Thank You Very Much

I've made a few small 'thank you' cards today and this is one uses my last snippet of a beautiful pearl marbled paper from 'The Whimsical Marbler'.  

I die cut a curved border from a snippet of white card and embossed it before trimming it to the same width as the card blank.  I placed the border into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment with purple ink before attaching it to the bottom of the card.  I die cut three small flowers from the marbled paper and attached them along the top of the border.  The flower sentiments were die cut from a tiny snippet of pale green mirri card. 

To make this card I used:
     4" x 4" white matt card blank
     Spellbinders Borderabilities 'A2 Curved Border One' and Creative Expressions 'Finishing Touches - Pierced Summer Blossom' dies
     Clearly Besotted 'Simply Said' stamp
     Versafine Imperial Purple ink
     Snippets of white matt card, marbled paper and green mirri card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Clean and Simple
     Alphabet Challenge - T is for Thank You
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies - December Challenge
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 444 (Anything But Christmas)

Kath x

Rainbow Birthday

I made this rainbow card for a friend's birthday using one of my favourite butterfly dies that had been a magazine cover gift ages ago.

I die cut seven small butterflies from snippets of textured cardstock and set them aside.  I used the curved border to die cut a snippet of white card - extending the border so it fitted across the bottom of the card blank.  I placed the border into my MISTI and laid the butterflies along the top edge so I could see where to stamp the sentiment.  I removed the butterflies and stamped the sentiment a couple of times to get a good depth of colour.  The border was then attached to the bottom of the card and the butterflies attached along the curved edge of the border.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Spellbinders Borderabilities 'A2 Curved Borders One' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Clearly Besotted 'Fancy Sayings' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Snippets of white matt card, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Along the Edge + Rainbows
     Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes
     Less is More - Colour Wheel (I have chosen the seven rainbow colours)
     Seize the Birthday - Many of Something (I have chosen many butterflies)
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 441

Kath x

Hello

I needed to make a few more notecards and used the last snippets of my 49th and Market 'Vintage Artistry' paper pad.  

I had made another card with the top section of the paper, so used the Curved Border die to cut the largest shape possible from the remaining paper.  After die cutting, I embossed along the edge of the curved border.  I die cut 'hello' from the paper, setting the pieces to one side, before attaching the paper to the lower corner of the card blank.  I die cut 'hello' twice more from more snippets from the same pad - the papers have a coloured core so I wouldn't get a white edge when stacking the sentiment.  I inlaid one 'hello' together with the small snippets I had set aside before layering the other two sentiments.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white matt card blank 
     Spellbinders Borderabilities 'A2 Curved Border' and Altenew 'Simply Hello' dies
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Snippets of 49th and Market 'Vintage Artistry in Blush' paper

I am entering the following challenges:
     Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - April challenge
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - April challenge
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 401

Kath x

Christmas Birds

I came across another Lili of the Valley Art Pad image whilst tidying my snippets drawer - perfect for this quick Christmas card.

I attached a piece of red holly paper to the front of the card blank, leaving a small border around the edge.  I used the curved border die to cut and emboss a fancy edge along the right side of the precoloured image and then trimmed the panel on the other edges so it was slightly smaller than the backing paper.  I stamped the sentiment in the top corner before attaching the panel to the card front.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white matt card blank
     Lili of the Valley 'Winter Wonderland' Art Pad
     Clearly Besotted 'Rockin' Robin' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Crimson Red ink
     Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Curved Borders Die'
     Kars tan embossing mat
     Wild Rose Studio 'Annabelle's Christmas' paper pad

I am entering the following challenges:
     ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes   
     Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute, Clean and Simple  
     Winter Wonderland - Little Friends

Kath x

Follow Your Dreams

I made this card for the Cardz 4 Guyz 'Up, Up and Away' challenge.  I am also entering The Male Room 'Anything Goes' challenge and the Dies R Us Challenge 'Anything Goes with Dies',   The card and paper are from my snippets drawer, so I'm also heading into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Card blank: 7" x 5" white silk tent fold
Stamp: 'From the Heart' sentiments (magazine freebie)
Dies: Spellbinders Borderabilities Curved Borders One, Memory Box 'Beautiful Balloon'
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Snippets: Bronze, gold, sapphire Stardream card, white card, green and cloud paper

I layered cloud paper onto bronze card and attached it to the card front.  I die cut a piece of green paper with the plain curved border, trimmed it to size and stamped the sentiment.  This was attached to the lower left corner.  I attached another piece of green paper to white card (to add dimension to the front hill) and used the same die to cut another curve.  This was then attached to the lower right corner.  I die cut and embossed three balloons.  The bronze and gold balloons were attached with double sided tape and the blue balloon was attached on top of them with Pinflair glue.

Kath x

Smile and be happy

I made this card for the current Cuttlebug Mania 'Summer' challenge using a cute Bugaboo digi that was a freebie on their Facebook page.  I'm also entering the Cardz 4 Guyz 'Make Us Smile' and Crafting with Dragonflies 'Summer Fun' challenges.

Card blank: 6" x 6" white silk
Stamps: Bugaboo pre-coloured 'Pup Summer' digi, 'From the Heart' sentiment stamps (magazine freebie)
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals Small, Classic Scalloped Ovals Small, Spellbinders Borderabilities Curved Borders One, Anchor (magazine freebie)
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Punch: Small hole punch
Ink: Memento Paris Dusk
Card: Dark blue matt
Paper: Emma Ball papers (magazine freebie)

I layered blue paper onto dark blue card and attached it to the card front.  I cut a curved border in a piece of  sand coloured paper, stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner and attached it to the lower part of the card.  I resized the pre-coloured digi and printed it onto white card before die cutting and embossing it.  This was then layered onto a die cut scalloped oval and attached to the card front.  I die cut an anchor from blue card and attached it above the sentiment.  To finish I punched six small circles, curved them with a ball tool and then attached them to the card.

Kath x

Fashion Girl

The current Cuttlebug Mania challenge is 'Wheels'.  I don't have any suitable stamps or dies, but I found this pre-coloured topper which had been a freebie with Making Cards magazine and thought it would be perfect for my card.    I'm also entering the Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' challenge and I'm popping across to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop as I've used snippets on my card.

Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Image: 'Fashion Girl' pre-coloured topper from Making Cards (magazine freebie)
Stamp: Hot off the Press
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Matting Basics B and Spellbinders Borderabilities A2 Curved Borders One
Embossing: Kars tan embossing mat
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel
Paper: Lili of the Valley NitWits 'Perfect Pair' (magazine freebie)
Snippets: Dark grey mirri card, pink glittered paper

I covered the card front with the white heart paper and then used the plain die from the Borderabilities set to die-cut the edge of the green paper.   As the die didn't cut the paper as wide as I needed, I used a craft knife to follow the line of the border and then attached this to the card front.  I used the plain and scalloped Borderabilities dies to cut a snippet of pink glittered paper - again this wasn't as wide as I needed so I cut it in the middle as the topper would cover the gap - this was then attached to the card covering the join between the two papers.

I used the Matting Basics dies for both the topper and the sentiment.  I die-cut and embossed the topper and grey mirri card, the topper was layered onto the mirri before being attached to the card front.   I stamped the sentiment onto a corner of the topper sheet of paper before die-cutting and embossing it.  This was then layered onto an embossed die-cut of grey mirri card and attached to the card front with silicone glue to give depth.

Kath x