Hello Card (actually made in October 2016)

Well y'all, this is a card that I did NOT make for anyone in particular.......I will just have it "on hand" to send to someone "down the road", which is unusual for me, but I may start doing this more so that I will have some when I need them!  It may not show in the photos, but I used suede paper for the "hello", as you will see in my "supply list" below.  There were black "dots" on one of the patterned papers that I used, so I decided to add a few more "dots" using the NUVO Crystal Drops.  I have not completed the inside of the card yet...I will do that when I decide to whom I am making it for, so here are a couple of photos.

This card was fun to make and I rather like the look of it!  Thanks for stopping by!!!

Finished Card Size:  A2

Supplies List

Papers:   110# Recollections "Black" (card base), 65# Recollections "Black", Pattered Papers from DCWV "The Blue Citrus Stack". Black Suede Paper ("hello")

Dies:   Gina Marie Designs "Stitched Rectangles" dies, Frantic Stamper "Woven Ribbons Card Panel Die", Tim Holtz "Wildflowers", Simon Says Stamp "Hello, Small Wafer Die"  

Tools: Silhouette "Cameo",  Sizzix "Tim Holts Vagabond 2"

Accessories:  Tonic Studios :"Ebony Black" NUVO Crystal Drops, Black Twine (bow)

Hello my friend!!!

whom I've never met in person, but I feel like I've known her forever!  The other day she sent me to the "desert diva's blog" and from it I wound up at another blog where I saw this card (scroll down to the bottom card with the three hearts & berry sprigs ) and it was my inspiration.  This is not the type of card that I usually design......but I really like the cleaner, simpler look and will start making more of them.  I had seen another card where the creator had used three inked blocks for her background and I really liked that concept and decided to use it in my design.  I found the "berry sprigs" doing a google search, modified them and made a file to cut using my Cameo.  The "hello" is a Miss Kate Cuttables file and you can find it here....I love it!!!  I scored the top layer on all four sides.  There are two berry sprigs, one on top of the other and I used "Glossy Accents" on the berries, "Wink of Stella" on the leaves and I popped up some of the berries.

Thanks for stopping by.......let me know what you think of this card!

Finished Card Size:  A2 (4.25"x5.5")

Supplies List

Papers:  Canson 140# Watercolor, 65# Recollections "white" & "black", 65# "yellow" from the "Spice Market" collection, 110# Black Recollections (card base) and  Southworth 24# "Ivory Parchment Paper, Recollections "Garden Forals" Paper Pad for envelope

Cut Files:  :  "Autumn Berry Tree", "hello" from Miss Kate Cuttables "Card Phases Set 5-11-2015

Ink:  Altenew "Frayed Leaf" & "Warm Sunshine" and Hero Arts "Soft Pool"

Fonts: "Adios Script Pro" and  "Allura" for the envelope

Tools:  Silhouette "Cameo" - "berry trees",  Pazzles "Vue" -"hello",  Sizzix "Vagabond", WeR Memory Keepers "Envelope Punch Board", Martha Stewart "Score Board"

Accessories: Clear "Wink of Stella", Ranger "Glossy Accents", Spellbinders "Fancy Tags One" & "Card Creator A-2 MattingBasics A

Two for the price of one!!!

My brother's birthday is the 19th and Kristina Werner is having people send in cards having to do with "circles" for the month of July and Splitcoast Stampers had a color challenge for June 10 called "Kaleidoscope of Colors" that I thought were pretty cool, so I decided to use them for my cards.  You can find all of the details for the challenge here.  I did not have those paper colors, so I found the RGB codes online and made own to print using Photoshop.  I found a really cool "card cover" cutting file to use with my cutters at Birds Cards, which you can download for free here, to use for my cards.  When doing the cutting some of what I needed was duplicated, so it made sense to use the same "card cover" for both cards and better utilize my supplies.  In my own handwriting I designed  "Happy Birthday" and "hello" sentiment dies to cut with my electronic cutters.  For these projects I used both my Silhouette "Cameo" and my Sizzix "eclips" electronic cutters.

Here is the card that I made for my brother, which will be going in the mail in the next few days!  I chose this one for him because the majority of it is black and  I thought it looked more masculine and after all those are the hardest cards for most of us to make!!!

Here is a close-up:

And for the inside I designed a border with circles and I used the Silhouette "double-sided adhesive sheets" to cut it so that I could use some of my Sparkle N Sprinkle "Black Suede Velvet Microfine Glitter " on it....love that stuff, it really feels like velvet!!!  Here is a photo:

I chose this one to send to Kristina because I thought it looked more feminine.  One thing I want to point  out is the "enamel" dots that I made by putting "Perler Beads" in the oven and baking them...they look pretty cool, don't they!  After I cut out the "hello", I used clear embossing powder and then heat set it to give it a dimensional look...I did this about three times.

For the inside I used my Silhouette double-stick adhesive and the black suede glitter again to make the partial black line border.  I used some contact paper to cut a stencil to make the circle border on the bottom....I matched up Distress Inks to match the colors on my card.

How do you like my word dies that I made using my own handwriting....let me know what you think!!!

Finished Card Size:  A7 (5"x7")

Supplies List

Papers:  Recollections "White" 110 LB, DCWC "Black Glitter Paper"

Ink:  Tsukineko Versafine "Watermark"

Tools:  Silhouette "Cameo",  Sizzix "eclips"
Accessories:  "Sparkling Clear" Pretty Pink Posh sequins, Recollections "Extra Fine White Glitter" and "Gem Stones", Sparkle N Sprinkle "Black Suede Velvet Microfine Glittter", "Clear" Wink of Stella