Thank God for what you have

It's yet another quick make! I love it. This card can definitely be done within 15 minutes, maybe even 10 minutes. I used a mint green cardstock for the base of my card and a white piece of cardstock cut slightly smaller and them distressed it with some brown ink and gently brushed the ink pad around the edges. I used a sponge to pull some of the ink into the centre of the card. Then in the same brown and a mint colour I stamped the flowers and leaves. You can use any floral stamps that you have to create this effect. I stamped 3 tiny flowers towards the top of the card that would frame part of the sentiment I was about to stamp. The sentiment comes from a Stampin Up set called Trust God. I'm not sure if they sell this particular set anymore but it's always worth looking out on ebay as I have noticed lots of Stampin Up products are often listed as crafty people look to renew their craft supplies so want to raise some money by selling off some of their stamps. The sentiment reads:

Thank God for what you have, Trust God for what you need.

I finished off the card with 3 little gems. This style of card is easy to replicate with a variety of different stamp sets. Try it yourself and get creative.

Golden wings

Another quick make using the butterfly thinlits die range from Stampin Up. A blank card is layered with patterned paper and white cardstock, each piece cut slightly smaller than the one before. The final layer has been directly stamped on using tiny flowers and leaves that I have in my collection from a variety of stamp sets. Then I used the butterfly thinlits die (the small one in the picture link) and cut out 2 in complimenting colours. On the butterfly that would be layered on top I then ran it through my Big Shot again with a die that had lots of delicate holes in it which created the lace like pattern and once the pieces were glued together I added some gems around the card and butterfly. Quick and simple.

Find me on Facebook

My sweet little baby is now 11 weeks old and as life with another new-born is settling down I have been refocusing on my card making once again. I have been reorganising my Facebook page and sorting out the photo albums so hopefully you can find my card designs from my word art and gifts. Now I just need to remember to take the photos of all the lovely things I make so that I can share them with you.

If you have never visited my Facebook page click on the link and have a browse, whether it is to give you some inspiration for your own crafty makes or whether you would like to purchase any of my cards and gifts.

Remember I make my products to order so a lot of the designs you see have already been purchased but occasionally I will post up sale stock from when I have made cards in bulk so it's worth checking the Facebook page from time to time if you are not in the habit of it.

Butterfly thoughts

This card is made on a base of white cardstock with a pink layer on top. Before adhering the pink layer I ran the piece through my bigshot with a border die (a Stampin' Up die which is now discontinued but any border die will do lovely) and a butterfly thinlit. I A lovely card that can be changed to a birthday, sympathy or friend card when the stamped message is changed.

Personalised grunge

I always find it easier to make female cards and often struggle with the male variety, which is odd because coming from a family of no sisters and 3 brothers and having no daughters but 4 sons, you would think my male dominated world would give me plenty of inspiration, however I often find myself stumped and wondering what to do. Maybe it's because I've used up all my clever designs!

Anyway this card is used mainly using the gorgeous grunge stamp set from Stampin' Up. I just inked up the background with the stamps and chose some complimentary papers to create the border strip and banners. I used my alphabet stamps to ink the name and tied some blue twine around the border strip before adhering the pieces to the paper. Finally I slipped in a small metal spiral accent to complete my manly design.

I recently took this concept and created some baptismal cards and added a stamped bible verse to the mix.

 

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With Heartfelt Sympathy

An easel card design decorated with complementing papers and a golden stamped and embossed sympathy message. The stamps are from Stampin' Up and are now retired. The paper rose was a bargain find in Tesco in the gift wrap section. 6 paper roses for 25p...I stocked up and tell everyone to always keep an eye out in gift wrap departments for unexpected crafty finds.

Here is a diagram showing how the easel card can be assembled and I then alter the sizes depending on how large I want the card to be.

It's a cupcake kind of day

I love this cute stamp and punch set from Stampin' Up. There is a choice of cupcake cases and cupcake tops to choose from as well as a cherry and a candle to top and decorate the cupcakes. This was a quick make and I used it for my recent workshop and the cards turned out fantastic. Lovely colours and with some 3D sticker pads to raise the images from the paper just finished off the card really well. The layout was inspired by another card I had seen but was an autumnal leaf design with 3 leaves going across the card. You can take the layout and change the images to suit whatever stamps you have. Give it a try.

Flip card

My husband's birthday was approaching so I racked my brains to think of a card that was a little special but it also had to be quick as we were all getting ready to go on a family holiday. Eventually I settled on a flip card design. This card was made on a 6" x 6" card blank. I folded the front of the card back on itself to provide the concertina effect leaving the back of the card untouched. Then I ran the card through my sizzix machine using the tutorial  found on this website however I did not follow her measurements as I was using a different card size and die. Once the cut was made it was simply a task of decorating the card with paper and stamping my hot air balloon. I used the stamps and papers from stampin' up. The stamp set is called celebrate today and I also used the matching balloon framelit dies.

Fun Slider Cards

I came across these styler of cards recently as I was hunting around for a fun idea to do for children's birthday cards. I found a card that had a rocket on that shot into the sky and on a card it looked really effective. After looking at the mechanism I discovered these cards could be made really simply and these 2 cards are the examples to be used in my Monday craft workshop. I'm looking forward to showing the ladies how to make these and shall take some pictures so that I can post a tutorial later.

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Wedding Invitations

It's been a little while since I was called upon to make some wedding invitations but I recently was put in contact with someone who was looking for some unique handmade invitations. She heard about me from a previous happy customer and we soon got to work coming up with a design that would suit the wedding theme and here is the final product.

The gatefold card is a popular design for weddings and I added a stamped image of a purple flower to the bottom right and added some bling with a floral ring of purple gems. The classic cadburys purple colour ribbon closes the card with a flower attached. Inside the card is printed with the wedding details and rsvp details (which I won't post a picture of for confidentiality reasons).

Here I am in production part way through the make. 85 invites standing tall and now are all packed up waiting for the happy couple to post out to their guests.

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Gorgeous grunge

Stampin' Up has always provided me with some lovely products for my crafts and the gorgeous grunge stamp set has become one of my new favourites. It is really versatile and creates some stunning backdrops for my cards. Here the splats and stripes that make up the set create an artistic splatter across the card stock and provides a stunning background for the handcrafted tag.

 

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