Made for the ModSquad challenge to use patterned paper and also for a friend whose daughter has had twins. I cut out a large heart for the background and then using a Spellbinder die called Layered Happy Birthday, I cut out some balloons from other PP and added them to the heart. Using an unbranded double stitch rectangular die I cut the main panel and added a small scrap of marbled paper on top. I fussy cut two matching little bears from another small piece of PP, after stamping them and colouring in certain parts. I popped them up onto this and added a small fussy cut fairy above. Stamped the sentiment which I also fussy cut out. Added a few small gems here and there. Stamps and card stock all from Gina K. Designs my main go to place for ideas and purchases.
Used another of my gifted stencils to create this one. First brushed colour in circles using distress oxides. Sprinkled a bit of water and let dry. Using Mowed lawn I sponged through stencil to get design. When dry I added nuvo glimmer paste through stencil. I used a versamark pen and ruler to draw a line around edge of card stock and then added an old glitter embossing powder on top. heat embossed to give the shine at edge. Added sentiment to a piece of vellum and heat embossed in black. Two black gems added to each end. added entire piece to turquoise sea card stock.
I’ve been thinking about creating a blog for over a year now and am finally getting around to actually doing it. In order to showcase some of my cards I needed a place to upload them and display them for others to see so here is my first card for the year.
This card has been created for the monthly challenge at Gina K. Designs. We have to showcase a sentiment and cannot use others stamps on the card.
I stenciled Distress Oxides in several pinks using a lovely hand made heart stencil given to me by a great on line friend. I first masked off the area where the sentiment heart is. I stenciled the butterflies using another stencil from the same friend. I stamped the sentiment onto the die cut heart and traced over it with a gelly roll pen to add a bit of sparkle. I popped it up slightly offset over a black heart which I then glued in the masked off space. Added a few tiny bling gems in places. I added main panel to a black piece of card stock and then adhered it to the card front.
Yesterday, I spent a bit of time using up some paper scraps as my hands were a bit too sore to do very much. I wasn’t sure if I liked the end result and thought I might cut it up into flowers or something similar. Today I saw the challenge theme at Double D – (DD 3/26) EASTER/CHURCH/CROSS Challenge and decided the piece would make a pretty cross so here it is.
I put together the cross using foam tape for dimension and set it aside while I decided on my next step. A lot of crafters plan their creations ahead of time, but I don’t always do that. Instead I let the design evolve as I work. The card base was already cut and I decided on an embossed background choosing a folder from Taylored Expressions. I went over this with some Antique Linen ink. The little bird and sentiment is from an old set by GKD and I coloured the bird with Prisma pencils and a copper pen for his beak and legs. I thought he looked as if he was rejoicing. The pink bow was already tied, which was a good thing as tying one today would be beyond me, and the black heart is a leftover piece from something else. I almost ruined my background as it didn’t go on straight and I had to pull it off and try again. Working with sore hands isn’t always my best option.
In general I don’t make too many cards for the different holidays, excepting Christmas, but this year I have put together one or two for Easter. This one is too thick for mailing so will be hand delivered to one of my neighbors. She is quite religious and goes to church regularly, but I’m not into any formal religion myself.
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Having seen quite a few of these eclipse style cards on line, I really wanted to try for myself. When the opportunity arrived to buy the Craft Addiction dies here in Canada, I jumped at it. So my first set is ovals, but I do have another set coming soon which is different.
Sunday Stamps has this theme: SSC382 Oval Things and as it happens I had already created this card, but not yet posted it. Sometimes the universe works in my favour. The key to using the dies this way is to ensure you have two of the exact same image and I had this paper as a partial scrap already on my desk. All I had to do was pull another sheet and line things up properly. I’m not sure I can explain it well, but there are several people on YouTube and on Pinterest who explain it or who you can follow along with. Once my design was cut I went around the back with foam tape and also carefully around the oval section so it won’t collapse. The lines are too thin to successfully add foam, but I found they are fine without. The main layer was then added to a silver card front.
My sentiment comes from Hampton Art. I fussy cut around it and added a bit of colour to the edges. I also added a couple of clear gems into the larger letters and a few very tiny ones here and there on the rose. Just enough to catch the light when the card is moved.
It isn’t often that I become enamored with a paper pad, but I do love this specific pad. There are so many beautiful images on one side and matching colours but a more marbled design on the back side. Many thanks for stopping by, your time and you are much appreciated.
So The Alphabet challenge has a black and white only theme and this is what I came up with. I had seen something similar on Pinterest so I’ve kind of CASE’d it. Took the idea and changed it quite a lot.
Don’t ask where the little ticket die came from. I’ve had it for a long time and probably only used it once. When Winners first opened they had a small craft section and I purchased quite a few little items but never thought to keep information on them.
