New House card

 This week’s Alphabet Challenge was H for a house.

A new home card was the obvious choice for this theme, so I dusted off this very old wooden stamp that was one of the very first I bought when I started making cards.

I stamped it onto scrap white cardstock using black Memento ink and coloured it in using Stampin’ Write markers. With hindsight I wish I’d used the Stampin’ Blends for a smoother finish but I don’t have as many different colours in the blends.

I then trimmed the image down to size before mounting onto green card stock and adhering to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment directly under the image for a simple and cheerful new home card.

Thanks for reading,

Bec x

Happy Birthday card

Our Stampin Birds team has started doing a Monday morning challenge, and our first one this week was a Tic Tac Toe. If you haven’t heard of one of these before, it’s a 3x3 grid with nine elements to choose from. You have to select a line of three and incorporate these elements into a card.

Here is the card I came up with:

And this is the Tic Tac Toe grid. I chose the top line, using circles, birthday and favourite colour. 

To make the card I started with a Bumblebee card base and layered it with a piece of white card. I then took a square of the patterned circle paper and sliced it across diagonally. I positioned the two pieces on the front of the card then using Pretty Peacock I stamped the sentiment in the gap. The sentiment is from the Perennial Birthday stamp set.

I then took some more Bumblebee cardstock and punched two borders with the Decorative Ribbon punch. I adhere these just behind the patterned paper before adhering them to the front of the card.

I am looking forward to more weekly challenges; it’s a great way to inspire creativity and push you to try new things.

Thanks for reading,

Bec x

Gift Wrapped card

 

I recently participated in a card swap using products from the new Stampin' Up! August-December 2020 mini catalogue. All the products that I'd bought from this catalogue were actually Christmas themed but with a bit of imagination I was able to create this card which could be used for any occasion.

I took a piece of Purple Posy cardstock  (half A4 cut lengthways) and scored at 148mm to create a landscape card base. I attached a piece of Blackberry Bliss DSP measuring 148x30mm to the bottom part of the card.

Next I matted a rectangle of Whisper White card onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss, and stamped the background pattern and sentiment. I adhered this centrally on the front of the card.

To create the parcel I stamped the stripey pattern from the Festive Post stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink and punched it out with the rectangular postage punch. The bow was stamped in Blackberry Bliss and punched out with the new Gift Wrapped stamp set and punch.

To finish it off I adhered the parcel to the front of the card using dimensionals and added a bit of bling to the centre of the bow.

Thanks for reading!

Bec x

A Tiny Trio Card

I have quite a lot of stamps with standalone images that are really too small to stamp on a card. A great way to make sure you get some use out of these stamps is to combine them with other stamps as I have done on this card.

To create this card, I took a white piece of cardstock measuring 93x136mm and stamped a floral border using Highland Heather ink. I matted this onto a purple piece of cardstock measuring 99x142mm and wrapped a thin piece of purple ribbon around the panel. I then adhered the whole piece onto a white A6 card base.

Next I stamped three small images onto a piece of white scrap cardstock using Rich Razzleberry ink, and punched them out using a 1 3/8" scallop circle punch. I punched three 1 1/2" circles out of the purple cardstock and mounted the images onto them.

Finally, I adhered the three circles onto the card using dimensionals, overlapping the floral border.

This card could be adapted for any occasion and to any colour scheme. I have plenty more tiny stamps so I am going to try it with hexagons next!

Thanks for reading!

Bec x

Thank You Teacher Gift

Like many families, we have been homeschooling since the end of March. My children have each got one day coming up at the end of term that they can go in to school and say goodbye to their teachers. They normally take a card and small gift on the last day to say thank you their teacher, so this week my daughter and I have been making these little post it note holders as teacher gifts. They were so easy to make and could be customised in any way you like. 

To make one, you first need to measure your post it pad, as they do vary in size. You also need to measure how tall it is.

Cut a piece of cardstock that is 6mm wider than your post its, plus a length of (2x depth plus height plus 6mm). In this case my card was 81mm wide and 162mm long. Score from each end the depth plus 3mm. Crease along the score lines with a bone folder.

Glue your post it notes firmly inside the cardstock, then cut a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than your holder and adhere to the top.

Finally, stamp your chosen sentiment on a piece of white cardstock and cut out with a a punch or die. Here I have used a stamp from the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set and a die from Hippo Happiness dies.

Adhere your sentiment to the top of the post it note holder and you're done.

This is a great little gift for kids to get involved in, and can be adapted for all sorts of occasions.

Thanks for reading!

Bec x

Darling Label Punch hack and elegant card

I love the Darling Label Punch set from Stampin' Up! but the punch shape isn't that big and can often look a little bit insignificant when using it on a card. I came up with this easy hack to make a background mat for the punch, which makes it stand out a lot better on a card. I used it on this elegant birthday card. 

To make the card, I folded a white card base, and adhered a strip of designer paper backed by a Seaside Spray mat. Super simple.

Next I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of scrap card and punched it out. I then punched a further two shapes out of the Seaside Spray cardstock. I cut each of these in half diagonally creating four triangle shapes.

Next adhere two of the triangle shapes to the back of the sentiment, overlapping the edge evenly on each side.

Lastly add the remaining triangles on the other two corners. 

Add the sentiment to the card using dimensionals, stick on  a jaunty bow, and your card is finished!

I hope you find this little hack helpful, it often works on odd shapes so if you have any punches like this why not give it a go?

Thanks for reading!

Bec x

Quick and Easy card ‘Thinking of You’

This quick and easy card can be adapted for any occasion depending on what image and sentiment you choose.

To begin, take a piece of white A5 cardstock, fold in half and crease with bone folder.

Cut a piece of coloured cardstock measuring 14.2x9.9cm, then carefully gut the middle. Don’t worry about the hole, this will be covered up. Take the middle piece and trim it to 9.9x7.cm.

Choose a co-ordinating piece of patterned paper and cut to 13.6x9.3cm. Layer the cardstock frame centrally onto the card base, and adhere the patterned paper on top. 

Take a piece of white cardstock 9.3x6.5cm and stamp your image and sentiment on it. Adhere to the small coloured triangle, then mount the whole panel onto the centre of the card using dimensionals.

This card can be made in under ten minutes so it's a great go-to design for those last minute emergencies. If you have a little more time you can bling it up with gems or wrap a ribbon around the lower panel before adhering it to the card. 

Thanks for reading!

Bec x