Sunday, September 23, 2007

My aim with this was to find a cheap, easy and quick way to make Christmas cards this year. While I like that stamp, this card doesnt look like enough effort went into it, so I wont be using it for bulk manufacture (but someone will be given it). It is a card folded in half normally, then I cut off 3cm on the edge of the top layer. Stamped the Christmas tree stamp on the front, and attached brads to the overhang flap.


This card is actually prettier than the photo shows, as the stamp and cardboard are metallic silver (with an almost navy background-the flash has made it look lighter). Using metallic silver ink, I stamped onto blue card and let it dry. Then layered that onto metallic silver card and mounted it on the main card. Then I attached four silver brads, punched two stars out of left over silver card. Ran them through my xyron create-a-sticker machine (which adds sticky onto the back of any small paper items) and attached them between the brads.




I quite like this card. I'm thinking maybe it needs something on the right hand side but I am not sure what or whether I'll do that. This was a normal card, layered with a patterned paper. Next two strips of suede leather were sellotaped the entire way around the front and back of the card. Onto that, a strip of cardboard that I put through a crimping tool (available at kmart). I stamped the three tags, layered them onto some green card, then attached them with paper brads to the corrugated card. Then attached the corrugated card to the main card.





This was a card I made coz I like mesh cards atm lol. It's basically folded card with mesh held on with brads in the corner (the mesh is also caught on the back side of the card to keep it in place). Then a stamp onto a lighter card, layered onto a darker card and attached to the mesh with double sided tape.







Saturday, September 22, 2007

The card that started me off...


Handcrafts

Hi!

This journal is to showcase some of my crafts. I like to knit, crochet and make cards mostly but dabble occasionally in other crafts. Mostly I will upload photos of my work and explain what is on it and how it is made.

Heather