Hello again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘R’, and Billie A has chosen the theme of:
R is for Ribbon
Here is my card:
I used The Greetery ‘Big Beautiful Bow’ as the focus for the theme and the focus for the card. I love the layers you can create using the die – I have had it for a while and absolutely do not know why I haven’t used it…..
The layers were die cut from two tones of red, then glued together.
The base panel is white, embossed using a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder, then splattered with gold acrylic paint.
The foliage was die cut using a couple of Spellbinder dies in green tones, with some grey added because I do like grey foliage….
Once the background panel was dry, I adhered the bow with 3D foam, then added the four red strips. The foliage was placed as you see, with just the part hidden under the bow glued down, the rest of them I like to leave loose for added interest.
I didn’t add a sentiment, which is unusual for me, but I like the way it looks without one.
I hope you can coma and join us with your creations following our theme. xx
The stamp and die set is from Time For tea Designs, and I thought the igloo would be a good shape to create my shaker window.
Taking a light blue card panel, I die cut the igloo from where I wanted it to be, then ran that piece through an embossing folder from Spellbinders. I then attached a piece of acetate to create the window.
I took a piece of white glitter card from Pink Frog Designs – a shop local to me – and die cut the bottom of the igloo, so the snow would come up and around, trimming off to match the blue piece underneath.
Before assembling the shaker, I stamped and coloured all the images with Copics, die cut them out, then tried to figure out how I could place the igloo behind the window, in just the right spot, so it showed through……I managed by putting a small piece of low tack tape on the front of the igloo die cut, placing it against the acetate on the back of the window, applying glue tape to the back of the igloo, placing it down on my card base. When I removed the acetate panel, the igloo was left behind in the correct spot….
3D foam tape was adhered all over the back of the window piece, sequins added to the igloo area, another piece of acetate placed on the back of the sequins, trapping all the sequins. I learnt this trick a few years ago when going to Time For tea Designs craft day, that way no fiddling or faffing trying the line up the front shaker panel.
I then applied some Pritt Stick to all the 3D foam pieces – allows a little time to ensure the panel is on the right place – then attach.
I die cut another of each of the images out of white card for more stability, glued them together, glued them down to create the scene, added the sentiment, also added a little bit of Lawn Fawn Prisma glitter to the hat of the penguin holding the presents.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
CYHTP – embossing folder – option of thanks not taken
Hello. I have a card to share inspired by several challenges. For this card, I went back to my card making roots by using several Sue Wilson/Creative Expressions dies, and by creating an 8 x 8 inch behemoth:
I was sorting out part of my stash the other day, and found several packs of Creative Expressions card – the blush pink and the gorgeous bronze metallic – I just had to use them for this card.
I did originally have a 6 x 6 inch card base, but I just couldn’t fit everything on there, so I found some larger pieces of card – stored away ‘safely’ and found after quite a few minutes of searching….
\\teh red and two white poinsettia were created using die sets which are dated from 2016 (!!) all elements die cut from Heffy Doodle card stock for the red, and Neenah for the white. I layered them together after curling the leaves a little to create some dimension on the flowers.
The centres of the flowers were created by punching some holes and using what we would normally discard….
I remember having to create some boxed for these cards in the past as there was so much dimension – I guess I’ll have to do that again with this card.
Anyhoo – I matted the card base with the bronze piece, ‘gutting’ the inside by die cut some of the foliage, extra die cuts from another piece of card.
I also die cut some green foliage, but I didn’t like the look of these when I was putting everything together – good for another future card I think….
As the flowers were white, I used a piece of the blush card stock, ran it through my Big Shot Pro with an older Creative Expressions embossing folder, then adhered to the bronze, then the card base.
I arranged the florals and foliage, playing a little, then search through the CML app for find a larger Christmas sentiment I could create using dies only – and this Tim Holtz one seemed to fit.
I die cut the words with red, then also layered them a couple more times with the blush – in case I couldn’t glue them together perfectly.
All elements were attached – the flowers with 3D foam tape, and the foliage and sentiment with glue.
So – this card was a trip down memory lane for me. I reminded me that the products I have had for years can still be used, not to forget them, and it also took me back to my mum – she is the one who got me into die cutting for cards. I tried to stay away from die cutting for ages – but eventually succumbed – and now I prefer die cutting and creating more than stamping and colouring. Thanks Mum….miss you……xx
I shall be entering the following challenges:
CYHTP – embossing folder – option of thanks not taken
Festive Friday – 3 items from the list – red, white, Christmas sentiment
More time spent in my craft room these past few days. Hubby has been away, I have not been at work very much – and the weather has been a little dreary – to say the least.
Here is a card I created using an older product suite from Pinkfresh Studio:
The frame image was gold heat foiled, then coloured using the matching layering stencils. I chose to go with varying tones of red and blue using Pinkfresh Studio inks.
Once this was ink blended, I used the matching die to cut it out, then also cut another two so I could layer it up for more stability and dimension.
The sentiment was also gold foiled, then die cut, again layering a couple more times.
I wanted to try the ink with an embossing folder again, I haven’t had much luck with this in the past, so I thought I’d give it another go after seeing many people have success.
I used a Spellbinders embossing folder, inked the flatter or ‘bottom’ of the folder with a light blue ink, and ran it through my machine……..love how it turned out. A subtle background colour to the more vibrant colours of the images.
The background panel was adhered to the card base, the image frame and sentiment then attached.
