Mother's Day

I was so pleased to be able make this card for my mum for Mothering Sunday this year.

A few days after Christmas, through absolutely no fault of her own, she was knocked down by a car (someone reversing from a driveway said 'he did not see' my mum and dad standing on the pavement). My dad was okay but my mum took the full impact and was thrown onto the road, she suffered injuries and has had other health complications since but we are so grateful she is still with us.

Now you know why I had not much time or inclination for crafting and blogging through January and February!

The card is 8 x 8 inches.

I used a grand Nestie circle die to cut through the front of the card, and the same die to cut a sentiment panel for the inside. Then I cut a scalloped circle out of purple card, put the plain circle die inside that and cut again.
So basically the sentiment panel is glued inside but visible from the outside.

The 'mum' stamp is by Papermania and the other is SU.
Patterned paper is Tilda, leaves die is Sue Wilson, and all flowers are Hobbycraft.

Thinking of those who find Mother's Day difficult.xx.

Season's Greetings

As previous post; stamps by Waltzingmouse (three separate ones).
In real life the silk crush ribbon matches the patterned paper, the paper looks washed out here.

I'm unsure whether to keep the card as it is so it's flat enough for cheaper postage or to add something else; maybe a bow or some gems or something...

Gift Boxes

Someone recently asked me if I could make boxes for these Christmas sweets.
Rolo tube is 100g, M&Ms is 90g, box-wise they are about the same size.

I started with a piece of A4, cut down to 21.5 x 21cm
I scored at 5, 10, 15, and 20cm along the longest side and then 3cm up from the bottom.

The box is slightly too short but by the time the lid is on you can't tell, it just makes it easier with the measurements as A4 is 21cm.

The lid is a fraction over 13cm square, 13.1 or thereabouts, and scored at 4cm each side.

I used SU white ink which gives a nice strong white, I tried Brilliance ink initially but it hardly showed against the kraft card.
All stamps used are Waltzingmouse, I really like that some of their sets are designed to coordinate with Nestabilities.

Birthday

Paper is by Tilda
I didn't want to cover up too much of the pattern so stamped the sentiment (Waltzingmouse Stamp) directly on to it and highlighted with a Nestie frame. The frame was smudged on to a Versamark pad and then white and pale pink embossing powder added, some bits rubbed off, and then heated, for a rough effect.

Happy Birthday

Image is from Lili Of The Valley, mounted using Nestabilities.
Sentiment die is by Tattered Lace.

Birthday

Sticker is by Penny Black, I've mounted it using Nestabilities.
The sentiment is a Tattered Lace die.
Faux stitching  -  I use a Stampin' Up! paper piercing set to do this, very useful.

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

Baby

Dies are Papertrey (baby) and Spellbinders

Glorious

Paper is Tilda
Sentiment is a Woodware stamp

Baby

Stamp is Waltzingmouse

Oval dies are Nesties

Embossing folder is by Craft Concept and is called 'In Stitches'

Birthday

Flowers are 'Prim Poppy' by Memory Box
Circle and scallop are Nestabilities dies.

Bird

Had to make a card in a hurry.
Wood-patterned cardstock is Pay-per-wallet.
Bird punch is by SU, circle is a Nestabilities die.

Birthday Wishes

Patterned paper is yet again Tilda  -  I'm getting a lot of use out of this one pad!
I've added some Glossy Accents to the bodies of the insects.
Sentiment is a Waltzingmouse stamp and I've layered it using Spellbinder's label die (cut in half) and added some faux stitching and a brad.

Merry Christmas

Card is a 6 x 12 piece of scalloped Bazzill, folded in half
Image is Magnolia, ovals cut with Nesties.
Paper from my stash and highlighted with glitter

Happy Christmas

Dies are all Nesties/ Shapeabilities.
Stamp is by Woodware.

Merry Christmas

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

Tag Challenge

Another tag for the Waltzingmouse tag challenge.
This one uses Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas stamps and the plaid patterned paper is in fact the packaging from said stamps!!
Ribbon, cardstock and ink all by Stampin' Up. The tag shapes have been cut with a Nestabilitie die and also a Sizzix Bigz die

Tag Challenge

Please click on photo to make it bigger, when I tried to upload it a better size it hit
everything on the right of my blog!

I made this for a tag challenge on the Waltzingmouse blog.
You can enter as many times as you wish and there is a fabulous prize for the winner.
I love their stamps and their customer service is excellent, definitely recommend paying the gallery a visit!

So, I used a Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels No.4 stamp and combined it with 'Season's Greetings' from the Very Vintage Christmas stamp set.
The patterned paper I have had ages and suspect it was a fill-a-box job. The snowflake is Papermania and I got the marabou feather from Ebay. I added some self-adhesive pearls and faux stitching.

Waltzingmouse

Two similar Christmas cards.

Both made using Nestabilities dies and Waltzingmouse stamps.

The top one is SU cardstock and ribbon, the bottom is some very old K & Company paper.

Green strip on top card was made using Cuttlebug embossing die and some gems for interest.