12 Feb 2010
Take a look at this video it shows how to use your card making border punches to create corners with them. Although the punches shown are a specific brand and design I'm sure with a little practise you could apply these principles to your own border punches.
12 Jan 2010
Des is the lead pastor at Longton Community Church and today is his 40th birthday!
So to mark the occasion here is the handmade birthday card which I made for him.
Des enjoys a game of golf so this led me to pick one of Cardmaking-Ideas' Argyle patterns for the background paper (this one is in silver and dark blue).
I matt and layered this onto a pale blue card and then silver mirror card.
The numbers and the sentiment were cut out from the George cartridge on the Cricut using another Cardmaking-Ideas paper - the grey textured pattern. I again matt and layered these onto the silver mirror card.
Have you noticed that a lot of the shop bought cards use the 3D foam pads for their embellishments and then seem to double the price of the card?
Well there's no reason why we can't do that with our own handmade birthday cards.
Although you can't see it in this photgraph the numbers have been affixed to the card using 3D sticky foam pads to give the card dimension.
And finally just remember:
"The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary!" Arthur Schopenhauer.
08 Jan 2010
Great news that I've just got to share with you - Cardmaking-Companion's sister site, Cardmaking-Ideas is now open!
Cardmaking-Ideas is packed full of wonderful downloadable printables suitable for both card making and scrapbooking. There are wonderful background papers, card toppers and card making embellishments.
The vast majority of the papers on the site are exclusive to us so you won't find them on anyone else's web site.
Using digital downloads is a cost effective way to build up a library of versatile papers and images which you can have at hand whenever you're in the mood for card making!
New items are being added to the site almost daily at present so don't forget to bookmark the site and keep checking out all the different ranges.
Happy crafting!
06 Jan 2010
Carrying on the "dotty" theme from the last post -I hope you like my "dotty butterflies" handmade card.
As soon as I saw these spotted butterfly embellishments with their pink jewels this card sprang to life in my mind.
I've used a bright pink micro dot paper from Cardmaking-Ideas over a white card blank.
Using a large Nestability Circle I cut a window in the micro dot paper before affixing it to the card.
The window border is cut from a complimentary pink cardstock using both Scallop and Circle Nestability dies through my Cuttlebug machine.
The spotty black ribbon, complimenting the butterflies, was the finishing touch
Like most of Britain we've had our fair share of snow here in Longton.
It's been so cold that our dog has refused to go on his normal morning walk - he put his anchors on and wouldn't budge! However I decided to take a stroll down to the Brickcroft to see how it looked in the snow.
This photo doesn't do it justice - it was eerily quiet and beautiful.
The pond is actually frozen and all the ducks, geese and swans were huddled along the banks.
The weathermen say this cold spell is in for a bit longer but isn't that a wonderful excuse for staying snug inside and getting on with more Card Making!
Craft Adventures