Happy 80th Birthday!

I wanted to make a card for a friend's 80th birthday.  I struggle with ideas for men's cards, but saw this design in Papercraft Essentials magazine and thought it would be perfect.  

I matted a 9cm square of white cardstock onto mustard Moondust cardstock, then onto dark blue Moondust cardstock.  I then fixed this onto the front of a white tent-fold card blank.  I cut four 4cm squares of co-ordinating Nancy Watt papers (which were a magazine freebie) and used my Woodware corner roucnder to round two corners of each square.   These were then glued to the card front.  I tied embroidery thread through a blue star button and used tacky glue to attach it to the card.  I printed a sentiment on white card and used foam tape to attach it to the card.

As I had more squares of paper, I made another birthday card.

Kath x

I've passed Unit One!

I've had a message from assessor Jackie - I've been awarded a Pass Credit for Unit One!  This was for the Clematis Birthday Card, Wedding Easel Card and Jenigami Tortoise.   Thank you to everyone who has left feedback for me.

I'm now going to start working on Unit Three which is the cardmaking unit.

Kath x

With Love From the Heart

I love these red Woodware peel-offs, so used them to make a simple anniversary card.

I attached the first heart directly onto a pearlescent white card blank.   The second heart was attached to a scrap of white card and cut out.   This was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  The sentiment was added to the top and bottom of the card.   The hearts were decorated with silver and diamond Stickles and white pearls.  To finish, I printed a greeting onto white pearlescent paper and attached it to the inside of the card.

Kath x

Jenigami Tortoise

I wanted to make a 3D item for my Unit One assessment so made this tortoise using a freebie download from Jenigami   

I downloaded the tortoise template and printed two copies onto First Edition Spring Feast scrapbooking card.  After cutting out the sections I glued them together to give the tortoise more strength.   I used Diamond Stickles to highlight flowers on the shell and distressed the edge of the tortoise body.  I glued the feet onto the bottom of the body sections and doodled around the edges.   Wobbly eyes were attached to the head before the sections were assembled using the instructions from the download.  Jenigami papercraft items fold flat so I used a co-ordinating scrapbooking card to make a wallet for the finished tortoise.   This was fastened with a brad and ribbon.

Assessor Jackie, gave me a good tip for improving this design and I thought I would share it in case anyone is thinking of making anything similar.   If the outline cutting is a little rough, it is better to distress with ink as this will draw the eye in away from the edge, rather than using a file to expose the core (as I did) as this will draw the eye to the edge.  I hope this helps!

Kath x

Mum's Birthday Card

I love the HOTP papers from Simply Cards & Papercraft, so made this card for my mum's birthday.

I covered a C6 pearl card blank with yellow patterned paper then added a strip of coloured paper to the bottom and two small brown strips cut with my Woodware Crafty Edger.  I then rounded the bottom corners with a large corner punch.   I glued the topper to thin card and attached it to the card with foam tape.   The 'You're the best, Mum' sticker was coloured with Promarkers and attached to the shaped topper.  I then cut two more flowers from the papers and attached these to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Wedding Easel Card

I made this card for a friend's wedding and was so pleased with the result - as it was the first easel card I had made - that I made another card to submit for my Unit One assignment.  The idea for using this stamp on an easel card came from Crafty Debs.

I made an easel card from white Moondust card and used Hot of the Press Icy Rainbow paper to cover the inside of the card.   I used the bride and groom and sentiment stamp from Woodware's Getting Married set to stamp the main image and the easel stopper.  These were layered onto purple Moondust card and the image was coloured with Promarkers.   As the Icy Rainbow paper is single sided, I glued two pieces together and when they were dry I punched the large and small daisies and made leaves from a scrap of green paper.   I shaped the flowers and glued a small daisy into a larger one and then added a small pearl to the centre to make the flowers, I then glued leaves to the back of the flowers and attached them to the card front.  A purple heart on the easel and a white heart on the base finished the card.  I then made a box from white Moondust card and stamped the flowers from the same set onto the top of the box and coloured them to match the main image.

As I am going to submit this card for Unit One of the Certificate in Papercraft, I would welcome feedback on my card, please.

Kath x

'So Special' Birthday Card

I made this card for my niece - a very special person!

