Five Fold Card

This seems complicated, it truly is not.

Two pieces of card 4" wide, scored twice on one piece and

three times on the other, the third score is to create the flap.

Adhere the two pieces of card together at the

centre and start to decorate.

You can create pockets for inserting tags,

messages etc. 



No deep decoupage would be advisable within

the card or it will not close correctly.

I have embossed metal here and painted with metal paints to

add a special finish.  I have also used a cog to hold

my flap shut.

These pictures really do not do this piece justice.

Boys will be boys

 

White 6 x 6" card blank with black textured mat

and raffia woven fabric with the corners cut.

 

Image has been stamped  and coloured,

Xcut scalloped circle die used to cut out the

image.  Chalk used to age the edge on and

mounted onto the raffia fabric.

 

A wooden hedgehog has been coloured and

one wobbly eye added to left side of main

image to add interest.

 

Birthday sentiment mat and layered onto

black cardstock to finish.

 

 

 

Shadow Box Card

 

This is such a simple card to make.  

You can either use two pieces of card the same size

and score twice either side, adhere your card together

on the outer sections or you can use a 

card blank and this is much easier to control.

Score twice either side (10mm intervals, mountain

and valley fold). Prior to gluing the two outer

edges together put the front of your card through

a die cut shape to create your window into the

shadow box.  I used this piece cut from the window

to stamp onto then once I had coloured the image

it would then fit through the window onto the

back of the card and look great.

 

I covered my card with matching papers, some card

candi and ribbon either side along with a bow.

 

Your birthday message can be written on the

reverse of the card as there is no insert.

 

Wood Words

 

I had great fun with these wooden words.

I used acrylic paint to cover the blank words, and

then for the front some printed papers covered

and cut to the word shapes.

The first is using a stamp front and back 

image and water coloured.  Some flowers wired together

and some bling to finish.

 

 

Again front and back stamps used and water coloured.

A button threaded with ribbon and card candi to  finish.

 

 

 Cat is decoupaged and love birds stamped and

water coloured.  Again flowers wired together

and bling to finish.

 

 

This word again decoupaged and flowers with ribbon.

 

 

 This word has been coveredd with a raffia woven fabric.

Decoupaged animals with some added red bling.

 

Classic Christmas

I know it's a sin to discuss Christmas this early on in the

year but these cards were actually made for the Christmas

just gone by, but it think they were some of my better

ones.

 

I have used a Dufex topper with DoCraft stamps, ink

and background papers.

 

 

This is an old topper from my stash (cannot remember

the make sorry).  Die cut holly and flowers

DoCraft backing papers

 

Decoupage mat and layered onto a rust colours

card blank with die cut corners.

 

Another Dufex topper with DoCraft holly stamp and

ground papers.  Holly stamp inked with Artist Chocolate

dye base ink on cream card - gives a lovely finish.

 

 

Using up scraps for background mat and layering

ribbon is offcuts as well.

 

Old topper from my stash with die cuts.

 

Xcut die to cut out topper with left over

decoupage to finish.

Valentine Is Upon Us

Well it's that time of the year again - cupid is lurking!

 

I have a selection of five cards showing different

styles of Tatty Ted cards.

DoCraft blue textured card as the base and 

another piece folded and with two pieces of

grey card cut with an Xcut die for front and

back hole punched and red ribbon tied

through. Each fold decorated as desired

in this case with Tatty Ted papers,

stickers, toppers and sentiments.

 

 

 

 

The folded section is glued onto the mat and layered

section of the main card.  One corner of the

mat and layer in turned over to show the double sided

paper which is held in place with a pearl brad.  A

second piece of paper is then cut and glued onto

the grey layer with a sticker heart front the Tatty Ted

range poking out of the corner section.  White

pen used to make faux stitching on the blue card to finish.

 

This card is featured in the projects section of the

Creativity Club on the DoCrafts website please

visit this section to get the step by step guide to making

this project.

 

 

This card is an A5 card kit.

 

 

BUT I have used the packaging on the inside of the card

with a die cut heart and ribbon being the only extras used.

 

 

Another card kit this time A4.

 

 

Again I have used the packaging the kit came in

for the inside of the card - Thifty Crafting!

