Bear on Motorbike

I wanted to make a card for a young boy's birthday which had a cute image and also an iris folded design, so this is what I came up with.

I made a card blank from Ivory Centura Pearl cardstock and attached blue Moondust card.   The scalloped square was already embossed with dots and had an aperture in the centre, although I made it a little larger so it was the same size as my iris folding template.   The iris folding papers were scraps of beige, gold foil, red and blue sparkle papers and the iris centre is a piece of gold holographic card.  This was attached to the card front and I placed small gold peel-off dots in each corner of the square.  The Bear on Motorbike is from a Craft Creations die cut sheet.  I layered it with silicone glue so I could shape the pieces and, when dry, I attached it to the bottom of the card.   The greeting was from the same sheet and I mounted it onto blue Moondust card to match the layers on the card.

I'm going to submit this for the third card for Unit Three, so would welcome any comments or suggestions for improvement.

Kath x

Floral Doodles Woodware Challenge

I made this card to enter the Woodware April Sketch Challenge and am also going to submit it for the second card for my Unit Three assessment.

I attached Hot of the Press Icy Rainbow papers (a magazine freebie) to a white Centura Pearl square card blank - yellow at the top and spotty paper at the bottom of the card.   The join was covered with a strip of lilac Moondust card which had lilac spot ribbon tied around it.  To follow the sketch I stamped the the top image onto white Centura Pearl card - this is from the Woodware Floral Doodles stamp set.  The image was embossed and coloured with Promarkers.  I used the Woodware Squared Corner cutter punch and then attached the image to lilac Moondust card.   The lower image is stamped with Woodware Salutations 'Birthday Wishes' stamp and leaves from the Floral Doodles stamp set.  This was embossed and finished in the same way as the floral topper.   Both were attached to the front of the card with double sided tape.   Two small lilac pearls were attached to the top right and two to the bottom left of the top half of the card.  The card was finished with an insert of white pearlescent paper.

I would welcome feedback on this card, or suggestions for improvement, as I am going to submit it for my Unit Three assessment.

Kath x

It's a Girl - or Boy!

A friend's daughter is due to have a baby next week and we're guessing she will have a girl, so I made this card.

I covered a square card blank with pink stripe at the top and green spot paper at the bottom, covering the join with a strip of pink heart paper.   The elephant and sentiment images were matted onto pink Moondust card and attached to the card front with double sided tape.   All the papers and images were magazine freebies. I used a Woodware daisy punch to make three small flowers and used tacky glue to attach them to the top left of the card front.   I then added small pearls to the centre of the flowers and made a small white bow to decorate the image.

Even though we think she will have a girl, I'm taking no chances of having to make a last minute card - so I made a similar card in case she has a boy!

The card was made in the same way, although I matted the image and sentiment onto turquoise and dark green card before attaching them to the card front.  The small bow was attached to the elephant image as I was using a scrap of card and there was a small cut in it - so the bow covered it up!  To finish, I printed a greeting onto white pearlescent paper and attached it to the inside of the cards.

Kath x

Get Well Soon

I have recently made this floral Get Well Soon card and am going to submit it for one of the cards in my Unit Three assessment.

I cut a square of pink Moondust card slightly smaller than my pearlescent card blank and then matted a layer of pink rose paper from the Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection (a magazine freebie) onto the pink card.   I attached a strip of green/pink/white stripe paper from the same collection onto pink Moondust card and attached it to the left side of the card.  I stamped the Hobby Arts Floral Display image onto white pearlescent card, this was coloured with pink and green coloured pencils.  The image was cut and embossed with my large circle Nestabilities.   I used large scalloped Nestabilities to cut and emboss the pink Moondust card.  The image was attached to the card with double sided tape.    The Woodware Salutations 'Get Well Soon' sentiment was stamped into the bottom right corner of the card.  I then attached three small white pearls to the top right and three to the bottom left of the card.

As I am going to submit this card for my Unit Three assessment, I would welcome feedback please.

Kath x

Lili of the Valley Easter Cards

I've just finished making my Easter cards and these are two of my favourites.  This one of the rabbit jumping over daffodils was for my mum:

And this one of the rabbit with Easter eggs was for my sister:

I used two Lili of the Valley images, which were magazine freebies, to make the cards.  The images were coloured with Promarkers, matted onto coloured linen card and then onto a white linen card blank.  To finish, I printed an Easter greeting onto paper for the card insert.

Kath x

Happy 80th Birthday!

I wanted to make a card for a friend's 80th birthday.  I struggle with ideas for men's cards, but saw this design in Papercraft Essentials magazine and thought it would be perfect.  

I matted a 9cm square of white cardstock onto mustard Moondust cardstock, then onto dark blue Moondust cardstock.  I then fixed this onto the front of a white tent-fold card blank.  I cut four 4cm squares of co-ordinating Nancy Watt papers (which were a magazine freebie) and used my Woodware corner roucnder to round two corners of each square.   These were then glued to the card front.  I tied embroidery thread through a blue star button and used tacky glue to attach it to the card.  I printed a sentiment on white card and used foam tape to attach it to the card.

As I had more squares of paper, I made another birthday card.

Kath x

I've passed Unit One!

I've had a message from assessor Jackie - I've been awarded a Pass Credit for Unit One!  This was for the Clematis Birthday Card, Wedding Easel Card and Jenigami Tortoise.   Thank you to everyone who has left feedback for me.

I'm now going to start working on Unit Three which is the cardmaking unit.

Kath x

With Love From the Heart

I love these red Woodware peel-offs, so used them to make a simple anniversary card.

