For You Cards

I made this card for my mother-in-law and stepmother-in-law to accompany a scarf that my mum made for them. The cards were the same and they looked fantastic. I used some of the Stampin Up papers that I bought (I think they are from the Mini Catalogue). The cards looked fantastic (see for yourselves!!!). The colours are vibrant and as per all Stampin Up papers complement each other really well.

What I did: I used a pre-made white card that I trimmed a little. Then I chose 4 of the Stampin Up papers and cut squares of 1 1/2" each. The I glued them in mosaic format. I put a black ribbon though them joining in at the front (i put tape at the front to hold it in place). I used my large oval punch on one the Stampin Up papers again. They I use my new scallop oval punch on black card stock. Used my white gel pen and wrote the message with faux stitching and because I couldn't read it very well, I used a black marker and put dots on top.

The end result! Another card that I'm proud off.

Anamaria

PS. This is the first time that I have used the Stampin Up papers to create something on my own and i have to say that I LOVE THEM. And the response of the recipients was great too. Love it when people appreciate what I do with my cards. It gives me a great feeling.

Birthday Card - Gone Fishing 3D Card

I made this card for my brother in law. I loved making this card, because I got to use pieces of cards that I have been keeping for months. I got the idea from various sites that I had seen over the last few months and I just wanted to put those together for him.







What I did:

1. I used some kraft card to cut 2 pieces the same size.
2. I scored 1/2" and then 3/4" on either side.
3. On the back section I put blue card stock on the bottom, then I used blue velum and tore pieces to represent the ocean and did the same with a brown/grey/green speckle paper piece to represent the sand.
4. On the top section I cut a square on the front like a window. I then cut a piece of a wood to represent the fishing rod.
5. Took a piece of fishing line and asked my husband to tie a small fishing hook on to it. I used a glue dot and dimensional to attach it to the card.
6. I used small letter stamps to write the message "Gone Fishing".
7. Then used my oval punch to cut the message out and my new oval scallop punch to matt the piece.
8. Used some dimensionals and attached it to the corner.
   

It look quite good. The reaction was better than I had imagined, so happy with the result.

Happy Birthday Tia

I made this card for Aunt today. I love making these cards because I get to use the left overs that I have of papers that I have used in the past. My stash of little papers grows every day now that I'm committed to making all of the cards I give away.



What I used: I white standard card that I trimmed to measure folded 4" x 5". then I used purple paper that I cut into a rectangle (I think it measured 4" x 3.5") and rounded 2 corners. then I used a pick card (again I think this is 3" x 3"). I used a strip a lovely shiny pink paper that I cut into a 1" strip and cut 3 squares. One of these I matted with the same purple and put in the centre of the pink and for a better effect and used dimensionals on all 3 squares. Then I lined with stitching around the purple paper. I then used the same gel pen and wrote the message on it and cut it with my small oval punch and matted this with shiny pink using the large oval punch, placed a pink button in on the side, put dimensionals on it and attached it to the corner.



Again a card that turned up quite nice. And here is the end result!!!

Anamaria

Stamping Class - August 09

For this class, we did a Xmas Card, using a circle punch to make a 3D Xmas Ball. It looks great.

What I did: used one of the circle designs and stamp it 3 times on white stock, punched them out. Then used a large background stamp with the same ink pad that I used to stamp the circles; placed the circles on it and stamped the back of the circles. Then cut half way up on all 3 and inter twinned them, to cause that 3D effect. Used stick strip to attached the 3rd circle to the embellishment. Then stuck it to a white piece of card stock, which i then matted in green. Cut a piece of designer paper and matted than. Stack it to the side and put a ribbon matching the green around it. Then stick the 3D embellishment. Stamp the message on white stick, cut it with the large oval punch. Then using the scallop oval punch a piece on the same green used, and stick this on the bottom corner of the 3D embellishment.

Then addition, did the same embellishment again, but this time I used Stampin-Up 2-way glue and added glitter to it. It looked fantastic, as you can see by the picture.

Anamaria

Farewell

Two of my kids teachers were leaving this week. And of course I decided that I wanted to make a card for them. I had planned to make the same card for them, but due to a couple of mistakes I ended up with 2 similar cards.

No, it is not a mistake both teachers have the same name.

So what I did: I wanted to stamp the message on the card, but mistake number one, I touched the message on one of the cards and I ended up with part of the messaage in my hand, so instead of combining both, I put the flower embelishment on top of the error. The embelishment starts with stamping and embossing it, then used my new watercolour pencils and water brush for the water colour effect. Then I matted the card with some a beautiful paper that matches the colours of the flowers. Then I cut another piece that I used my punch and attached at the bottom of the card. Then I used ribbon across this where I used the mini oval tag with their names to cover where I joined the ribbon ends.

Wedding Card for my Cousin

This card a made for a cousin overseas, who was getting married. We couldn't go, but my sister and brother in law were able to, so I decided to make a card for him and send some money as present.

This one turned up much better than I though, and it was a great learning experience. This is my first ever embossing experience. I loved it. I think I will be doing this again soon.

So what I did, embossed the wedding card on silver. Then used my colour spot and water brush to pain the flowers. At the bottom of the card I embossed the accompaning words to cake. Then I double matted that. I added dimentionals at the back. Put a silver ribbon across the card and the mounted the cake on top.

Here is the end result:

Anamaria

Just a brief note

I've noticed something interesting about me. I love making cards for my friends and their kids. I'm not sure what happens to those cards after I present these to them, but it is such a rewarding experience watching them open the envelop and seeing the card, that that is enough for me.

A few days ago I made card for my girlfriends little girl. She was turning one and we had a small get together to celebrate with her and other friends and kids. I made a really cute card and for the first time in my life a made a card with stamping and water colouring. I loved the end result. And here is the bit I learnt ...... I'm TOO lazy and disorganised. I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE!!!! It is not the first time. I have made other cards (I can think of a couple of cards that I made for my sister in law, niece and friends, birthdays) where I was quite proud of my achievement and have no record of them. The intention was to create a post every time I did a card and then add the picture here. The obvious option would be to ask them to take a picture, but that would be too embarrassing to ask them to take a picture of the card I gave them and then send this to me.

Doh, doh, doh ...

Another option .... is to replicate them and do what I had originally planned. So the cards that come to mind are:

• Sister in law birthday card - origami ladies dress
• Niece 2nd birthday card - origami girl dress
• Friends son's 5th birthday card - soccer ball
• Friend daughter's 1st birthday card - stamping balloons and water/ink paiting with my water pencil
• Friend son's 4th birthday card - spider man

Boy it looks like I will be busy doing these.

Until then.
Anamaria