May Rudolph Day Challenge

It's time for another Rudolph Day card using a magazine cover gift (which is my theme this year).  This card uses a Hot off the Press stamp set that was a cover gift about ten years ago and is still one of my favourite Christmas stamps.  The lilac card was also a cover gift - it was the back of a card in a cross stitch kit.

I cut a piece of white card slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut a rectangle from the centre.  I placed the lilac card into my MISTI and laid the frame over the top so I could place the reindeer and sentiment stamps in the centre.  I removed the frame and stamped the images a couple of times to get a good depth of colour.  I layered the paper behind the frame and attached it to the card.

To make this card I used:
     5.5" x 4.25" white matt card blank
     Hot off the Press 'Reindeer & Sentiment' stamps
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics' die
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Snippets of lilac card and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Rudolph Day - May Challenge

Kath x

Beautiful Birdsong

This is another quick birthday card which uses a piece of Hundydory card with gold accent foiling - perfect for a friend who likes bright colours.

I trimmed a snippet of gold mirri so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and then trimmed the corner of the foiled card leaving a small border around the edge.  I die cut 'Happy Birthday' from a snippet of gold mirri and set it aside before die cutting 'Happy Birthday' from the top corner of the card.  I layered the patterned card onto the mirri and attached it to the card blank before inlaying the sentiment.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Hunkydory 'Beautiful Birdsong' gold accent foiled card
     Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' die
     Snippets of gold mirri

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything for a Birthday
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Kath x

Happy Birthday To You

As we're away in our campervan next weekend, I've spent some time making cards for the next few months. I made this card for a friend's birthday using the colours from the Butterfly Challenge.

I trimmed a piece of cream hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut the Springtime butterfly frame from the top of the card.  I placed the panel into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment a couple of times to get a good deep colour.  I attached a snippet of paper behind the aperture before attaching it to the front of the card blank.  I die cut the Springtime frame from green textured card and inlaid it into the aperture.  I die cut a large butterfly and two smaller butterflies from purple textured card and attached them to the front of the card.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white hammer card blank
     Practical Publishing Memory Box 'Springtime Butterflies' dies and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly'
     Clearly Besotted 'Simply Said' stamps
     Versafine Imperial Purple ink
     Snippets of white hammer card, purple and green textured card and Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything for a Birthday
     Butterfly Challenge - I have used two colours (Asparagus and African Violet) with my butterflies
     CAS on Friday - Butterflies
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - May Challenge    
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 428

Kath x

Sunflower Notecard

I like to keep some small notecards in my box so made a few of these sunflower cards.  

I used a stitched die to emboss a panel in the front of the card.  The sunflower was stamped onto a snippet of white card using brown ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I used the cordinating die to cut the sunflower before colouring it with Promarkers.  The sunflower was then attached to the centre of the card with foam pads.

To make this card I used:
     4" x 4" white matt card blank
     Card Making Magic 'Best of Card Making Magic' sunflower stamp & coordinating die, My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Square STAX
     Die-namics' dies
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail Embossing Powder
     Promarkers
     Snippet of white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to CAS - Flower
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies - May Challenge
     Love to Craft - May Challenge

Kath x

Daisy Coaster

This lovely daisy design was with a kit to make a handbag mirror.  I started the design but was finding it hard going as it was on 18hpi fabric so I stitched it on 14hpi aida instead.  When I had finished the stitching I trimmed the fabric so it fit inside a coaster.  I then die cut a circle from cream paper, laid it behind the stitching and clipped the back onto the coaster.

Kath x

Bee Happy

I stitched this design when we were on our last campervan trip - it's a lovely pattern from Catkin and Lillie.  I stitched it on 16hpi aida and changed some of the colours so I could use up oddments of thread.  After finishing the stitching I used a stitched circle die to make a frame and then attached the panel to the card blank.

Kath x

If Friends Were Flowers

I made this card to send to Lucille for the April Card Chain Challenge using the Colour Option (Charcoal, Lime & Bumblebee) and the Theme Option (Spring & Friendship).

I die cut lots of spring leaves from snippets of yellow card, the foliage from green card and the loop embellishment from black card.  To make the flower I die cut a circle from white card for the flower base and attached it to my craft mat with a small piece of double sided tape.  I attached yellow leaves around the edge of the circle placing the solid leaves at the back and the cut out leaves on top.  I attached the green foliage over the top of the solid yellow leaves and then the black embellishments between the foliage.  I used black ink to stamp the sentiment onto white card and embossed it with clear embossing powder before die cutting it with a stitched circle die.  I layered the sentiment onto the centre of the flower before attaching it to the card blank.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card
     Practical Publishing 'Spring Leaves' dies (cover gift with Die Cutting Essentials 86 magazine)
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics)
     Crafter's Companion 'Sweet Florals' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail Embossing Powder
     Snippets of white matt card, yellow, lime green and black textured card 

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to CAS - Friendship
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 427

This is the fabulous card I received from Brenda:

Kath x

Special Birthday

I made this card for the Butterfly Challenge using the colours fawn and flame with my butterfly.

I die cut a frame from orange textured card using the two largest circle dies.  I attached a snippet of fawn paper to a snippet of white card and die cut a circle to fit inside the frame.  I also die cut an orange butterfly from another snippet of card.  I placed the circle into my MISTI and lay the butterfly on top so I could see where to position the sentiment.  I stamped the sentiment in orange ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I attached the orange frame to the card, inlaid the fawn circle and attached the butterfly by its body so I could shape the wings.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card blak
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' dies
     Practical Publishing Memory Box 'Springtime Butterflies' die
     Practical Publishing 'Stamps for All Occasions' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Habanero ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder

I am entering the following challenges:
     Butterfly Challenge - F for Fawn & Flame (I have used the two colours with my butterfly)
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Seize the Birthday - Butterflies

Kath x