PCW Challenge - Wedding theme

The theme for the challenge over at Paper Crafting World this week is Weddings! And wow - this also coincides with my 200th post on my blog!

I found this neat cutting file created by Melin here. I cut the card from white cardstock then cut the layers from pink bazzil cardstock. The decorations on the cake were cut from a deeper shade of pink and I added Kindi glitz to make them sparkle before I attached them to the cake!

I added some pearl strips from Kaiser across the middle layer of the cake to add some extra dimension.

The base of the cake has been embossed with silver embossing powder - I did it a couple of times to add some extra shine. I then added some silver peel-off strips across the very bottom of the base.

The sentiment stamp is from Montarga and I stamped it then cut the fancy tag using a spellbinders die in my Cuttlebug.

Check out some of the other great samples from the rest of the DT over at Cooking With Cricut.

Mothers Day

This is the card I made for my Mum for Mother's Day last Sunday. It is a double sliding card and took ages to sort out the mechanism. I got the idea from a You Tube video here

The flowers and leaves were cut using the Cricut Expression and I cut the base card using the Black Cat after I did the cutting design on the Funtime software.

The butterfly image is a Tanda stamp and the sentiment is a Darkroom Door stamp.

This is the card when it is opened out.
I stamped swirls on the edges of the card and used a stamp from Montarga for the sentiment on the inside.

Note that the butterfly moves from one side to the other when it is opened out!



Had great fun making the card, so must do some more so I don't forget how to do it!!!

Experiments

Over the last week or so, I have been experimenting with some different ideas.

This card is made from acetate that was folded then embossed using a textiles folder in the Cuttlebug.

The flower is a Montarga stamp that I coloured using my Copic markers. (They have been having a rest lately!) The shapes for the front of the card were cut with the Cricut. I added some pearl dots at the top of the frame to add a little something!
The sentiment was stamped on a Spelbinders Tag die then attached with foam dots to the bottom of the frame.

The card was finished off with a narrow red ribbon that I attached to the inside of the card with DS tape then covered it with the ribbon on the outside.

This card I made after watching a neat video from stampTV on double embossing.
The blue layer on the left side of the card was embossed with the Alterations Gridlock folder. I then brayered Versamark ink on the top of the embossing and added clear embossing powder. After heating, it came up with the really cool pattern. It really makes the embossing stand out.

Added some paper from my stash to the other side of the card, a black ribbon down the centre and topped it with one of my favourite gentleman stamps from Hero Arts. The Happy Birthday stamp is from Montarga.

I like this technique and will try it out on more cards over the next few weeks.

Another Challenge!

Ok I have been busy over the weekend - finally got into some of the challenge blogs and got busy! This one is for the Whimsie Doodles Challange this week. The challange was to use an image that is not coloured! I really like this stamp from Montarga which I stamped on glossy card with Versafine ink. It took ages to dry properly too!

I cut the image with a Nestabilities die and embossed the edge. I used the small die from the same set to cut the shape for the sentiment and embossed it then  coloured it with distress ink - Barn Door. The flowers were coloured with distress ink and I attached tiny buttons threaded with embroidery floss to the centres.

Do have a  look at the lovely sale Whimsie Doodles are having at the moment too. They have some beautiful digi stamps!

Card Sketch Challenge Card

This week, the Card Patterns Sketch challenge is a stunner. I loved the idea of the circular card with the pennants!

So I checked out my stamp collection and found something that might be very good with this sketch. The stamp I used is from Montarga - our very own Christchurch-based stamp manufacturing company which has relocated twice since the earthquake on September 4th 2010!

I cut the base card with the largest Spellbinders Nestabilities scalloped circle die - about 10cm across. The fold of the card is at the top and has been covered by a single piece cut from the same die. I also embossed the edges but not easy to see in the picture.
I then cut a 9.5cm circle which I stamped with Scattered Straw DI with a lovely dotty background stamp designed by Sue Law. Makes a perfect beach scene! I then masked it and brayered the sky with a multicoloured blue Versacolour ink.
The image was stamped then coloured with my copic markers and cut out. I layered it on the card with pop dots to give it some depth. The sentiment was cut with a nestabilities tag die and stamped. The pennants were attached to a ribbon then placed on the card.
A nice piece of fun for a cool autumn day!

Friends

Friends need to be valued! Our theme for the CMW Monthly Challenge for February is Friendship/Love with a red and black colour scheme.

I made the embellishments for this card using my Cricut. The heart image was from the Make the Cut Gallery. I cut the red layer, then made a shadow for the bottom layer then off-centred the layers when I put them together to show a narrow band of black beneath the heart. I used Kindiglitz to highlight the swirls cut from the heart. The key was from SCAL and I added the word to it, welding it so that it cut together with the key. I added a shadow layer for the key as well.

