Less Is More - Rosebuds

A very simple card - just trying out copics. I am taking a while to get the hang of using them as they feel clumsy to me in comparison to the control I have with a pencil.

Having finished the colouring, I decided to mount it simply on a spellbinders frame. I cut 2 of the burgundy frames and glued them together along the top edge and then tied the ribbon through the holes at the top for extra strength. The rosebuds were pre-purchased paper rosebudss.

Filigree Mothers Day Card

This card was made using a lovely set of images I bought from from Moonbeam 1212. Her images are available through Renderosity or also through Jaguar Woman Designs.

 The card frame was made using spellbinders dies and shaded card that doesn’t look that nice as a whole sheet, but looked very nice when cut. I made the roses and leaves from the remains of the shaded cardboard. Again the design was fancy, so really only needed  simple decoration.

Download these Mothers day sentiments here (water marks are removed in download)

 

Vintage Roses

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Another card that needed no additional decoration other than a few stick on pearls.  I printed the image on my bubble jet printer, then cut the oval shape. The image was backed with a burgundy cut out using a spellbinders die,then backed with a pale pink cut out and a backing paper that was distressed before double mounting on light green and dark green card.

These images are available here

Black Rose Birthday Card

Today’s offering is a birthday card for my mother with a very cheeky sentiment hidden within an elegant setting. We have a tradition of finding cheeky birthday cards in our family and the quote I used is one from Shakespeare.

I used Spellbinders dies to cut out the pink and red layers and layered it on a black card base. The red layer was inked with black ink around the edges to “age” it. The paper I used for the pink layer had script on it so I scanned part of that, faded it out and added the birthday sentiment over the top before printing it on a bubble jet printer. I used the largest Spellbinders classic oval to cut the sentiment layer, then  inked the edges of the sentiment layer with a dark gold ink.

Christmas 2013 - 1

This is one of the card designs I made for Christmas 2013. I’ve done a few, but this is one of the ones that will need to be hand presented as I don’t think it will post well without getting squashed and it certainly won’t meet the rules for Christmas card rates!

The base is a rectangular card. Beck from Amazing Paper Grace has a tutorial on how top make hinged cards but I find that they don’t sit up well as they are too soft along the bottom.A spellbinders die set was used  to create the second layer, tone on tone and the third gold card layer. I cut a fourth layer in cream the same as the gold layer and carefully trimmed back the edge of the card, You could simply cut it out in cream and use gold to distress the edges, which I did do for the last oval with the sentiment. Under the sentiment is a filigree layer in gold from the same spellbinders set.

The greenery was cut using a branch punch by Sullivans that I got in Lincraft, the roses are mulberry paper roses  and the ribbon some gold edged cream satin I picked up in a dollar store.

Cutting intricate designs using spellbinders, or any other make I guess, is not easy as the card tends to stick in the die. I’ve seen people say to use waxed paper between the die and the card, but I’ve tried half a dozen supermarkets and no one seems to carry it these days. Glad Bake does work to a certain extent. I did see today a post where someone suggested using thin viscous fabric. I haven’t tried it yet, but if it cuts the fabric then it’s quite an expensive option. If not then it sounds like a good option…something I’ll have to try out.