Back To Making Cards

It's been almost three weeks since I've made a single card.  That's a long time for me!  My craft room was rearranged as a guest room and so the Cameo isn't set up to use.  You'll realize how helpful a die cutting machine can be when you can't use yours!  This simple bird house card took me much longer to make since I cut the birdhouse out by hand.

The birds are clip art images.  I cut them out by hand also since the print and cut on my Cameo wasn't available.   The flowers are a Bitty Punch and the branches are from the Bird Builder punch.

This card was inspired by one seen on Pinterest.  I used Whisper White and London Fog inks.  The flower is a Bitty Punch.  The pink adhesive pearls are from the Dollar Tree.

Bitty Punch Card - 30 Minute Card

It takes only a few minutes to assemble this card.
The flowers were done with a Bitty Punch and the centers were done with a white gel pen.

Embossed and Inked Card

Using only a portion of a large embossing folder, I imprinted the swirls onto the lower left corner of the card front.  It was inked with Bermuda Bay ink using a round dauber.

The flowers were punched with a Bittty Punch and also inked.  Adhesive pearls were added to the centers.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Pink And Green Butterfly Card

The pink butterfly is a Silhouette file.  I used the Stampin' Up Elegant Butterfly punch for the smaller vellum shape and mounted it with a flower done with a Bitty Punch from green metallic card stock and a large gold brad.

Rose Wreath Card

I'm particularly pleased with the way this turned out.  I used Make The Cut software to cut a 2.2218 x 2.0312 inch oval from white card stock and then embossed it with a Stampin' Up folder.  A pink shadow layer was added.

The rose wreath stamp is from an old set of Stampin' Up stamps.  It was colored with Pale Pink and Meadow Green Promarkers.

The small pink flowers were done with a Bitty Punch, the greenery is a Martha Stewart  branch punch; the flower centers are Pearl Pen dots.

The card base was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  The layered ovals are pop dotted for dimension.  The bow is done with Baby Pink ribbon.

Sunflower and Butterfly Card

Sunflowers are from the Bloom cartridge
Flower centers were done with a Bitty Punch from Stampin' Up
Greenery is from Accent Essentials
The butterfly is an EK Success punch
I used a rotary cutter to deckle the edge.

Cards from the Swarm

Going to a swarm without some card kits means I get nothing done except visit and snack!  For the one last Saturday I made up kits for four different cards.  They didn't all get completed at the swarm because I was too busy eating the cheese dip that Shawna Maxwell brought!  My project this afternoon was to complete them.  Now I have another 46 cards for Operation Write Home!

The popsicle was cut by hand.  I used an 1 1/2" scalloped circle punch to take the bite out of the corner.

This is a repeat of a layout I've done before.  I wanted some quick, simple cards to assemble at the swarm.

Here's the inside sentiment.

This one used the Bitty Punch and the Boho Blossoms punches from Stampin' Up.  I layered the flowers and added some Pearl Pen centers.

 The flower shape is a negative cutout.  It went together so easily that I made it in two colors.  The yellow ones really do look like springtime!

Special Order Card

My neighbor, Kay has an aunt who is having her 104th birthday in a couple of weeks.  Kay asked if I would make a special card for her, and I agreed.  Then, when I asked some questions about her aunt, what she enjoys doing, etc.  I'm told that she's an artist!  Talk about being intimidated!  LOL!

I emailed Kay some photos of cards I'd done and she like the birdhouse card the best.  I didn't intend to post this one on here because the smaller version was shown a few days ago.  Instead of making my usual A2 size card, this one is a 5 x 7.  The smaller size just didn't seem special enough for someone who's turning 104!

It's pretty much the same as the smaller version.  I used my Cuttlebug, SU bird and bitty punches for the images and did some inking.  The inside sentiment is printed on vellum and has a branch and flower across the top.