Forever Friends Sketch Challenge Cards

Finally finished all my exams for this year so I'm back to crafting! Here are some cards that I made using the docrafts Creativity Club daily sketches and the Forever Friends Kraft Notes range...

For this first card I combined one of the die-cuts from the Kraft Notes Ultimate Die-Cut Pack and the Papermania Pastel Capsule Collection papers. I added some detail with buttons, some purple Candi and purple and white twine.

Again, I used a couple of the die-cuts for this card in combination with some punched flowers which I inked at the edges and embellished with clear gems. To complete I added some gems to the corners of the teddy image and some purple Candi.

This is my favorite sketch of the ones I did because I like how the quirky angles and shapes all complement each other. This time I used die-cuts with co-ordinating backgrounds and worked in the colours of the other papers in the range. To complete, I added some pink self-adhesive gems to the top and bottom corners.

For my final card I combined the Papermania Pastel Capsule Collection and the Kraft Notes ranges again. The spotty background paper is quite bold so I inked the edges of the Kraft Notes paper to give a bit more definition before I layered them us behind my chosen image. To complete I added one of the die-cut greetings and some green buttons.

Button Box

I'm just going to take a break from exam revision to update you with my latest project from the weekend! My mum bought the awesome new Capsule Collection Brights mixed bag of buttons and so I decided to decorate one of the Bare Basics boxes to give us a place to store them.

First I covered the lid with pink cardstock and then the button patterned paper from the Forever Friends Kraft Notes range. I used a pale blue piece of cardstock for the message banner, adding Birdsong self-adhesive lettering and a pale pink button that I stitched into place with beige thread. After attaching the message banner to the top of the box, I riffled through my collection of buttons (mostly Capsule Collection, Vintage Notes and Boofle!) and found some blue, brown, cream and pink buttons that tied in with the colours in the papers. I decorated the sides of the box with blue and pink cardstock and the floral paper from the Kraft Notes range. To complete, I added some pale pink ribbon and the button patterned ribbon from the Kraft Notes range around the edge of the box lid. Here's a closer view of the detail on the lid...

Dolly Mixtures Cards - Coleen and Cheryl

LOVE the new Craftwork Cards "Dolly Mixtures" papers!!! My mum got both the Coleen and Cheryl packs and I just had to try them out. I have to admit the Coleen papers are my favorite, the wee Scottie dogs are adorable! I used the dog patterned paper for my first card, mounting it onto some pink card and then a 5 x 5" card blank.  I remembered there was a doggie stencil from Craftwork Cards so I used it to cut a black dog to match the background paper, tying a little bit of pink ribbon around its neck to add some detail.

I decided to keep things relatively simple as the backing paper was quite busy so I used three of the co-ordinating flags that come in the paper pack in the to corner of my card. To complete, I added two rows of mint green Candi, black stitching detail around the flags and a "With Love" greeting tag.

Now here's my Cheryl card! I went for a similar layout as my dog card but used some purple and orange-yellow flowers that I cut using one of the Craftwork Cards stencils as a template, embellishing with purple Candi centers. For the background I tore the floral patterned paper from the Cheryl paper pad and inked the edges with purple ink before mounting onto dark purple card and then a 5 x 5" card black. I added small orange-yellow brads to the top and bottom corner and curled the edges to give a more distressed look.

To complete the card I added two of the co-ordinating flags and a gold and white die-cut message tag, also from Craftwork Cards. Hope you like them!

Personalised Thank You Card

Morning everyone! Hoping the weather is decidedly better wherever you are today, absolutely chucking it down here! I made this card last week for a friend of my mum who gave my sister and me gifts for Easter. I used a photo of the two of us as the focal point, as she hasn't seen us in a while, and took the dominant colours in the photo as the colour scheme for the card.

I mounted a peach dotted paper from a Craftwork Cards mixed stack onto some brown cardstock and then onto a 6 x 6" white card blank. Behind the photo I added some gold Mirri card and a brown frame that I die-cut using the smallest X-Cut Ornate Frame die. I also die-cut the "Thank You" greeting from some peach card and added it along the top and bottom of the card in brown banners, which I edged with clear glitter glue. To complete I made some layered flowers using the Glorious Gerbera dies and some brown brads, and added some smaller punched flowers with peach pearl gem centers.

Kraft Notes Birthday Card

First day back at uni today, oh how I hate getting up for 9am lectures first thing on a Monday morning! Anyway, I've realised that I'm a bit behind blog-wise so this is me finally getting caught up with things. This is a Forever Friends Kraft Notes card that I made using the docraft Creativity Club Sketch 269. I started by mounting up a square of the pink spotty paper onto some silver Mirri card and then onto a 5 x 5" square card.

I used on of the checkered papers from the Kraft Notes 12 x 12" pack which I cut into a circle and then layered over with strips of co-ordinating patterned papers from the range. The greetings tag is from the Kraft Notes Ultimate Die-Cut pack, which I mounted onto blue card and embellished with some blue gemstones. To complete, I added some pale blue Candi from Craftwork Cards and some clear glitter glue around the edges of the strips to add a bit of sparkle.

Two Gorjuss Birthday Cards

Finally off on holiday from uni, nice little two week break for Easter which means that I've had plenty of crafting time! Here's a couple of girly birthday cards that I made using the DoCraft Creativity Club Daily Sketches and the Gorjuss Ulimate Die Cut Pack. For the first one I combined one of the smaller Gorjuss images with the old Papermania Henbury Lane papers. My mum bought some coloured twine the other day and the purple and white one matched the colours in the papers perfectly!

I made layered flowers using the Gorjuss papers and the Glorious Gerbera dies, joining the layers together using some purple pearl gem brads. The greetings banner is from the Gorjuss pack, which I then stamped with the exclusive Creativity Club greetings stamps and embellished with pearl gems. To complete I added pearl gems to the image and some grey gemstones to the top and bottom corners. For my second card I used the beautiful teal coloured paper from the Gorjuss pack and one of the co-ordinating coloured images.

I cut a circle of floral patterned paper from the Gorjuss Neutrals pack and mounted this off-center behind the image. The flowers were made using the Petal Posy dies which I layered up and joined together with metallic blue brads. To complete I added a stamped greeting and some pale blue gemstones in the top corner.

Happy Days Birthday Card

Right, now that I've regained the feeling in my fingers (so damn cold outside today!) I guess I ought to show you one of my latest makes. I loved Creativity Club Sketch #261 and thought that it would work great with the Papermania Happy Days range and one of the Kraft card mannequins from Craftwork Cards.

I had to tweak the sketch a little bit to accommodate the mannequin but the diagonal strips of paper and the flags were elements from the sketch. All the papers I used were from the Happy Days range and I particularly love the floral patterned paper that I used on the dress as it ties in well with the colours in the background paper. I embellished the dress with small gemstones and a piece of red sating ribbon that I found in my stash. The greetings tag is from CWC and I mounted it onto the red zig-zag paper from the Happy Days range to tie in with the colour scheme. To finish I added some blue, red and yellow buttons from the Papermania Vintage Notes range (to tie in with the haberdashery theme!) and went round the edges of the flags and the dress with clear glitter glue to add some sparkle!