Today I decided to try making another acrylic card and I really liked the way it turned out.
Here is the front:
and the inside:
I used coordinating K & Company cardstock and printed acetate sheet. The 3D sticker on front is La Petites by the Paper Studio. I also used dollar store stickers and rub-ons.
Well, that's it for today. Hope you enjoy!
I cased another card yesterday and really liked the way it turned out, though it wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I started. I saw it on Pinterest and fell in love with it. Here it is:
I needed a masculine birthday card and I wanted to try a technique I think I read about in a post from I'm in Haven blog of using clear embossing as a mask to make this card. I even found the inks I wanted to use that would go with the scraps of cardstock I wanted to use for the stamp shaped background for the little squares. I liked the colors and general layout but I wanted to also use the sentiment "Time to celebrate." I found my clock vellum diecuts I have had for many years and a gear stamp I have also had for many years and knew that was what I wanted to do. One other thing that influenced my design were some long envelopes I had purchased, yep, you guessed it, many years ago, and had not yet found a card to use them for. I thought this design would work perfectly.
So much for my plans. Here's my card:
As you can see I didn't do the masking. It turns out I had to use a special size card shape to fit the envelope. I couldn't just take 2/3's of the cardstock and fold it in half. It was too narrow for the envelope and would slide around. After figuring out the correct size I then had to figure out how to print the words I wanted on the card ... oh for a stamp that had the words on it. It would have made things so much easier! By the time I got to stamping the gear image I was so frustrated I used the ink I had planned to use over the mask instead of the embossing medium and embossing powder so decided to just leave it the way it was. I am pleased with the result even if it isn't exactly what I wanted.
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoy.
Occassionally I come up with original ideas for cards, but most of the time I borrow ideas from someone else. I believe the term is "case." Anyway, I thought I would show a few of the cards I made with links to the ones I cased.
First, I receive once a month a kit from Annie's Cardmaker Kit-of-the-Month-Club. Sometimes I make the card samples they have and sometimes I just add the "ingredients" into my other supplies for future use. Following is one of the cards I made from their sample.
Here is the sample:
This is from their New Beginnings kit. The card I made is almost identical, but I wanted to make a Valentine's Day card so I used elements from several of their kits to change it up just a bit.
Here is my card:
The sentiments, both inside and out, are from their Lustrous Metal kit. The key is from their Vintage Lace kit. (Sorry, I couldn't find a link for that one.) The "bliss" embellishment is from a set I purchased several years ago from Michael's. I used a pearl head pin and stuck it through the back of the "I love you" embellishement upside down so that I could hang the charm on it and glued a bead to the pointed end so no one would get hurt from it. The bead and charm are from a child's dollar store necklace. (I find elements to use on my cards in all sorts of places!)
The next card is Simply Beautiful ... literally ... that is the name of it. I purchased a kit for a 8" x 8" scrapbook page from Shoestring Productions at the Scrapbook Expo last year and made a card using their design, sort of. Here is the page sample:
Here is my card:
Okay, one last card. This one is from a card using Heartfelt Creations Sunny Day paper collection. I love their stuff! I would buy it all if I could, but I can't so I just have to make do. Anyway, here is their card:
Here is my card:
They are almost identical, but I did make a couple of minor changes.
Well, that's it for today. Hope you enjoy.
