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Cool cards for those difficult to please teenagers
Hello there.
Welcome to all my new followers and thank you to all those that visit and take the time to comment and like my posts. I really appreciate the feedback.
I am back to showing some of my cards that will be available at Make Shift when we open. I don’t know about you but sometimes I find it very difficult to make cards for teenage girls who are not into the flowers or butterflies or all things girly. So when I was in the local $2 shop I found these really cool layered stickers for these cards. I have made use of my CM border maker to make some borders as a contrast so the cards are quite edgy and not soft or feminine at all. I think the contrast between the deep pink and black is kind of cool as well. Anyway, here they are:
The materials I have used are:
Bazzill card stock
Plain black cardstock
Creative Memories Border Maker – hexagon and banner cartridges
Peelcraft stickers
Stampin‘Up greeting stamps
Couture Creations Drink Me embossing folder
I am really looking forward to going to Auckland in a couple of weeks to check out the launch of Close to My Heart in New Zealand. I am drooling over the cartridges for the Cricut machine and am scouring Trade Me for some bargains. I like using my Cuttlebug, but it will be nice to have an accurate cut each time and be able to layer the images and stamps together. It should add a whole new dimension to my crafting.
I hope everyone has a good weekend and I will catch up soon with some more cards and/or photographs.
Happy crafting
Patricia
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Creative Memories Cards
Welcome
Creative Memories StoryBox packs and embellishments make great cards and are really easy to do. Here are some of my examples that are already on Pinterest, but please feel free to repin them from this site.
As you can see the Power Palette Ranges provide an easy way to coordinate colours and embellishments for simple but effective cards.
Happy Crafting
Patricia
More Christmas cards
Hello again.
I am still making a lot of Christmas cards. This time I have used some old watercolour paintings that were rubbish and then stamped on them and used my custom cutting set to cut out the images. I am quite pleased with the results.
For this card I have used a landscape painting with hills and far trees and stamped my tree on the top. For the snow effect I have used Liquid Applique and dusted this with fine glitter for a touch of sparkle. I then cut out an oval of dark green card and placed it over my image. I then used Peelcraft stickers for the corners and edges.
This another card using a watercolour background. This one used a plain sky background that I had painted years ago. I have used the Liquid Applique and glitter again to create the snow effect. My custom cutting system is great for cutting out the matted image as well as cutting out the green card in the foreground. A Peelcraft Christmas greeting finishes off this card.
For this card I have stamped a Santa image onto a plain slightly watercoloured background. I painted the Santa image with my watercolour paints. The Santa beard has had flock applied for a fluffy effect and for the trim on the coat and hat I have used Liquid Applique and glitter. I have used a combination of red and green scraps for the background, matted greeting and the ribbon. The touch of bling is from the Enchanted epoxy stickers.
This card has another stamped image on a lightly coloured watercolour background. I have painted the stamp with my watercolours and then I have matted it on a green card using my custom cutting system. The base of the image needed to be covered hence I have placed the band across the card. For the grey card I have used my zigzig blade on my rotary trimmer for the fancy edge. I then placed the blue card on top and finished with a strip of green ribbon from the Noel range of products from Creative Memories. I have put three stickers from the Enchanted epoxy stickers on the ribbon. Finally I placed a Peelcraft sticker onto the card.
This rather simple card also has another tree stamped onto a watercolour background. I managed to get some hills in the background to create some depth to the image. Once again I have used the Liquid Applique and glitter to create snow on the tree. This time I have stamped Merry Christmas onto the image and then cut it out using my custom cutting system. I used a scrap of green patterned paper for the background and then finished of with a strip of ribbon from the Noel range (which sadly is being discontinued, but the new range of Nordic and Be Merry is just as good) with some bling from the Enchanted epoxy stickers.
I love the blue and grey tones on this card. I have stamped the tree with blue (actually it was not meant to happen but still turned out great) ink onto a lovely watercolour hill paper. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to stamp it evenly so covered the blank areas with the stamp of Peace and a flower from the Reminisce range from CM and with a black sticker from the Enchanted epoxy range. I then cut out the image and matted it with blue card using the custom cutting system. The lacey edge is made from using a punch from Fiskers and layed using a lovely cream metallic paper and a silver grey card that I had in my scrap drawer. I then cut a piece of the same blue card approximately 1 inch in diameter and topped it off with a piece of the metallic paper using the deckle blade on my rotary trimmer. To finish of I have stamped the greeting and then placed some Kaisercraft blue rhinestones.
Materials used in these products:
Creative Memories rotary trimmer, custom custom cutting system, Noel range of ribbons, Enchanted epoxy stickers Reminisce flower
Kaisercraft Christmas Sentiments and Turtle Dove stamps
StampinUp green and blue papers
Happy crafting and catch you again soon.
Trisha
Green and blue card stock from Timbrels in Upper Hutt
Scrap cards and papers.
Christmas cards
Well it is that time of the year and I have started on making Christmas cards. Most of my cards have been created using CM products, but I have also used other scraps that I have had in my scrap drawer. I have also got a book out of the library with old fashioned images which makes lovely vintage type cards. All these images are copyright free which is even better.
