Happy Birthday

Card is 7 x 7 inches

I've used patterned paper from my scrap bag. I stamped over it with a 'bubble wrap' stamp (Kaisercraft) using glue instead of ink, then added gilding flakes. I've used the same technique round the edges of the patterned paper too.

I've torn a strip of vellum to lay across the middle of the patterned paper, before adding the die cut sentiment (Sue Wilson dies).

Other dies are a butterfly by Memory Box, and the thin bow across the bottom is by Tattered Lace.

Sympathy

Floral stamp is by Stampendous
Sentiment stamp by Woodware

I've stamped and heat embossed with silver powder then dabbed Colour Cloud ink lightly round the image. The sentiment has been stamped and embossed on vellum.

Five In A Row

Flower stamp is by Woodware and is called Five In A Row
It's been stamped on thick vellum and heat embossed in white. I've used Pro-markers to colour on the back of the image.

I've layered the vellum loosely over cream card and hidden the adhesive behind the pink spine piece, this has been punched with an old SU border punch.
Sentiment stamp is by Visible Image

Orchid

Another card club project, idea is based on one in a project book from Stamps by Chloe
Orchid, foliage, and sentiment stamps are all from Chloe too.

We stamped the orchids on vellum and heat embossed with white powder. We then used pencils to colour in on the back of the orchids and layered up before adding dots of glitter.

The foliage stamps were used with heat-resistant acetate and WOW powder.
Finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

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

Wedding

I've cheated with this card, it's copied from an idea in a book by Chloe Endean.
I just changed the colour slightly and missed off some extra beads and bits.

All stamps are by Chloe, embossing folder by Sue Wilson.
Lots of cutting out, and glitter everywhere.

Sequins

I have all these little pots of Doodlebug sequins that I need to try and use before I get bored of them!

I've just dotted them about randomly on some kraft card, I didn't have to be too neat with the glue either so that was a bonus (I have large hands and fingers so fine work is quite difficult for me, hence me liking simple and quick cards!)

The stamp is by Stampin' Up! and I used their pewter embossing powder as a change from silver.

The layers are straighter than they appear here, because the top panel is on foam pads it hasn't photographed well at all.

Happy Birthday

Papers are all K& Co, I added some gold glitter.
Butterfly dies are by Memory Box, I've used vellum for the bottom pieces and added Glossy Accents to the upper ones.
Sentiment dies is by Tonic, again glazed with Glossy Accents

Card is 7 x 7 inches which is a new size for me, I make quite a lot of 6 x 6 usually.

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.

Take Care

Sentiment stamps are Waltzingmouse

I've used three different kinds of vellum layered up. The first one has white leaves printed on, the second is quite a heavy-weight vellum, the third is tracing paper.

Years ago a friendly craft-shop owner recommended buying a pad of tracing paper instead of individual sheets of vellum, it's much cheaper but obviously more delicate.

I aligned the three pieces of vellum and folded them about an inch in, then used this inch to attach at the back of the card only. The front of the card is quite floaty but the weight of the sentiment panel is holding the layers down, it solves the issue of trying to hide adhesive under vellum.

Thinking Of You

Butterfly is by Quickutz
Sentiment is Simon Says Stamp
A little hard to photograph but the right-hand side is vellum so in real life it looks more delicate.

Cherish

'Cherish' stamp is by Basic Grey
The background stamp is SU 'En Francais'
I've heat embossed both with gold detail embossing powder, Cherish was stamped on vellum.

Butterfly die set is an old one by Quickutz, loved it when I bought it years ago and then cut so many for a wedding that I couldn't stand the sight of it!

Christmas

8 inch card-blank is Papermania as is the glitter vellum and the Forever Friends image.
White embossed card is pay-per-box.
Tag stamps and punch are SU.

Merry Christmas

"Merry" stamp and punch are SU, everything else is Papermania.

Golden Wedding

My mum and dad recently celebrated fifty years of marriage.
This was the card I made for them to match the colours of their party invitations and favours etc.
The bottom half of the card has a vellum overlay and you can't tell from the pic but it's a large card (front is the size of A4 card which made making a box to fit a bit tricky!)

The flowers are a combination of SU punches and Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, finished off with Papermania brads.

Love

Made at SU class, all materials are Stampin' Up

Wedding

The final of the three very-rushed wedding cards.

I used a Martha Stewart punch to make the vellum piece at the bottom of the card (I cut the vellum larger than I needed so I could tape it at the back of the gold card to attach it without showing any adhesive).

The sentiment is a K & Co. rub-on. These have to be among the worst rub-ons I have ever used.

Eventually the rub-on did actually rub-on but it left marks on the card hence me trying to cover them up with self-adhesive gems, grrrr.

I hate the placement of the gems and should have started again but by that point I was so fed up it just had to do!

Wedding

Another one of the wedding cards I rushed (see previous post).
I'm not sure of the make of the rose patterned paper but I do know that I have had it for many years! The pattern was a bit strong so I have attached a sheet of white vellum over the top to tone it down slightly.
Sentiment printed on the computer and some Martha Stewart punched butterflies to add interest.