52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
I am trying to plan forward by making cards needed for September. Our friend celebrates his 60th this year so I decided to go with a bottle of wine.
I started off by making a background with a leaf stamp by Oak House Studio on green cardstock.
I used a piece of burgundy coloured cardstock and put it through the Big Shot using a Stampin' Up embossing folder called "Oh My Stars". I then dotted the centre of each star with a metallic gold pen and rounded the corners of the rectangle using a corner punch.
I cut the green bottle using a template from "Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine" issue 166, then using stamps free with the same magazine. Next, using the Cricut, I cut the number 60 in the same burgundy cardstock.
I used a gold metallic pen for the top of the bottle with a couple of bands of ribbon to imitate the foil on a bottle. I then added a small tag with the name of the recipient
I've been so busy creating the pages for my holiday scrapbook that making cards has taken a back seat. This morning, I had an urge to make cards.
I have used a section of 12x12" Crate patterned paper and a couple of Spellbinders. For the large slate grey decorative edged circle, I used the Spellbinders "Royal Circle" die. For the inner decorative sentiment, I have used the Spellbinders "Jubilee Tags".
My Hubby is celebrating his birthday today. Here's the card I made for him.
I stamped a Papertrey Ink sentiment onto the blue patterned paper, then die cut the stamped image in an oval shape. I used a caramel coloured sheet of paper and embossed half of it using a bubble design embossing folder.
Just above the embossed bubble design, I layered a thin strip of striped patterned paper. I then layered the oval above using foam pads to raise the oval. I then punched and die cut foliage in different colours, adding them below the raised image. I then stamped a couple of beer bottles and cut them out adding them to each side of the oval. I then mounted the whole image onto green paper and stuck it onto the card blank.
It's my Mother-in-laws birthday at the weekend & I've been putting off making a card for her, as I am never quite certain that she likes them or appreciates the work I put into one. However, I couldn't bring myself to buy a card, so made this for her.
It is a very fussy style with a little nod to the shabby chic style of Cath Kidston.
...and a close up of the detail
As my paper off-cuts box is close to over flowing I thought I'd better use some of the pieces, which resulted in this cheery birthday card.
The sentiment is stamped using a stamp from Stampin' Up "Endless Birthday Wishes" set.
This card evolved from something I was planning to make but just didn't gel, so in the end I played and ended up with this floral banner card.
The grey spotty paper is from the Stampin' Up "Carried Away Designer Paper" set. The orange and yellow cardstock used for the banner are off-cuts from previous projects but they have the texture of Bazzill Cardstock.
I stamped the sentiment onto the orange card using a stamp from the Papertrey Ink set called "Stylish Sentiment". I cut the two banner shapes using Stampin' Up "Banner Framelit" dies.
I used another Stampin' Up die from the Stampin' Up "Botanical Builder" framelit set to make the foliage garland. The layered the paper flowers, securing them with a brad in the centre.
Here's a close up look of the detail:
