Birthday Card Making – Newtons Nook Birthday Card Idea – Cute Cat on Fence

This is a birthday card I made for my younger brother – his birthday was actually in May so it was a bit belated… When I was making the birthday cards for my friends, you can check out those by clicking here and here, I really wanted to do a ginger kitty. So I started by stamping out the cute little cat with the beret and scarf from the Newton’s Nook Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set and coloured him in orange using my Derwent Studio Pencils. I remembered my colour theory and coloured in his little hat and scarf in complementary blue. Oh my gosh he looks so adorable!

I had some scrap strips of yellow pattern paper left from the ray burst sheet I used on the ‘bonjour’ birthday card. I don’t know how I came up with the idea but I think it’s amazingly cute how he looks sitting on top of the yellow square. I tried to make a bit of a fence by cutting more pieces of the yellow paper and I cut them in different sizes to add a bit more interest to the design. I chose to use a blue striped background paper from the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine 6×6 petite paper pack and adhered it onto a blue card stock from a Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.

I adhered the kitty and the fence pieces using foam squares. Finally I stamped the sentiment ‘happy birthday’ from a Stampendous sentiment stamp set in clear embossing ink and then I used Wow Embossing Powder and heat set it using the Heat It Craft Tool. The heat setting did warp the card but I’ll set it under a heavy book for a while to straighten it out before I give it to my younger brother.

I’m really pleased with the simplicity and the cuteness of the card. I think the simplicity adds an extra element of adorable.

Birthday Card Making – Newtons Nook Birthday Card Idea – Bonjour Balloon Cat

This was another quick birthday card I put together for a friend’s birthday. I was really happy with the way this card turned out considering my time constraints. I knew I wanted to use the cute kitty in the hot air balloon basket from the Newton’s Nook Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set, so I started by stamping that first. I fussy cut out the balloon and then cut out the cat and the basket. I stamped the cat again and cut only the cat out of this second stamp. This was so I could add a little dimension but also because of the way his tail curls around, I didn’t want any white space in the gap between his tail and the basket.

I coloured in the basket, the balloon and then the cat. I chose a yellow ray burst pattern paper from the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine 6×6 petite paper pack. I’m actually quite amazed by how many cards I’ve made with this paper pack. It doesn’t sound like much but 36 pages really does go a long way, and I still have lots of scraps that I can use!

I adhered the ray burst directly onto the yellow card stock card base and then trimmed the edges (that’s why the left-hand side doesn’t look so straight haha). After that, I adhered the balloon, the basket and then the cat on top of the basket. I stamped the sentiment ‘bonjour’, also from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set, directly onto the pattern paper to the right of the hot air balloon.

To finish the card, I simply hand drew the lines of the balloon rope from the balloon to the basket and the rope line blowing away ending in a curl. I used my Memento tuxedo black ink pen. I really liked the hand drawn touch and used the original stamp as a guide. The rope line curling away I think helps add movement to the card as though the cat is floating along in the basket by the breeze. I think my friend should really like this card because of the cuteness factor so I can’t wait to hand it to her.

 

If you’re interested in seeing the other cards I’ve made using the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine papers, you can check them out by clicking the links below:

Paper Smooches Nine Lives Stamp with Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine Paper Birthday Card Idea

Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine & Paper Smooches Spectrum Card Idea

Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine & Paper Smooches Spectrum Card Idea

Paper Smooches Spectrum & Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine Idea

Paper Smooches 9 Lives & Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine Idea

Paper Smooches Nine Lives Stamp Set Birthday Card Idea – Cute Happy Cat Stamp

Paper Smooches Nine Lives Card Idea – Vicky Papaioannou Inspired

Paper Smooches Nine Lives Card Idea – Vicky Papaioannou Inspired

Birthday Card Making – Paper Smooches Spectrum – Vicky Papaioannou Inspired

Birthday Card Making – Paper Smooches Nine Lives Stamp

 

And if you’re interested in seeing the other cards I’ve made using the Newton’s Nook Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set, you can also check them out by clicking the links below:

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit March 2015 & Newtons Nook – Birthday Card Idea

Newtons Nook Birthday Card Idea – Seedy Moustache

 

Enjoy!

Birthday Card Making – Newtons Nook Birthday Card Idea – Seedy Moustache

This was a quick little card I put together as a belated birthday card. I used the Newtons Nook Dreams of Paris stamp set. I had my partner help me with this one as the card is for a mutual friend. So he decided to use the cat with the striped shirt. I stamped the cute cat stamp and then fussy cut him out. I didn’t wait for the ink to dry so I had a bit of smudging here and there. I should really learn to be more patient with my crafts. Then I coloured in the cat using my Derwent Studio Pencils. I had a scrap piece of grey pattern paper from the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper pack and I adhered that directly to the black card base as a strip. I then adhered the cute kitty with foam tape. I stamped the little moustache separately and fussy cut it out. I went around the edges of the moustache with the memento tuxedo black ink pen and then adhered it with a glue pen. I stamped the sentiment ‘le meow’ onto a scrap piece of yellow pattern paper also from the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper pack and cut it into a ribbon. As an afterthought I decided to add some moustaches to the ribbon. After I stamped the moustaches to the ribbon, I wasn’t immediately sold on it, but my partner really liked the effect so that’s how it is going to stay.

It’s really awesome having the moustache stamps as the friend we are gifting the card to is often teased about the day he unintentionally had a moustache that made him look like a really seedy pervert. A little inside joke into a card I think is a nice touch.

Birthday Card Making – Simon Says Stamp Card Kit March 2015 & Newtons Nook – Birthday Card Idea

 

This card I made for a workmate’s sister’s birthday. I used the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit from March 2015 with the Newtons Nook Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set. The cardstock is the grey from the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit which I cut and folded to the standard card size.

I used two strips of the shiny gold paper left over from my previous cards I made, you can check the birthday card I made for mother out by clicking here.

I used another scrap piece of pattern paper and placed in in the middle of the two gold strips, making the gold strips border the chevron strip. I stamped the sentiment ‘le meow’ on to a small rectangle cut from the same grey cardstock as the card base. I accented it with a cluster of three gold rhinestones.

Lastly, I stamped little Newton who looks absolutely adorable wearing his little scarf and beret. I coloured Newton in using my Derwent Studio Pencils. My favourite gunmetal grey for his kitty cat body and then yellow for his beret and scarf. I accented his scarf bow with a rhinestone. I went over the hat and scarf using a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen but it’s really hard to catch the glint of the glitter in a photograph.

I really liked how this card turned out. It was a little surprising as when I started making the card, I hadn’t intended on using the Newton’s Nook stamp set, but I’m glad I decided to go that way.

Special Occasion Card Making – Baby Welcome Card – Lawn Fawn Hello Baby Acrylic Clear Stamp Set Card Idea

This card was a bit rushed which I’m sure is noticeable in its simplicity and lack of design flow.

One of my workmates has a girlfriend who is due to have a baby really soon and I’ve been meaning to make a baby welcome card for them for a few months but it’s just a matter of finding the time.

As I was quickly running out of time, and I wasn’t sure when the baby would actually come and I wanted to have this card delivered before the baby arrived, about five minutes before I had to leave for work I threw this card together before rushing out the door.

I cut the card base from white card stock, used the Matha Stewart Score Board to score the center and fold it into a top folding card. I then adhered a scrap piece of paper from the Basic Grey Fresh Cut Collection I had laying on the table from when I was working on my Scrapbook Journal (which I don’t believe I have shown on the website yet).

Onto the left over pieces of white card stock I stamped the chubby bunny and the little bundle from the Lawn Fawn Hello Baby Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Because I was rushed it didn’t stamp well, so I rushed over it with the Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pen – it was messy. I fussy cut them out and adhered them at the bottom with foam squares.

Using the sentiments ‘Some Bunny’ & ‘is on the way’ from the Lawn Fawn Hello Baby Stamp Set, I stamped each stamp next to each other on a coordinating strip of scrap paper from the Basic Grey Fresh Cut Collection to create the sentiment banner which was adhered using foam squares.

To finish, I stamped ‘Hello Baby’ as a sentiment inside the stamp and that was it! Then it was time to run out the door. I will organize the other workmates to sign inside and give their well wishes and congratulations before handing the card over to the soon-to-be-dad.

How would you change this card for the better? Do you like this card the way it is? Let me know in the comments below!

Thinking Of You Cards – Cards for Friends – Simon Says Stamp Card Kit March 2015 – Authentique Classic Beauty Card Idea

I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I work night shift and my shifts are twelve hours sometimes thirteen (like tonight) and because of not just the amount of time I work, but because it’s night shift so I tend to be sleeping when everyone else is awake doing normal things, I quite often end up neglecting my social life and thus my friends and family.

So yesterday morning, before going to bed, I spent about 15 minutes as my relax time to put together a nice little card for my dear friend Yvette, who I wouldn’t be where I am today without her.

Yvette is quite often on my mind, but being on opposite schedules means I can’t always tell her and we rarely find time to catch up with our conflicting schedules. I can’t just call or text her at 2AM in the morning when I’m wide awake having lunch at work, thinking ‘I wonder how Yvette is going’, because she’ll be in bed sleeping – and there’s nothing worse than having one’s sleep interrupted…

The card is constructed simply using the Authentique Classic Beauty pattern papers and journaling cards. I chose out the pretty picture of the lady holding the rose from the collection. I chose it for a few reasons: the image is simple and beautiful, the lady looks both sad and happy, and she seems to be looking at the flower wistfully but also fondly with amusement. So I was kinda feeling like my friend is the rose and I am the woman.

