Pink & Brown Tri-Fold Card

Hi everyone,

I am going through a phase of trying out different folds and shapes of cards at the moment and really enjoying it. I recently purchased a Martha Stewart scoreboard so this may have prompted my experimenting :)

This time i have tried out a Tri-fold card and i really like the way it turned out. I made mine slightly smaller than most out there (each panel is 12cm x 12cm) mainly because i do not have a paper cutter than can handle A3 cardstock so that is my next purchase on the agenda. I do a lot of my cutting with a metal ruler and craft knife but i am not the best at straight lines :)

I went with a pink and brown theme as i wanted to use up some of the items i already had in my stash, and the Hannah Lynn image was one i printed and cut out a while back but never got around to using.

For this card i used...
Hannah Lynn digital Image
Butterfly and Sentiment stamps by Flourishes
Sentiment on middle panel i generated using the computer and printed out
Pink, Clear and Mini clear gems from Stash
Ribbon from stash
Martha Stewart Border and Corner punches
Digital papers all by Pink Petticoat
White and Black card stock from stash
Copics E000, E00, E33, E35, E37, R81, G05

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

The Paper Shelter

Thanks for joining me, i am off to do some more experimenting

Jox

Pink and Brown LOTV

Hi everyone,

I love Pink and Brown i think it is such a fabulous colour combo and there are so many things you can do with it depending on the shades you use. I went for Mocha and Blossom from the Pink Petticoat range, those of you that have followed me for a little while know that i adore Pink Petticoat and the value for money is amazing and you are virtually always guaranteed to have the colours you need. So i printed out some different patterns and the solids on to card stock. I then decided i wanted to try a little more busy layout than i usually do. I love the detail loaded more busy layouts but i just find i can never get it to balance and i end up fussing constantly and giving up. I was determined this would not be the case this time.

I have a tendency to be highly critical with myself but i must confess that i am really happy with the way this turned out and i definitely think 2013 is the year to broaden my craft techniques. Its a bit hard to tell from the photo but the chipboard heart and flowers are coloured with metallic brown and pink star gelly rolls and they are lovely and sparkly.

For this card i used...
LOTV Image
All patterned and plain papers by Pink Petticoat
Spellbinders dies
Martha Stewart border punch
clear star, pink star and metallic brown Gelly Rolls
Copics E27, E34, E50, E71, E25, E17, R20, R81, G17
Chipboard heart and flowers all by Scrapmatts
Larger Gems by Kaiser Craft - Favourite Embellishment
Small gems (in flowers) are by Stencil Specilists

I would very much like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Crafts and Me

Simon Says Stamp

Charisma Cardz

I appreciate each and every comment/suggestion left and thank you for visiting

Jox

My attempt at Vintage...sadly we go together like oil and water

This is my final post of the evening...this was for the crafts and Me challenge which is Vintage. Whilst i love other peoples vintage cards the thought of making my own really feels me with apprehension. It just seems to be the one style i just cannot get my head around. Whilst my card below is probably my best attempt so far i must confess i am still not happy with it. i look at it and feel like it isn't really sure what style it is. But hey i thought i would give it ago so here is my card.

For this card i used...

So Stylish digi from The Paper Shelter

Chipboard which i coloured with Copics from my stash

Papers, sentiment and flowers from Kmart

Copics E11, E17, E71, R81, E13, R11, E00

Gelly roll in Clear Sparkle

I would like to enter this in the following challenge.

Crafts and Me

Any feedback on how to improve my "Vintage" would be greatly appreciated!

Jox

Forever Friends Girly Card

I trust everyone had a good week, mine was pretty busy at work and definitely happy its not the week end!

I am entering the card in several challenges and would be interested to have your feedback. Girly is not really my strong point, think i have a tendency to be too much of a tomboy some ha ha. But i really enjoyed making this one and it is certainly a lot busier than my normal cards but it has all come together pretty well i think?

