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

Festive gold

A bit of festive gold for this Christmas card. I have used the Holiday Tapestry stamp set by Gina K. Heat embossed the image onto teal card stock using Egyptian gold embossing powder. I then layered the panel onto foil card stock, then adding it to the base card. Just a bit of ribbon for the embellishment.
 

Lazy Sunday

I pulled this stamp set from forever friend's retro collection - the good life, out of storage, I think the first time I used it was in 2013. I made this card for a boys' and their toys card swap.

 

Baptism Blessing

I had a request to make a card for a Baptism, this is what I came up with. I didn't have any stamps in a religious theme, but I do love this mother and child stamp. I have had it for a long time, it is an unmounted red rubber stamp from a company called Whiff of Joy. 

I chose a cream and gold theme and used the embossing folder for the background and then added the die cut frame over gold card stock. I then added the ribbon and leaf die cuts along with the stamped image.

Supplies:

Stamps- Whiff of Joy - Willow with toddler

Creative expressions - Sue Wilson pin-point embossing folder

Elizabeth Craft Designs -1003 leafy branch die

Tonic Studio - Dragonfly delight die set

 

Embossed shell shaker card

I use the embossing folder to create the shell background. The embossing folder has a die in it to cut the Apture around the embossed shells at the same time as the embossing.  I sponged the embossed areas with the distress inks Mustard seed, rusty hinge, peacock feathers. Once that ink was dry I went over the raise areas with black ink. Behind the Apture space I added some acetate and using the piece cut out for the background part of the shaker card.

Love Hearts

 

I made this card for a love card challenge. It is a quick and fun interactive card using dies.

I made the base card using the Karen Burniston 1007 Charm Accordion die.

I then added the 1113 love Charms for the extra love elements.

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Congratulations Mr & Mrs

I made this card for a recent wedding, where the gifts were for a wishing well, so I made the card which was a bit dimensional for an envelope, so I made a gift box for it.

I made the front using die cuts and stamps from The Rabbit Hole Designs that I had in my stash for several years.

On the inside I created a pop up wedding cake using Karen Burniston’s 1028 Cake Pop up. I added a golf ribbon bow to the top of the card and added gold die cut bows to the cake using the KB 1183 Little Labels pop - up bow.

I then added the die cut sentiment K B 1032 Happily Ever After inside so that you could see it when it was displayed when it is open.

I added a place to sign on the back of the card along with the sentiment and a envelope to hold the cash gift.

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Class Tutorial September 2024

For my card today I decided to follow along with Karen Burniston’s September Class Virtual Tutorial.

It was great to follow along with Karen and pause when I needed to. It is also great to learn other ways to use her creative dies.

I chose some scrap designer paper that I had in my stash for this first attempt of this card. I just put the surprise sentiment inside as I think this could be a fun birthday card adding it to my stash of cards.

Just a close up of the inside put out.

 

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Birds of a feather

I dry embossed designer paper for the background before layering it on a card base. Added the Christmas Emus for the focal point for this fun Christmas card.

 

A Sailing good time

This is the card I made for a friend for his 70th birthday. I chose the sailing theme as he is into outrigging and this is the closet I have to that theme. The sailboat is a clear stamp that was included in a magazine.

In the inside I have used Karen Burniston dies, 

1277 - boat pop up

1278 - sail boat add on

1279 - set sail boarder

A circle, oval and rectangle dies from my stash of dies from various companies. 

The designer paper is from a 6x6 Kaisercraft paper pack.