Hi Friends
Here we are, all the cards I will post tomorrow have been sent since I returned from my last week of vacation. If you have sent cards in the month of September and haven't seen them posted please resend them as I might have deleted them accidentally, it can happen, when I am so swamped with so much to catch up on.
For those who I may have done such a thing, I apologize, but I mean it, please resend them. I will immediately process them and post them up tomorrow or the next day after you send them to me.
Here are my own cards for today, Enjoy!
Nikky's card with instructions
I have already posted this one in CoC forum. It was greatly commented upon as I also received so many PM about it, I will describe how I made it. Thank you ladies for your kind words on my card.
You need:
Two different blue hue card stock, peel offs one of butterfly, one of oval transparent and glittery sheet, lines around the card, that is sold on www.stonebridgecreations.com a friend of mine sells them. They sell tons of peel offs go see them and tell them who sent you to them "Nikky"
Iridescent 6 in. or 15 cm long ribbon, acetate for butterfly and the thank you oval peel off. A little piece of acetate for butterfly and oval backing. Blue permanent marker for the back of the butterfly.
Rubber Stamp called: Single Hyacinth, SR1075-K Shirley Rainman 2008 new stamp, Make an impression Inc. (425) 557-9247
Or easy to make from scratch, you don't need a stamp. You will need the illustrated punch or similar, but you need a small flower punch for sure.
You will need a glossy card stock with or without texture. Textured green to make leaves or color white card stock in green the same goes for the flower pot.
Alcohol inks (Ranger's) I used the blue and green of his collection of inks, the pouncer with pads to squirt the ink on before applying it to the glossy paper. For the speckled matted background (not mandatory) you can use your own decorative paper
Stylus and foam pad. 1 Stickles bottle for flower center.
---> Instructions: Cut out in 2 colors all the flowers you will need (equal amount) with your stylus fitting the appropriate size of the flower you are working with in a circular motion on the foam pad you will give it a cute cup shape. Repeat for all the flowers you have on hand. Wait to use stickles when all the flowers are glued in place on the card.
Explaning the Alcohol inks I used. The stumper tool that comes with the alcohol inks as well as the felt looking rectangles that goes onto the stumper tool. Squirt gently the ink to the felt making sure the 2 colors are spread out the way you want it. I personally like to work with one color at a time and change the felt pad for each color. Better look at the end.
I added acetate to the back of my butterfly as well as the oval glittery transparent peel off so it is used as a tag. I stamped the thank you with blue stazon (careful as the peel off is very slippery with a rubberstamp on it. So make sure you line up and bring the rubberstamp down without rocking it. (Alternate to using a rubberstamp) You can print off the computer a thank you or Happy Birthday to size on white paper, glue to the back of the peel off, or just print out your sentiment and cut it out in the shape of your choice to mat with matching colors.
The tiny matching corners it was simply a remnant from a cut piece I just made 4 small squares and adhered them to add some interest to the flower layer.
The rest of the card is straight forward as I expect that you will put in your own creativity to it. But this is it! Enjoy!
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First card (see the pop up insert below) Designed by Irena / both cards are!
More of my own cards I am sharing with you. The two cards you see here made out of mice rubberstamps that were made in class while I was away on vacation. The teacher's name was Irena Blount. Both cards are pop up cards we made that day. Jo Anne H. and I had a great time making them. Watercolor technique was used for the stamped images and some nestabilities were also used. It was my first time using them, I liked it, it was loads of fun.
Irena has a blog of her own www.everythingpaperscrafts.blogspot.com go see her beautiful work. She makes the prettiest Tilda cards as well. Enjoy!
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second card
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This card I saw somewhere, sorry I can't remember where otherwise I would say from whom. I made my own version of it, so it is not the same. This is what I call my quilted with Cuttlebug folders card. It is so much better in person. But I also had to use my sewing machine, so if you were to get inspired by this card and make your own, make sure you have one mat to adhere your squares to before you go and sew them all together. One row at a time is best.
I hope you enjoyed my shares for today! I thought I should take today to myself and post what I had made in the past few weeks. If you make anything similar please share them with us it is so much fun to see other versions of cards.
Have a fun day! I hope I didn't put you to sleep with all the reading!
Nicole :)