Five

Another birthday card using a Butterick 1965 sewing pattern image.  On the one hand I think the 5 is too small, but the next size up dies looked like they would be too big.  So it was probably better to go with the small but it doesn't stand out as much as I'd like.  The inside is stamped with happy birthday sentiment from a Lawn Fawn set. Didn't photograph it.

Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Whisper White and Calypso Coral cardstock (base, mat and number)
Kaisercraft little numbers die set
Grace Taylor designer paper (discontinued)

Clean and simple using Kaisercraft

I got the 6 1/2" Summer Breeze paper pad on special and made a couple of quick cards last night.  I really liked this paper with the multiple squares on it.  It had 5 x 5 squares so I cut each sheet down to a 3 x 3 and I still have some more squares that I can use on some notecards.

This is the first one I did using Kaisercraft square cards.  These were one of the first items I bought when I started thinking about making cards with my vintage children's books, so I just bought some pre-cut card and envelope packs.  They're a bit disappointing, they haven't been folded very well so the edges were uneven.  I ended up trimming a bit off each one.

I just added some 3D foam stickers to lift the paper up a little and then used some baker's twine.

 

 

 

On the second one, I decided to use my Stampin' Up Decorate Dots embossing folder to give it a little texture.  I think I prefer this one.  You can't see in the photograph but the flowers have a bit of gloss/texture to them.

Five Senses

Got a gorgeous book for 50c at my local Vinnies.  Such sweet images.  The book is called Five Senses by Tasha Tudor and was first printed in 1978.

CAS(E) this Sketch #169

The sketch:

I'm a sucker for stripes and polka dots, and I loved this paper immediately when I saw it.  I feel quite lazy with this one - not much thought went in to it. 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock
Striped paper from Dear Lizzy's Happy Place 6 x 6 pad (American Crafts)
Stampin' Up Mint Macaron ink.

Happy Birthday

My first real attempt at making a card with papers and punches etc.  Quite like how it turned out except for the sentiment, I think the white is a bit too stark and the stamping wasn't the best.  Maybe should have used an off white/cream colour card.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade for the base
Stampin' Up Pretty Petals DSP
Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow Ink Pad
Sentiment - free with a card making magazine but I can't recall which one.
Button - free with a Molly Makes mag that I bought ages ago.

Raggedy Ann and Andy: The Little Gray Kitten

All images used are from a Little Golden Book, "Raggedy Ann and Andy:  The Little Gray Kitten"

More cards from Tales at Bedtime

 



The card below was a disaster - not how I wanted it to turn out.  I just wanted it on plain kraft cardstock, but I wanted to round the edges for something different.  But my little fiskars corner punch does not work properly and massacred the edges. I really wanted to keep the image so I just cut around it and stuck some paper on for the background.  But I don't like it.

 

 

 

 

This image was at the bottom of a story, and the kite string went through the text and the kite was up top.  So I fussy cut the kite and part of the string and tail and lined it up and glued it on.

 

 

 

 

CAS(E) this Sketch #168

My 2nd attempt at a sketch.

The design:

 

 

and my attempt:

 

 

 

Supplies:



 

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

Amy Tangerine papers

 

 

I actually tried to come up with something last night and it was a disaster. A glue disaster which ruined the paper, but then I wasn't happy with the layout anyway and thought, "that's it, I'm giving up, I can't do this cardmarking stuff".  But thought I'd attempt it again today.  Still not entirely thrilled.  Are people just born crafty?  Or is everyone average to begin with and coming up with a design/idea gets easier the more you do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Prayer Book

These cards were made with images from the Rand McNally book "My Prayer Book".  Still have a few pages left with smaller images that I'll probably use for gift tags or small note cards.

DL sized cards

Some of the images in the Butterick pattern book are quite big but too cute to not use, so I tried some DL sized cards.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Sugar & Spice Studio pastel paper collection for the background paper
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Girl cut out from Butterick pattern book


This one I'm not so sure about.  Not entirely happy with the sentiment I stuck on.  Maybe it could make a mother's day card? 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Stampin' Up In colour 2014-2016 cardstock - Hello Honey
Stampin' Up Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Woman cut out from Butterick pattern book

Dogs and cats

These three images are from The Little Golden Book "Dogs". 

This one is also from a Little Golden Book, but I can't recall the name.  An appropriate card to say sorry? 

The card bases (and envelopes) are packs of 10 from Target I got on clearance for $2ea.  At the moment it's easier for me to use pre-cut bases and I just wanted to buy cheap ones whilst I was experimenting.

Can't recall the name of the book these ones came from (must take note before I pull them apart), I think it was just Ginny. I do remember that's the name of the cat.

My nephew's gift tag and card

My nephew turned one on the weekend, so I made him a gift tag and card with adorable teddy bear pictures.  Unfortunately I've thrown out the cover of the book, so I can't remember the exact name of it, think it was something like Teddy Town. All the pictures are just too, too cute.

Used Stampin' Up's crumb cake notecard as the base for the card, and just some red coloured cardstock for the base of the tag. 

First attempt at using a sketch

I'd never heard of sketches until a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon someone's blog.  They seem a great way to get started with coming up with a card. 

A couple of days ago I discovered the CAS(E) this Sketch! blog and I quite liked how the idea is for clean and simple designs; very good for newbies like me I think.

Anyway, I thought I'd try giving one ago, CAS(E) this Sketch #167

and this is what I did:

Not thrilled with it - the tape could have been placed on better, could have probably made each strip length more equal.

Supplies used:
Stampin' Up Crumb Cake Note Card
Washi tape from Officeworks
Stampin' Up Watermelon Wonder ink
Sentiment - from a Stampin' Up Card Kit.

Little Golden Book: Colors Are Nice

I adore the images in this book. I really hope I can stumble upon another copy in an op shop, so I can make more cards.  The Golden Books are a good size to use for square cards.

 



This one I tried something different by ripping the pages rather than trimming.  I'd like to say it was because I like the effect, but it was initially because the trimmer I bought was a bit faulty and I wasn't getting a straight line (have fixed it now).  But I do like how the torn pages look against the kraft card stock. 

I love this zebra one; I think I will give it to my nephew for his 6th birthday in a few months.

Butterick 1965 Pattern Book

I picked up Butterick 1965 pattern book a few years ago from an antique market in Adelaide.  Back then I was buying scrapbooking stuff (but never got into it) and I'd seen someone use these types of images in gift tags and cards and I absolutely loved them.  So when I saw this book for sale I snapped it up, thinking maybe I would try some myself.  But I never ended up getting into cards and paper craft back then and sold all my paper and tools etc. Except I hung on to the book and it has lived in my garage until a few weeks ago.

I don't feel like I've got the right papers at the moment for backgrounds, so I haven't been cutting up that much; I don't want to waste the images.  And whilst I'm trying to make my own cards, I've never considered myself a creative person, so I don't really have a lot of ideas.But here are a few things I've done. 

Repurposing children's books

I love vintage illustrations.  Every time I go to an op shop I scour the children's book section for vintage little golden books and other books.  So I have ended up with quite a collection.  Recently I was tired of all the boxes of stuff (not just books) in the shed so I decided I would cull them and donate them to my local church op shop.

For some reason though I decided to Google things to do with old books and came across some sites where people had used children's books to make cards or gift tags. So I thought I would keep some of the books and give it a go.  I felt a bit guilty tearing up a book, but I felt some of the illustrations are too cute for me to let go of.  So this is some of the stuff I've created so far.  I bought cheap pre-cut cards and envelopes from Target as I wasn't sure how I would go with it and whether I'd want to do it, but so far I'm having fun.