Elf Feet :)

Just had to show you these cards. I have seen these Elf Feet on the web for a couple of years so I thought it was about time I gave it a go :) I got some red ink on the top one but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

 

Happy Crafting Everyone :)

Using Leftover Letters and Numbers

Just popping by quickly today to show you how I use up my leftover letters and numbers. I always have so many of those odd letters and numbers hanging around and ohhhhhhhhhhh I do not like having waste ........lol.

Using these leftovers as your background paper can make really effective "Back to School" or "Good Luck in your Exam" cards. This card is just a quickly made basic sample to give you and idea of what to do. From a simple basic card like this you can jazz it up with sponging, distressing, mixing tones and the list goes on!

So go on, dig into those old bits and pieces hanging around and use em up baby!

Happy Crafting Everyone  :)

Best of Friends Heartwarmer

 

Day 2 of showing demo cards and I had to show you this cute tall card. Just a scrap of paper I had left over from another project, a heartwarmer sentiment, 2 layered Boolfe Flowers and  a Button make up this card. I have to say I love the simplicity of it. A few layers and a pretty little card emerges :)

Happy Crafting Everyone......

Create your own Background paper (1)

I adore this card. I was inspired by a card in "Papercraft" magazine in a section called "Color My World" and I fell in love with the idea. The paper is from the Boofle Paper Stack. I just took my craft knife and cut wavy lines along the paper so that I ended up with loads of strips of wavy card. I used 3 colors for this sample but I have also made cards with just loads of colors that I had left over from sheets of plain card that I had used for other projects (see second sample below).

Next I folded over a sheet of A4 card to make the A5 Card I was going to use as my base.

I then cut a piece of white card and cut it smaller then the A5 card so that it would sit nicely on the front of the card leaving a lovely white border around it. Cover this piece of card from top to bottom in Double sided tape. Removing the tapebacking and then lay the wavy paper pieces from the bottom upwards. I let the first piece hang over the bottom of the card and then continue to layer all the way up to the top of this card section. At this point the pieces fall over the sides of the card. This gives me the opportunity to play around with the lengths of wavy paper so that they all end up looking random and I get to choose the nicest cuts (waves) I have made. I just hold them above the card and move them from left to right and right to left until I like how it looks and then I place it on the double sided tape.

Once I have finished laying down all the pieces. I flip the piece of card over and cut off all the bits hanging over the edge so that it ends up as a nice straight edged piece. Pop 3D foam on the back and place onto your A5 card. Now just embellish with your greeting, decoupage etc.