An all occasion card featuring a sanded embossed background, a poppy digital image and ribbon

This all occasion card is suitable for several occasions - birthday, sympathy or thank you.  

I started with a dark blue green card.  The background was embossed and sanded to reveal the white core of  the cardstock.  I added a wide dark red ribbon with a flagged end using double sided tape to secure it to the front and the back.  I adhered my background to my card front.  The poppies were laser printed, trimmed to size, the edges distressed and then lines of paper piercing added with my pattern tracing wheel.  I wanted to add "something" to the lower right side which was so white. I eventually decided on punching a little butterfly out which reveals the ribbon through the opening.  Perfect!!  I mounted this focal element over the ribbon on my card using 3D foam tape.     Therese
 

Christmas card featuring a die cut tree embellished with silver foil, decorative paper and a small font greeting

 Another card created from pieces left on my desk while I creating this card for my sample for the Christmas Card Kits I put together in the last few days.  

I started with a dark maroon card with lots of linear texture.  I took a 4" square of striped decorative paper and tore it into two pieces.  I glued one to the top and the other to the bottom of my card leaving an even border.  The little tree was embellished with triangle of thin foil (chocolate bar) on the back and burnished on the back which allowed the foil to fill in the openings on the front.  Really cool!!  I punched a little star from silver foil carstock add adhered it on the top.  I mounted the tree to my card with 3D foam tape.  The little colour printed font greeting was mounted with glue.  

I am gaining on the cards I will need for Christmas so this one is headed for my stash as well. 

Therese

Christmas Card Kits #2 - Card #3 - Peace on Earth gold embossed on vellum with some paper piercing on a decorative paper background

For the last card in this kit I decided to feature this Peace On Earth (Prairie Rubber Stamps) stamp which I have had for a long time and have used several times.  It is a large stamp so I used it on a landscape card.  I cut a sheet of vellum in half and then tore each of them into four strips which gave me really nice edges.  I stamped the greeting on vellum and gold embossed it.  I used my stamping buddy to ensure no stray powder which worked really well.  I added swirly paper pierced lines with my pattern tracing wheel after stamping.  I then added small strips of double sided tape to the back in areas of dense embossing like behind the stem of the P and the "h" and  the edge of the E and the "c".  The use of adhesives and glue with vellum are difficult because they are translucent and allow the mediums to show to the front.  By carefully placing the tape in dense areas it reduces the visibility of the tape and busy backgrounds help camouflage it as well.  Both worked in my favor for this design.  This one features a blue card with a painterly decorative paper.  I positioned the vellum greeting to the paper and trimmed the vellum to the edge of it.  I adhered this large element to my card to finish my card.  The vellum may react to the moisture the glue if you use a glue stick as I did.  I simply placed my card under weight until the glue was dry and all was good.   You can see below another version of this card in different colours.  The kits all have a gold embossed greeting with different papers and colours.            Therese

 

Christmas Card kits #2 - Card #2 - A gold embossed PEACE with a flagged strip and decorative paper

For my second card I used a little stamp (SU) with snowy sky and PEACE as the greeting.  I embossed them all in gold which really gives a good result.  I trimmed them all after stamping as I was not able to align them all perfectly when stamping.  I used a black card on for this one and added some beautiful bell decorative paper.  I added a coordinating embossed strip of green cardstock which I flagged on the end.  I tore the bottom edge off the image and then mounted it over the strip using 3D foam tape.   The kits have a variety of papers and colours which coordinate with the gold embossed images.  You can see below another version using gold foiled background paper and a very light sage green cardstock for the card and the embossed strip.  The image could also be placed on the right hand side and the strip flagged on the other end.    Therese

 

Christmas Card Kits #2 - Card #1 - O Holy Night on a scalloped circle, an embossed strip, a ribbon knot and decorative paper

I decided to make as second set of Christmas card kits focusing more on the reason for the season.  

My first set of cards use this cute little image (SU) of baby Jesus and a "o holy night" greeting.  It is the first time I have used it though I have had it for a while.  I love the simplicity of the image.  I stamped the image in blue and then punched it out with a 1 3/8" circle punch (SU).  Next I checked my box for blue themed paper to coordinate.  I found this double sided paper which worked well and punched the scallop circle (SU) from coordinating blue cardstock.  I used a white card and added the decorative paper and then an embossed green strip which I flagged on the bottom.  I added the baby Jesus image using 3D foam tape and thought it still needed something so I made a knot in white ribbon and used double sided tape to adhere to my card.  That was better!!  The kits have a variety of papers and colours but all have a little blue "o holy night".    

You can see below another version of this card in different colours.    I flagged the end of the strip differently and modified the position of the elements on my card front.             Therese