Showing posts with label Sakura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sakura. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

25th Anniversary card

25th Anniversary card
      I made this for my parents' 25th anniversary. I didn't want to make an all-silver card (because it's the silver anniversary), so I decided on blue with silver.
      I inked the chipboard numbers with silver ink and covered them with glitter. Then I put them on a textured black paper and did some doodling with a blue Sakura gel pen. The light grey paper is stamped in blue with a Stampin' Up mesh-looking stamp.
      The ribbons look really pretty, but it's really easy to do. I added a few eyelets, threaded the white ribbon through, and tied the silver ribbon on with blue thread. It made the silver ribbon look very neat and tidy, because there was no knot to make it go wonky. On the inside the white ribbon is glued down and then covered with a plain piece of paper (to hide the ends).
      This card looks cooler in real life. The colors aren't quite right because it's hard to photograph holographic paper (or glitter). And the black paper looks blacker.

Materials:
Holographic blue, black, and grey paper
Chipboard numbers
Sakura gel pen
decorative scissors
white and silver ribbons
blue thread

Friday, 30 July 2010

Fairy card

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Details on the inside of card and envelope:
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Materials:
Inkadinkado Fairy stamps
Stampin' Up stamp
(criss-cross texture behind main fairy)
Whisper markers
Sakura gel pens (Tiara range)

Friday, 13 November 2009

A few Christmas cards

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Materials:
Magazine freebie stamp (snowflake)
Stampin' Up scallop punch
HOTP paper
silver embossing powder

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Materials:
buttons
embossing powders (clear with glitter and gold)
Magazine freebie stamp ('Merry Christmas' and ornament - mostly covered by the buttons)

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I used masking and 2nd generation stamping
Materials:
Magazine freebie stamp (tree and 'Merry Christmas')
Sakura gel pens (Tiara range)

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Black and yellow bird card

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I made this card these colors for the challenge at Cute Card Thursday. And I used a sketch from Friday Sketchers. And I tried my hand at decorating the inside of this card.

Materials:
Inkadinkado ('Quartet' and 'A little bird told me')
Penny Black Salutations (happy birthday)
Papermania paper
crochet flower (made by me)
ribbon
whisper markers
Sakura Tiara pens
button
black cardstock

Friday, 25 September 2009

Cotton Candy Bird Card

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It might be hard to tell but I colored the birdies with Sakura Tiara gel pens, so they're very sparkly. I also stitched along the bottom paper, as well as doodle stitched. I'm really loving making crochet flowers; I've even made a little leaf for this one as well.

I decided to fit this card for Basic Grey Challenges (embossing) and Simon Says Challenge (stitches). It was a pleasure to use this fabulous sketch from Mojo Monday; it's a fabulous sketch.


Materials:
Inkadinkado stamp (Duet 98419-K)
Basic Grey papers (Two Scoops)
Sakura Tiara gel pens
Cuttlebug folder (Swiss Dots)
crochet flower and leaf (made by me)
circle punch (1.5")
ribbon
buttons

***If mixing challenges is not allowed, please let me know; I'm pretty sure it's ok for these challenges.***

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Happy Halloween: Knight Charlie card

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The "happy halloween" and the pumpkins are on light green foil (I hope you can tell- it's very shiny and looks mint chocolate chip ice cream, mmm). I made this for the "neon and black" challenge over at Color Create challenges.

Whiff of Joy stamp: Knight Charlie
Inque Boutique stamps: Happy halloween set (swirls/stars and pumpkins)
Quickutz Bright alphabet dies (from Merry & Bright set)
Sakura pens
gems stars (colored with green Sharpie marker)
Whisper markers
color pencils
the striped black paper is the kind designed for gel pens
Stampin' Up color spritzer

Monday, 3 August 2009

One Color Card: Green

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Since I made a yellow card this week, I thought I'd follow on with a green card. I've used a Penny Black stamp, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, and Stampin' Up paper. The base of the card and the buttons are a light green, but they look white in the photo.

This is the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge blog for this weeks challenge. It was not an easy sketch for me to work with this week; I don't know why.

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

One Color Card: Orange

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I've decided to set myself a goal this summer. I'm going to make at least 7 cards in one color only (one for all the colors in the rainbow). I might do them all with Penny Black stamps, but I'm not sure yet.

This is the first One Color Card made using a sketch from Friday Sketchers challenge blog. I chose orange first because it's my favorite color.

Materials:
Penny Black "Garden Friends" clear set
Prima flowers
Quickutz die
Stampin' Up papers
colored pencils
Sakura pen

Sunday, 12 April 2009

Happy Easter

A cute card for Easter. Penny Black stamp with doodlebug flocking. Quickutz Merry alphabet cut 'Easter' in foam.

Have a happy Easter everyone. God bless.

Saturday, 7 February 2009

Medallion card

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Medallion stamps are lots of fun. If you've never tried them, it's really easy to make a 3 demensional card like this one.
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Materials:
Papermania medallion stamp
Penny Black stamps - 'Salutations' set
Sakura Tiara pens
red and blue cardstock

Friday, 14 November 2008

Birdy Birthday card

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I made this card for my friend Stefanie. She's only 7, so it also works with Spoon Full of Sugar's challenge to make a card for a child. I don't really make cards any different for kids, but I do like to think of the person who will be receiving it when I make one.

Materials:
Inkadinkado Stamp
Quickutz alphabets (Paige mini and Bright)
October Afternoon paper (dots)
Crate paper (red)
Sakura pens
Whisper markers

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Penny Black Suspension card

Here's another creation I made for World Card Making Day and the challenges over at In Love With Stamping (a UK stamping community). Their challenge was to make a card that moves; I chose to make a suspension card, because the middle part can spin. (And because I only know a few techniques to make a card move.)

I've never made a suspension card before this, so I'm happy about how quickly I was able to put it together. I usually have to mess up a few times with new techniques. Even cutting out the green paper with the decorative scissors, I did it in one go. I did have to color the mouse twice, but that was a quick mistake to fix.
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It says 'Thinking of you' on the opposite side.

Materials:
Penny Black 'Bubbly' and 'Salutations' sets
Fiskars circle cutter
SU scallop circle punch
decorative scissors
hole punch (crop-o-dile)
Basic grey patterned paper
coloured pencils
Whispers marker (for the bowl)
Sakura yellow glitter gel pen
embroidery thread
ribbon

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Love hearts card

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Stampin' Up 'A little bit of happiness,' Stampamajig,
Fancypants patterned paper, silver foil paper,
Versamark, silver embossing powder,
Sakura Tiara pens (red and silver),
and whispers markers (red and pink)

Monday, 25 August 2008

Blue birds

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Inkadinkado 'Birds Galore' stamp set
Black inkpad, versamark inkpad, clear embossing powder
Sakura pens (white souffle, blue tiara)
corner rounder, PaperCraft Inspirations stencil (May '08 freebie)

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Inkdadinkado birds card


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A close-up of the glittery Sakura Tiara gel pens:
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Just a quick and simple card for any occasion.

Materials:
October Afternoon papers
Inkadinkado stamp
Sakura Tiara gel pens
Whispers markers
red ribbon

Phil Collins singing 'You can't hurry love'