I attached the first heart directly onto a pearlescent white card blank.   The second heart was attached to a scrap of white card and cut out.   This was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  The sentiment was added to the top and bottom of the card.   The hearts were decorated with silver and diamond Stickles and white pearls.  To finish, I printed a greeting onto white pearlescent paper and attached it to the inside of the card.

Kath x

Jenigami Tortoise

I wanted to make a 3D item for my Unit One assessment so made this tortoise using a freebie download from Jenigami   

I downloaded the tortoise template and printed two copies onto First Edition Spring Feast scrapbooking card.  After cutting out the sections I glued them together to give the tortoise more strength.   I used Diamond Stickles to highlight flowers on the shell and distressed the edge of the tortoise body.  I glued the feet onto the bottom of the body sections and doodled around the edges.   Wobbly eyes were attached to the head before the sections were assembled using the instructions from the download.  Jenigami papercraft items fold flat so I used a co-ordinating scrapbooking card to make a wallet for the finished tortoise.   This was fastened with a brad and ribbon.

Assessor Jackie, gave me a good tip for improving this design and I thought I would share it in case anyone is thinking of making anything similar.   If the outline cutting is a little rough, it is better to distress with ink as this will draw the eye in away from the edge, rather than using a file to expose the core (as I did) as this will draw the eye to the edge.  I hope this helps!

Kath x

Mum's Birthday Card

I love the HOTP papers from Simply Cards & Papercraft, so made this card for my mum's birthday.

I covered a C6 pearl card blank with yellow patterned paper then added a strip of coloured paper to the bottom and two small brown strips cut with my Woodware Crafty Edger.  I then rounded the bottom corners with a large corner punch.   I glued the topper to thin card and attached it to the card with foam tape.   The 'You're the best, Mum' sticker was coloured with Promarkers and attached to the shaped topper.  I then cut two more flowers from the papers and attached these to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Wedding Easel Card

I made this card for a friend's wedding and was so pleased with the result - as it was the first easel card I had made - that I made another card to submit for my Unit One assignment.  The idea for using this stamp on an easel card came from Crafty Debs.

I made an easel card from white Moondust card and used Hot of the Press Icy Rainbow paper to cover the inside of the card.   I used the bride and groom and sentiment stamp from Woodware's Getting Married set to stamp the main image and the easel stopper.  These were layered onto purple Moondust card and the image was coloured with Promarkers.   As the Icy Rainbow paper is single sided, I glued two pieces together and when they were dry I punched the large and small daisies and made leaves from a scrap of green paper.   I shaped the flowers and glued a small daisy into a larger one and then added a small pearl to the centre to make the flowers, I then glued leaves to the back of the flowers and attached them to the card front.  A purple heart on the easel and a white heart on the base finished the card.  I then made a box from white Moondust card and stamped the flowers from the same set onto the top of the box and coloured them to match the main image.

As I am going to submit this card for Unit One of the Certificate in Papercraft, I would welcome feedback on my card, please.

Kath x

'So Special' Birthday Card

I made this card for my niece - a very special person!

To make the card I cut a square of purple card slightly smaller than my card blank and attached a piece of Country Diary flower paper to the purple card - I don't know the make but they were a magazine freebie.   I cut a strip of cream card and used the heart cartridge with my Crafty Edger to decorate the edge and attached this to the left of the flower paper.   I wrapped a purple organza ribbon around the cream card and tied a knot.   This was then attached to my card blank.   I used a 'So Special' chipboard on the bottom right of the card and decorated it with two small lilac pearls.

Kath x

Clematis Birthday Card

I was asked to make a pretty birthday card with flowers and decided to use these pretty Magenta clematis peel-offs.  I had made one of these cards in a workshop at Japonica last year and liked the finished card, so decided to make another one.  I'm thinking of submitting this card as one of the items for Unit One of the Certificate in Papercraft, so I would welcome feedback, please.

To make the card I put the main clematis peel-off onto a piece of white linen card and rounded the corners.   This was attached to a larger piece of pink linen card which had been embossed with Swiss Dots and also had rounded corners.   The other clematis flowers were stuck onto white linen card for the decoupaged image.  I used the reverse image of the peel-offs to decorate the square white linen card blank and also some of the small dots from the peel-off sheet.  I coloured the image with coloured pencils as I wanted a 'soft' finish.  I rubbed the wrong side of the flowers to give them shape and then attached them to the main flower with foam pads.  The clematis topper was then attached to the left side of the card blank.  I attached a peel-off greeting to white linen card and attached this to a piece of pink linen card which had also been embossed with Swiss Dots and had rounded corners.  This was attached with foam tape as I wanted it to be raised from the card blank to offset the decoupaged clematis image.   I then attached a small pink bow, this matched the coloured pink card and the white spots highlighted the embossed card and also the peel-off

Kath x

Red Wedding Card

A wedding card with a difference:

I attached a square of red card to a white square card blank.   I then matted a square of love bird backing paper to the red card - these papers were a magazine freebie.   I cut out a poem and used an inverted punch on the corners, this was glued to a slightly larger piece of red card and the corners were shaped with the inverted corner punch.   I then attached this to the card front.  I attached a large heart to the front of the card with double sided tape.   I then attached one small heart and one floral stem to the card front with 1mm foam tape to give a 3D effect.

Kath x

Birds and Flowers Anniversary Card

I made this card for my in-laws wedding anniversary.

I die cut a circle from Kate Knight patterned paper (a magazine freebie) and attached it to a pink die cut scalloped circle.   The remaining patterned paper was glued to a piece of pink card.   I attached the die cut circle to the main card, ensuring the pattern matched.   I tied a pink spotty ribbon around the card and then attached it to the front of a square white card blank.   I finished the card with small pink pearls to the top left and bottom right of the card.

Kath x