Sewing Themed Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my friend J, who is a whiz with a sewing machine. She loved it!

I only have a couple of these lovely card bases left - something else from my studio that I've had for years and years. They are about 5x7, and they are called "French Folded Deckle Edged Cards".  Which means, beautiful paper has been folded in half then in half again to form the note card, and the one edge is deckled. The matching envelope also has a deckle edge on the flap. Beautiful stuff.

I cut the scalloped panel and sewing machine with my Cricut (Heritage cartridge, I believe) and the little spools are a Tim Holtz Die that I got for Christmas.

I wrapped the kraft cut spools with cotton thread and popped them up for dimension. The word stamp inside is by Fiskars. I found a really fun birthday word stamp set when we were in Arizona and have been putting it to good use.

Thanks for stopping by today - have a great weekend.

Black and Cream Card

Back when I had my old blog, I made a series of black and cream cards. This is one that didn't get posted, and after yesterday's photo-heavy post I thought it would be a good day to share this one.

The black and cream patterned paper is by K&Co, and I added a cut from the Heritage cartridge. At least I think that is where it is from. The black pieces on the cut were embossed with a Cuttlebug damask embossing folder for some added visual appeal.

And you know I used foam tape!

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Swirly Tree Card

Sue ... stop reading right now. Just skip today's post.  :-)

On the first of each month,  Sue and I pop something into the mail for each other. This is the card I sent to her this month, and since it is also for the 'Heritage Curly Tree' challenge at the Bitten By The Bug 2 blog, I have to post it before she receives it.

It's a large card ... almost 6" square!  I used teal Bazzil card stock for the card base, and some pretty tan paper by K&Co for the layers. It is subtly patterned and was just what I was looking for.  Love it when that happens. 

The tree was cut out of kraft card stock at just over 5.5" (I used my Gypsy, so didn't dial in the size) and the shadow in black. After they were attached together, I spritzed the tree with glimmer mist. The sheen doesn't show up in a low res web photo.

I backed the paper panel with a heavy card stock, then wrapped it with twine before popping it up on the teal base with foam tape. The tree is also popped up.  I tried several different ribbons, and even though the colours were good - it just didn't look right. The twine did the trick for me.

Inside is stamped a wonderful tree quote, and I used that bare tree from Michaels at the bottom. The acorn stickers were leftover from a scarecrow card I made (will share that later on). I spritzed them too and popped them up with foam tape.

I used one of my large square envelopes that I got last year from a wedding card designer. I had to order something else from her, and was able to tack on an order for these envy's too. I don't need them often, but they are sure lovely when I want to make a big card.  And I knew I wanted to cut that tree large, with all the details in it. When I'm cutting a detailed image, I lower the pressure and cut twice. Works like a charm. I didn't do this with the shadow, just the tree itself. I spent more time 'weeding' the shadow than I should have had to. It was fun to pull out this cartridge again, so I was happy to participate in the challenge.

Have a wonderful weekend - Thanks for stopping by today!