Fanfare Birthday Flower

The flower on this card is made with a medallion using the Fanfare Diamond Fold designed by Carolyninoz. At the end of the fold, I added another step, which was to fold back the little white corners like lapels, to show off more of the tile design. The diamond shaped tile used for the fold, the paper for the leaves and stem, the matting papers and the greeting strip were all computer generated using Photoshop. The embossing was done with the Cuttlebug and Distressed Lines folder on thin white card. The stem and leaves were cut freehand, and shaped with a needle tool to give the veining. Finished with a brad from Papermania in the centre of the flower.

Here is the tile I used for the fold.





Thank you to everyone who wished me a good holiday! We had a lovely, lazy time - hot, sunny weather, and a fabulous sea view from our villa balcony - about half a mile away down the hill.

Pink Birthday Flower Line-Up

These flowers were made from two layers of punched daisies, shaped in the same way as my No Tools Flowers. The centres are made from punched sun shapes and a blink blink punched shape - all punches from Woodware. The designer paper is Doodlebug - Shoestrings, and the wording is computer generated - I'm sorry but I can't remember the name of teh font. All on a purchased card blank measuring 13.5 cm by 13.5 cm.

Anniversary Birds

The image on this card is from PC Crafter - from the Bird Life 1 set. I used Photoshop to create matching papers and tea bag tiles to finish the card. The wording was also computer generated. I used two folds to decorate the image - one is called the Double Diamond Fold, by Penny and the other is by Rosa and is called the Spring Fold. I don't think that the Spring Fold is available on the internet. The card measures 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm.

Sunset Pine

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Old Olive, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Watercolour paper for image
Ink: Versamark, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Black
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Cheer and Wishes
Other: Black Brads, Mesh strip from stash, clear embossing powder, Stampin' Pastels for background
Card Size: 10.5 cm x 15 cm

Method:

Inked the tree stamp with versamark, and then immediately with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip at the bottom on the trunk. Stamped onto watercolour paper and embossed with clear powder. Chalked the background with various colours of Stampin' Pastels. Mounted onto Chocolate Chip and Black Card with the bottom edges torn. Strip of mesh laid underneath the image. Greeting Stamped in black ink. Added two brads and then mounted onto Old Olive Card. All on a hammered white card base.

Little Plum Butterfly

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Very Vanilla & Perfect Plum card
Ink: Perfect Plum, Old Olive
Stamps: Touch of Nature & Sincere Salutations
Card Size: 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm

Method:

Stamped the butterfly on vanilla scrap, and cut out. Stamped fern leaves onto vanilla square - first stamping some of the colour off once onto scrap paper to make the image less heavy. Punched the corners with 1/2" circle punch and matted on to plum card. All on a vanilla card base.

Circle of Roses

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: White Linen Effect card, Computer generated rose background,
Ink: Bravo Burgundy
Stamps: Cheer and Wishes
Other: Green Gems, Yellow Satin Ribbon

Method:

This card was made for a swap where the theme was to use a cut-out tea bag tile for the fold of our choice. I used the basic kite fold, and arranged the folded tiles with the points interlaced in the centre. The tea bag tile is one that I designed in Photoshop, made from an image that was shared on a list I am on. The background paper was made from the same image. I cut a piece of white linen textured card on a slant, and edged it with a corner rounder to make the scallops, and then a Woodware rose design edging punch. Tied round a yellow ribbon from my stash. Stamped with the greeting. The green matting is a colour picked off the leaves in Photoshop and printed on a heavy printer paper and stuck behind the other elements on the card base. Finished with three green gems.

Those Frogs Again!

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Pumkin Pie, Old Olive card, Water colour paper for image.
Ink: Versamark Black Onyx, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark
Stamps: Unfrogettable
Other: Stampin' Pastels for sky and grass - Old Olive, Ballet Blue, Clear Embossing Powder

Method:

Stamped images using black Versamark, using post it notes to stamp extra images to cut out and use for masking. Coloured in with markers and an aqua brush. Chalked in the background with pastels. Matted onto olive card. Corners of image and matting punched with 1/2" circle punch. Base card stamped with mushrooms in Versamark on Pumpkin Pie, and embossed with clear powder.

Saffron Petals

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: So Saffron, Ruby Red, Whisper White card
Ink: So Saffron and Ruby Red
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Sincere Salutations

Method:

Stamped a flower in the corner of the saffron card base, and added the sentiment using saffron ink. Fixed on a square of red card. Stamped spotted petals onto white card with saffron, then overstamped with the doodled petals in red. Stamped the flower centre onto red card and punched out with circle punch. Cut out the flower, and glued flower and centre onto the red card square.

Apricot Berries

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla card.
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss
Stamps: Oh So Lovely, Sincere Salutations, Watercolour Vine Wheel
Other: 5/8" Very Vanilla Gross Grain Ribbon

Method:

Stamped background image with the wheel onto apricot card base using apricot ink. Edged a strip of moss card with the corner rounder punch and stamped with greeting in moss ink. Tied with a 5/8" vanilla gross grain ribbon. Stamped main image with moss ink onto vanilla card, and coloured in with moss and apricot markers. Punched corners with 1/2" circle punch. Matted onto moss card.

Certainly Celery Thankyou Card

Ingredients:

Card/Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery card, Certainly Celery Prints Designer Paper
Ink: Certainly Celery
Stamps: Petals Jumbo Wheel, Seeing Spots
Other: 5/8" Certainly Celery Gross Grain Ribbon, Certainly Celery Brad

Method:

I made this card to show how well all the different Stampin' Up elements in the same colour match with each other.

I used the Petals wheel to stamp across the middle of the white card base, and then stuck a strip of designer paper across the bottom. Fixed the ribbon on to the designer paper beforehand. Stamped the wording and single flower on to scraps of white card. Cut out the flower, and used a circle punch to punch out the wording. Mounted both onto a celery punched scalloped circle, and finished with a brad. The medallion is fixed onto the card with foam pads. A really quick card.