It's a Magic Slider

Made this card for a friend's granddaughter.

Tools Used are:

Dee’s Distinctively - With Love

Elizabeth Craft – Numbers and more   

Memory Box – Precious Hearts
Lawn Fawn - Stitched Borders
Wee Stamps - Shelly

Twist and Pop 60th Wedding Anniversary

I do hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and a good start to the New Year.

My sister in law chose Christmas Eve 60 years ago to get married.

Her Bridesmaids wore pale blue.

Items used on the front:

Cheery Lynn - Gardenia strip

Cheery Lynn - Babys Breath

Cheery Lynn - Flourish Leaf strip

Nellie Snellen - Straight Hearts Nestables

Sentiment from Penny Black Clear Stamps - Gratitude

Some Rinestones to represent diamonds

Items Used inside:

Flower stamps from my stash.  Flowers and words were all embossed with gold 

and flowers coloured lightly with blue.

Sponged around the edges with blue ink as well.

Bird Crazy with Masking

I apologise for some of my photos that are not the best as I was creating at night.

Items used:

Tim Holtz Stamps - Mini Bird Crazy and Things

Tim Holtz Dies - Mini Bird Crazy and Things

Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy stamps

Dark Room Door - Texture Stamps - Splatter

Hello from the Impression Obsession Dies - Greeting Set

The flower pot is the Jacko Lanten die.

This card was coloured with Copic Markers 

I like to stamp fine acetate (usually comes with the stamps you buy) and stamp all my birds on it with Stazon Ink and cut around them ready for masking.  That way they are permanently ready for you to use.  Coulture Creations two way glue, or something similar, allows you to stick them to your project and remove again without any harm being done to your project.

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Decide which ones you want in the front line and stamp.

Once you do your first stamp you place the masking acetate over it before you stamp the next bird.

This is how it will come out, with the second bird partly behind the first.

You always stamp what you want in the front first and then the birds for the background

Always leave the masking on each one as you go, until after you have done the back ground as well.

Below is the result of using chalk for the background  

and children's colouring pencils for the birds.

Birthday Wishes from the Impression Obsession Dies - Greeting Set

 

The below card was coloured with children's Water Paints.

So you don't have to buy really expensive pens to make cards.  

Happy Crafting everyone.  May your 2017 be full of creativity

that will bring many blessings to others.

Crafty Hugs,  Carol

Wedding Card

Who doesn't love a wedding?

My friend had two granddaughters getting married within weeks of each other 

and she wanted hand made cards for them.

This is one of them:

You can't see it in the photo but I had bought a beautiful pearl embossed

cream card stock so I kept it reasonably plain.

Sue Wilson - Shadow Boxes - Mr & Mrs

Frantic Stamper Die - With this Kiss Couple

(I cut three colours out and joined them accordingly)

The flowers were:

Heartfelt Creations - Arianna Blooms

(with pearls in centre)

Cheery Lynn - Baby's Breath

Cheery Lynn - Flourish Leaf Strip

Added a little bit of cream and gold trim ribbon.

Inside I did a 3d heart with gold embossed words:

(Forgot to take a photo of inside)

Happy Crafting everyone.

Have a Happy Holy Christmas 

Crafty Hugs, Carol.

Heartfelt Sympathy Card

This card was for the family of a dear friend who passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Her passing was expected so I bought this stamp in memory of her.

She loved lilac and flowers.

Now every time I use this stamp I shall remember her and remember to pray 

for her family on her behalf.

Items Used:

Background: Embossing Folder with Hearts

Penny Black Stamps - Collage of Wishes

Xcut Nesting Dies - Ornate Frame

Elizabeth Craft Designs - With Sympathy

Blessings to everyone.

Crafty Hugs, Carol.

70th Box Card

I made this box card for a friend turning 70.

The top of the box I used:

Joy Crafts Dies - Circle French Lily

Heartfelt Creations - Arianna Blooms

Cheery Lyn - Fanciful Flourish

Lea-bilities - Flower Blossom (Leaves only)

Heartfelt Creations - Layered Elegant Swirl

Poppycrafts - Happy Birthday Cake (Banner Only)

Avery Elle Elle-ments Dies - Count on it

Pearls, Rinestones in flower centre

Around Box Lid:

Martha Stewart Punch - Deco Shells

Poppycrafts - Bow

Rinestones

Inside Box:

Same Flowers and Flourish.

Cheery Lynn - Babys Breath Flower Kit

Poppycrafts - Numbers

Poppycrafts - Happy Birthday Present with Balloon (words only)

Memory Box - Cascadia Butterfly Trio

Impression Obsessions - Butterfly Set

Memory Box - Dancing Butterflies

Ultimate Crafts - Butterfly Freedom

Marianne - Elegant Butterfly

I made a little box inside the card that fitted the boxed gift inside it with 

a lid easily able to be taken off.  The base of the crafted box was pasted down 

but the gift box can be removed easily.

One flap had a pocket with a slide out card to write the sentiment on.

Something different, easy but time consuming.

The end result is totally worth it.

Happy Crafting.

Crafty Hugs, Carol.

I would like to enter this Box Card in the following challenge:

Simon Says - Anything Goes with a Gift

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Magic Slider

I cut the rectangle window out with the Memory Box - Cross Stitch Frame

Same with the White window only the larger die.

I went around the the white with Frantic Stamper - Scallop Boarders

Scallop Boarders were used on the back of card as well.

Memory Box - Stitched Circles

Wild Rose Studio Stamps - Panda with Flowers

Coloured with Copic Pens

Separate Flowers - fussy cut off the Panda stamp

The heart is from two punches from my old stash.

Dee's Distinctively - With Love (on the back of card)

I made an insert for the Birthday message.

Number "7" from PoppyCrafts - Numbers

Don't forget to enter Bizzy Bec's December challenge.

Enjoy your crafting, hopefully you already have your Christmas cards made.

Crafty Hugs, Carol.