Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of
18 November 2024
Christmas card mid month WLSC
12 November 2024
Delicate florals
Hi Everyone, it's been a while since I made a card, apart from my DT items, but my SiL asked me to make a card for my Niece. It was quite short notice and I decided to make a side opening landscape, I looked through my stamps and decided to go all out with stamping multiple times.
I stamped in green, seeing as the details are small, and then added a little more green on the stems and tiny leaves with DO. Next, I coloured the flowers in red DO. The sentiment was then stamped in the same permanent ink. I die-cut the layer and attached it to a red layer, both laid onto the base card. I decided to add tiny butterflies with a dab of ink on a piece of card, placing them onto to the card.
I then turned to the insert and found a few sentiments for "daughter" on the web and a couple I had in my files, SiL chose what she wanted, so I printed it out. Next, I stamped the floral onto the insert and placed it inside the card.
stamp - Penny Black, Delicate Florals
permanent ink - Whispers, pine green (very old ink}
inks - Distress Oxide, rustic wilderness, candied apple
insert verse - CraftsUprint
butterflies - Tattered Lace?
red layer - Lidl paper
A Note: I love the top hung format portrait 5x7-inch size, but all my cards always open wide to display. I hate that, so I decided to cut mine in landscape. I took an A3 card and cut the landscape shape with my Silhouette. I also used an A3 160gsm paper to cut the insert.
It was only then I realised my printer wouldn't recognise the A3 size, DUH! I thought how am I to get the insert paper to go through my printer and print correctly? A lightbulb moment, had me attaching the cut insert to a piece of A4 paper and printing it out, it was perfect. Now I can do more of the landscape shape and not worry about the insert printing correctly. I expect a lot of you already know how to do that. I blame my age for not knowing!
09 November 2024
06 November 2024
Flip ear dog TMR
Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -
OH! My goodness I did procraftinate about this card, I had a few ideas, even made 2 and threw them, one of them I spent ages measuring then put it together and what a mess. So this was my best effort. I’m really not good at measuring and making, I usually have one or other pieces not fit together, so it was off to my Silhouette and download a file to enable me to get it right. I then inked each piece. He makes me laugh and took some putting together. I 3D'd his nose and I chose the same colours as the designer, I'm sure I will try other colours next time. He’s fun, and I'm sure one of the Great Great Nephews will love pulling his tongue out to get his ears to pop up.
with his tongue pulled out, his ears pop up
03 November 2024
Christmas Card WLSC
Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme of
Out of the selection of Christmas stamps I have, this Jolly Santa shouted at me. I had seen a card that I thought would be great with Santa, so I went looking in my files for suitable paper for the face of the card and found this one. Thinking it is a simple design, suiting the theme of the card.
I added the paper to the cut shaped card, then die cut the circle. The circle needed to be highlighted a little more, I thought, so I embossed it with the next size up die, you can see it in the insert photo. I marked the circle through the hole, to stamp Santa, then coloured him with markers, then rubbed the circle guide out.
Next I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of card, and used a marker to make a simple outline around it, to match the outline theme of the paper, attaching it to the front of the card. I then stamped the insert sentiment. Whilst writing this post, I realised it didn't say "have a". I had a look through my stamps again and luckily found one I could adapt. Too late for this post though.
A fun and simple card, that I think will be duplicated for the small children of the family.
01 November 2024
Winter Robins CCC
Hi Everyone, number 1 of my DT makes today is for -
With Christmas on the horizon, my card today is a - Yep! You've guessed, a Christmas card. I went looking through my files, as I have a mass of digital stamps. I found this lovely image and decided to use it. Then took it into Silhouette to cut it out, no fussy cutting for me, as you well know. I cut 3 layers, then using inks I coloured the top layer, next I added sparkle pen to the snow in the image.
It was only then I thought about a design, I looked through some sketches I have saved, and decided this one from Atlantic Hearts could be adapted to suit.
I cut a layer to add to the base card, then lightly drew the oval, onto the base card, to blend it. After blending, I placed the layer on top, but didn't like the plainness, so used a snow embossing folder, then attached it to the base card. The image was 3D'd over the oval. I found a die sentiment that fitted into the space, backing it with red card. I'm quite pleased how it turned out
23 October 2024
7 Year old birthday Girl
Hi Everyone, my card today is for my Great, Great Niece, who was 7 years earlier this month. She is a real little lady, so I thought I would do a very pink card for her, after finding a lovely paper pad in my stash.
I used a celebration number, cut with my Silhouette, it's the same alphabet as this card. I think it looks so different cut in a colour. A back layer was cut for the 7 in silver mirror card. Her name, Dorothy, was also added inside the top of the 7.
I then hand cut 2 layers of different card to back the number, the lower layer has stars on it, although they can't be readily seen, the stars match the star on the number. I punched the corners to round them for a softer feel, I thought.
The next layer has some pretty bows. I thought I would add a bow to the 7 to tie it all together. I love the 3 layer design of the bow, with cut centres to the top layer.
Sparkle pen was added to the number, which shows up in real life, but the camera doesn't pick it up. She is always thrilled with her cards and on a visit in August, was delighted to see where I make my cards for her and her siblings.