Another pink card for the challenge

I liked the colors in the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge so much I decided to make another card with the same colors. (Refer to previous post for pictures of colors and inspiration for challenge) A friend of the family has a b-day coming up and she loves pink and bling. This card should be perfect for her.

I used : Dark gray and light pink Bazzil cardstock; Recollections hot pink patterned paper; Fiskers scalloped border punch with holes; Mark Richards- Crystal Stickers rhinestones; Versamark; heat tool; Stampin' Up "Baroque Motifs" stamp; Comotion hot pink embossing powder; and Ranger holographic embossing powder.  

Bird cut files

SVG

SCAL

Off The Wall Craftiness challenge #25

I made this card for the Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge #25

It is a color challenge using these colors

This is the inspriation picture.

Yummy!

I used light and darker pink cardstock, gray cardstock, and K&Co patterned paper.

I did not have the right shade of pink ribbon so I scored and pleated paper.

The butterflies are from thr Cricut Home Accents cartridge. I covered them with adhesive and clear micro beads. The flourish is also from the Home Accents cartridge. The pink rhinestones are from K&Co.

 

For my husband

For a soldier

Another paper rose

I loved the paper roses I made so much that I had to make another card.

It is a Z fold card. (this is a side view)

Quilled Hummingbird card

This Z fold card is going to a friend of the family. It is done by quilling 1/8 inch wide paper with a quilling tool and quilling comb. The comb looks similar to the old hairpicks we used to poof our permed hair with back in the 80's (I guess I am dating myself, huh)  I got my supplies from Quilling Creations.

Materials: light purple cardstock for card base, white cardstock for scalloped rectangles and embossed panel, Cuttlebug embossing folder- Victoria, K&Co decorative paper, quilling paper, quilling tool, comb. 

Paper Flower Violet or Pansy?

I like to quill and make paper flowers so I thougt I wouls try my hand at making cut files for this flower. It looks like a pansy to me but the flower picture I based it on called it a violet. All I know is that I thought it was pretty.

The embossed panel is Coredinations. (this was actually a sample insert from a craft magazine)

I shaped the flower pieces with a stylus and my fingers, scored the leaves, and chalked all of them with chalk pencils. The chalk gave a lighter effect than markers or ink.

 

Then I added Perfect Pearls.

The inside image is stamped and watercolored.

Violet flower SVG file

Violet flower SCAL file

Purple Side Step Card

This is a side step card I made for a friend's birthday. I thought it turned out really well.

Materials:

Purple cardstock

Purple glitter effects paper

Anna Griffin floral patterned paper

Cream cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder

Purple metallic Cri-Kits pen

1" Purple variegated wire ribbon

1/2" light purple ribbon

 5 glass beads

3 medium rhinestones

2 (Icons) rhinestone flourishes

Embroidery floss

I used Artistic font welded together and written in metallic Cri-Kits pen.

Happy Birthday SCAL file 

Notes for birdhouse card

I forgot to mention that in the cutting files for the birdhouse card, the scalloped border and roof pieces are cut longer than you actually need them so you can place them easily then trim off the excess.

Top fold bracket border edged card

This is a card I made for my sister-in-law. I copied it from a card in the January 2010 issue of Card Maker Magazine.

There is a light gray cardstock base cut at 4 1/4 x 11 that is folded at the top.

The next panel is pink cardstock cut at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.

( the inside is covered in two identical pink panels)

The black panel is 4 x 5 1/4 and has a bracket border edge.

The large white panel is cut at 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 with a bracket border edge at the bottom.

I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder on the bottom 2/3 of the top white panel,

I used the same bracket border to make the smaller gray 1 3/4 inch gray square and 1 1/2 inch white square.

The 1 inch pink heart was covered in clear micro-marbles.

I added two flourishes from a file I found on the web (sorry I don't remember where)

and finished it off with small rhinestones along the flourishes and at the bottom

and a black ribbon.

I made the cut files in Inkscape and used Sure Cuts A Lot to cut them with my Cricut.

(what did we crafters ever do before the Cricut???)

The same brackets were used for the bottom border and the square shapes.

(I don't remember which font I used)

Here are the cutting files for everything except the flourishes.

SVG

SCAL

Hope you enoy this.
Please post a comment :)

birdhouse card

After listening to the birds sing outside, I was inspired to make a birdhouse shaped card. I had seen one in the July 2010 issue of Card Maker Magazine. I made a svg file and a scut file for Sure Cuts A Lot. I like it so much I made several.

On some of the cards, I used blue & white patterned paper.

On other cards I used white cardstock that I embossed with the "birds and swirls" Cuttlebug embossing folder. The embossed image was inked with blue ink.

I ran the bird through my Xyron adhesive machine right-side down then applied glitter.

It may be difficult to see in the picture, but the bird has a rhinestone eye.

The large flower on the front is from Penny Duncan's site. If you would like her cut file click here. She has A lot of inspiring photos, tutorials, and tons of free svg files.

For all other card elements:

birdhouse card svg

birdhouse scut file for SCAL

simple daisy flower svg file

(not pictured here)

If you have any problems with the cut files please leave a comment or email me so I can fix it.
Hope you enjoyed this post.

First post on my new blog

Well, I am not completly sure about how to post pictures, files, and links. If you notice any problems please leave a comment or send me an email. Thanks