A quick post this morning to share a card suitable for a Valentine although I've not indicated that purpose inside. That way it would fit other occasions such as Wedding, Anniversary or simply sending love. I simply cut the swirly hearts out from a square of white card which I then backed with a pink layer. The word was die cut a couple of times from the remains of the pink and layered to give it a bit more height.
When is a branch not a branch? Odd question maybe, but I turned this one into a tree, adding a sentiment for this tall card. I started by making an inky background before stamping the 'tree' with a few extra leaves and trailing vines - a fairly quick card once the background inking was dry.
Stamps from Lavinia
Sentiment stamp I've had a while - think it was from a magazine give-away
Time for another visit to the Playground for the current challenge - looking forward to a yummy chocolate croissant too if there are any left. This card is from my drafts file, still a few left there which were made at the end of last year and for that reason I don't have photos of the snippets used - sorry. Rest assured though that the Snippets mountain is ALWAYS my first port of call each time I make a card and I'm sure everything but the card blank came from there. The two cream pieces were trimmed to size along with their slightly larger layers in brown. The larger piece was embossed and then lightly brayered to show up the design and the smaller piece was stamped using a random text stamp. For the leaf I found a small snippet of some glimmer card which had been swiped with alcohol ink and a really small snippet of a darker colour for the leaf detail. The sentiment was snipped from the remains of a sheet of sentiments which I'd produced and printed using Microsoft Word
Embossing Folder - an ancient one from Tim Holtz
Leaf - from a Sizzix set called Artsy Leaves
The theme for the current Allsorts Challenge has been chosen by Gail who would like to see **Romance/Music notes/Instruments** or of course there is the *Anything Goes* option. There are prizes from Aall & Create.
I've made a card which would be good for a Valentine; maybe a wedding or anniversary; or just to send some love. I cut a piece of pink card slightly smaller than the card base and another white one smaller again. The hearts were die cut from this layer followed by stamping the little mice and the music notes. A die cut sentiment added within the swirl of hearts - job done - a fairly CAS card to suit the theme.
Swirl of Hearts - unbranded die from Amazon
Stamping - Stamps from Lavinia
Sentiment - die which was a magazine gift a while ago
Squares - die cut using Creative Expressions Noble Pierced squares nesting dies
The Mojo is still being somewhat elusive here but when I spotted this card made by Miss Di for the recent Playground challenge I was reminded that I have the Birthday version of the die which she used and I have to agree that it's not the easiest of dies to use which is probably why I didn't go for the Christmas one as well. I do, however, really like the size and format of the wording and just happen to have the tall parcel die and stamp set as well so, with her permission, I decided to 'CASE' her ideas (copy and share). I've had the sentiment die for probably well over a year and despite being a tad troublesome, it does deserve to be seen more frequently as it's quite versatile. Fortunately the tall parcel stamp and die set is a dream to use and I certainly have plenty of Snippets to make use of both dies. Thankyou Di for the inspiration which encouraged me to try again with the sentiment die 😉
Birthday Die - unbranded
Parcel - Stamp and die set from Gummiapan
Sequins - Die-namics die set which was a challenge lucky win a few years ago
Card Layers - DL nesting die set from Creative Craft Products (Craft Stash)
I was very lucky recently to win a bumper bundle of Christmas related items in one of the Snippets December challenges so I thought what a great idea it would be to use one of the die sets to make a card to celebrate the January Rudolph Days. I started with a pile of green and red card snippets to die cut all the pieces from the set. These were then assembled and the flower was painted with Wink of Stella, which sadly doesn't show in the photo. Next move was to bring out a die set which I've had for many years to make a background on which to mount the floral spray. This in turn was mounted onto a piece of suitable design paper and a sentiment was stamped and added. That's it - I've started on my cards for this year - entering a challenge such as this on a regular basis will build up a nice collection of cards for later on so why not see what you can find to make something for Rudolph Day each month.
Background paper - printed using a download from Buddly Crafts
Background shapes - die set from Sue Wilson, Creative Expressions. Probably no longer available
Main Motif - Die set from Sizzix Holiday Brushstroke #3
Sentiment - Stamp from Contempo Christmas, Stampin' Up (retired)
There's an optional theme on the Snippets Playground challenge this time to make something incorporating hearts, bearing in mind that Valentine's Day will soon be here or of course an anniversary card could be made. I've used various snippets to make my card which doesn't really feature hearts although I did notice that the little leaves on the sprays are vaguely heart-shaped 😊. Everything apart from the card blank has come from my snippets collection and I've included a photo of the smaller remnants. The design is loosely based on a card made by Chrissie Stokes who posts a video on You Tube most days showing her latest makes and giving lots of useful hints and tips along the way.
I started by embossing a snippet of cream card using a text E/F using a plain strip with embossed edges to give it some extra interest (one of Chrissie's tips). I then die cut two sprays of leaves in gold along with a cream vase, which I've just noticed has cut-out hearts at the top. Finally the sentiment was die cut in gold. As usual there is a great prize to be won so why not sort out some snippets and have a go.
Leaves - die from Gummiapan
Vase - die from retired Stampin' Up set Boho Indigo
Sentiment - Die from retired Stampin' Up Hey Chick
Embossing Folder - unbranded from Amazon
