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Saturday 26 February 2011

Pheasant



This card can be used for male birthday, thinking of you, or even get well.  Use a white card blank.  Blue and orange patterned scrapbook paper cut slightly smaller than card blank.  Orange cardstock cut slightly smaller than scrapbook paper.  Emboss orange cardstock with Cuttlebug and florished farm embossing folder.  Add pheasant sticker or sticker of your choice.  Starform stickers (#1033) were used on the corners and to embellish embossed design.

Merry Christmas Tree



White card blank, green cardstock cut slightly smaller than card blank, red cardstock cut slightly smaller than green.  Emboss red with Cuttlebug and twinkle embossing folder (bringing Crafts to You designs).  Punch 3 sunburst designs evenly spaced down right side of red.  Use starform #859 stickers for Christmas tree and side stickers.  Place tree over white cardstock and colour then cut out.  Attach stickers with foam tabs for 3-D effect.  Add Merry Christmas sticker (starform).

Christmas ornament


Red cardstock cut and folded into card.  White cardstock cut slightly smaller than card, followed by green cardstock cut slightly smaller than white.  Punch top and bottom of green with snowflake border and embossing punch.  Spray glue white and green cardstock to card.  Using Marianne design template, emboss and cut out of red cardstock.  Embroider with metallic thread and embellish with stickers.  Glue to snowflake embossed green cardstock.  Add a bow sticker or ribbon tied in bow shape.  Add snowflake or sticker of your choice in the middle.  Add Merry Christmas sticker (starform).

Merry Christmas Puppy



Use a card blank, then red cardstock cut slightly smaller, then white cardstock cut slightly smaller than red.  Cut white with spellbinders eleven template then cut red with next size down spellbinders eleven template.  Put sparkling scrapbook paper behind to look like a window.  Add starform line stickers to resemble panes (sheet #1016).  Add cut out 3D puppy from Moorhead designs.  Add starform stickers to edge and snowflake stickers on corners.

Sunday 20 February 2011

Tools card


Used green cardstock attached to white card.  Cut a strip of striped cardstock and spay glued over green cardstock.  Punched 2 scalloped squares from red cardstock.  Added preprinted tool cutouts from scrapbook calendar.

Green flower spirelli


Used white card then added green strip of cardstock that was punched with flower and embroidered with gold metallic thread. Spray glued to card then added flower stickers over embroidered design.  Punched 2 spirelli flowers from green cardstock and wound with one layer of gold metallic thread.  Added flower stickers to the center then attached to card.  Added  starform scroll and message stickers.

Blue card with ducks



Used blue cardstock then cut a smaller white piece of cardstock which was hand embossed and cut out with design template.  Cut oval shape in center and added a picture of ducks behind.  Spray glued to blue cardstock and added message.

Daisy card



Used light green cardstock for background.  Added flower printed cardstock to left side.  Punched 3 sizes of daisies in corresponding colours to match flowered cardstock.  Printed words with labeller.  Added butterfies created with a punch.

Red all occasion with roses



Used red cardstock and printed heart cardstock, cut to fit premade card.  Added heart brads and tied ribbon through them.  Added starform stickers for embellishment.  Could be used as an all occasion card.

Purple butterfly


Created using purple and flower printed cardstock.  Used slice vintage findings design card for butterfly and happy birthday banner.  Embellished with starform stickers.

Friday 18 February 2011

Baby card



Used blue background cardstock then cut lighter blue rectangles rounded off with corner punch to fit various stickers.  The card was embellished with line stickers for added appeal.  Change colour to suit the new arrival.

25th Anniversary



Heart shape was cut from center of a card then a scalloped heart was cut out of silver cardstock and glued over cutout heart in card.  Silver flecked scrapbook paper was placed as part of the insert then the 25 was cut using slice machine and foam tabbed to the liner paper to create 3-D effect.  Silver corner stickers were added for embellishment along with happy anniversary sticker.

Happy eighth birthday (girl)



Pink cardstock was used for the background.  The second layer is butterfly print paper.  The 8 was cut using a slice machine with the background paper.  Eight tiny butterflies were glued on with wings lifted slightly.  Stickers were placed on each corner for embellishment.  Using small print of labeller a message was added to the top.

Happy eighth birthday (boy)




Green cardstock was embossed with the polka dot Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The eight was cut with the slice machine using the shadow cut and regular cut.  Happy birthday was made using a cutting template with the Cuttlebug.  The car is a sticker.  A small number 8 sticker was also placed on the bumper of the car.

Happy fourth birthday



Created using orange cardstock as background, safari cardstock cut as a strip with 4 lions then the main lion cut out with the number 4.  Saying was made with a labeller.

Happy second birthday



Simply made using kitten cut outs, heart stickers, and wavy line stickers.  Can  be used for a boy or girl.

Thursday 17 February 2011

Spirelli pink



Created using plain and patterned scrapbook paper, cut on a diagonal to fit card.  Spirelli punched cardstock then wound with 1 layer of  silver metallic thread. Flower stickers were put on cardstock then cut around.  The negative of the sticker was used to create the upper flowers so I didn't have any waste.  The spirelli design and the flowers were elevated using a foam tabs for 3-D effect.  Stickers were use for remaining embellishments.

Embroidered hearts


Created for my niece using heart Cuttlebug embossing folder and Cuttlebug cutting template for the corners. Heart stickers were embellished with embroidery and stuck on with foam tabs for 3-D effect.  I embellished with gold stickers.

Happy third birthday


Child's card using brown cardstock, polka dot paper, and monkeys cut out of safari scrapbooking paper. Words printed with labeller.  Number 3 made with the slice machine.  As he is learning to count, I made three monkeys and the number 3.

Lace 80th birthday



Created using specialty dollar store paper, lace (pronounced lassay) cutting template,  Cuttlebug templates, sizzix templates.

Textured paper birthday card




Simply created by tearing textured paper and adding stickers.

Balloon Card

Card created for father-in-law using Cuttlebug template, Spellbinders template with Cuttlebug and balloon stickers with foam tab under them to create a 3-D effect.  Embellished with silver stickers. This card can be used for anyone.

Happy Birthday Card

This is a card I made this week using Spellbinders templates with the Cuttlebug, Stickles glue, an edge punch and 3-D cutout.