Friends

Such a sweet card.  Since I have not seen my friends in months (!!), I made a few friendship cards to send to them to let them know I was thinking of them.  I miss my bridge partners and the ladies in the woman's club.  😘

 

 

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!

Kathy
 

Happy Birthday Folder Card

Folder cards are really unique.  I made this card using an Envelope Punch Board.   Many samples and tutorials can be found on Pinterest.

 

Have a great week!

Kathy

Happy New Year, Part 3 Paper Quilting

When I look at my picture file, I realized I made quite a few New Year's cards.  So I  will post a couple today and then have one more for you.


I love paper quilting cards.  In my younger and more patient days, I made quilts (sewn by hand and machine), but nowadays I prefer making paper quilt cards!

The most time consuming part of making paper quilt cards is coordinating colors for the quilt and then making sure you have a basic card to match.  I made a lovely --  really it was beautiful -- birthday card with peach, blue and cream colored papers.  But...realized after the quilt part was completed, that I did not have a card stock to match those papers.   Initially I did not want a wide border as in the card shown below, but that is what I decided I needed to do to finish the card.  In the end, the card turned out to be very nice, but I went through some frustration before the end.

So -- preparation is key for this card and probably for any card you make.  Get all your materials together before starting the project.

The black and white papers used in this card are from a set that I found at AC Moore last year. Certainly made selection easy!

Take care,
Kathy

Baby cards are so much fun to create.  I love the cheerful and bright colors.  My neighbor is having twins in the near future so I'm preparing for their arrival!

 

A darling little teddy bear done in the iris folding method.  I don't know if my neighbor is having boys and/or girls or both so I think I will make a blue bear, too!

This card was fairly easy to make.  Cut two scalloped ovals in yellow card stock and one pretty pattern in an oval shape.   Adhere the patterned oval to one of the yellow cards.  Punch a hole on each side of the yellow cards and thread a ribbon through the holes.  Attach a ribbon and a button on the sides plus the sentiment and little rocking horse.  So cute!

Happy Babies!
Kathy 

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Have a great day!!

Kathy

Happy New Year, part 2

2013 will be starting off for me with Happy New Year cards and and a contest entry.  One of my goals for the new year is to enter at least one contest a month.

Have you tried quilting?   It is similar to iris folding and a lot of fun.  The first card I made took forever cause I spent quite a bit of time looking for matching paper in my stash and I wasn't really happy with the finished card.  Then I remembered that I had picked up a small set of black and white paper at Michael's a few months ago.   So easy --  just pulled out the matching papers and cut the strips.   Lesson learned -- plan ahead.   ;')

I love this card and think I will make my Valentine and Easter cards using iris folding and quilting techniques.    The 3"x3" quilted square has a black frame on a plain white card.  For a little sparkle, I added red sequins in the center and along the white sentiment tag.  The blacks are not as bright in this picture as they are on my computer.  ???

The inside message was printed on white card stock.

I'll be entering this card in the JUGS 169 Wild Card Challenge:

and  Allsorts Challenge Blog:

Happy New Year!
Kathy

Iris Folded Christmas Card #2

I love making these iris folded cards.  The finished result is sort of a surprise.  After selecting coordinating papers or contrasting colors, you never know what the final pattern will look like till it is completed.  A nice challenge, too!

 

In my stash of Christmas papers, I found two pretty blue pieces but had only the two.  So I rummaged through my other papers and found the stripe and plaid papers.  The iris was a problem.  I needed to get this card in the mail and didn't have time to go to the craft store to find the perfect centerpiece so I settled on a glittery snowflake which is placed a little off center.  ;')

The white cover for the iris folding looked soooo plain and stark.  I swished blue, green and purple with a cotton ball to add a bit of color and stamped the sentiment in blue.  Then I glued -- not taped -- the white card and iris part to a purple card.   Because the folded papers are a kind of bulky and a little heavy, I thought gluing the iris part would be more secure.  

The recipients of this card (senior citizens in an assisted living facility) loved the card.

Please leave comments as I'd love to hear from you about any of my cards or cards you are making.

Kathy

Iris Folded Christmas Cards

The iris folding technique is not new but is something new to me and I like trying the different ways to make cards.  The folded paper pieces are patterned to form a shape with the iris as the center of the card - similar to the eye or aperature of a camera.  The shape can be anything, but I chose a circle for these cards.

What do you think?

Christmas Side Step Card

There are so many different card folding techniques around.  This is a 'side step' folded card and is surprisingly easy to make.

The left side is the sentiment stamped on white card stock which is taped to a piece of black card stock.  The right side carries the white and black colors on the three steps.  The largest piece of white card is stamped in green with three trees.   Then I stamped another piece of white with the same green trees and cut out the trees and added them with dimensionals to the first two steps.   The dove was stamped in grey and added to the back piece.   A little bit of glitter was added to the trees and dove.

The colors look a little faded, but in person the green looks better.  I think the ink stamp needs to be reinked.

Here is a great tutorial on make a side step card.

 

Christmas Cards

The next several days will feature Christmas cards that I have made in class or at home.    Some are really easy to make and others require a bit of time.  What do you think?

My sister loves cardinals so when I made this card in class a couple months ago, I knew immediately what her Christmas card would be.  

I love these pyramid or teepee cards.    A few score lines and folding make a really unique shape.  Measuring the designer paper to fit the triangle took more time, but now I have patterns ready for the next card.   I also made a birthday card and Thanksgiving card in the teepee shape - fun!

Teepee or pyramid cards are fun to make.  Try it.  Here are a couple tutorials on making the teepee card:   Crafty Pad Teepee Card   and Digi-re-doo-dah