Birthday Gift Tag

I was so pleased when my 'Floral Anniversary' card was a Top Cut for the Cut It Up 'Something New' challenge.  The team invited me to be Guest Designer on the 'Tie It Up' challenge and I decided to make a gift tag for a friend's birthday present.

To make this tag I used:
     Creative Expressions 'Pierced Tags' & 'Mini Expressions - Stacked Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Sizzix 'Floral Hello' stamp and coordinating die
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Promarkers
     Wink of Stella
     Snippets of white and brown matt card, Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper and white ribbon

I attached the Antebellum paper to a snippet of white card and die cut the largest tag before using my embossing mat to emboss the edge of the tag.  I used brown ink to stamp the flowers onto another snippet of white card, these were then embossed with clear embossing powder before being cut with the coordinating dies.  I coloured the flowers pink, the flower centres gold and the leaves green.  I die cut the sentiment and small butterfly twice, once from white card and once from brown card.  I layered the white die cuts onto the brown ones, offsetting them slightly to give a shadow effect.  I attached the sentiment to the bottom of the tag with the butterfly above it.  The flowers were attached to the top of the tag with a foam pad and then highlighted with a Wink of Stella.  To finish I attached a snippet of ribbon to the top of the tag and then tied a small ribbon bow around it.

I am entering the following challenges:
     A Cut Above - Anything Goes with a Die Cut
     As You Like It Challenge - Feminine or Masculine (my favourite is feminine as I love to use flowers and pretty colours - in fact I struggle for inspiration with masculine cards!)
     Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
     Triple B Challenge - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (I have chosen butterfly and blooms)

Kath x

You are the Love of my Life

I've had this Tattered Lace die for a while and thought it would be perfect for this month's Love, Hearts and Valentine challenges.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Tattered Lace 'Floating in the Air Love' and Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' dies
     Snippets of red pearlescent card and red glitter card

I used the largest stitched square die to emboss the front of the card blank.  I die cut the heart panel from red pearlescent card and attached it to the embossed panel on the front of the card.  I used lots of snippets of red glitter card to cut the hearts which were then inlaid into the panel.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Die Cuts and/or Stencils
     Allsorts - Romance and/or Music
     CAS on Friday - Valentine
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Hearts
     NBUS - Challenge 71 (my new Tattered Lace die)
     Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Love is in the Air
     Simply Clean & Simple - Love and/or Hearts
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 499
     Try It On Tuesday - Romance

Kath x

Floral Anniversary

I made this anniversary card for the AAA Cards 'Follow the Leader' challenge and used a few more of my white snippets.

To make this card I used:
     C6 white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Finishing Touches - French Marigold', Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' and Sizzix 'Floral Hello' dies
     Snippets of white matt card and red glitter card

I die cut the three different size flowers, two large leaves and a small butterfly from white matt card.  The flowers were layered and attached to the corner of the card.  The leaves were tucked underneath the flower and the butterfly attached above the image.  To finish I die cut a small heart from red glitter card and attached it to the centre of the flower.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Any Occasion
     AAA Cards - Follow the Leader
     Allsorts - Close to Nature
     Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes
     Cut It Up - Something New (('ve used a new 'to me' idea of following the leader and taking inspiration from their design)
     Daisy Chain Challenge - No Designer Paper
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 498 (Love is in the Air)
     Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies (I have used Blooms and Butterflies)     

Kath x

Peony Posy

I made this card for a friend's special birthday using a lovely Hunkydory image and card.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Hunkydory Deco-Large 'Peony Posy' card and topper
     Memory Box 'Classic Numbers' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Snippets of gold mirri

I trimmed the backing card, layered it onto gold mirri and attached it to the card blank.  I layered the peony posy with foam tape and attached the topper to the front of the card - I didn't use all of the layers as it was getting very bulky but used enough to give some dimension.   To finish I die cut '70' and a small butterfly from gold mirri , I attached the numerals to the lower corner and the butterfly to the topper.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes
     Cardz 4 Galz - Pretty in Pink
     Daisy Chain Challenge - For the Girls
     Pearly Sparkles - Floral
     Triple B Challenge - August challenge (I have used Blossom & Butterfly)
     Try It On Tuesday - Make it Feminine

Kath x

Especially for You

I made this card to send to Gail for the April Card Chain Challenge.  I used the Colour Option (Silver, Evergreen & Lilac) and the Theme Option (Friendship).

