I made this card for a friend of mine who moved house recently but never got around to blogging until now!
I kept it super simple – an embossed background I added a bit of inking to where the die cut house was going to sit to give it some depth.
Then the little die cut house is an Altenew die set I’ve had for ages but never got around to using till now. Isn’t it just the cutest house?
I added that with foam adhesive to add dimension and then the sentiment is another Altenew one which I again added foam behind one side to give the dimension.
So a simple but cute card for their new adventure!
Hello! I bought a layered stencil from hobbycraft a good few months ago and this was my first play with it making a lovely background straight onto my card blank.
I chose the perfect colours for an autumnal card which I actually sent to the lovely Martin with my latest batch of samples – so it was good to make something seasonal! Also those of you who follow Martin or I on instagram may well have seen this earlier this week as he kindly shared my card on his stories – thanks Martin x
A mix of orange, green and brown! After the ink blending I decided to grab a gold pica pen and also add some gold to a few elements.
I decided to keep the card quite simple – two banners, a bit of bakers twine and one card Candi – and of course that die cut word.
But then I also wanted a bit more shine – so took some die cut sprig leaf elements which I had cut out of the waste from the autumn garland I made and added those.
And then because Martin, like me, loves a bit of splatter I got out my copper acrylic ink which I haven’t used for ages – and went splatter happy!
Went back to one of those page kit pouches I had put together to play scrapbooking and managed to do a fairly masculine page (no flowers!) for these pics of my hubby on the boat trip when we were in Devon. I know there have been quite a few DT projects for Scrappin Saturdays recently so it was nice to play with other older stash this time!
I decided to cut the wood paper into strips (I wanted it to look more like a board walk type of background) and after distressing them stuck them straight onto the Secret Sea two tone cardstock on the darker side – I then used two papers which were old SU ones which were very vanilla and black for the other patterned papers – just the one strip of the bird paper and the text paper for mounting the pictures.
I did video the process and you can check this out on my YouTube.
I then went delving into the embellishments box and found loads of random things to add including die cut frames, a sewn envelope piece a tag and the words for the title.
Adding the ruffled seam binding helped to soften the page a little and I loved adding those little seagulls too.
I decided to add the journalling with a white gel pen direct onto the dark background and I think that worked well.
Had lots of fun playing with the Summer Fun kit from Kingston Crafts for this gatefold card.
I chose the red gingham paper as the base – I say paper but it really is heavy enough to make a card base and stands up nicely. Then I chose the yellow to add the pops of solid colour – but die cutting and just a solid panel on the inside.
Then I chose the die cutting circle ephemera that I thought worked well together for a summer picnic type of vibe!
I thought this made a really fun card.
I finished off the front with the gems to just add in the different texture.
Loved how this came together so easily – and such a cheerful card!
Today’s card I made a little while ago for my cousins daughters birthday but thought it was cute and perfect for a design team project for Addicted to Stamps & More too!
I had the digital stamp printed off ready to colour on the desk and decided it would work beautifully with some of the cheerful papers in the Kingston Crafts rainbow kit that was also out waiting to be tidied up!
I created the label for the background with three paper bits and then a solid orange. I added that to an orange rainbow foiled cardstock piece too which adds the shine!
I coloured the flower panel and then fussy cut it out. I stuck this to the left hand side and then found one of the banner elements in the die cut pack.
I glued this in place and then used my crocodile to punch the holes to thread the twine through.
I also added one of the gems from the stash.
I embossed in gold the sentiment Hip Hip Horray and then cut that out.
I raised the whole panel up on foam before making my card blank from some pink cardstock from my stash. The foam added the dimension and meant that the twine didn’t poke up awkwardly as the foam wasn’t under that part.
Inside the card I just added a white panel to write on it.
Love this fun and pretty card – and hope Eleanor liked it too!
Today’s design team project I am sharing is using those amazing card bases from Kingston Crafts – and this time I went full on die cutting for my card!
I chose the wedding bells pattern card and die cut the card into a shaped card using a spellbinders die.
