Happy Birthday to You

I made this card following the new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches although I chose to rotate the sketch for my card.

I die cut a snippet of white card to make a fishtail flag, cutting it from each end to elongate the shape. I placed the flag into my MISTI and used black ink to stamp the sentiment along the lower edge before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  The flag was then attached along the lower edge of the card.  I used black ink to stamp the flowers onto gold textured card and the leaves onto green textured card.  These were embossed before being cut with the coordinating dies.  I coloured the decoration on the flower with a green Promarker and green sparkle pen.  The leaves were attached directly onto the flag and the flower was attached with a foam pad.

To make this card I used:
     8.25" x 4" white matt card blank
     Lil'inker Designs 'Modern Mehndi' stamps and coordinating dies
     My Favorite Things 'Fishtail Flags' dies
     Hobby Art 'General Greetings' stamps
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Lush Green Promarker
     Spectrum Noir Soft Jade Sparkle pen
     Cosmic Shimmer clear embossing powder
     Snippets of gold and green textured card and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Happy Birthday
     AAA Cards - Up to One Third
     Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch 485
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 402I

Kath x

True Love

I made this card for a friend's anniversary using the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  

I attached a piece of pink paper to the front of the card blank, leaving a small margin around the edge.  I trimmed a snippet of dark pink card into a strip and attached it across the lower edge.  The precoloured LOTV image was die cut with a stitched rectangle die and I attached another snippet of white card behind it so it lay flat across the strip of dark pink card.  I die cut the heart from both silver mirri and silver glitter card, inlaying the glitter into the mirri outline and attached it to the lower corner of the image with foam tape.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 7" white matt card blank
     Lili of the Valley 'True Love' Art Pad
     My Favourite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics' and Creative Expressions 'From the Heart - Female Relatives' dies
     Snippets of Lili of the Valley 'Heartfelt' paper, dark pink and white matt card, silver mirri and silver glitter card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - October challenge
     Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch 456
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 388

Kath x

Rainbow Happy Birthday

 As part of my continuing effort to reduce my snippets mountain I've made this CAS snippets birthday card for a few challenges.

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the front of the card blank.  Using the smallest fishtail flag I die cut strips of card in rainbow colours.  The die wasn't long enough for my strips so I cut from the flag to almost the end of the die before moving it down the card, lining up the dots and cutting the rest of the strip.  Following the sketch I attached these rainbow strips across the card.  All my snippets of black card were quite thin, the sort I use for matting, so I cut 'Happy Birthday' three times and layered them before attaching the sentiment across the rainbow strips.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white hammer card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Fishtail Flags' and Crafts Too 'Happy Birthday' dies
     Snippets of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet textured card, white hammer card and black matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch 448
     Seize the Birthday - Rainbow Colours
     The Male Room - Our 7th Birthday  

Kath x

Butterflies, Margins and Mint

Once again my box of upcycled cards has come to the rescue!  I used one of last year's birthday cards to make this card for the Butterfly Challenge ' M is for Margins and/or Mint', following the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also entering the Alphabet Challenge 'B for Beautiful Butterflies' and the Allsorts 'Wings' challenges.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white linen
Dies: Memory Box 'Isabella Butterfly' and Pippi Butterfly, Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Squares Large
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Card: White linen
Other: Upcycled birthday card, Wink of Stella

I cut a strip from the front of the birthday card and attached it to the side of the card blank.  I then die cut and embossed three squares from the mint section of the card front and attached them with foam tape.  I die cut three Isabella butterflies from white linen card and highlighted them with a Wink of Stella.  Three Pippi butterflies were die cut from the pink/mint sections of the birthday card and attached over the Isabella butterflies, before being attached to the squares.

Kath x

Happy Christmas

This quick Christmas card was made using the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. The card was from my snippets drawer, so I'm also popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" cream silk
Stamp: Paper Smooches 'Joyful Greetings'
Punch: Woodware Snowflake
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Paper: BoBunny (magazine freebie)
Other: Cream pearls, Wink of Stella
Snippets: Brown and pale blue card

I trimmed the BoBunny paper and stamped the sentiment.  This was layered onto a snippet of brown card and attached to the card front.  I punched three small snowflakes from blue card, attached them to the card front and added a small cream pearl to the centre of each snowflake.  To finish, I highlighted the sentiment with a Wink of Stella.

Kath x

Let it Snow

I made this card for the current Merry Monday 'Plaid' challenge following the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also entering the ABC Christmas Challenge 'A for Anything Goes' as well as popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop with my snippets.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white matt
Stamp: Let it Snow (magazine freebie)
Ink: Versafine Imperial Purple
Other: Crafter's Companion Spray & Sparkle Pearl Diamond, Wink of Stella
Snippets: Purple and white matt card, plaid paper

I trimmed the snippet of plaid paper and attached it to the left of the tent fold card blank.  The image was stamped onto white card before being trimmed, layered onto purple card and attached to the card front with foam tape.  I then outlined the words and snowflakes with a Wink of Stella.  I die-cut the snowflake from white card and sprayed it with Spray & Sparkle.   I then attached the snowflake to the card and added a gem to the centre.

