Switched Up Sunday: Switched Up Style

Hi Folks,

I’m here today to share a luxury card. Now for switched up Sunday I usually switch up a specific project. Today however I am switching up my own personal style of crafting.

I have wanted to make an elegant, fancy layered card for quite a while and I finally managed to do so. I knew that I wanted lots of layers, a shaped card base and to use a simple colour palette.

So, here goes:

Firstly, I decided to go through my die collection and choose which ones that I would like to use and for which layer. I chose the largest Couture die to use to create my shaped card base. To achieve this, I die cut two shaped panels from thick cream card; On one piece I scored a line across, 3/4″ from the top. Above this score line I added strong liquid glue and adhered it to the remaining panel to create the hinged card base.

Next, I started the die cutting process. One of the dies that I had chosen was a decorative edge die. I die cut the panel back to back to create a circular panel and I totally loved it! It turned out even better than I imagined.

As I was die cutting I also embossed the layers whilst they were still in the die, to enhance the designs.

Once I had die cut and embossed all the layers that I wanted, I started to adhere them together. I alternated the patterned/coloured card layers with the cream card layers:

I also alternated between using flat adhesive and foam pads for dimension. Before I added the final die cut panel, I heat embossed a ‘Thank You’ sentiment using Gold embossing powder:

The final touch was to add a ribbon bow and my card was done:

Thank you for stopping by today folks and I hope that you have enjoyed my Switched Up style. Any questions? Ask away in the comments section 🙂

Take Care and Happy Crafting!

A Handmade Christmas : Catch Up 2017

Hi crafty folk!

I hope that you have been enjoying the festive season and have been able to spend time with your nearest and dearest.

Today I am sharing a photo montage of my festive makes that have been keeping me very busy. This post is a arch up, as due to illness and life in general, I have been unable to share these projects as they came to fruition.

So, here goes:

I will be back again in the New Year, until then:

Take Care and Happy Crafting!

Switched Up Sunday: All Those Scraps!

Hi Crafty Folks,

Time for another Switched Up Sunday Post!!

Switched up Sunday takes a previous project and switches it to a different purpose, style or even item. Today I’m taking two previous makes and switching up the style.

The first project to switch is a batch of Christmas cards that I made using Project Life! memory cards. The second is a Masculine Make card that I made using the Quirky Critters stamp set by Stampin’ Up!. Links to both posts are included at the end of this post.

Here are the switched up projects:

To switch up the Christmas cards I used two, simple, Project Life cards and instead of making them the focus, I added a gold, heat embossed sentiment. I then added some fun embellishments with Velvet ribbon and metallic gems.

For the Quirky Critter card, I switched the recipient gender from male to female. I chose to Heat emboss instead of ink stamping the image. I again added some fun embellishments.

I always enjoy Switching previous projects and creating something new and exciting!

I hope that you have enjoyed your visit – Thank you for stopping by,

Take Care and Happy Crafting!

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Links:

• Project Life Christmas Cards:

Friday Fun: Project Life Christmas Cards

• Quirky Critters:

Masculine Make Monday: Quirky Critters Narwhal

 

 

 

Friday Fun: Layered Thanks

Hi Crafty folk!

Welcome to todays Friday Fun card. This card has layers and a soft pink and yellow colour palate. This combination of colours is an unusual choice for me but that is where creativity led me!

The stamp that I have used is from Stampin’ Up’s ‘Floral Sentiments’ set. I absolutely love this set of two stamps!

Here is the finished project:

As I wanted the stamped and coloured image to remain the main focal point, I decided not to use layers of patterned papers and instead opted for a simple, rose-pink gingham patterned cardstock to create the A5 card base.

On this I layered the two die cut ovals and the white, die cut and embossed white leaves.

This created a simple, elegant and feminine thank you card. I shall definitely be using this stamp set a lot in the future!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have lots of crafty fun.

Take Care and Happy Crafting!!

 

 

 

Friday Fun: Feminine Thanks

Hi folks,

I hope that you are well and are managing to enjoy some crafty times!

