Sunday, 2 December 2007

Cards made Sat 01 Dec 07

Last night was a very productive one for me in my card making, as I worked on fulfilling all my current out standing card swaps. The three cards for the FLOOD swap were very difficult for me creatively. The reason for this is that I had selected, months earlier some of my basic grey paper and decide that I would make a card with that. I then adhered the basic grey to my 4" x 6" card and that is how the three cards sat for the last month or so, whilst I tried to work out what to do. I pulled out my October Cards magazine and was able to get some inspiration there and then the other two just came to me. Am I happy with my work? Well, I would never send something to someone that I didn't like or wasn't happy with or wasn't my best effort. However, the card with butterfly on it has grown on me over night where I am quite please with it and I am very happy with how the butterfly turned out. It was a Penny Black stamp, that I stamped with Versa Mark and then sprinkled clear embossing powder mixed with Stampin' Up's Dazzling Diamonds. I then went around the butterfly with a white gel pen. Anyway, by the end of the night, I was very pleased with my effort. I also finally used some stamps that I had for a while but had not yet used.


FLOOD card 1

Recipe Project for FLOOD card 1:
  • Stamps
    • Penny Black Butterfly
    • Stampin' Up Happy Harmony
  • Cardstock
    • Dark Grey - don't know/can't remember particular brand
    • Stampin' Up True Thyme
    • Red/Dark Red - possibly Creative Memories, but can't recall
  • Decorative paper
    • Basic Grey "Scarlet's Letter"
  • Ink
    • Stampin' Up Classic White
  • Accessories
    • White Gel Pen
    • Clear Embossing powder mixed with Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds
    • Stampin' Up Hodgepodge buckle
    • Flowers
    • Bling Brad
    • Grey Ribbon - can't recall brand/company


FLOOD card 2

Recipe Project for FLOOD card 2:
  • Stamps
    • Unknown - borrowed from a friend, but possibly Stamp-it
    • Dawn Start "Celebrate" - ACTSA 2006 Xmas gift to members
  • Cardstock
    • Stampin' Up True Thyme
  • Decorative paper
    • K&Company "Amy Butler Sola Mat Pad"
  • Ink
    • Basic Black
  • Accessories
    • Stampin' Up Pastels (Lavender Lace)
    • Stampin' Up Light Orchid Ribbon
    • Liquid Pearls "Pastel Raspberry"
    • Bling Brad
    • Zig Memory System - Brushables Pure Violet & Root Beer Float


FLOOD card 3

Recipe Project for FLOOD card 3:
  • Stamps
    • Hero Arts G2811 Gracious Lady
  • Cardstock
    • Dark Brown - don't know/can't remember particular brand
    • Caramel - don't know/can't remember particular brand
    • Red/Dark Red - possibly Creative Memories, but can't recall
  • Decorative paper
    • Basic Grey "Infuse"
  • Ink
    • Basic Black
  • Accessories
    • Stampin' Up Pastels
    • Pearls on roll


1-4-1 Return card
The design for this card came from Leanne Oxley
I did a card class at Leanne's that morning & this was like one of the cards we did

Recipe Project for 1-4-1 Return card:
  • Stamps
    • Stampin' Up "Wonderful Words II"
    • Heidi Grace "Flourish"
    • Paper Pleasure Plus Small Snowflake
  • Cardstock
    • Stampin' Up Whisper White
  • Ink
    • Stampin' Up Taken With Teal
    • Versa Mark
  • Accessories
    • Stampin' Up Taken With Teal Ribbon
    • Embossing Powder
    • Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds
    • Kaiserscrapbooking Rhinestones

Birthday card
This wasn't for someone's birthday but the swap theme was a birthday card
After doing my card class at Leanne's, I was anxious to come home and use my Penny Black stamp that I hadn't used since getting about 6 months ago

Recipe Project for Birthday card:
  • Stamps
    • Penny Black "Light the night"
    • Penny Black " Happy Birthday Balloon"
  • Cardstock
    • Stampin' Up Whisper White
    • Teal - don't know purchases from K.I.S.S
  • Decorative Paper
    • Kaiserscrapbooking
  • Ink
    • Stampin' Up Classic Black
  • Accessories
    • H2O -Carribean Mist (Kit #1260); Hunter Grey & Baby's Breath (Kit #1262)
    • Stickles - Turquoise
    • Kaiserscrapbooking Rhinestones
I really love some of the colours that I have used in these cards, so will be looking at duplicating these cards. The 1-4-1 return is a great card for Xmas, so I will be making that one again, just varying the way I decorate it. I also like that it is not traditional Xmas colours but is still very effective as a Xmas card.
Cheers FiLoMa

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