I also have some New Year Blog Candy to give away.

Kath x

Blue, white and texture

The current challenge at Merry Monday is 'Blue and White with Texture' and I made this card following the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also entering the Winter Wonderland 'Add Some Sparkle and Bling' challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk
Stamp: Woodware 'Noel Reindeer'
Die: Creative Dies 'Nesting Poinsettia' (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Versafine Majestic Blue
Card: Blue mirri and white silk
Other: Blue gems, white sequins

I trimmed a piece of white silk card, layered it onto blue mirri and attached it to the card front.  I then stamped the sentiment onto white card, trimmed it to size, layered it onto blue mirri and attached it to the card.  I die-cut and embossed the large poinsettia leaf from blue mirri and three smaller flowers from white card.  These were glued together and small blue gems were added to the centre before the flower was attached to the card with Pinflair glue.  To finish, I attached three small white sequins.

Kath x

Embossed Butterflies

The current Butterfly Challenge is 'E for Embossing' and I made this card following the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.   The card and paper were all from my snippets drawer so I'm also popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamp: Butterfly sentiment (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Butterfly embossing folder (magazine freebie), clear embossing powder
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Snippets: White silk and green card, strip of floral paper

I  stamped and embossed the butterfly sentiment before trimming it and layering it onto green card.  I embossed a square of white silk card with the butterfly embossing folder and then attached it to green card.  The strip of floral paper was also attached to a strip of green card.  Following the sketch, I attached the strip of paper to the card front and attached the embossed square above it.   The butterfly sentiment was then attached using foam tape.

Kath x

Forever Friends With Love

This anniversary card was made following the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I used one of my recent bargain purchases - I bought the Forever Friends paper pad for 50p!  I'm also paying a visit to Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk 
Stamp: Hobby Art 'With Love'
Die: Cuttlebug 'Concentric Hearts'
Ink: Versafine Crimson Red
Card: Dark red 
Paper: Forever Friends 'With Love' paper pad
Other: Wink of Stella

I layered the decorated paper onto red card and attached it to front of the card.  I cut the bears from the other papers and decoupaged them onto my card, using foam tape between the layers.  I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of white card, layered it onto red card and attached it to the card.  I die-cut two concentric hearts and attached them to the left of my sentiment and added a Wink of Stella to the sentiment.

Kath x

Summer Flowers

This card was made for the Penny Black 'Summer Flowers' challenge and I used the sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I'm also entering the Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk 
Stamps: Penny Black 'Awakening', Hobby Art 'General Greetings'
Die: Memory Box 'Wicker Panel'
Punch: Woodware square
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Colouring: Faber-Castell pencils
Card: Green and white moondust card

I die-cut a wicker panel and attached it to the bottom of the card using Spray Mount.  The image was stamped onto white card and I added a hint of colour with the coloured pencils.   This was trimmed to size, layered onto green card and attached to the card front with foam tape.   The sentiment was stamped onto white card, trimmed to a strip and I used a square punch to make the fish tail - this was then attached to the card with foam tape.

Kath x

All the Very Best

The current Butterfly Challenge is to use 'F for Flowers' and I made this card for a friend who is leaving work soon and followed the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk 
Stamp: Woodware 'Salutations'
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals Small & Classic Scalloped Ovals Small and Memory Box 'Pippi Butterfly'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Card: Black matt
Paper: Hot off the Press 'Vintage Roses'
Other: Wink of Stella

I trimmed a strip of floral paper, layered it onto black card and attached it to the card blank.  The sentiment was stamped onto an oval, embossed die-cut.  This was then attached to a black scalloped oval and attached to the card.  I glued a small piece of floral paper onto black card and die-cut the butterfly before attaching it onto the sentiment.  To finish, I added a Wink of Stella to the butterfly and sentiment.

Kath x

With Love on your Birthday

The current Cuttlebug Mania challenge is 'Ribbon' and I made this card following the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.   I'm also entering the Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk 
Stamp: Sentiment (magazine freebie)
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four, Crafty Ann Butterfly 7, Butterfly (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Crafts-Too 'Dandilion Time' embossing folder, Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Mememto Rich Cocoa
Card: Dark brown and white silk
Other: Dark brown ribbon

I embossed white card with the Dandilion embossing folder, trimmed it to size and wrapped brown ribbon around the lower section before layered it onto brown card.   I then attached this to the card blank.  I die-cut and embossed a white label, stamped the sentiment and attached it to the card with foam tape.  I die-cut the magazine freebie butterfly and attached it above the sentiment.   To finish I die-cut the Crafty Ann butterfly, trimmed the body section and attached it to the butterfly on my card.

