With "my craft studio" I made moles diecut pyramage, a gorgeous background and a humorous insert. Then I printed then all out. I matted and layered the front panel and added it to the card. Using spellbinders scallop nesties I made two mats and added the mole pyramage to it. Along with some leaf punches and a punched flower I decorated the front of the card.
Then I simply added the insert and voila, one sorry card from the moles to a lady who was upset she had to have them removed from her garden in such a distressing way. The card made her smile, it was a comfort to her and let's hope the moles are happier in their new home in the countryside.
I used "My Craft Studio" to make his name (like a word book) with B and Y on the back of the card and T and O on the front. I made some buttons in different colours and used diecut studio to make some tractor tom pyramage. Then just printed it all out.
Using eyelets I joined the back and front together, I cut out an extra T and B, added chalk around the edges to age the letters and added them to the card with 3d foam. I glazed the buttons with diamond glaze, waited for them to dry then added them to the card. I used a jigsaw piece to add the greeting with a little ribbon through the eyelets. finally I made the pyramage of tractor tom and added it to the centre of the O.
I'm really love this one, and Toby's mum (my niece) loved it too.
Hmm, maybe I need to go back and buy other colours?
Hope you like them and good health to all.
I used Fleur di lys spellbinder dyes and a ribbon with a flower and button, the image is coloured with whispers pens and I've added a few gems. Nothing more to say really.
Just that all my hopes are with her.
I simply printed out all the elements, matted the dp onto silver mirri and mounted it onto the red card base. Then I cut the image and some silver mirri with nesties label die, sprayed the flower layers with glitter varnish and decoupaged it up. I then added a chunky red bow with a heart pin and finished by adding red and silver gems to the poinsettia's. The verse I created in "mcs", and printed it out with the dp, I love making fancy greetings like this.
So quick, so simple, but it's probably my favourite Christmas card I've ever made. Hope you like it too. Thanks for popping in.
Tracie x
On this one I wanted to use a floral corner image I found on "mcs - floral cd", it comes in decoupage layers, which I thought was a different slant on a card, rather than decoupaging the main image, decoupage the corner detail. I chose a fairy image and a butterfly and colour coordinated them with the corner image and dp. I matted the dp onto brown and gold mirri card, punching the bottom edges to make it pretty and then mounted this onto a burgundy card base.
I then matted the fairy onto brown and the greeting onto gold and brown card that I'd run through my cuttlebug with my scallop nesties and added both of these to the card with some brown organza ribbon in front of the fairy but behind the greeting. I continued by adding the corner decoupage and adding gold glitter pen the the flower centres so they would match the glitter on the butterfly. The butterfly I sprayed with gold glitter varnish, decoupaged the three layers up and added pink mini gems for the body. To finish I made two double bows (one slightly larger than the other) and glued them to the card.
I love the way it's turned out, lovely and soft colours with a feel of magic. Hope you like it, back later.
The poker decoupage is on "MCS - Carousel of Classics", so no real work needed there, all I really did was add the recipients name to the backing paper. I used 3d foam pads to add dimension and a little matting and layering. Quick, simple, yet a playful card for a passionate poker player.
Enjoy the rest of your day, thanks for stopping by.
Hope you like this card. Take care.
I used "my craft studio" to size and colour my images. Using the same photo, I made one as large as the card (tinted at 50%) and one smaller to use as a topper. I made a tag and a matching greeting. Then it was just a case of printing out the elements, cutting them out, matting and layering on silver mirror card, a bit of ribbon and a gorgeous card for a gorgeous hubby.
Thanks for stopping by everyone, back later.
I've discovered over the past few months that I quite enjoy computer crafting. I don't need to go to the shop if I need backing paper or an embellishment ... just design/make one. I can do it anytime, even at 2am and I have. I purchased a program called "My Craft Studio" (I've mentioned "MCS" loads of times) I love it. You can make embellishments, backing papers, inserts, envelopes, tags, boxes, decoupage, pyramage, in any size or colour, basically anything goes, as long as the image you are using is a jpeg ... I mean how cool does that sound. You can use an image from one of "MCS" CD's (there are are few out now ranging from Christmas, men, flowers, celebrations and more), you can even use a photo, one of your own designs or any jpeg from any craft CD you already own.
So that's how this card came about, I was playing around in "MCS" and came across this image of tools. With my brother-in-law being a carpenter, I had to make it into a card for him. Using my new found best friend this is what I came up with. Then I just printed out all the components onto decoupage paper and made the card. I used a backing paper, decoupage, insert and paper buttons (glossy accents). Then printed out an envelope to match. Honestly I spent more time playing on the PC, than I did making the card ... opps ... but its seriously addictive.
If you come across this program, I definitely recommend you try it, you'll be amazed at the possibilities ... I certainly have. Don't get me wrong I still love going and touching (and buying) all the gorgeous velvet/glittered/textured papers etc that you simply wouldn't get out of a printer. But computer crafting definitely has it's place in my crafting world.
