A Card for Mothers Day

A special card for a special mum today.

I read a lovely phrase in a magazine recently which I noted down as I knew it was perfect for my mum. She has always been crafty in her own way doing crochet and knitting when she was younger to the mind blowing lace making with all the bobbins in later years, all I watched her doing with great fascination.

Using a new button die set I purchased and a button embossing folder, this card was relatively easy to make.

The phrase was printed out and matted onto blue and pink card stock.

White card was used for the main background and embossed using Crafters Companion Button Box embossing folder, this was also matted onto both pink and blue card stock.

The phrase was attached using 1mm 3d foam pads.

Numerous sized buttons were cut and embossed in pink, blue and light brown card. These were positioned on the base card, some were attached using double sided tape and other 1mm 3d foam pads.

Happy Mothers Day to my lovely mum.

A Card for a Special Lady

A card required for a special lady celebrating a special birthday.

 

Using the Stampin Up Owl Punch , I created two owls using brown card for the main body and patterned papers from Lili of the Valley paper pads for the bodice. A small scalloped circle was cut in brown card and cut into quarters to create the owls wings. The facial features were punched out and fixed to the base of the owl.

 

A branch was cut and embossed in brown card and two sizes of leaves were cut and embossed using two shades of green card.

 

Using the Stampin up Bunting punch, I punched plain triangles in white card stock and the scalloped bunting in patterned card stock. The wording Happy 50th were cut from a extended Sizzix alphabet die.

 

Decorative photo corners were cut from both plain brown cardstock and the matching patterned card stock.

 

A personalised message 'A little bird told me its your Birthday'  was printed onto white cardstock and this was matted onto both Patterned card and brown card and fixed to the 8 x 8 inch card blank.

 

The bunting sections were puched with a small hole and thin twine thread through, the bunting was then attached using 1mm 3d foam pads. The photo corners were fixed using double sided tape to each corner.

 

Finally the main owl, branch and leaves were fixed to the middle section of the card, some of the leaves were attached using 3d foam pads to add dimension.

 

 

 

The additional owl was fixed to a plain circle, matted onto a brown scalloped circle and fixed to the back of the card to finish.



A card for Matt

A birthday card for my sons friend who is a keen Watford Supporter.

The main football figure was cut using Cricut Everyday Dolls Cartridge. the clothing /kit based on the Watford Football keeper.  The shirt and shorts were cut out on both green and black , the black sections cut to create the kit detail. The football boots again were cut out of both white and black card and the white pair cut to create the striped detail. The green socks were a pair of wellington boots. 

 

The glovers were cut in both purple and yellow, the yellow section cut down again to create the cuff detail.

The football pitch was created using the Cricut Gypsy device and Soccer Cartridge. Whilst the green pitch was just taken from the Soccer Cartridge the white border detail was created manually using the Gypsy device , this was created on different pages on the Gypsy so the sizing fitted perfectly, the white border were rectangles re sized and welded together to create the pitch border. The centre circle was clearly just two cut circles.
 

The light green background card was embossed using the in stitches embossing folder, used the wrong way, I was trying to create the effect of the goal nets. This embossed card was matted onto black card.

 

The corner footballs were cut using the Quickutz die Soccer ball and shaped for the corners.

 

 

A personalised message was printed and matted on to black cardstock, and attached to lower section  of the card using 1mm 3d foam pads.

 

Lets hope Matt has a fantastic birthday.

 

 

A Par-fect Birthday

A card this time for a good friend of ours who is mad on Golf, so the theme of his birthday card this year was easy to choose.

I chose a golf decoupage image, with many layers. Each section was cut out and layered up using 1mm 3d foam pads.

The main image was matted onto both green and black card.

The background ivory card was embossed using 'in stitches' embossing folder, this and a birthday message were  matted on to green and black card.

Black Candi brads were used to add detail to the top and side section of the card to finish.
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A Card for My Big Brother

A special card for a special Brother, incorporating a Man United Player.

 

The football pitch was created using the Cricut Gypsy device and Soccer Cartridge. Whilst the green pitch was just taken from the Soccer Cartridge the white border detail was created manually using the Gypsy device , this was created on different pages on the Gypsy so the sizing fitted perfectly, the white border were rectangles re sized and welded together to create the pitch border. The centre circle was clearly just two cut circles.

 

The light green background card was embossed using the in stitches embossing folder, used the wrong way, I was trying to create the effect of the goal nets. This embossed card was matted onto black card.

 

The corner footballs were cut using the Quickutz die Soccer ball and shaped for the corners.

 

The main football figure was cut using Cricut Everyday Dolls Cartridge. The shirt and shorts were cut out on both red and white card and the white sections cut to create the border detail. The football boots again were cut out of both white and black card and the white pair cut to create the striped detail. The red socks were a pair of wellington boots.

 

A personalised message was printed and matted on to black cardstock, and attached to lower section  of the card using 1mm 3d foam pads.

 

Lets hope Ayush has a fab birthday.  

