. Build flowers and add a gem to the centre of each.
Affix white card layer to the card base using foam tape.
Arrange and adhere the flowers and foliage using glue gel.
Finish by adding three gems to the top left and bottom right of the fabulous fuchsia card.
TOP TIP: Lightly mist the back of the flowers with water to make it easier to shape them.

Hope you can have a go at Angela’s card, we think it looks great with the two tone text. Please share your makes in our Crafting with Phill Martin and Sentimentally Yours facebook group.

Just a reminder that our monthly layout challenge is running until 31st March and we’d love to see your entries. You’ll find the challenge on our facebook page.

Until next time, enjoy crafting and just have fun creating.

Floral Finery, Just Saying

Just Saying A6 Verse Stamps

Have you seen these new verse stamps?

It’s 3 years since Phill has bought us new verses, but these aren’t just any verses, they’re verses with a difference! There are six A6 sets, all with a main verse, two different sized flourishes as well little extras to enhance and extend the verses. There are three classic and three slightly tongue in cheek verses which I’m sure you can associate with a friend or family (they’re not too bad, honest!). This is the first set and Phill has said that there will be more sets during the year, can’t wait…

If you watched Phill’s shows on Create and Craft you will have seen how versatile and interchangeable the sets are as you can use the verse from one set, the flourishes from another and the little stamps from another. You certainly won’t get stuck for ideas.

If you need more inspiration, make sure you keep an eye on Facebook and YouTube where the design team will post their cards as well as demos from Phill himself. Here are a couple of samples to whet your appetite whilst you wait for your postie to delivery yours.