Happy Birthday Sue

A little birdie told me that Sue Taylor from Craftwork Cards has a special birthday today!  This card is very similar to the one I made for Julie a couple of weeks ago for her special birthday but this is a completely different colour scheme.

Happy Birthday Sue, hope you have a lovely day xx

21st Birthday

Here is a 21st Birthday card that I have made.  I embossed the numbers with the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder and then painted them using a silver Tim Holtz Dabber.

I used strong double sided tape to stick the numbers to the card and then added the Heartfelt Flowers with In Circle messages in their centres.  These were attached with foam pads (1mm where they overlap the number and 2mm elsewhere so the flower is level).

The card is finished off with black grosgrain ribbon around the spine.

Fruit Scoop - Stitched Just for You

I used a DL Back to Basics blank from Craftwork Cards along with Fruit Scoop die cuts. The stitching is done using Doodlebug Designs Sew Easy rub ons. I've had these a long time - nit sure if they are still available.

Très Chic - Birthday Wishes

I used 148mm square Back to Basics blank for this.  The circle was cut using a Nestabilities Die.  I still really like the Très Chic papers and the black and hot pink colour combination.

Fruit Scoop - Happy Birthday

This is a Craftwork Cards DL Back to Basics blank. I usually use these as portrait but opted for landscape this time. The colours in Fruit Scoop are lovely and vibrant, and there are so many combinations which work well together. I love the combination of lime and turquoise.

Fruit Scoop - Birthday Wishes

I cut three Retro Daisies in half and added half a punched circle to each before attaching them to the turquoise Fruit Scoop panel using a glue pen. I then added a Heartfelt Flower with a Tiny Sentiment and Candi on it.

Fruit Scoop - Thank You

Another DL Back to Basics blank. These papers were the pieces left from the card with buttons on that I posted a couple of days ago. The ribbon is actually two pieces - my original plan to cut a slot in the spine of the card, thread the ribbon through and have it going round the front wouldn't work due to the angle.

Fruit Scoop - Take 2

This card was made using the panels left over from Wednesday's card. I used Notched Flowers this time though instead of Retro Daisies.

Très Chic and Fruit Scoop

I used a combination of Fruit Scoop and Très Chic papers on this card.  The black scalloped circle, Tour Eiffel die cut, Retro Daisy and the Heartfelt Flower are all attached with foam pads to give dimension.

Swap Card - Très Chic

I've made this for a swap on my card group. It's a little more detailed than my usual style and there's some rubber stamping using my favourite Fancy Pants background stamp.

Gold Confetti

I used a 12cm square white card blank from Craftwork Cards as the base card and covered the front with some latte gold foiled Confetti paper.  I then stuck a marshmallow Mini Elegant Square to the centre of the card using double sided tape and added a Heartful Flower to the centre of it using foam pads.  The next step was to attach an In Circle Message to marshmallow punched circle and then attach them to the Heartfelt Flower (double sided tape).

Finally I added the two Retro Daisies using foam pads, put Candi in the centre of them and added Glossy Accents to the Candi.

Latte and Ice Cream Elegant Square

I used an Elegant Square card blank from Craftwork Cards for this.   First of all I added a rectangle of latte coloured paper mounted on ice cream paper, then I used foam pads to add the flowers as shown and put mirri gold Card Candy in the centres.

The card is finished off with an In Circle Message on a Heartfelt Message which was stuck to the card with foam pads.

More Confetti and Crystals

This was made using a small square (9.5cm) card blank.  First of all I covered the top section of the card with the latte coloured paper and the bottom section with the marshmallow paper.  Then I cut approximately 1.5cm off the front right hand edge of the card before sticking a 3cm wide strip of ice cream coloured paper to the inside right edge of the card (this doesn't show up too well on the scan).

I punched flowers from the sheet that the In Circle Messages were on, stuck them across the join between the two papers using a glue pen and then put self-adhesive crystals in their centres.

The In Circle message is stuck to a 1 3/8" punched latte circle which in turn is stuck to an ice cream Heartfelt Flower and attached to the card with foam pads.  I attached it so that it overlapped the edge of the card blank to make it a little different.

Confetti and Crystals

This was made using a Craftwork Cards Elegant Rectangle as the base card.  First of all I added the three strips of paper using double sided tape before sticking the marshmallow paper mounted on ice cream paper to the Mini Elegant Rectangle.  I then stuck this to the card using 1mm foam pads. 

Next I punched a circle from marshmallow card, stuck the In Circle Message to the centre and then stuck both on the Heartfelt Flower.  I used 2mm foam pads to mount this on the card apart from in the area where the Heartfelt Flower overlaps the Mini Elegant square where I used 1mm pads - this meant that the whole of the Heartfelt flower was raised by 2mm - if I had used 2mm pads on the overlap the Heartfelt flower wouldn't be level.

I didn't have any card to match the In Circle Message so punched the flowers from the edges of the In Circle Message sheet - fortunately the flower is only small.  I used a glue pen to stick the 3 flowers onto the Mini Elegant square and then put self-adhesive crystals in the centres.

Confetti for a change ...

This was made using a DL card blank.  I used double sided tape to fasten the papers onto the card and also used double sided tape to stick grosgrain ribbon across the join.

I then stuck a Heartfelt Flower to a Mini Elegant Square using double sided tape before adding two Petal Point Flowers with foam pads and Card Candy to the corners of the square and centre of the flower.  Finally I stuck an In Circle Message to a punched scallop circle and used foam pads to stick it to the bottom right hand corner.

Confetti Yet Again

This card hasn't scanned very well - there are two other pieces of doily above and below the latte coloured one but they are very pale and aren't showing up.  I think I will try to photograph the card and see if that gives a better image.

I used a DL card blank for the base.  Then I cut a latte coloured doily in half and an ice cream one in half then in half again.  I stuck the two pieces of ice cream doily in the corners and three strips of ice cream Confetti paper across the card.  Then I stuck the latte piece of doily against the centre of the left hand edge of the card.

I added Card Candy to the latte coloured doily and to the top right corner of the card.  Finally I used a Heartfelt Flower with an In Circle message to finish off the card.

Just Because

I've used the new Confetti collection from Craftwork Cards yet again for this card.  The base card is an Elegant Rectangle scored down the centre.  I added a piece of latte coloured paper foiled in gold before using foam pads to stick down the die cut daisy and the Petal Point flowers, all of which have Card Candy centres.

Finally I stuck an In Circle message to a Heartfelt Flower and mounted this onto the card using foam pads for dimension.

Best Wishes

Here is another card which I have made using the new Confetti collection from Craftwork Cards.

I started with a pearlescent white card blank and added the latte and marshmallow papers to it, tying the ribbon around the marshmallow paper before sticking it down.  I attached the bottom two Petal Point Flowers with a glue pen so that they were flat on the card.  Then I used foam pads to add the top two which gave the card dimension.  To finish off both flowers I added a piece of marshmallow Card Candy.

I stuck an In Circle message to the centre of a Heartfelt Flower using double sided tabe and then used foam pads to adhere it to the card.

Happy Birthday

Here is my first birthday card of 2011. I have used a DL card blank covered with Confetti papers from Craftwork Cards.  The Petal Point Flowers and Heartfelt Flower are also from Craftwork Cards and I added a piece of Card Candy to the centre.

The join between the two papers is covered with cream grosgrain ribbon and I used a Craftwork Cards Elegance Message to finish off the card.

The Confetti papers are really lovely and are also available foiled in white.  Although I didn't use any on this card there are also some fabulous Mini Elegant Squares which are part of this collection.