Two weddings

Back again after making two wedding cards. We are going to a Chinese wedding in Jakarta next week and I wanted to use my Chinese dolls again. These stamps were the first Hero Arts stamps I purchased last year when I was inspired to start stamping again. The Blog Named Hero's challenge is to 'Dust the old stamps', so most appropriate for this card. I also needed to make a 'Red Packet' as well for this wedding as it is traditional to give money for a Chinese wedding instead of buying a gift. I made the envelope and red packet all tie in with the card I made. The card is below with the process of making it below that.

I started off with taking apart a red packet and drew a template on card - this way, I can use the same template again. The template was outlined on red metallic paper (card stock would be too thick) and folded and glued on two sides. I then added matching washi paper, ribbon and the Chinese character for 'Double Happiness' to both the envelope and the red packet. I also added this to inside the card as well. I hope my friends like it! Looking forward to a grand wedding next weekend!!

Challenge:

A Blog Named Hero - Dust 'Em Off

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Natural white, red and gold metallic cards

Paper - Japanese washi paper, red metallic paper

Stamp - Hero Arts Asian Dolls LP146

Ink - Versamark watermark

Others - Black embossing powder, Spellbinders labels die, Double Happiness punch, Kaisercraft brad, Kaisercraft rhinestones

The second card is for our bank teller who is getting married next week. She is not Chinese, so this is a totally different card to the one above! I wanted to use the beautiful paper from the Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings pad as this have beautiful soft colours I could use. I also used my favourite dogwood stamp for a bit of fun paper piecing - my favourite technique. I used a strip of patterned paper on the envelope to match. Thanks for dropping by! I'll be off air until I get back the following week!

Challenge:

Papercraft Gallery Idol card challenge

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Natural white

Paper - Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings

Stamps - Hero Art Scroll Frame K5541, Hero Arts Antique Flowers 657773, Hero Arts Sentiments CL272

Others - Silk ribbon, Kaisercraft brad, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Vintage Mother's Day Card

Back again with another card. I needed one more Mother's Day card for this weekend and decided to use Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger and the current Retro Sketch #10 to make this card.

 

I used the patterned papers from Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings to construct this card. I had originally bought a wide organza ribbon with gold dots and could not get it to fit in nicely with this sketch. So I decided to use a bit of lace to go with the vintage theme instead. A bit of gold embossing and pearls finished off the card nicely. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges: 

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Vintage Vogue

Retro Sketches - RS#10

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Smooth Classic Natural White

Papers: Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings

Stamps: Hero Arts 657776, Kaisercraft Sentiment, Darkroom Door French Script

Ink: TH Tea Dye, Versamark Watermark

Others: Gold Embossing powder, Fiskars Edge Punch, lace, KC Pearls

Farewell for Rose

The only challenge for this card is what and how. I often make A4 sized cards for people at work. Rose has been with us since 1979 and she had a personal tragedy this year followed by news of a terminal illness. She has decided to leave us after so many years at work. I decided to find a paper that had beautiful roses to match her name and go from there. As I didn't want this to be a 'Farewell' card as such, as we do want to see her again, I decided to use the Technique Tuesday - Talking in circles stamp set for the sentiment. It did not take me long to pick the appropriate words. We had a farewell lunch for her yesterday. When she saw the sentiment, she looked at me and said 'Thank You, the words are perfect!' They reflected how she sees life at the moment, day to day.

Paper - Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings
Stamp - Technique Tuesday - Talking in Circles
Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Distress Ink Gathered Wood
Others - Spellbinders scallop dies, silk ribbon, Hero Hues Gem

I thought I would also include another card made two months ago for Rose again - this was an A4 Sympathy card for Rose. I wanted this to be a cheery card, so I added bright yellow ribbons to the card. Thank you for dropping by.

Paper - Il Papiro music paper

Stamp - Hero Arts 657773 657776 CL457

Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Distress Ink Tea Dye

Others - Perfect Pearls, Tim Holtz fence edge die

Easter weekend cards

Ah, so nice to have a nice long weekend at Easter. Even though we had a pretty busy weekend catching up with family and friends, I managed to squeeze in some time to make some cards. I came across a very interesting blog page about Runway inspired cards and was keen to participate in the current challenge.
I used a white card as a background and a cream coloured card as a mat (although my photo may not show up the colours correctly). The paper is from Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings and it is so pretty I wanted to show off as much as I could without detracting from it. A vellum butterfly embossed in white and a sheer white ribbon with roses finished off the card nicely. There was no room for a sentiment as I can use this for a birthday or wedding card. I am also entering this card into 'A Blog Named Hero' first challenge using my favouring HA butterfly stamp from Antique Flowers and Butterflies set. Voila!

The inspiration for the card comes from this runway photo:

The second card I had time to make today was inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch 156:

I used Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection to piece together this card. I also used another one of my favourite HA dogwood stamp, a card I made with this stamp has been submitted for publishing in the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine. I also used my new Martha Stewart acquisition from the Paperific Expo in both cards and topped off with some gems from Hero Hues. This card will be submitted in A Blog Name Hero - favourite HA stamp challenge and the Sweet Sunday Sketch 156 challenge. Again, I did not add a sentiment as the whole card seems too busy for one. This will be added inside the card. I am also entering both cards into the Simon Says Stamp - My Favourite Tool challenge, which is of course the good old Sizzix Big Shot, used for both cards.