Greeting Card-Baby

Greeting Card-Baby
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Here is the Saturday card project from Cherish The Thought. I started with a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the background layer then rubber stamped the edging, little bird and "Special Delivery" postal cancellation. The vintage carriage is stamped on cream cardstock cut with a scalloped circle Nestabilities Die. The background layer is edged with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. The lace and a ribbon is added with double sided tape and the cream piece is glued on with foam dots. Now came the frame for the carriage, this was done with 2 Nestabillities dies, the scalloped circle and the inverted scallop circle. We first placed the inverted scallop circle on a magnetic sheet, then lined up the points of the scallop circle with the points of the inverted scallop die. This was cut with the Big Shot and I got this cute little bubble frame which was edged with the Memento ink then glued to the cream circle.

Valentine Greeting Card

Valentine Greeting Card
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This card made on Jan 23 at Cherish The Thought, used a new Cuttlebug "Bloom Dots" embossing folder, torn scrapbook paper, 2 sizes of chipboard flowers and ribbon as well as a French sentiment rubber stamped.

Rainy Day Fun

Well it started with a light drizzle when I left yesterday and so I headed to Port Moody for some stash therapy at the Black Sheep Yarns for the yarn sale. I know, I should be reducing my stash and I am with several projects, but this lovely stuff just begged to come home with me. How could I resist such lovely colour and soft yarn as the large skein of Dream in Color Baby Lace Weight hand painted yarn, Wisterious colourway. The other 3 skeins are more soft merino hand dyed wool from Peru. This is sock or fingering weight yarn that I think is destined to become amulet bags. Lots of knitting heaven in my future.


So I left the yarn shop for my walk to Cherish The Thought in puring rain. What happened while I was fondling beautiful wool? Oh well with my umbrella I should stay fairly dry and there is the first card project of 2010 waiting for me.

This one used the "Friends Forever" Cuttlebug die and embossing folder set. This is a lovely set with several greetings, but I wish it also had thank you. The first card "kindred spirit" is the one we made for the make and take, quite simple and quick. I thought it needed something more and added the flower at home.

Then I made "friends forever" and used brown cardstock and a pre-cut scalloped card front that came with the box of envelopes I needed for my handmade cards. I sponged tea dye Distress ink on the raised part of the embossed image and vintage photo Distress Ink on the edge. I think the flower I had on hand was perfect.

Christmas Art

Here's what I've gotten done so far today, 1 more Christmas card and 3 ATCs. The card is very simple and uses the Lace Tree Cuttlebug embossing folder on white cardstock, mounted on a reddish brown cardstock then onto a cream card blank with a ribbon bow for embellishment.
The ATCs are rubber stamped tree and flourishes, coloured with Vintage Photo, Fired Brick and Tea Dye distress inks. The words are computer generated and the photo is from an old family photo. I added ribbons, beads and bells.

Vintage Christmas 2

Vintage Christmas 2
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This my interpretation of the Vintage Christmas Card I made at Cherish The Thought. The background is burgundy cardstock run through the textile Cuttlebug embossing folder and white pigment ink rubbed over the high points. 2.5 inch lace is added near the bottom of the background. I used an old family photo printed in sepia and edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I don't have the snowflake die, so I rubber stamped the snowflake on white cardstock with Vintage Photo ink and embossed with pearl white translucent embossing powder, the cut out the shape. This was also rubbed with vintage photo ink and a rhinestone added to the centre. The Quietfire Design quote is stamped on cream cardstock with Vintage Photo distress ink and the edges are rubbed with the same ink, and burgundy ribbon is tied around the piece. The snowflake and quote are mounted with foam tape.

Christmas Card 4

Christmas Card 4
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This card uses the whole Lace Tree Cuttlebug embossing folder, white pigment ink rubbed over the high points and embossed with Winter Wonderland embossing powder. The words are from 2 Quietfire Design quote stamps, "When this Christmas" and "Follow your dreams", stamped on white cardstock and cut with the scalloped oval Nestabilities die. There is a strip of silver ribbon down each side applied with Sookwang tape.

More Christmas Cards

I've been playing with some of the elements I used in the first card I made with the "Snowflakes" Quietfire Design stamp. I used the Lace Tree Cuttlebug embossing folder as a background element on 2 cards and on the purple area of the fairy image on one card. All have white pigment ink rubbed on the high points and embossed with Winter Wonderland embossing powder. I used a sponge to add purple dye based ink on areas of the embossed background. Two of these have a snowflake stamped and embossed with the Winter Wonderland embossing powder. The quote is stamped on white cardstock with purple dye based ink, then edged with the purple ink. All the quotes are mounted with pop dots. I've also used ribbon on each of the cards.

Vintage Christmas Card

Vintage Christmas Card
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This is today's card project at Cherish The Thought. We used a cream coloured card blank, a red and grey patterned paper and lace. The image and "Seasons Greetings" are stamped on cream cardstock and the snowflake is a Sissex die cut with a rhinestone for some bling.

09 Oct. 10 Card

09 Oct. 10 Card
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I made it to Cherish The Thought yesterday and had a great time making this card and adding items to my cloth Cherish bag for the40% off sale. For this card we were given 3 precut pieces of patterned paper and the embellished paper is glossy cardstock. We added the peel off snowflakes, rubbed grey ink around on the card then brayered blue ink over that. My grey didn't show through much, but it was fun trying this out. We the repositioned some of the snowflakes ( did only 1) and stamped and embossed the "Let it Snow", added the ribbon and glued all the layers together.

