Dream Crafts

The month of May brings the first of several birthdays in a row. So until August I need to keep up with all the cards that we will be giving out.

The first is Olivias she is turning 13 this month. Having invested in some more Copic markers I wanted to use them in her card. I found this Digi stamp that just fitted the girl nicely

I also managed to use the new/used background stamp in the blue background. I was very happy to find that one on Trade Me a couple of weeks ago.

With so many cards to do I do not know if I will get them all on the blog but we shall see what we can do.

I stumbled onto a the Polkadoodles site and fell in love with there Neighbours series. So much so that I was inspired to put in my first ever overseas stamp order. I was excited when they arrived and I have also invested in some more Copic markers.

The end result is this card

I just adore all the whimsical little houses so I have made this for a house warming card. Funny I have been noticing that although I don”t like green, I seem to use a lot of it in my cards.

The stamp sets have lots of little bits to them so you can build a scene with them to fill whatever occasion. They should get plenty of use.

Some things are too good not to share…. this card was one of them.

I have been seeing people put Faux metal onto there cards for some time now and kept thinking how good it looked. Well while looking in the Stationary Warehouse I stumbled upon the very embossing folder to make my own. I then hunted down some foil paper and it all arrived just in time to make this card for Josephs Birthday on Sunday.

I am very happy with how this one turned out, the embossing folder is a cuttlebug one called Diamond Plate, which I used on Spellbinders foil paper in metal tones. The cogs are also cut out of the foil paper and are a combination of Tim Holtz mini cogs and Stampin Up cog punch.

The whole thing was mounted onto black cardstock, so I added silver cardstock with some black cogs to decorate. Unfortunately I have managed to take the photo upside down and I dont know how to flip it from here. But still you get the idea, you just need to stand on your head.

It is Caths Birthday again and I always feel the pressure to step up a bit with my card making for her. She does such beautiful work herself.

I came up with this little creation for her using my Tim Holtz Bird Die and a gate fold card with a belly band.

I love this colour combination, it reminds me of wedgewood. The card stock is Stampin Ups Ballet blue, which is delete so that is a shame. It is teamed up with a cream metallic cardstock and they just seem to go well together. The belly band holds the whole thing closed.

The bird cage shape is cut out of both sides of the gate fold and then another is added just to one side so that we have a gate fold with a whole birdcage. It was a bit tricky to cut the gate fold like this but after a few false starts I finally made it work.

The bird itself is on the inside of the card, but you can see it peeking through on the front. This bird is done with the Stampin Up bird punch, whereas the bird on the belly band is the one that comes with the bird cage.

The time between christmas and new years here is often a time to do little, eat a lot and recharge after the year. This year has been no exception to that.

While recharging I had every intention of getting out the sewing machine and continuing with some of those projects that have been pushed aside for other things.

That hasn””t happened, but instead I have been getting on to a few cards. Actually so far only 4 and two of those I haven””t even gotten around to taking photos of.

So this first one I copied this from Darlene Designs and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

I used Stampin Up French Filigree stamp, clear embossing powder and Tim Holts inks to create the background. The butterfly is from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits. It has no greeting because I am not sure what it will be used for as yet.

The second came out of my head so no reference here.

So I teamed up Concord Crush and Real Red Inks for this one and believe it or not these are the only inks on it. I love this Tulip Frame Embossing folder it can go with so many things.

My head is swimming with card ideas, but alas nothing for a card for my Daughters Birthday at the end of January so I will have to put my thinking cap on a bit more.

Richard and Kelley are expecting a baby soon. I am making Kelley a nappy bag as a gift, more about that later.

She did not want a baby shower so I am going to take her out for a girls day next weekend, while Richard and Bevan babysit and cook dinner for us.

Again my limited resources has effected what I do for a card, and my first attempt at this was too plain and boring. So this morning I pulled it all to bits and had another go.

The picture is not the best and I might have to replace it, but this version is so much better.

Richards birthday is the day before so I have made him a birthday card as well.

Yes there really is a line on the fishing pole, and I used my owl punch to make the fish as well. I also found a verse for the inside of the card.

I don not know if you can read it or not, and I cannot remember where I got it from. I have managed to find a list that gives you the ink colour setting for the Stampin Up inks so I managed to print it in the chocolate chip ink colour.