Autumn Cupcake

Hello fellow crafters!  I absolutely love the fall with its hue of colors and crisp air. It is my favorite season. And I also love to make fall cards. This one was made for an old college friend whose birthday falls this month.

I began with die cutting the cupcake using orange card stock for the cupcake holder, brown for the cupcake top and glossy white for the frosting. Some shading was done on the cupcake holder and the cupcake top. The cupcake was then assembled and put aside. Next, the leaves were die cut, using several different leaf dies. These were all colored with various inks. Finally, the acorn and pumpkin were die cut and colored with inks. 

The base card was prepared in ivory card stock and layered with brown, followed by orange card stock. The focal panel was die cut in ivory using a punch around the page punch and adhered to the prepared base. At this point the elements were positioned and adhered to the card using dimensionals and other adhesives. My project was complete.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD Ivory, Sweet Corn, Sweet Mango, Kraft; PTI Dark chocolate; SU Garden Green; Glossy White

Dies:  Martha Stewart Skylands Snowflake Punch-Around-the-Page punch, CottageCutz Autumn Sweets, IO Fall Icon Wreath, Spellbinders Welcome Fall, Spellbinders Mini Fall Blooms, Honey Bee Fall Bouquets

Inks:  Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo; Memento Morocco.

Other:  adhesive, dimensionals, glue pen, Scor Tape

Fall Jute Floral Wreath

 This cards was inspired by one I viewed on Etsy sold by Egartscrafts. I just loved the autumnal elements on the navy background.  I felt it would make a lovely fall birthday card.

My base card was made in white card stock and layered with pearlescent gold paper. Navy card stock was layered over the gold. Next, jute twine has adhered to the card in the form of a wreath. Fall elements were die cut in various colors of card stock. Some, such as the fall leaves, were colored using various inks. I used several different flower dies, dies of fall leaves, berries, an acorn and wheat to decorate the wreath. The happy birthday sentiment was die cut in the pearlescent gold paper and adhered to the center of the wreath.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, In the Navy; PTI Chocolate Brown; Pearlescent Gold; Various colored card stock for the elements

Dies:  IO Wheat, Fall Icon Wreath; Poppy Stamps Layered Pointy Petals, Rubbernecker Mixable Flower Stack, Spellbinders Garden Builder, Cottage Cutz Autumn Sweets, Spellbinders Mini Fall Blooms, Sue Wilson Foliage Pieces, Memory Box Sentimental Happy Birthday

Inks:  Yellow, Orange, Green, Red (various brands)

Other:  Adhesive, dimensionals, glue dots   

Thanks for stopping by. 

I will be making one more fall card before I begin my Christmas cards project

.Hope you'll stop by again. Until then, make someone smile today!

Vellum Hearts Anniversary

 I received a request from a gentleman for a 49th wedding anniversary card for his wife. He also added that he would like the card to have purple in it. So this is what I went with.

I prepared the card base in white card stock and layered it with purple. An embossed layer in white was then adhered to the purple. This was put aside to work on the focal elements.

Heart dies were used to cut out 4 hearts: one in white fun foam, one in purple vellum, one in white card stock and one in clear vellum (the sentiment was computer generated on the clear vellum and then die cut). The fun foam was adhered to the purple vellum heart and the the white vellum was adhered to the white die cut heart.

Next, flowers were die cut in white card stock and then the edges sponged with purple ink. The flowers were assembled and branches were added using green card stock.

The hearts and flowers were then positioned and adhered to the front panel using dimensionals and glue dots. This completed this project.

Here are the materials used in creating this card:

 Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Wild Lilac, Grass Green 

Nautical Birthday

 This card was created for one of my nephews. As many of you know, masculine card ideas are not always easy to come up with. This one took some thought.

 I created the focal point background first by using kraft card stock and scoring the panel every 3/4  inch. Next, I used a Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad and spread the ink over the panel, creating a wood-like effect. 