Kath x

Cinnamon Birthday

I made this card for a teenager's birthday using the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.   The stamp is Penny Black's 'Cinnamon' which I bought last year and never used, so it's perfect to link to Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I'm also linking to the current Seize the Birthday challenge where 'Anything Goes'.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk 
Stamps: Penny Black 'Cinnamon' and Hobby Art 'General Greetings'
Punches: Woodware corner rounder, Woodware regular and mini hearts
Ink: Memento Black Onyx
Paper: Pink/blue stripe paper 
Colouring: Promarkers

I covered the front of the card with striped paper.  The image was stamped onto white card, trimmed to size, the left corners were rounded and coloured with Promarkers.  This was then attached to the card front.   I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of card, trimmed the left edge, layered it onto a strip of paper before attaching it to the card with foam tape.  I punched a white mini heart, layered it onto a regular heart punched from striped paper and attached it to the card front.

Kath x

Butterfly Birthday Wishes

I made this card for the current Butterfly Challenge 'R for Ribbons' and followed the design for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. As the ribbon and card are from my snippets drawer,  I'm also in the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 6" x 4" white silk
Stamp: Butterfly (magazine freebie)
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilites Standard Circles Large and Classic Scalloped Circles Large
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Other: Wink of Stella
Snippets: Self-adhesive ribbons and white card 

I trimmed a piece of white card and attached the self-adhesive ribbons, wrapping them around the sides of the card.  This was layered onto brown card before being attached to the card front.   The butterfly image was stamped onto white card and die cut.  This was layered onto a scalloped brown die cut and attached to the card front with foam pads.  To finish I used a Wink of Stella on the butterflies and sentiment.

Kath x

Merry Christmas

I made this card following this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and using the colours from the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown colour challenge which is to use Red and Green, plus Silver or Gold.

Penny Black Wonder Collection tree and sentiment stamps (magazine freebie)
Red moondust card
Versafine Olympia Green ink
Gold metallic ribbon 

I stamped the tree onto white card and layered it onto red moondust card.  Gold ribbon was wrapped around the top before it was attached to the card font.   The sentiment was stamped and layered onto red card before being attached to the card front.  To finish, I attached a small gold bow to the card.

Kath x

You are Sew Special

I made this card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Aspire Sew Pretty papers and topper (magazine freebie)
Kraft card
Pink ribbon
Silver elastic (upcycled from a box of chocolates!)
Scissors charm

I cut three strips of co-ordinating paper and layered them onto kraft card, they were then attached to white card and layered onto kraft card.  Pink ribbon was wrapped around the panel.  I made small holes in the topper, threaded the charm onto the silver elastic and wrapped this around the pink ribbon before attaching the panel to the card front.

Kath x

Christmas Wishes

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I last posted to my blog.   My first card is for this week's 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge 'Christmas Ornaments' and I made it by following this week sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Woodware 'Bubble Wreath' stamp
Unknown sentiment stamp (had been a magazine freebie)
Silver mirri card
Blue and red papers
Versafine Majestic Blue ink
Clear embossing powder
Dark blue ribbon
Silver Stickles
Gems

I attached blue paper to silver mirri and covered the join with a strip of red paper - this was then attached to the card front.   The Christmas ornaments and sentiment were stamped with Versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder.   I glued strips of ribbon from the top of each ornament and fastened them to the back of the card, before layering it to a piece of silver mirri and attaching it to the card front.  The sentiment was layered onto silver mirri and attached to the card front with foam tape.  I used assorted gems and silver Stickles to decorate the ornaments.  To finish, I made small bows and attached them to the to of the ornaments.

Kath x

Birthday Wishes

I made this card for a friend's birthday following this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also paying my last visit to Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Woodware Phlox stamp
Woodware Salutations stamp - Birthday Wishes
Lilac moondust card
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Clear embossing powder
Promarkers
Butterflies from oddments drawer

I stamped and embossed the image and coloured it with Promarkers.  This was layered onto lilac card and attached to the card front.  The sentiment was stamped and embossed directly onto the card.  To finish, I attached two silver butterflies to the card.

Kath x

The Hedgerow

I'm still trying to use up my snippets and made this card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  As everything is from my snippets drawer I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.



Woodware The Hedgerow stamp

Versafine Olympia Green ink

Clear embossing powder

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Woodware Corner Rounder punch

Brown and amber mirri card

Amber patterned paper

I stamped and embossed the image, trimmed it and rounded the top corners.  The image and a strip of amber paper were layered onto brown mirri.  I embossed a strip of amber mirri card with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.   The elements were attached to the card following the layout of the sketch.



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