Scrapping by Design

I made this hand made greeting card using scraps of scrapbook papers and card stock left over from making another Welcome to the World journal.

The bird stamp is a clear acrylic one made by Inkadinkadoo.

The two-sized circular die cut is by Nestablities Spellbinder, cut on the Big Shot.  The word always is part of a stamp set. I can’t remember the manufacturer.  The tiny red flower is an eyelet.

I made several similar cards using this basic design.  Some have ribbons and some have different scrapbook papers. It’s an easy card to make and fairly attractive.

I’ll be posting some pictures of the second Welcome to the World journal in a few days time.

This hand made Easter card features dry embossing with  Cuttlebug Embossing Folders done with the Sizzix Big Shot.

The tag is a punched shape.

The tulips are cut with the Cricut and come from the folder called A Walk in My Garden.

A bow of white ribbon and a small white eyelet fancy up the look a little.

Happy Spring is a stamped image.

Yet another hand made Easter card featuring die cut tulips.

As you can see, this one is a little different.

I had a scrap of leftover scrapbook paper that I had been saving for years. I loved it because of the spring crocuses.

It worked well with the gold colored Bazzill Bling Card Stock. The tulips were die cut with the Cricut, using the A Walk in my Garden cartridge.  I cut the tulips from a scrap of white paper. After that, I cut just the tulip heads from purple card stock and stuck them on.

The card has a bow of translucent beige ribbon. It doesn’t show up well in the photo but in real life, it looks quite nice.

The sentiment “Happy Spring” is a stamp.

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 birthday card incorporates a number of techniques — layering, rubber stamping, embossing and die cuts — not to mention ribbon trim and a few yellow rhinestones.

The Big Shot played a major role in making this card. If you aren’t familiar with this machine, I invite you to check out my Big Shot Video Tutorial

First, I used the Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder to make the background.  I brushed the embossed finish with a little navy decorator chalk to make the text stand out.

I cut the three scalloped circles on the Big Shot, using Wizard Nestabilities: Classic Scallop Circles Large

The text in the center of the inner scallop is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.

I made this birthday card using leftover card stock and papers from the Prayer Shawl Accordion Fold Book Project that I made a few days ago.

I made this background paper at a make and take at Making Memories with Scrapbooking in Burnaby last week. It’s made with acrylic stamps, die inks, the Provo Craft Cuttlebug Machine and an embossing folder which I think was the Stylized Flowers folder.

The embossing doesn’t show up well in the scan, but it is truly lovely. The flowers are stamped using acrylic stamps with three colors of die inks.

Actually, the make and take had some more steps but I preferred the paper the way it is so I stopped at this point.  From here, should anyone want to try the real thing, the store staff member rubbed black ink here and there over the paper, leaving black smudges. She then used Versmark’s new Champagne watermark ink to give a shimmer to the flowers. I liked the Versamark effect okay, it was the black smudges that didn’t do it for me.

Apparently this years CHA show introduced two new colors of Tsukineko Versamark  — Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad Large Dazzle Frost and Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad Large Dazzle Champagne.
These inks produce a glimmer effect when stamped, or when rubbed over other elements in the paper. Champagne works on light colored paper; Frost works best on dark paper.

I’m getting more and more interested in the Cuttlebug. This last embossing sample really appealed to me.