Diamond Easels

Diamond easel cards for club projects 

 

Tonic teapot

Tonic dies and basically copied the idea from the packaging!

 

Floral

Stamps by Sam Poole, and dies by Sue Wilson

Inspired by a card I spotted on Pinterest but unfortunately it had no name and was a dead-end. I will credit the designer if I can ever find her/ him.

 

Tiled

The card I shared yesterday was inspired by an idea by Kim Hodgson of The Stables Card Emporium.

This card is using the same technique but closer to Kim's original. I've used a Woodware stamp here and the same Sue Wilson Tiled Background die. At some point after I'd snapped this photo I added a stamped sentiment.

 

 

Margaret

This is a card I made recently for Margaret's birthday. I knew it needed to be vintage/ shabby and thought this Woodware stamp fitted the bill.

The tiled die set is by Sue Wilson. The idea to raise one of the die-cuts on foam pads is from a card by Kim Hodgson of The Stables Card Emporium. Kim makes beautiful cards and the tiled dies (and lots of other goodies) are available to purchase from The Stables. I thought Kim's idea was simple and yet very effective and she kindly gave me permission to copy it.

I coloured the stamped image with alcohol markers, edged the cardstock with distress inks, and then splattered some purple ink across.

 

Mum

This was the card I made for my mum for Mother's Day this year. I then decided to use it as a project for club.

Dies are by TEXT[ures] at Craft Stash, alpha dies are Sizzix, and finished card is 8 x 8 inches.

 

Forget Your Trebles

Piano and music dies and stamps are by Paper Discovery at Craft Stash

 

Happy Easter

Fancy-fold card, stitched oval dies by Creative Expressions, all other dies are by Sizzix.

Embossing folder is by Crafter's Companion.

 

Butterfly

Card made for one of my club ladies, using products from recent magazine kits, looped-edge die is Creative Expressions.

 

Pudding Club

Daisy-Mae stamps and dies, from a tutorial in Creative Stamping magazine by Claire Rowlands.

 

Colour Blocking

Some simple colour-blocking cards that we made at club. Finished cards were 6 x 6 inches. 

 

Daffodil

We made this card at club and the sample shown here was unfinished. I never got round to adding a sentiment and ideally I would have added some black gems or liquid pearls to the embossed panels.

The daffodil die is by Tonic, oval dies by Creative Expressions. My favourite ever embossing folder, Studded Leather by Crafter's Companion.

 

French Rose

For this card I've used a stamp by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions, called French Rose.

The doily effect die is also by Sam Poole and called Victorian Lace. Postage stamp die is Creative Expressions.

On the pink card-stock I've used French Foliage stamps by Stampin' Up! and the embossing folder on the tan card is also SU.

 

Art Deco

This card was made using a tutorial from Sam at Mixed Up Crafts. 

Papers and gift bag dies are by Simply Made Crafts. The sentiment dies and stamps are by Chloe, embossing folder is an old one from Creative Expressions.

 

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. 

 

Wishing You Well

I love this sentiment die, it's part of a set by Card Making Magic. I usually add things like this to my wish-list on Craft Stash and wait until there's an offer on (fairly frequent with their own brand items) because invariably with a set there's always one that I don't like!

The four-leaf clover die is by Tim Holtz for Sizzix and it's called Lucky Love. It's an Impresslit die so you get the lovely embossed detail as you cut.

Card is 5 x 7 inches

 

Garden Greetings

All dies are from a Tonic set called Garden Greetings, I cased this card from one of their samples.

 

Wishing You Well

A Fancy-fold tutorial from Mixed Up Crafts. I've used old SU papers and the sentiment dies are by Card Making Magic. Flower dies are Creative Expressions.

 

Vintage Rose

Die is by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions and is called Shabby Basics Vintage Rose.

I cased this design from Sam's samples. I've used old papers from Trimcraft, and added some Colour Cloud ink, sentiment stamp is PTI.

 

Christmas Boxes

Some small boxes I made for table gifts at Christmas, they each hold four Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

Originally I was just going to make a standard box with lid, then I realised if I used my SU envelope punch board tool that I could save card (one piece of A4 instead of two). I guess the downside is that you can't access the chocolates without destroying the box!

The log slice decoration is Tim Holtz for Sizzix die with matching embossing folder, and I've highlighted with gilding wax. Foliage dies are by Crafters Companion, sentiments were from The Range.