Todays Friday Fun share is this lovely feminine Thank you card:

I had some extra papers left from a mini album that I made and I really wanted to create a card with them, so off I went!

I decided that I wanted the card to be A5 sized and also that cream card would tone beautifully. I started by embossing the card front with a Baroque/Damask embossing folder and then used ‘Spun Sugar’ Distress Ink, lightly blended over the pattern, to enhance it.

I used a border punch on the Kraft card layer and added the light patterned paper on top. Next I layered the darker patterned paper tag to the centre.

For the focal point I layered paper strips and flag ended strips, at different angles, with the addition of a length of crochet trim. The final layer is the flag ended card strip with the stamped sentiment. I used a dark brown ink instead of black for the sentiment as black would be to harsh for this particular design.

Thank you for stopping by folks,

Take care and Happy Crafting!!

 

Masculine Make Monday: Quirky Critters Narwhal

Hi folks,

I hope that you are well and are enjoying some fun and crafty times!

Todays masculine make includes an adorable Narwhal from the Stampin’ Up! set called Quirky Critters:

A tonal colour scheme shows of this image perfectly.

I knew that to keep this card on a masculine theme required simple embellishments and a fresh colour scheme. That being said, I didn’t want it to be so plain that it was dull.

I decided to use a grey, striped card to make the card base itself, to add both interest and the appearance of texture.

Simple layers were built up to add a focal point. I die cut the Narwhal image using an oval die, after I had coloured it using my pro-markers. Whilst colouring I decided to add a few splash shapes by the tail – I drew them with my black Memento ink pen which is alcohol marker safe. I then layered the image die cut, onto an aqua, scalloped oval die cut shape.

For the sentiment I used the word ‘happy’ as a die cut and paired it with the word ‘birthday’ stamped in the same black Memento ink onto white card. Card complete!

I hope that you have enjoyed todays card share and will come back again soon!

Take care folks and Happy Crafting!

 

Friday Fun: Halloween House!

Hi Crafty Folks.

I hope that you have been having some fun and crafty times!

Today I’m going to share an altered art project using a plain, wooden house that you assemble yourself. The product is made by docrafts and is a 3D decoration. Now, I forgot to take a before picture of what the flat pack house looked like  so I have photographed other houses from the collection:

The one I picked for this project is the tall, town house 3D decoration.

Here is the how to:

I primed the house panels by painting them all on both sides, two layers,  with Black Gesso. You could also use acrylic paints for this – I just used what I had 🙂 :

I then decided to add a touch of something special – I decided to heat emboss all the panels. For the sides of the house I used a large,  music note stamp and Ranger Platinum embossing powder:

For the roof I used a white embossing powder and a scalloped border stamp:

I chose this border for two reasons: firstly the scallops emulate roof tiles and secondly the dots make me think of a snowy night.

Before I assembled the house together, I backed the front and back panels with white vellum. (You may know where I’m going with this now…).

Once I’d added the vellum and let the panels dry, I put the house together:

This house is now, almost, ready to be used as a Halloween decoration. I lightly sanded the tabs on one of the roof panels to make it easy to take off and add back on. The reason for this is so I can add a battery operated tea-light – remember battery operated NOT a candle.

Lit via a battery operated tea light.

With the tea light turned on the vellum glows and you have a spooky house!

Battery operated fairy lights would also look great – especially in different colours. If you only have the battery tea lights available, you could either colour the vellum with markers or even use coloured tissue paper.

Lit with tiny purple, battery operated fairr lights.

Lit with tiny green fairy lights – battery operated of course 🙂

I do plan on creating more of these and I am thinking of adding a few bats and even tiny ghosts to the overall effect.

Thank you for stopping by today folks,

Take Care and Happy Crafting!

(aka Jenny!)

 

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Friday Fun: Traditional Christmas Cards

Hi Folks,

I hope that you are enjoying some fun and crafty times? 🙂

I am continuing in my plan to be prepared for Christmas this year with regards to my creative projects. With that in mind I shall be sharing some A5 size Christmas cards that I have created using the rest of my Project Life, (PL), memory card pack:

I chose neutral, textured A4 card to create the A5 card bases. I picked a bright textured white plus a parchment colour/patterned card. Once again I wanted the PL cards to take centre stage with coordinating colours and simple mat layers.

