I had so much fun making cards with the leftovers of a paper pak I bought last year
It's Recollections Snowy Days from Michaels.
The cardbase is from their collection this year called Warm Wishes
The sentiment is from K&Company
Border Punch is from EK Success
Edges all inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Heart is covered with Glossy Accents
and Diamond Stickles were applied to the snowflakes on his hat
This stamp was in a rubber grab bag from My Sentiments Exactly
after I'd stamped it I realized I'd used the clear embossing on it
and it wouldn't show up so I lightly used Very Vanilla Craft ink from Stampin Up
to bring out the embossing, I really liked the way it looked after that.
(I only have a few so blending is challenging sometimes)
The printed image was sent to me to play with by Karen O'Connor
(You Tube - Scrapaway1)
This became my youngest one's anniversary card.
Flower is from Studio 18
Bottom punch is EK Success - Graceful Heart
So many thanks to Sharon at Gramma's House of Cards
I was so drawn to her cards and how she did them, including finishing the insides
that I just had to try them myself! Be sure and check out her blog.
I ran across an old set of 12 CDs by ClickArt buried in my closet. They are just loaded with all kinds of clip art. While browsing I ran across this darling little cherub and decided to see how baby would look on a card. Well darn now I have a whole new world of inspiration at my fingertips. I'm sooooooo glad I didn't get rid of these CDs. The formats on the CDs are a little wonky but nothing that saving here and resaving under a different format didn't cure!
I stamped the heart (it includes the script) onto some card stock.
It's a Fiskars stamp from a set just called 'Baby.
Edge punch is Moroccco Lace by EK Success, this is one of my favorite border punches!
Inside is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly, shape cut from my Cricut.
My good friend Vicky at Clips-n-Cuts posted a darling card she'd made using a dress form. Well I just couldn't stand it.
I had the Cricut Cartridge of my friends sitting here: Forever Young, and on it was this darling dress form. Well once I got started I just had to keep on making them. The dress forms themselves are cut from the front and back cover of the K&Co 12x12 Paper Pad Olivia Rose. It's heavier weight and the hit and miss of words, numbers and prints from the packaging gave for some interesting dress forms.
Here is a close up of each card -
The background behind the dress form is a piece of lavender paper that I stamped with the Prima clear stamp - Recital. I then wet the paper and smooshed it all up in my hand, slowly pulling it back into shape and the using my heat tool to dry it. When dry I added a layer of Lindy's Stamp Gang Desert Moon Antique Rose spray.
The next dress is bordered from one of the acetate sheets that's included in the above mentioned paper pack. I used Glossy Accents on the belt and while wet sprinkled it with pink sparkle.
This is the first card I made, and what started the chain reaction. The border punch is Morocco Lace by EK Success and the paper is from the K&Co Susan Winget Spring Blossom Collection. The Sassy stamp is from Fiskars, I think it's called Girlfriends. I used Glossy Accents over it and the mat again was cut from the paper pad backing page.
With this one I also cut the hat from the cartridge and used a little bling on it. Inside the sentiment reads "It's Your Day" most insides I've left blank. I used a Mrs. Grossman's sticker on the front and then used a combo of Smooch spray in gold, Perfect Pearls in gold and water to spray the front.
Here I added the Sweet sentiment from a dollar stamp from We R Memory Keepers and stamped the hat from the Fiskars set I mentioned above using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Glossy Accents over the top.
Another hat from the cartridge and an strip of the ruler and paper from the Olivia Rose Collection. The border punch is Apron Lace by Fiskars.
The checkered border was a die cut frame in the paper pack that I clipped and formed a smaller frame around my card, the heart was on some ribbon from Bo Bunny I had.
The mat here is embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Spots and Dots folder. I used a sanding block to distress the circles revealing the under color. The stamp is the same set, Girlfriends, from Fiskars. The black lace is Bo Bunny.
This last card I sprayed the lace, which started out white, with Tattered Angels Cranberry and then stamped the saying with a Fiskars stamp (do not have the name of this collection). The border punch again Apron Lace from Fiskars and the paper was Spring Blossom pack by K & Co.
And that's it. A great set of cards and a whole lot of fun. Thanks again Vicky for all your inspiration!
Another for my gift set of cards. This is the back side of the paper from the previous post. I used a new EK Success border punch I got for 80% off at JoAnns, what a deal!!! The punch is called Graceful Heart which will be perfect for Valentines!
The die cuts are precut from K & Co in their Spring Blossom Icons Die-Cut Cardstock and Acetate Collection.
I really like this ribbon punch from Fiskars and must admit I often forget I have it and don't use it as often as I could. It's called Leaver It to Weaver.
Sentiments are the Inspirations/Encouragement set from My Sentiments Exactly. I sprayed the inside of the card with Gold Glow Smooch Spray, it's a little hard to see here but it gives the inside a great shimmer.
K & Co Paper Pack by Tim Coffey called Cottage Garden.
Sentiments are rub ons by My Sentiments Exactly.
Inside of card - Border Punch by EK Success called Morocco Lace
(another I got at JoAnns on clearance for 85% off - love those bargains, love this punch!)
I picked up a K&Company paper pak called Tim Coffey Fall and fell in love with the double side papers in it. These are all included in that pack. I used the Leave it to Weaver Fiskars border punch to thread the ribbon and punched the opposite side with the Apron Lace border punch. The butterfly was punched twice an EK Success punch. I put the bottom one flush then heavily Glossy Accented the top one and popped it up. The sentiment is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly. Edges inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
OK I couldn't stand it! I had to have that darling Create A Critter cartridge for my Cricut Expression! There are just so many darling little critters on it. This Raccoon is one of my favorites!
I used the EK Success border punch Swiss Cheese on the strip across the top. Glitter glue was added to the two hearts and the FAB was outline in white gel pen.
The embossed polka dots are done with a background dot stamp from Inkadinkado and clear embossing powder.
These four cards were inspired by a card I saw in the Cards July 2010 issue posted by Maile Belles of Simply Stamped Blog. She is just so talented, be sure and stop by her blog and let her inspiration rub off on you too!
Each card is just a tad different and each one I made I thought I liked the best until I did the next one, lol. I used two punches the butterfly EK Success and the flower by Fiskars. I'm loving these mini punches! The sprig of pearls were in a goody bag a friend recently gave me. Sentiments above and below are from MSE rub ons. The ribbon doily on under the sentiment is from Basic Grey and comes on a roll - 3 different designs to a pack and has an adhesive strip on the back that you just remove and stick.
Little gemstones are from Kaiser Crafts.
This stamp from Hero Arts - Treasure the Memories collection. The border punch on the bottom strip is Fiskars Rope border punch.
