Double Concertina Stepper Card

 

I am calling this, an inspiration card as it is a birthday card for a friend who enjoys owls. The gorgeous owl is Gus from Lavinia Stamps. He is rather large, so he fills the card. I have used copic pens to colour him in. I went with a showstopper card style for inspiration from Sam Calcott - Made to Surprise - Double Concertina Stepper card

The card fold into a 5 x 7 envelope for postage. It is rather thick so you will need extra stamps for postage.

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Gone Fishing

 Just a quick card to build up my supply of male themed cards, using this Penny Black image that I have coloured with alcohol markers.

3 Rainbow Unicorns

 I made this for my Granddaughter who turned 3 last month. It is a slimline card and I went stash diving for some designer paper to create the background. I then stamped, coloured and fussy cut out the unicorns images.

Half hexagon box pop up card

 This was my first interpretation of the of the Half Hexagon pop up box card (non-floating). There are many online tutorials for this design. I watched a few before making this in a 5 x7 portrait style. I used two panels of die cut flowers, when glued together they were rather heavy. 

What I really needed was to add a strip of acetate behind for extra support, which I did with the next one I made, and you can see the link here. On the back I created a panel where you can sign the card.

Stenciled Background

 Just another card for my supply stash. I started with the stencil background in distress oxide ink - twisted citron. I was given the floral and stamp and die set. I added some nuvo drops around the edges. 

Old World Collage

I went stash diving into my old rubber stamps for this card. I think this stamp is about 15-20 years old when stamps were made of rubber, this one was one of the first unmounted rubber stamps that I owned.  I stamped the image onto cream card stock, and highlighted areas in blue copic pens. I then coated it is several layers of ultra thick embossing powder (UTEE) to make the embellishment for the card. The background was a clear stamp that I heat embossed.

 

Celebrating with friends

I thought I would make a card for a friend's Grandson for his birthday. I used the Spellbinders - Say Cheese Classic Pooh Collection - Etched Dies - Pooh and Friends Silhouette, but I couldn't decide what paper to use for the background, so I made 3 cards.

I used some striped designer paper to resemble the sun setting sky and die cut the images on black card.

I die cut the image twice and layered them together for some dimension and added the black frame.

On this one I have used designer paper with part of a tree and a sky background.

I made the inside a bit different in each card by reducing the die cut characters.

I really liked this designer paper and thought I would make the same style card in a pink colour theme.

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Blackout Embossing

 For this card I have tried the Blackout Embossing technique. I used kraft card stock and embossed the card. Then on the de-embossed side I rubbed over the card with a black inkpad, leaving the de-embossed area the Kraft card colour and the raised area dark resembling a suede look. I then added the ribbon, sentiment and die cut daisy flower.

Half Hexagon pop up box card

This is my interpretation of the of the Half Hexagon pop up box card. There are many online tutorials for this design. I watched a few before making this in a 5 x7 portrait style. I have used the Gina K - Master Layout 4 for the heart element. The hearts are heavy, so I added a strip of acetate behind for extra support. On the back I created a panel where you can sign the card.

 Supplies

Gina K - master layout 4, you are enough stamp set

Karen Burniston - Charm heart

Australian scenery

 I made this card for an Australian themed swap. I chose some designer paper for the background and using black ink I stamped the foliage along the bottom. I the added the die cuts and stamped image.

Supplies - Ultimate crafts stamps and dies - Red Centre, Gumtree and Outback fence, Gday Mate, Australia Map