Christmas Card kits - Card #2 - a snowflake wreath with a bow and a printed greeting

For my second card I chose to create a wreath with colourful snowflake punchies.  These were punched from a variety of scrapbook papers - mostly scraps in several greens, dark maroon and gold.  I printed a guiding circle on the white layer to help situate the punchies in a wreath shape. At the same time I added a printed a coordinating font greeting.  Once the wreath is created I added a colourful gold bow and adhered it with a glue dot.  This large element was adhered to a dark maroon layer and then to the dark green card.  The snowflake punchies (MS) make a very effective wreath with nice feathery edges.  

Therese

 

Christmas Card kits - Card #11 - peaceful dove with an embossed vellum greeting

A friend of mine who is an enthusiastic card maker has asked for a set of Christmas card kits.  She is very creative and likes to make the card her own.  

For the first card I worked around a white dove die cut (SX).  I layered this one over a dark purple oval (Nestibilities).  It was mounted over a mottled paper (printed digital background) to which I had added a stamped and embossed PEACE greeting (Recollections) on vellum simply folding the ends to the back and securing with double sided tape.  The torn edges of the greeting go well with the mottled background.  The dove is mounted over the oval using 3D foam tape to give it a bit of dimension.  

I made a few different colours to give a bit of variety to the kits.  

Therese
 

Slow Stitching - five more little cats embellished with stitching

 I have been working on and off in the last few weeks on these cat squares.  I have added a variety of hand stitching to frame them nicely on their black squares.  These will be added to quilts somewhere along line as I get back to quilting.  It has been a busy summer with a variety of events and family occasions.  The fall has been beautiful with no hard frost yet so more jobs around the house have been added to the TO DO list.  

I acquired this wonderful vest at a sale at put on by the Ujamma Grandmas.  It was very well suited to me in the way of the colours, the french and english stitched words and the fit!!!  

I will be sharing with the others on Kathy's Quilts for her Slow Sunday Stitching!!  Be sure to check them out as there is always something to inspire there and lots of links to their projects and other stitching challenges. 

Therese

Bags, babies and beyond - Ujamma Grandma sale

I bought this wonderful wreath made up of cotton bolls still attached the stems on which they grow!!  It was a wonderful find at the Ujamma Grandmas - Bags, Babies and Beyond sale on the weekend!!  It was a room full of wonderfulness!!  Beautiful bags of every ilk, Christmas decoration, packaging, gifts, wall hangings, etc!! Delicate beautiful shawls in a rainbow of colours which would do any outfit proud!!  Jewelry, tags, pot holders, jar openers, mug rugs, table runners, coasters, napkins, etc that would suit so many occasions in style.  There were mittens, slippers, toques and hats made of so many ways from knitting to felted wool. A whole table dedicated to babies from blankets to leggings!!!  I went with my daughter.  She managed to buy quite a few gifts and I brought home this beautiful wreath which I will hang with an ivory tulle bow on my front door for the Christmas season.  The prices were all very reasonable and all the items were made by the members of the group and were of exceptional quality and workmanship!!!!  Therese 
 

Cards as a gift - Little cards using art from a daytimer calendar

My friend is treating me to a bag of cherries so I made her some little cards as a Thank You!!  These images were part of a daytimer calendar I used a few years ago.  The art is wonderful and they made wonderful little cards.  I used heavyweight 12"x12" paper for the card bases and then layered each image with green cardstock and then adhered each one to a card.  They make a nice little gift!!!

Therese
 

A birthday card with a cake, a fun background and some shiny threads

 For this card I used a dark pink card and pieced a background using two pieces of paper.  I tore the black one with shoes and added the polka dot one in the gap before adding it to my card.  I wrapped the front of my card with shiny thread in silver and pink creating an abstract pattern and securing the ends under where the image was going to be.  I watercoloured the cake, added some clear glitter then ran my pattern tracing wheel on all four edges.  I mounted it to a black rectangle and then mounted it to my card front using 3D foam tape overlapping the threads.    Therese

All occasion card featuring a row of cute flowers with a coordinating decorative paper background

I love pink and green together!!  The floral graphic (Clipartix) in pinks and greens was the starting point and I found this coordinating piece of decorative paper in my stash!! Perfect!!  I adhered the background to my pink card.  I cut the top and bottom of my stripe with scallop decorative scissors and used a push pin to pierce each scallop.  I added an embossed line next to the scallops uisng my score tool.  With a bit more distance on the top I added a line of paper piercing using my pattern tracing wheel.  I tied on a piece of pink ribbon and secured both ends with double sided tape.  I tied the remaining piece to the front one using one knot to simulate a bow then trimmed the ends.  I mounted my flowers to my card using 3D foam tape.  Quick and easy!!  Therese
 

