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Carrying on with the topic of using pre-printed paper -this card shows you how you can let the paper say what you feel.

The sentiment on this background paper reads " Some people make the world more special just by being in it"

I think it's a lovely sentiment to send to someone and as such I don't feel that the card needs a lot of additional adornment.

I have covered a 7" by 5" card blank with the paper and as you can see in the photogragh below I wrapped it round the top of the card.

Sometimes I cover the front of the card precisely but on a lot of occasions I like to wrap it round the top of the card if is a landscape card,as in this case, or around the side, if  it is a portrait card. I think it gives the card more of a professional feel to it.

Although I haven't done it on this card, if I feel that edge is a little raw I will run a gold or silver peel off border along the edge just to finish it off.      

Along the front of the card I have fixed a strip of blue and white polka dot ribbon. The large double flower picks up the twin colours of the background paper and the flower is held together with a blue button brad.

To complete the card I used a pastel green insert.

If you do have a paper which has a nice sentiment on try to resist the temptation  to over embellish the card - let the words speak for you!

Susan

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I don't know about you, but I'm guilty of buying lots of  6" x 6" themed paper pads and then when I get them home I put them on my shelf because I'm not sure how to use them!  The pictures on them seem to form the front of a card on their own and I hum and haw about what to add to them so they just get left!

Handmade Forever Friends Card

Anyway yesterday I sat with a pad of Forever Friends papers and was determined to use at least one of the papers as they are so cute.

And as you see this is the result!

I used a 6" x 6" card blank and fixed the paper all over the front. I then used a duplicate paper and cut around the bottom border and bear.

To add some interest to the card I then decoupaged this using double sided foam roll tape.

I chose a bright pink spotted fabric flower as a card making embellishment, using a white brad as a centre, and then tucked a "with Love" sentiment under the petals of the flower.

As usual  I put in a handmade insert in a matching colour.

For interest I just punched the bottom left hand corner of the insert with a flower punch which I felt complimented the fabric flower.

My finishing touch was to add Pearl Liquid Pearls to the centre of each of the flowers in the bottom border.

Susan

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Here's a little something for St Patrick's Day!

Although the theme is St Patrick's Day it would be easy to adapt this idea for any other special day. For a birthday you could substitute a more expenisve bar of chocolate and use some of the lovely papers from Cardmaking-Ideas!

Susan
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Are you ever stuck for a Birthday Card and just want to make something quickly?

Well you can do this easily by crafting a card using a Card Topper, and with a couple of quick additions the card can look really special.

For this card I covered a 12cm x 12cm (approximately 4½" x 4½") card blank with a mottled green paper. This was a piece of  loose paper I had floating around - remember never get rid of your off cuts - they will always come in handy!

I thought the paper complemented the card topper well.  The card topper is one from a sheet from E - Z Stick On Embellishments.

I tend to buy sheets of these card making embellishments when they are in a sale. I just choose ones I really like and then pop them in my embellishments drawer ready for when I need them.

This topper has a blank space on it for you to write a message but I opted instead to put a small clear "Happy Birthday" sticker onto it.

If I hadn't bothered to do anything else the card would have looked a little plain so I added a rose pink chiffon bow to it. This complements the lilac on the topper. I experimented with some peel off corners and thought about punching the edge, but in the end decided this was fine.  On a small card I do think you can overdo the decoration sometimes.

For the inside of the card I decided to use a pink card making insert . I chose pink because it is a nice contrast to the green background paper and also matches the ribbon nicely.

To give some interest to the insert I used a small thumbnail punch to punch a butterfly in the bottom right hand corner. Obviously the white of the card blank shows through - a simple and effective way to make your card that bit special!

This card only took a few minutes to make once I had decided what I was going to use but I hope you'll agree with me that the end result is a pretty Handmade Birthday card!

Susan from Cardmaking-Companion.

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I cannot believe how the time has flown since I last made a post here - I've been busy getting the March edition of "News and Views" out - this is the free monthly e-mag from Cardmaking-Companion which comes with a set of free background papers or card toppers every month.

If you don't already get it, and want to sign up for the newsletter then just look down in the right hand sidebar of this blog for the coffe cup and newspaper and fill in your details there (don't worry - we never share these details with anyone else!).

This month's freebies focused around Mother's Day which is on the 14th of March in the UK but differs in the rest of the world, for example in the USA it is the 2nd Sunday in May.

Here is one of the cards which I made from the set - the free printables can be printed in different sizes on your printer but I have kept this one full size and I have used a cream card blank 21cm x 15cm

I layered the large topper onto silver mirror card and fixed it to the card blank. I then decoupaged a single layer over the vase of tulips and added glitter highlights.

The ribbon sentiment was also matt and layered onto silver mirror card and fixed below the topper.

Inside the card I fixed a pale pink insert and punched a row of tulips along the bottom edge. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of the insert and the card sold as soon as it went on display this morning!

My own Mother died from cancer over 22 years ago but this does not take away the joy I still get from making Mother's Day cards. If you are lucky enough to have your Mother still with you then please don't forget to make her day special and make that special handmade card just for her.

Susan

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