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Showing posts with label bling. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Father's Day card - love

I have been a bit obsessed with cover plates.  I made a card set of cover plate cards (see my instagram account) and made another for my Father's Day card.  A simple design - a black cover plate die cut over a cream card base.
 I added a blinked Wet Paint die cut in gold glittered paper with five layers below of cardstock to add some dimension and pop it up a bit.  Super simple but well received by my dear father. <3 p="">

And here is a sympathy card I made for a colleague - very simple.  I used the Giga Guidelines medallion with a Graceful Garden sentiment.
I used my trusty MISTI to do some ombre stamping with two aqua Avery Elle colours.  I love that you can stamp over and over again in the same position for some depth.
The background is the Text Impression plate for some texture.  I love my impression plates for this very purpose!

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Make it Monday #191 - Glittered Frames

This week over at Papertrey Ink, the Make it Monday is all about glittered frames.  I made a simple card for the holidays using some glitter and score tape:
 I made a background with the Tinsel and Tags sprig set using Fresh Ink in Red Currant and Pear.  I added the sentiment using Tuscan Olive and added some score tape and Martha Stewart Glitter.
The sparkle from the glitter is awesome in person.  You can see it a bit better below:


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

November blog hop: Season's Greetings

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I love this inspiration photo from this month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink.  I was inspired by the snow to add some 'snow' to my card.  I took some Glossy Accents and added little dots all around the outside of the card base and added some Martha Stewart blue glitter.  Very haphazard and freehand ...
I added an Aqua Mist panel cut with a stitched rectangle and added some Fresh Ink Birch stamped strings and a bow from the No Strings Attached stamp set.
Then I straightened out a Tinsel and Tags sentiment using Versafine Deep Lagoon ink.  I added the Aqua Mist layer to the front with some foam tape.  

Please excuse the bad pictures - there is no natural light so that's the best I could do! :)
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:

http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

November blog hop: peace

I made a super simple card using a Damask Snowflake die cut from a glitter pad of card stock.  I added a 'peace' die cut from Wet Paint: Holiday and added Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart gold glitter.
I added lots of foam tape to the back and adhered it to a linen white card base.
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

November Blog Hop: peace & joy

I got a lot of inspiration from this month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink.  I took a cream 110lb Recollections card base cut down a bit smaller and added some Fresh Sicilian Blue polka dots to the background.
I cut out Wet Paint die cuts 'peace' and 'joy' using one of my last few sheets of kraft cardstock and added some Wink of Stella.  Check out the glittery clear Wink of Stella on the up close shot of 'joy':
I added a Grand Ampersand die cut using glitter card stock in gold to the middle and adhered them all using some trusty Tombo Mono Aqua (a new fave adhesive of mine).
Simple, one layered and easy to mail - perfect for the holidays!
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

November Blog Hop: wintry joy

This month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink is all about snow and a winter wonderland.  I decided to use the Tinsel and Tags dies to make a cut out card.
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I took a grey card base and stamped polka dots all over the background with Vintage Cream ink.  I then added some Zing Gold glitter embossing powder with Versamark and a Wet Paint Holiday stamp.  I then used a circle die to cut out the centre.
 I made a layered Tinsel and Tags winter wonderland scene using Recollections white 110lb cardstock, lots of foam tape.
 I added lots and lots of Ranger Rock Candy glitter using a two way glue pen and layered it up.
Check out the shimmer but please disregard my shadow trying to get a clear shot! :)
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

November Blog Hop: joy


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This month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink is all about the holidays.  I decided to get some cards made since I better get busy and start sending them soon! :)

People have been using embossing paste for quite a while and I jumped on the bandwagon a while back.  I have a Heidi Swapp stencil that I got on sale a while back and used some texture paste (Goldens - cheaper than the embossing paste) and added some Ranger Rock Candy dry glitter.  Love the shimmer of this!
 I added a Scarlet Jewel die cut from Wet Paint die cuts and added some Wink of Stella clear on top.  Pretty much one layer - easy and flat for mailing ...
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

November Blog Hop - Happy Christmas


This month's blog hop over at Papertrey Ink has a whole bunch of fun wintry images for us to draw inspiration from.
Snowflakes
I wanted to make a simple tag to use for the holidays so I took out some kraft cardstock (eeek - I'm running low!) and stamped polka dots using Vintage Cream ink.  
I added a Happy one liner die cut with gold glitter card stock and added 'Christmas' in Versafine Onyx Black using Wet Paint:Holiday.
 Love the sparkle!
Super simple but oh so useful!  Who doesn't need more tags, right?  :)
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I have some items for sale - check out my post here:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2014/11/some-items-for-sale.html

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Sparkly Happy

I had a birthday card to make for a friend and I had already created this sparkly background:
I took a Heidi Swapp stencil I got on sale and used some Golden's Texture Paste (cheaper than the paste from craft stores) and added it with an old credit card.
While it was still wet, I added Martha Stewart's glitter in gold which adds a gorgeous look to the background.  To make the birthday card, I added some Fresh ink in Fuschia to a piece of Recollections 110lb white cardstock and used one of the Wet Paint dies to cut out 'happy':
I adhered it using Tombo Mono Aqua glue (a new fave of mine!) to the front of the card.  I love the look of the bright pink against the white and gold.
I just picked up some brown paper bags with a white stripe - I am planning on using some of these for Christmas card envelopes.  I added a gold strip of washi on the back to close the envelope and that was it.


