Have had a great day today. I took mum and her friend Dot over to my sister Kays house, where we put all our cardstock and paper scraps into the middle of the table and spent the afternoon punching assorted shapes and making embellishments for our cards. The afternoon flew by, and we still have lots of scraps left so we are planning to do it again, but on a grander scale with the ladies in the card making group at the local retirement estate.Anyway, on to todays card, which is made with stampin up black cardstock and Basic Grey papers – Max and Whiskers. There are alot of little pictures on this paper which is great for cutting out, and I think I will get about 9 cards out of the one sheet of paper. Value!.I used my cuttle bug and alphabet dies for the Happy Birthday, and stuck a pair of wobbly eyes on one of the dogs for a bit of an accent.
B is for…
Today we are staying with the cosmo cricket earth love.The tags that are available with this paper are great, and make a great range of different cards. I used Bazzil cardstock for the base and matted all elements with stampin up choc chip cardstock. a quick and easy card !
Slow day
We all have them! I decided to immortalise mine in a card! stampin up cardstock – certainly celery,cosmo cricket earth love paper. The tortoises are stamps from stampin up natures nest (don’t you love them?).Istamped them on to basic grey cardstock, and stampin up designer paper, then cut the grey ones out, and cut the shell from the patterned paper and stuck them together.All I needed then were a few buttons from my craft supply.I love doing cards like this – I call them my cards to myself, because I do them just for me.I usually do give them away or sell them, but at the time of making they satisfy all my creative juices!
21st cards
I am still playing with the kaisercraft Le Chataeu collection . For the card above I used stampin up cardstock – black, a key sticker, ovals die cut using my spellbinders, and ribbon from my craft supply. For the card below I used Stampin Up cardstock baja Breeze, a key sticker, ribbon and lace and kaisercraft pearls.It’s funny how just changing the accent colours on a card can change the suitability from male to female. I always look for papers like this as they are such good value for money.I have put this paper away for now, but I haven’t finished with it yet!
Love is…
Le chataeu collection by kaisercraft is great for wedding,  engagement and anniversary cards which is what I used it for on this one, along with stampin up cardstock – baja breeze and creamy caramel for the mat, but when I saw this paper all I wanted to make with it was 21st cards  . The 6″ paper pads are great in this collection, and the die cuts at the back of the pad are really handy too.I’ll be back tomorrow night with the 21st cards!
Something Fishy!
The last couple of days I have had my webmaster guru/photogragher sitting next to me as I learn how to do all this ( I truly am computer illiterate) but he is out tonight and I am flying solo. Lets see if I can do it! This card uses stampin up cardstock – tempting turquiose and stampin up designer paper too – kaliedascope – I have cut an aperture in the front of the card and put some acetate behind it, then stuck fishy outline stickers on more designer paper and stuck them on to the acetate. There is a little zigzag material running along the bottom of the card which is from Websters Pages.No creating done tonight as its shopping night, oh well always tomorrow!
Best Wishes
I have made this card using Websters Pages (my favourite at the moment) Natures storybook, stampin up cardstock – mellow moss, which matches exactly, love when that happens ! some kaisercraft pearls,a little fussy cutting for the butterfly and the bird, and a best wishes stamp gold embossed ! Too easy!
Shoe Card
Here is a vey simple card to make but when completed looks really effective.I have used stampin up black cardstock and bazill bling onyx for the shoe and covered it in bling from my stash. The card base is stampin up black cardstock, 30cm by 15cm folded 3 times and the front flap folded again. All that is needed then is ribbon and lace from stash, a prima flower and prima  paper – Shabby chic collection, ‘My Lovely.If you join me regularly you will notice that 90% of my card bases are made from stampin up cardstock, for 3 reasons. It is a great heavyweight cardstock which will take a lot of weight without tipping over, the colour range is great and it is inexpensive as well, always a good thing!
Mums birthday card
I used kaisercraft Tea at Elsies paper on this card, with stampin up cardstock (brilliant blue), prima flower and say it in pearls, with a couple of die cut butterflies, and lots of kindyglitz, which, if you visit me often, you will notice that I use kindyglitkz almost everywhere. I love it!