This card has been created using CM Noel papers and a die cut. I have also used the red Enchanted ribbon which goes really well with the Noel range. The stamp is from Rubbadubbadoo.
This is one of the images from the library book. I have put a little glitter on the snow in the image. I have used my CM custom cutting system ovals to create the matted image. I have finished off with a Peelcraft Christmas greeting.
I have printed off an Enchanted paper from Storybook Creator for the background. The ribbon in the background and the die cut is from the Noel range of papers. I have used white liquid applique and shook some glitter over the top to create a snow effect.
Noel ribbons have been used here and a Noel die cut with a Santa also printed from my Storybook Creator placed in the centre. The strip on the left has been created using my CM border system twinkle chain cartridge out of Enchanted embossed paper. Finished off with a couple of Enchanted embellishments.
Once again I have used a combination of Enchanted papers and Noel ribbon and die cuts.
I have printed off an image from my Storybook Creator and backed it onto a piece of scrap paper that I had in my scrap drawer. I love the colours in this card.
This Christmas tree is a very popular image on Pinterest and is so easy to do. I have used a 5 inch circle of paper and then cut that in half. I scored about 1.25 inches along from the edge and then folded it back. I then folded that fold onto the edge and then back onto itself. Sorry about the confusing instructions but there are very good videos on You Tube. Here I have used the Enchanted bling for the tree decorations, and Enchanted papers for the background. I love these colours for Christmas cards and the Enchanted embossed papers mean I don’t have to use an embossing folder to create the dots on the white oval. The green Enchanted ribbon makes a nice edging when a piece of card is placed on top.
In this card I have used some scraps for the ribbons. I have used my Snowman punch and put them on the circles. Peelcraft greeting finishes this off.
This angel is another image from my library book and has been placed on an embossed red card and finished off with Peelcraft corners, lines and greeting. Glitter glue has been used to highlight the wings and snow.
Similar card to the last one with another image from the lovely library book. I have highlighted the snow with glitter glue.
This card is made from Noel papers and a die cut with a Peelcraft greeting.
Another ‘scrappy’ card from scrap drawer and again the lovely image from the library book.
Another card with scraps and an image from my Storybook Creator.
As you can see cards are so easy to make and it is great to use some of scraps. The library is a great source of information and images.
Happy cardmaking
Patricia Manhire
Wedding card
I have got a lot of inspiration from Pinterest and decided to try my hand at doing a wedding card, using a different range of techniques.
I have embossed a cream metallic paper with a cuttlebug embossing folder.
Then on some scrap paper I have drawn a template for a dress and used that to cut out the shape from the embossed paper.
With my Creative Memories Blossom place’n’punch I have punch out a flower from some cream metallic paper. I creased all the edges and then cut one crease to the middle. I have pleated up the flower and then glued to flower onto the waist of the dress.
I have made the small flowers out of using my Border Maker system twinkle chain cartridge. I have glued them with my CM glue pen onto the bodice. I then put some pearls onto the middle of the flowers and also the middle of the larger flower.
I then cut a piece of Divine dark brown paper to back onto my cardstock.
I cut an oval out of cream Divine paper and laid it over the top of the brown paper. I also trimmed the cream paper to make the brown paper mat the cream paper. I just eyeballed how much I trimmed it.
I then stamped a Congratulations from Stamp’n’Up on a piece of scrap cream paper. This was then matted in onto the brown paper and then placed it on the bottom front of the card.
Cheers for now. Patricia
Small cards
Hello there again.
I will have my cards for sale at World of Treasures Curios and Collectables at 324 Fergusson Drive, Heretaunga in Upper Hutt.
Here is a small selection that I have made for the shop. I have used a combination of Creative Memories papers and embellishments, cuttlebug dies and embossing folders and sizzex dies. I have also printed off papers through my Storybook Creator to make the envelopes to match the cards. I have got the template through Pinterest.
If you are up that way pop in and say hello to Pauline. She has a lovely range of curios and collectables to view.
Another Creative Memories creation
Hello there again
Here is another image that I have created on Storybook Creator 4. This one was very simple. I made the background of the 6 x 4 card with two papers from the Just Fun digital kit that I got with my Storybook upgrade. I have used a zigzag stitch to join the seam. I have also put a Just fun embellishment flower and put a brad in the centre. I like to create a three-dimensional look by using the format ribbon and putting a shadow on the brad. I have inserted a photo of a rose and then finally the sentiment also from the Just Fun digital kit. The Just Fun kit is so versatile and works well with all sorts of photos from children to flowers.
I then got the photo printed off, trimmed and matted it onto card stock. Very simple and cheap to make.
Cheers for now.
Patricia
Storybook Creator photo cards
I have been wondering how I can make cards from my Storybook Creator and thought I might use some of my photos of flowers.
For this card I have placed a photo of rhododendrons on the background. I have then inserted an empty frame on top of the photo and then clicked and dragged an overlay from the Serene digital kit into the frame. I then matted this image and increased the relief to make the photo seem to pop out.
I then printed this off as a 6 x 4 print, trimmed and matted it to make a card.