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Ninjago birthday card

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Today I want to share with you the card I made for my son’s birthday.  We’ve had Ninjago invitations, Ninjago cupcakes, and Ninjago party stuff – so there’s no way I was going to get away without a Ninjago birthday card!   

 

After being a bit “Ninjago’d out”, I wanted to step it up a notch for the birthday card, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. 
It took me a little while to figure out how I was going to get the peek-a-boo effect so I’ll show you how I did it. 

I used a normal C6 card base and cut a 9 x 13cm piece of yellow for the inside. 

 
I was thinking about just drawing / using circle punches for the eyes on the inside of the card, but had some printable eyes left over from the party (web address in the photo)

 

First I cut out an eye mask, then traced around the shape onto the front of the card  (I recommend you cut two – one to trace around and one that will still be neat to use inside the card) 

 

I then needed to be able to cut out the shape. I thought I would use my big shot with a small die just to cut a hole in the centre of the traced area to be able to start cutting out neatly.   

 

Then inspiration struck! The curvy image from the Banner framelits set worked perfectly to get a “tie” at the edge of the face mask area! So instead of just cutting out some space for starting off my cutting, I shifted it off to the side to get this shape: 

 

Cutting out the rest and voila! 

 

The next step was to grab a Sharpie and trace around the edges to neaten them up  – but also to colour in the area marked by the impression of the edge of the die (you can see the faint impression in this next picture)

 
And the end result!

  
   
And of course, no little Ninjago fan’s birthday present could be complete without Ninjago wrapping on his present!

 
(I dropped the glued eyes on the present, so they are not straight, but I’m pretty sure he won’t mind!)

I think it will be a while before I feel like making Ninjago themed anything again, but the little guy has absolutely loved everything,  so it’s all been worth it. I can’t wait to give him his card tomorrow on his actual birthday!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro x

Ninjago party invitations

07 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by in Bird Builder, Chalk Talk, Dies, Framelits, Invitations, Kids cards, Kids craft ideas, Kids party, Owl

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We’ve spent this afternoon making birthday invitations for my son’s upcoming birthday party.  He decided on Ninjago invitations (for those not up with small boys, that is a type of Lego based on ninjas!) His favourite Ninjago is Kai “the red guy”. 

 
I had a grand vision for how these might look, but then had to tone it down to match the vision of the birthday boy.  Which is after all the point (allegedly!!)

I was planning on using the top note die to get a nice curve on the yellow mask top and bottom, making the eye brows from the branch of the bird punch as the eye brows, and layering black and white circles from the owl punch for the eyes.   However small boy was most insistent that we should draw the eyes and eyebrows ourselves, and it turns out that dropping liquid paper onto the eye balls to make the whites of the eyes is super fun when you’re 5!!

So, here they are in all their glory. Perhaps not as glossy as I’d planned, but made with love by the birthday boy 🙂 

  

Next challenge: Ninjago cup cakes for the big day.  Red icing anyone? 😉

Thanks for reading. 

Caro

Btw I cut the yellow strips with one of the labels from chalk talk framelits.   I was very happy with the pretty rounded edges but he decided they should all be chopped off!

  

Wedding – Vow renewal card

11 Monday May 2015

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On the weekend I attended a wedding that was actually a vow renewal ceremony, as the couple had been officially been married for some time but wanted to have their “big day”.  Which posed a little bit of a challenge on the card front!  I played around for a bit with the idea of I Do x 2.  Here’s what I came up with:

I do x 2

I chose the colours (Night of Navy, Very Vanilla) to match their wedding invitation.   A dark coloured card base can be a bit of a challenge when it comes to writing the message, so I used my labels framelits to make a nice space to write the message.    

I was pretty happy with how it turned out – and it’s nice to have a little bit of spare time to be making cards again!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

Scallop tag topper punch wine bottle tag

08 Tuesday Apr 2014

Posted by in 1 1/4 inch circle, 3D projects, Framelits, Gift card holders, Gift tags & wrapping, Labels collection, Punches, Scallop Tag Topper, Using up scraps

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Hello

Today I wanted to show you a wine bottle tag I made to give to a good friend for his birthday.

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

I used an off-cut of Not Quite Navy card stock I had lying in a scrap pile, and cut the end with the scallop tag topper punch.   I used my 1 3/4 inch circle punch to make a hole for the bottle neck to go through, then scored to make the fold for the wine bottle cover.

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

The card stock was too wide to fit in the slot in the tag topper punch so I slid it over the plastic part of the punch, and then under the metal cutting part to make it work – leave me a comment below if that doesn’t make sense and I’ll try and explain better!   I then just cut diagonally from the edge of the scallop to the edge of the card stock to make the pointed shape.   This picture may give you a better idea:

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

And isn’t it perfect how one of the smaller dies from the labels framelits fits so perfectly inside the scallop topper tag punch?

Labels framelits inside the scallop tag topper punch

The image here is from the Simply Sketched stamp set (a 2013-14 Stampin’ Up! hostess gift)

This gift coordinated nicely with one of the cards I made and showed you a few months ago:

Simply Sketched simple bird cardNow that I know how easy it is to make a wine topper using the scallop tag punch, I think there may be a few more gifts like this in my future!

Thanks for reading.

Caro

 

Apothecary Art thank you cards

15 Friday Nov 2013

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Hello – thanks for dropping by Caro’s Pretty Things!

I have been very lucky to have many people in my life I need to say thank you to recently.  So I sat down the other day to make a few thank you cards.   I wanted to do something a little out of my comfort zone and try and make some cards that would convey a little of how grateful I am to the recipients.

I used the largest image from the Apothecary Art stamp set cut out with my Labels framelits, and my embossing powders with VersaMark ink to make the stamped images really ‘pop’ off the page.

