Birthday Present for a friend part 2

As a teaching assistant my friend is always writing down notes so I decided a personalised notebook would be perfect for her second gift.
I purchased a notebook that already had a pretty floral design in shades of pale green, baby pink, brown and turquoise.
First I cut 16 various coloured and patterned pieces of ribbon to 2" long and tied 1 of each to the ring bound spine of the notebook as shown.

 

Next I stamped a butterfly using Versamark onto a piece of Centura pearl card.  I had created an inked background on to this first using the Big and Juicy waterfall inkpad. I then heat embossed the image with silver pearl embossing powder, before cutting out. I attached this as shown using Pinflair glue gel. I then cut a small piece of co-ordinating rose paper and spelt out notebook using silver peel off letters. I stuck this to the front as shown using extra strong double sided tape. Next I took a selection of ready made paper roses and cut the wires off all but 2 of them. Using a pokey tool I curled the wires of these before sticking them all to the front with Pinflair.

Next using 2 different sizes of bunting die I cut 4 patterned and 4 co-ordinating plain bunting pieces. I matted these together using Cosmic Shimmer glue and then added the letters to spell Lynn. I attached them to a narrow strip of ribbon and then glued to the front as shown with a small amount of Pinflair glue gel so that they were quite flat to the notebook. I completed the look with some more paper roses, again stuck with Pinflair.

 The finished personalised notebook. Whats great about this is because it is ring bound the embellishments do not stop the book open properly or laying correctly whilst in use.

 

 

 

4 weddings and an anniversary!!

The lovely sunny weather means that wedding season is well and truly underway!!
I had my work cut out needing to make 4 wedding cards and an anniversary card for my best friends on the same day.

Anniversary card

When my best friends Liselle and Khai got married 9 years ago their colour scheme was red and white so every year I find myself with the challenge of coming up with a new unique design still using these colours.

Firstly I created an 8" x 8" card blank and matted and layered onto it using double sided tape a piece of black card (7.75" x 7.75") and then a piece of white card (7.5" x 7.5")

I then selected 2 identical pieces of patterned paper from this lovely book I found in my local Lidl. There are two of each design and they are double sided with the same pattern, but one side is beautifully glittered and glazed.

Next I set one sheet aside and the other I trimmed to 7.25" x 7.25" and using a small amount of Cosmic Shimmer PVA I attached a piece of crochet ribbon to the top of the card, ensuring it was wrapped around the back and secured with extra strong double sided tape. Then using double sided tape I matted this panel onto the white layer of the card front.

I then took my Celebrations embossing board from Keepsake Card Craft and used it to emboss the scalloped heart design twice in silver mirror card and once in white Centura pearl. I then took one set of the silver ones and trimmed away the right heart as this was not needed. Next I layered up to create the 3d heart embellishment.

                    Then using Pinflair glue gel I attached this onto the card front as shown

Taking a Martha Stewart flower punch and some white card I punched 9 flowers.

 I created various floral embellishments by sticking some together as well as adding decorative PVA centres. I then randomly scattered these across the front of the card. I further decorated with two die cut birds and a message from craftwork cards all attached with Pinflair glue gel.

 Next I repeated the steps for the front of the card using black, white and the second piece of patterned paper to mat and layer for the inside.

 

Big and Glamorous Wedding Card

This 1st wedding card was for my uncles wedding who is flying over from America to get married in a castle in a 3 day celebration. So this card needed to be something a little bit special.

Firstly I cut a piece of silver mirror card cut to 7.75" x 7.75" and then a piece of black card cut to 7.5" x 7.5" and matted them onto an 8" white card blank.

 I then layered a piece of black patterned paper from my stash cut to 7.25" x 7.25" onto this.

 Followed by another piece of silver mirror card measuring 7" square and finally a piece of white card stock measuring 6.75" square. All of these layers were attached using double sided tape.

 The next thing I did was create some of my cardstock embellishments. I used my cricut to die cut the words Mr & Mrs,  the champagne flutes were created using my Celebrations board from Keepsake Card Craft, and the bow was made using Sue Wilson Lattice bow dies and grand calibur to cut them.

 I layered up the white and silver pieces of the Mr & Mrs as shown using Cosmic Shimmer PVA.

 Next a glued a strip of lace paper from my stash and stuck to the bottom half of the card blank.

 I then took 3 large ribbon roses from Creative Expressions, and some paper roses in black and red. Along with some die cut leaves ( not in the pick below) that I created from Centura pearl card using the Spellbinders Foliage die set and my Grand Calibur to cut them.

 I then arranged everything and once I was happy attached using Pinflair glue gel to the card front.

 I then completed the design on the front by adding a simple sentiment, the lattice bow, a black cabochon, a pearl heart embellishment, silver pearl decorative PVA glue dots and lots of mini silver gems for the champagne bubbles.

 To finish this card I repeated the matting and layering steps for the inside and also added a die cut cake. Then using my Crafters Companion boxer board made a matching box.

 

2 cards, 1 do!!

For this wedding I needed two cards one for myself to send to the couple and one for a friend to send.

So for this I decided I would make two cards that both featured pink in the colour scheme but that were very different.

So firstly using the lovely pad I found in my local Lidl I chose a gorgeous glittered paper.

 I then chose a selection of embellishments from my stash that had either been created using the  Cricut, Spellbinders dies or the Keepsake Card Craft Celebrations board.

