Birthday and Anniversary ...

Today I've created two cards for the Twofer Challenge the theme of the challenge is Hearts - the key to the challenge is that you have to use the same product for two cards for two separate occasions.  This is what I came up with:

First,

I stamped and heat embossed the background adding colour using distress inks to create a watercolour background.  I added a few splatters before adhering the heart with foam pads on top of some thread to add a little more interest and texture.

Second:

This one was created using a background print that I had created using acrylic paints and my gelli plate a couple of dies and sentiments.  I used the background die to cut the panel first and then adhered this to the card front before cutting out the heart from the centre - this created a window in the card.  I then adhered the heart to the inside of the card and added two sentiments - one on the front and one inside.

I used the following:

Sizzix Hearts #2 - this has been used on both of the cards

Distress Inks - Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade

Indigo Blu - Honey comb background stamp

WoW White Embossing Powder

Gemini - Happy Birthday die

Gemini - Thorn Swirls

Ranger Archival Potting Shed Ink

As I said I'm entering the Twofer Challenge:

Enjoy!

Butterflies ...

Back again for my second post of the day ... this time to share two cards for one challenge ... Twofer Card Challenge #5 ... as the name implies this challenge is all about creating two cards for different events and different designs using the same die or stamps.

If you follow my blog you will know of my obsession with gelli plate printing ... both of my cards use a gelli print and two coordinating butterfly dies.

Apologies for the fly in the top right corner ... it is not part of the design!!

For this card I die cut the solid butterfly out of the card and then inlaid a butterfly cut from a gelli print into the opening.  Finally I die cut the coordinating intricate butterfly and attached it by the body leaving the wings free to add dimension.

The fly was camera shy by the time I took this photograph!

For this card I cut a section out of the card before die-cutting three solid butterflies.  I used three butterflies cut from a gelli print to attach the two pieces back together to form the front of the card - kind of floating inlaid die cuts.   I added three intricate butterflies cut from vellum attached by the body leaving the wings free.  This was a fiddly card to create ... I'm not sure I will be repeating it!

I used:
STAMPlorations - CUTplorations Flutter Zen 1
Simon Says Stamp - Handwritten Borders
UNIKO - Simply Said

Challenge details:

Enjoy!

Bloomtangled Twofer ...

Good evening ... quick post this evening to share two cards created using one die but two designs ...

If you have seen my earlier post featuring the Bloomtangled Cover Plate dies you will immediately see the difference that can be achieved just by changing the colour choices ... my earlier cards (here) were bright and used rainbow colours - these are far more subtle!!

I took three shades of pink and two of green card, stamped and white heat embossed them before cutting with the die.  I also die cut one from cream card and then set about the marathon task of paper piecing them back together!!  I love paper piecing I find it a relaxing activity but on this scale it is not something for the faint-hearted to do but the effect is well worth it (I think!).  I layered it onto kraft card and finally added a sentiment.

This one is far more simply and came together very quickly!  I trimmed the bottom from the die cut adhered it flat to a piece of cream card added the sentiment before adding it to the card base.

I used:
STAMPlorations - Bloomtangled #1 Cover Plate Die (if you decide to treat yourself to one of these dies you can get 20% off by using the following code STAMPGIRLELAINE)
Dark Room Door - Crackle Background Stamp
Stampin Up - Off The Grid Stamp
WOW White Embossing Powder

The reason for two cards in one post?  I'm joining in with the Twofer Card Challenge

As I used STAMPloration products I'm going to link up with this challenge:

Enjoy!

Twofer Love ...

Good evening from a wet and windy Oxfordshire ... I hope somebody out there is enjoying blue skies and sunshine!

Today I was inspired to create a couple of cards ... same supplies, different designs for different (although similar) events.

A Valentine card on the left and a wedding card on the right - both created using scraps of prints made using a gelli plate.

The Valentine card:

I began by stamping and heat embossing a piece of card with a small heart background stamp.  I die cut two hearts from a gelli plate print and then stitched them to the base before adding a heat embossed sentiment and adhering the panel to the card base.

The Wedding card:

For this card I used the same heart die set but this time used a smaller die as well to create two open hearts that I could intertwine. 

I used:
Sizzix Nesting Heart Dies #2
UNIKO  - Simply Said and Scattered Polka Heart Background Stamp
Wow White Embossing Powder and Gold

I'm entering the following challenges:

Twofer Card Challenge #2

TIME OUT Challenge #102 - inspired by the heart in the photograph.

Uniko Challenge

Enjoy!