Poppies....Get Well Card..

 Good Evening

I have made a small card with a Get Well wish. I have used a Poppy stamp which is the flower for August.

Close up:-

I have used a 5"x5" (12.5cm x 12.5cm) Scalloped white card.

Cut a piece of patterned card 12cm x 12cm for the background of the card. Edge all four corners with a 'Corner Rounder'. Add this to the main card. Stamp out the Poppy stamp in black ink and clear emboss. Die-cut the image with a round die 9cm across. Colour the image with red and green Promarkers. Add to the main card. Die-cut a scalloped Circle 9.5cm in the same patterned card and then again with a plain round circle 9cm to form a frame. Punch out a grass effect in the pattern card and add to the bottom of the poppies. Add the frame onto the poppy image with foam making sure you cannot see the grass edges. (As in the picture.) Add a greeting to the card.

Craft Items Used:-

Green Spotted Card- Anna Marie A4 Card

Poppy Stamp - Hobby Art Ltd.

Scallop Circle Die Set- Tonic

Circle Die-Set - Tonic

Black Ink Pad- VersaFine - Tsukineko

Clear Embossing Powder- Sweet Dixie

Grass Effect Punch- Marta Stewart

Corner Rounder- X-Cut

Promarkers- Poppy And Marsh Green

Greeting Stamp

Thank you for popping by,

take care.

Jennifer x

Strawberry Fields...

Hi there,

Back with a Hello card. This one is for a friend.

Close up:-

White card 21cm x 8cm.

Cut a piece of red card 20cm x 7cm and add to the main card. Die-cut 3 scalloped  6cm squares in patterned paper and 3 scalloped 5cm (Approx) squares in matching patterned paper. Stick the smaller squares on top of the larger ones and add to the card as in the picture. Die-cut a white square 4cm (Approx) and add to the centre square. Die-cut a red scalloped square 3.3cm and add a greeting. Attach to the white centre square. Stamp out 2 strawberries on spotted paper and again on some plain green paper for the leaves and stalks using a black ink pad and clear emboss.. Cut them all out and attach the green leaves to the top of the strawberries and attach to the top and bottom squares using foam.

Craft Items Used:-

Patterned Papers (Check)- Nit Wit Papers

Plain Red and Green Card plus Spotted Red Paper

Scalloped Squares Die-cut- Tonic

Strawberry Stamp

Versafine Clair Ink Pad-Tsukineko

Versamark Ink Pad- Tsukineko

Clear And White Embossing Powders- Wow

Greeting

Thank you for popping by.

Jennifer x

Happy Birthday Flower Strips....

 Good Afternoon

My design today is made up of strips of left over papers which co ordinate together.

Close up:-

I started with a 6" Square white card tent style. Cut five strips of different papers just short of 15cm (the width of my card) x 3.5cm. I used a border punch along the lower edge of the papers. Before I attach them to the card I threaded some button thread threw one of the borders, fourth border down, as in the picture. Attach the strips one on top of the other leaving a 2.5cm gap at the bottom and 3cm gap at the top. Cut a piece of contrasting plain card Approx. 15cm x 2cm and emboss a greeting, add to the card leaving a 2cm gap at the top. Make a paper rose using a circle spiral, add to the card with three punched out leaves behind it. Finish off with three matching pearls at the other end of the greeting.

Craft Items Used:-

Mixed Papers from Echo Park- Life is Beautiful

A4 Spotted Card- Craft Creations

Plain Card- Bazzil Basics

Craft Scalloped Punch- Martha Stewart

Embossing Slim Folder- Design Objectives

Leaf Punch- Martha Stewart

Pearls and Button Thread

Thank you for popping by,

till next time.

Jennifer x

Lilacs in Bloom...

 Good Afternoon,

Lilacs make a lovely 'Thank You' card and a quickie card too.

Close up:-

White 5"x 7" Scalloped card.

I cut a piece of white card 9.5cm x 13.5cm and stamped a birthday background stamp using a Distress ink pad, and added to the main card. Stamp three flowers and clear emboss them. Fussy cut around them and add to the card. Die-cut a border strip and attach to the card over the flower stems. Stamp out the word Lilac, cut out and add to the bottom of the card. Stamp all around the card edges with a leaf stamp and the lighter coloured ink pad. (Distress Antique Linen) Add a greeting to the centre of the card and finish off with the stickles on the flowers.

Craft Items Used:-

Birthday background Stamp- Julie Hickey JH1041

Floral Stamp- Craftwork Cards

Wooden Alphabet Stamp Set- Hero Arts

Die-Set - Classic 3D Bows Creative Expressions

Distress Ink Pads- Wilted Violet And Antique Linen- Ranger

Clear Embossing Powder- Sweet Dixie

Greeting Stamp

Purple/White Card

Stickles- Lavender- Ranger

Hope you enjoy making this card, till next time.