To begin I cut 5 tickets in both white and black. To stretch the black to the sides for a border, I cut them down the middle and then glued. I laid them out on the layer to ensure they would fit and then glued them as you see adding the hearts back into the centers. Using a scrap piece of patterned paper I added a strip down the left side. The I cut the letters from black paper using a die set from First Edition Craft and I added them as you see.
Somehow there was a scratch mark on the layer so I covered this with the twine bow. The word birthday is from a Spellbinders set and I offset the white layer onto a black layer. The little embellishments are from an old Die-namics MFT Confetti set. I’ve never actually used this set, but it came in handy today. This card will likely go to my B.I.L later this year.
I quite like how this one turned out. It is flat enough to mail and yet still has texture and dimension. I’m on a roll with making a few masculine style cards to add to my stash. And I still have a few more ideas to work on too. Thanks so much for stopping by, I do appreciate it.
Welcome to another challenge here at Cardz4galz where Pamela is asking for a splash of green on your project. It may surprise you to know that some of my card layers are all from a tissue box that I cut up.
Using teal CS I cut and scored the base and glued the ends into the two box tunnels. I added the back layer to one of these tunnels and after fussy cutting around some of the lilies I added another layer into the centre. Another lily was fussy cut and added for additional dimension. My main front piece was stamped using an older SSS set and I masked off the frogs so I could add the water and the bullrushes. These were then coloured using different green Distress Oxides and pencils. I fussy cut this piece so the the bullrushes and frogs look like they are free standing. I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut a dragonfly which I added to a lily pad on the back layer. Before I glued this layer, I felt that the water needed more than just the stamped waves so using a pencil I added a bit of colour to it. Once it was glued I checked to make sure it would fold flat – it did – and decided it was finished. The back layer has a white layer added so there is room to write a personal message.
This is the 3rd card I’ve done using this particular style and I like the way each one looks. The fold is easy and the 3D layers really look good, especially in reality.
We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery and hope you have fun creating.
Let me say from the outset, that I can’t take full credit for this particular design. A while back I came across a UK demonstrator, named Christine Stokes and started to follow her because I really like her work. She created a card like this one and it made me smile. Because I’m not sure the CASEing rules we have in N. America apply elsewhere, I asked for permission to use her design, which was given. Of course it has taken me months to actually use her idea, but finally here it is. And if you want to see the original go HERE.
When I was part of StampTV I used to also regularly enter challenges at The Paper Players and I’m not sure why I stopped. So for a change, I am entering this card into their current challenge. As well it fits the challenge at Allsorts so it will go there too.
Obviously, I didn’t use ducks but I did have these little chicks from Kokorosa and like Christine, I created my own words on my computer. My layout is quite similar but my saying does include a Happy Birthday greeting as I thought the little flowers the last two chicks are holding deserved that.
Once the die cutting was done I used pencils to colour them and I lifted their wings a little bit too. It took me a while to decide on my phrase, but amused myself with what I eventually came up with. As an afterthought I realize that this could quite easily have been an Easter card, but too late now. As it is I made a spelling error that I didn’t notice until after I started adding my chicks and basically had to carefully remove them so I could replace the layer with a corrected version. I did use foam tape for a little dimension. I also added an additional thin layer in yellow before adding it to the white card front.
I had fun making this one and may look for the dies that Christine used if they are still available. Thanks for joining me today, I appreciate you and your time.
Right now I seem to be on a creative roll after a few weeks of not being very motivated. Many reason’s for it, but I’m glad that my brain is once again coming up with ideas. I have quite a few PP scraps lying around and I wanted to use them. Having seen a card on Pinterest I thought it was a good idea and a way to use some of them.
Then I also noticed the challenge at Just Add Ink #781…Just Add Wings! and this card was born. I knew I had a stamp set with a plane, but had to do a bit of searching as I couldn’t remember which company it was. It is from CTMH which is now no more, but I do have a few sets from its early years. The sentiment, however, is from an old GKD set.
It took me a while to get the paper scraps the way I wanted them and I made a mistake at first when I tried to glue from the bottom to the top. Started over from the top down and glued the cut pieces as you see. They were cut using several dies, some from Spellbinders and some from Kokorosa. Once I had them together I added them to a white layer which I then cut down to fit on the card front. Before doing that I stamped the clouds and the sentiment. The little plane was done on a separate piece, coloured with a mix of Prisma pencils and Sakura gelli roll pens. After fussy cutting, I added dimension with foam and then went around the entire layer with a black pen after which I glued the panel to the card front. I was dismayed to realize that I had somehow gotten a large black smudge on the plane which would not come off. So more stamping, more colouring, more fussy cutting and then glued it over the original.
