A monochromatic baby card with a hand cut corrugated cardboard star with some twine over a polka dot background

I continue to create cards for my stash!!  This one is also a creative stretch in that is very monochromatic.   I used a brown card front and mounted a piece of colour printed polka dot paper to it which I had sponged around the edges to soften it a bit.  I applied some double sided tape in the area I wanted to position my star and applied a length of twine which I had wound onto my hand which gave me some nice rounded loops.  I rearranged them a bit and then just pressed them into the tape to keep them in place.  I sponged the edges of my hand cut star.  I had cut a bunch of these for a project and while back and it the last one from my stash.  I applied tape to the back of the star and mounted it over the twine.  I really like the look of it!!  I sponged the circle greeting in the center and on the outside edge before mounting it to the center of my star.  Super happy with the way this one worked out!!

Therese

This card features a reused card panel, a floral focal element, some texture from a tracing wheel and some ribbon

Another card for my stash!!
For this card I reused a card front with a small rose image.  I die cut the rose image out of the panel using two Nestibilities circle dies nested in each other  It produced a circle element, a ring and a large opening in the panel.  FUN!!!  I layered the rose image onto a white scalloped circle (SU) and pierced each scallop with a push pin.  I mounted the panel with the opening onto a green layer, punched the right hand side with the eyelet border punch (SU) and added a couple rows of texture in between using my tracing wheel.  The panel looked a bit plain so I added some tracing wheel lines on it as well.  Much better!!  I added a length of ribbon which coordinated with the little flower next to the rose and adhered both ends to the back of the layer.  I tied a short length to it using one knot to simulate a bow.  I mounted this large element to a pink card front, adhered my focal element into the opening and mounted my little laser printed greeting using 3D foam tape just above the ribbon on the right hand side.   Therese

Birthday card features a farm scene, some ribbon and a bit of embossing

For this card I started with the image from my stash (CLKER) which I watercoloured.  I really like how it turned out!!  I layered it onto red cardstock, embossed the bottom edge with a distressed line embossing folder and added two short pieces of red gros grain ribbon which I adhered to the back using double sided tape.  Because this was a double sided ribbon and the other side was not complimentary I had to cut the piece in two so I could use both red sides.  I ripped a coordinating piece of colour printed decorative paper in two and mounted the pieces onto a brown card front  before adding my large focal element with 3D foam tape.  The laser printed font greeting I found in my stash and sponged its edges before mounting it to my card below my image using 3D foam tape.  Lots of fun texture on this one!!          Therese

A fun hedgehog with glittery balloons on a coordinating label, some new bling and an embossed background

I am still make cards for my stash and have managed to use another piece of a used card.  Check out my first card here. I cut out the little hedgehog using an oval thinlit (SX).  I layered him onto a dark pink label die cut which coordinates with the balloons and flowers.  First time using both of these dies though I have used the others in the set.  I found a nice green card front that coordinating with my image and added a white embossed layer which I trimmed into four parts before adhering in place.  I mounted my focal element over the gaps.  I added some new bling - not rhinestones - but still very glittery!!!  I layered the laser printed greeting (Word Window punch - SU) onto a green label (Modern Label Punch - SU) and mounted it to my card front in the lower left hand corner.  I don't usually leave so much white space but this one works for me.           Therese

A baby card with an embellished image, greeting and some bright decorative paper

A card for my stash and I am stretching myself a little.  I don't usually use such bright paper for baby cards but it seemed to work best of this stamped image from my stash.  I used a rectangle Nestibility die to cut a rectangle in the paper before adhering it to my pink card front.  Works really well to nicely highlight the focal element with the same colour as the card.  The image was stamped in pink and I embellished it with clear glitter gel pen in the star and some shimmery paint on the moon.  I very lightly watercoloured the dress in pink.  I used double sided tape to secure it in the opening in the decorative paper.  I embellished the stamped greeting (SU image - scallop circle punch) as well.  I added pink in the ring using a marker and then added clear glitter with a gel pen.  I added a bit of glitter to each star in the scallops as well.  Used a punch to make a mask and sponged a bit of pink ink into the central space.  I mounted it to my card front using double sided tape after sponging the outside edges with a bit of pink ink.  I am happy with my card!!           Therese

Seascape digital image, watercolour, ribbon and some embossing on a birthday card

Birthday cards for family members come up every month and I am working on cards for November.  I chose this seascape (CLKER) from my image stash and watercoloured it.  I layered it onto a blue green piece of cardstock, distressed the edges and added a few lines of texture with my pattern tracing wheel!!  I found a coordinating card front in the blue green range and added a piece of embossed very mottled scrapbook paper which I ripped in half before adhering to my card front.  I mounted my layered image over the gap and as I was positioning it I thought it would be nice to add a bit of yellow ribbon to echo the yellow in the image so I chose a short piece, folded it in half and adhered it to the back of my image with double sided tape before securing it to my card front.  I flagged the ends with scissors afterwards.  I found a coordinating laser printed greeting which I highlighted with a marker and then applied clear glitter with a gel pen.  One down, several more to go!!           Therese

