I took part in an Easter cross stitch swap and one of the gifts I received was a Mouseloft 'Meerkat' cross stitch kit. The yellow lines on the design should have been longer, but as I wanted to make a keyring I adjusted their length to fit the acrylic keyring.
I made this card for a friend's birthday - someone who doesn't like 'girlie' colours.
I covered the front of the card blank with purple and teal patterned paper leaving a border around the edge. I die cut 'Happy Birthday' from white hammer card and attached it across the bottom of the card, lining up the edges with the paper. I die cut 'Happy Birthday' from dark purple pearlescent card and inlaid the letters. To finish, I die cut a butterfly from dark purple pearlescent card and attached it above the sentiment.
I am entering the following challenges:
Butterfly Challenge - L is for ... (I have chosen Lattice with my filigree butterfly)
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - April Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 400
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Kath x
The April Hope and Chances Charity Kit is being sold to support Tiggiwinkles, the world's busiest wildlife hospital.
The kit has everything to make a lovely Spring card, other than gems and foam tape. Full instructions are included with the kit and, for once, I made the card following Christine's instructions and didn't make any changes.
The sentiment was already stamped onto the panel so I attached it to the front of the card. I cut the oval decorative tag in half and fixed it behind the pierced tag before attaching it to the front of the card with foam tape. The bird table and bird were than attached to the centre of the panel with foam tape. The flowers were attached in the lower corner of the die cuts and I added small transparent shimmering dots to the centre of the flowers.
Kath x
This is another notecard I made with paper from my Vintage Artistry paper pad - this card was to send with a cross stitch swap.
I trimmed the paper so I had the flowers in the lower corner of the card and then die cut 'hello' from the upper corner. I layered the panel onto green textured card and attached it to the card front. I die cut 'hello' from green card and inlaid it, together with the small pieces of the pink paper.
I then used the pink 'hello' I had cut from the card to seal the tissue paper I used to wrap my swap gift.
To make this card I used:
6" x 4" white matt card blank
Altenew 'Simply Hello' die
49th and Market 'Vintage Artisry - Blush' paper
Green textured card
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Kath x
I like to keep a supply of notecards to send with gifts and swaps and made this one with a couple of small snippets of a lovely Vintage Artistry pad.
I die cut two squares from snippets paper - one of the squares had a butterfly in the corner and the other had a plainer background. I put the plain square into my MISTI and placed the stamp in the centre before stamping it with black ink. I used wet glue to attach the squares to the card to give me some 'wriggle room' and ensure they were level. To finish I used a silver gel pen to colour the paper aeroplane on the sentiment.
To make this card I used:
5" x 5" white hammer card blank
Practical Publishing 'The Best of Cardmaking Magic' stamp
Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' die
Versafine Onyx Black ink
Silver gel pen
Snippets of 49th and Market 'Vintage Artistry in Blush' paper
I am entering the following challenges:
AAA Cards - Two Quarters
CAS on Friday - Happy Mail
Love to Craft - April Anything Goes
Kath x
I made this notebook for a cross stitch swap where we had to stitch our swap partner's initial onto a notebook. I had previously used these Framecraft initial charts for a cross stitch trinket dish and decided to use them for this notebook. Although I liked the lilac initial and flowers they didn't really stand out in the design so I backstitched them in the dark purple thread.
After finishing the stitching I die cut two scalloped circles, one in dark purple and one in lilac textured card. I die cut the aperture in the darker circle with a plain circle die and used a scalloped die for the lilac circle. The two coloured frames were layered and the cross stitch mounted at the rear of the frame before being attached to the notebook with strong tape.
Kath x
I made this card to send to Greta for the March Card Chain Challenge using the Theme Options (Spring, Women and Friendship).
I trimmed a piece of dark brown card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and them trimmed a piece of patterned paper so it was slightly smaller than the brown card. I attached the patterned paper to a piece of white card and then die cut a stitched circle from the left side. I placed the paper into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment in the lower corner. The panel was layered onto the brown card and attached to the card blank. I die cut the precoloured Lili of the Valley image with the stitched circle and inlaid it into the front of the card.
To make this card I used:
7" x 5" white matt card blank
Lili of the Valley 'Best Friends' Art Pad
My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' die
Crafter's Companion 'Sweet Florals' stamps
Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper
Dark brown textured card
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Anything Goes
Love to Craft - April Anything Goes
This is the lovely card I received from Alex:
Kath x
Another Christmas card using lots more snippets - although my snippets box doesn't seem to be getting any smaller!
I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank, rounded the corners and die cut a stitched circle from the centre. I attached the wood effect card behind the aperture and attached the panel to the card. I die cut three reindeers from dark brown pearlescent card and the swirl and bow from a lighter brown card. I layered the three bodies, cutting the back leg of the bottom layer so it would lie flat across the card, before attaching it. I layered the antlers and attached them. The light brown swirl was inlaid into the reindeer body and the bow attached to his neck. To finish I added three small brown snowflakes around the reindeer.
To make this card I used:
5" x 5" white matt card blank
Creative Dies 'Elegant Reindeer' and My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' dies
Kanban 'Cosy Christmas' wood effect card
Snippets of dark brown and light brown pearlescent card
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts - Monochromatic
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Wood Background
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Kath x
A friend sent me this cute Mouseloft 'Teddy in Chimney Pot' cross stitch kit as a gift. After stitching the design I made a frame from a piece of Lili of the Valley paper and mounted the stitching before attaching it to the card.
I was fortunate to win a gift voucher from Seven Hills Crafts as part of the Less is More 10th Birthday Celebrations. After looking at my 'Wish List' I chose a Quilt Die I had first seen on Liz's Blog' and used it to make this snippets card. As I've kept all the small pieces I've not used to make this card I'll be making another card with all the tiny snippets made from snippets.
I die cut the frame from dark purple pearlescent card and attached it to the front of the card blank. I attached the snippets of paper to a piece of white paper and then die cut the quilt. I inlaid the yellow and white floral paper in the centre of the quilt and the darker pink paper around the edges.
To make this card I used:
5" x 5" white matt card blank
My Favorite Things 'Quilt Square Cover Up' die
Snippets of Wild Rose Studio 'Annabelle's Garden' and 'Annabelle's Meadow' papers and dark purple pearlescent card
I am entering the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Feminine
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - March Challenge
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - March Challenge
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
NBUS - Challenge 24 (my new quilt die)
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 399
Kath x
It's time for the third Rudolph Day of the year and another upcycled card. I didn't receive this lovely card - I came across it in our communal recycling bin and thought it would be perfect for upcyling as it's such a good quality card and the sky background is even more beautiful than in the photograph. I feel like I've cheated with this one as it was a very simple make.
To make this super quick card I trimmed around the front of the card as it was much larger than the front of my card blank, layered it onto gold mirri card and attached it to the card front.
To make this card I used:
6" x 6" white matt card blank
Upcycled Christmas card
Snippet of gold mirri card
I am entering the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Rudolph Day - March Challenge
Kath x
I made this card for my father-in-law's birthday using one of my few remaining Lili of the Valley 'Vintage Boys' Art Pad images.
I die cut the precoloured image with a rectangle die, die cutting from both ends so I could elongate the shape. I then die cut 'DAD' from the lower corner and set the pieces aside. I trimmed a piece of wood effect paper so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and attached it to a thin piece of white card. I then die cut an elongated rectangle from the centre, ensuring it was the same size as my topper. I attached the frame to the card and inlaid the image. I die cut 'DAD' twice from white card, layered these before inlaying them into the image and attaching the coloured sentiment on the top.
