A Recycled Christmas.

This year I am determined not to leave my Christmas cards until the last minute (like how many other years?) so I am doing Christmas Challenges through the year to keep me motivated.

The first challenge I am entering is an Up-cycled/Recycled/Free Christmas Card Challenge at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge.

The second challenge at Laineys Crafty Space - Christmas Fun is Anything Goes!  As long as it is a Christmas Card.

The third challenge at Challenges 4 everyone is Anything Goes as well.

The fourth challenge at Card Makin' Mamas is also Anything Goes!

Ok so on with the card... the challenge to recycle/up-cycle... the boys had rescued some Christmas cards a few years ago that someone was throwing out!  (Yes perfectly good cards - not even written in!)

• So I cut out Santa... completely on one (very fiddly!), then on the second one I cut the sack, hand, cuff, coat bottom ruffle and Santa's head!  Mounted them all on foam to give the image some depth.  Next B handed me the Christmas Tree card (even more fiddly lol) and so I cut that. 
• I then scored some white card to make a box shape on the front of the card (Thank you Ultimate Crafters Companions score board.. soooo easy!).  
• My lovely Silhouette Cameo next was employed to cut the window out of black card.  
• I scored in some detail and mounted with both foam and tape to give dimension.  
• I then manually cut the "window"out of the front panel of the "box".  
• I hand measured and cut a front panel then embossed it in my Cuttlebug using a Sizzix - Tim Holtz embossing folder to give a brick effect.  
• The window got a backing of recycled embossing folder packaging as the window. (Which made taking photos a nightmare as I have a white iphone lol)
• So on the front of the "box" I put the brick panel then the window on using double sided tape.
• I mounted some nice "wall paper" from my stash, added a stamped Chandelier and heat embossed with gold.
• Santa and the tree then made themselves at home in the room with some handy-dandy double sided and foam.
• I sealed the box then made and mounted a card and double sided it on the back.
• The finishing touch some glue and Flower Soft "Polar Soft" - and if you are going to use this... TURN OFF THE FAN *chuckle*  Snow in Western Australia.. who would have thought?!?

 

Happy Crafting *Hugs* Sarah

Mad May!

G'day!  Well it is usually only March Madness that is a little frenzied... but May has become just as busy... May 12th is My Nieces 21st Birthday, Mother's Day and I will have been married to my dear Husband for 12 years too... I do NOT know how he has put up with me for that long!

So I have been busy between all the school holiday activities and finally with School going back today I got time to finish most things!

21st Birthday...

I made this "book" card using a cut file made by Amanda Davis... Absolutely gorgeous design and then topped it off with a flourish I found on Silhouette store and the most important words :-)

A few ribbon flowers for decoration and a butterfly as I remember being in my vege garden with a 6 year old Shauni watching butterflies and pulling weeds... Okay now I feel very old!





The all important box made using my Ultimate Crafters Companion and Cuttlebug... the "tag" is embossed with "Antique Keys" by Darice.

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Ok I will write another card for the Mother's Day cards and gifts so the load time is quick so click on the next one :-)

Happy Crafting

Sarah

Whimsical 2...

Today we are celebrating a neighbours second birthday... so we made a card but I apologise for the terrible photo... I will try and get a better one later if the card survives Miss 2!

Background paper: "Birthday Brights collection" from the Australian Simply Cards Magazine.
Stamp: "Wee love you bunches."  by Whimsy stamps.  Coloured with my Faber Castell Pencils.
Stampin' Up Flower punch for the sunflowers with a 1.7cm circle of Chocolate box Core-dinations for the centre.
Embossing:  Flower centres were embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Pocketwatches folders.
Silhouette Cameo cuts:  The mat is "Scalloped Label" and the Banner is "Banner 2".
Font: Zapfino with pink glitter sketch pen.
Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk Dye ink.  The banner, Mat and Sunflowers are all softened with a daubing of the ink.  The yellow/orange print paper needed a little un-brightening lol.

Hope you liked it... Happy Crafting...
Sarah x

Wedding Card

Well my Nephew is getting married and I am gaining a Niece.... very exciting :-)  So to celebrate a wonderful young lady joining our family I made a card... I know... fancy that!

The background is a Cuttlebug Folder "Victoria" which was rolled through with the top B plate just on the edge of the folder so there isn't a folder mark left on the cardstock then I used the same folder with just a strip of self healing mat instead of the top B plate to get the stripe then simply used the Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro and embossing tool to make the lines.