To make the card I cut a square of purple card slightly smaller than my card blank and attached a piece of Country Diary flower paper to the purple card - I don't know the make but they were a magazine freebie.   I cut a strip of cream card and used the heart cartridge with my Crafty Edger to decorate the edge and attached this to the left of the flower paper.   I wrapped a purple organza ribbon around the cream card and tied a knot.   This was then attached to my card blank.   I used a 'So Special' chipboard on the bottom right of the card and decorated it with two small lilac pearls.

Kath x

Clematis Birthday Card

I was asked to make a pretty birthday card with flowers and decided to use these pretty Magenta clematis peel-offs.  I had made one of these cards in a workshop at Japonica last year and liked the finished card, so decided to make another one.  I'm thinking of submitting this card as one of the items for Unit One of the Certificate in Papercraft, so I would welcome feedback, please.

To make the card I put the main clematis peel-off onto a piece of white linen card and rounded the corners.   This was attached to a larger piece of pink linen card which had been embossed with Swiss Dots and also had rounded corners.   The other clematis flowers were stuck onto white linen card for the decoupaged image.  I used the reverse image of the peel-offs to decorate the square white linen card blank and also some of the small dots from the peel-off sheet.  I coloured the image with coloured pencils as I wanted a 'soft' finish.  I rubbed the wrong side of the flowers to give them shape and then attached them to the main flower with foam pads.  The clematis topper was then attached to the left side of the card blank.  I attached a peel-off greeting to white linen card and attached this to a piece of pink linen card which had also been embossed with Swiss Dots and had rounded corners.  This was attached with foam tape as I wanted it to be raised from the card blank to offset the decoupaged clematis image.   I then attached a small pink bow, this matched the coloured pink card and the white spots highlighted the embossed card and also the peel-off

Kath x

Red Wedding Card

A wedding card with a difference:

I attached a square of red card to a white square card blank.   I then matted a square of love bird backing paper to the red card - these papers were a magazine freebie.   I cut out a poem and used an inverted punch on the corners, this was glued to a slightly larger piece of red card and the corners were shaped with the inverted corner punch.   I then attached this to the card front.  I attached a large heart to the front of the card with double sided tape.   I then attached one small heart and one floral stem to the card front with 1mm foam tape to give a 3D effect.

Kath x

Birds and Flowers Anniversary Card

I made this card for my in-laws wedding anniversary.

I die cut a circle from Kate Knight patterned paper (a magazine freebie) and attached it to a pink die cut scalloped circle.   The remaining patterned paper was glued to a piece of pink card.   I attached the die cut circle to the main card, ensuring the pattern matched.   I tied a pink spotty ribbon around the card and then attached it to the front of a square white card blank.   I finished the card with small pink pearls to the top left and bottom right of the card.

Kath x

Snowflake Challenge

This card was made for Cardmaking and Papercraft's 'Snowflake' challenge.

I glued blue snowflake paper to a white C6 card blank and then attached a snowman topper to the card front using foam tape for a 3D effect.  I punched two large and five small snowflakes from white vellum and attached them to the card front with tacky glue.   Small gems were then attached to the centres of the snowflakes.

Kath x

Mia Shaker Card

This is my sister's Christmas card - I made it at a 'Shaker Card' workshop organised by Janet at Japonica.

I used black Versafine ink to print Mia on the left side of a piece of ivory card.  I cut a window in the card up to Mia and then cut around her with a craft knife.   Mia and the bird were coloured with coloured pencils.   I used double sided tape to place a piece of acetate behind the window and then attached foam tape to the back of the acetate.  This window was then attached to a red linen card blank (A4 cut in half lengthways) and the card front was filled with 'snow' (white embossing powder and crystal glitter).  I punched a circle from cream card and stamped the greeting, this was then stuck to a slightly larger scalloped circle and attached to the card front.  I printed two more birds onto ivory card, coloured them and cut them out.   These were attached to the card front and I used a black fineliner pen to draw their legs.  I used an eyelet setter to make two holes in the left side of the card and tied a red spotty ribbon into a knot.  I finished the card by using Zig glue and crystal glitter to highlight Mia's clothes and the snowflakes around the frame.

Kath x