I love Yvette, I’m happy she’s my friend but at the same time I’m sad because we don’t spend much time together and I neglect her terribly.

I really tried to capture in the photo the shiny glitter I added on the rose using the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen. And I added a triplet of gold rhinestones as a little design flair to finish the card off.

Do you have a friend or family member you’ve been neglecting? Is there someone you’ve been thinking of recently and would like to reconnect with? Let me know in the comments below, I’d love to hear from you.

Birthday Card Making – Simon Says Stamp Card Kit March 2015 – Authentique Classic Beauty – Birthday Card Idea – Mum’s Belated Birthday

  

This card I made for my mother’s birthday (belated) using the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit March 2015 release containing the Authentique Classic Beauty paper and coordinating journaling cards. I absolutely loved the look of this card kit and Authentique’s papers as they are all so beautiful and it really is a classy, chic combination of the greys, blacks and then that bright pop of yellow.

I started this card by flipping through the journaling cards and I found this one with the quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘you are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known – and even that is an understatement.’ And I thought that was suitable to describe my mother and would be a positive note for her to receive as a birthday message.

As I had this quote and the journaling card took up the majority of the card face, I didn’t bother with any other sentiment stamps on the face of the card.

One of the papers has a newspaper style text but could also be an old style dictionary as it had words and then descriptions. At first I wanted to make sure I had the tree displayed as my mother has always loved trees and then when I looked closer I saw that there were the words mother and the description of mother and I thought, how perfect!

I had the black striped lines left over from a previous card and I really loved the gold shiny scrapbook card that was also in the card kit and I wanted this card to be shiny and bright and positive. I arranged the pattern papers to my liking and then adhered them down. I adhered the journaling card to some scrap black card stock and cut the black card stock down to size to allow a small black border. I found this helped break apart the quote from the bright, shiny gold of the main background. I adhered that using foam squares.

On the yellow rose flowers on the journaling card I used a wink of stella clear glitter pen to give a bit more shine to that part of the card, bring everything together and give the card that little something extra special. I tried to show the glitter shine on the roses, but the photos never truly capture the sparkle.

I really love how this card turned out and I enjoyed the process of making it. Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Thank You Cards – Making Cards With Kids – Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit 2015

This card was made by Ben (Age: 7) for his mum (or mom if you’re from America) using the Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit for 2015. I gave him instructions on how to construct it. Ben chose a design from the inspirations page that is included in kit and we went from there.

Below is a picture which shows what is included in the March Card Kit for 2015 and if you click the picture it will take you to a link on the Simon Says Stamp Website where they have the list of the items included in detail. Unfortunately the kit is out of stock, but if you’re interested you should still be able to buy the items separately (it will probably just cost a little more).

On the plus side, a subscription is offered so you are guaranteed a kit, so you don’t have to worry about sell outs for future kits. They email you a payment when your order is ready to ship. I believe, every month on the 14th they release what’s inside the kit.

This kit has actually been my favourite kit to date and it is so chic; I have so many ideas for the materials. My friends are going to be swamped with cards! Haha!

Anyway… back to Ben’s Card!

Ben started with some plain black card stock. He trimmed the card stock down to 4 and 1/2 inches wide. He used the Martha Stewart Score Board and scoring the card down the width of the length-ways center. He folded the card to make sure it had a good crease.

Then Ben trimmed the spotted yellow pattern paper to fit the card facing and adhered it with adhesive using the Advanced Tape Glider. Ben needed a little bit of extra help using the ATG and the card was adhered for him as he didn’t want to mess up the alignment.

Next a strip was cut from black pattern paper and was adhered to border the left-hand side of the card.

It was decided, by Ben, that the flowers needed to be constructed next. Ben chose blue for the large flower stamp and yellow for the small flower stamp. He was fascinated by the stamps and how they clung to the acrylic block.

Ben chose two different shades of green for the leaves with a total of four leaves and 2 of each colour. Kelly fussy cut the flowers and leaves out for Ben.

Ben stamped the sentiment ‘Thank You’ on to a journal card using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Kelly helped with the placement. Ben was able to master use of the Advanced Tape Glider and adhered the journal card to the background.

Foam squares were attached to the back of the flowers and leaves then the flowers were arranged with instruction from Ben by Kelly into the top left-hand side corner of the journal card.

It needed to by shiny! Kelly used the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen on the coloured parts of the flower and on the leaves. Ben watched carefully monitoring to make sure Kelly didn’t make a mistake.

After rummaging through craft storage drawers, gold rhinestones were located. Three small rhinestones were adhered to the small flower with the trickery of tweezers. Three large rhinestones were adhered to the center of the large flower. Kelly was ordered to adhere more.

When Ben was satisfied with the look of the card he wrote his message inside the card using a white gel pen and showed his proficiency in drawing love hearts.