Christmas Ornament Card

I don't normally do the artsy type pictures, but here is
one. I wanted to show the 3-D of the bulb over the
rest of the card front.

The metallic gold flourish and lines are a heavy gold foil gift wrap attached
to card stock with a thin layer of Crafters Ultimate Pick glue.
The Victorian Flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs was
cut apart to make the central focal point on the bulb.
The bands of gold are the finishing touches.
It just looked so much better with them in place.

The bulb is positioned over a "ribbon" of embossing folder
textured card stock layered over brushed gold gift wrap.
The Merry Christmas in the oval and the brushed gold gift wrap
large scallop oval under it are by Spellbinders, as is the
bulb die cut.

The Merry Christmas is a free font - Zenda.
It was created in PSP X.

Birthday Card

An embossing folder has been used on the lavender paper.
This was attached to a plain white card base.
Mega oval by Spellbinders was the die used for the purple
oval and Mega scalloped oval for the white layer under it.

The Happy Birthday was computer generated,
then die cut with a Spellbinders die.

On either side of the Happy Birthday
K and Company stickers were used.

This was a fairly fast card to make.
I do like the finishing touch that the
flower stickers have added.

Thinking of You

Something a little different.
The square die cuts are from Spellbinders new
Fleur de Lis squares.

Lots of sponging and 3-d layering.
Shapes are either die cut or punched.
Textures were done with several embossing folders.

Since I will be frantically busy as of tomorrow until at least
the 12th of June there are going to be several weeks without
posts. Probably won't be doing much card designing either.
Just working real hard on the job
and maintaining sanity.

Be Exalted O God

Background paper for this card is a discontinued
Karen Foster Designs. It was some of the very
first paper that the company came out with.

The elaborate dimensional flourishes are from
several Quickuts dies.
The edges have been sponged with a
light brown ink.
I used tiny pieces of egg carton for the
3-D look. I didn't want the thicker foam
3-D, it was too extreme.
There are three layers of flourish
and the phrase is the fourth layer.

The phrase is Psalm 108:5.
I computer generated it in
Paint Shop Pro X.
A Spellbinders oval die was used to cut it out.

Two Cards Today

I am home and not feeling the best,
just hoping it is not something that my
huband will catch!

The above sympathy card is similar to others
I have already explained in previous blogs.
I love the lavender and white combination.

A very simple and elegant design.
The scripture in the center
is my own creation in PSP X.
The scripture layer and the lavender
layer under it have been cut with
Spellbinders labels dies.
Karen Foster is the company
that made the patterned paper.
You are going to have
to explore previous posts to
find out how to create the
3-D effect.

A Valentine

Oh my, scallops and more scallops.
The papers for this card are from K and Company Floral Dreams stack. Such yummy paper. It's no wonder I am a paper-holic.

The large scallop was cut with a Sizzix extended cut die, while the smaller one was a Quickuts die. The hearts were cut with Spellbinders Nestibilities Hearts.

The phrase was computer generated.

The card front was covered with paper from the stack, then all the scallops and straight edged piece under the bottom scallop were attached.

The heart is white cardstock with ivory embossing powder. Then it was antiqued with Ranger's Archival coffee ink. All edges on the rest of the card have been sponged with the same ink.

More Paper Quilting

All three cards use the paper quilting technique. It is what is done with the paper quilting after completion that is fun.

Embossing folders where used to add texture to all examples. The two green cards were lightly sponged with medium brown ink after wards to make the embossing stand out a little more.

On the pink card, the corners were rounded. The other two cards were cut out with Spellbinders Labels. They are all layered with coordinating card stock.

Stamp credits: on the pink card unknown, Stampendous and Our Daily Bread are the other two.

Some More Paper Quilting

Above is a very simple basic design.
The quilt squares have had the edges sponged
to add depth. After assembly it was
texturized in an embossing folder, then
sponged lightly to make the embossing stand out.
The rest is simply layering and die cuts.

In the above card, the phrase has been
computer generated and cut out with
a Spellbinders Label. The leaves are
die cut or punched.

Stamp a small phrase (Stampendous)
on a coordinating piece of card stock.
I used the Spellbinders Leaf die to
cut a leaf from my quilted piece.
A matching leaf was cut and embossed from
Highlighting Foil (get at a beauty supply)
that had been attach to card stock.

The quilted portion was raised with
a 3-D foam and placed over
the stamped phrase.

Textured Background

Spellbinder's Impressabilities embossing stencil was used for this background.

A few hints on using embossing folders and stencils: 1. slightly dampen the paper with a fine mist of water
2. let the paper dry completely before attaching to card base
3. for a textured shape (like a Spellbinder's Label) cut the shape first and them emboss
4. use white core papers and sand just the very top of the texture to expose the white
5. to accent the texture, brayer over the top with a slightly darker ink
6. ink the embossing folder or stencil and quickly emboss.