Well i worked around the topper this time, whereas i normally work the other way around. The image and papers are all from the same paper pack. I used a pearlescent white card blank to start. I then cut my striped paper to the size i wanted it and mounted on to slightly darker brown paper. I then cut a smaller square of flowered paper and mounted this on the same brown paper, but i made the border on this one a lot narrower. I took some more pearlescent card stock and trimmed it down to a strip to go over the from. I then punched the design along the bottom. I Cut a strip of dotty paper and adhered this to the card strip. I am shocking at trying to stick paper down straight so much confess i had to trim along the top a little to make sure it aligned. I then wrapped a white ribbon and stuck this to the back. I then adhered the strip to the card after much playing around with positioning. I cut out the image, mounted on to white card stock and them mounted again on the same brown paper. I adhered this to the card using double sided foam tape so give it a bit more lift and so it didn't look flat against the embellishments i wanted to ad. I then cut out a flourish using a die and my big shot, this was cut from the same white card stock. I really wanted to use my Marianne rose dies because i love them and decided i would make three roses out of the offcuts of the different papers and i actually really like the contrast it gives. I punched a butterfly using my trusty Martha Stewart butterfly punch and adhered to the card and then added my beloved gems. I added some stickles to the inside of the roses to give them a little more pizazz. Hope you like my efforts

I used...

Forever Friends image and papers by Do Crafts

White pearlescent card stock from Kmart

Flourishes Die

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Martha Stewart border punch

Gems from Kaiser craft

Marianne Rose Die

Glossy Accents

Stickles

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

Allsorts Challenge

Creative Inspirations

Have a great weekend and as always thanks for joining me

Jox

Just Inspirational Challenge Blog

Hi All,

Me again, well i am back to work tomorrow after a lovely four day weekend so getting my last challenge linked and posted before the joy of catching up for the rest of the week begins.

For this card i used
Paper Shelter Digital Image
Pink Petticoat Papers
Gelly Roll Pink Star
Copics R00, YR16, RV00, R20, E25, R81 B21, B14, E34

As always thanks you so much for taking the time to view

JUST INSPIRATIONAL CHALLENGE

Take care all 

Jox

For Dog Lovers - Digital Bo

Hi All,

Well i am down with a cold at the moment and feeling pretty sorry for myself. I figured i needed to do something to take my mind off it so what else is a girl to do but make cards :) I love this cute digital image.

Many thanks :)

Well for this i used Pink Petticoat papers, they really are awesome and should take a look at their website if you haven't already.
Cardstock is from my stash
Digital image Bo
Stickles in Diamond
Copics - E15, E17 and 100
I used Glossy Accents on his nose
White ribbon from stash
The cute little bones are from my stash and i cannot for the life of me remember where i got them.

LOTV Birthday Card

Another one that is slightly different to my normal simple cards.

This one came out really well and i like the way this card kind of came together of its own accord. i started by picking two papers but then settling on only using one. I ended up with a pink and brown colour scheme and i really wanted to use one of my LOTV stamps. The rest pretty much came together once i had matched my coloured card and papers and settled on the Copics i would use.

One of the things i really love about my Copics is that you can colour your embellishments to match if you start off with white. I brought a pack of white flowers (Kaiser Craft i believe) a while back and use my Copics to colour them to match my project. That way you don't have to have hundreds of ribbons, flowers etc in various different shades (which i do already whoops).

Here is the finished card let me know what you think :)

Thanks for taking the time!

For this card i used;

Card & Papers currently in my stash

Martha Stewart punch (very sorry but cannot remember the name)

Spellbinder dies

LOTV Stamp

Flowers which i had in my stash (the brown one coloured with my Copic Marker)

2 Gellyroll Metallic pens

Copics - RV00, E35,E25,E37,R81,E00 & E33

Clear Star Gellyroll

and my beloved Glossy Accents n the wings and pom poms to give it more dimension

also sticky foam pads which are a definite must, i used this to raise the image