15th Birthday Card

This card was made using Impression Obsession Cover A Card Wooden Planks Background Stamp, Taylored Expressions Skinny Mini Party Borders, W Plus 9 Modern Numerals, My Favorite Things Inside & Outside Stitched Circle Stax and cardstock, Bazzill cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Birthday Messages and American Crafts Glitter Paper.

I began by stamping the background stamp onto Sugar Wafer cardstock using MFT Cement Grey ink.  I then layered this piece with a scrap of pattern paper and adhered it to a top folding card base.  Next I die cut the rest of the pieces and adhered them using foam tape behind the circle for dimension.  Since photographing this card I have added Glossy Accents to the numbers for an added texture.

I am adding this card to CAS(E) this Sketch - 206

Thinking Of You Card

This card was made using Taylored Expressions Birch Tree Background, Avery Elle Petals & Stems, a butterfly punch, Hero Arts embossing powder and Bazzill cardstock.

The birch trees were stamped onto Bazzill Alpaca cardstock with MFT Cement Gray ink.  A panel of white was added behind this piece to give a very narrow white edging.  This was then adhered to a top folding card base.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white on Sugar Wafer cardstock and added to the card with foam tape.  The butterflies were punched, layered and positioned on the sentiment strip.  

I am adding this card to Freshly Made Sketches 255

From All Of Us Card

This card was made using My Favorite Things Go With It Die-namics, Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers, Simon Says Stamp From Us stamp set, Taylored Expressions Peek-A-Boo Squares and Bazzill cardstock.

The Taylored Expression die was cut twice from a panel of cardstock and set aside while the backing squares were ink blended with the above mentioned inks and then lightly spritzed with water.  The arrow dies were cut from black cardstock and adhered flat to inked squares.  Foam tape was added behind the white die cut panel and then adhered.  Finally the sentiment was stamped and adhered into place.

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I am also adding this card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Hip to Be Square

Geometric Background with MFT Adorable Elephants

 I am finally back to blogging after a spell of ill health.

This card was made using My Favorite Things Adorable Elephants stamps and dies, Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Persimmon, Mustard Seed and Mowed Lawn, Taylored Expressions Triangles Cutting Plate, Masking paper, Glossy Accents and Bazzill cardstock.

The cutting plate was used to die cut a stencil from masking paper.  It was applied to a piece of white cardstock and then lightly inked using the inks mentioned above.  The elephant, balloon and butterfly were coloured with Copics and the sentiment heat embossed with hero Arts white embossing powder.  The background layer was adhered flat to a top folding card base and the elements and sentiment arranged with foam tape for dimension.  Glossy Accents was added to the balloon.

I am adding this card to the Seven Hills August Craft Challenge

The theme is Geometry.

Get Well Soon Cards

These cards were created with Taylored Expressions Souper

 Soon, Lawn Fawn On The Mend, Doodlebug Twine, Die-namics

 Inside/Outside Stitched Circles and Bazzill cardstock.

I stamped both images and used the co-ordinating dies to cut 

them out.  I coloured the soup can with Copics and paper pieced

the tissue box.  I then created the front panel by die-cutting an

aperture.  It looked a little plain so I used a scoreboard to add 

horizontal lines.  Twine was wrapped around the top of card.  I 

stamped the sentiment and then adhered all the elements

 to a top folding card base using foam tape for dimension.

The inside of the card was finished with a further image

 and sentiment.

Bright Birthday Balloons

A bright, bold birthday card to cheer up the dull

winter days.

I began by die cutting all the elements needed for this card.

I then adhered them, some flat and some with foam tape for 

dimension.  I stamped the sentiment on another die cut and

added it with foam tape.  The final step was to add 3 gems to

balance the card.

I kept the inside simple with another sentiment and a balloon

die cut.

A Gift Card

I used a circle die to create the focal point of this 

card.  I then added a frame and adhered the flower

die cut.  I stamped a sentiment and then adhered everything 

to a pink layer and then to my card base.  On the inside

I added another pink layer from which I had die cut

a gift card slot.

Belated Birthday Wishes

I made this card using a Taylored Expression die and 1" 

strips of card.  I then stamped a sentiment and die cut

the circle and finally added the 'Sending' word.