Another needed masculine style card ready and I’m quite pleased with myself and with it. LOL. My hubby was complimentary when he saw it. Many thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you and your time.
Welcome back to another challenge here at Double Trouble. Your recipe is to use 3 Colours from the No 3 primary colour wheel and the neutral wheel as well, 2 images and 1 sentiment. You may choose to add the dare from Twisted Sister and add a four footed animal and if you follow the sketch you may add your card to the TSOT challenge too. Be careful not to backlink if you choose to add it at TSOT.
My card incorporates more than 3 primary colours and several of the neutrals. I made my own section of PP by randomly stamping the fish bones in black, after which I added some colour using Sakura glaze pens. The second half strip is from a paper pack by GKD that I’ve had for a long time. I backed these pieces with a black layer and added it to the kraft card front.
After stamping my cats, all from the Crazy Cats by Tim Holtz, I coloured them using Prisma pencils and Gamsol. Then they were die cut using the matching dies from the set. I set them aside so I could work on the rest. I had these die cut circles left from a different project so I sponged colour using Distress Oxides 2 colours per circle. Once they were dry and I knew I liked them, I added the cats and fitted them to the other layers. Because I had already added the layers to the card front, I used a pencil mark on the two circles that overlapped and cut them on my Fiskars unit. My sentiment comes from a note pad by Hunky Dory that has pages of pre printed sentiments intended for the inside of cards. I’ve only just purchased this and it is handy as it has 120 Essential card inserts. The inside of this one says Many Happy Returns.
I’m happy with how this turned out and it was a fun one to create. We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery and hope you have fun with the challenge.
Thanks for joining me today, I appreciate you and your time.
Earlier I saw a CAS card that I found quite pretty and the design of this one is due to my seeing it. Except for the oval die cuts mine is completely different to what I saw.
In looking for a stamp set for a different card, I came across my Art Impressions Panda stamp set and I pulled it out thinking it would be a good one to use soon. With the challenge twist at AAA Card Challenge #310: Anything CAS Goes being add an animal or something zoo related it seemed serendipitous that I had already put the set on my desk. First I cut the Craft Addiction oval from a piece of CS and using that I stamped my image. Then I took another scrap piece and using a StampinUP die I cut into it to get a design. This piece was then added behind the main layer and from there that layer onto the card front. I also stamped the sentiment from the same set.
To colour my image I used Prisma pencils and a Sakura gel pen along with a small amount of Gamsol to smooth the colours. To add this to the layer I used a thin piece of foam tape which was just enough to add a slight amount of dimension.
I wasn’t sure whether I had chosen the right design initially, but upon reflection I quite like the result. Many thanks for stopping by – you, your time and any comments are appreciated.
ABC Christmas Challenge – E, F & G are for? this is the current challenge at ABC and I decided on this design using a little upcycling of an envelope. I’ve been doing a fair amount of upcycling of older store bought cards recently and it is fun to reuse something that would otherwise end up in the bin. Its amazing what one can do to reuse a design.
The envelope flap had this design on it and I simply couldn’t throw it away so I’ve used it here. I added an embossed piece done with an EF from SSS and then butted the leaf section up against it. The ribbon from GKD is placed to hide the separation line and to add additional interest. To jazz up the leaves I added some Sakura glitter from various pens.
The greeting is from an old GKD stamp set and I used a StampinUP die to cut it. The end result is a simple one, but one that looks quite pretty.
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There are some masculine birthdays coming in April so I used the sketch challenge found here, Challenge #368 – Floral Sketch Design. As the instructions said we can change the shape I chose a truck with beer barrels from a new unbranded set I’ve just gotten.
To begin, I wanted an interesting background so after sorting through some bits and pieces I found 2 inked backgrounds that I could cut up. I cut them into different size strips and glued them to some paper on the diagonal. Using a StampinUP die I cut this piece and glued it to a larger blue piece. This layer didn’t have a die that would give me the same edge as the striped layer, but I found a border die that I adapted to add the holes along the edge. The large background piece I distressed on the edges before adding to the card front. Then the other layers were added on top.
After stamping and heat embossing my truck and the barrels, I coloured them with Prisma pencils. Stamps and matching dies are from Amazon. Then I die cut my images and stacked other die cuts underneath for dimension. When they were dry I added some Nuvo Crystal drops to the windows of the truck, around the tires and to the lights. While this was drying I chose a sentiment from a Crafters Companion set, stamped and heat set it and then fussy cut. After placing the truck I chose to add the sentiment above it.
The friend for whom this is intended is a vintage car nut and he recently bought himself an amazing vintage truck. While my image is clearly not vintage, it is at least, a vehicle. He appreciates my cards and as a brilliant wood carver understands the work that goes into making them.
Thanks for joining me today. I always appreciate you and your time.
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