 

 

21st Birthday card for Dan

A card request for a 21st Birthday for a Tottenham supporter.

 

Using the Cricut Soccer Cartridge and the Cricut Gypsy device , I used the soccer shorts and football shirt. I added in the number 21 from the Mickey Font Cartridge and added the name Dan to the shirt, these were cut in both blue and white card stock.  The white shirt and shorts were cut to down for the detail of the shorts waistband and the shirt collar and sleeve cuffs. The white numbers and letters were inserted into the matching holes in the blue section.

 

The Happy Birthday was again cut using the Mickey Font Cartridge, the blue background cut using shadow option and white in normal font size.

 

The football pitch was created using the Cricut Gypsy device. Whilst the green pitch was just taken from the Soccer Cartridge the white border detail was created manually using the Gypsy device , this was created on different pages on the Gypsy so the sizing fitted perfectly, the white border were rectangles re sized and welded together to create the pitch border. The centre circle was clearly just two cut circles.

 

The light green background card was embossed using the in stitches embossing folder, used the wrong way, I was trying to create the effect of the goal nets. This embossed card was matted onto blue card.

 

All cut pieces were attached to the embossed card, the shirt and the shorts were attached with 1mm 3d foam pads .

 

Lets hope Dan had a great 21st Birthday.

 

A special Card for Beverly

A special request for a ladies birthday card, who has just bought a cottage, which she has named Dolly.

Chance for a truly personalised card.

The lady was created from Cricut Paperdolls and Every Day dolls cartridges. Boots were specified in the requirements so these were created on the Cricut Gypsy devise , created from high heeled shoes and rectangles added and welded to create the top of the boots.

The cottage was taken from Christmas Cheer cartridge and parts removed as it was intended originally to be a winter church. The letters Dolly Cottage were cut into the roof section using the Gypsy device which was cut out in dark brown cardstock as a contrast to the main cottage shape.

Blue and green cardstock were used and created the background scene and a brown strip was cut to create a footpath effect. Finally a picket fence was welded repeatedly on the Cricut Gypsy to create a continual fence around the cottage.

Lets hope Beverly had a lovely Birthday, a special one to remember.

Owl ways and Forever Anniversary Card

Anniversary Card for Mum and Dad this time. Again I used my new Stampin Up Owl Punch.

The basic owl shapes were punched out of brown card stock, the eyes were punched in white, green, orange and brown card stock. A further two eyes were cut in brown card and cut in half to create the eye lids. The noses were the heart shape on the punch , these were cut out of cream card.

 

Two small scalloped circles was cut from brown card and cut in half to create the owl wings. The owl breast sections were punched in patterned card and a lighter brown card. The patterned paper on the male owl was cut in half and shaped to create a waistcoat effect. All the punched pieces were glued together.

 

 The cut owls were positioned on a branch cut from dark brown card, using Lea'bilities die , this was attached to a white oval mounted on a orange scalloped oval .  

A small section of pattered paper was fixed to a white piece of card which was mounted onto green card stock, this was attached to the square base card. Two decorative corners were cut using Die-namics Photo Corners to add detail. A small strip of pearl beaded thread was fixed across the join .

 

The oval topper and owls were fixed to the base card using 1mm 3d foam pads.

 

A personalised message was printed and punched out using the Stampin Up oval punch , an orange mount was cut using the matching scalloped punch.

 

Numerous hearts were punched out from the owl punch and fixed randomly on the top part of the card.

Another Year Owl-der Card

Time to make a birthday card for Sam.

 

Using my new Stampin Up owl punch, I decided to create an owl card based on a birthday theme.

The basic owl shape was punched out of brown card stock, the eyes were punched in white, green and brown card stock. A further eye was cut in brown card and cut in half to create the eye lids. The nose was the heart shape on the punch , this was cut out of cream card.

 

A small scalloped circle was cut from brown card and cut in half to create the owl wings. The owl breast section was punched in patterned card and a lighter brown card. Finally a white scalloped circle was cut to create the edging to the dress secton. All the punched pieces were glued together.

 

The party hat was created using the Stampin Up Bunting punch, the pattern paper was punched using the plain triangle of the punch and the hat border was cut from the scalloped bunting and repunched again to create trim. The bobble on the hat was an eye from the owl punch.

 

The balloons were cut from patterned paper using a Sizzix Sizzlets die, thread was tied round the base of the balloons and attached to the owls wing. 

 

The cut owl was position on a branch cut from dark brown card, using Lea'bilities die , this was attached to a white oval mounted on a green scalloped oval.  

 

A small section of pattered paper was fixed to a white piece of card which was mounted onto orange card stock, this was attached to the square base card. Four decorative corners were cut using Die-namics Photo Corners to add detail. A small strip of orange card was fixed across the join .

 

The oval topper, owl and balloons were fixed to the base card using 1mm 3d foam pads.

 

A personalised message was printed and punched out using the Stampin Up oval punch , a green mount was cut using the matching scalloped punch.

 

Lets hope Sam has a lovely day.