A Note For You Card With SEI 6 x 6 Paper Stack

Fiskars Threading Water and EK Success Scrolls and Dots Edge Punches Add Detail

Maybe I should call this "Edge Punch Week" as everyday, so far, the cards have been made using different punches!  This is a simple card with baker's twine and another piece of fiber to offer some additional texture.  There is a scrap of linen behind the sentiment, which is from CTMH's Just For You set.

I love the embossed telephone/chair paper in this stack from SEI.  The striped paper came from the same pad.  It is from the Promise Me collection.

Just a quick post today.  I hope you are having a fabulous day!
Thank you for visiting!
Beverly

Notecard Gift Set All Wrapped Up

This pillow box will accommodate six standard cards and envelopes. The cards pictured are the ones that I have been sharing throughout the week. It takes one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock to create the box.  The contrasting Pear colored strip is about 2 1/2" wide x 12" to form the belly band.  I used the Cricut to cut the box shape, however there are free templates online if you'd like to cut yours free hand.  Here is a link to two different sized pillow boxes: http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/templates/ss/Pillow-Box-Template.htm. I believe you would need to resize them and use a large format printer or cut and paste to make a large enough template for a card set of this size.

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge Pillow Box

The pillow box is cut at 9 3/4" using the Font Layer key with the Shift Key for Shape11. After the Cricut cut the shape for the box, I random stamped the cardstock with Pear ink using the CTMH flower stamp from the Just For You set.  I also random stamped the Pear belly band.

Here are the cards spilling out of the box.  The center blossom on the belly band was cut from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge using Flower3.  I sponge inked the top one after stamping it.  Then I stamped part of the sentiment onto the center and used a little bit of Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (CTMH) to give the flower a little sparkle.

A white bow tops off the gift. I hope my mom will like it. :-)

Thank you for stopping by today!

Beverly

Flexible Stamping - Card 6 of Notecard Set

Random Stamped Background with White Pigment Ink

The last technique for the notecard set that I have been sharing all week is something that I call "Flexible Stamping".  It may have another name, but I am not aware of one.  It is a very simple technique with an acrylic stamp arranged onto the block in a shape that fits the stamper's needs.  Here is a picture of what I am trying to describe:

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Please leave me a comment if you have any questions about this technique.  I am not sure that the picture was very helpful!

Three Layer Flower: Diecut Base, Fussy Cut Heat Embossed Petals, and Embossed Center

All of the stamping on this card was done with White Pigment ink and Black or Pear Dye ink. The background of the card base was heat set after random stamping.  The petals were heat embossed with white powder on the white ink. Dye ink doesn't need to be heat set.

Curved Stem Created From Border Stamp Gently Manipulated on Block 

Tomorrow, I will post the instructions for making a cute gift box for all of the cards to be presented to the recipient.

Thank you for visiting today!

Beverly

Fussy and Die Cutting - Card 5 of Notecard Set

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edge Punch

 Die cuts and punches can bump up simple stamping techniques into extraordinary cards with very little effort. I love how you can take a simple, plain piece of cardstock and punch a pretty design out of it and have something really cool to show for it!  How awesome is that?
I used the edge punch to cut the card base and two strips of card stock (Pear and Black) along one side.  These were layered so that the focal flower could be offset with the sentiment on a black decorative base.

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge Die Cut Flower and Label Shapes

All papers and inks are from CTMH.  The leaf and petals were fussy cut.  The center of the flower was cut using a 1" circle punch. The flower shape (Flower3) and label (Rctngle7) were cut using the Cricut.  The stamp set is CTMH's Just For You. 

This is another inexpensive, quick, mailable card!
Thank you for stopping by today!
Beverly

Tone On Tone Stamping - Card 4 of Notecard Set

Random Stamping for Card Base

Here is another variation of a simple card that I made for the notecard gift set that I am giving to my mother.  She still writes letters and I think she will enjoy using this set of clean, mailable cards.

White Heat Embossing Outlines the Petals

The focal flower has two areas that are stamped tone on tone.  The white on white was heat embossed for that nice shiny outline effect. (Click on picture for a better view.)  The center of the blossom is Pear ink on Pear cardstock. 

Have a wonderful day!  Thanks for visiting!
Beverly

Stamp Kissing, Two Toned Stamping and Embedded Embossing - Card 3 of Notecard Set

Cheerful Clean and Simple Card

 Techniques Galore Today!  When creating flat cards you sometimes get to use some old friends in your tool kit, so to speak.  I love the look that each of these techniques add to this card.  The center flower was made using embedded embossing.  Yesterday's post was about that technique, please visit here to read more about it.

Two Toned Stamping on Petals from CTMH Just For You set

 The petals were easy to make using two different colors of dye ink.  This can easily be done with stamp pads or markers.  After the components were stamped and inked they were embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  All stamps, papers and ink are from CTMH.  I used Pear, White Daisy and Black.  The border and background stamps are retired. The flower, petals, leaves and sentiment are from the new Just For You set.

