May Card Club - quick and easy with decorative paper, gold embossed images and some fabric ribbon flags

 I always try to make the last card a quick and easy one!!  I gold embossed several images - gift, leaf/heart ( Magenta) /dragonfly (Magenta) and then trimmed them down to about 2.25".  I added a layer of coordinating cardstock and then added some fun fabric ribbon flags to them using double sided tape on the back.  I mounted my coordinating background to my card front and added the focal element with 3D foam tape to finish my card.  The one with a gift would certainly be appropriate for a birthday or a shower!!  The others would suit a variety of occasions  It was a fun evening and our last cardmaking session before the summer.  We will be back together in September!! 

NOTE:  A friend asked me for a few card kits so she can make cards with a couple of friends.  I have a few card kits leftover from this card but not enough for what she needed so I decided to make a few more kits but in the interest of variety I decided to use other images and changed the format to portrait. 

I am sure that they will enjoy their time together and have a few great cards to add to their card stash!!

 Therese

May Card Club - kraft corrugated paper, ribbon, flagged strips and a gold embossed inchie

 For our second card I decided to feature corrugated paper.  I chose a kraft piece and made six pieces out of it.  I tore the first two and found it a bit difficult to managed so I used my wavy cutter to make the last two cuts.  Worked out well!!  I chose some card fronts and added coordinating backgrounds.  I assembled my corrugated element next.  I added the ribbon securing the ends on the back using double sided tape and then added the three gold brads.  I embossed and trimmed the decorative strips and overlapped them a bit before gluing them together.  I slipped them under the ribbon and secured them to the corrugated with double sided tape.  The little inchies (SU) were all gold embossed - several with greetings and images and some with only an image which are the two I used - a little owl and tiled pattern.  The contrast on the images was better before I coloured them but colouring them added a bit of colour to the card.  It would have worked either way.  The gold embossing nicely echoes the gold of the brads.  Another greetingless card which can be used for a variety of occasions.  

Therese

May Card Club (postponed to June 1 ) - Wildflowers, leafy stems, some ribbon and a button

 May Card Club was postponed for a week due to my father's passing.  We got together in June instead and it was really nice to be back together creating!!  

This is the first card I created!!  I die cut some wildflowers and leafy stems from decorative paper that coordinated with my chosen backgrounds.  I used my slot punch to cut two openings in my background paper which I had reinforced with a piece of cardstock adhered to the back.  I slipped the ribbon loosely in the slot and arranged my die cuts until I was happy with the arrangement and then glued them down.  It is a bit finicky to get them all arranged and glued down.  We were grateful that the glue dries clear and because this was our first card there was enough time for all the glue to dry before they had to be packed up to go home.  The ends of the ribbon were secured to the back using double sided tape and then decorated back ground was glued to our card fronts.  We woved our small ribbon into the holes in our button to leave the two ends opposite each other so they could be neatly double knotted.  The button is a die cut which I cut from decorative paper that had been reinforced with cardstock.  Without a greeting it makes a nice card for several occasions!!

Therese