The ship's wheel and telescope were die cut in kraft card stock and then sponged with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I used a light gray card stock for the anchor and sponged it with Memento Gray Flannel ink. The rope around the anchor was die cut in a grayish-white card stock and positioned around the anchor. The sea gull was cut in white card stock and Copic markers were used to add color to the wings, beak and legs. Metallic gold was used to die cut the porthole and copper brads were added to give it an authentic appearance.  I didn't have a die for a ring buoy so I used two circle dies to create it and used a Copic marker to add the red color. The birthday greeting on the buoy was done on my computer. The boat scene view from the porthole was a digital image that I found. I added a sail boat to the scene which was die cut using white and brown card stock. 

It was time to put it all together. I created a base card in white card stock and layered it with brown. Next, a layer of grayish-white card stock was added followed by the focal layer. The sail boat scene was adhered to the focal panel with adhesive and the sail boat with dimensionals. A piece of acetate was added to the back of the porthole and then adhered to the scene using dimensionals. All the other die cut elements were positioned and adhered using dimensionals. My project was complete.

 

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD White, Whisper White, Metallic Gold; PTI Dark Chocolate, SU Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake

Dies:  Sue Wilson Porthole, Nautical Accessories; Marianne Designs Tiny's Sea Gulls; Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Gray Flannel 

Other:  brads, Copic markers, adhesive, dimensionals, sponge daubers

Thank you for visiting. Hope you will stop by again. 

Until then, make it a great crafty day!

 

 

Barrel Full of Love Birthday

 Hello again! This card was created for my daughter whose birthday fell this month. I absolutely love how it turned out. Lots of work but well worth it. One of my daughter's cats is a tortoiseshell and she has many cardinals around her home, hence the cat and cardinal images on the card.

I began by die cutting all the images that I planned to use in this project. Using kraft card stock for the barrel, wagon wheel, and sign post, these were die cut and then sponged with brown ink to give all a rustic appearance. Next the barrel, wheel and sign post were assembled, adding brown card stock to the barrel and wheel to make them complete. Gold card stock was used for the chains holding the sign. The sentiment was computer generated on white card stock and a pink heart was added before adhering the sentiment to the sign post.  

The flowers and greenery were die cut in various shades of card stock, assembled and then positioned over and around the barrel with dimensionals and adhesive. A grass border was cut in green card stock, the cardinal in red and the cat image in digital paper I had in my stash. Now it was time to put it all together and create a scene.

I used white card stock for the base card and layered it with brown card stock. I added another layer of pink card stock die cut from a postage stamp frame die. Finally, the white  focal panel, after sponging the center with pin, was adhered to the prepared card base. The die cut images were then positioned and adhered to the card using adhesive and dimensionals. Yellow butterflies, wings sponged with brown ink, the red cardinal, and the cat image were added and the project was complete.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD White, Kraft, Innocent Pink, Sweet Corn, Red Hot; variety of greens and colored card stock for the flowers, stems and grass; PTI Dark Chocolate

Dies:  Spellbinders Rustic Garden, Welcome Sign, Garden Builder; Sue Wilson Garden Circle Scene, IO Cardinals, Postage Stamp Frame; Butterfly die (unknown)

Ink:  GKD Dusty Rose, Memento Rich Cocoa

Other:  dimensionals, adhesive

Summer Sunflower Birthday

 

Hello fellow crafters! Here is a summer card I created per request from my daughter for an old childhood friend of hers. Her friend lives in California and has been there for decades after moving from her Ohio home.

I began by creating the focal point elements...the sunflower and wheat. The sunflower was die cut in yellow card stock and then color was added with Copic markers. For the centers of the flower I used 2 shades of brown and then added white specs to mimic pollen. Next the flower's leaves were die cut with green card stock and wheat spikes with pearlescent gold. Finally the twig wreath was created using brown card stock. This was all put aside in order to prepare the base card and background layers.

I used white card stock for the base and then layered it with brown followed by yellow card stock. The white embossed layer was adhered to the base with fun foam. The die cut images were then positioned on the card and adhered with dimensionals or adhesive. A birthday greeting, which was computer generated, was added as a final step. My project was complete.

Here are the materials used:

Card Stock:  GKD Sweet Corn, White, Grass Green, Charcoal Brown; PTI Dark Chocolate; Pearlescent Gold (Unknown)

DIes:  Honey Bee Lovely Layers Sunflowers, IO Wheat, Twig Wreath, Avery Elle Double Pierced Rectangle

Other:  Lisa Horton Padded Quilt EF, dimensionals, fun foam, adhesive

Thank you for popping in! I will be showcasing another summer card shortly.

