Mini Album

I made this mini album for my crafty friend Maria, for her birthday last month.

I've used various stamps and dies but tried to keep to a friendship theme.

Shutter card

I made this shutter card following a great tutorial on Mixed-Up Crafts.

I've used Paper Boutique papers and topper, the sentiment stamp is by LOTV.

Fancy fold friend

Another fold-flat card.
I've used two pieces of card, cut and scored the same size, then adhered together at the sides.

Before adhering I stamped the butterfly (Inkadinkado) using Versamark ink, and die cut an oval in the front piece.

The decorative frame and the flower dies are by Crafters Companion.
The friend die is by Alinacrafts.

Friend

Card I made recently for my friend Dawn, she loves hedgehogs.
The colours are slightly out, the stamped card is actually a pale blush pink.

Hedgehog stamps were unbranded from ebay, I've used SU copper embossing powder.
'Friend' die by Sue Wilson.
In hindsight I don't think I should have distressed the edges but Dawn loved the card so never mind :)

Friend

Stamps are a mix of Stampendous, Docrafts and Stampin' Up!, I think the die is Marianne.
Flowers are Hobbycraft own brand.
The pearls started off cream but have been coloured with a Copic marker.

Friend

I created the background with spritzing inks on watercolour card.
Sentiment and bubble-wrap stamps are by Kaisercraft.
Text stamp is by Tim Holtz

Coffee

I've managed to put the puppy down long enough to make some cards, I had to because we needed some projects for the club.

This one is using an Altenew stamp set called Coffee Love.
I stamped and heat-embossed with white powder and then sponged Colour Cloud inks over the top.
Card is 6 x 6 inches.

Friends

Background card was made with spritzing inks, Tim Holtz Mixed Media die was used at the bottom.

Sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts.

Friend

I was in a huge rush to get this finished as a sample for card club (hence the mistakes!)

I've used Sue Wilson stitched lattice dies and the sentiment stamp is by Kaisercraft.
The flower stamps and dies are by Heartfelt Creations - the die didn't quite cut all the petals properly and I snipped it very roughly with my scissors that's why it looks so odd.

Friends

Blue background card is Tim Holtz kraft and I've lightly sanded it.
Sentiment stamp is Hero Arts, I masked it off to use part with black ink and part with Versamark and embossing powder.

Watercolour background is distress inks patted on to an acrylic block and then applied with a water-brush. The white patches were made by small pieces of sellotape dabbed on and removed, it takes away the top layer of colour.

Friend

Sequins by Doodlebug
Stamp by Clearly Besotted.

I'm not entirely happy with the placement of the sentiment, should have gone a bit lower I think?
Anyway, I'm going to enter it in Clearly Besotted's "Anything Goes" challenge

Friendship

Sentiment stamp is SU

I cut a piece of vellum using an X-Cut doily die and mounted half of it over a luggage tag. To add a bit more definition to it I cut a semi-circle (the same patterned paper I used as a mat on the left-hand side) and attached that under the vellum.

Friends

Stamp is Hero Arts
Paper is DCWV
Button by SU

Friendship

Paper is Basic Grey
Medallion stamp by SU
DCWV vellum quote and I've added some glitter to it to try and brighten it up.

Hedgehog Birthday

My friend Dawn adores hedgehogs. I spotted this image on the scrap table at our cardmaking club and snatched it up quick to make her birthday card.
The sentiment is made from three Waltzingmouse stamps and I've attached the ribbon using a ribbon slot punch by SU.

Friends

All papers by K&Company
Stamp is by Hero Arts

A Friend

Papers are by Kaisercraft.

Button, lace and ribbon from stash. 

Friendship

This was a present from my friend Yeeting. I liked it so much I made some myself!

It's air-dry clay that has been rolled out and stamped into with a rubber stamp. It's then been cut with a biscuit/ cookie cutter, a hole made at the top, and left to dry for a day or so.

Everything used (except the clay) is by Stampin' Up!

Friend

This is my entry into "The world's most boring card 2013".

I bought a set in the sales, it seemed like a bargain at the time, but I'm a bit of a loss as to what to do with it.

It's a rubber stamp with matching embossing folder so you get some depth to the image but it's quite large so seems a shame to cover parts of it up...

hmmm think I'll need to trawl Google and see what others have done with it, steal some ideas.

Friendship

Vellum quote is DCWV

Paper is Papermania 'Happy Days'

Scalloped edge cut with Spellbinders die

colour out of whack on this photo!