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Be Kind' and Woodware 'Going to Seed' stamps
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Versafine Olympia Green ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Green and Lilac Promarkers
     Wink of Stella
     Snippets of white matt card and silver mirri card

I placed the white card into my MISTI and stamped the outline and sentiment a few times to get a good depth of colour before embossing them with clear embossing powder.  The panel was trimmed, layered onto silver mirri card and attached to the centre of the card blank.  I used green and lilac Promarkers to colour the flower and circles and then highlighted them with plenty of Wink of Stella.  To finish I die cut three tiny butterflies from silver mirri and attached them to the front of the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     As You Like It Challenge - Soft or Bold Colours (I do prefer to make cards with bold colours, especially CAS cards as I think bold colours give more impact)
     Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamps
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes

This is the lovely card I received from Julia:

Kath x

Black, White and Orange Hello

I made this card to send to Daja for the March Card Chain Challenge.  I used the Colour Option (Black, White & One Colour of Your Choice - my choice was orange) and the Theme Option (Friendship).

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Altenew 'Simply Hello' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Forever in Time 'Vintage 2 Perfect Prints' paper
     Snippets of white matt card and orange card (oops, I forgot to take a photo!)

I trimmed a piece of black and white paper to 5" x 5", layered it onto orange card and attached it to the card blank.  I die cut 'hello' from snippets of both orange and white card, the white die cut was attached to the orange 'hello' creating a shadow effect and attached to the top corner of the card.  I die cut two small butterflies from white card and two from orange card.  The white butterflies where layered onto the orange butterflies and attached to the front of the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 477

This is the lovely card I received from Jeanne:

Kath x

Sunshine Meadow Birthday

I made this card for a friend's Spring birthday using Hunkydory 'Sunshine Meadow' toppers and card - these were in the Hunkydory Premium Magazine I was gifted earlier this year.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Hunkydory 'Sunshine Meadow' card, toppers and card insert
     Tattered Lace mini butterfly die
     Snippet of gold mirri

I trimmed the backing card to 5.25 x 5.25", layered it onto gold mirri and attached it to the front of the card blank.  I attached the large floral topper to the left side of the card and used a foam pad to attach the sentiment topper to the lower edge.  To finish I die cut two tiny butterflies from gold mirri and attached them to the large topper.  The set also included coordinating inserts which added the perfect finishing touch to the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Krafty Chicks Challenge - All Occasions
     Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Celebrate
     Seize the Birthday - Spring Floral

Kath x

Happy Birthday

As I've got everything ready for Christmas, it's time to start making cards for next year and having a play with some new dies I've recently won.  This card used a lovely die from The Paper Boutique which I won in the Snippets Playground.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white hammer card blank
     The Paper Boutique 'It's Time to Celebrate', Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterflies' dies
     Snippets of silver mirri and pink pearlescent card

I die cut the main die from silver mirri and used the circle die to remove the centre before attaching it to the card blank.  I die cut the main die again from pink pearlescent card and inlaid the centres of the flowers and leaves.  To finish, I die cut Happy Birthday and the two smaller butterflies from silver mirri and attached them to the centre of the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Something Beginning with 'B' (I have chosen Birthday, Blooms & Butterflies)
     Color Hues - Pink and Silver
     Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes
     NBUS - Challenge 57 (I used my new Paper Boutique die)
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 469

Kath x 

Sister

It's ages since I've posted (or done much commenting) as we've been away in the campervan for the last six weeks.  We're now at home until September so I hope to crack on with some crafting over the next few weeks.  This card is for my sister's birthday - although it's not her birthday until later in the year I can post now as she doesn't read my blog.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" cream hammer card blank
     Hunkydory Sunflower Surprise Floral Deco-Large oddments
     Creative Expressions 'From the Heart - Female Relations' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Snippets of brown textured card, Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper and gold mirri card

I trimmed the Antebellum paper, layered it onto brown textured card and attached it to the card front.  I had used part of the Hunkydory Deco-Large kit, but had enough layers of the sunflowers in my oddments drawer to make this image - the flowers were shaped slightly and layered with foam tape before being attached to the card.  I die cut 'Sister' from a snippet of gold mirri card and used Artist-Tac to attach it to the top of the card.  Two small butterflies were cut from gold mirri snippets and attached one on each side of the sunflower vase.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Butterfly Challenge - Flowers with your Butterfly
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes
     Daisy Chain Challenge - Summertime
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Kath x

Everyone Needs a Friend Like You

I made this card to send to Mia for the March Card Chain Challenge using the Colour Option (Carrot, Shamrock & Spice), the Theme Option (Friendship) and the Product Option (Stamps). 

