Cards/Folders with Claudia

Claudia had an order for two gift packages of cards.  She came over today and we got busy.  Each folder has six note cards with envelopes.  We used the free SaleABration set What I Love.  The flowers are so easy, you don't really have to worry about lining up the outline image. I did all the stamping and Claudia assembled them.  I used Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder.  I used some DSP to make the folder and then decorated a belly band and made a cute tag. 

A few flower cards

These cards used really dark, bold colors.  Not my normal style at all.  I used Cherry Cobbler for the flowers from the What I love stamp set.  The card stock is Mossy Meadow.  I CASED this card and when I make it again I will not add the small brown leaves.  It is just way too busy for me.  I need more white space!  So here is the next card I made---lots of light colors and white space. Here the main colors are Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, and Mint Macaron.  My speckles are Sahara Sand. The leaves are from CASual Fridays but every thing else is Stampin Up.  I added some matching rhinestones. 

Little Debbie Boxes

Look at these cute little boxes.  They hold Little Debbie snack cakes. Each box holds 2 of the little heart shaped cakes. I used scraps of ribbon to tie them, but could have made a belly band with card stock.  I love the detail on the corner made with the new triple corner punch. 

Butterfly Basics

Today I made my cards using the Butterfly Basics stamp set.  I had used the fern before, but this time used most of the set.  They were both CASED from pinterest ideas. The first card is Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz with Sahara Sand for the mesh. I used my markers to ink the floral stamp.  I layered the butterfly with a printed vellum and used pink pearls for the body.  The card on the right has Wild Wasabi for the green, and Hello Honey for the mesh.  I used Marina Mist for the butterfly and a bow out of linen thread.  The edges of the card were sponged in Sahara Sand and the speckles are also Sahara Sand, as is the card base. 

Another Rose Wonder card

This is the card I made for my friend, Claudia.  She will be 72!  I used my aqua brush to water color, using pink pirouette and pear pizzazz.  Then the die cut frame of black was added over the top.  I also cut a few leaves out of vellum to layer under the sentiment.

Iris Folding

This is my first attempt at Iris Folding. My friend Claudia taught me.  It's very easy to do, the hardest part is choosing the paper. The center (iris) would have been better as silver foil. 

 

Anniversary Card

This is the final version of my anniversary card for JoAnne and Ed Evans.  I wanted to use the Botanical Builder framelits dies because we used them for the decoration on the party favors.  We used a white flower on gold boxes and they were beautiful.  I used the number framelits for the 50, cutting them out of gold foil.