Art Deco

I made this for one of my club ladies, Pat, who loves Art Deco.

I bought a set of Art Deco ladies toppers from eBay.

I've used a Tonic die for the sentiment and the scallop border punch is by Martha Stewart.

Jan

I made this for one of my club ladies.

When I saw the lady in the green skirt it just reminded me of Jan :)

Patterned papers are by SU

Flower punch is Martha Stewart

Alpha is Sizzix Sunset

Picture panel is from Making Cards

Silver Anniversary

A card made to order for someone so I've blurred the faces to respect privacy. They asked for a yellow and silver theme. I made a box and decorated with a Spellbinders butterfly and sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp.

I used two 8 X 8 inch card blanks and adhered one inside the other at the middle back.
I decorated the front using a Sue Wilson embossing folder and Martha Stewart punch. Sizzix Block Party for the numbers, layered four times and glazed with Glossy Accents.

When you open the card there is another layer opening the opposite way to the front. I used JustRite stamps heat embossed silver for the sentiment and added some Martha Stewart butterflies.
The silver card is from a fill-a-wallet place.

80

Made for a wonderful lady at my card club who loves purple and is celebrating a special birthday. She's taking it easy on the day itself by skipping off to New York for some shopping...hope I'm doing the same at that age!

I've used Nestabilities labels 22 to make the easel part. Basically you stagger the cutting plates on your Cuttlebug/ Big Shot so that only half the die actually cuts, then use the next size down and cut the complete die.
The '80' is really the only number that will work (apart from 88) for the 3D effect because you need to have die-cuts that are absolutely symmetrical. So if it wasn't 80 then I would have used butterflies or flowers or similar.

I cut three of each number and folded them in half (which is why they need to be symmetrical) then the first half of the first piece is glued to the first half of the second piece, the second half of the second piece is glued to the first half of the third piece. At this point I attached a length of 'invisible' cotton, and then glued the second half of the third piece to the second half of the first piece.
That all sounds a bit confusing but it's very simple to do, I promise.
The other end of the cotton was attached to the top of the easel and then a second die-cut (the gold frame) adhered to the card.

Border punch is Martha Stewart
Swirl die-cut is Riviera Corner by Memory Box
Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards

Celebrate

Paper  -  Craftwork Cards
Flower punch  -  Martha Stewart
Chicken wire die  -  Die-namics
Celebrate die  -  Sizzix

Thanks

Papers are Tilda
Die by Memory Box
Martha Stewart punch

Mum

Paper is Papermania, card is 8 x 8 inches
Flowers are Prima
Die is by Quickutz
'MUM' cut with Cricut Base Camp
Whole lot sprayed with shimmer paint

Chocolate Box

 When it's someone's birthday at my card-making club we like to give them a small inexpensive gift.
Cadbury's Dairy Milk is currently on offer at Tesco so I stocked up on a few bars thinking they would be ideal for the card-making ladies. I just needed to design a box to make them look a bit more exciting.

I decided on this wallet-style box, made from a sheet of plain 12 x 12

I've since made some with patterned card-stock and also tried stamping my own patterns on plain. It's a good way of using up patterned card-stock that I have been hoarding and don't know quite what to do with.

Score the sheet at 1 1/4" and 2" from the left and right hand sides, then score at 3" and 3 3/4" from the top and bottom.

Cut off all four corners where the lines intersect, that should give you something like shown above. Fold all the score lines inwards.

Put a couple of strips of super-sticky tape just on the bottom flap. If you want the top flap to have a fancy/ punched edge then do that now.

Adhere the bottom flap to the sides. This should now be a basic wallet-box.

It's just the right size for a 230g bar of Dairy Milk.

My craft club ladies have suggested punching holes in the top and threading ribbon through to make it look like a handbag. I just used some ribbon wrapped around and tied in a bow then added a matching tag.

Another suggestion was instead of using it for a bar of chocolate to put a bulky card inside, something like decoupage, that wouldn't fit in an ordinary envelope. I like the excuse of buying bars of choccy though...

Happy Birthday

Flower is by Prima

Border punch by Martha Stewart

Sentiment is an old one from my stash

Congratulations

Paper is Cosmo Cricket, I've added some Glamour Dust to it.
You can't tell by the photo but there is some stamping on the right hand border (just Versamark so very subtle)

Bunny

Image was free with a magazine, coloured with Copics, and the balloon has been glazed with Glossy Accents.
The birthday stamp is by Personal Impressions.
Paper is WRMK, again a mag freebie.

Happy Christmas

Sentiment is Craftwork Cards
Holly punch by Martha Stewart

Merry Christmas

Similar cards using different patterned papers.
The sentiment is (I think!) Stampendous.
Dies are Nestabilities.

Happy Birthday

All papers are K&Co, sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.

Christmas

To match the gift bag on the previous post.

No tutorial or measurements for this one as it's not needed. I worked it out by eye and it's just a piece of cardstock folded into three with the sides taped down.

It holds a packet of coffee sachets.
I think there are three in the pack and cost about £1.40 in Tesco. Sometimes I like to post not-quite-a-gift things in with my Christmas cards.

Gift Bag

Oh look it's another gift bag, that means I'll have to buy more chocolates.

Sentiment is Craftwork Cards.
Holly punch is Martha Stewart.
Ribbon and eyelets are SU.

Life

Vellum quote is by DCWV
Paper is K & Company
Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch
Button brads by Making Memories

Invitations

Once I made someone's wedding stationery.
 I swore blind I would never do it again because I hated the repetitiveness of it. Then last year I compromised and did a small order, swearing again that it would be the last time.

This weekend I found myself doing a bulk order of invitations, I couldn't say no.
The wording is from a set of clear stamps by Habico, punch is 'Lattice Hearts' by Martha Stewart.
'50' in the bottom right corner is Sizzix Block Party.

Hanglar Stanglar

Image was sent in a swap, coloured with Copic markers.
Edge punch is Martha Stewart and photo corner punch is EKS.

Mum

Patterned paper and label are both K& Co.
Mother's Day stamp is SU, butterflies a Martha Stewart punch.