At first I was unsure how to use the colours and then decided 'Carrot' would be perfect for my new (preloved but new to me!) French Marigold dies.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white hammer card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-Namics', Creative Expressions 'Finishing Touches - French Marigold', 'Finishing
          Touches - Pierced Summer Blooms' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Practical Publishing 'Stamps for All Occasions' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Sakura orange coloured pencil
     Snippets of orange, green and brown textured card
     Wink of Stella

I used the largest stitched circle die to emboss a circle in the centre of the card blank and set it aside.  I die cut the three different size French Marigold flowers from orange card and used an dark orange coloured pencil to colour the centres of the petals before layering them.  I cut three different size leaves from green card and the smallest circle from the Pierced Summer Blooms set from brown card.  I placed the card blank into my MISTI and laid the flower and leaves onto it so I could see where the place the sentiment.  I removed the flower and leaves before stamping the sentiment a couple of times with brown ink ensuring a good depth of colour.  I used the orange pencil to colour 'YOU' before attaching the flower and leaves above the sentiment.  I die cut a small butterfly from brown card and attached it above the sentiment.  To finish I highlighted 'YOU' and the centre of the flower with a Wink of Stella.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Die Cuts
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     NBUS - Challenge 49 (my French Marigold dies)
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 451

This is the lovely card I received from Marga - 

Kath x

Enjoy your Day

This card is made with an upcycled birthday card - the floral image had been attached with foam pads onto a large birthday card giving a 3D effect.  I carefully removed the pretty topper to make a card for a friend's forthcoming birthday.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Upcycled birthday card
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Snippets of dark green card, pink pearlescent card and Lili of the Valley 'Beach Bliss' paper

I trimmed the green paper, layered it onto a snippet of dark green card and attached it to the front of the card blank.  After carefully removing the topper from the original birthday card, I removed all the foam tape from the back and applied thin foam tape to attach it to the centre of the card.  To finish I die cut a small butterfly from a tiny snippet of pink pearlescent card and attached it to the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Butterfly Challenge - Spin the Wheel with the Letter T (I have used Tea Green, Thistle and Tango Pink on my card, plus my butterfly)
     Daisy Chain Challenge - Flowers
     Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Kath x

Vintage Artistry Birthday Card

I made this card for my niece's birthday using my last piece of paper from this lovely 49th & Market pad.  The colours are perfect for the current Butterfly challenge - there are butterflies on the paper but I've also added another two layered butterflies.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" cream hammer card
     Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     49th & Market 'Vintage Artistry in Blush' paper 
     Snippets of green textured card and cream hammer card

I trimmed the green card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and attached it to the front.  I trimmed the patterned paper so it was smaller than the green layer before die cutting 'Happy Birthday' from the upper corner.   I set the sentiment to one side and attached the panel to the card.  I die cut 'Happy Birthday' three times from cream card.  The first one was inlaid into the floral panel, together with the small pieces from the pink sentiment that had been set aside.  I layered the other two cream sentiments with the pink one on top and attached them to the card.  To finish I die cut two cream and two green butterflies, layered them with the green on top and attached them to the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Challenge - Anything Birthday Goes
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Butterfly Challenge - F for Forest Green, French Rose and Flax
     Seize the Birthday - Winged Things

Kath x

Rainbow Birthday

I made this rainbow card for a friend's birthday using one of my favourite butterfly dies that had been a magazine cover gift ages ago.

I die cut seven small butterflies from snippets of textured cardstock and set them aside.  I used the curved border to die cut a snippet of white card - extending the border so it fitted across the bottom of the card blank.  I placed the border into my MISTI and laid the butterflies along the top edge so I could see where to stamp the sentiment.  I removed the butterflies and stamped the sentiment a couple of times to get a good depth of colour.  The border was then attached to the bottom of the card and the butterflies attached along the curved edge of the border.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Spellbinders Borderabilities 'A2 Curved Borders One' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Clearly Besotted 'Fancy Sayings' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Snippets of white matt card, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Cards - Along the Edge + Rainbows
     Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes
     Less is More - Colour Wheel (I have chosen the seven rainbow colours)
     Seize the Birthday - Many of Something (I have chosen many butterflies)
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 441

Kath x

Friends are the Best Gifts

This is the card I made for Tina for the March Card Chain Challenge.  I used the Colour Option (Green, Pink & Brown), the Theme Option (Friendship) and the Product Option (Patterned Paper).

I trimmed my last snippet of the lovely pink Antebellum paper and layered it onto brown textured card.  I placed the panel into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment in brown ink before embossing it with clear embossing powder. The panel was then attached to the front of the card.  To finish I die cut two small brown butterflies and attached them alongside the sentiment.

To make this card I used:
     5" x 5" white matt card blank
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterflies' dies
     Practical Publishing 'Stamps for All Occasions' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail Embossing Powder
     Snippets of Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper and brown textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

This is the lovely card I received from Hilary -

Kath x

Vintage Artisty Birthday

I've recently been given a new 49 and Market paper pad - I've not seen them before but the designs are lovely and the thickness is more like card than paper.  I one of the sheets to make this birthday card.