 Please stop by again!

Wheelbarrow Full of Birthday Wishes

 

 

Hello, fellow crafters! This card was created for my sister-in-law whose birthday fell this month.   Putting the wheel barrow together and arranging the tiny flowers and leaves was time consuming but it was worth it. I love how it turned out.

I began by creating the base card in white card stock. This was layered with brown card stock. I die cut a white layer using a Sue Wilson Postage Stamp Frame die and adhered it to the brown layer. This would be the focal panel.

The wheelbarrow was die cut in kraft card stock with Spellbinders Country Wheelbarrow die set. The die cut pieces were sponged with Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs ink and then assembled. The flowers and greenery were die cut with  Spellbinder Garden Builder dies using various colors of card stock. Gold metallic card stock was used to create tiny circles to place in the center of the flowers.The sentiment was computer generated and then die cut in white card stock using a die from Cottage Cutz Crossed Stitched Oval die set. 

The next step was to position and adhere all the die cut images to the focal panel. The flowers and greenery were arranged and adhered to the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow was then positioned and adhered to the focal panel using dimensionals. A loose floral image was adhered and added to the scene.  Finally, the sentiment was adhered to the card with dimensional foam.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, PTI Chocolate Brown, Various colors for the flowers and grenery

Dies:  Sue Wilson Postage Stamp Frame,  Spellbinders Country Wheelbarrow, Spellbinders Garden Builder Die Set, Cottage Cutz Cross Stitched Oval 

Other:  Adhesive, dimensionals, Fun Foam

 

Hope you enjoyed this post. I loved making this scene and was very pleased with the result.  

Please stop by next time. Until then, happy crafting!

Speedy Recovery Wishes

This card was created for a friend who just had knee replacement surgery. I tell her she's a pro at this because she already had a knee replacement on one leg, a hip replacement and now a second knee replacement on the other leg. She's the Titanium Queen!

I began this card by preparing the background for this scene. I die cut a layer in white card stock using a postage stamp frame die and then used some digital paper to add the wall paper and wood grain paper to create the paneling. This was put aside so as to work on the die cut elements.

The armchair was die cut in blue velvet card stock, the pillow image in some digital paper that coordinated with the wall paper. The crutch images where die cut in kraft craft stock and in brown velvet card stock for the crutch pads and tips. The bookshelf was die cut in black mirror card stock and the  books were paper pieced with various colored card stock. Since I didn't have a large enough bear die, I used a digital image and fussy cut it. White velvet card stock was cut by hand and used to create the bandage on the bear's knee.

Now it was  time to put everything together. For my base card I used navy card stock to which background layer was adhered. The armchair was positioned on the background layer and adhered with dimensionals and adhesive. The pillow and bear were then positioned on the chair and adhered using dimensionals and adhesive. The bookshelf was adhered with adhesive as were the crutches. My sentiment was a computer generated and then die cut with an oval die and adhered to the card with dimensionals.  My project was complete. 

Here are the materials used:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, In the Navy, Kraft; Black mirror paper, various colors of card stock for the books; patterned paper and wood grain paper from my stash

Dies:  Sue Wilson Postage Stamp Frame, Marianne Designs Armchair, Cottage Cutz Wheelchair, Frantic Stamper Bookshelf

Other:   Adhesive, dimensionals 

 

Thank you for visiting! Stop by again soon. Any comments would be much appreciated.

50th Birthday Card

 

I had a request for a 50th birthday card similar to one I made several years ago for my dearest friend. The person requesting this card felt the orange shade and images would be perfect for their co-worker who was reaching a milestone birthday.

To begin, the card base was created in white card stock. This was they layered with gold mirror paper. A panel using orange card stock was die cut and adhered to the gold mirror paper. Finally, a white embossed panel was adhered. This was put aside to work on the die cut images.

A scalloped rectangular panel was die cut in white card stock on which the sentiment was computer generated. This was then adhered to the prepared card. Next, a champagne glass was die cut in white card stock, a swirl in gold, the number 50 in gold and shoes in orange card stock were die cut, positioned  and adhered to the card as shown. Tiny gold dots were die cut and  added to the champagne glass to give the illusion of bubbles. Tiny flowers in two shades of orange were added to the shoes and a tiny pearl placed in the center. All images were adhered with dimensionals. This completed my project.