The base card is white and I added a black layer then overlaid a red layer, half of the rectangle cut on the diagonal with  fancy scissors. I then ran it through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots folder. The ribbon was added just below the edge of the top layer. To finish, I added some bling to the top right corner.

The second card was made from a black base to which I added a red layer, run through the Cuttlebug (Swiss Dots again!) and overlaid with a black spotted ribbon.
The image is from Montarga, stamped with Versafine Black ink. I cut the image with a Nestabilities die, embossed it then inked the edges with weathered wood distress ink while it was still in the die cutter. This produced a nice clean edge to the image which stands out against the black background.
I used the same technique with the die cut for the sentiment. The sentiment tag was attached with square brads.

Friends

The Lots to Do challenge this weeks is Friends so I found that I had this card in my collection that fitted the bill. Lucky!

The stamp I used was one from Montarga, a Christchurch based stamp company. I used coffee archival ink to stamp the image then cut it out in an oval shape. The backing was a dark brown card, same as the base card.

I used a lighter card which I put through the Cuttlebug using the swirls folder. The "stitching" was done with a brown pen.

The brown flowers were from a stash I bought at the Warehouse some time ago and I punched little sun shapes from the light card to add to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was from a set that I bought a long time ago and can't remember what company it was from!! Used brads to attach it to the front of the card.

Vintage cards

During the weekend I managed to make some cards using images from Joanna Sheen's vintage birthdays CD.
The backing papers come with the images and I have used these in all the cards.

I stamped the base card with a crackle stamp from Montarga using gold ink.

I did the same for the green backing card then sprayed it with a mist I made from pearl powder mixed with water then spritzed onto the card.

Added a lemon coloured ribbon to finish it off.

Used a dark green base card for this one. Added a backing paper from the CD then used peeloffs to add a bit of a contrast across the centre of the card as I didn't have any ribbon the right colour! Used corner peel offs to accent the corners of the paper background.

Layered the picture onto the same dark green card as the base then layered using sticky mounts to give it a bit of dimension. The pictures are all printed onto photo paper.

These two cards also have the images and backing papers from the Joanna Sheen Vintage Birthdays CD.

Catching Up

Today has been a busy one with the garden needing to be tidied up. However, I did manage to snatch an hour or so in the craft room making a couple of cards - actually, finishing off some I had started some time ago!

This card was inspired by the last CS magazine and the stamp that came with it. I stamped the image 4 times on yellow card then stamped some stitch lines across the centre, between each of the images. I layered this on green card then attached to a square ivory coloured card by stitching around the outer edge of the yellow card.

The sentiment is from my favourite Hero Arts set. I use this one a lot!!

This Mother's Day card was supposed to be for another challenge, but i missed the timeline. However, I did finish it and was quite pleased with the result. Some time ago, I bought a whole lot of Tim Holtz Alcohol inks and was playing around with them. I dabbed the applicator with three different coloured inks (so long ago I can't remember which ones - I need to write these things down!) then applied to acetate.

I stamped a Tanda image onto white card and used a Montarga sentiment. I then layered the white card on a wine base card and attached the acetate with square brads in the corners. Finished off with a wine coloured ribbon.

Busy Tuesday

Well another day and another couple of challenges (I wonder if I can keep this up??)

This card is for the Paper Craft Planet sketch challenge sk012310.

I used a dark brown base card and layered it with a lighter brown. I cut out a whole lot of circles and other shapes with my Cricut at the weekend so I was able to use some of these on this card. The yellow circle I embossed with the swiss dots Cuttlebug folder. I stamped the other piece with one of my Tanda stamps and coloured it with Tombow markers and water brush. I then used  yellow, orange and mahogany distress inks to provide the colour around the edges. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. 

The second card was for the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge this week.

For this one, I used a Montarga stamp for the centrepiece and layered the white on black card. The feature at the bottom of the black card was a border stamp from Fiskars that I embossed with white. I used a Fiskars scallop border punch to create the bottom layer for the ribbon.
The card needed something else, so used some stick-on dots for the corners.

Twin's Birthday

We have been invited to a birthday party for my cousin's twin grand daughters. They are now a whole year old and the time has gone so fast. I thought I would make a card each for them - the same but different!

I made a box base with a slot in the top and attached a piece of card to stand up in the slot. I layered an embossed piece on top of the base card and swiped it with ink to show the embossing.

I bought a new cupcake stamp from Montarga last week, so decided to stamp and colour these. Used different colours for each one and highlighted the icing with Kindyglitz. I cut out the numbers and letters using the Alphalicious cart on the Cricut.

Allsorts challenge

I made this card to try out the tie stamp (from Montarga). The ties were stamped on to the contrasting card and on to coloured papers, which I then cut out and layered on to the contrast card.

I inked the edges of the cut outs and layered on the card which had a strip of coloured paper complementing the ties.