All occasion cards featuring a trio of candles on handmade paper, eyelets and gold thread and a hand decorated background

The little candles are really the star of the show on this card.  They are a stamped image (white tissue paper) layered onto white handmade paper in the process of making the paper which incorporates it seamlessly.  I watercoloured them to coordinate with my card and background and added a little bit of clear glitter using a gel pen.  Once it was dry, I added four rows of paper piercing with my pattern tracing wheel and adhered it to a piece of dark purple cardstock.  I trimmed the bottom of the cardstock with a scallop border punch (SU) and added clear glitter dots to each scallop.  I embossed a line just above them using my score tool and then tied on a piece of gold embroidery thread after wrappin it around several times.  I tore my background paper (hand decorated iwth acrylic paints) and inserted a piece of colour printed decorative paper which coordinates well with the candles.  I glued my pieced background to my dark purple card front and mounted my candles element over the torn gap using 3D foam tape.  A versatile card!!  Therese
 

Birthday card featuring a floral cupcake (digital), ribbon and decorative paper background

For this card I choose this fun floral cupcake (digital) from Cre8tive Hands.  It was laser printed, trimmed from the sheet and watercoloured to coordinate with my background.  I like that there is good contrast in the paper and it combines blue and orange!!  I ran my tracing wheel around the edges of my cupcake and then layered it onto orange.  I added a red & orange ribbon and three little coordinating square brads to my background before adhering it to my blue card front.  I added the cupcake layer using 3D foam tape.    Therese
 

Birthday card featuring an owl (digital) with collaged paper as a background

Working on a few birthday cards!!  This one features an owl (CLKER) with a font greeting which I laser printed, trimmed out of the sheet and then watercoloured with a large moon in the background.  Really like how that worked out!!  Will be doing that again.  I mounted the owl to a black flocked paper which I punched on the bottom with a scallop punch SU) and then also punched each scallop with a 1/16" punch.  I scored a line just above the scallops with my score tool and then added three pewter eyelets.  I collaged some papers to a dark brown card to create a background and added my owl element to it using 3D foam tape.    Therese
 

An all occasion card featuring a reused owl image with a layered background

I have had quite a run on making all occasion cards.  This is my last card in this session.  The little owl is reused from another card.  After trimming I layered on a rectangle of silver cardstock and then a piece of decorative cardstock that coordinated.  I embossed a line on each end, trimmed them with scallop decorative scissors and pierced each scallop.  Thinking it still needed a bit of something I added two silver/pewter eyelets in opposite corners.  That was better.  I used a light green card, added a layered background and then mounted my owl uisng 3D foam tape.  

I have really enjoyed my card making sessions and it is nice to have beefed up my stash!!

Therese

 

All occasion cards with fun digitals and torn layered backgrounds

For my first card I used a little butterfly - digital image (Pixabay) - to which I added a little butterfly kisses greeting before printing.  I trimmed the bottom edge with scallop decorative scissors and then added a scored line with my score tool.  I added a dashed border using a pink gel pen.  For my background I used a torn piece of yellow hexagon paper to which I added a piece of pink hand decorated paper in the gap.  I adhered a length of embossed vellum (CB- Dvine swirl) vertically before I added my little butterfly!!  A very cute card!!  

My second card features a cute little bear (Pixabay) It is a colour printed digital image which I trimmed then added four lines of paper piercing with my pattern tracing wheel.  I layered it with copper foil paper to coordinate with the cup then I added a brown layer with an embossed line and a scalloped border with paper piercing.  The background is a torn piece of decorative paper torn vertically with a little scrap of coordinating paper adhered behind the gap.  The background was adhered to a cool green card.  Therese

Therese

All Occasion cards featuring a fun little mouse and some birds with decorative backgrounds, ribbon and embossing

For my first card, I started with a blue card and added an embossed (CB) hand decorated shimmery/glittery background to which I had added a dotted pink ribbon that coordinated with the boots worn by my little mouse.  The little mouse is a digital (Pixabay) and she is so cute with her long tail and lantern.  Obviously, on an adventure!!!  I trimmed the colour printed image, layered with green and then with embossed vellum before adhering it to my card front over the ribbon.  

For my second card, I layered my little birds (Pixabay) with a foiled gift wrap and then an apricot cardstock that coordinates with the little butterfly.  The background is made up of three layered piece adhered to my blue card - two of the decorative paper on the top and bottom and an embossed yellow piece in the middle with gaps that allow the card to show through.  I mounted the image to my card using 3D foam tape.  

Therese

September Card Club - quick & easy cards featuring colour printed digital images with ribbon flags, an embossed leaf layer and fun coordinating backgrounds.