Here are the materials used in creating this card:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Orange Zest, Sweet Mango, Gold mirror paper

Dies:  Sue Wilson Scalloped Squares; Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops; Marianne Dies Champagne Glass, Elegant Pump; Memory Box Floral Delights; Anja's Vintage Swirls; Paper Rose Mini Alphabet and Numbers dies

Embossing Folder:  Lisa Horton Padded Quilt 

Other:  adhesives, dimensionals,  gold dots die cut from unkown die, tiny white pearls

Thanks for visiting! Hope you've been inspired to create!

 

Dotted Swiss in Pink and White

 This card was made for the wife of one of my nephews. Only 2 colors of card stock were used....white and pink. It didn't require a lot of work and I was very pleased with the result. Listed below are the products used to create this card.

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Innocent Pink

Dies:  DIY Scrapbooking Nested Scalloped Rectangle Frame, Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur, Rubbernecker Tiny Flower Buds, Spellbinders Stitched Flower (for the leaf branches)

Other: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Fun Foam, adhesive, dimensionals, glue dots

This was a quick and easy project which resulted in a very lovey card suitable for many an occasion. 

Hope you enjoyed this post and will stop by often. Until then....happy crafting!

 

Hip Replacement Recovery Card

 

Hello, crafting friends!  This card was made for an individual who had hip replacement surgery and is now recovering. Wishing them a speedy recovery!

Here are the steps taken to create this card:

I began by die cutting all the images that I had planned to include on the card. The most tedious was the wheel chair which included many small or tiny parts for assembly. The wheelchair frame was created using silver mirror paper. Black and silver mirror papers were used for the wheels. Red velour card stock was used for the seat cushion and black velour for the arm rests and push handle. The crutches were die cut in kraft card stock with red velour for the crutch pad and black velour for the crutch tip. The cane was also die cut in kraft and red velour used for the handle and black velour for the tip. The red cross was die cut in red velour and adhered to a white shape created from a Spellbinders die (listed below). The band-aid was die cut in pink card stock and the sentiment was computer generated. 

Having die cut and assembled all the images, these were set aside to prepare the base card which was created using white card stock. A burlap layer was added followed by a red layer. An embossing folder was used to create the textured focal layer. At this point the die cut elements were positioned and adhered to the focal layer using adhesive, dimensionals and foam tape. This completed my project.

Here are the materials used:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Kraft, Red Velvet; SU Blushing Bride; silver mirror paper, black mirror paper, red velour and black velour paper, burlap

Dies:  Frantic Stamper Nurses Gear, Jumbo Bandage; Spellbinders Decorative Labels Thirty Four

Other:  Spellbinders Plaid Company EF, adhesive, dimensionals, score tape, fun foam

 

Thank you for visiting my blog! Hope to have another post very soon.

Until then.......happy crafting!

Coral Floral Birthday

 

 

 

This card was requested by a gentleman who wanted a birthday card for his wife. I never met the gentleman but he was employed at the same place as my daughter and had asked my daughter if I would create a card for his wife. And so I did.

 

He had said that his wife's favorite color was coral and that she loved flowers. And so I went with that.

Having an idea of what I wanted to create I began with an ivory base card and layered it the navy. For the focal panel I used ivory card stock, die cut it and then sponged the edges with navy ink.The birthday greeting was computer generated. This was then adhered to my prepared base and put aside.

 

The closest color of coral that I had in my card stock collection was GKD's Peach Bellini. I die cut several images of the flowers using Poppystamps Stitched Poinsettia Trio dies. The tips of the flowers were sponged with GKD Coral Reef ink. These were then assembled, positioned and adhered to the focal panel. Spruce stems and leaves were added to the floral images and a pearl was adhered to the centers. This completed my project.

