Thank You

I've not crafted for a while as we've been away for a couple of weeks in Cornwall and then we had an unplanned visit to my mother as she's been unwell.  I did have a little crafting time this afternoon and made this small 'Thank You' card with a Uniko stamp set that I've finally managed to buy as it's been out of stock for a while.

To make this card I used:
     4" x 4" white matt card blank
     Uniko 'Flower Power 5' stamps and coordinating dies
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Square STAX Die-namics' die
     Versafine Imperial Purple and Olympia Green ink
     Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade
     Copics V15, Y08 &YG23
     Snippets of white matt card

I used purple ink to stamp the flower onto a snippet of white card and green ink to stamp the leaves. These were embossed with clear embossing powder before being cut with the coordinating dies.  I then stamped the centre of the flower with orange Distress Ink.  I used a purple Copic to colour the flower, yellow to colour the flower centre and green for the leaves.  I die cut a stitched square from a snippet of white card and put it into my MISTI before placing the flower onto the panel so I could see where to position the sentiment stamp.  I removed the flower before stamping the sentiment with purple ink and embossing it with clear embossing powder.  I attached the panel to the centre of the card blank before gluing the leaves to the lower corner of the panel and using a foam pad to attach the flower.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 533 (oops, I forgot to photo my snippets before emptying my bin!)
     Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
     We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Kath x

Grateful for you

I was pleased to see my Birthday Hare was one of the Top 7 at the Allsorts 'Spring' challenge and the team invited me to join them as Guest Designer on their 'Monochromatic' challenge.  I've made this card with more stamps from the IndigoBlu magazine box kit - the same kit that I used for my 'Birthday Hare' card. There are two great prizes of stamps and stencil for the lucky winners of the challenge.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     IndigoBlu 'Mixed-media Special 11' magazine box kit
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Snippets of white matt card, brown matt card and brown patterned paper

I used brown ink to stamp the fox onto a snippet of brown paper before trimming it, layering it onto a slightly larger piece of brown card and attaching it to the front of the card blank. I was going to colour the fox, but as the detail on the fox was so good I decided to leave it as it is.  I stamped the sentiment onto another snippet of white matt card, fussy cut it and attached it to the front of the card with foam tape.

I am entering the following challengesl
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     Cardz 4 Guyz - Clean and Simple
     CAS on Friday - Animals
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
     We Love Stamping - All Creatures Great and Small

Kath x

Spread your Wings and Fly

I've made another butterfly card.  This one is made with a large Uniko stamp that was part of an old Papercraft Society box and I've used the colours from the current AAA Cards colour challenge.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white linen card blank
     Papercraft Society 'Box 51 Uniko' stamps and coordinating die
     Versafine Smoky Grey ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Copics - BV02, RV02, V 12 & YR00
     Snippet of white matt card

I used grey ink to stamp the large butterfly onto a snippet of white matt card before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  The butterfly was then cut with the coordinating die before being coloured with four Copics to match the challenge colours.  I placed the card blank into my MISTI and put the butterfly onto it so I could see where to stamp the sentiment.  I removed the butterfly and stamped the sentiment with grey ink before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  To finish I attached the butterfly along its body and shaped the wings.

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Colour Challenge
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Make Your Mark (I've used ink and Copics)
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Cut It Up Challenge - Something with Wings
     Krafty Chicks Challenge - Anything Goes + Twist of Colour an Image
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Moving Along With The Times - One or More Butterflies
     Simply Clean & Simple - Things That Fly

Kath x

Birthday Butterflies

I was pleased to see my Honesty Heart card was one of the Top Three at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge and I was invited to be Guest Designer on a future challenge.  As I love making cards with butterflies, I chose the 'One or More Butterflies' challenge.  My card has six butterflies - four on the paper and two die cut from grey card.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Lawn Fawn 'Giant Happy Birthday to You' and Creative Expressions 'Finishing Touches - Dainty Butterflies' dies
     BoBunny 'Isabella' paper
     Grey pearlescent card

I trimmed the pink paper to 5" x 5" and layered it onto a slightly larger square of grey pearlescent card before die cutting the sentiment from the centre.  I set the sentiment and small pieces aside and attached the panel to the centre of the card blank.  I die cut the sentiment twice from grey pearlescent card, the first sentiment was inlaid into the card together with the small pieces from the pink paper sentiment.  I attached the second grey sentiment on top to give some dimension.  The paper sentiment was attached slightly offset to give a shadow effect.  To finish I die cut two small butterflies from grey card and attached them above and below the sentiment.

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Challenge - Anything Birthday Goes
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Alphabet Challenge - A for Air (my card has butterflies)
     Moving Along With The Times - One or More Butterflies
     Seize the Birthday - Primarily Pink

Kath x