A Get Well Card

Don't know anyone that is sick, but it is nice to have a Get Well card on hand just in case.

The phrase is stamped on scrapbook paper, the flourishes were stamped at the top and bott0m and the edges of the Spellbinders die cut were inked with dark brown ink. This little gem was then layered over another die cut and flourishes by Quickutz added.

The embossed paper at the top of the card is from Cuttlebugs A2 folder line. A light sponging of medium brown ink was applied to highlight the embossing. The paper on the bottom of the card is again scrapbook paper from DCWV.

Tomorrow's Dreams

This is such a lovely birthday greeting. It could go on the inside of the card as well.

All of the die cuts are by Spellbinders. The paisley embossing is from a Cuttlebug A2 folder. I used a Distressed Ink pad to color the solid side of the plastic folder and then ran it through the Cuttlebug to emboss.

The edges of the phrase and the paisley label have been sponged with the green ink.

Wishing You Blessings

I am finally back from a wonderful but very exhausting trip to Houston Texas.

This is an example of a type of shadowing. I cut two of the larger label then glued the main one over the "shadow", offsetting it slightly. With the white label used for the phrase and a white label used for the shadow there is a continuation of color.


Acknowledgment of products: Die cuts - Spellbinders, Stamp - Our Daily Bread Designs, Border folder embossing - Cuttlebug, Papers - Anna Griffin by All Night Media












What is on the inside? Using a scrap of the paper from the large printed label leftovers, place it along the right hand side. A decorative scissors will give you a pattern to match the style used on the outside of the card.

Just Thanking God

Start with a white A2 card base. Attach the pink Anna Griffin scrapbook paper to cover the entire front of the card. White card stock is used for the lacy die cut on the right, the phrase and the punch out on the upper and lower left side.

Using the same Spellbinders die cut but in different sizes adds interest. Both die cuts have the edges sponged in a dark pink to define and add depth to the edges.

Thanks

This card is not my usualy style, but I certainly do like it. Let me begin with the stamps. I think the bare winter tree stamp is Inkadinkado. I was stamped with Soot Black Distressed Ink by Ranger that was rubbed over while the ink was still wet to create a soft misty appearance. The thanks stamp is from Morning Star Stamps. It was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with #12 Stone Red powder. Both the powder and the ink a products from the Tsukineko line. I had stray powder below the thanks that I didn't notice until after I had "cooked" the embossing powder. For once I liked the look of my mistake. There is sponging around the hand cut edge of the thanks/tree images.

Spellbinders dies were used to cut the dark pink label and the leaves. The gold metallic leaf is a light weight foil candy wrapper. I glued it to some text weight paper. There is a texture to the foil that is very attractive.

Papers are from DCWV Indian Summer Fall Mat Stack.

Butterfly Collage Stamp

The card base of this design has been covered with scrapbook paper and the edges sponged lightly with a dark brown ink.

Spellbinders made the die for the die cut on the right side of the card. It was cut and embossed, then lightly sponged with dark brown ink to accent the embossing even more.

I can not tell you who made the stamp. The butterfly itself is accented with a clear sparkle gel pen to pop the butterfly image in the collage. The square edges have been distressed with a thread cutter and then heavily sponged with black ink to give a burned and vintage look.

You Answer Me

Layers, wow, do I like to use layers! I used the parts of the pendant that are cut out and made them accents. Spellbinders Label and Pendant dies were used. The papers are from DCWV Tahiti stack and the stamped phrase is made my Our Daily Bread Designs.

The stamped phrase has been accented with a white pen.

A black card base was used. More to come, I am still creating with my paper, stamps and dies.

Let It Snow

Since I know very well that I can't prevent the coming predicted snow I have decided to be happy about it. Okay, not happy, but at least accepting.

Here again the Spellbinder's Impressibilites was used to create the raised snowflakes. The raised image was lightly brayered over with a medium blue ink. The oval, scalloped oval and the dark blue border on the right of the card to the left were all from Spellbinders dies. The dark blue snowflakes are from various punches and die cuts.

The second card is the same Spellbinders Impressibilites. It has been layered on dark blue and white then mounted on a meduim blue card base.

Share The Journey #1

This phrase is from Viva Las Vegastamps. Oh do I love that store. A truly addicted stamper could stamp for hours and hours. Had I the time and money I surely would have done just that.

The layered scalloped squares are scrapbook papers cut with Spellbinders Nestibilities. The "ribbon" on the right is made using scrapbook papers, card stock, Create-A-Cut paper cutter and an EK Success punch with a dark paper under the two lines of tiny holes. The flouish is a Bosskut die.