I trimmed a piece of paper so it was slightly smaller than the card blank - setting aside the trimmings I had removed.  I die cut 'Happy Birthday' from the upper corner - setting aside the pieces from the die cut.  The panel was then attached to the card.  I die cut 'Happy Birthday' twice from white card.  I inlaid one sentiment into the front of the card, together with the pink pieces I had set aside.  I layered the second white sentiment with the pink one on top and then attached them to the card.  To finish I die cut three small butterflies from the strip of card I had set aside and attached them around the sentiment.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     49th and Market -Vintage Artistry in Blush' paper 
     Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterflies' dies
     Snippets of white card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Patterned Paper
     Crafty Calendar Challenge - Feminine
     NBUS - Challenge 24 (my new paper pad)
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Kath x

More Bright Butterflies

When I was making my butterfly card yesterday I used just the one colour as I didn't think I had any bright orange paper but later found a snippet of marbled paper which I used to make these butterflies.

I trimmed a piece of white card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and used my Hougie Board to emboss two lines along the length of the card.  I used black ink to stamp 'Happy Birthday to You' below the bottom line before attaching it to the card.  I die cut seven small hearts from the marbled paper trying to get as much of the orange and yellow colours as possible on the butterfly wings.  These butterflies were then attached between the two embossed lines.

To make this card I used:
     DL white matt card blank
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Hobby Art 'General Greetings' stamp
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Snippet of marbled paper from The Whimsical Marbler

I am entering the following challenges:

     Butterfly Challenge - H is for ... (I have used Heatwave and Hansa Yellow with my butterflies)

     Less is More - In a Row

Kath x   

Hansa Yellow Butterfly

I made this card for the Butterfly Challenge hoping it will brighten up a dull grey morning.

I embossed a piece of white card and trimmed around the edge before attaching it to a piece of yellow textured card.  The panel was then attached to the card front.  I due cut the sentiment and a small butterfly from yellow card and attached them to the panel in the centre.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Crafts-Too 'Happy Birthday' and Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' dies
     Xcut 'Swirls' embossing folder
     Snippets of yellow textured card and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenge - A Large Sentiment
     Butterfly Challenge - H is for ... (I have used Hansa Yellow with my butterfly)
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Anything Goes
     Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge 395  

Kath x

In the Pink

I made this card for a friend's birthday using a Hunkydory Deco-Large floral kit - 'In the Pink'.

I trimmed gold mirri card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank.  I trimmed the floral backing card slightly smaller than the mirri and cut it so I could inlay a strip of patterned card.  These pieces were then layered onto the mirri and attached to the card.  The images were already die cut so I popped them out of the carrier sheet and carefully removed the small 'pips'.  I used Pinflair glue to build the decoupage layers and attached the panel to the left side of the card before attaching a sentiment to the upper corner.  To finish I die cut two small butterflies from gold mirri and attached them to the floral panel.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 7" white matt card blank
     Hunkydory 'Flourishing Florals Designer Deco-Large - In the Pink' kit
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Gold mirri

I am entering the following challenges:
     Butterfly Challenge - Spin the Wheel with the letter G (I have used one colour 'Gold' with my butterfly)
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Something beginning with P (I have used the colour Pink)

Kath x

Rainbow Butterflies

I've been asked to make a rainbow birthday card for someone who likes butterflies - hopefully this card will tick all the boxes!

I trimmed a piece of card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  I die cut seven butterflies in rainbow colours and placed one of them onto the card so I could see where to make the embossed lines - one above and one below the butterflies and then used my Hougie board to score the lines.  I attached the panel to the card blank and attached the butterflies across the card.

Great news is that I added two of these cards to my Folksy shop and sold one the following day!

To make this card I used:
     DL white matt card blank
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly' die
     Hobby Art 'General Greetings' stamps
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Snippets of white matt card, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet textured card

I am entering the following challenges:
     AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Things with Wings
     Allsorts - Butterflies
     Butterfly Challenge - Spin the Wheel with X - I have used Xiketic (which is the black I used for the sentiment) and Xtra Colours (my rainbow
     butterflies)
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 377

Kath x

Happy Birthday to You

My first card today is for Steve's nephew who will soon be 16 - hence the 16 candles!

I stamped the sentiment onto the lower edge of a piece of white card.  I then die cut four blue, four brown, four green and four red candles before attaching them in a line above the sentiment.  I trimmed the panel slightly before layering it onto a piece of brown card and attaching it to the card front.  To finish I die cut 16 flames from gold card and inlaid them into the candles.

To make this card I used:
     DL white matt card blank
     Tattered Lace 'Mini Candle' die
     Hobby Art 'General Greetings' stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Snippets of blue, brown, gold, green and red textured card and white matt card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies - March Challenge
     Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 374
     
Kath x