Monday, October 13, 2014

Runway Inspired Challenge #69 - shades of yellow and gold



This Runway Inspired Challenge is gorgeous and completely different from colours I usually use ... I love challenges that make me stretch my creativity ...  I took the light shades and tones as my inspiration and the randomly spaced stars (I think?) in the background as a jumping off point.

So here's my humble take on the colour scheme:
I kept it very light and avoided any black, even though it is in the picture - wanted it to be shades of yellow, gold and ... more gold!  My based (Recollections 110lb white) has a popped up stamped layer using Studio Calico colour theory's yellow ink and Brilliance Galaxy gold for some shimmer.
The circles are all Winnie and Walter's Big Bang Confetti and the sentiment is a Zing Gold Tinsel embossed holiday greeting from Papertrey's Wet Paint Holiday collection.  I am trying to get an early start on holiday cards so used this inspiration as a jumping off point.
You can sort of see the sparkle of the Zing embossing powder here and the circles that look darker are actually the Galaxy Gold ink - hard to capture the shimmer!  It's a cool embossing powder because it's a hybrid between the gritty chunkier look of glitter and the smoother heat embossed finish.  It was my first time using it and I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to use.  Some of the glitter embossing powders are a pain to work with.
I have been using a lot of foam tape in the roll - love the fact that the profile is a bit thinner so things are more likely to stay in one piece in the mail ... :)

Have you started your holiday stash of cards yet?

Monday, September 1, 2014

Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge #29

Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge #29

Taheerah Atchia has chosen a darling inspiration picture for this week's Cure for the Monday Blues Challenge.  I decided to use the colours as my inspiration and make a shaker card for my cousin - she loves interactive cards!
I took a piece of pink Wplus9 cardstock as a card base and added some champagne shimmer (Recollections) overtop.  I cut out a Wplus9 red piece using PTI's Limitless Layers.  I also cut out a piece with some white fun foam and a transparency.  I stamped PTI's Wet Paint using my ever faithful Versafine Onyx Black and then added some Ranger glitter (Rock Candy) and Impress square sequins.
As you can see, I offset the red cardstock from the foam for an extra pinked edge ... something a little different!

For a finishing touch, I added a few Heidi Swapp Gold mist droplets here and there ...

Thanks, Taheerah, for the inspiration! :)

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Ombre Builder + Fabulous Block Die + sequins = a shaker card

 I was so excited to try out my new release products and got right to it.  I took the Ombre Builder set and stamped it repeatedly using Fresh inks (sicilian blue, steel blue, sky blue, turquoise, pool and navy) slightly overlapping them.  I then cut the Fabulous Block die and used some thick white cardstock (110lb Recollections).
I decided I wanted to make a shaker card so cut the block die using some white foam and then cut out the inside with an Xacto knife.  I added some clear acetate and used my faithful Tombo Mono Multi glue trapping some cupped irridescent and flat silver sequins.  I just love shaker cards!
Have you made any shaker cards lately?  Please feel free to share your creations ...

Saturday, May 24, 2014

PTI Blog Hop - Melon/Aqua: feathery shaker card


I used Papertrey's colour combination as a bit of inspiration for a shaker card.  I don't have adhesive foam so used three layers of adhesive cork - it worked really well, actually!
I stamped the feather image using Fresh peach ink and then added an Aqua Mist panel over top.  Lots and lots of shimmering clear sequins and that's it!  I was going to add a sentiment and/or use an impression plate on the Aqua Mist panel but kept it simple and added nothing else ...  In hindsight, I think a bit of dry embossing would've been quite nice but alas ... :)
It's actually quite nice to have some sentiment free cards on hand - you can stamp one to the inside to personalize or just keep it sentiment-less ...

Check out my crafty sale if you like:
http://cardsbycara.blogspot.ca/2013/06/crafty-sale.html
I also have some Project Life cards from the Midnight collection as well.

Supplies:
Paper: Recollections 110lb white, PTI Aqua Mist
Stamps: Feather Finery
Ink: Fresh Peach
Misc: Impress sparkling clear sequins, adhesive cork, PTI Feather Finery die, acetate