ATC - R

This is the R ATC for my card group - I might just make the deadline this time!  The base of the card is some red pearlescent cardstock from Craftwork Cards.  I used a Fancy Pants stamp to create the background and inked the edges of the card with the same black ink.  I stamped the image onto matching red card using a  heart stamp from Blonde Moments and once dry I cut it out.

Then I stuck the black mat onto the ATC using double sided tape and fastened a piece of black grosgrain ribbon to the centre again using double sided tape. The ends of the ribbon were wrapped round the back of the card and were covered with the backing card.

The final stage was to attach the heart using foam pads and to add Glossy Accents to the larger circles on the heart.

Red, Black and Cream

This was another simple card to make - I love the colour combination and think it looks very effective.

I covered a square card blank with some Glitz and Glamour paper.  Then I used foam pads to stick the Retro Daisy and Spiky Flowers onto the card - I used 2mm ones on the Retro Daisy and 1mm ones on the Spiky Flowers to give different heights.  I positioned the Spiky Flowers so that some of the petals overlapped the edge and then I trimmed off the excess.  Then I added Card Candy to the centres of the three flowers.

The sentiment is an In Circle Message stuck to a punched scallop circle with double sided tape then attached to the card with foam pads.

Squares

This is quite a large card - I used an 8" square Craftwork Cards blank as the base for it.  The 16 squares were embossed using Cuttlebug Embossing Folders then stuck to the card using double sided tape.  I painted the chipboard flower using a black dabber, attached a white die cut flower to the centre using a jewelled brad and stuck the flower to the card with foam pads.

I stamped the sentiment onto white card, mounted this on black then on white again. rounded the corners and attached it to the card with foam pads.

Retro Daisy Handbag

This is a very simple card to make.  I used a latte coloured handbag card blank from Craftwork Cards.  The first thing I did was to stick the Retro Daisies to the handbag using a glue pen.  Rather than sticking full daisies overlapping the edge and cutting off the excess, I cut the daisies in half and stuck the halves on putting the cut edge of the flower against the edge of the card.

I added card candy to the centre of the Retro Daisies, trimming off the excess that was overlapping the edge.  Then I punched some daisies from Ritzy Lime card, stuck them to the card with a glue pen and put self-adhesive crystals in the centres.

This scan doesn't do the card justice as the Ritzy Lime Card Candy and punched daisies look far nicer in real life.

Confetti Gap Card

This was made from two Elegant Rectangles - I scored the back one approximately 3cm front the left hand edge.  Next I layered the ice cream paper onto the latte paper and stuck them onto the front rectangle.  I then cut a section out of the front card as shown, stuck the left hand front piece to the back rectangle (by putting strong double sided tape to the left of the score line) and used a small piece of double sided tape to hold the right hand front piece in place over the back rectangle.

The next step was to stick the two Retro Daisies across the gap using a glue pen (taking care just to put glue on the ends of the petals). To finish off I added Card Candy to the left hand edge and to the centres of the flowers, and then stuck an In Circle Message to a punched scallop circle which I stuck next to the bottom Retro Daisy with foam pads.  Finally I carefully removed the removed the small piece of double sided tape to enable the card to open.

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.