Happy birthday

I needed to make a birthday card for the teenage daughter of friends so decided to put a couple of new Hero Arts stamps to work.  The butterfly is coloured with copics.

I had enough time to make a matching bookmark from PTI felt. Abi is a keen reader, so I'm sure it will come in handy!

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Adventures in fabric

I have lots of fabric scraps left over from various quilts I've made and thought it was about time I put some of them to use in card making. Of course, for a card you don't need much - a few centimetres will do the trick.

I had fun trying to cut the fabric with my PTI flower dies.  I found they work best with a piece of cardstock underneath the fabric to give a bit more stability.  However, still needed a few passes with my cuttlebug. I think these fabrics are some Amy Butler designs (sorry too long ago to remember!)

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Best wishes

I've been a bit short time of time for crafting recently, so have been looking for quick and easy projects I can pull together quickly.

Here's a simple card featuring more of Crate Paper's Random collection.  I added some crystal effects to some of the flowers, stamped a sentiment, added some faux stitching and I was done.

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Another gift set

I've been making a few extra gifts.  Here is another set of cards and matching notepad. More Restoration paper and chipboard from Crate Paper.  The background uses Michelle Wooderson's 'one sheet wonder' technique described here.

These are so easy to make and hopefully will be appreciated by the recipent:

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Embrace happiness

Here is another easy to mail card which uses the In Bloom impression plate. I use some impression plates (like linen/canvas) all the time, but have to make a real effort to dig out some of the others.

The detail on this one is absolutely stunning and it makes great 'patterned paper'.  All you need to do is add a label and you're done.

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Windmills of my mind

Well, not really, but I've had the song on my mind since making this card.  I used the same svg file that featured in an earlier post but cut it smaller (2 inches).

The instructions say to fasten the spokes with an eyelet or brad, but at this size, that's a bit tricky.  Aftrer gluing the 2 windmill pieces together in the centre, I pushed a needle in through the back and carefully threaded each spoke onto the needle.  I then applied some more glue in the centre and pushed the spokes down until the glue dried.  I used Tombow multi which dries quite quickly. Once the windmill was dry, I removed the needle and attached a button.

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Big birthday wishes

Time for another card using washi tape. This is an easy to mail birthday card.  Need a few more like this for my stash.   I coloured a clear rhinestone to match. That's what I love abbout copics!

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Thinking of you

Love this butterfly stamp from Hero Arts. This card features some washi tape, and I pulled out my copics to colour the butterfly to match:

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Soaring high

Time for another cheery card. A nod to my Scottish heritage perhaps? Well, actually no. My Dad changed his name and my family really hails from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic.

But I still love tartan.

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