Peace

Club project, we made a card plus box. Above pic is the box complete with acetate window to give a glimpse of the contents.

Card is 7 x 7 inches. Peace die is Crafter's Companion and clock face die is by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. Both pieces were die-cut three times and layered to give a bit more oomph.

Poinsettia die and matching embossing folder also by Tim Holtz, the edges are very lightly inked with Colour Cloud.

 

Acetate stepper card

I'm not sure what this style of card is called so I've gone with acetate stepper. I copied the idea from a birthday card that one of my ladies sent to another one of my ladies!

Papers are old ones from Lili Of The Valley, mannequin die is Sizzix.

 

Valentine

This year's Valentine's Day card I made for my husband. I used heart (not sure where the embossing folder is from as no name printed on it) and sentiment dies by Creative Expressions, the 3-D heart is a Sizzix die. 

 

Best Wishes

Card made for Margaret's recent birthday.

I've used papers from The Works and added faux stitching, plus a little Distress Ink

Clock die is Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Flowers from Hobbycraft

 

Best Wishes

I wanted to make a flattish card. With hindsight this would have looked nicer if I'd done a square mat and layer under the gold circles.

Dies are all Sizzix

 

Craig

Card I made for my brother's birthday.

I bought a set of alphabet and number dies from Crafters Companion recently. I didn't exactly need another alphabet set but this one was a bargain £12, and it's slightly different to all my others.

The set does not cut the whole piece out, it scores down the left-hand side. I wanted to try it out on stripey paper because I needed to make sure each letter was level, and this seemed the easiest way to do that.

 

Happy Birthday

A card I made for Pat, one of my lovely club ladies.

Unfortunately my club is still closed, hard to believe - 16 months now.

For the card I used DCWV patterned paper and Sizzix dies. I think the embossing folder was a magazine freebie, the sentiment stamp is by PTI.

 

Happy Easter

All dies used are by Sizzix. 

Last year I discovered a website called Creative Rox, and managed to buy quite a few bargain sets of dies. This was one of them.

 

Autumn

This was made for an Autumn Birthday challenge, it's an 8 x8 inch card.
I used a decorative panel by Stamperia and added some Glossy Accents and Glamor Dust.

The sentiment is from a set of dies by Sue Wilson
Ladybird is a button from my stash
The tree rings and foliage dies are by Tim Holtz for Sizzix, I've added gilding wax to the tree rings.

Christmas Carol

Card-blank started off as 8x8 inches but then I trimmed some off the right-hand side as I wasn't happy with the proportions.

I used a Gemini embossing folder called 'Christmas Carol' on cream pearlescent card and highlighted it with Colour Cloud ink plus some gilding wax.

The poinsettias were made with Tim Holtz for Sizzix "Tattered Poinsettia" die and matching embossing folder. I used the gilding wax again to highlight the veins on the flowers.

Forest Frame

A couple more cards using the Sizzix Forest Frame die.
I've changed the colour scheme each time but always used pearlescent white card and added lots of Glamor Dust glitter.

The lilac and purple was my favourite until I made the navy and red version. It's a darker navy than shown here and is pearlescent too, I've added red glitter to the hearts.
Each card is 8 x 8 inches.

Forest

I love this die, it's Forest Frame by Sizzix.
I did debate whether to buy it or not as I felt it was a bit limited in how I could use it, I'm glad I did though.

The die's quite large, it just fits in a Cuttlebug/ Big Shot.
Card here is 8 x 8 inches. I've printed my own sentiment and added lots of Glamor Dust and that's about it really.

Believe

Deer die is from China

Sentiment die is Tim Holtz for Sizzix 

Foil snowflakes are Stampin' Up!

Congrats

My lovely friend got engaged recently and this is the card I made for her and her new fiance.
I based the colour scheme on Tiffany's the jewellers because that's what springs to mind when I think of engagement rings (not that mine came from there!)

I used the Tree Rings stamp from Stampin' Up! which I just love. It's a large background stamp (11.4 x 14.6cm) and I've heat-embossed it here with white powder.
I can see me using this stamp a lot for male cards but also for the rustic look that's in fashion at the moment  -  maybe I'll be making some wedding stationery in the next year?

The 'Congrats' die is by Cuttlebug and the hearts are an old Sizzix die. I used textured card and added just a dusting of ink round the edges (Pool Party by SU to match the card-stock)

Woven Celebrate

Last year one of my ladies very kindly lent me her Sue Wilson weaving dies. I promptly cut four panels and put them in my 'to do' drawer where they have languished for months.
Every time I looked in the drawer I could see these things staring at me so a couple of weeks ago I finally managed to cobble a card together.

I enjoyed the weaving bit but to be honest I wouldn't personally buy these dies as I wouldn't know how to make any different styles using them. To get the effect here you need both weaving dies and together they are over £30. For that amount of money I would rather have dies that can be used in a larger variety of ways.

Most of the other dies here (flowers, flower outlines, frame and leaves) are also Sue Wilson, just the sentiment die that is Sizzix.

Birthday

Paper and sentiment stamp are both by Lili of the Valley
Gold flower made using Tattered Florals die by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Small flowers are by Hobby House, I ^think^ the swirl die is Memory Box

Noel

Chloe stamps again, this time with vellum. The third card I made using the same two holly stamps but in different colours.
Noel stamp is also by Chloe, foliage die is by Sizzix

Holly

For this card I used the same stamps as my previous post, holly by Chloe's Creative Cards, and text by Woodware.
Instead of acetate branches I've used a Sizzix die from the Holiday Greens set.

Smile

Sentiment panel and stripey card are Webster's Pages
Sizzix Sewing Room die, I've added some tulle and a little ribbon.

Celebrate

Sue Wilson striplet die. I backed the die-cut with adhesive sheet before covering with gilding flakes and then scrubbing off.

Celebrate die is by Sizzix.