Baby Patch Elephant

A friend is due to have a baby this week, so I've made this card - all the papers are from my snippets drawer so I'm back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Woodware 'Baby Patch Elephant' stamp
Papers from snippets drawer
Woodware corner rounder punch
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Ribbon

I attached the 'cog' paper to the card blank and covered the join with yellow ribbon.  I attached pale blue spot paper to a scrap of white card and stamped the elephant image - I then cut this into a rectangle and rounded the corners.  I used snippets of red, blue, green and yellow papers to paper piece the elephant -this was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  The letters and heart were cut and attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Birthday Wishes

I needed to make a quick card for a colleague's birthday and as I always struggle with male cards I got my inspiration from this week's Seize the Birthday sketch.

Woodware Salutations sentiment stamp
Wild Rose Studio 'Man about Town' papers
Black card
Versafine Black Onyx ink

I layered a strip of paper to black card and attached it to the card front.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card front.  Very simple, but I was pleased with the result.

Kath x

DIY Legend

I made this card for a friend's birthday - he's a keen DIY-er, so I thought the image would be perfect.  As everything came from my snippets drawer I'm in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Wild Rose Studio 'DIY Legend' image and sentiment
Wild Rose Studio 'Man About Town' papers
Versafine Black Onyx and Crimson Red inks

I used Versafine Black Onyx ink to stamp the main image and Crimson Red for the sentiment - these are both from the Wild Rose Studio 'DIY Legend' set.  This was then mounted onto black card.  The papers are scraps from the Wild Rose Studio 'Man About Town' paper pack.  I layered red check paper onto black card and attached it to the front of a white card blank.  The black patterned paper was mounted onto black card and attached to the card, with the image layered on top.

Kath x

Birthday Owl

I just have one card to share this weekend, which is the one I have made is for my nephew's birthday following the Seize the Birthday sketch.  All the cards and papers are from my snippets drawer so I'm back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground,

Woodware 'Patch an Owl' image and sentiment stamps
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Cuttlebug Number Collage embossing folder
Raffia Lace
Wiggle Eyes

I attached a square of craft card to a white card blank onto which I layered a piece of green card which had been embossed with my Cuttlebug Number Collage embossing folder.  I trimmed a piece of raffia lace and wrapped it around the left side of the card.   The Woodware 'Patch an Owl' image and sentiment were stamped onto a scraps of white card, layered onto craft card and attached to the card front.  I used snippets to paper piece the owl.  The wings were attached with foam tape.
To finish I added 'wiggle eyes' to the owl.

Kath x

Easter Bunny

My final card to share today is one of my Easter cards and is perfect for the CASology 'Bunny' Challenge.  More snippets have been used so I'm into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground again (three visits in one day - I would love that Penny Black stamp!).

Image and sentiment - freebie from magazine
Card from snippets drawer
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Promarkers

I attached a piece of Swiss Dots embossed card to my card blank.  I stamped the Bunny and sentiment onto white card - these were a magazine freebie a couple of years ago so I don't know the make - and then coloured them with Promakers.  I die cut the bunny image and attached it to a lilac lacey die cut from my snippets drawer.  The sentiment was attached to another piece of lilac card.  The images were then attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Three Flowers and Three Rectangles

I made this card for a card swap which is 'Three flowers and a minimum of three rectangles - for any occasion'.  I've had the peel-offs for ages so I'm entering this card into the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge 'Feeling Floral'.  I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground again.

Magenta Style flower peel off
Sentiment from snippets drawer
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Promarkers

A rectangle of green paper was attached to yellow card and attached to the card blank.  I attached the Magenta Style flower peel off onto a rectangle white card attached this to yellow card.  The separate flowers were attached to card and cut out so I could decoupage the image and the images were then coloured with Promarkers.  The image was attached to the card front with foam tape and I used silicone glue to attach the decoupaged flowers.  A silver peel off was attached to another rectangle of green paper, layerd onto yellow card and attached to the card front.  To finish I attached three circle peel offs to the card front.

Kath x

Santa with Wine

Whilst having having a tidy up, I found loads of bits'n'bobs which I must use up before I buy anything else.  This means I'll have plenty of cards to share in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground, including this card which I've made for this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is 'Santa and/or his helpers'.  I'm also entering the card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - 'Anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

Kanban image
Woodware 'Bubble Wreath' sentiment stamp
Paper and card from snippets drawer
Versafine Crimson Red ink

I layered a strip of burgundy paper onto gold mirri and attached it to the left of the card.  The Kanban image was attached to gold mirri and attached to the centre of the card with foam tape.  The sentiment is from Woodware's 'Bubble Wreath' set and was stamped with Crimson Red Versafine.  To finish, I attached three dark red nailheads to the top of the card.

Kath x

Just to say

My final card to share today is for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge which is 'Dark Green and Yellow'.  I'm also back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground as I'm using more snippets for this card.

The flower image is a black Woodware peel-off which I attached to a piece of white card and then cut around the outer edge, before attaching it to a white scalloped die cut.   The image was coloured with Sakura gel pens.  I used my Woodware Crafty Edger with the Antique Floral cassette on a piece of yellow card.  I layered a strip of green patterned paper onto the yellow card and fastened it to the front of the card.  The flower image was attached with foam tape.  To finish, I attached a sentiment to the front of the card and three small circles to balance the image.

Kath x

Celebrate in Style ...

I've made this card for my uncle's birthday using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, which is a sketch by Tui.

The papers were all from Wild Rose Studio's 'Man about Town' paper pack.  I covered a white card blank with the grey/white stripe paper and then attached strips of celebrate and wine bottle papers to follow the sketch.   The sentiment was cut from the paper and attached to another piece of the striped paper.  To finish I attached small grey pearls to the black dots on the celebrate papers.

Kath x