A birthday card that features a reused panel, gros grain ribbon and a layered punched greeting

I am working on cards for my stash!!  I started with the panel on this card which was trimmed from a used card and features a little angel, cake and some of her furry friends and they are all sporting lots of glitter!!  I embossed a pink card front with a swirl embossing folder (TH) and then mounted my panel.  I added a length of coordinating green gros grain ribbon which I adhered on the inside using double sided tape.  I used my slot punch to cut a very narrow slit on the spine of my card to insert the ribbon before securing on the inside.  I found a coordinating oval punched (SU) greeting in my stash and layered it onto a dark pink scalloped oval (SU) which coordinates well with the balloons and flowers.  I adhered it with 3D foam tape to finish off my card.    Therese

Elephants and balloons for a cute baby card

I love these beautiful illustrations from La Petite Femme on Pixabay!!  I managed to digital change the balloon colour so I made several copies - pink, blue, purple and green!!  Great for all sorts of baby cards!!
I colour printed the image and trimmed it to size and added a blue cardstock layer.  I chose a blue card and added two pieces of coordinating scrapbook paper at the top and bottom and a green embossed strip in between to create my background.  I mounted the image using 3D foam tape and added a small layered greeting in coordinating colours.  The greeting is punched with the Word Window (SU) and the layer was punched with the Modern Label punch (SU).

Therese

Baby card that features giraffes and ribbon

Another baby card!!  I layered striped decorative paper onto a coordinating pink card front.  I trimmed the colour printed giraffe image (Pixabay) and layered it onto an embossed brown layer of cardstock.  I used double sided tape to adhere several short lengths of ribbon to the back of it before adhering this large element to my card front.  I found the greeting in my stash (SU) and mounted it to a piece of embossed brown cardstock just like the image and mounted it overlapping the image just a bit!!  Really am loving these wonderful illustrations!!

Therese

A set of birdie cards with decorative paper, embossed elements and a punched bird

I have been on a roll and made another set of cards!  This set features a little bird.  

I started with the ovals which are all blue so they would simulate sky for the birds.  They are very similar to this floral set which I made a few days ago.   I dug through my stash and found coordinating decorative paper and cardstock.  I punched the bird (SU) to coordinate and gave it a wing of a different colour.  I embossed the oval and the wing with the same embossing folder and then sponged the edges of the bird and the oval to just soften the edge and give them a bit of dimension.  Next, I assembled the bird.  I added a tiny black brad to create an eye and used a black marker to make a bead and then watercoloured it so the two would contrast.  I glued the embossed wing to the bird and it was complete.  I glued the decorative paper to the card front and then added the oval.  The branches were cut from brown cardstock scraps using the tree die by Tim Holtz.  I just trimmed the pieces until  I was happy with the look of my branch.  I used double sided tape to adhere the branch to my card front and added my little bird using 3D foam tape.  The bird can face either way so it just depending on which side I sponged and it was not a conscious decision.  These were fun to make and work really well for many occasions as they do not have greetings either. 

Therese

A baby card that features a cute little elephant, a fun greeting tied on with fiber

For this baby card I used a laser printed digital stamp from Melonheadz which I watercoloured to coordinate with my other elements.  I mounted it to a purple rectangle of cardstock which I embossed on the bottom edge.  I added this double punched greeting (SU- Eyelet) which I tied on with white fiber.  I did add a small piece of 3D foam tape on the back of it to ensure it stayed in place while I was threading through the fiber.  I tied a small bow in the fiber.  I used a coordinating scrapbook paper background and mounted my focal element with 3D foam tape. 

Therese

A baby card that features embossed circles, a cute stamped greeting and a scalloped border

For this baby card I used a green card front and then adhered a background which I created by combining a piece of scrapbook paper with a scalloped punched & paper pierced border in a coordinating colour.  I also embellished it with a run through using my tracing wheel to give it a bit of texture.  I auditioned a variety of circle punchies until I was happy with them and then embossed them all with the Swiss Dot embossing folder (CB) before gluing them in place one at a time to ensure their correct placment.  Next I mounted with 3D foam tape my stamped greeting which I embellished with gel pen and iridescent glitter glue on the scallops.  I finished off my card by adding some colourful and coordinating sequins using glue dots.  Love the circle theme and colour scheme.              Therese

A set of cards which feature decorative paper, flower die cut with hand cut foliage and an embossed oval as a background

I made this set of cards to package as a gift!!  They all follow the same sketch with a wide variety of colours and textures.  I started with the ovals (leftover from a Christmas card class a while back) and found decorative paper and a card which coordinated.  Next, I die cut a flower (SX) in a coordinating colour and hand cut the greenery and adhered all the pieces together using white glue in a fine tip applicator.  I punched a 5/8" circle and embossed it along with the oval.  I sponged the edge of the oval.  Now all the pieces were ready for assembly.  I ripped a strip from the decorative paper - some times lengthwise, other time crosswise.  I glued the two pieces to my card front and adhered the embossed oval over the gap.  I used white glue to adhere my flower over the oval and then the circle to the center of my flower.  You can see that there are a variety of ways the pieces can be put together.  I made them without greetings so the recipient can use them for any occasion.  

