Cards

I have been really busy with two baby albums which I have just finished so will upload pictures once I have taken photos. But in the meantime I have made quite a few birthday cards recently.

 These two I made using the new Couture Creations 3 in 1 sets - which are made up of an embossing folder, stamp set and matching dies. This set is called "Ornate Frame". The embossing folder is the frame that you emboss as is the stamp set. The butterfiles are also stamps and the dies.

 This card is also made from the Couture Creattions 3 in 1 sets but its a different set and I cannot remember this ones name but I think is is Lacey Frame or something like that.

 This beach themed card is one of the sets I bought from SVG Cuts and comes with three other cards.

 This is a triple easle card and the tutorial on how to make these is on Splitcoaststampers.

 I have discovered this technique on the internet as well and it is called "Punch art" The car is made up of punches and dies and it is heaps of fun to make. I have used the tri-shutter card base to make up this card and it was for my nephew who has just turned 10!!Because there is no space to right on I have made an additional pocket on the back of the card and wrote on a tag which is inserted into the pocket

I have not given any description of materials that I have used - should anybody be interested then leave a comment and will come back to you

Hope I have inspired somebody to make a homemade card for a friend or a loved one. Handmade art is never perfect and that is what is so special about making and receiving a handmade item.

Valerie

Some new Birthday cards

I had a few Birthdays that I needed to make cards for this month and this is what I came up with:

It was my friend, Desiree"s Birthday last week but she is still grieving the loss of her Dad so I wanted to make her a card that not wished her a happy birthday but also has a very peaceful feel to the card. I got the idea from the Splitcoaststampers website and its called a Triple Easel Card.

 Another birthday card for my friend, Leoni that is mad about cats just like me and she has a new kitten in the house named Neo so I decided to do a cat themed birthday card for her. Its called a Window layer card also from the Splitcoaststampers website and I added an additional pocket in the back of the card to put a tag in for a message. Love the idea but there is no where to right a message on the card except the back.

 This was a first that I had heard about Monster High. This was for a friends daughter that turned 9 a few days ago. Monster High is her new fad so I decided to work with this as a theme. Found the logo on Google Images and cut it out with my Electronic cutter. Its a center step card and one of my favorite designs for a card at the moment and then blinged it up with a glitter brad. Embossed the Happy Birthday with silver embossing powder and added some washi tape.

This is another Window layer frame card

Hope I have inspired somebody to try a new style of card

Thanx for looking and do come back and visit with me again

Valerie