This gave the card a special feel as it is a lovely unusual shape.
I then kept it really simple with die cutting the gold foiled cardstock that is in the rainbow foiled cardstock kit for the letters and glueing them in place directly on the front.
I had also made another shaped card from the same card base but smaller for another purpose so had some leftover which meant I could fussy cut three bells out and raise them up.
I also added the gems to the front as a little extra embellishment – such a simple card but it looks special with the unusual shape.
The other card I made – not a design team sample was this one – so thought I would share this at the same time.
This time I used a large circle to die cutting the card base into a circle card.
I then die cutting vellum and the gold to create the central topper and fussy cut some more bells to add to the front from the leftovers.
This time I used a foiled sentiment as it is a much smaller card.
Again I added the gems to finish off.
So both cute shaped cards – I think a lovely way to mix it up and use the card blanks a little differently!
Back with another design team sample using the card bases from Kingston Crafts – this time I decided to have a little play with inking one of the bases – and it worked well!
I chose a circle mask and then inked using my distress inks and a brush around the edge to give a halo type effect. So even though the card blanks already have pattern to them you can change it up a little using the inks.
For this card I then went to town die cutting the pastel cardstock also from Kingston Crafts – they work well with the card bases.
I chose a new to me die I’ve had for ages but not got around to using until I made this card of the bird and the branches. It’s from XCut and not that easy to work out exactly which pieces to die cut to assemble when it comes to the tiny elements but think I did ok!
Obviously I chose colours I thought went with the card base not necessarily realistic! But isn’t it a pretty bird and branch die.
I then die cut some banners and used a foiled sentiment for the cluster to the left hand side of the card. I tucked some twine underneath the cluster to add texture and then some gems to finish off!
A fun card mixing the two products together for the sample.
I was tidying up my box of dies and realised I had these already stitched letter dies for the word love and I wanted to get them used!
And so I grabbed a Kingston Crafts card blank and then some coordinating yellow cardstock to make up the rest of the card.
I punched the strip of yellow to make a banner and the allowed me to ground the die cut letters. I wanted a panel of white underneath to help it pop more against the pretty background. So I grabbed some white scrap and ran it through a texture 3d embossing folder.
I stuck all this straight into the card blank and then added the foiled sentiment and then die cut the little flowers from the scrap yellow and some scrap pink – aren’t they just the cutest?
Such a simple card – obviously the effort went into the sewing element but I did that a while ago so today it was a simple one to put together!
Today I am off to a crop so sure I will have a few pages to share by the end of the day but for today’s Scrappin Saturday post it is one of my design team projects for Kingston Crafts – this time using the Summer Fun kit to make another page of the lovely Barney who is one of my friends dogs and famous from appearing on tv on the hobbymaker show!
I started with the pic of him on the beach with his little ball and the page inspiration came from that – a solid orange base the yellow shell design paper and the blue squiggle wave paper. I also added in the plaid type design for some contrast.
I decided on some strips for the layout and just cut a few of different widths and added them to make a cluster of strips.
Then the same from the offcuts on the right hand side.
I decided that the base needed some shine and added the Kingston Rainbow Spritz in the magnolia and daffodil onto the background. I tried to sponge a bit of the shimmer spritz through a stencil too to add a bit of pattern but most of that is covered by the strips of paper!
I added the embellishments from the die cut pack – I thought the sandcastle, beachballs and starfish were fun additions to the page. I also added a little tag to journal on and added the twine from the kit which I always think helps add texture and contrast.
I also added some of the larger enamel dots as embellishments. I used some stickers from my stash for the title and adding Barney’s name on the photo.
I then decided that a bit of doodling would help finish the page off and tie in the black of the journalling. I chose to go round all the papers and the outside of the page with my black pen to doodle the lines.
It’s quite a subtle thing but I think it helps to personalize the page – especially with such a linear page with the strips.
Loved making this scrapbook page – and think the kit lends itself to so many fun themes as I’m pretty sure this pic wasn’t actually taken in the summer but it worked because he was at the Beach!
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