Here are the supplies used:

Card Stock:  GKD Ivory, Peach Bellini; SU Night of Navy; SSS Green Leaf

Ink:  GKD Coral Reef; SU Night of Navy

 

Dies: Spellbinders Eyelet Lace Frame, Poppystamps Stitched Poinsettia Trio, Leane Creatief Small Flowers and Leaves, CottageCutz Spruce Stems

Other:  adhesive, dimensionals, sponge daubers, pearls

Thank you for stopping by! Hope you'll come by again real soon.

Three Square with Sunflowers and Butterflies

 Hello! Several birthdays to celebrate this month. So here is another birthday card created for a friend. It was not a difficult card to create so, instead of going into details, I have just listed the products used.

Card Stock:  GKD Black Onyx, Pure Luxury White; SU So Saffron, Garden Green; yellow with black Swiss dots from my stash

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black (for the butterfly wing tips)

Dies:  Marianne Design Slimline 3 Square; Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters; Spellbinders Stitched Flower (for the leaves); Karen Burniston Butterfly Collage Add-Ons 

Other: Fun foam, dimensionals, adhesive, computer generated birthday greeting

Thanks for visiting! Hope you'll stop by again and again.

Wishing Well Birthday

 Hello!  Here is another card I made for a February birthday. This one was made for a friend and neighbor whose birthday falls right on Valentine's Day. How lucky can you get?!?!

I began with working on the focal point....the wishing well. All the pieces were die cut in brown card stock except for the well and the roof. The well was die cut in a light gray and then shaded with Copic markers and the roof was cut out in Kraft card stock and additional color added with Copic markers. Bakers twine was used to create the rope for the bucket and was adhered prior to putting the wishing well together. After assembling, it was attached with dimensionals to a blue panel. A grass border was added to the bottom of the well and an ivy garland was adhered to the roof and little yellow flowers added. Cloud images were die cut and positioned above the well. Cardinal images were die cut and placed in various positions.

Having finished the focal panel, I then created a frame around it in white card stock.  Next, this was matted with brown card stock and then adhered it to a white base card. As a final step and to add a bit more interest, a sign was manually created using some wood grain digital paper I had in my stash. The wording "Make a Wish" was computer generated. This completed my project.

 

Listed are the products used:

Card Stock: PTI Dark Chocolate; Barely Gray (unknown); GKD  Pure Luxury White, Wild Dandelion, Red Hot; SU Wild Wasabi

Dies:  Sue Wilson Postage Stamp Frame; Rubbernecker Wishing Well, Tiny Flower Buds; Memory Box Fancy Clouds, Mini Clouds; Marianne Designs Ivy Corner; Impression Obsession Grass Border, Cardinal Set

Ink: Memento Desert Sand

Other: Fun Foam, dimensionals, adhesive, Copic markers, digital paper

 

I love how this card turned out and I hope you enjoyed this post.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll stop by again!

Sewing Charms Birthday

 Hello, fellow crafters! It is February and I have a birthday card here that I created for my best friend. I chose this sewing theme because sewing is one of her many talents. I used dies from 2 different sewing die sets which I have listed below.

I began by creating by base card in whisper white card stock. I decided on a purple color theme and layered the base card with purple card stock. I added another layer in white card stock which was die cut using a scalloped rectangle frame die. This was then put aside to create the die cut images.

The dress mannequin was cut in black mirror paper. I used digital paper from by stash to cover the torso. The thread spools were die cut in kraft card stock and then sponged lightly with brown ink to make them more realistic looking. White card stock and lighter purple card stock were added to the spools to create the look of thread. The needle, thimble and scissors were die cut in silver mirror paper and the scissor handles were paper pieced with the lighter purple card stock. Finally, the sewing machine was die cut in the lighter purple and the wheel was cut in the darker color and adhered to the machine. Silver mirror paper was used on the sewing machine needle.

After all the images were die cut it was time to position and adhere them to the card. Each image was adhered with either dimensional foam or other adhesive. My project was complete.

Here are the products used:

Card Stock:  GKD Whisper White, Pure Luxury White; SU Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum; Black, Silver Mirror Paper; 

Dies:  DIY Scrapbooking Nested Scalloped Rectangle Frame, Globeland Sewing Die Set, Karen Burniston Sewing Charms die set

Ink:  Memento Desert Sand

Other:  dimensional foam, foam adhesives, glue pen

                                                                       

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this post. Please stop by again.

And until next time, make it a great crafting day!