Pretty in Pink

Hi there,
Here's another card I would like to share with you from 'A Walk in the Countryside' from Creative Crafting World. The artwotk is done by Betty Davies and is superb.

The card is a circular easel card which is an unusual shape for me! I cut the shape out on the Cricut machine using the Wild Card Cricut cartridge.

I used the image and back from the plate card section on the Cd Rom.

For the stopper I used a flower from my stash and on the front of the card I placed a ribbon which was one of the embellishments on the cd.

Thank you for stopping by.

Take care.
Wendy xx

Framed aperture card

Hi,
Today I thought I would share with you one of my DT samples for the latest Creative Crafting World (formerly Cupcakecrafting) Cd Rom called 'A Walk in the Countryside'. The original artwork is by Betty Davies and it is beautiful.

I used an 8x8 card blank and cut an aperture in the centre of the front.

Some of the images were surrounded by a frame, as was this one. I printed out the image sheet more than once, so that I could place the frame around the aperture. I used 3D foam so that the frame stood proud. I stamped the front of the card with a flourish stamp in a purple ink to complement the frame.

Inside, I fixed another piece of card so that I could fix the image to it.

 

 

The insert was then printed and fixed on the next page. The inserts are on the Cd and are text editable.

 

 

The next photograph shows all the pages/leaves of the card.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment.

 

Wendy

xx

Vintage Bear Topper Card

Hi there,
Here is another card that I have found whilst looking through my stash. Yet another card that I haven't shown on my blog. I don't think I liked it at the time, it wasn't my usual type of card. I think it has grown on me though, I like it more now!!

Again, this is one from the Vintage Bear toppers from Kraftyhands.

This is an A5 card in landscape . I used one of the vintage backing papers and matted this onto gold mirri. I attached a maroon ribbon with gold edging to the left hand side of the card and added a bow. I matted the topper onto gold mirri and fixed this to the centre of the card where there was a frame for a topper. In the top right hand corner, I fixed a sentiment - Happy Birthday, also from the Topper set.

For the insert, I scanned the topper into the computer and then took the image into Craft Artist and made a matching insert. The topper image is in the bottom right hand corner. I added a border to match the card and added a sentiment - Happy Birthday To You.

Thank you for stopping by.

Wendy xx

For you Mum

Hi there,

Today is a sad day for me. It's 8 years today since my Mum passed away, so we're off back to our home town to put some flowers on her grave. This card reminds me of my childhood and the fields that we use to walk in when I was young. My Mum loved to walk and use to walk a lot in her later years to keep fit. Of course, when I was younger, we walked everywhere as we didn't have a car. When I think of the distance we used to walk in those days compared to how far I walk nowadays, I'm ashamed!!

Anyway, this card is from the 'A Walk in the Countryside' Cd Rom from Creative Crafting World, formerly Cupcakecrafting. It is an 8x8 card.

I printed some plain backing paper from the cd and matted this onto silver mirri. I then printed a patterned paper and made two rectangular pieces and matted these onto silver mirri also. I took one of the framed images and fixed using 3D foam pads so that it stood proud of the card.

I took a ribbon embellishment and three flower embellishments from the cd. I placed card candy in the centre of each of the flowers and one in each corner of the card.

Sadly, my Mum never saw any of my cards that I make as I started making them after she passed away. I think she would like this, she liked the colour purple. Miss you Mum.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.

Take care.

Wendy xx

Vintage Treasures Wrap Card

Hi friends and followers,

I've found another card that I haven't shared on my blog before, so I thought it was time I showed it as I am busy making DT cards which I am not able to show yet.

This one is from the Vintage Treasures Cd and is a 'wrap' card.

I printed the backing paper onto two pieces of A4 card and then cut these down to make two 6x6 cards and then cut one side off each diagonally - if that makes sense. I then fixed the backs of the cards together.

On the centre panel of the card, when opened out, I placed one of the toppers from the cardmaking section of the cd and decoupaged this up with another centre of the image and the hat pin.  All the components are on the Cd.

On the outside of the right hand panel, I placed a fan which I cut out from one of the pieces on the Cd.

I decoupaged the roses on the fan to give extra dimension. In order to keep the card closed, I made a wrapper from the lace papers on the Cd. I printed this onto vellum as I thought this would look better than being printed onto paper.

Where the wrap joined at the front, I covered this with a lace topper, again printed onto vellum and topped this with a sentiment from the cardmaking section.

Thank you for calling by and leaving a comment. I appreciate it very much.

Thank you and happy crafting.

Wendy xx

Vintage Calendar

Hi friends and followers,
I've just been over to the Kraftyhands blog and Linda (Simpson) has posted a calendar which I made a while ago using the vintage toppers from Kraftyhands. I'd forgotten about this and never posted it on my blog. So seeing as I didn't blog yesterday and I feel under the weather today, I thought I would show the calendar. It may be cheating but I blame it on the chinese meal I had last night!!

Here goes.

I printed a backing paper onto A4 card from the Vintage Treasures Cd - I think it is called billowing silk - I love this backing paper, especially in pale blue!! This time I did it in pale green to coordinate with the topper. I made it into a tent shape and punched the sides with a Fiskars punch.

I then matted the topper and the calendar tab onto  a green card that I had in my stash - centura pearl from Crafters Companion if I remember correctly. I added a bow underneath the calendar tab and fixed a gem to it.

I have a similar one on the windowsill in front of my desk which helps me when I am doing my Feline Playful posts!!

Thank you for stopping by and for all the lovely comments left on the Kraftyhands blog.

Have a good weekend.

Wendy xx

Amanda - 50 today (Well yesterday, actually)

Hi all,

Here is a card that I made for my friend Amanda who was 50 yesterday. She told me that she thought I was only 1 or 2 years older than her. Bless her, I'm 5 1/2 years older than her!!

For this card I used the Art Deco Cd by Card Plus Creations. I've had the Cd for ages but can't ever remember using it!! I wasn't sure what to make her, but thought she might like this.

I decoupaged the image and matted it onto gold mirri and black card from my stash. The box for the chocolates is made from a template which I made and using a backing paper from the Cd.

I sent my hubby to the shop for some Ferrero Rocher and expected him to come back with a large box or one of those plastic containers that they sometimes come in. Instead, he brought a small box (well, two actually) with 5 choccies in each. This was so much easier to make the outer box for. When I made the card for my neighbour, the other day, the choccies were loose and they kept turning over if I wasn't careful, so this was much better. Full marks to my hubby!!

To finish off, I added glitter to her tiara/hat and her bangle and powder case. In the top left hand corner, I added '50' which I cut in black card and gold mirri with the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge. In the other three corners, I placed a gold gem.

Inside, I placed a backing paper which I matted onto black card and then printed out a sentiment on the computer for her and matted this onto black card. The backing paper was the same as the one used for the chocolate box stopper. I added a sentiment 'Happy Birthday' to the box. I believe this is a Kanban sentiment.

I was really pleased with it, but then I noticed that the glue gel was showing through. I used sticky buds on most of it but thought that because where I put the silicone, it wsn't the upper most layer that was showing, if you get my meaning, that the gel wouldn't show through. My hubby thought it was part of the design. I decided to take it apart and sat and cut out some more decoupage and then stuck it all together with sticky buds. It looked a lot better.  Does anyone else have this problem and if so, what do you do or use? I have tried different types of card and paper and glues but it nearly always shows through and then spoils the card.

 

I saw her yesterday afternoon, she was just off to work. She liked it, thank goodness.

Happy crafting.
Wendy xx