 Next I cut some black card to 7.75" square and the patterned paper to 7.5" square then attached them both to an 8" white card blank using double sided tape. Then using Pinflair glue gel I glued on the doves, rings, pink scalloped heart, wedding day sentiment and finally the bride and groom as shown.

 I then cut some flowers using Sue Wilson dies and made centres with Cosmic Shimmer vanilla PVA.

 I added these to the left side of the heart and a black organza bow to the base of the cake.

 Finally I repeated the matting and layering steps for the inside of the card and completed with a die cut label panel (for somewhere to write as patterned paper is glittered) and black organza bow

 

For the second card I started out by creating an 8" square card blank. I then took a piece of cream card cut to 7.75" x 7.75" and a piece of white cardstock that I had trimmed to 7.5" x 7.5". Using my Crafters Companion boxer board I scored the card every 0.25" to create the piece of card below.

 I then wrapped this piece of card with a piece of white crochet ribbon making sure it was secured on the back with extra strong double sided tape. I added a matching bow on top using Pinflair glue gel. Next I attached the cream card to the card blank using double sided tape, followed by the embossed white card using lots of foam tape.

 I then chose a selection of embellishments from my stash including die cuts, Craftwork Cards messages and the lovely lacy horseshoe topper.

                     I attached all of these to the card front as shown using Pinflair glue gel.

 The finishing touches to the front were created using pink ribbon roses, a pearl heart and Cosmic Shimmer decorative pva in vanilla.

 Finally I matted and layered the inside of the card to match the outside, adding one of the messages.

 

Number 4 a mix up of the others!!

This wedding card commission was inspired by the previous wedding makes using a combination of the elements and colours from them.

Firstly I created an 8" square card blank and matted on to it a piece of silver mirror card measuring 7.75" x 7.75" and then a piece of pink cardstock cut to 7.5" square that I embossed using my Grand Calibur and an A4 embossing folder.

 As with the previous card design I created a piece of ribbed card stock. Taking white card cut to 7.25" square and  by using my Crafters Companion boxer board and scoring every 0.25" on it.
I attached white crochet ribbon and matching bow complete with pink cabochon in the centre.

 I added a selection of embellishments and toppers from my stash using Pinflair glue gel and further embellished the design with Cosmic Shimmer decorative pva on the horseshoe and cake.

For the final finishing touches I added some bells cut using a Tattered lace die and some pink paper roses.

 I matted and layered the inside of the card using the same layout as the front and then added a pink foiled message to the left hand side.

 

 

A surprise win, a design team application and an old favourite!!

This next card was created because of a share and like to win post from Polkadoodles.

A few days ago I did what all crafters do and like and share to be in with a chance of winning crafty stuff!! It was a gorgeous CD rom from Polkadoodles called the Rose Budd Collection. Well I thought no more of it and went on to watch the launch shows of it on Create and Craft, fell in love with it even more, then became really disappointed that I couldn't buy it.  Well that evening I got a lovely surprise when Nikky Hall messaged me to say I was one of 3 lucky winners of a copy. 

Now as it happened a couple of days before Polkadoodles had been posting about design team places and the deadline had been extended until midnight on Friday 13th. So suddenly feeling more lucky and inspired I decided with only 3 hrs to go I would apply. Not only that I wanted to ensure one of my examples was using Polkadoodles products so it was at this point I remembered an old favourite The Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons CD rom. 

First of all I created an 8" x 8" Ivory card blank. I cut a piece of Kraft card measuring 7.5" x 7.5" and wrapped a piece of inch wide cream crochet ribbon to the left hand side.

 I then layered it on top of the card blank using extra strong double sided tape. 

Next I took a piece of ivory card measuring 6.75" x 6.75" and trimmed into three equal sized panels ( 2.25" x 6.75" ) then a floral patterned paper from the Lillibet-A Tale of Friendship paper pad measuring 6" x 6" and again trimmed into three equal panels (2" x 6")

Using double sided tape I matted these together. 

I then glued these to the Kraft card using Pinflair glue gel.

Next I attached a green text printed decorative label shape across the centre of the three panels, again using Pinflair glue gel.

Then I took a circle doilie and cut it in half to create two semi circle pieces.

Using Cosmic Shimmer PVA I glued these to the left and right sides of a large die cut oval, which I then attached to the centre of the card using Pinflair glue gel.

I chose the main image and florals I wanted from the Sundae of Seasons CD rom and printed onto super smooth card.

Once cut out I glued the girl to the centre of the oval using Cosmic Shimmer PVA.

I then cut, curled and shaped the flowers and leaves, then arranged them until I was happy with the layout. Once happy I attached using Pinflair glue gel. I then added a bow to the top left of the card, made from the same cream crochet ribbon.

I further embellished the card by adding buttons to the flower centres, Craftwork Cards butterfly sentiments, a red flower cabachon to the bow and Cosmic Shimmer decorative glue in Vintage Pink.

At this point I was happy with the result and tired so emailed this off with my design team application at 11.28pm (deadline was midnight!)

However like every crafter in the morning I took another look and decided that I had some more pretty flowers that would look perfect.  I had made these using punches and Cosmic Shimmer decorative glues (vanilla and vintage plum) so I added these too. The final finishing touch was to add faux stitching around the edge of the kraft card layer using a white Gelly Roll pen.

Finally it was perfect!