20 Sunday Mar 2016
Posted in Beautiful Butterflies, Big Shot, Birthday, Dies, General occasion
Hi!
I wanted to show you the card I made for my Mum’s 70th birthday.
I picked some card stock and matching pretty paper for the base. I added a paper doily and a punched white circle in the centre, then added a die cut butterfly. Then added extra detail with stick on pearls.
I was very happy with how it turned out, and the birthday girl seemed to like it!
Thanks for reading š
Caro x
07 Monday Mar 2016
Posted in Birthday, Cards, Masculine, Modern Label, Punches, Word Window
Hi
I had to make a card for a male friend’s 40th birthday on the weekend. And, in classic Caro style, I literally had 5 minutes to do it!
Cutting card stock to 26 X 13cm makes a square card that fits Stampin’ Up! Square envelopes, and a 12.5 X 12.5 cm bit of paper made the card rest of the card. Happy Birthday was stamped with the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set, and punched with the word window and modern label punches. The card stock was Island Indigo.
Go to woah in 5 minutes – gotta be happy with that!
Caro
11 Thursday Feb 2016
Posted in Cards, Kids cards, Kids craft ideas, Using up scraps
As part of last weekend’s card making festivities I needed to make a card for a little boy called Oliver who is turning six.
I had some spotty paper and some spotty stickers in my “I need to use this or else” spare paper pile š Five mins later I had a personalised card for the birthday boy.
Here’s hoping he’ll like to see his name in lights (well, spots!)
Thanks for reading.
Caro x
10 Wednesday Feb 2016
Posted in 3D / pop up, 3D projects, Birthday, Cards, General occasion, Thoughts and comments
I was browsing the discount bin at the local pharmacy (drug store) the other day and found a cute butterfly soap.
I remembered I had some butterfly paper in my card stash …
How cute is that?
I have a “tween” in mind who I hope will love this card.
Thanks for reading.
Caro
08 Monday Feb 2016
Posted in Birthday, Cards, General occasion, Gift bow, Kids cards, Punches, Using up scraps
Hi
On the weekend I found a bit of time to make some cards. I pulled out my gift bow punch and decided to make some cards using up my scrap stash. Here is one with a plain bow:
Cute, but I decided it wasn’t quite pretty enough, so back to the stash for some “bling” and voila!
Cute quick cards that took about 5 mins each to put together.
Thanks for reading š
Caro x
06 Saturday Feb 2016
Posted in 1 3/4 circle, 3D / pop up, Birthday, Jewellery tag, Masculine, Punches, Word Window
Hello
I am spending a rainy Saturday afternoon making some cards – and I thought I’d show you one I made for my brother, who is turning 30 this week.
He is a huge Star Wars fan, and also a bit of a maths geek, so I went with a Roman numerals idea – XXX is 30 in Roman numerals, so I thought I’d make the Xs out of light sabres!
I used Stampin’ Up! punches. The handles of the light sabres are made from the jewelry tag punch. The blades are from the word window punch.
The Death Star image is one I used on a Yoda birthday card a few months ago. I’ve uploaded the image to Dropbox for anyone who’d like to use it (the link is in the previous Yoda post).
I made the inside a pop-up card:
The good folks at Flaming Text have a Star Wars text generator, which I used to make the image. You can use the image for free as long as you keep on their watermark (which is there in my card, I promise, just hard to see in the photo!)
I hope he likes his card!
Thanks for reading.
Caro
28 Thursday Jan 2016
Hi
Today I want to show you an idea I had for making a gift boxed set of cards using a plastic container that some salad leaves came in.
When I was getting my rocket leaves out of the fridge a few days ago, I thought that the container would be just right to hold some square cards.
I thought while I was in the upcycling/recycling mood, I should also use up some of my spare paper stash. So I grabbed some old Bravo Burgundy (Stampin’ Up!) card stock and matching designer series paper, some punches and a pile of paper doilies I had in my “random craft stuff” box, and here’s what I came up with:
It was a layering job of DSP and card stock. I used my 2 3/8 inch scallop circle punch and the 1 3/4 and 1 3/8 inch circle punches. The “For You” sentiment is from the Chalk Talk stamp set.
