Another tall card to share today - quite getting to like this format now I've made a few cards. For this one I've stamped the flowers onto cream card using two shades of blue ink and of course some green for the leaves. A large sentiment was stamped onto matching card and die cut - relatively simple but I'm pleased with the result.
Floral Stamps - Art Gellery set from Stampin' Up
Label - due from a Sue Wilson set
Sentiment - from my favourite set of free sentiment stamps which I've had a while
Butterfly Collections seem to be taking over the crafting world at the moment and for this sympathy card I've CASE'd a card made by Stacey Marsh which I spotted recently on You Tube. Hers was smaller and was a Birthday one but I followed the basic idea using stamps and dies which I have in my stash. I'm trying really hard to resist buying any of the latest butterfly stamps and dies which are fluttering around although I must admit that some designer paper is winging its way to me shortly.
I started by heat embossing the cream texture and 'splodges' onto some grey card before blending using two shades of blue ink. This was layered onto black and I added a die cut butterfly and a sentiment stamped and heat embossed.
Brick Texture - stamp from a free set designed by Phill Martin
Splodges - stamp from French Foliage stamp set Stampin' Up (retired)
Butterfly - dies from Sizzix
Sentiment - freebie stamp on die cut label from Art Gallery dies Stampin' Up
The weeks do come around quickly and it is time for another visit to the Playground for the current challenge where Lesley is a guest designer with no less than three super cards for inspiration and to showcase the prize. My Snippets make this time is an Anniversary card which of course incorporates hearts, and birds. Apart from the card blank and the largest square layer, everything else came from my various Snippets boxes. Birds were stamped onto scraps of watercolour paper, coloured and die cut; the fancy heart was also die cut from a scrap of watercolour paper backed with another heart cut from a kraft card snippet. A couple of die cut scribbles and a stamped sentiment, together with a larger snippet of left over background paper and that's it - my entry for the challenge this time.
Design Paper - scrap left over from printout using a Chocolate Baroque CD
Birds - from Best Birds set Stampin' Up (retired I think)
Plain heart - from a set of Tonic dies
Decorative heart - die from Apple Blossom
Swirls - Swirly scribbles die set from Stampin' Up (also retired I think)
A card to share today which I made a little while ago using some patterned paper which was left from another project and a stamped image with an added sentiment, lined up using the Misti of course. We've had a couple of very grey days here but today there is blue sky and sunshine which certainly lifts the mood even if it is still a bit on the chilly side. I can hardly believe it is almost the weekend again - the weeks do seem to come around quickly despite everything.
Stamp - from Tall Trees set Chocolate Baroque
Sentiment - from a magazine give away
I've enjoyed my little play with some of the Snail Mail images and for this tall card I decided to cut out some stamp shaped windows from a piece of white card so that I could do something a bit different with them. A piece of darker card was put behind the window layer before adding the fussy cut images. Foam pads were used to layer the window layer and the backing to give it some dimension. No specific sentiment on this one but I'm sure whoever receives it will smile and we don't always have to wait for an occasion to send someone a card 'just because'.
Windows - cut using postage stamp die from Spellbinders
Images - fussy cut from Snail Mail DSP Stampin' Up.
Heart - small heart punch Stampin' Up.
The image on this card is one I came across in one of my boxes - part of a sheet which I'd printed from a CD and only used one of them for a card quite a long time ago. I thought this one deserved to be used rather than lying unseen in a box so I used a circle die to cut it out and layered onto a fancy die cut and an embossed square. Finally I added some background paper and a sentiment.
Image from The Best of Just Inklined CD (I think)
Sentiment - computer generated using Word
There's nothing like having something different to play with for boosting the mojo and I've received another class in the post from Stacey Marsh. This time we are using elements from the Snail Mail designs with the usual generous pieces of designer papers, card etc with which to make up the cards Stacey has designed. Couldn't wait to have a play so I've fussy cut one of the snails, a couple of toadstools and have added a few bits and pieces of my own to produce a card. Background paper is from the kit and I knew that I had some 'postage stamp' style dies from way, way back so these were dug out and I cut some 'stamp' layers. Also remembered that I should have a punch (again from way back, before die cutting was available to us) which will make small envelopes. Success - I'd not given that punch away so I made two envelopes, one open with a 'letter' and one closed with a heart. Two of the toadstools were fussy cut from the DSP and two were die cut. A birthday greeting was added along with a scattering of pink gems and that's it - my first Snail Mail card made. Now I must get onto making the cards in the class.
Snail, toadstools etc - fussy cut from Snail Mail DSP, Stampin' Up
Sentiment - Stamp and die from Art Gallery set Stampin' Up
Red Toadstools - from Sizzix die set Funky Foliage
Envelopes - punch which I've had for many years
Layers - 'stamp' die set from Spellbinders, years old