I made this set with butterflies earlier.  It has been fun to make these sets and fairly quick once you get going because all the design decisions have been made it is just a matter of getting all the pieces to coordinate.  

Therese

Reused an image, added fiber and a layered font greeting

This image began its life on a commercial card and I have reused it for this card.  I mounted the colourful image to a layer of coordinating cardstock, tied on some coordinating fiber and then a layered font greeting.  I added an embossed layer to a green card before adding my large focal element with 3D foam tape.  This card came together fairly quickly which is nice when you are making a lot of cards at a time.

Therese

A card with a cross for someone's special day!

Another card with a cross for a special day in someone's life!!  This card would be appropriate for a variety of sacramental milestones such as ordination or baptism.  I found this beautifully ornate cross on line and thought it would do wonderfully for this card.  I added a font greeting and then laser printed the digital image onto white cardstock, trimmed it to size and watercoloured the image to coordinate with my colourful background (colour printed digital image).  I love that the cross looks somewhat like stained glass because of the way it is designed.  Seems very appropriate for this kind of card.  I adhered the decorative paper to a yellow card front and mounted the large coloured image to the card using 3D foam tape.  Perfect!!!

Therese

A sympathy card that features a butterfly, some fiber and a font greeting

For this sympathy card I embossed the front of my card using the distressed lines embossing folder twice being careful to align the strips and using small piece of cutting plates to limit where the embossing would happen.  I chose a piece of decorative cardstock which coordinated with the colour printed butterfly image (Pixabay).  I distressed the edges of the butterfly image and sponged them with a bit of brown ink.  I mounted it with 3D foam tape to the piece of coordinating cardstock.  To repeat the brown in the butterfly I added a thin strip of brown cardstock to each long edge of this layer.  It still needed a bit of texture so I used my pattern tracing wheel and added a line on each edge of my element.  I tied on a length of white fiber and then mounted my laser printed punched greeting which was sponged to coordinate.  I mounted this large element to my embossed card front to finish off my card.               Therese

Sympathy card that features a small font greeting, a poppy image and a tag

This sympathy card features a wax resist background with some stamped green flourishes (SU) which I made up a while back.  I tore the paper, punched a hole as far up as I could from the bottom using my Modern Label punch (SU) and then adhered the two pieces to the front of a gray green card.  The laser printed digital poppy image is from Calico Collage and was layered onto a gray green cardstock.  The end of the rectangle was not even so I inserted the one end into one of my Deco Label Thinlits and just cut far enough to trim the edge of it to create a tag!  Nice to be able to use tools in a variety of ways!  I punched a hole in the rounded end and tied on a short end of red fiber.  I mounted this focal element to the front of my card over the gap in the decorative paper using 3D foam tape and I also mounted a small font greeting in the opening that I punched which I sponged just a little to softened the edges.    Therese

A baby girl card that features digital images from Pixabay, some fun fiber and a little layered greeting

A baby card for a little girl!!!  I mounted the pink scrapbooking paper to a pink card.  I trimmed the  the pink laser printed clothesline image from Pixabay to size.  I cut a pink cardstock layer leaving a bit at the top which I trimmed with scallop decorative scissors and used a push pin to pierce each scallop.  I punched a modern label from it before wrapping it with white fiber and adding my cute clothesline image.  I mounted this large element over my background using 3D foam tape and did the same with the layered font greeting.  It was a stretch to put the greeting to the top left instead of the lower right.  I like it!!

Another card that features a cross digital image

After a request from a friend for a few cross cards I came up with this layout.  It is a cross digital image I found on line and laser printed onto white cardstock. After trimming, I watercoloured it to coordinate with the background I had chosen which is a laser printed digital image from Pixabay.  I mounted the background to a blue green card and added the layered image on the card front using 3D foam tape.  No greeting to make the card as versatile as possible and appropriate for quite a few religious occasions.

Therese

Cards for a set - decorative paper, large circles and layered butterflies

My sister's father in law passed away last week and I know that those times are often overwhelming in a family so I made up some cards which can be used as they see fit after the memorial.  

They feature decorative paper that has been torn, an embossed circle of cardstock and a layered butterfly (TH).  After I decided on the sketch I simply dug through my stash to find decorative paper which I cut to size, coordinating card and cardstock circles that coordinated as well.  I tore the paper and adhered it to my card front and then attached the embossed circles.  I found coordinating cardstock and decorative paper scraps from which I cut the small layered butterflies (TH - small butterfly thinlets).  I watercoloured  the bodies just a little bit in black to give them a bit of contrast.  This is a versatile sketch in that you can rip the paper horizontally or vertically and you can also layout your elements in either orientation as well.   Very happy with all the cards and I am sure they will be appreciated!!

Therese