Wedding in Mint

Personalised wedding cards are fun to do and can be quite unique. This card is based on a box card design and I pulled out my Sizzix to cut a variety of shapes. Most of the shapes are cut from white cardstock including flowers, swirls and butterflies. A couple of the butterflies were cut from a mint patterned paper that I thought looked quite elegant. I then dug out a little water pen and used a mint inkpad to lightly colour my various flowers to add some dimension to the flowers. Layering it all up I then added the names of the special couple and a bold congratulatory wedding message. Elegant, sophisticated and beautiful. Congratulations on your wedding Kathryn and Nicholas.

You mean the world to me

This card was a little tricky to make courtesy of choosing a flower that didn't quite want to match up exactly, so maybe don't look too closely but I think I got away with it. I used Kraft cardstock and stamped a design in black ink on the front of the card. Then I used a shaped die and cut out a shape so that some of the black image was cut out so that the coloured image could be seen through the resulting space. I then stamped the same design on white cardstock in coloured inks trying to get it exactly in the same place as the image on the Kraft cardstock. Then I mounted the Kraft card on the white card using 3d foam pads to lift the image off the card and add some dimension, being careful to line it up as best I could. I then accented the card with a stamped sentiment and bird and a stamped bird. 

Thank God for what you have

It's yet another quick make! I love it. This card can definitely be done within 15 minutes, maybe even 10 minutes. I used a mint green cardstock for the base of my card and a white piece of cardstock cut slightly smaller and them distressed it with some brown ink and gently brushed the ink pad around the edges. I used a sponge to pull some of the ink into the centre of the card. Then in the same brown and a mint colour I stamped the flowers and leaves. You can use any floral stamps that you have to create this effect. I stamped 3 tiny flowers towards the top of the card that would frame part of the sentiment I was about to stamp. The sentiment comes from a Stampin Up set called Trust God. I'm not sure if they sell this particular set anymore but it's always worth looking out on ebay as I have noticed lots of Stampin Up products are often listed as crafty people look to renew their craft supplies so want to raise some money by selling off some of their stamps. The sentiment reads:

Thank God for what you have, Trust God for what you need.

I finished off the card with 3 little gems. This style of card is easy to replicate with a variety of different stamp sets. Try it yourself and get creative.

Golden wings

Another quick make using the butterfly thinlits die range from Stampin Up. A blank card is layered with patterned paper and white cardstock, each piece cut slightly smaller than the one before. The final layer has been directly stamped on using tiny flowers and leaves that I have in my collection from a variety of stamp sets. Then I used the butterfly thinlits die (the small one in the picture link) and cut out 2 in complimenting colours. On the butterfly that would be layered on top I then ran it through my Big Shot again with a die that had lots of delicate holes in it which created the lace like pattern and once the pieces were glued together I added some gems around the card and butterfly. Quick and simple.

Find me on Facebook

My sweet little baby is now 11 weeks old and as life with another new-born is settling down I have been refocusing on my card making once again. I have been reorganising my Facebook page and sorting out the photo albums so hopefully you can find my card designs from my word art and gifts. Now I just need to remember to take the photos of all the lovely things I make so that I can share them with you.

If you have never visited my Facebook page click on the link and have a browse, whether it is to give you some inspiration for your own crafty makes or whether you would like to purchase any of my cards and gifts.

Remember I make my products to order so a lot of the designs you see have already been purchased but occasionally I will post up sale stock from when I have made cards in bulk so it's worth checking the Facebook page from time to time if you are not in the habit of it.

Butterfly thoughts

This card is made on a base of white cardstock with a pink layer on top. Before adhering the pink layer I ran the piece through my bigshot with a border die (a Stampin' Up die which is now discontinued but any border die will do lovely) and a butterfly thinlit. I A lovely card that can be changed to a birthday, sympathy or friend card when the stamped message is changed.

Personalised grunge

I always find it easier to make female cards and often struggle with the male variety, which is odd because coming from a family of no sisters and 3 brothers and having no daughters but 4 sons, you would think my male dominated world would give me plenty of inspiration, however I often find myself stumped and wondering what to do. Maybe it's because I've used up all my clever designs!

Anyway this card is used mainly using the gorgeous grunge stamp set from Stampin' Up. I just inked up the background with the stamps and chose some complimentary papers to create the border strip and banners. I used my alphabet stamps to ink the name and tied some blue twine around the border strip before adhering the pieces to the paper. Finally I slipped in a small metal spiral accent to complete my manly design.

I recently took this concept and created some baptismal cards and added a stamped bible verse to the mix.

 

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