All occasion card featuring a hand decorated background with an embossed vellum strip layered with fun hearts

I started with a green card and trimmed out a hand decorated background from a large sheet.  I tore a strip of vellum and embossed it with polka dots.   I added it over the backgroun and folded the ends over the edge and secured them with tape.  I added a whole lot of fun coordinating hearts.  I arranged them first and then adhered them into place.  I did watercolour several of the hearts and embossed the yellow ones!!  

Therese
 

Cardmaking - Card #3 - torn decorative paper background, dry embossed image and coordinating cardstock layer

This quick and easy card was our third!!  I cut the decorative paper 4.75" instead of the usual 5.25" which allowed us to tear it into two across the short side and have a swath of colour below our focal image.  The focal image combined a dry embossed image ( gift, flowers, cup and elephant) with a coordinating background of colour coordinating cardstock.  We simply added our two pieces of torn background to the card front, adhered the two elements of the focal element to each other and then added the focal element to the card front using 3D foam tape.  I added a little clear glitter with a glitter pen to the images.  I had packed the glitter pen but totally forgot to mention it when we made up the cards!!  Dah!!!  As you can see these were easily assembled as either landscape or portrait cards and with the various focal elements were appropriate for a variety of occasions!!  A wonderful way to finish off our cardmaking evening!!!  

Therese

 

Cardmaking - Card #2 - decorative paper background combined with a custom tag featuring a circle punchie, brad and fiber

Our second card had all sorts of options.  I chose landscape images from my stash of digital images and created decorative elements 1.25" x 3.75".  After printing them on white cardstock I cut them apart and married them up with a tag, a circle punchie (1"), a brad and some coordinating fiber.  The tag I created by cutting rectangles and cutting the round end from one of my label dies.  I lined up the end of my rectangle to just cut of the bits on both sides of the rounded section.  I placed my cutting pad so no more would be cut off and ran the sandwich to just cover that area.  Works well for making custom tags the width I needed.   We started by adding our decorative background to our card fronts.  Next, we coloured our images and added our circle punchies to be framed by the rounded section of the tag.  Next, we added our embellished image to be properly framed on the tag.  With that in place we punched a hole for the brad.  We inserted the brad into the hole, tied on the fiber and then spread the tangs on the back.  This large element was then mounted to our card using 3D foam tape.  I just realized that I could have included tall vertical images as well instead of making them all horizontal.  Always, something to learn!!! 

Image credits: Butterflies, Tulip and bees, and Popsicles - Melonheadz, 

Books - Pixabay

Acorns and Ferns - CLKER

Candles - Black Berry Jelly

Leaf Swag - Anne's "Cards 4 You "

Parrot - Clipart Library

Heart Flowers - ???

Therese

 

Cardmaking - Card #1 - double embossed leaf with a ribbon and brad over an dry embossed background

It was a beautiful spring day and a warm evening when the girls came over to make cards!!!!!!!!  

This was our first card.  We started with embossing our backgrounds and adhering them to our card fronts.  After embellishing the two rectangles - one solid cardstock the other decorative paper we adhered them to each other.  We added a ribbon and then a brad.  The leaves were ready to go.  They were die cuts from my stash.  Those that were not coloured I watercoloured and then I embossed them all with the TH embossing folder for the Tattered Leaf die cuts, added a bit of gold embossing ink and then embossed them with gold embossing powder.  Just the right amount of gilding!!!  We added some double sided tape to the back, slipped the ends under the ribbon and pressed them into place.  These large focal elements were added to our card fronts using 3D foam tape.  A great all occasion card!!!  Therese