I always seem to be in need of birthday cards. I don't usually make specific birthday cards for specific people, so I like to have a nice variety in my stash to choose a good card for each recipient. So the Time to Party stamp set (from Simon Says Stamp) was perfect for creating a few fun cards.
Snippets
a little crafting, a little creativity, a little contemplation
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time to Party
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Two gel print cards
I have a quick post tonight to share two cards I made with gel prints from my last gel print session.
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Sunday, March 31, 2024
Versatile card sets
Saturday, March 30, 2024
March Christmas cards: Christmas mice
Goodness, my blog posts have been few and far between this month. But I did manage to finish my March Christmas cards -- just in time to post them before the month ends.
This month I used the Wonderful Time stamp set from Colorado Craft Company. I love the adorable illustrations by Anita Jeram, and this is the first set I've bought with her designs. I chose a simple layout -- just the main focal image and a sentiment -- because I didn't want to distract from these little mice decorating their Christmas tree.
I don't love coloring the same image multiple times, so I only made eight cards of this design. I intended to make them all in horizontal orientation, but I goofed and stamped one of the inside panels vertically. Instead of throwing away that piece, I made two of the cards vertical -- and I think both layouts work.
I used Prismacolor pencils to color the images. I didn't do anything fancy with my coloring -- just some shading and a little color layering. I die cut the panels with a stitched rectangle die and adhered them to red card bases. For embellishment I placed a small twine bow on the base of the tree and added three sparkling clear sequins.
The stamp set also included a couple of smaller images, so I decided to use one of them inside the cards along with a sentiment. I cut these panels out with the same stitched rectangle die so they coordinate with the front panels.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
First Class
Well, hello! I've been taking a little break from card making the last couple of weeks (just because I felt like doing other things) so I haven't had much to post on my blog. But today I'm going to share four cards made with the First Class stamps and dies from Ellen Hutson.
This card also has a layout similar to the previous two. It has a horizontal orientation rather than vertical, but I used an embossed background and five images. I didn't add gold splatter to the background, but I did rub a watermark ink pad over the embossing to help the raised parts stand out. It's hard to see in the photo, but there is some looped gold thread behind the images near the upper left corner.
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