Snowflakes Card 1

Snowflakes Card 1
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I used the new "Snowflakes" quite stamp from Quietfire Design, stamped with purple dye ink on white paper mounted on purple cardstock. The image is a combinations of a Dover fairy and an ice background from my Print shop programe. This is mounted on light purple cardstock which is then mounted onto Kraft cardstock and the whole piece is mounted to the pale purple cardstock. The quote is added with pop dots for a bit of dimension.

Follow Your Dreams Card Collection

I received the new full sheet of rubber from Quietfire Design today and just had to create some cards from my quote that Suzanne beautifully lettered into a rubber stamp. I used a Catslife Press bird stamp I got on Sat., Cuttlebug folders, a scan of one of my backgrounds printed on cardstock and the Follow your dreams stamp.

Fairytale Greeting Card

Fairytale Greeting Card
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I managed to take me and my tendinitis foot all the way to Port Moody yesterday with just a bit of pain by the time I got home, yeah. This is the card project for Sat. Sept. 5, 2009 at Cherish The Thought
We were given the pre-cut pieces to assemble this card and then were shown how to use part of a cuttlebug embossing folder on the beige cardstock. We then rubbed ink on the embossed piece, I didn't get as much on as I would like, and on the small blue and white pieces. The quote was already stamped for us and I didn't think to ask where the stamp comes from, but it sure is a lovely quote. The quote piece is glued to the small blue piece which is added with pop dots. The ribbon is wrapped around to the back of the beige piece and stuck down withe the double sided tape which then applies this piece to the card. This was a quick and fun project and you might want to check out Jessie's blog and read about this lovely little scrapbooking shop. Oh and I got my Birthday Club coupon for a free class to use between now and next years birthday.

August Card Project 1

August Card Project 1
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Cherish The Thought first Sat. card project for Aug. uses 3 embossing folders, flowers and Nestablilities. The grey cardstock is grey Core Color and is sanded after embossing. The bird and vine is embossed on foil tag cut with the Nestabilities.

Card Box and Some Cards

I have been working on an online class and the first project was to decorate a box to use for blank greating cards and fill it with cards cut from scrapbook cardstock. I used a plain craft storage box from Michaels, the kind that has index dividers for photos. For decorating my box I used matt medium to apply torn pieces of sheet music, other collage images and paper napkins. I finished with stamping several quote stamps from Quietfire Design. I haven't filled my box yet, but I have made a good start. The second assignment was to decorate one on the blank cards using stitching, well once I got started I had to do 3. Two of the cards are from a 2 sided pink cardstock. I used the lighter side for one of the cards and sponged pale pink paint on the darker side of the cardstock. The third card is made from another two-sided patterned scrapbook cardstock. Two patterned scapbook papers are cut or torn, edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, layered and stitched. These were applied to the card base and the Cherish stamp from Quietfire Design was stamped on silver cardstock tag or metal sticker.

Another Round of Lovely Mail

Lucky me, I've received two more cards wishing me speedy healing from my broken wrist. The first to arrive is from Beth, one of my byhandartists Yahoo group friends. She must surround herself with creative friends because she says she didn't have time to make a card before leaving on a trip, so she traded handmade soap for this wonderful card made by her friends Pat.
The next card is a lovely stamped inchie with a puffy heart from Suzanne and lots of encouragement for me working left-handed. Gee, I might just have to continue with left-handed art. Maybe not, working with two hands is way easier.
Thanks Beth and Suzanne

More Lovely Mail

Well, lucky me, I received 2 more lovely cards this week from Byhand Artists friends. The first is a very pretty bouquet of flowers wrapped is music from Anne. Isn't this just a very pretty card? I love those colours.

The second card is a beautiful kaleidoscope from Therese. This card opens in the centre and tucks under a brad with a lovely flower. Since I'm having a little trouble tucking it back under the brad, I'll just have to show it like this.
Thanks very much Anne and Therese.

Wonderful Mail

A few days ago I received some beautiful cards from some of my internet friends and I just have to share them with you. My friend Judy, who previously sent the beautiful dragonfly cast paper card shown in an earlier post, sent me an equally lovely apple card using a packing tape transfer. She says an apple to keep the doctor away, but I guess I'll just have to keep seeing him until my wrist is back in proper use. She also sent me 2 apple transfers to use in my own art, and what a good choice, as I have a particular fondness for apples. Thanks Judy.
Donna C. sent a beautiful card with an embossed hand, and that extra hand is certainly something I could use right now, thanks Donna. Along with the hand, she tells me she hopes it's my wrist bones doing the knitting these days. that is good for now and the bones do need to heal, but I sure can't wait to do some real knitting soon. Thanks so much to all my friends who have wished me speedy healing.

Cast Paper Card

In Dec. 2008 some of the members of the byhandartists group joined in for a 12 Days of Christmas Swap and we each received 12 wonderful gifts to enjoy.
My friend Judy sent me a beautiful card as a thank you for my gift and she has given me permission to post it on my blog so other can see it. Thanks Judy for the card, it's like getting another 12 days gift that I never expected. The cast paper dragonfly is beautifully done, a quality of art for me to strive for. This dragonfly, as you can see in the detail, is a very delicate looking sample of cast paper.