A Thank You Card

 

I saw some really nice cards in black and white on Pinterest and liked to make one myself.

I took a black base card and added a grey panel to it. I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and added 3 blue 4 mm half pearls under the sentiment. I also stamped a script stamp with clear ink and added some white embossing powder to it. I still need to practise it so it looks more smoothly but we try as we go. I added a white die cut flower onto the little rectangle and in the middle I added a die cut button. I die cut the button about 3 times using black cardstock and glued them together for some dimension. I added a piece of crochet yarn and tied a little bow in the center of the button. I did pop the rectangle onto some foam and then added it to the gray panel. To finish it off I added a little white scalloped border to finish the card of.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:
Carlin's Kaartenparadijs #84 - Anything Goes
Girlz Makes Guyz Cards #29 - Anything Men Goes
Make My Monday #256 - Embossing Wet Or Dry
Girlz & The Art Of Letters #5 - The Letter E of Embossing
My Time To Craft #564 - Use Fiber
Simon Says Stamps Wednesday - Emboss It
The Outlawz Festive Friday - Thank You
Pammy's Inky Pinkies #2528 - Anything Goes
A Cut Above July 2025 - Anything Goes With A Die Cut
Creative Fingers #305 - Anything Goes

Till next time 
Renate

Christmas In The Air

Today I am also showing you a card I made as a guest designer for the Cut It Up challenge blog. The challenge is Christmas In July and we would love for you to join in this fun challenge.

I made a slimeline card with a cute santa in a hot air balloon floating to you all to give you lots of christmas hugs. The balloon and the santa are of Marianne Design. The decorations on the balloon are from Honey Bee Stamps. I don't remember which brand the cloud borders are from. I did pop up one border using some foam tape and that is why the balloon actually seems to be floating above the clouds. I used digital designer papers from Nitwit Collections. I just printed the sentiment on my laser printer and then foiled it with gold foil. An overall adorable christmas card in my opinion. 

I will be entering this in the following challenges:
CD Sunday Plus #162 - Anything Digital Goes
Krafty Chicks #776 - Christmas 
Time Out #292 - Travel
Little Red Wagon #815 - You Gotta Have Christmas In July
Fab 'n' Funky #620 - Christmas In July
Shopping Our Stash #551 - Red, White And Blue
Aud Sentiments #327 - Christmas In July + a sentiment
Daisy Chain #98 - Chrismas In July
Creative Moments #272 - Use A Die Cut
Craft Rocket #127 - Christmas In July
Unicorn #111 - Christmas In July
Dream Valley #340 - Anything Goes
Everybody Art #582 - Christmas In June
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2527 - Anything Goes

Till next time
Renate

A Shaped Christmas Card

Today I am showing you a shaped beanie card in a wintery christmas theme. 

I drew the template for the hat myself into Paint Shop Pro. I printed the template onto thick cardstock and cut out all of the parts. I traced the outline first and did this twice. I then glued only about 1 inch ont the top together to make a double card base. I then took some designer papers, traces the parts and added it onto my base card. I really love the designer paper. I unfortunately don't know the brand as this was a gift from my local craft store because they held an event and this was in the gift bag amongst other really cute stuff. If anyone recognizes the brand for these papers please let me know. I used glitter cardstock for the pompom on top and the zigzag border. Kind of hard to see in the photos but it's really pretty.
I added some large snowflakes on the beanie and added some silver pearls in the middle of the snowflakes. A few more pearls and a nice sentiment for the finishing touch and voila. A really nice christmas card ready for the recipient.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:
52 Weeks To Christmas July 2025 - Shaped Christmas Card
Merry Little Christmas #63 - Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Christmas #174 - Sparkle & Bling
Christmas Craft All Year Long July 2025 - Blue Christmas
Girlz Rebel #42 - Anything Goes + Pearls
Girlz Creative Christmas #132 - Anything Christmas Goes
Sweet Stampin' July 2025 - Christmas In July
Pearly Sparkles #109 - Shaped Cards

Till next time
Renate

A Script Heart Card

Today I am sharing a card that I guess is kind of a copy of a card I saw on Pinterest. I just like it so much that I had to make it for myself. 

I added the script stamp of Stampin Up on a white background where I added some light blue ink onto. It is hard to see in the photo but it is there. I cut out the heart twice and added Distress Oxide Bundled Sage Ink on one of them. I cut out about 9 of the little flowers and added different shades of pink Distress Oxide inks on them. On some I added 3 small white pearls for the centers and on some just 1 larger pink half pearl as the center. The sentiment stamp is from Honey Bee Stamps and I die cut the outline about 3 times and stacked them together to get the dimension. All and all a pretty nice peaceful card to give to that special someone.

Till next time
Renate

An Anemone Card

 

Today I am showing another floral card made with beautiful anemone dies in a green and pink color theme.

I used white linnen cardstock for my base. On top of that I added a piece of digital designer paper by Nitwit Collections. The colors matched the colors of the flowers and leaves perfectly. The white frame panel is from Papertrey Ink. The anemones and leaves are from the Into The Blooms Anemone set by Papertrey It has all been cut out of white cardstock and colored with Distress Oxide Ink. I added a few pearls to the little branches. For the finishing touch I added a few pink half pearls. I decided to not put a sentiment onto this one because sometimes you don't really need a sentiment on it.

I will be entering this in the following challenges:
Girlz Rebel #41 - Something Beginning With an A (Anemoon)
CD Sunday Plus #161 - Anything Digital Goes
Creative Moments #272 - Use A Die Cut
Triple B July 2025 - BIrds, Blooms, Butterflies
Simon Says Wednesday - Sending Flowers

Till next time
Renate