Stamp Kissing Technique to Create Leaves

Here is a short video on how to do stamp kissing two different ways:

Embedded Embossing - Card 2 of Notecard Set

This black card is very striking in its simplicity.  I added a white panel to the inside for easy note writing. Embedded embossing is a fun technique when you want some texture and depth without bulk. The card is flat for easy mailing. Yesterday, I posted the first card of the set of notecards that I made using different embossing techniques.  Click here to see that post. Today's technique is all about embossing with an embossing folder.

Art Philosophy Cricut Diecuts layered and embossed using Cuttlebug

 This card is stamped with the new CTMH Just For You stamp set using regular dye inks in black and Pear. The cardstock colors are black, Pear and White Daisy.  After the layers were stamped, they were adhered together and run through the Cuttlebug with the Kassies Brocade folder to create a thick one-piece flower. I pulled the petals apart a little bit because I mainly wanted to have the center part embedded.

Clean and Simple card

This is another quick and inexpensive card to make.  Stay tuned for the cute gift box and the rest of the cards in the set!

Thank you for visiting today!
Beverly

Debossing and Traditional Embossing - Card 1 of Notecard Set

CTMH Pear, Black and White Daisy

 It must appear that I don't like patterned paper because I make so many cards without it!  I truly do LOVE patterned paper, but I have been on a plain cardstock binge lately.  All the cards that I am posting this week are only made with three colors of plain cardstock: black, white and green.  Please don't think this will be boring!  I hope you like the techniques that I have used to jazz up the cards. :-)

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Debossed Side for Flower Center

The pear colored center panel was made by randomly using a standard hole punch.  This gave the paper a debossed effect.  To mimic that feel, I used the debossed side of the 1 inch center for the black and white flower.  The black base of the flower was stamped with white pigment ink along with the individual petals. Then the flower was embossed with white powder and heated the traditional way.  This is a fast, inexpensive and easy mailable card to make. I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the flower shape, but it can easily be cut with scissors.
The deckled edge was made using a Fiskars rotary blade.  All supplies are from CTMH.  The stamp set is called Just For You and will be released on February 1, 2012.

Thank you for stopping by today!
Beverly

More Embossed Flowers - CTMH Just For You

I love how this card turned out!  It all started because I wanted to make a video to show how to use embossing in different ways to create some fun and cool effects for card making and scrapbooking.  The very bold colors of these flowers are what "makes" this card, in my opinion.

Petals are stamped with White Daisy Pigment Ink and Embossed with  White Powder

There are different kinds of embossing techniques.  The first flower on the card was made by stamping the black base flower with pigment ink and heat setting it.  The white base flower and the center were stamped with regular black dye ink. The petals were stamped with white pigment ink and sprinkled with white embossing powder.  After heating the petals, I cut them out and popped them up with a 3-d Zot. The petals are slightly curled under so that they would stay "popped".

Embedded Embossing with Flower 3 shape cut with Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge 

Embedded embossing is so much fun to do.  The paper pieces are smashed together to create a fairly flat embellishment.  I put a little adhesive in between the four layers of black and white die cut flowers.  This flower was placed into the Sizzix Hearts embossing folder and run through the Cuttlebug to create the fun flower.  I used the debossed side of the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for the center of the flower. Click on the picture to see more of the detail in the embossing.

Flower, Petals and Sentiment from CTMH Just For You Stamp Set

The last flower is a combination of the two different types of embossing techniques.  The petals were stamped and embossed with white pigment ink and powder. The center of the flower was embossed using the Swiss Dots folder.  The components were popped off the base flower with Zots 3-d glue dots.

Card is 8 1/2" x 4"

The faux stitching is achieved with a white gel pen.  After stamping the sentiment onto White Daisy cardstock, I punched it out with a SU! punch and used foam tape to raise it off the card.   All inks and stamps are from Close to My Heart.  The black and white cardstock are also CTMH.  The green textured cardstock is from SU!

To see another example of embossed components to make a fun flower, please go here to yesterday's post. 

I hope to have the video done in the next couple of days.  There were some technical difficulties that I have yet to overcome for its successful completion!

Have an awesome day!

Beverly

Embossed Petals on Embossed Background

CTMH Just For You Stamp Set

 Texture adds so much interest to cards and scrapbook pages.  One of my favorite ways to add that texture is through the use of embossing folders.  On this card I used two different embossing folders:  Sizzix Heart to Heart and the Curlique Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. One was used for all of the flower components and the other for the background paper.

3-D Flower

 The outside flower diecut is an AP Cricut Shape.  The 1 inch circle center of the flower can also be cut with that cartridge or a punch. However, these shapes are easy enough to cut by hand if you don't have the cartridge.  All papers used in the card are from CTMH: Blush and White Daisy card stock and a retired B & T paper for the stem.  The ink colors are also CTMH: Blush, Sweet Leaf,  and Holiday Red.

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Flower 3 and Rectangle 7

The embossed background (blush cardstock) is mounted onto a standard sized card base.  The sentiment is from the CTMH Workshop On The Go Elemental kit's stamp set.