For our third card I went for quick and easy!!  These featured colour printed digitals (bird - Melonheadz, tree - My Cute Graphics, birthday cake - Flyclipart)  and one reused card element of a beautiful floral bouquet.  I paper piereced all the edges of the digitals with my pattern tracing wheel and added lines of embossing and some paper pierced lines to my floral bouquet.   We added a piece of double sided tape to the back or our images and added the little ribbon flags then trimmed them.  We added our decorative paper backgrounds to our coordinating cards and then trimmed our embossed pieces and added them as well.  We mounted our focal elements with 3D foam tape to finish off our cards!!!!  

So great to see my friends again!! 

Therese
 

September Card Club - leaf cards with a paper clip and ribbon embellishment

For our second card I chose another leaf themed card which features embossed leaves (SU).  I love this punch because it makes such a large leaf!!  The leaf was layered onto two coordinating squares of cardstock which were layered and then the leaf added with 3D foam tape.  Then we added the round paper clip then slipped the ribbon into the side slot of the clip and secured the two ends to each other using double sided tape.  This leafy element was then added to our card fronts which had already been layered with our backgrounds of decorative papers.    Therese

 

September Card Club - Leaf die cuts tied with raffia and layered over a pieced background in fall colours and embellished with ribbon

It was so nice to be back to cardmaking with friends!!!! A wonderful evening of being creative together!!

For our first card we glued fall coloured rectangles to a background which had a very subtle leaf pattern.  We then added our gold lacy ribbon with double sided tape and over that we added the red and secured the ends to the back.  We adhered these large layers to our coordinating card fronts.  The leaf die cuts were embossed with the coordinating embossing folder (TH - Sizzix).  We tied our ivory raffia to the stem of the leaves and mounted them to our card fronts using 3D foam tape.  

Therese
 

All Occasion cards featuring a little frog and little bear with a balloon on layered backgrounds

 For the first card I trimmed a piece of coordinating background paper diagonally and adhered each piece in opposite corners on my green card.  I added little green dots in the gap using a pencil eraser and green ink.  The little frog (Clipartkey) was layered with a gold gift wrap and then a greenish brown cardstock which had distressed edges.  The frog was mounted to the card front using 3D foam tape.  

The second card features a cute little bear with a balloon (Pixabay).  Really like this image!!  I layered a foil pink paper and then a dark brown cardstock on the back of it.  I added a torn background paper to the red card front and then added the large focal element with 3D foam tape.  

Therese

Birthday card featuring a loon (digital) with a handpainted background

 I am making up a few cards for a friend who needs some for family birthdays!!  For this one, I trimmed the loon (CLKER) with a font greeting out of the sheet after it was laser printed.  I created the backgound using a piece I had prepared with Colourbox pigment inks a while back and added watercolour to it to create the landscape I wanted for my loon.  Next, I watercoloured my loon to reflect my background.  I added a black layer to my loon and adhered my background to a black card.  I added the loon to my card front using 3D foam tape and then added faux stitching to both of my elements with a fine tipped black Sharpie.  Really like how it worked out!!         Therese

All Occasion cards featuring cute little frong and elephants, ribbon and fun backgrounds

 The first card features a cute little frog.   I trimmed it close and added black dashes all the way around using a fine tip Sharpie. I trimmed a piece of coordinating decorative paper into a tag shape, added a black circle punchie which I punched with a hole punch.  I trimmed the bottom edge with a border punch (MS).  I trimmed a piece of coordinating decorative paper for my background.  I added the tag with the ribbon and secured the ends to the back with double sided tape.  I tied back on the trimmed end to simulate a bow on the front.  I added this large element to my coordinating card and then mounted my little frog on the tag over the ribbon using 3D foam tape.  

The second card features digital image of little elephants with balloons (Pixabay).  I paper pierced the four edges and layered them with a pale yellow like the balloons.   I embossed this elegant flourish (CB) in gray and mounted the image in the embossed rectangular opening!!  I mounted this large element to a pale yellow card!!  

Therese

All Occasion cards featuring florals, ribbon and metal accents

For the first card, I started with a handmade paper element featuring a stamped floral image (Magenta).  The image is embedded during the process of making the paper!!  Love the look!!  I watercoloured the flowers and added paper piercing to the edges.  I chose a hand decorated background from my stash which has a nice shimmery finish and embossed it with a floral embossing folder (CB).  I trimmed the bottom with an eyelet border punch (SU) and then added a burgundy gros grain ribbon just above the bottom edge.  I adhered the background to my card, added my floral image with 3D foam tape and used glue dots to adhere the little metal butterfly embellishement.  

For my second card, I started with a colour printed collage element featuring text and roses (Calico Collage) which I mounted on a shiny black cardstock and then added a little gold heart which I tied on with flimsy gold thread.  The background was trimmed, the flagged ribbon added and then mounted to a black card.  The focal element was added with 3D foam tape.  

Therese