Welcome back and today I am sharing a large 6″ x 12 card I have just completed for a work mate of my husband who has been unwell. The brief included having a Maori theme and had to be big enough for all the staff to sign. My husband was very impressed with what I made!
I downloaded a koru image from Shutterstock and then converted the jpeg to an svg and then used my Cricut to cut it out. Because this was a masculine card I kept to a blue, green and black colour combination and the blue and green flowers are not too feminine. To finish with the New Zealand theme I added some polished paua.
I found this a challenge as it was totally outside my comfort zone but I am so pleased I managed to make this card. I hope my husband’s workmates like this card.
Welcome back to Inspiration Wednesday and today I have another card to share with you that showcases the beautiful new Special Sentiments stamps and dies.
For more ideas on creating with the 5 x 7 Decorative Frame Dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/qdBFA5VpmSo.
Instructions:
Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long size and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 5” x 7” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of pink patterned paper from the HCDP1-2102 Purr-fect Posies Paper Collection 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of card. Die cut the outer decorative die from the HCD2-7306 Decorative Circle Frames Die set out of silver cardstock and adhere to the front of the card. Die cut an eyelet circle out of pink patterned paper using the eyelet die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics Die set and adhere to the centre of the decorative die. Die cut a circle out of silver cardstock using the No 2 die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics Die and adhere to the centre of the pink eyelet circle.
Die cut two background dies – one out of white cardstock and the other out of Deluxe flower Shaping Paper. Sponge the edge of the white cardstock background with Pretty Petunia and Lilac Posies inks and adhere this to the other background shape. Stamp the sentiment image from the HCPC-3936 Ornate Just for You Cling Stamp Set in embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with Silver Tinsel embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating sentiment die and adhere to another plain sentiment die cut out of Deluxe Flower Shaping paper and then adhere to the front of the background die. Adhere to the centre of the decorative dies.
Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Vivid Chartreuse and Mowed Lawn inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the edges with Lilac Posies ink and on the backs with Vivid Chartreuse ink and then shape with the Groove Golf Tools. Add Crystal Clear with gloss gel and trim and adhere around the top left and the bottom right of the decorative circles as shown.
Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp set in Pretty Petunia ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres of the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Sponge the edges with Pretty Petunia and Lilac Posies inks and the backs of the flowers with Pretty Petunia ink. Shape using the Groove Golf Tools and assemble with two of the same size petals and pierce the centres with the pointed edge of the Groove Golf tools. Colour the white stamens with Vivid Chartreuse ink and insert through the centres of the flowers with fine wire. Fasten the stamens with Dries Clear glue and trim the threads. Adhere over the leaves as shown.
To make the buds, assemble the flowers as before but have the flowers shaping in like a cup instead of open. Stamp the small flower images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Vivid Chartreuse and Mowed Lawn inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the backs of the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and then shape using the Groove Golf tools. Pierce the centres of the green flowers and thread some florist wire and create a hook to hold it in place. Add the pink flowers to the centres, trim the florist wire and then adhere around the flowers on the bottom left as shown.
Welcome back to some more Christmas inspiration from Heartfelt Creations. I really loved all the blue tones of the Festive Winterscapes scenes and thought I would try an ombre effect with a fold out card.
Other Products: Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark ink, Ranger Embossing Powder – Silver, White cardstock
For more tips on creating with the Festive Winterscapes Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/3K3j7I16JBI.
For more tips on creating with the border dies & foldout cards, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/wxX94X84kUo.
Instructions: Cut the patterned paper to fit the folds of the fold out card with four different shades of blue starting with the darker blue paper at the bottom working to a light shade for the card base using the plain edge die from the HCD1-7119 Classic Border Basics Die set. Die cut two each of the eyelet, medium and large decorative edges from the HCD1-7119 Classic Border Basics Die set out of white cardstock. Add Frosting Powder using Dries Clear glue on a sponge, trim to fit and adhere to the top of the folds as shown. Die cut eight straight edge dies from the HCD1-7252 Starry Night Decorative Die set out of white cardstock, add Frosting Powder with Dries Clear glue on a sponge and adhere to the bottom of all folds except the bottom front fold.
Bottom Front: Stamp the nativity scene, star and three wise men from the HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating dies and adhere to the front as shown.
Middle fold – Front and Back: Stamp the palm trees and camel images from the HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating dies and adhere to the front and back.
Top Fold – Front: Stamp the palm tree, building and single magi images from HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating dies and adhere to the front of the fold as shown.
Top Fold – Back: Stamp the shooting star, nativity scene and three wise men images from the HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating dies and adhere to the back as shown.
Back of Card: Die cut two ornamental tags using the die from the HCD1-7203 Ornamental Tags Die set and adhere together. Add Frosting Powder to the decorative edges using Dries Clear glue on a sponge. Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating rectangle die from the HCD1-7203 Ornamental Tags Die set and then adhere to the top of the card as shown.
Stamp the building image from the HCPC-3920 Starry Night Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set with embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating die and adhere to the bottom of the back
Welcome back and today I thought I would share a card made during our lockdown. One of my favourite stamp sets from Altenew is the Beautiful Day set and it is perfect combined with the Beautiful Heart stamp set.
This card is sitting on my desk to keep me inspired on my papercrafting journey.
To make this card I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base from white cardstock. I have cut a piece of pearlescent vellum from Lawn Fawn 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and embossed it with the Tufted embossing folder from Stampin Up and adhered it to the front of the card. I have then cut the edge using the Lawn Fawn Reversed Stitched Rectangle die and adhere to the card front.
I have stamped the images from the Beautiful Day and Beautiful Heart stamp sets with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. I have then coloured the images with Zig Clean Colour Brush markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. I played around with the images until I found a pleasing arrangement and then adhere to the front of the card.
To finish the card I have stamped the image from the Altenew Best Sentiments stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock using the Misti. I trimmed the sentiment leaving a small white edge and then adhered to the flowers as shown with some fun foam.
I love how I can mix and match the stamp sets and be so creative with them. And I love this sentiment and why not make a card to inspire you to challenge and inspire yourself!
