Merry Monday 44- A New year goal

Hello there, 
well as a change from my 2012 unblogged series I decided I had better stick to a new year goal I set myself which was to play along with the Merry Monday challenges this year. I found myself for the second year running, rather ironically, after running Christmas card classes for the five months before Christmas not having mine done! So this is my attempt to rectify that - and also play with all of my Christmas stamp collection (which is ahh - rather extensive ;) The Merry Monday challenge this week was a colour challenge.

My mind wasn't playing along with new ideas so I decided to remake a card I made for a lovely friend (as part of a secret santa exchange) this past Christmas which remains unblogged, so far anyway. Here's the new version.

A shaker card is always going to bring a smile to anyone's face - so fun! Well its late, I only just realised I needed to get this up tonight 20 mins ago. So no more chatter from me!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Winter Snow Globe (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White 
Ink: Real Red, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Accessories: Labels collection framelits, Ski slope DSP (R), SU! shaker frames, 1 3/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Corner rounder (R), Double ended banner die (PTI), white embossing powder, Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, Silver glass glitter, acetate, Copic markers, Jewels - rhinestones, Double sided tape (X Press), SNAIL adhesive, dimensionals

2012 unblogged: Masculine cards Day 1

Hello there,
well I did say I had some thing "super" special to start off my unblogged 2012 masculine cards. Have a look. 

I made this one for my DH for fathers day. He liked it and I had fun making it too :) I created the superman emblem by printing one out (after doing an image search) and then using it as a template to create mine. The torn frame is a fun technique that I picked up from Sharnee Torrents she has a great tutorial for it here.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: My best guess

Stamps: Teeny tiny sentiments

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Linen and Canvas Impression plate (Papertrey Ink), Word Window punch, Mat and piercing tool, Real Red brads, Red glimmer paper, Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

2012 unblogged: Sympathy cards 2

 Hello again,

well here is my second sympathy card for last year. Lots of fussy cutting but I thought the end effect would be worth it.

 

Next installment will be a few masculine cards starting with something "super" special for my DH.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

 

Recipe: My best guess

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Loving Thoughts

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla

Accessories: First Edition DSP, Bella Rose DSP (R), Apothecary Accent framelits, cardstock vellum, silver brads, Doubled sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals, Sponges

2012 unblogged: Sympathy card 1

Hello there,

well I'm still continuing my 2012 unblogged series. Today's installment is the first of two sympathy cards. Hope its cooler where you are!

 

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: My best guess
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory
Ink: Old Olive, Basic Grey
Accessories: Argyle embossing folder (SU!), Turning a New Leaf patterned paper, Turning a New Leaf die, Notched Flower dies, Double Ended banner die, Chocolate vintage button (Papertrey Ink), Corner rounder punch (R) SU!, Linen Thread, Doubled sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

2012 unblogged: Wedding cards Day 3

Hello again,
I am back with the last wedding card, my favourite in fact. I was very pleased with how this one turned out. With no further ado here it is.

 

 

Thanks for visiting. Next installment if all goes to plan will be two sympathy cards.

Kim

Recipe: My best guess
Stamps: One in a million, Everything Eleanor
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Filigree border die (PTI), Twitterpated DSP, Pleated Pink Pirouette satin ribbon (R), Jewels - pearls

Christmas gift card holder

Hello there,

Delys and I compared notes right before Christmas and realised like many other paper crafters we were giving gift cards as Christmas presents, in my case to my teenage nieces and nephews (iTunes) and also to my Dad (books). So we decided to do a joint Just Add Ink post with a couple of ideas for gift card holders. Now the gift card holder I'm going to show is Christmas themed as this was the one I made for my Dad; but all you need to do is change up the paper and add a tag or some other embellishment to the front (instead of Santa) to make it perfect for any other occaision. I first saw the idea for this gift card holder fold on Erica Cerwin's blog here. She has a link in her post that will take you to an instruction pdf. I have also included a mini tutorial below so you can see how to put one together.



First cut yourself a 8 1/2" by 4 1/4" piece of cardstock and lay diagonally on score board with opposite points both on 6" score mark. Then hold in place and score down entire length.

 Fold cardstock on the score line and lay on score board as below. Score at the mid point.

 Now fold on score line and gift card holder is complete. That was easy - wasn't it ;) Next it's time to embellish.

Make yourself a template by tracing around the outside of the folded holder. Then use this to cut your pattern paper to size for embellishing.

 Finished gift card holder open

Close up of inside showing gift card. Decorate the front as you wish. I did find that I needed to add some method of tying the holder closed, so I sticky striped in some narrow grosgrain ribbon inside the folds, which in my case worked perfectly as Santa's belt. I created my Santa using a punch art I spied on pinterest. I can't trace the link back unfortunately but I'll include a list of all the punches below.

Hope you found this fun and useful! Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black
Ink: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Candlelight Christmas DSP, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, punches (Ornament, Extra Large Oval, 1/4", 1/2" and 1 3/4" circle, 1" square, 2 step bird punch, slot (R)), White gel pen, Jewels- rhinestone, narrow black grosgrain ribbon (R), Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Sticky strip.

2012 unblogged: Wedding cards Day 2

Hi there,
here is my second 2012 wedding card. The hot pink/ black of the wedding colours made me feel like glamming it up so I played around with adding some glitter and then added a scored diagonal background for a touch of elegance.

The colours are a bit off, as I didn't photograph it in the best light, but you get the idea. And here is the inside.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: My best guess
Stamps: Mr and Mrs, Baroque motifs (SU!)
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Versamark
Accessories: Boho Blossom punch, jewels- rhinestones, Iitty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Timeless Type alphabet sizzlet, Simply scoring board, Black satin ribbon (R), Pink Pirouette pleated satin ribbon (R), Pink fine glitter (R), Mat pack and piercing tool, Black embossing powder, Mat Stack 5 and mat stack 5 layerz dies (PTI)