A New Home

A simple, flat easy to mail card was called for today.

I stamped the image and added a strip of thin washi 

tape beneath it to ground the image.  I coloured the heart 

with a wink of stella glitter pen and finished by

stamping the sentiment.

I have somehow managed to make this card look squint

although in fact it is straight.  It is also next to

impossible to take good, clean, bright photographs

at this time of year in Scotland.

Feel Better Soon

I started this card with the background, I heat embossed 

a background stamp onto some watercolour card then

watercoloured over it in pink.  Once it is was dry I ironed off the

embossing and then die cut a stitched layer.  I stamped 

a sentiment on a washi die cut and added a silhouette

 flower die cut to finish.

I added a die cut layer to the inside of the card and stamped 

another sentiment.

Under The Weather?

I began this card by applying embossing paste to a piece of

vellum using a MFT stencil.  While waiting for that to dry I

prepared the other elements of the card.

I stamped and embossed the first sentiment on a grey piece of

card and the second on a label shape.  The clouds were cut

from wool felt and the sun is a pierced circle.

I adhered the elements to each other and then added them to the 

vellum layer with foam tape. I added a blue layer before attaching

it all to a white card.

Birthday Bear

I created the layers of this card with MFT Blueprints 15, Pierced

Circles and Taylored Expressions Bloomin' Stacklets 2.  I then

stamped my Mama Elephant images and coloured them with 

pencils and Gamsol. 

I put the card together using foam adhesive for the elements to add 

dimension.  I wrapped a piece of vellum onto which I had stamped

and embossed a Paper Smooches sentiment and added a few die

cut stars in white.  I finished by adding Wink of Stella to the stars

and balloon.

Birthday Cupcake

The sun was shining when I started making this card so I was

inspired to pick sunshine yellow cardstock.  It started raining

about 10 minutes later!

Anyway, I began with the cupcake. Using Mama Elephant stamps

and dies I stamped and cut the cupcake base and cut the top

from a sheet of Lawn Fawn paper.  I added the base flat onto a circle cut

using MFT Pierced Circles and the layered that onto a Bloomin' Stacklets 2

die cut from Taylored Expressions.

 For the white layer I used Taylored Expressions Curly border die to add

interest.  I then stamped my sentiment, adhered everything and finished

 with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins in Lemon Drop.

Welcome Baby

I wish this card had photographed better as currently the

pinks look a little odd and the sentiment, in real life, is the same

colour as the strings below the cloud.

I created this card with Hello Baby stamps and dies from

Taylored Expressions.  I stamped and die cut the cloud

and butterflies and adhered them after stamping the strings. I

stamped the sentiment, wrapped the twine and adhered the sequins

and I was done, simple quick cards are featuring more and more in 

all my makes, not just the ones I add to my blog.

Easter Blessings

This is the Easter card I made for my daughter,  I used a variety of

stamps and dies to create it.  We both like the clean and simple look.

 I started with a card base and white layer.  I diecut a circle 

window in the card and added Avery Elle Paper behind it.  I stamped 

the Taylored Expression bunny and coloured it with Copics before sliding

 it beind the window cutout.  I diecut and adhered several of the Simon

 Says Stamp 'Sending' die and stamped a sentiment.

Let's Catch Up

I started this card by layering a diecut from MFT's Blueprints 13

then adding a Taylored Expressions tag.  I cut several flowers using 

Paper Smooches dies and used them to create the embellishment for the tag.

I stamped a sentiment also by Paper Smooches and added twine and a

 button to finish.  Finally I added a Taylored Expressions border to finish

the tag.

Thanks Card

A quick simple card today.  I used MFT Blueprints for the base layers

 and a Taylored Expressions flower die for the main element.

I then wrapped silver twine and adhered sequins.  Finally I heat embossed the

 Paper Smooches sentiment with silver glitter embossing powder.

With Sympathy

For obvious reasons I find sympathy cards difficult to make,

I chose black and cream cardstock.  The cream layers were

cut with Mama Elephants Femme Frames.  I used a Simon

Says Stamp die to create the focal point and a Paper Smooches

stamp for the sentiment.

On the inside I added another die cut cream layer and used a
 Taylored Expressions die for the flower.  I left plenty of space to
 write my message of condolence.