Baby

Same alphabet dies as previous post.

This time I tried plain card but edged each letter with glitter.

Other alphabet is Sizzix

 

Pat

Card for my beautiful friend Pat who loves Art Deco

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

Kath

Kath is another of my lovely card club ladies who has been attending for many years. I don't think I have ever, in all that time, heard her complain about anything!

Papers are from The Works (their own brand £2 a pad)
Flowers are cheapies from The Range
Dies are Spellbinders and Sizzix Funky Brush for the letters

Craig

Card is 8 x 8 inches
Patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye

'Craig' is Sizzix Sunset alpha
Birthday wishes stamp by Waltzingmouse

Golden Wedding

One of my lovely club ladies is celebrating her Golden Wedding and this is the card I made for her.

I've used Tree Rings by Stampin' Up! background stamp and heat embossed in gold.
The sentiment stamp is by Woodware - it's a single stamp that I've just repeated, masking off the card-stock first so I'd have a plain space for the '50' to sit.

The 50 is Block Party alpha dies by Sizzix. I cut and layered four times and then used Glossy Accents on the top layer.
Textured cream card is from Papermill.

Mum

I made this one for my mum for Mothering Sunday.

Scallop square die is by Tonic, Butterfly by Spellbinders, and the leaves/ fronds are Sue Wilson.
Flowers are old Primas with a touch of glitter added, letters are a Sizzix alpha.

Card is 8 x 8 inches and ombre background paper is by Craftwork Cards.

Love

This year's Valentine's card for my husband.
I followed a video tutorial from Collette Mitrega, quite clear and straightforward instructions.

I've used some very old SU papers and Sizzix Block Party alphabet.
The initial was added last minute to cover a dirty mark, shhhh don't tell him.

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'...)

Mum & Dad

Silky crush ribbon and snowflake embellishment are from Chloe's. I used 'invisible' mending thread to sew the snowflake on to the ribbon as it's quite heavy.

The bird/ bauble laser-cut is from Hobbycraft. I wasn't sure if I liked the original off-white colour so smooshed a Versamark ink-pad over one and added some gold embossing powder.
I then tried another version that used two coats of ink and powder to see if I could get a smoother finish, this worked except the laser-cut lost a little bit of definition.

The scallop die is Spellbinders and the alpha is Sizzix Script.
The card is 8 x 8 inches.

Mum

All papers - Tilda

Alpha - Sizzix 

Stamped sentiment - Waltzingmouse

I've added some Glossy Accents, it's an 8 x 8 inch card.

 

Dad

An eight-inch card.
Paper is Jillibean Soup, stamped sentiment by Personal Impressions, die cuts are Sizzix Block Party

Happy

Given the increased postage costs, yet again, I'm trying to make some cards that are relatively flat and with minimal embellishments.

This one is a stamp from Woodware combined with Sizzix Block Party die-cuts.

 

Hello

Washi tape is by WRMK

Sentiment is Sizzix Block Party alphabet

Husband

This was the card I made for my husband's birthday last week.
He loves single malt whisky and whilst buying him a bottle in a specialist shop I noticed some advertising leaflets/ brochures.
The covers of the leaflets were kraft cardstock so I picked up a couple thinking that they might be nice turned into cards!
As it turned out I didn't use the kraft but did decide to use one of the printed images - a bottle of whisky.

The acetate is by Kanban, bit hard to see but it is printed with a subtle pattern. I cut the whisky image down and mounted it on Kanban card (the card has an identical pattern to the acetate). To get the curve I chopped an inch or so off the card and attached the acetate at the top and bottom. Because of the size difference the acetate then curves around the card. Looking back I should perhaps have scored it first as it would be less stress on the card but it was the first time I'd tried the technique.

The card-blank is 8 inch square and is Papermania.
The die-cut letters are Sizzix Script.

Christmas

Tag punch and stamp are SU.
Letters cut using Sizzix Block Party and embossed with snowflakes embossing folder.

Gift Wrapping

I like to bulk buy plain wrapping paper at this time of year. Have you ever noticed how much cheaper it is in Oct/ Nov/ Dec?
There are lots of offers on in the shops; 3 rolls for 2, 2 for £4, that kind of thing.
If you buy plain, spotty or stripy (ie not a specific Christmas pattern) then you can use it all year round for birthdays and other occasions.

Some people might think it is not Christmassy enough but I think by the time it is under a tree, in a decorated room, it looks just fine. Plus you can always add bows and ribbons and hand-made tags to jazz it up.

This year I thought I'd try going without tags altogether.
I used some scraps of card to cut out names on my Sizzix and then put them through a snowflake embossing folder and glued them straight to the parcels.

Using up scraps + saving money on paper and tags = more money for stash :)

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.

New Home

I bought some very cheap WRMK paper recently in TKMaxx so am trying to use it all up before I get bored of it
Alphabet is Sizzix Script.

Mum

I had to make two Mother's Day cards in thirty minutes.

This one is my trusty Sizzix flower die (probably my most used die for speedy cards) and Cuttlebug embossing folder. Alphabet is also Sizzix.