Big Birthday Wishes

I managed to get a bit of crafting time this afternoon, so made this quick card for a friend's birthday using lots of snippets.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Big Birthday Wishes' die
     Snippets of white matt card, kraft card, white paper and pink patterned paper

I trimmed a snippet of white card to 6" x 4" and die cut the sentiment from the centre before attaching it to the card blank.  I cut two narrow strips of kraft card and attached them down each side.  The pink paper was layered onto a snippet of white paper so it was the same thickness as the die cut letters in the front of the panel.  After die cutting 'BIG' I inlaid the letters into the panel and then used some tiny snippets of kraft card to cut the rest of the sentiment and inlaid the letters.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Just Us Girls - Color Week (kraft, pink and white)
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 447

Kath x

Joy, Hope, Peace, Believe, Christmas

I send several Christmas cards to male friends each year so have made a few of these CAS cards.

I die cut the Christmas tree from a snippet of dark blue pearlescent card and attached it to the centre of the card blank.  I used a gold Tombow brush pen to colour the star (the pen has a water-based die which doesn't bleed through the card) and then added Diamond Stickles to give a little bit of sparkle to the star.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Festive Collection - Christmas Tree Greetings' die
     Tombow ABT gold brush pen
     Diamond Stickles
     Snippet of dark blue pearlescent card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Just Us Girls - Clean & Simple
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
     The Male Room - Clean & Simple

Kath x

Happy Birthday

I used the same sketch as yesterday's Snow Friends Christmas card to make this quick card for a friend's birthday.  

I trimmed the white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the kraft card blank and die cut the circle from the upper corner.  I layered the dark teal paper behind the card before attaching the panel to the card front.  I then die cut the sentiment from berry textured card and attached it in the circle.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" kraft card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' and Crafts Too 'Happy Birthday' dies
     Marianne Design 'Wintertime' paper
     White hammer card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS(E) this Sketch - Sketch 385
     Just Us Girls - Colour Challenge - Kraft, Dark Teal & Berry
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes 197
     The Male Room - Our 7th Birthday

Kath x

Partridge in a Pear Tree

I didn't think I had anything suitable for the CAS Christmas 'Twelve Days of Christmas Challenge' and then I remembered I had a die that had been a cover gift with a magazine ages ago.  So here is my card!

I trimmed a piece of white hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank, rounded the corners and die cut a stitched circle from the centre.  I added a snippet of beige script paper behind the aperture and attached it to the card blank.  I then die cut the partridge from a snippet of dark green card and attached it to the centre.

To make this card I used:

     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     Immediate Media 'Partridge in a Pear Tree' die

     My Favourite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' die
     Snippets of beige script paper, white hammer and green matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     CAS Christmas - Twelve Days of Christmas

     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - No stamp or digital image

     Just Us Girls - Die Cut and a Window

     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 384

Kath x

Happy Birthday

I made this birthday card for a friend's birthday using papers from Funky Fossil's 'In To The Blue' paper pad that I recently bought with the gift voucher I won from AAA Cards.

I trimmed a piece of pale blue paper attached it to the card, leaving a small margin around the edge.  I die cut the sentiment from dark blue paper and attached it across the bottom of the card.  The inlaid letters were cut from a sheet of beige/pink paper.  I die cut and embossed two hot air balloons from the same sheet of paper, using different parts of the paper to give different effects.  One balloon was attached directly onto the card and the darker one was attached with foam pads.

To make this card I used:

     6" x 6" white matt card blank

     Memory Box 'Grand Happy Birthday' and 'Beautiful Balloon' dies

     Funky Fossil 'In To The Blue' paper pad

I am entering the following challenges:

     AAA Birthday Card Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (I chose Masculine, Die-Cuts, Patterned Paper)

     Allsorts - Make it Masculine

     Just us Girls - Travel

     NBUS - Challenge 17 (I used my new paper pad)

     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

     The Male Room - Our 7th Birthday

Kath x