 

 

This card is designed to look like an envelope which the

picture  does not really show well.

The flap  is a piece of white card shaped and covered

in backing paper and edged in red pen.  The

decoupage topper is backed onto black card. Two

backing papers adhered side by side on the base and black

pen used to simulate an envelope folds.  Strips of backing

paper twisted one end stuck behind topper. 

 

 

Art Deco

These are just a few of my demo cards which can also be

viewed on Docrafts website under Craftevan.

 

The first card I have embossed and coloured the embossing

with a very light silver ink just to enhance the emboss.  Art Deco

decoupage to the bottom left with Anita's poinsettia flower and

sparkling sentiment all from the DoCraft ranges.

 

 

This card is a card kit with just a few embellishments ie feathers,

gold ribbon etc to make it pop that bit more.

 

Another card kit but this time I have layered the decoupage

onto an acetate flap, this changed the whole dimension of

the card.

 

 

Feathers, peal off corners and strip added to the

acetate.

 

 

This is a calender tab put onto a firm backing of

gold mirri card and Art Deco papers and topper.

Black Papermania ribbon to finish, this makes a

great present.

 

 

Finally an A6 Easel card using the Art

Deco embossing folder with topper,

feathers and a gold ink pad.

 

 

 

Your Say

 

Your Say by Papermania are lovely stamps, decoupage and topper sets.

 

I have used two decoupage sets here.

The first one I have used with an Xcut die to cut out

pink distressed backing paper with Anita's ribbon,

bakers twine and pink gems.  The sentiment I

have backed onto black cardstock   and added two flowers

cut from the extra's around the decoupage.  This has all been

layered onto Papermania embossed card blank.

 

 

 

This is also a Papermania Swiss Dot embossed card blank,

Use a purple ink pad and lightly dust over the Swiss dots this

enhances the dots makes them stand out.

Decoupage the flowers and place onto a green backing

paper edged in purple ink.  Cut another piece of backing

paper in purple again edge in ink. Cut out one additional

flower pieces from the sheet, place into top right. Adhere

Anita's ribbon and a sentiment and  a paper ribbon

along the bottom to balance the card.

 

 

Football Fever

The card below I did complete sometime ago.

I placed it into my draft section of the blog and

along with many, many others there was a

malfunction and all pictures etc, where lost into to ether

which as you can imagine did nothing to stop my annoyance.

 

 

 

 

I draw around a tea plate onto  an 8 x 8" card blank

to get the general football shape.  

 I used a CD to get the main images and decoupaged

areas to give depth.

 

This was a commissioned card for Yeovil Town Football Fan.

Vintage Hanging

 

This is another commissioned card for a Farmer

hope he likes vintage.

 

I have used an 8 x 8" Card blank, mat and layered

using Kraft card and woodland folk backing paper.

I have an invert corner punch by Woodware to do the

lovely corners.  Another mat a layer, narrower than the

first, using Boofle gingham papers and card and Anitas

ribbons to criss cross.  Tim Holtz die for the sign bracket

and cogs, aged with Papermania metal paints.   

Xcut die used for the stamp edge, and wire threaded

through eyelets from image to sign bracket.

Watercoloured the image with distress inks, as these give

a great aged look.

 

I used a computer circle sentiment cut it out

and then used hotwax a metal peg stamp (corn sheath). 

 

 

Chronology Gate Fold Easel

Cream cardstock, mat and layer two

side panels with black textured card with

Chronology papers.  Using Xcut die to cut

centre panel again black cardstock, Chronology

papers and Chronology clock decoupage. 

Inside an easel mechanism has been made with the

same cream cardstock and covered in

black textured cardstock and Chronology paper.

Using Xcut die cut some cream card stock

place on an angle.  Stamp on green card

stock using Artiste chocolate pigment ink and

emboss with clear embossing powder.

Once cool mat and layer onto black card.

Cut the clock using Xcut clock dies on

cream and brown cardstock. Using Xcut dies

cut two cream pieces of card and emboss

with the Chronology Cogs die and lightly dust the

brown ink over the embossed cogs to highlight.

Cut a piece of gold and black organza ribbon and

put across the larger die cut and stick to base card

making a card stopper

This gate fold easel card is A5 finished size.