So after I made yesterdays card, I looked around the craft room to see what else I had that could be adapted to Christmas cards, and found my spellbinders Lacey pennant dies. When turned upside down they looked like christmas trees to me, and this is what I came up with – I have a couple more which I will show over the next couple of days. The cardstock is Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, and the embossing folder is a cuttlebug brand. I used my Tim Holtz embossing diffuser ( number 1) to keep the centre clear of embossing, and die cut the pennants from Stampin Up Be Of Good Cheer designer paper. The ribbon is also Stampin Up Wild Wasabi.I used a few dots of perfect pearls Rouge on the tree at the forefront.Til tomorrow….
Tag: easy cards to make
Lovely as a tree christmas 2012
Here is a card I made using non christmas stamps that I had in my craft room. The cardstock is stampin up handsome hunter( sadly retired – such a good christmas colour, lucky I stocked up!) and Very vanilla, and the inks used are handsome hunter and certainly celery. I used my versamark pen and perfect pearls Forever Green on the tree at the forefront of the card to give it some sparkle.The little sentiment is from Stampin Up Petite Pairs stamp set. Nathan and I did a youtube video which is here, to show how I achieved the whole tree in front look. Much easier than explaining it in words! Til tomorrow….
Graphic 45 A Ladies diary card number 8
When I made this card it reminded me of a painting hanging on a wall, and The graphic 45 A ladies Diary chipboard was perfect for this.The card is self explanatory, but the white strip is interesting. I cut it to size, then put it in my trimmer, but instead of cutting, I ran my bone folder down the cutting lane ( did this twice – just moved the cardstock over a little) and it gave these wonderful embossed lines which is exactly the look I wanted for my picture rail! Tonight I will be in the craft room putting the finished touches to my order, and then I will be all organised to start playing with my new stampin up stuff when I get it tomorrow… Til tomorrow…
Worlds Greatest….Dad
Here is my final fathers day card for this year.The base cardstock is stampin Up early espresso, and the patterned paper is Simple Stories Awesome. I die cut the cup from a cuttlebug die that I have had for ages – I am not sure if it is still available, and the letters are from a websters pages sheet. The Worlds Greatest is a new stamp from stampin Up and I stamped it in black on to some Crumbcake cardstock and distressed the edges. The two circles in the opposite corners are craftworks candi.After tea I will be found in the craft room preparing my packs for my village lesson this month – it’s all about christmas! Til tomorrow….
Nature walk card
I enjoy doing these collage type cards, and I usually use a mix of brand names when I am making them. this card is no exception. The bird is stamped using a stamp from Oxford impressions nature set, the cardstock, patterned paper, seam binding, and Nature walk stamps are all from Stampin Up, The brass leaf is by Tim Holtz, and I also used a Martha Stewart punch, and a feather and some twine.Late post tonight, and still have things to do around here, so no crafting tonight, Til tomorrow….
chest of drawers card
I designed this card for my paper flourish lesson this month, and it is deceptively simple, all the ladies managed it with ease.This is the one I tried out at home first to make sure the whole idea would work, so I used what I had on hand in my craft room, for my lesson we had different items poking out of the drawers, and instead of the brads I used for the drawer handles we used Craftworks candi.The cardstock used here was Stampin Up pink piroutte and whisper white, and scraps of lace, ribbon and bling used to hang out of the drawers. The interesting bit is how to get the legs – I used a spellbinders labels 17, and positioned it on the folded cardstock so that just the top bit is on the card.When run through the cuttlebug it cuts through both thicknesses of card, and just cuts the top part of the shape which looks like legs on the drawers. I imagine lots of uses for this card – it would be great as a new baby card, and you could do it in blue for a boy.Instead of a top drawer you could stamp cup images etc and put a piece of acrylic over the top to resemble a glass door- a great kitchen tea card… any more ideas?For today, I am still doing a rather large order – almost finished, then onto creating some new ideas for my september and october classes, which of course will be all about christmas. Til tomorrow….
The Last prima songbird ( number 10 and 11)
Well this is it. The last two cards from my Prima Songbird patterned paper series. 11 cards from 4 sheets of paper was pretty good, and I only have little scraps left.I used stampin up sentiment stamps on these two, and trimmed with lace, seam binding, prima flowers,liquid pearls and bling strips. Tomorrow I might check if there are any more Fathers day cards in my files to be shown, for those of you that have left your cards til the last minute!Til tomorrow….
Prima songbird number 9
Here we are Prima songbird papers number 9, I am ready to move on, but we are so close to finished with this series, that we will carry on. Here I have matted the main image onto Stampin up early espresso cardstock, the banner was fussy cut from one of the papers, and I finished it all off with some gorgeous lace and a bit of bling.I am still battling this fluey thing, but did venture into the craft room today as sitting up is better than lying down – too much coughing when I am lying down – and I have made a start on a rather large order that came through yesterday.Til tomorrow….
Fine and Sunny
That title is not a weather report for us here in Adelaide. As I sit and type we are in the middle of a storm, and it is freezing! Still maybe if I type it enough it will happen – so – The papers I used on this card were Kaisercraft Fine and Sunny, and the tower of birds were in the matching collectables pack. I used a Martha Stewart Punch to decorate the edges of my paper,and just added some kaisercraft rhinestones to the little birds eyes. I am teaching a class tomorrow at Paper Flourish, so tonight will be spent getting my craft bag organised. Til tomorrow….
Helens Card Designs 