I have another card created as I was inspired by the current challenge at Festive Friday and the list they provide, of which you have to use at least three items mentioned to create your card:
I used the Hero Arts die ‘Peeking Elf‘ and cut it out of white to use as a base layer. I then used red and green for the clothing, a light brown for the hair, and a blush card stock for the face. The die cuts the image out complete, but does have little snippy bits for you to cut so you can layer the image together, almost like paper-piecing.
The eyes were black gems. also from Spellbinders.
Once he was created, I took a piece of gold shiny card stock from Spellbinders, die cut with a stitched rec tangle die, and used one of their embossing folders, added the peeking elf to one side, then added a gold foiled sentiment.
The gold embossed panel was adhered to the card base with 3D foam – a couple of little pieces for underneath the hands – and the card was done.
Hello. I received this sweater die as part of a Simon Says Stamp kit, and thought it was adorable, so I had a play with it yesterday:
I chose to follow the colours at the current Color Throwdown Challenge, by die cutting the sweater in the colours you see, and I also ran the die cut back through with the embossing mat to make the details stand out a little more.
I also ink blended each sweater in a slightly darker matching colour, to again enhance the details.
Keeping it fairly CAS – for me anyway – I used a Spellbinders embossing folder to create the background panel, then added the three sweaters with 3D foam.
The sentiment is from a Gina K Designs stamp set – stamped then cut out with a banner die from one of her Master Layouts die sets, glued directly down to the background.
Hello again. It is time for the new challenge at The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge. The theme is always ‘anything goes Christmas‘. Here is my card:
I wanted a dramatic and different look for this die card, with a lot of dimension.
The background panel is a piece of black shimmery card stock, and dry embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder.
The main image is a Pinkfresh Studio die and layering stencil set, and as the background was black and dramatic, I also went with a different colour scheme.
The layering stencils were ink blended using Pinkfresh Studio inks, then die cut with the macthing die set. I added a couple more layers to the flower image, then attached to the black embossed panel.
I also added gold gems to the centre of the flowers as they are my favourite embellishments to use, and there is rarely a card I make without some sort of gem or jewel around it somewhere. I feel they add a certain interest and detail which doesn’t take over the card.
The sentiment is gold foiled.
I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our Christmas theme.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
As You Like It – favourite embellishment – gems/jewels/enamel dots
Stencil Fun – stencils – option to use some gold taken
Hello again. Caz is hosting the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and she has chosen the theme of:
Build Me A Snowman
Here is my card:
I wanted to try out the die set from The Greetery I had for a while, and finally managed to obtain a few of the honeycomb additions.
The snowman was die cut and assembled, then the honeycomb added. I used small black gems for the eyes. These honeycomb elements are fun, but I definitely have to hand this to the recipient…….
The background blue was embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder, the silver foiled panel was created by using a background toner panel – I think from Picket Fence Studio, but I may be wrong there. It’s the first time I’ve used the toner panels with my Gina K Fuse machine – how quick and easy is that? I did have to watch one of her YouTube videos just to make sure I had the correct heat setting, but I did play with several panels on this machine and therefore have a few on hand for future projects.
I cut the snowflake foiled panel with a Pinkfresh Studio die, and cut the centre out – the snowman kinda got lost without die cutting that centre out.
No sentiment, I think it’s pretty clear what time of year this is meant for….
I hope you can come and join us with your projects following our theme. xx
Hello again. The ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘W’ and ‘X’, Fabiola is hosting, and the Christmas themes are:
W is for Wings and/or X is for X-stitch – any stitching
Here is my card for the theme of ‘wings’:
The birds were created first, and by using the ‘Birdie Friends in Winter’ combo. The birds were die cut, then ink blended using the matching layering stencils. Two of the birds have hats already, but I also die cut and ink blended another couple so I could clothe all of them with those cute hats.
The background panel was put through an embossing folder and attached to a card base.
The five scalloped pieces were die cut then ink blended with a couple of pink tones – I thought these pinks would be good for the background of each bird – allowing the blue and red on the birds to stand out.
These pieces were attached to the background in a jaunty fashion, the birds attached with thin 3D foam, a gold foiled sentiment added, and some gold gems also placed around and about.
I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one or both of our themes. xx
I have another card to share after being in my craft room for a few hours yesterday – can you tell hubby has been away for a few days? Lots of crafty play time…..
I used quite a few Spellbinder products to create this card, but the skates are from Memory Box.
The card itself is a larger 5×7 inch as I knew I wanted to get more on it than usual.
For the colour scheme, I wanted a teal for the skates, and red for the cardinal and flowers, so I searched through my colour cubes to see what background colour would work with those colours. There were serval darker options, but I wanted a lighter background,
The background panel is a piece of sage card stock, cut slightly smaller that the card base to add a white border, bringing in some of the white on the other elements. This panel was then embossed using a Spellbinders embossing folder.
I then set to die cutting all the things
The memory box skates were die cut using teal, white, and silver card stock, then layered together. I stitched red twine through the holes for the laces, then set them aside.
The sled was die cut in silver and white, then glued together, before turning to the flowers, foliage and the bird.
I used a combination of glue, 3D foam, and small pieces of spare card to attach all the elements, playing with the arrangement a few times.
The final addition was the sentiment, layered a couple of times for stability, then gold gems added to the centre of the poinsettia.
A lot of die cutting, but that is actually my favourite way to create.
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