Today's card is for a friend to give to her brother - she requested a nautical theme but something modern. Okay! I chose a red white and blue colour theme and kept it simple...
The patterned paper is from a nautical pad from The Range, and the embossing folder and dies are unbranded, though the dies are very similar to the SU Swirly Bird dies. I'm entering this card into the challenges at: Crafty Catz #423 - wet or dry embossing Crafting With Friends - anything goes Shopping Our Stash #360 - anything goes Simply Papercraft #59- anything goes Seize The Birthday- anything goes As You Like It - favourite type of embossing - wet or dry? Definitely dry. I don't do rubber stamping so I haven't even tried wet embossing but I love the quickness of using an embossing folder and the perfect results every time. Thanks for visiting Sharon x
OK - so it's 26 degrees outside and I've been inspired to make a Christmas card for my friend to give her son... I'm not normally this organised but I was at The Range and I spied a mahoosive pack of Hunkydory's Christmas decoupage and toppers for £6 - started life at £25 so I got myself a bargain. They are beautiful quality - sturdy card and foiled highlights and there's enough to make about 30 cards. I've never been this excited since I found a Radley handbag in a charity shop for £3!!
I used an 8x8 inch silver base card and some silver 'firework' patterned paper from my stash to give the effect of a blizzard. I added various bits of one of the topper sheets and the greeting was done using unbranded dies from my collection. So easy but I have a real sense of achievement making Christmas cards in the summer! I'm entering this card into the challenges at: Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #400- quick/easy Christmas TOP 5 Watercooler Wednesday's #176 - all about Christmas The Holly and Ivy Challenge - ag (Christmas) The Sisterhood of Crafters - what's that up in the sky? Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Santa Crafting By Designs - get ready for Christmas (June) Thanks for visiting Sharon x
Needing to make a penguin themed birthday card I turned to Pinterest for inspiration and found a gorgeous card to CASE...
It's quite an old card by Teneale Williams but I love it! I was inspired by the layout, the cute die-cut penguin and the balloons. Here's my interpretation...
I love decoupage and one of my favourite brands is Anita's Die cut - they are so quick to put together. Today's card is made with one such topper, mounted on an embossed birthday greetings panel...
A work colleague asked me to make a card for her brother which gave me the perfect opportunity to use a tie die that came with last month's Papercraft Essentials. Following the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches I made this...
I've used some glittery black and white patterned papers from The Range and a large dot embossing folder for the background. I'm entering this card into the challenges at: Freshly Made Sketches - sketch
Today's card is a clean and simple quickie for a work colleague who is retiring...
I've printed the greeting directly onto white card then simply added a fussy-cut image of 'Jim' (from the Digistamp Boutique) using foam pads. He's coloured with Pro-markers - a nice bright turquoise to match the border colour. It's quite a large card (A5) so the image was very easy to neatly cut - it's about 4 inches tall! Sorry for the bad pic - the light is so bad here with the fog! I'm entering this card into the challenges at: Crafty Cardmakers #213- for a man/boy Dream Valley Challenge #180 - for a man/boy Crafting By Designs- for the boys Simply Create Too - for a male Scribbles Designs Challenge #65 - make it masculine Thanks for visiting Sharon x