This is another CD card made with "My Craft Studio" all designed on my PC and printed off ready to make. The background paper is one piece mounted onto gold mirror card and matted onto a black base card. The greeting was also matted onto gold mirror card. For the pyramage, I mounted the bottom layer onto mirror card and rounded opposite corners (just to be different). Then I added each layer with foam pads, the glittery effect on the pyramage was done using "Crafters Companion" - gold glitter spray (this took around 1 hour to dry). I finished the card with a couple of gold bows, hearts and a matching insert.
As I said not what I thought it was gonna look like ... but I'm happy with the result.
I was watching craft on TV this morning with my coffee (trying to fill a gap between housework and thinking of what to cook for tea) when they made these gorgeous frames. From paper, origami folded similar to fortune tellers with no glue, just brads and ribbon. They are so simple to make.
If there's enough interest, I can always do a tutorial.
They have some gorgeous downloads and have just started a blog skin service, for very reasonable prices. And at the moment they are offering a free blog makeover to one lucky winner ... good luck.
I added a ready made greeting and pearly hearts from my stash. Used organza ribbon across the card, with a bow to match. The large flower is a poinsettia (a digi download from "fred she said"), but in this colour I think it can be used for any occasion. I shaped the flower with a ball tool, sprayed it with "crafter's companion" - silver glitter spray and used white seed beads in the centre. Punched some brown leaves, green branches and tiny white flowers and decorated around the card to add more interest.
I think it turned out OK, it's maybe a little overworked ...
I used "colour my world" underpants template (same set as boobs & booties). I made the outer pants in red and did faux stitching around the edges, for the main fabric I used two shades of blue, a lighter one for the inside of the leg holes and a darker one for the main body. I used ink to tint the blue to make it look more like shaded fabric. I found a superman logo and printed it out the size I wanted onto card and used it as a template.
Again I tinted the layers of the logo and added white sakura pen to highlight the it to make it look 3d. I then layered the pants onto yellow dotted card, tinted to match the underpants and added die cut stars. For the greeting/name, I used my cuttlebug to die cut my quickutz "metro" alphabet from yellow card and used butterscotch ink pad to tint the letters to match underpants and stars.
This card has been sooo much fun to make ...
LEXIE LOUISE
It took me weeks finding the decoupage on the Internet, but finally found a company that supplied them, thank goodness. The castle is made using a template by "Colour My World" (available from good craft stores/websites - UK company so not sure if available worldwide). I used three different types of card to make the castle (glitter/plain/patterned). Then added dots with a white sakura souffle pen to define the towers and white seed beads for the window sills.
The front of the card is acetate, because I wanted it to look like Cinder's was standing away from the castle (I think it worked OK). Then I added a die cut sentiment and punched flowers to finish the card ... very girlie.
Happy crafting.
This is another cd card, using "My Craft Studio", it just let's you manipulate any jpeg image and I'm addicted to this program ... I recommend everyone has this program, especially if your a little pc challenged.
I designed the whole card on my pc and printed out all the sheets. I did three images in different sizes and mounted them onto silver mirror card and layered them at different angles on the base card. I used my cuttlebug to diecut scalloped nesties and do some spirelli with black cotton, to tone in with the card. I added a greeting tag to finish.
Ever since I started using "My Craft Studio", I've become quite taken with making inserts and envelopes that match the outside of the card. And I've sold a lot more too.
I've managed to make a few cards over the past few weeks, though not as many as I'd have liked. So over the next few days I'll be catching up with you and letting you see the cards I've managed to do, if that's OK?
Today's card is a cd card, using "My Craft Studio". It was all designed on the PC and then printed out and decoupaged etc.So I used nesties with decoupage mounted onto it, a bit of matting and layering, added a giant bow and a couple of butterflies ... oh, and gems of course.
I made an insert to match and think it's finished the card of lovely. And with the new envelo-boxes I've started making to pop my cards in, I'm really pleased with this one.
Happy crafting girls, back soon
I stamped the background using brown dye ink and water coloured using whispers brush markers. I mounted this layer onto gold mirri card and then onto the black base card. I used Arty Farty's celebration bottle template, cut out all the pieces in co-ordinating colours and layered the pieces together, then I just added some quickutz stars and ribbon.
Then after allowing the images to dry for 15 minutes, I cut around them but not to close as the paper has a tendency to curl if it has to many intricate shapes. I ironed the bag nice and flat, removed the backing paper and laid the images down in position. Using a piece of baking parchment (not greaseproof paper as this sticks to the image) and a hot iron (no steam), I ironed the transfers into place using a fair amount of pressure, but only for about 20 seconds on each area (otherwise the transfer will burn and lose it's colour).
I found this gorgeous decoupage sheet and thought it suited my father-in-law brilliantly. So I cut out all the layers and decoupaged them up. I added glitter pen to the cobweb's to make them glisten and stand out, made a blue scalloped background and swiss dotted it, then cut two white clouds and layered them between the sky and the shed. The fence wasn't part of the decoupage sheet, but I found it on another and thought it went well with the shed.
Then I added a sentiment to what should have been the back of the shed and cut it to size, with a matching blue background, to make a greeting tile and added some extra pots etc and a ladybird.
