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Birthday card for one of my club ladies.

I've used Altenew Hennah Elements, Beautiful Day and Calligraphy Alpha sets

Julie Nutting

 Please excuse the state of this card, it's been passed around at club for the last couple of weeks (I should have photographed it first)

It's a Julie Nutting stamp by Prima that has been 'dressed' in Tilda papers.
The sentiment stamps are by Personal Impressions

Apologies also for the state of this blog, photographs etc recently.
In the warmer months we try to get out walking as much as possible but this means my card making has to take a back seat.

Celebrate

One of our club projects

We used Sue Wilson dies on plain white card and then placed this on self-adhesive sheet, then completely covered in fine glitter/ Glamour Dust.

Sentiment die is by Crafters Companion and the butterfly dies are by Quickutz

Anniversary

The card I made for my husband for our recent wedding anniversary and yes the card front is completely warped (don't ask!)

It's 8 x 8 inches and I've used Altenew alpha stamps for the sentiment.
After I'd cut the papers I was originally going to use my husband helpfully told me he definitely wanted to see some sort of walking theme...

So Woodware walking boot stamp was used with Versamark and clear embossing powder for the background.

Thank You

I needed to make a really quick card to say 'thank you' for an unexpected gift.

I took a landscape card blank and chopped off most of the front, just leaving enough left to attach a tag by Craftwork Cards. I then lined the inside with some ombre paper, again by Craftwork Cards.

Sentiment is a Memory Box die (please ignore the wonky 'k')
The card still needed something adding but I couldn't think what, I didn't want it to look fussy as I know the recipients like clean styles. In the end I die-cut their house number using an old Sizzix alpha, and stuck it on the tag front.

By the time I'd finished the card my new Altenew stamps had arrived and I couldn't resist using them for the envelope (wonky 'e' to go with the wonky 'k'...)

Happy Birthday

I started with a piece of shimmer white card and stamped some Altenew Peony Scrolls stamps and then heat embossed with white powder.

I then used Colour Cloud blending ink in a pale lilac all over the card. A darker blending ink was used to colour inside the flowers (I just used a damp water- brush for this)

The sentiment is a PTI stamp and the tiny dots are from the inside of sequins.

Vintage

Papers/ image are from the Cardmakers Collection magazine. Card is 8 x 8 inches.

I've Versamarked and clear embossed the gold card with an Inkadinkado stamp - bit difficult to see here but it's 'happy birthday'

Bloomers

Papers/ Images are all from 'The Cardmakers Collection' magazine.
I've added some embossing enamel .

Thanks

I was playing round with spritzing inks but couldn't get the look I wanted with this card. After I'd stuck everything down I figured out it wasn't the inking that was at fault it was the proportions - I'd put the sentiment too high up the card. The thread was then added as an after-thought to try and re-balance it all.

Anyway, the sentiment die is by Memory Box and the faux enamel dots were made with Nuvo crystal drops. Stamp is by Personal Impressions.

Cheers!

Stamp by Woodware, I've added Glossy Accents in places

I've used Creative Expressions Metallic Polish to make the red and green layers. I bought a couple of pots of this without having a clue what to do with it, I'm patiently waiting to see if CE put a video up :)

Thanks

Everything here bar the sentiment die is by Stampin' Up!
The finished card is 7 x 7 inches.

I've used a brayer to ink the embossing folder before running it through my machine. I then die-cut the sentiment from the centre and replaced it with a darker die-cut for an in-laid effect.
Some random leaf and flower stamping and now I'm looking at the photo I think I'll add some pearls to those die-cut flowers.

Baking Sampler

Stamp is by Woodware
Please excuse my colouring in!

I've added Glossy Accents in places (mixer, pie tin, icing nozzle, eggs) and a teeny sprinkle of glitter on the mixer and the flour.

Boots

Stamps are by Woodware. I've cut the footprint stamps into two as they were originally one stamp with side-by-side prints.
I've used Colour Cloud inks to edge and added (real!) stitching.

The ombre paper is by Craftwork Cards, originally I was going to have the blue at the top and green at the bottom so it would look like sky and grass. After I'd stamped the footprints on the left hand side it looked too cluttered hence turning it round.

Finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

Glorious

I spotted a clever fancy-fold card recently on Pinterest, it's by Jan B, here.

My version uses an A5 landscape card-blank from Samuel Taylor's, and the front of the card is simply folded back on itself.  The 'z' band is folded exactly the same way just that it is obviously much narrower and it's adhered the opposite way round to the fold of the card-blank.

Clear as mud? Watch Jan's video on YouTube and it will make sense!
The video is very long at over 42 minutes but she is including all the measurements and how she has decorated her card etc.
I didn't bother measuring anything because I think once you have the fold sussed you can do it on any size card and then just mat and layer or whatever. The easiest way to get the band the correct size is just to trim a strip an inch down or so from the plain card blank after you've folded it.

For my card I've used a large Hero Arts text stamp, clear embossed. The sentiment on the band is by Woodware and the one inside is by Hobby Art. The flower stamp and punch are by SU.

Tilda

One of the card club ladies really likes Tilda papers so I used them to make this card for her birthday.
I had attended to hand-stitch all the way round but on the day I burnt my thumb and couldn't do much at all!

My Birthday

My Birthday

My Birthday

My Birthday

My Birthday

I've had a birthday recently and was lucky to receive so many lovely handmade cards. I'll be showing them here for the next few days.