I then decorated the plastic container to match the cards.
A quick tag using the scallop tag topper punch, some matching ribbon and voila!
I made this for someone very special to me who is forever sending cards to other people, so hopefully she enjoyed receiving some cards of her own.
Thanks for reading.
Caro x
16 Saturday Jan 2016
Posted in Baby cards, Cards, Curly label, Perfect Polka Dots, Using up scraps, Word Window
Happy New Year!
I’m back at my craft desk today after a nice break over Christmas and New Years. I am visiting a close friend who has had a new baby next week so wanted to make a special card.
I have seen punch out baby drawer cards all over the Internet and have been itching to make one. So here’s my version:
I used a top gold card blank (cut an A4 sheet in half vertically at 10.5cm) and then cut the shape from the bottom with 2 cuts of the curly label punch. The drawers are 8cm x 2cm and embossed with my spotty folder for added texture. The top of the drawers is 11cm x roughly 1.5cm (I just used up a scrap).
I used Sahara Sand card stock and sponged the edges with Blushing Bride.
The images are from the Baby Bundle set and the sentiment is from Nursery Necessities (both retired Stampin’ Up! but there are lots of cute baby sets in the current catalogue that would work just as well).
I cut out all the shapes. One tip for cutting really tiny shapes like the curve of the coat hanger – if you have a marker the same colour as your card stock just colour around so it’s not obvious if you leave a bit for added strength:
It’s a good idea to position the clothes etc before you stick down the drawers – I stuck a few behind the drawers:
(I used dimensionals to stick on the drawers and mini glue dots for the fiddly little cut outs).
I hope you enjoyed that card – and hopefully my friend will too!!!
Thanks for reading.
Caro
16 Saturday Jan 2016
Posted in Baby cards, Cards, Curly label, Perfect Polka Dots, Using up scraps, Word Window
Happy New Year!
I’m back at my craft desk today after a nice break over Christmas and New Years. I am visiting a close friend who has had a new baby next week so wanted to make a special card.
I have seen punch out baby drawer cards all over the Internet and have been itching to make one. So here’s my version:
I used a top gold card blank (cut an A4 sheet in half vertically at 10.5cm) and then cut the shape from the bottom with 2 cuts of the curly label punch. The drawers are 8cm x 2cm and embossed with my spotty folder for added texture. The top of the drawers is 11cm x roughly 1.5cm (I just used up a scrap).
I used Sahara Sand card stock and sponged the edges with Blushing Bride.
The images are from the Baby Bundle set and the sentiment is from Nursery Necessities (both retired Stampin’ Up! but there are lots of cute baby sets in the current catalogue that would work just as well).
I cut out all the shapes. One tip for cutting really tiny shapes like the curve of the coat hanger – if you have a marker the same colour as your card stock just colour around so it’s not obvious if you leave a bit for added strength:
It’s a good idea to position the clothes etc before you stick down the drawers – I stuck a few behind the drawers:
(I used dimensionals to stick on the drawers and mini glue dots for the fiddly little cut outs).
I hope you enjoyed that card – and hopefully my friend will too!!!
Thanks for reading.
Caro
20 Sunday Dec 2015
Tags
christmas craft, Christmas napkin rings, Christmas place settings, Christmas punch art, Christmas table decorations, Paper craft Christmas decorations, Punch art Santa belt, Punch art Santa hat, Stamped laminated Christmas place mats, Stampin Up
Hello!
Today I want to show you some crafts I’ve been making ready to decorate the table onĀ Christmas Day. Ā This is the first year I’ve hosted Christmas at my house, so wanted to make the table look nice.
I have made laminated and stamped Christmas placemats, Santa hat place setting cards and SantaĀ napkin rings for each guest.
Laminated and stamped Christmas placemat
Stamped Christmas place mat
Punch art Santa hat place cards
Punch art Santa belt napkin holders
These are all things I’ve featured in my blog in the past. Ā If you’d like to know how to make them, please check out the older posts for detailed instructions:
I’ll try and remember to post a picture of theĀ decorated Christmas table!
Wishing you all the best forĀ a happy Christmas and aĀ safe and fun festive season.
Caro x
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