Cards Galore continued.

As promised, here are the other cards I made yesterday.

The first is a Father's Day card for my lovely Dad. The digi image was sent to me by my gorgeous Sister, the talented card maker Bixi Sparkles (see her blog here). She knew it would be perfect for me to use on Dad's card as it brought back funny memories of a Guy Fawkes Night back when I was about 3 years old. I was sat on Dad's shoulders watching the fireworks when a really loud bang scared me. Suffice to say that Dad's shoulders were suddenly rather warm and damp - oops!

To create the fireworks I used the Black Magic technique, where the image is stamped using Stampin' Up's Craft Ink in Whisper White and then coloured using SU! markers. The craft ink stands out so well on black, better than any other white ink I've tried. I created the sentiment on my computer and then punched it out using the Decorative Label punch.

Then I made a 2nd Birthday card for my friend's little boy. 

The main decoupage image was a gift from my Sister and the colours made it a perfect match for my Concord Crush cardstock (fast becoming my fave!). To add some personalisation, I stamped Alex's name using the Just Perfect Alphabet set (told you it was useful!). I also added some raised dots as a border using Stampin' Up's Crystal Effects. The No.2 was just an embellishment from my stash, which I've added white dots around using the Signo Gel Pen - another great one to use on darker colours.

Cards galore

I was lucky enough to get a few hours yesterday to make cards. With two friends recently giving birth, a 2nd birthday and Father's Day, it was crafting time I desperately needed!

I'll give details of the new baby cards in this post and show the others in another post so that it doesn't become too long.

This was my first attempt at a recessed window card and I'm really pleased how it ended up. I've used River Rock textured card and Blushing Bride card, together with Blushing Bride patterned Designer Series Paper.

The sentiment is from a retired SU! set which I've cut out using the Decorative Label punch. The flowers are made using the Flower Accent stamp, which I've inked up with Versamark and then 'kissed' with the tree from the Hopeful Thoughts stamp set. Using Versamark meant that I was left with a clear image to cut out, without affecting the colour of the cardstock too much. The baby's name was made using the ever useful Just Perfect Alphabet set and cut out using the 3/4" circle punch.

For the second card I used the Sweet Treat cup and Something Sweet stamp set (a fab combo!).

It's a little hard to see but there are 3 layers to this card and I've added texture with some paper piercing.

The rattle contains lots of little hearts which you can shake around and I've added a sweet little bow to the handle.

I'll be back soon with the other cards from my Craftathon ;)

Boys Toys class update

I had a lot of fun at this week's Papercraft Session, despite a kettle malfunction leaving us all slightly parched. As well as the 'Rock Star' card I showed you in a previous post, we also made a punch art BBQ card for those Dads who like to do the cooking as long as it's outdoors ;D

Every part of the barbecue is made from Stampin' Up! punches and even the beer bottles are made using the Word Window punch. The clouds are made using the 'faux clouds technique', where I've punched out a shape using the scallop circle and used the negative image as a template to apply Craft ink in Whisper White using a sponge dauber.

The sentiment is from the Sale-a-Bration set 'So happy for you' and the 'dad' is stamped using the Just Perfect alphabet stamp set and that all important Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect alignment.

I nearly forgot to say - see the embers flickering from the barbecue? That's actually the stems from one of the stamps in the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set! I used a Real Red marker to just ink up the parts I wanted to stamp. It's good to take a step back and look at your stamps sometimes in order to see what else they could be used for.

The MP3 gift card holder uses one of the sentiments from the Just Believe stamp set, which is one of my favourite sets from the current catalogue.

Here's a pic of the completed projects from the class.

Sneaky peek at.... Boys Toys

This week's Papercraft Session is for your guys only (groan!). Here's a sneaky peek at one of the cards we'll be making...

As always, apologies for the picture quality as I've used my phone camera.

What you might not be able to tell is that both the electric guitar and the speaker are made up from shapes created by various Stampin' Up! punches!!

This is my version of an electric guitar that I saw on Rachel Capps' blog. Hopefully I'll have a better photo to show you in my post-session post :)

Edited to add: I nearly forgot to say that the wording is the uber versatile Just Perfect Alphabet stamp set - love this set!