Scrapping by Design

I’ve made another birthday card decorated with Sizzix  dies that cut party hats and the word Party. The dies used are
Sizzlits Shape Sets Die – Birthday Set #2.

The concentric pink circles are cut using the Spellbinders S4-124 Nestabilities 6-Piece Concentric Die Template, Classic Scalloped Circles, Large

As always, I cut the paper with my favorite tool of all time, the Sizzix Big Shot .

To make the party hats, I cut a hat in brown, a hat in rose and a hat in pink. I then layered them as shown, and decorated with a bit of Snow Writer. The hats are attached with 3D tape to add dimension.

The hat die could be adapted for a New Years theme, or for any other theme where a party hat may be apropos.

This is another variation on the Mothers Day card that I described yesterday.

It’s much the same. I use the same colors for the woman, but changed them around somewhat.

Also different, I used the emboss feature on the Nestabilities dies to add a row of embossing to the labels. As before, I used the Big Shot.

And lastly, the scrapbook paper at the bottom is different. This one features a row of green and blue vellum that I found in my scrap pile. It worked well.

Mothers Day is fast approaching. I thought this comic Mother’s Day card would appropriate to send to a friend.  It might also be appropriate for some people to give to their mothers, depending on the relationship, I suppose.

In real life, this card ends at the yellow boundnaries. The surrounding white is a creation of the scanner.

At this point, I have not stamped the Mothers Day sentiment on the card. I will add that at the bottom, or perhaps I will use the card as a birthday card or a “thinking of you” kind of card.

The woman is a stamped image made from a Mo Manning stamp by Stampavie.  I colored the image using Twinkling H2Os.

The sentiment, “Get Wild” is a stamp from A Muse Artistamps.  I masked the stamp to place one word on each of two shapes.

I cut the shapes using the Spellbinders S4-247 Nestabilities Labels Twelve Die Template. My die cutting machine is the
Sizzix Big Shot. I am so happy that I bought the Big Shot. I use it constantly.

Now I will make a variety of comic Mother’s Day cards using this same stamp.

This hand made Easter card is going to a teenage boy.  I think it would probably work for any age, but its one of the few that may be suitable for the masculine recipient.

The images are made by stamping with two different stamps. I added some Sparkly Fluff (Rockin Pink) for accents.

The “To” embellishment is cut with the Cricut using a shape from A Walk in my Garden cartridge.

I embossed the background papers using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the Big Shot.

This hand made Easter card is intended for a young child.

The words “BE Happy” are die cuts, as is the wheelbarrow and flowers. I did them using the Cricut Expression 24-Inch Personal Electronic Cutting Machine. The cartridge is Cricut 29-0223 Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge.

The background is actually white, although it looks blue in the picture. It is dry embossed using the
Sizzix Big Shot and the small flower flower embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I glued on a few punched flower shapes to add to the flowers in the wheel barrow, and I used a little Sparkly Fluff in the center of the alphabets.

This is another Easter card using the die cut tulips made with the Walk in my Garden cartridge and the Cricut.

As before, the background is embossed with the Swiss dots, and done with the Sizzix Big Shot.

After cutting the tulip shapes, I ran them through the embossing folder as well, so both tulips and background are embossed with the Swiss dots.

I’ve tied a little yellow bow on the tulips, and the sentiment Happy Spring is a stamped image.

This hand made Easter card features a row of three, small die cut tulips.

The tulips are made with the Cricut 29-0001 Personal Electronic Cutting Machine and the Cricut 29-0223 Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge.

I used the tulips from the cartridge, with the Border Feature.  This is the paper with the tulips cut out — I forget what the name is for that, but you know what I mean.

I have covered the tulip heads with Sparkly Fluff (and a glue pen).

The background layers are embossed with the Dots folder from the Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2/Pkg, Dots And Flowers.

I use the Sizzix Big Shot for the embossing.

The happy spring sentiment is a stamp by Memory Box. The upper corner has a small pink rhinestone, which in real life is a good color match to the pink in the card.

. I made this birthday card using a die cut rose. I made the die cut with the Cricut 29-0001 Personal Electronic Cutting Machine and the Cricut 29-0223 Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge

The background behind the rose is done with double sided tape and Sparkly Fluff, a product that is similar to Fun Flock, but with sparkles in it.

The background is embossed using the Big Shot and the flower folder from the Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2/Pkg, Dots And Flowers

The Happy Birthday stamp is from The Old Island Stamp Company and the checkered design is scrapbook paper.

This hand made Easter card combines a number of techniques, and it incorporates a new product called Sparkly Fluff by Our Craft Lounge. Sparkly Fluff is similar to Fun Flock, except it contains well… sparkly stuff. Think Fun Flock with glitter and you’ve got it. I suppose you could add glitter to Fun Flock and get the same effect.

In any case, the Sparkly Fluff I used is Rockin Pink, and I bought it at Making Memories with Scrapbooking in Burnaby, BC.

The tulip is a die cut made using the Cricut 29-0001 Personal Electronic Cutting Machine and the cartridge called Cricut 29-0223 Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge.

The tulip is colored with the Sparky Fluff, which in real life is much pinker and sparlier than it appears in this photo.

The background is white card stock that I have embossed using the Sizzix 655268 Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine and the Provo Craft Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folder, Swiss Dots

The stamp, Happy Spring, is by Memory Box.

I quite like this Easter card.

Today I was delighted to receive a surprise birthday card RAK (Random Act of Kindness) from Ardelle McFarland, a member of my online stamping group, Canadian Stamp Talk.

I’m not entirely sure how this card was made, so I’ll give my best guess.

The pink background is definitely embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, possibly the Diamond Plate one.

The word “hello” I am almost certain is cut with the Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutting Machine.

From now on, it gets a little tricky. I’m not sure how this talented lady created the flower and leaf. Her  workmanship is so good that I can’t tell whether this is a stamped, cut and layered shape or whether its a die cut made with any number of possible dies and die cutting tools.

The white component on the flower is dimensional and soft. I saw this product in a craft store recently, but do not recall the name. I believe it is Fun Flock,  but that’s a guess.

I love this card and receiving it in the mail was a pleasant surprise.  Thanks to the sender. I have posted her name with permission.