Here are the cards, I hope you enjoy.

Caro

Melon Mambo:

 

Apothecary Art thank you card - Melon Mambo

(I used the thank you greeting from the Simply Sketched stamp set and the tag is from the Designer Frames embossing folder)

Basic black:

Black embossed Apothecary Art card

 

Here’s a close up of the embossing:

Black embossing powder

Simple ribbon card front (stamping on the inside):

 

Simple black and white card

 

Black embossed Apothecary Art card

 

Chocolate chip and gold ink (with First Edition DSP):

Gold embossed Apothecary Art card

Winter Frost 30th birthday card

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Hi

I have been looking at lots of Christmas cards on the internet using Stampin’ Up!’s Winter Frost designer series paper.  It is gorgeous paper and the cards are beautiful – but for some reason it doesn’t really scream ‘Christmas’ to me.   The paper also uses colours that are usually a bit out of my comfort zone.   So I set myself a challenge of using the paper for some non-Christmas cards.

Today I wanted to show you a card I made for a good friend’s 30th birthday.

Winter Frost & Memorable Moments 30th birthday cardThe card is Smoky Slate with Winter Frost DSP in Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party.   The ribbon is some I saved from the wrapping on a present I was given.

The label and stamping uses the Memorable Moments stamp set, which has to be one of the most versatile sets in the current catalogue.   The outline of the label perfectly matches the Labels Framelits dies.   Here’s a close up of the label:

Memorable Moments 30th birthday

Stay tuned and I’ll show you some other non-Christmas cards I made with Winter Frost.

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

Wildflower meadow cards

28 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by in Cards, Embossing folders, Framelits, General occasion, Labels collection, Wildflower Meadow

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Hello

Sorry for the long gap between posts.  Life has been a little hectic lately (to say the least!)   I haven’t had any chance to make any cards lately, but I do have a few photos to show you from the last time I managed to spend a few hours on my card making.

One of the card sets that most caught my eye in this year’s Stampin’ Up! catalogue was the Wildflower Meadow set – and it has a matching embossing folder!  Who could resist?

It is such a beautiful set and the extra depth from the embossing means you can get an amazing effect from the simplest card.

This card was just stamped with Whisper White ink on Crumb Cake card stock:

Wildflower Meadow - whisper white on crumb cake

I was thinking about how to ‘step it up a bit’ and decided to use my Stampin’ Write markets to add some highlights over the white ink:

Wildflower Meadow - white ink with markersIMAG0108

The markers over the white ink gives a really lovely, soft effect.  Here’s a close up which gives you a better idea:

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You can also use your markers to colour directly onto the stamp to give a multicolour effect:

IMAG0109Here’s one where I used the off-cut from a labels framelit to act as a border:

IMAG0110 I had such a lovely time playing with this stamp set.  I’ll show you some more of the results of my experimenting over the next few days.

Thanks for reading

Caro

Simply Sketched bird cards

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Hello!  I hope you’re having a great day.

Today I wanted to show you a card I’ve made with one of my favourite stamp sets from the new Stampin’ Up! catalogue – Simply Sketched.   This is a hostess set so you can only get it by hosting a workshop or party (or doing a REALLY big order all by yourself!) I’d like to get back into doing a few workshops, so please let me know if you live in the Wollongong or southern Sydney area and would be interesting in hanging out with your friends and making cards 🙂

Here’s the card I made:

IMAG0187I used Crumb Cake as the base card with matching seam binding ribbon.   The bird is coloured with my Stampin’ Write markers.  The blue layer is from a pack of corrugated cardboard I bought at a $2 shop but I think this card would also work beautifully with some of the new Soft Sky card stock from Stampin’ Up!  The watercolour paper is cut out with a Labels Collection framelit.

Here are another couple I made:

Simply Sketched bird

IMAG0163See the ribbon on the last card?  You know those ribbons that are sewed into shirts to keep them onto coat hangers?  Those ribbons which, if you’re anything like me, you cut off before you wear them for the first time?  Well, this ribbon came off a tshirt I bought recently.   So don’t throw them away – see what you can make out of them!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

Giftwrapping

26 Monday Aug 2013

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One of my favourite things to do is wrap a present.  I don’t know why, but something about choosing colours and playing with ribbon is very therapeutic.   And we are all about making things pretty here at Caro’s Pretty Things!

We recently went to a close friend’s 40th birthday party.   He is just a little bit into red wine (understatement of the year!) so of course we bought him a very nice bottle of red wine for his present.

Here’s the present all wrapped up.

photo-5I used my Labels collection framelits for the base of the gift tag and printed out an image ‘Keep Calm and Drink Red Wine’ I found on the web.   This was tied on with Bravo Burgundy ribbon from Stampin’ Up! (the same colour as the die cut label) – which seemed rather appropriate given the gift.

Hopefully he’ll enjoy the wine as much as I enjoyed wrapping it!

 

 

Another baby card

08 Thursday Aug 2013

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One of the saddest things for me about the end of the 2012-13 Stampin’ Up! catalogue was the retirement of the Two by Two stamp.  I loved that stamp for making baby cards!

There is another gorgeous baby one to replace it though (Fishin’ Around on p58 of the new catalogue).  Stay tuned – I may have to buy that one!

I wanted to show you a couple of the cards I made using Two by Two:

IMG_1400IMG_1399As well as being a super cute stamp, this is a good example of how a single image in a frame can work really well as a feature.

I used my Labels collection framelits to cut the background shapes.   The pink card is a good example of how you can use these framelits to make borders for added depth.

Thanks for reading.

Caro

PS If want to get your hands on a Stampin’ Up! catalogue, please drop me a line at carosprettythings@gmail.com