Embellishments were kept to a minimum and I also used a Clear, Wink of Stella glitter brush pen for some subtle shimmer and highlights.

Here is a close up of the cards that I made:

Project Life memory card packs are a great way to make a group of coordinating cards that have a lot of different images. Grouping them together works wonderfully as the cards are designed to compliment each other. They coordinate and offer a vast array of choice.

I have enjoyed working with memory cards for card making and I shall do so again. As memory keeping has become more popular, the choice of memory card packs has become large and varied. Have fun looking!

Thank you for stopping by folks,

Take Care and happy Crafting!

 

 

 

Switched Up Sunday: Foiled Kraft Cards

Hi Crafty Folk,

I hope that you are all well?

Todays Switched Up Sunday focuses on an alternative way on using the We Are Memory Keepers, Aqua Foiled mini card stack. To see the previous post using this card stack click on the following link: https://jenniferrabbitcreates.wordpress.com/?p=3339.

The switch up here is with the card bases themselves. I wanted to show that the mini foiled sheets look great on a variety of card styles and patterns. I choose two card stock styles for bases – Striped grey and white card and also a shiny, smooth grey card:

Striped Card Bases

Shiny Grey Card Bases.

I once again used vellum as a mat layer, to showcase the different card choices without being a distraction. As grey is a neutral colour, it lets the foil stripes really shine and stand out.

I added yellow for a pop of colour and kept the sentiments simple:

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I really enjoyed making these cards and I really love these mini card stacks with foiled stripes.!

Thank you for stopping by folks,

Take Care and Happy Crafting!

Friday Fun: CASE’d Cards

Hi crafty folks,

Today I am sharing a project that I have made by CASEing someone. To CASE someone means to be inspired by their work and to make it in your own style, (or even recreate it exactly the same!). CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything.

As with other creative mediums, there is always going to be an element of reproduction of work. In some negative cases, just copying and taking full credit for the whole design or concept.

When CASE’ing someone else’s work, it is always polite – and professional – to give credit where credit is due and name the person who inspired you.

Today I am going to do just that; I have CASEd two projects from a good friend of mine, who also happens to be my Aunty 🙂 Her name is Donna and she is a talented creative artist.

Here are the original pair of cards that I decided to CASE:

Both of these Cards were created by my friend Donna.

I love all the cards that Donna has made me but these are two of my favourites and are always on display.

I have wanted to CASE these two projects for quite a while. So, I grabbed my supplies and just got to it:

As you can see, the cards are very similar but I have added my own twist to them.

For this card, I wanted it to still essentially be a one layer card. I decided to create the scene on a slightly smaller – than the base – panel of white card and created a border with score lines. This is something I do to add extra depth and dimension on one layer cards. I added this panel onto the card base just using glue. This achieves the layered look I wanted without the bulk.

I chose similar colour inks and a scene silhouette stamp and recreated the cards main image. I added a Black stamped sentiment, which I chose to add in a different location to the original.

Now for the second card design:

The card on the left was made by my daughter, (15).

I made a second card in the same style

 

For this card design I chose my colour palette by first picking out the card colours that I wanted to use. I then matched the inks that I would be using to the card I had already selected.

In the above images the first card on the left was created by my daughter, (15). The two I made used different supplies to each other. The ‘you warm my heart’ card was made with Stampin’ Up! supplies, whilst ‘The beauty of nature…’ card used supplies that were a free magazine gift. Both cards achieved the look that I wanted with great results.

CASEing cards is a great way to both learn what your own creative style is like and to also kick-start your creative mojo if you find yourself stuck in a creative slump.

Here is a side by side photo of both sets of projects:

Both of these Cards were created by my friend Donna.

Cards made by Donnna.                        Cards made by me.

I hope have enjoyed todays blog post and thank you for stopping by!

Take Care and Happy Crafting!