Happy Crafting

Jennifer x

Just For You... Birthday card for a male.

 Good Afternoon

I have designed a card especially for the men using a black 14cm x 14.5cm card. Tent style. Ideal for any occasion.

Close up:-

I ran the front of the card through a check embossing folder first. Cut a strip of silver card 14cm x 3.5cm and emboss that with the check embossing folder too. Add this to the front section of the card. Stamp the image with Versamark ink and emboss with white embossing powder on black card 13.5cm x 6cm. Matte with silver card and add to the front of the card approx. 4cm from the top. Die- cut four corners, two in black card and two in silver card. Add these to the main card. Run a white stitch around the stamped image and the black corners with a white fine liner pen. Add a greeting using the white embossing powder on black card and finish off with a black string bow as in the picture.

Craft Items Used:-

Black and Silver Card

Alphabet Clear Stamp- Kaisercraft

Check Embossing Folder- Design Objectives Ltd

Versamark Ink Pad- Tsukineko

White Embossing Powder- Wow!

Corner Die-Cuts- Die-Namics

White Fine Liner Pen

Greeting Stamp

Black String

Thank you for popping by,

till next time.

Happy crafting.

Jennifer x

Father's Day Card....

 Good Morning,

Not a very good morning here in Lancashire weather wise, but a good day to be inside crafting. I have designed a Father's Day card using a Kraft 6"x 6" card.

Close up:-

Fold back the front edge of the card. Die-cut a stitched square in patterned paper 13.5cm and add to the card approx. 6cm on the fold. Die-cut two tags one in Kraft card 13.5cm x 4cm and one in patterned paper 13cm x 3cm and stick together. Make two holes at the small end of the tags and add a string bow.  Attach to the main card in the centre. Die-cut two stars, one in Kraft card and one slightly smaller in the patterned paper. Add to the centre of the tags. Add a matching button threaded with string. Cut a cream square 14.5cm square and stick to the inside of the card. Die-cut a stitched square in Kraft card 10cm and attach to the cream. Die-cut a small star in patterned paper and add to the inside top left of the cream card as in the picture. Cut three 3cm squares in the Kraft, cream and patterned paper and cut each diagonally so you have six triangles. Add these to the corners of the card as in the picture. Add the Kraft triangles onto the cream leaving a little of the cream card showing. Run a running stitch around the Kraft card using a fine-liner pen. Add a greeting to the finished card.

Craft items used:-

Stitched Dot Squares Die-Set- Tonic

Frames And Tags Die-Set- Creative Expressions CED4304

Stitched Star Die-Set - Kaisercraft

Patterned Paper-49 And Market (Timber & Tweed)

Kraft and Cream Card

VersaColor Ink Pad Burgundy- Tsukineko

Fine-Liner Pen

Button

String.

Hope you get chance to make this card. It is ideal for a male birthday card too.

Thank you for popping by, till next time.

Happy Crafting

Jennifer x

Baby Time...

 Good Evening,

I have designed two cards the same but, then different colours, depending on whether you require a baby girl card or baby boy card.

Close up on both cards:-

I used small 5"x 5" Scalloped white cards.

Die-cut 15 small square dies from from contrasting papers ,i.e. pink and purple for the girls and blue and beige for the boys. Attach them to the main card, 4 in a row apart from the bottom row where there are only 3. Stamp out your baby character onto beige spotted card, 8cm x 7cm using a grey Versafine Clair Ink pad. Emboss with clear embossing powder. (I have stamped an Elephant from a Lili of the Valley stamp) Colour with a fine grey pen around the Elephant as in the picture. Die-cut in a co ordinating card, the scalloped frame that fits over the stamped image. Inside frame 8cm x 7cm the outside edge being straight 10.5cm x 8.5cm. I used pink card for the girl but used the beige again for the boys card. Stick down the stamped image and then the frame on foam. I tied a few button threads around the frame which you have to do before you attach the frame to the card. Stamp out the balloon again in contrasting colour. Add a greeting at the bottom right edge of the card. Add Liquid Pearls to the shadow on the balloon and add a matching bow.

Craft Items used:-

Die-cut Scalloped Squares And Rectangles- Tonic

Elephant Baby Rubber Stamp- Lili of the Valley

A4 Spotted Card- Anna Marie Designs

A4 Linen Effect Card- Anna Marie Designs

VersaFine Clair Morning Mist-Tsukineko

Clear Embossing Powder- Sweet Dixie

Grey Liner Pen

Liquid Pearls- Robin's Egg/Lavender- Ranger

Button Thread

Thank you for popping by,

happy crafting.

Jennifer x