WordArt Wednesday Challenge #124

Another Word Art Wednesday challenge and thankfully again Anything Goes which as always, works wonderfully for me.   This week I’ve made a nice birthday card for an elderly relative who loves pink & lace so easy to provide for :).

The background paper is from a Paper Cellar tartan pack sadly now seemingly no longer available, and it was matted onto gold holographic card.  I punched a complementary pink border to go on top of the lace, which is a really deep lace.

Another wonderful Thomas Kinkade design - Garden of Promise - was tunnel cut and also matted onto the holographic card before putting over the lace border.  Then the best part as always comes with the Wild Orchid Craft roses which just set it off perfectly.

Then the “stop” is a foiled diecut one (possibly Hunkydory) which I’ve again put a couple of roses either side to just set it off.

 

And as always, the base & tag are made to match.

I finished it all off with a matching box as well and boxed the card with pink tissue paper which I know she’ll really love.

Blessings

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 

Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Psa 139:14 

Word Art Wednesday - card #2

This card is one I created for a friend who’s having a bit of a tough time spiritually just now.  She loves green & cream so I used those colours to good effect with the card.    This verse is just typed & printed out to fit into a Spellbinders scallop oval in cream which is then matted onto a green oval which has actually been cut out of a 2^nd Spellbinders floral oval (I just cut off the outside section, to ensure it would fit snugly inside the final one).  The final floral oval has then been diecut from greaseproof paper just to be different.  I’d been using this as a shim sometimes & then thought they looked quite nice so started using them rather than discarding (well, you know how we all just LOVE hoarding stuff!!)

Underneath that is a layer of 25 mm cream ribbon & a green punched strip (MS scallop punch I think).  The flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts, & the decoupage is from my stash.

I’ve done the base similarly to the top, and again just diecut the printed greeting.  All finished off with some adhesive cream pearls and her name in peel-off gold foil letters.

WordArt Wednesday Challenge

This is my first ever entry into the WordArtWednesday challenge, & thankfully this one is “Anything Goes” so easy for me to have something to make for it.   I’ve chosen to provide these 2 cards as while the challenge doesn’t demand WordArt, it’s nice to be able to show off my chosen scriptures.

The first features WordArt by Karen Murray and I’ve used it on a wedding card as my brother & his partner are getting married later in the year.   I’ve  created the background sheet myself, using vector branch shapes found online, but think I need rather a lot more practice to make something that looks a bit more professional sadly.  But it did what I wanted.  It was then triple matted onto black/cream.

I diecut and embossed the WordArt using Spellbinders labels 4 and matted it onto some Shapeabilities Ironwork Accents cut from the label.   They’re not the shape I really wanted, but adequate to do the job.

Finished off with a cream double bow. 

Blessings!

First card of 2014 :)

First “general” card of 2014 and a different one for me, as I’ve made it primarily from “scraps” that I’ve hoarded in my craft room for at least 6 months (some longer).   I’m not a big fan of pink as a colour for anything, and thus rarely make cards using it unless asked to, or for a romantic occasion (rare!) so I tend to have rather a lot of pink cardstock lying around.  It usually comes in packs of other colours which I use more frequently, so I get left with all this pink card I’ve no real use for, but am reluctant to throw out or give away.

So that’s where today’s card comes in.  I came across the perfect blog for me (& probably ever other crafter out there).   Re-Creations is a wonderful Christian Crafters site, & home of the Craft Hoarders Anonymous team who have set their first challenge of the year to share a project that typifies your style.  Well, my style is increasingly FLORAL easel cards above all other types, although as many of you know, last year my health was so abysmal, I was fortunate to make ANY cards let alone these ones which invariably take me an hour or so longer.

Anyway this card is made using up not only my pink card, but also a background paper I’ve had lying around for ages which I wasn’t that struck on, but which goes perfectly in this style of card, as being split into 3 it breaks up the design somewhat so it’s not quite so obvious.

The diecuts again had been lying around for some time, as I used the pink card to try out the floral die when I first got it & then ended up keeping the cut as I just hate throwing anything out even when I feel I’ll probably never use it!!  Even the roses aren’t ones I use regularly – possibly only got one other card on the blog with pink roses in any sense on it.  And the lace – well this was given to me 2 years ago & stuck away in a drawer never to see the light of day as I really didn’t like it at all.  But I figured this was as good a chance to use it as any.