The heart is Design ID #1292 from the Silhouette store called "Wedding Cameo" which I think is quite beautiful.  The frame is also cut on the Silhouette Cameo and Congratulations is sketched in the font Edwardian Script.

Hope you like it... Sarah x

Happy Easter!

Well today I am celebrating my Birthday and my dearest Husband and Sons got me a Silhouette Cameo (Ok so it arrived early and I already had a little play but today is official!) and my Mum, Alan and a dear friend Sam sent me gift vouchers that enabled me to get the sketch pens and another mat for the Cameo (which is probably a good job since my whoops earlier on nearly cut clear through it!).  So really big Thank You's to everyone :-)

Anyways I decided since I am banned from housework today that I would make the boys some Easter Cards with the Silhouette Freebies which was "Happy Easter", a Bunny and a Chick.  So I cut the sentiments and images on the silhouette then embossed a panel on my Cuttlebug (yes I still love my CB!) with the Spots and Dots embossing folder.  Then used the sketch pen in the Silhouette to do a nice inside (since the boys complain they can't read my writing hehe)... and bobs your uncle... have a wonderful Easter everyone...

The Fronts

And the insides

Happy Easter Everyone!

Triple Layer Card #2

G'day,

Well I liked the first triple layer card so much I made another one... this time though the colours were Grape Jelly, LuLu Lavender, Sweet plum, Lilac Posies and Angel Pink Mementos Dye ink.  I was a little apprehensive on such an array of shades but I think it worked :-)

I used my Cameo Silhouette files I used for the last one to do the cutting out... still way more straight and accurate than I will ever get free hand!  I would like to know how everyone else attaches bows to their cards?  In this case I used wet glue as the silicon dots don't seem to cut it and neither does the double sided tape.

For this card it only takes 2 A4 sheets of card, one black one white.  
The black sheet has the card base A6 size (21cm by 14.5cm) then rectangles of (8cm by 12cm) and (9.5cm by 5.5cm) cut out.
The white A4 sheet has two rectangles of (14cm by 10cm), a (11.5cm by 7.5cm) rectangle and a (9cm by 5cm) rectangle cut out.  One of the 14cm by 10cm rectangles gets decorated and put inside the card to be written on.

Mount the other 3 with a very, very little amount of double sided on 2 corners each just so that they do not move when you are stamping.

When you stamp you will get a bit of a gap in your stamping where your card moves to the next level but this gets covered by the black card.  I do stamp with a piece of foam underneath to give me some give and I get a much better image.

 Continue stamping with your images - in my case Stampin' Up! "Priceless" - until you are satisfied.  I have placed the just stamped one next to the previously made and mounted card to show the difference the contrasting card bases make.

Then the tricky part is mounting it all evenly... I use double sided tape to put my cards together and make sure I don't push to stick down until I am certain it is even.  Don't forget to put your ribbon in before you stick down whichever layer you want it in!

Happy Crafting!
Sarah x

Triple Layer Card

After seeing a great many Triple Layer Cards I decided I had best have a go myself.  The original idea was to emboss the front *but* I drew up my front panels in the Silhouette Cameo to cut out without taking into account the embossing folders being of a smaller height and width than the actual folder.  Rather than waste the cut card I decided to break out my Stampin' Up! Priceless set and have a go at a stamped TLC.

This is stamped in Rhubarb Stalk and Lady Bug Memento Dye Ink.  I am still deciding whether to put a "Happy Birthday" or something on the front or maybe I will leave it plain.  Anyways hope you like the card.


Happy Crafting,

Sarah x

Morocco anyone?

G’day again,

Firstly excuse my absence… a migraine came to visit… hopefully it will go away soon!

Secondly… I am soooo excited… my Birthday Present arrived early… my dear Husband and boys got me a Silhouette Cameo J  Which incidentally has meant a complete re-arrange of my desk again!

Now I have managed a whole ONE card in the last few days; it’s an entry into the challenge from Our Creative Corner with a photo inspiration (below) and it must have a metal embellishment.

I have to say I love the whole Morocco vibe and the aged patina colouring!

So this was the photo inspiration....              This is my card…

 

Patterned Cardstock from DCWV “The Endless Summer Matstack.

Texture added with Cuttlebug Moroccan Screen embossing folder.

Metal dragonflies inked with Adirondack Tim Holtz alcohol ink “rust”.

Everything else was dug out of the stash ;-)

Happy Crafting,

Sarah x