Notebook Cover

Here I have made a personalised cover for a notebook as a thank you gift for one of my work colleagues.

Handmade Cards part 2

Paper Cutz Challenge #63 number 2

Here is another card I have put together for the Paper Cutz Challenge #63.



It is an A4 size card using the Jayne Netley Mayhew part 2 cd for the flower images and some 3D butterflies to finish it off.

My Handmade Cards

Oriental Card

Here is a birthday card I have made for a work colleagues birthday.

It is A5 in size and uses some create and craft oriental backing paper and a Flower Soft Japanese window. The window has been decoupaged and I have cut out the sentiment using a nestabilities die, put a hole on either side and threaded some satin ribbon through and attached it across the card.

Paper Cutz Challenge #63

Here I have used the House Mouse Christmas decoupage and a sheet of the House Mouse christmas backing paper along with some gold mirror board and some red organza ribbon to create a beautiful christmas card.

Paper Cutz Challenge #62

I have recently discovered a great website called Paper Cutz Challenge. Every week they give you a challenge to make a card, LO or craft project.

This week's challenge was to make a card, LO or craft project using the colours red, white and black only.

Here is my attempt.

The Crafty Cow - July Card Swap

I have recently joined the Crafty Cow forums and decided it would be fun to take part in the monthly card swaps. This month we were given a sketch to create our cards from. They could be any colour and any theme aslong as they had the same design as the sketch.

Here is the card I received from LexieCraft. I love it!! :)



Here is the card I sent her.

Jayne Netley Mayhew

I've recently purchased the Jane Netley Mayhew vol. 2 CD Rom and I love it. There are so many wonderful drawing of cats, dogs, tigers, lions, elephents, rabbit, fish, flowers and more.

Here is a card I have made using the black and white sketch of a kitten.



The card is 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" and scored at 5 7/8". The backing sheet is 5 7/8" x 8 1/4" and I have run a silver marker along the edges just to add some interest. The main image of the kitten was then decoupaged to give it a more realistic effect and the best wishes sign has a jewel on each of the visible corners to give it some sparkle.

Vase of Flowers

I thought I would try a couple of different things today. One of them is using digi stamps and the other is doing water colours using some Stampin' Up markers and a water brush.

The digi stamp of the vase of flowers can be found here at the Sketching Stamper Digi Stamp blog.

The backing paper is part of the popsicle paradise papers which can be downloaded here at the Creative Dreams website.

I started by making my base card at 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4". I printed one of the pink backing papers onto a piece of A4 cardstock and cut it at 8 1/4" by 4" and adhered it to the front of my card base.

I downloaded the digi stamp and printing it out at the desired size. I used Stampin' Up! markers to add some colour the edges of the flowers and then used a water brush to gently pull the colour into the centre of the flowers, giving a water colour effect. I added a little blue to the vase for a bit of shading.

Next I cut the cardstock as close as possible to the image just to tidy it up. This was then adhered in the centre of my card front.

I haven't added a sentiment yet as I am still unsure about what to use this card for.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Bubbles and Squeak

Just a quick post to show what I've been up to.



Here are 4 cards I have made using the Bubbles and Squeak decoupage pack. Bubbles and Squeak are part of the Daisy and Dandelion collection.

The pack contains:

4 x Die Cut Decoupage sheets, 2 images on sheet, 2 of each image.
4 x Backing paper, 2 designs on each sheet, 2 of each design.
Foam Squares
Ideas sheet.

Best Wishes - Very Girlie

Just a quick post to show the card I made for my Mam's birthday.

This is made using pink, lilac and white card stock, lilac and silver edges corner stickers and the "One of a Kind" stamp set by Stampin' Up!.

Firstly I cut a piece of white card stock at 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" and scored it at 4 1/4" to make the base card. Then I cut a piece of pink cardstock to 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" and I randomly stamped the big flower from the "One of a Kind" stamp set all over it with pink ink to make my background and adhered to my card front.

The border piece at the top of the card is made from a piece of lilac cardstock cut at 5 1/2" by 1 1/8" and I used a scallop border punch along one side. The pink layer is cut at 5 1/2" by 1/2" and I have used the small flower stamp from the same stamp set and randomly stamped the image using pink ink.

The "Best Wishes" sentiment is stamped on a piece of white cardstock which measures 1 3/4" by 1" and I have inked the edges by running a lilac marker along the sides. This is layered onto a piece of pink cardstock which measures 1 7/8" by 1 1/8" and the bottom lilac layer is measured at 2" by 1 1/4".

Finally the flower is made by stamping the big flower from the stamp set onto a piece of white cardstock, using lilac ink and punching it out with a 1 1/4" circle punch, layered that onto a 1 3/8" circle of pink cardstock and adhered that to a lilac scallop circle. 2 corner stickers where added to the bottom corners to finish the card.

Fathers Day 2010 - Poker Style Card

I always find it hard to do masculine cards, especially for my Dad. All the theme's seem to revolve around gardening, golf, darts or football, and since my Dad isn't really a fan of any of those it gets increasingly difficult. One of the thing's my Dad does enjoy however, is poker. So I decided to make this card using an image I found online.

To make this card I used:

5 copies of this playing cards image

White cardstock
Black cardstock
Dark Green cardstock
Black corner stickers
Gold letter stickers

Scissors
Paper Trimmer
Adhesive

The first thing I did was save the above playing cards image onto my computer and resized it using a paint program to the size I wanted (this depends on how big or small you want the playing cards to be). Once I had it the size I wanted I printed out 5 copies onto white cardstock and cut them out, each time cutting off one more card. This is so I can layer them ontop of each other. For example, the first layer had all 5 playing cards, the second layer only had the J - A cards, the third layer only had the Q - A cards, the fourth layer only had the K and A cards and the fifth layer will only be the A card.

Now that I had to main image sorted I was ready to make my card.

I took a piece of white cardstock and cut it to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored it at 4 1/4" to make my card base. Then I took a piece of black cardstock and cut it to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and adhered it to the front of my card. The green card stock is cut at 5 1/4" x 4" and that is adhered on top of the black.


I added black corner stickers to all 4 corners to help give me an indication of where I wanted my main image to go. Next I adhered the first layer of my image (the one with all 5 playing cards) where I wanted it to go on my card. Then I adhered the second layer (the one with 4 playing cards) on top of that with normal adhesive (not foam adhesive) as I wanted it to feel as though the cards are laying on top of each other. I carried on doing this with all 5 layers, ending with just the A card on top.

Finally, I used some gold letter stickers to spell out the words "Happy Fathers Day".

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope this gives you some ideas about using images you can find on your computer to make great cards with.