The only thing that’s “new” is the concept that I’ve developed for these cards – I call them “Pass it on” cards because they come with additional tags so that you can pass the card & thus the scripture message, on to a friend should you wish to do so.  I’d so many friends tell me they loved my cards but after a while felt bad that they just couldn’t find space to keep them (they were getting so many from me LOL!), so I figured this might help them out, and sure enough they’re overjoyed to have the means of knowing the card will give someone else joy too.

So hopefully you’ve enjoyed the card – see you with whatever challenge I work on next time round :).

If you want to join in the fun head over to Craft Hoarders Anonymous/Re-Creation blog and SHOW YOUR STYLE (Mine's floral easels!) :). 

I'm also entering this into Word Art Wednesday as it's another site that provides me with a great opportunity to share the Word knowing it'll be well accepted (some blog owners sadly do seem to have an issue with scripture cards I feel).

Enjoy!

  

"Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge over pure gold.
For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can be compared with it.” Proverbs chapter 8 verses 10 & 11:

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Christmas in verse

I’ve been making quite a few of these very simple, quick, yet effective cards in my quest to try & fill all my family/friend orders before the middle of November.  So much to do, so little time left as the year races to its glorious conclusion once again.  Did I mention yet that I love, Love, LOVE this time of year.  From the darkening evenings, through to the snow, every day of it is just wonderful, primarily because it provides a good excuse for me to batten down the hatches & stay indoors making cards – all day if necessary!!

Anyway – on to the card.  This is a different size – 2/3 of an A5 – no doubt there’s a proper name for the size but I tend to call it an A5S (for small), so I know.

I cut a piece of red card just ¼ inch smaller than the main cardstock (hard to see that the red actually isn't the outside border).  Then cut a piece of white cardstock ¼ inch smaller than the red.  I sometimes use a fancy white card for this to add a bit of texture but this one is just plain white heavyweight card.  I wrapped a piece of gold edged ribbon loosely around the lower half – about a third up from the bottom, before matting the white onto the red card. 

 

On top of this I placed a Spellbinders Fancy Florals diecut verse – I’d coloured the floral edging with watered down distress ink again to add a bit of colour.

Finished off with a couple of dark green Spellbinders Holly Accents cut to measure, some K & Company Glad Tidings Poinsettias (K & Company Glad Tidings Poinsettia & Holly Layered Accents ) and some red peel off corners for good measure.

I’ve made a half dozen variations on this theme so far & each has turned out really well, from all green ones, through all red, to using decoupage or other embellishments.  I’ve also used ribbons to good effect, so think I’ll make quite a few more if I’ve time.

Enjoy!

When I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me the strength I need."

Psalm 138:3

Hobby House Challenge

This one’s a first for me as I’ve not entered any previous HH challenges before, but was tempted when I spotted it was simply “Roses” – how simple can that be!!!   Here's the link if you want to join in the fun - Hobby House Challenges.

The card I’ve made is for a 25^th Wedding Anniversary which proved a perfect opportunity for using Roses in abundance.  

I created an easel card using background paper from my digital stash (apologies as I’ve no idea where I got it from) matted onto red card & stuck onto cream cardstock.  I then stuck on a border of gold edged red ribbon and a border of deep lace bought in my local craft shop (but readily available in Ebay too!).  I printed the verse onto cream cardstock before cutting out with the large Spellbinders Floral Oval – I then cut a 2^nd one in gold mirri card, before cutting off the outside of the cream one to mat it onto the gold one (if that makes sense).

 
The roses are all from Wild Orchid Crafts (only because I’d won lots earlier in the year & needed to use them up before buying any more), and the bow & little heart charm from my stash.  It's not easy to see but the roses have all been blinged up with diamond "gold" glitter glue which puts a beautiful gold finish on them.

 

 Finished off with a red 25^th stuck onto a Spellbinders Shapeabilities label (borrowed from a friend so unsure which exact set it came from) in gold.

As usual I made a complementary tag holder & tag.

Enjoy!