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

Christmas Robin

This week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge is 'Red and green must be seen' and I've used an upcycled image for this card.   I'm also going to enter it into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'Anything goes as long at it's Christmas.

Upcycled Christmas cards
Gold mirri card
Cream/gold snowflake paper

I layered cream/gold snowflake paper onto gold mirri card and attached it to a card blank.  I cut around the robin image and attached it to the card front using foam tape.  The sentiment was cut from another card and also attached with foam tape.

Kath x

Girlie Christmas Wreath

The current ABC Christmas Challenge is 'G for Girl or Guy' - I've chosen to make a girlie Christmas Wreath using the same paper and colours as last year's Girlie Christmas Tree.  I'm also entering this card into the Winter Wonderland challenge 'Red and Green must not be seen'.

Woodware Bubble Wreath stamp
Pink and purple papers
Versafine Imperial Purple ink
Clear embossing powder
Promarkers
Sakura Metallic Gelly Roll pen
Glossy Accents
Stickles
Pearls and Gems
Ribbon

I layered pink paper onto purple paper and attached it a white card blank.  I stamped the wreath onto white card, embossed the image, layered it onto purple paper and then attached it to the card.  I coloured some of the bubbles with Promarkers and added glossy accents, the remaining bubbles were decorated with a metallic pen, pearls and gems.  To finish, I added a purple bow to the top of the wreath.

Kath x

Merry Christmas Bella

One of the many cards in my upcyling Christmas card box is the one I made for my sister last year.  I peeled the image from the card and used it to make this card for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown sketch challenge.  I'm also entering it into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Use the Word Christmas' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra 'Anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Upcycled Christmas card
Woodware Crafty Edger Ribbon Cassette
Red mirri card and green spot card
Gems

I used the ribbon cassette on a piece of red mirri and trimmed it to size.  This was layered with green spot card and attached to the card front.  Following the sketch, I attached the image using foam tape.   To finish, I attached three red gems.

Kath x

Birthday Bouquet

I made this card for this week's Seize the Birthday challenge, which is a 'sketch for a feminine birthday'.  As all the papers and card are from my snippets drawer, I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Upcycled image from birthday card
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large and Lacey Ovals dies
Woodware Crafty Edger Ribbon Cassette
Butterfly charm

I attached green spot paper to purple card and attached it to a card blank.  I used the Ribbon Cassette with my Crafty Edger on a piece of purple card and then layered lilac patterned paper across the centre.  I die cut the image and then attached it to an oval of purple card which had been cut with the lacey ovals die.  Following the sketch, I attached purple striped paper to the card, then the scalloped strip.  The image was attached with foam tape.  To finish, I added a small butterfly charm.

Kath x

O Christmas Tree

My final card for this evening is for this month's Christmas Cards All Year Round challenge 'O Christmas Tree'.   The original card was all black, but I chose to add a bit more colour.

Upcycled Christmas card
Red mirri card

I trimmed the image, layered it onto red mirri card and attached it to the front of a gold card blank.  The image was already glittered, although it doesn't show too well in the photographs.

Kath x

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

My second card is for this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is 'Based on a Christmas Carol or Song'.  I'm also entering the card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra, where 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Upcycled Christmas card

Gold mirri card

Woodware Inverted Corner Rounder Punch

Gems

I trimmed the card and used the punch on the corners before layering it onto gold mirri and attaching it to a cream card blank.  I added gems to the corners and on each end of the middle banner.  To finish, I added a star gem to the top of the tree.

Kath x

Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star

We visited our families over Easter and my mother and sister gave me a bag with all their Christmas and Birthday cards from last year - 'just in case I can make anything with them'.  There's going to be a lot of upcycling over the next few months - especially with the Christmas cards.  I made the first card for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge which is 'Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star'.

Upcycled Christmas Card
Gold mirri card
Crafts Too 'Twinkle' embossing folder
Promarker
Ribbon

I trimmed around the angel image and layered it onto a piece of gold mirri card.  I used the 'Twinkle' embossing folder to emboss one side of a purple card blank and then attached the image to the centre using foam tape.   To finish, I used a purple Promarker to colour a scrap of white ribbon and made a bow to attach to the card front.

Kath x

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