Hi All.

 

This week I had a 21st card to make for my nephew, so I adapted a design I found on the internet using Stampin Up's Gorgeous Grunge stamps.  I jazzed it up with some sequins and my hexagon punch - so cool.

 

 

 

The next card is my first attempt at a gorgeous little card in a box.  These little beauties fold flat and can be posted in a C6 envelope.  Such a lot of fun to make, but a bit time consuming.  Here I have used some lovely Grace Taylor papers and the flowers are Stampin Up Flower Shop stamps and punch. 

 

There are so many things you can do with this card.  A quick look at You Tube will give you several tutorials on how to make it.  This won't be the last one of these I make - lovely for special birthday or friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you have a look at one of the tutorials and have a go.  Well, I'm off to bed.  It's been a long day.  Happy card making.

 

Judith

 

 

 

 

 

Some of us are enjoying the lovely 30 degrees here in Christchurch today (me included).  I have been busy taking photos for the little bow I made on Friday.  So here goes -

 

 

Start with 2 strips of paper 1 inch x 5 inches and 1 of 1 inch x 6 inches, and a little extra piece for the middle if wished.

 

Take one of the 5 inch pieces and line it up at the 2-1/2 inch mark, punching both sides of the paper as shown.  

Do the same with the other 5 inch piece.

 

The 6 inch piece gets lined up at the 3 inch mark.

 

 

 

Round the corners of one of the 5 inch pieces and the 6 inch piece.

 

Then centre the other 5 inch piece as above for the ribbon ends.

 

Take the 5 inch piece and put a little glue on each end and fold towards the centre, but don't flatten.

 

 

 

Do the same with the 6 inch piece.

 

Put some glue in the centre of the 6 inch piece and place on the ribbon tails.

 

Do the same with the 5 inch piece.

 

 

 

Then wrap the thin piece around the centre or add some other embellishment if you desire.  I think they look great and they are easy to do with your envelope punch board.  Hope you give it a go.

 

Judith

 

 

Hi all.  Yes I am still around.  I hope you all had a great New Year.  I spent New Year's eve in Westport with my husband and several friends,  then went off to Nelson for a few days.  Since then I have been enjoying some of our nice weather, although we have had rain and some colder days as well. 

 

Back in to the craft room and I have been busy making birthday cards for January - 3 for January 29th would you believe!

 

The first is for a friend who loves cats and is also a big Crusaders fan - hence the red and black.

 

 

 

The second is for a friend who loves fishing.

 

 

The last card is the one I made for my husband's birthday using a great little stamp I found at Hastings Rubber Stamps of Hurricane aeroplane.  I love how the kraft frame turned out.

 

 

 

 I also found this little video on how to make a bow using your envelope punch board, so had to give it a go.  The example below was the first one I made and I used a square punch on the ribbon tails as I prefer a square cut to the rounded finish you get with the punch board.  I will do a few more photos of this over the weekend to add to this post showing how it was done.

 

 

In the mean time I'm off to cook a bacon and egg pie for tea.  Enjoy your evening.

 

Judith

 

I hope you all had a nice Christmas Day.  We had a good day with family but the weather wasn't great in the afternoon.  Ah well - maybe next year.

 

These are a couple of recent cards I put together now my craft room is on the way to being a little more organised.

 

This sympathy card uses a retired Stampin Up stamp from the Embrace Life set with a Hastings Rubber Stamp In Sympathy stamp.

 

 

 

 

This one is from the Stampin Up Heartfelt Thanks set.  I just love what you can do with these two stage stamps.

For the last one I used some lovely leaf stamps from Montarga Rubber Stamps here in Christchurch with a bit of Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge and the sentiment is from the Made For You set (also retired).

 



 

 

I hope you have a Happy New Year and find some time to do some craft of some kind over the holiday break.  I will be back in 2014.

 

 

Judith

 

 



I have finally found some time to get back and post a photo of my Christmas cards for this year.  I have used a Couture Creations holly die and washi tape.  The Merry Christmas stamp is from a retired Stampin Up set called Season Of Joy.

 



My Craft Room is close to being complete, just needs a couple of bookcases and a bit of organisation, then I will be right into lots of stamping and things next year.

 

I wish you and your family a safe and Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2014.

 

Judith

Wow its been a long time since my last post.  I have been making Christmas cards and been busy with moving back into my house after having earthquake repairs and renovations done - its been exhausting.

 

So I thought I would share some of my earlier cards - that is the ones that I'm not too embarrassed to show as the ones I make now are much better.

 

This is one of the first I made for my husband's birthday back in 2011 - he's into motorbikes and planes.

 

 

 

 

The next is the first I made for my Mum's birthday.  I love the tissue paper flowers and there is Liquid Pearls at the bottom of the bird cage.

 

 

 

 

This is a wedding card made for a friend, again using tissue paper flowers.

 





 

A birthday card for my sister.

 



A Mother's Day card.

 

And another birthday card.  This time with little rolled flowers which I love making. 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a good week - Judith

 



Busy, busy week here with home renovations happening like there is no tomorrow.  I have had some time to relax and make a couple of cards though, before I get stuck into my Christmas cards for this year.

 

First up is a card I made for a friend who is having a 'still alive gig' after a cancer scare earlier this year.  I have used the ferris wheel from this years Stampin Up Sale-a-Bration Feeling Sentimental stamp set with That's The Ticket and the Ticket Duo Builder punch.  The gorgeous wee tickets have been stapled onto the card.  I love the way this looks.

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly a sympathy card made using the Craft Concepts Dandelion Whisper embossing folder, a lovely In Sympathy stamp from Hastings Rubber Stamps (I love this font) and the Stampin Up Bitty Butterfly punch.  I have a soft spot for all things butterfly and have way too many butterfly punches.

 



 

 

That's all I have time for this week, so back to the renovations. 

 

Judith