For a beloved Tante

This card is for a beloved tante (aunty) in Holland.

Details

Base - white cardstock scored with a Scorpal.

Topper - Background is navy blue watercolour paper, dry emboss with the Cuttlebug, then swipe Silver Versamagic ink over raised areas and around edges.
Use Martha Stewart Flower Bed Deep Edge border punch on pale green metallic self-swirl paper. Dry emboss the sentiment with a Cuttlebug folder, then trace over the letters with a silver marking pen. Mount sentiment on pale green paper with foam tape, after rounding one corner of each piece.
To finish, tie a matching pale green ribbon around the topper, then tie a smaller knot-only piece in pale blue as shown. Punch a small butterfly. Embellish butterfly and sentiment with bling.

Out of my comfort zone!

This card was created for a friend's birthday!

I just bought some Marianne Craftables Dies, so wanted to try one out...

Details

Base - white cardstock

Topper - Use Marianne Craftables Die Flower Basket (CR1209) twice, once with plain white card, and again with bright, flowery paper.
Colour the basket and handle with Copic E31.

Trim the flower section from the flowery paper and glue it onto the plain basket. Leave to dry.
Cut a plain white circle and a flowery paper scalloped circle using Nestabilities. Emboss the white circle with Swiss Dots embossing folder in Cuttlebug.
Cut a long rectangle from plain pink card, use Martha Stewart Doily Lace edge punch down one long side.
Cut a small rectangle from plain green card, emboss with Swiss Dots embossing folder in Cuttlebug.
Cut a small flower twice from matching paper. Layer with foam tape.
Stamp sentiment in VersaColour Orchid ink on white cardstock.
Assemble as shown, using foam tape under white circle.

Happy Birthday Master 5!

A birthday card for my nephew.

Details

Base - white card stock

Topper - cream watercolour paper, stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink with a Tatty Teddy bear (free stamp from Docrafts magazine). Bear was coloured and grounded with Copic markers.
Balloon paper was made by dropping Ranger Distress Reinkers onto cardstock, then misting with Perfect Pearls mist (PP in water), then punched with balloon punch.
Three balloons mounted with double-sided tape, two balloons mounted with foam tape.
Sentiment from free set also.

One stamp two ways

This card was created as a thank you for my daughter's basketball coach.

Details
Base - plain white cardstock
Topper - white watercolour paper stamped with free stamp from Cardmaking and Papercraft, (Issue 100, January 2012), then heat embossed with white embossing powder. Image sponged with Distress Inks, then parts of the image highlighted with Distress Inks painted on with aqua brush. Butterfly punch from Martha Stewart, punched from purple paper, then covered with Stickles.

This card was created for a friend who is ill.

This time I stamped onto dark blue watercolour paper, and heat embossed with clear powder. I then coloured parts of the image with coloured pencils, dotted around the outside with Atyou Clear Spica pen. Sentiment handwritten with white gel pen.

Farewell friend

I made this card for a friend leaving work, who is moving on to further study.


Details
Base - Kraft card stock
Verse - Our Daily Bread Designs stamp onto deep cream watercolour paper, white embossed, cut with Scalloped oval Nestabilities, sponged with Distress Ink while in the die.
Background - deep cream watercolour paper, stamped with Distress Ink, then overstamped with Hero Arts Crossword background. Cut out with Labels 8 Nestabilities.
To finish - Oval affixed to background with foam dots; small dragonfly punched from gold mirri board.